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ITEM: 6.1
PUBLIC MEETING DATE: 4122/13 TENTATIVE COUNCIL REVIEW DATE: 5/15/13
APPLICATION
APPLICANT:
CIVIC Enterprises Incorporated
REQUEST:
A zoning text amendment to allow automotive sales as an accessory use
with an automotive repair business (inside the principal structure) in the
1 -2, General Industry District.
SITE DATA
LOCATION:
N/A
ZONING:
1 -2, General Industry District
CONTIGUOUS
LAND USE:
NORTH:
N/A
EAST:
N/A
SOUTH:
N/A
WEST:
N/A
SIZE:
N/A
DENSITY:
N/A
RECOMMENDATION
Approval.
COTTAGE GROVE PLANNING DIVISION
Planning Staff Contact: John McCool, Senior Planner, 651 - 458 -2874, imccool(a)cottage- grove.org
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Planning Staff Report
Case TA2013 -011
Proposed Zoning Text Amendment — Limited Automotive Sales
April 22, 2013
Proposal
CMC Enterprises Incorporated, 9800 Hemingway Avenue, is requesting that the City's Zoning
Ordinance be amended to allow automotive sales as an accessory use with an automotive
repair business (inside the principal structure) in the 1 -2, General Industry District.
Discussion
CMC Enterprises is an automotive performance business that retails automotive parts, builds
engines, and custom fabricates automotive parts. Occasionally this business may have an auto-
mobile that they want to sell from their business at 9800 Hemingway Avenue. Because they
may sell more than five vehicles in a 12 -month period, the applicant wants to obtain an auto-
motive dealer license from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety — Driver and Vehicle
Services. An automotive dealer license in Minnesota is required if someone wants to lease or
sell more than five vehicles, wholesale or retail, within a 12 -month period.
The applicant's property is zoned 1 -2, Limited Industry District. Their automotive repair business
operates entirely inside a 20,500 square foot building. The City's Zoning Ordinance does not
allow an automotive dealership in any of the five industrial zoning districts. Because the appli-
cant's principal use on their property is automotive repair inside the principal structure, they are
requesting that the City's Zoning Ordinance be amended to allow automotive sales as an acces-
sory use with an automotive repair business in the 1 -2 District.
For purposes of allowing occasional sales of automobiles in the 1 -2 District, certain performance
standards were considered. These standards were developed to limit automotive sales within
the 1 -2 zoning district. These standards include:
1) The principal structure must be a minimum of 20,500 square feet.
2) The property must be a minimum of three acres, but not greater than five acres.
3) Storing or displaying any vehicle that is for sale must be entirely inside the principal
structure and not occupy more than 10 percent of the principal structure's gross floor
area.
4) Loading and unloading vehicles from a transport vehicle may only take place on the
site and is prohibited on public streets.
5) Outdoor signage displaying automotive sales, leasing or rental is prohibited.
Planning Staff Report
Planning Case No. TA2013 -011
April 22, 2013
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The applicant's place of business would comply with these standards.
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission recommends to the City Council adoption of a Zoning Ordinance
Amendment to allow limited automotive sales as an accessory use with an automotive repair
business (inside the principal structure) in the 1 -2, General Industry District.
Prepared by:
John McCool, AICP
Senior Planner
Attachments: Proposed Ordinance Amendment
1 ORDINANCE NO. XXX
3 AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA,
4 AMENDING TITLE 11 -4 -9, MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING AND TITLE 11-
5 11 -2, PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES OF THE COTTAGE GROVE CITY
6 CODES RELATING TO LIMITED AUTOMOTIVE SALES AS AN ACCESSORY USE
s The City Council of the City of Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota,
9 does hereby ordain as follows:
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11 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT "The Code of the City of Cottage Grove, County of
12 Washington, State of Minnesota," shall be amended by amending Title 11 -4 -9, Motor
13 Vehicle Sales and Leasing by adding the following:
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15 11 -4 -9: MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING:
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17 Motor vehicle sales and leasing establishments except for limited automotive sales in
18 the 1 -2 Limited Industry District must conform to the following standards:
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20 A. Lot Area and Dimensions:
21 1. Minimum lot size of eight (8) acres.
22 2. Maximum lot size of fifteen (15) acres.
23 3. Minimum lot width of three hundred feet (300').
24 4. Minimum lot depth of one hundred fifty feet (150').
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26 B. Building Size and Setbacks:
27 1. Only one primary building is allowed with a minimum size of forty thousand
28 (40,000) square feet.
n 2. Minimum front setback of seventy five feet (75').
30 3. Minimum side yard setback of fifty feet (50').
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32 C. Landscaping and Screening:
33 1. All vehicle parking and inventory areas which are adjacent to public streets or side
34 and rear property lines must be screened by fencing constructed on top of a
35 continuous brick wall, with a fence design approved by the city.
36 2. A minimum of thirty five percent (35 %) of the site must be landscaped.
37 3. A minimum thirty foot (30') wide landscaped area must be established along the
38 perimeter of the site. This area must include landscaped berms no less than
39 three feet (3) in height.
40 4. A minimum of ten percent (10 %) of the parking and display area must be
41 landscaped and irrigated.
42 5. All other landscaping requirements must be met.
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44 D. Other Requirements:
45 1. Motor vehicle display areas must be on one lot not separated by a public street
46 or other land use.
47 2. No vehicle parking is allowed in landscaped areas.
48 3. Customer and employee parking areas must be clearly indicated on the plan. No
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parking or vehicle display is allowed in driveways, entrances, or customer
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parking areas.
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A maximum of two (2) vehicle elevated display areas are allowed. These display
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areas must be located outside of the thirty foot (30') perimeter landscaped area
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and must not exceed three feet (3') in height. These display areas must be
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2. Building Size and Setbacks:
landscaped and constructed of brick pavers, decorative stamped, colored
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Minimum primary building of 20.500 square feet.
concrete, or better. No metal ramps or similar devices are allowed. No rooftop
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The minimum building and parking setbacks are the same minimum yard
parking or display is allowed.
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5.
Pennants, balloons, streamers, pinwheels, or other attention attracting devices
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are not allowed. Open hoods of vehicles, windshields, car windows, trunks, roofs,
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or the like must not be used for signage. A maximum of two (2) flags are allowed.
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Flagpole locations must be shown on the site plan. Flagpoles may not exceed
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twenty five feet (25') in height. The length of any flag may not exceed six feet (6).
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Loading and unloading of vehicles from transport trucks may only take place on
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the site. No loading or unloading on public streets is allowed.
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All lighting must be downward directed with cutoff fixtures. No signs may be
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attached to light poles.
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No loudspeakers or music systems are allowed outside of the building. (Ord. 791,
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5 -3 -2006)
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Motor vehicle display areas must be entirely inside the principal building.
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E. Limited automotive sales accessory to an automotive repair use (inside the principal
71 structure) must conform to the following standards
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73 1. Lot Area and Dimensions
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Minimum lot size of three (3) acres.
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Maximum lot size of five (5) acres.
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Minimum lot width of three hundred feet (4251.
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Minimum lot depth of one hundred fifty feet (1501.
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2. Building Size and Setbacks:
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Minimum primary building of 20.500 square feet.
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The minimum building and parking setbacks are the same minimum yard
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requirements as required in the 1 -2. General Industrial District.
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3. Landscaping and Screening:
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A minimum of thirty five percent (35 %) of the site must be landscaped.
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b.
A minimum thirty foot (30') wide landscaped area must be established along the
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perimeter of the site. This area must include landscaped berms no less than
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three feet (3') in height.
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A minimum of ten percent (10 %) of the parking and display area must be
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landscaped and irrigated.
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All other landscaping requirements must be met.
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4. Other Requirements:
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b. The maximum floor area inside the principal building designated for motor vehicle
display must not be greater than ten percent of the principal building's gross floor
area.
c. Customer and employee parking areas must be clearly indicated on the plan. No
parking or vehicle display is allowed in driveways or entrances.
d. Loading and unloading vehicles from a transport vehicle may only take place on
the site.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT "The Code of the City of Cottage Grove, County of
Washington, State of Minnesota," shall be amended by amending Title 11 -11 -2;
Permitted and Conditional Uses by adding the following accessory use:
11 -11 -2: PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES:
A. Except as provided in this title or otherwise as provided by law, a principal building,
structure or land use shall be permitted only in the zones indicated in the following
table. A principal use listed in the table in any zone denoted by the letter "P" is
permitted and denoted by the letter "C" is a conditional use. The uses in table 1 of
this section are permitted in the zones designated. However, the director of
community development shall have the right to allow any other use which is similar
to and compatible with those uses permitted in the district. Such a determination by
the director of community development shall be in writing.
TABLE 1
PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED IN ZONES
I -1 I -2 I -3 I -4 1 -5
Limited Automotive Sales D [E❑FIF
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and publication according to law.
Passed this day of 2013.
Myron Bailey, Mayor
Attest:
Caron M. Stransky, City Clerk
Published in the South Washington County Bulletin on
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