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Action Request Form
March 18, 2020
Community Development
Consent
Mixed-Use District Ordinance Amendment & Rezoning
1) Pass Ordinance 1021 enacting Cottage Grove City Code Title 11, Chapter 10A, Section 6, and Title
11, Chapter 10D, Section 10, and amending Cottage Grove City Code Title 11, Chapter 10B, Section
1 and Title 11, Chapter 10C, Section 1 regarding the creation of a new Mixed-Use zoning district.
2) Pass Ordinance 1024 rezoning certain properties to M-U, Mixed Use, as reflected in the attached
Zoning Map. Properties impacted by the proposed zoning amendment including certain properties
north and east of 80th Street and Highway 61 and certain properties north and east of Jamaica
Avenue and Highway 61.
CC Memo
2040 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map
Planning Commission Minutes
Text Amendment Ordinance
Zoning Amendment Ordinance
Zoning Map of Properties to be Rezoned
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
Jennifer Levitt, City Administrator
FROM: Ben Boike, Community Development Director
DATE: March 10, 2020
RE: Mixed-Use District Ordinance Amendment & Rezoning
Introduction
The City of Cottage Grove has filed an application for a zoning text amendment in order to create a
new “M-U, Mixed-Use Business Zoning District.” The new zoning district will bring the zoning ordi-
nance into compliance with the recently submitted 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update, specifically
by providing zoning regulations for two areas classified as “Mixed-Use” on the Future Land Use Map
(see attached).
In addition, the City of Cottage Grove has filed an application for a zoning map amendment to change
existing zoning to the new M-U, Mixed-Use Business District, specifically for certain properties north
and east of 80th Street and Highway 61; and certain properties north and east of Jamaica Avenue
and Highway 61. Please see the attached zoning map detailing properties affected by the pro-
posed map amendment.
Background
The 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update discusses providing flexibility within certain existing commer-
cial areas and planned commercial areas to allow both vertical mixed-use development (i.e.,
commercial uses on main level with apartments above) and stand-alone multi-family residential de-
velopment. As a result, the Future Land Use Map in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update includes
a new land use category called “Mixed-Use” (please see the attached document titled “Future Land
Use Plan”). The intent of the newly classified land use is to allow for the introduction of both mixed-
use development and multi-family residential development as allowable uses in the identified areas,
both of which are not currently allowed in existing zoning.
The following is language in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan:
The uses within a Mixed-use district support one another and the use of walking, biking,
and transit. The City of Cottage Grove seeks to achieve Mixed Use Districts by:
Allowing development of multiple, complementary uses that support one another.
Promoting a walkable, sustainable development pattern that supports alternative
forms of transportation (walking, biking, and mass transit) while still accommodating
the automobile.
Demanding high quality design to ensure compatibility between residential and
commercial uses.
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Ensuring adequate service and retail opportunities to meet the needs of major
employment areas and businesses.
Enhancing the local labor supply through provision of higher density housing in close
proximity to major employment areas.
Creating attractive, community-oriented development that positively reflects on the
image and identity of Cottage Grove.
Proposed Changes
Text Amendment
Staff has drafted the attached zoning text amendment that accomplishes the following:
1) Adds a new “Mixed-Use Business District, M-U” to the list of commercial business districts in
Section 11-10A-6, including language detailing the purpose of the district,
2) Adds a new column outlining the prescribed uses for the new M-U District to the “Permitted,
Conditional, Accessory, and Interim Uses” table in Section 11-10B-1,
3) Adds a new column outlining development standards for the new M-U District to the table in
Section 11-10C-1, and
4) Adds Exterior Design Standards for the new M-U District in Section 11-10D-10.
In addition, staff is recommending development standards for the new M-U District that promote
denser development (20-40 units per acre) (see table in Section 11-10C-1). Staff is also proposing
a building height of 50 feet and reduced building setbacks in order to accommodate denser develop-
ment. Finally, in addition to requirements outlined is Section 11-10D-10, the proposed text amend-
ment requires that all new development adhere to the existing architectural and landscaping
requirements prescribed for the existing commercial districts.
Zoning Amendment
In attempt to align the zoning map with the recently submitted 2040 Land Use Map, staff initially
recommended rezoning all areas classified as “Mixed-Use” in the 2040 Land Use Plan (all pink areas
on the attached 2040 Land Use Map) to the new M-U, Mixed-Use zoning district. However, the pro-
posed M-U, Mixed-Use zoning district does not allow single-family residential uses, agricultural uses,
or mining uses. As a result, if re-zoned, the following uses would become legal non-conforming:
1) Several properties south and east of Jamaica and Hwy 61 (Langdon Neighborhood), which
currently consists of single-family homes,
2) The existing agricultural uses located in the area east of 80th Street and Keats Avenue, and
3) The existing mining operation at the property north and west of Highway 61 and Keats
Avenue.
Although the legal non-conforming status would allow the aforementioned uses to continue and be
maintained, property owners would not have the ability to expand the use, i.e., construct additions
or build new structures. Because of this limitation, staff opted to remove these areas from the pro-
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posed re-zoning at this time. In the future, when these properties are ready for development, the
properties can be rezoned at that time. In doing so, the current uses in these areas are not affected.
Planning Commission Meeting
The Planning Commission held the public hearing at their February 24, 2020 meeting. During the
public hearing, the owner of the property located north and west of Highway 61 and Keats Avenue
voiced concern regarding excluding his property from being re-zoned to mixed-use as the property
is currently being marketed for mixed-use development. Staff informed the Planning Commission
that the recommendation is to re-zone the property at the time of development. In addition, as
mentioned, the property is currently being utilized for a gravel mining operation. If the property is
re-zoned to mixed-use at this time, the current ICUP would become null and void. Staff followed
up with the property owner after the meeting to explain this impact. After discussion, the property
owner agreed that holding off on re-zoning is in his best interest. The Planning Commission unan-
imously recommended approval (7-to-0 vote).
Recommendation
That the City Council approve the following two Ordinances:
1) An Ordinance enacting Cottage Grove City Code Title 11, Chapter 10A, Section 6, and Title
11, Chapter 10D, Section 10, and amending Cottage Grove City Code Title 11, Chapter 10B,
Section 1 and Title 11, Chapter 10C, Section 1 regarding the creation of a new Mixed-Use
zoning district.
2) An Ordinance rezoning certain properties to M-U, Mixed Use, as reflected in the attached
Zoning Map. Properties impacted by the proposed zoning amendment include: certain prop-
erties north and east of 80th Street and Highway 61 and certain properties north and east of
Jamaica Avenue and Highway 61.
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LAND USE
COTTAGE GROVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
EXCERPT FROM UNAPPROVED MINUTES OF THE
FEBRUARY 24, 2020, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
6.2 Mixed Use Zoning District – Cases TA2020-012 & ZA2020-013
The City of Cottage Grove has applied for a text amendment to the City’s Zoning Ordinance
to create an M-U, Mixed Use Zoning District, and a zoning amendment to rezone certain
properties to M-U, Mixed Use. Properties impacted by the proposed zoning amendment
include: certain properties north and east of 80th Street and Highway 61; certain properties
adjacent to Jamaica Avenue and Highway 61; certain properties at the northwest corner of
County Road 19 (Keats Avenue) and Highway 61; certain properties north and east of 70th
Street and County Road 19 (Keats Avenue); and property at the southwest corner of 65th
Street and Hinton Avenue.
Boike summarized the staff report. He stated that based on concerns from property owners in
some of the areas proposed for rezoning, the City is only recommending rezoning the areas north
and east of 80th Street and Highway 61 and north and east of Jamaica Avenue and Highway 61.
The areas that are no longer being considered for rezoning are unlikely to see any development
in the near future whereas the City sees the initial push for development in the two areas still be
recommended for approval. In the future, if development is proposed in those other areas,
rezoning will be done at that time. Boike reported that staff received an email today regarding
concerns with rezoning the Cedarhurst Mansion property, and a copy of that email has been
distributed to the Commission; he noted that property has been removed from the proposed
rezoning areas. He recommended approval of the zoning text amendment creating the M-U,
Mixed Use Development zoning district, and the rezoning amendment which would rezone certain
properties north and east of 80th Street and Highway 61 and certain properties north and east of
Jamaica Avenue and Highway 61.
Frazier asked about the development standards for the M-U district, noting that the proposed
ordinance states, “whenever a B-3 district abuts a residential district,” and if that should read M-
U rather than B-3. Boike stated that it should read that way, and staff will make that change.
Khambata opened the public hearing.
Jerry Herringer, 1731 Innsbruck Parkway, Columbia Heights, stated that he owns the land where
the proposed Shoppes at Cottage View will be developed and asked why that was excluded from
the rezoning.
No one else spoke. Khambata closed the public hearing.
Boike responded that with any undeveloped land, the City wants to hold off on the rezoning until
there is a development proposed, and the property would be rezoned at that time.
Khambata stated that this provides the City an opportunity to boil down our specific zoning that is
going to work as a buffer between commercial areas and lower density residential, so he thinks
this zoning amendment is good for helping identify some of those key areas where that special
land use is going to be important.
Zopfi made a motion to approve the zoning text amendment creating a mixed-use zoning
district and the rezoning amendment to rezone certain properties north and east of 80th
Street and Highway 61 and properties north and east of Jamaica Avenue and Highway 61.
Bigham seconded. Motion passed unanimously (7-to-0 vote).
CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 1021
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA,
ENACTING COTTAGE GROVE CITY CODE TITLE 11, CHAPTER 10A,
SECTION 6 AND TITLE 11, CHAPTER 10D, SECTION 10,
AND AMENDING COTTAGE GROVE CITY CODE TITLE 11,
CHAPTER 10B, SECTION 1 AND TITLE 11, CHAPTER 10C,
SECTION 1 REGARDING THE CREATION OF A NEW
MIXED-USE ZONING DISTRICT
The City Council of the City of Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota, does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. ENACTMENT. The Code of the City of Cottage Grove, County of Washington,
State of Minnesota, Title 11, Chapter 10A, Section 6 is hereby enacted as follows:
11-10A-6: MIXED-USE BUSINESS DISTRICT, M-U:
The Mixed-Use Business District (M-U) is a commercial district intended to provide flexibility to
allow complementary uses that support one another, including any combination of higher density
residential, commercial services and retail, employment opportunities, and transit. The district
promotes a walkable, sustainable development pattern that supports alternative forms of
transportation while still accommodating the automobile.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. The Code of the City of Cottage Grove, County of
Washington, State of Minnesota, Title 11, Chapter 10B, Section 1 is hereby amended as follows:
11-10B-1: PERMITTED, CONDITIONAL, ACCESSORY, AND INTERIM USES:
C. Use Table:
Zoning District
B-B-B-P-N-M-
Use Type 1 2 3 B B U References
Accessory structures or uses C C C C C C
other than those listed as
permitted
Accessory uses or retail sales A A A A A A
which are customarily incidental
and clearly subordinate to the
primary use
Adult uses P Title 11, chapter 5
Agricultural uses P P P P
Amusement center P P P
Any incidental repair or A A
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processing necessary to
conduct a permitted use;
provided, that such accessory
use shall not exceed 30 percent
of the floor space of the principal
building
Any incidental repair, processing A A A 11-10D-2
or storage necessary to conduct
a permitted principal use;
provided, that such accessory
use shall not occupy more than
20 percent of the gross floor
area of the principal building
Apartments P
Apartments, including Mixed- C
use
Armories, convention halls, C C
sports arenas and stadiums
Assembly and packaging (inside P 11-10D-1
a building)
Auction establishments, indoor C C
only (including storage), and not
for livestock, motorized vehicles,
or farm implement equipment
Auto body repair C C 11-10D-6
Automated banking machines A A A A A A 11-10D-2
Automated car wash in A A A A C 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2, 11-
conjunction with principal use 10D-3
Automobile car wash (drive- C C C C C 11-10D-3
through, mechanical and self-
service)
Automobile fluid maintenance P P P P C 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
station
Automobile, motorcycle, trailer, P P 11-4-1, 11-4-9
recreational vehicles,
boats/marine, and farm
implement establishments for
display, hire, service, rental
and/or sales conducted entirely
within a building, including, as
incidental to these major uses,
all repair work in connection with
their own and customers'
vehicles
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Automotive, motorcycle, trailer, C 11-4-1, 11-4-9
recreation vehicles,
boats/marine and farm
implement establishments for
display, hire, service, rental
and/or sales conducted outside
a building
Automotive towing C 11-10D-1
Banks and other financial C C C C C C 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
institutions with a drive-up
window
Banks and other financial P P P P P P 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
institutions without drive-up
window facilities
Barbershops or beauty shops P P P P P P 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
Bicycle racks and transit A A A A A A 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
shelters
Bingo games and gambling P P P Title 3, chapter 2
Blacktop or crushing materials I I I I
for roadway materials
Branch post office or shipping P P P P P P 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
supply
Building materials; provided, P P P 11-10D-1
that they are conducted entirely
within an enclosed structure
Buildings temporarily located for A A A A A A 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
purposes of construction on the
premises, for a period not to
exceed the time necessary to
complete such construction
Bus passenger C C C 11-10D-2
depots/terminals
Business or vocational schools C C 11-10D-1
Business services and offices, P P P P P P 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
including accounting,
advertising, auditing,
commercial art, computer
services, mailing, photocopying,
and public relations
Business signs A A A A A A
Cabinetmaking P 11-10D-1
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Cafeterias not open to the A A A A A 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
general public
Carnivals, circuses or festivals I I I
Casket supplies and monument P P 11-10D-1
sales
Catering establishments P P P 11-10D-1
Christmas tree sales lots P P P P P
Clinics for human care including P P P P P P 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
medical and dental clinics
Collection offices or public P P P P
utilities
Commercial kennels with C C C 11-10D-1
outdoor runs
Commercial overnight delivery A A A A A A 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
drop box
Commercial parking for P P P 11-10D-1, 11-3-9
passenger vehicles
Commercial recreation uses as C C C
listed below:
Amusement centers where
mechanical, electrical and
electronic games are played
Arcade parlors
Archery and shooting ranges
Billiards
Bowling alley
Driving ranges
Miniature golf
Pool halls
Skating
Swimming pools
Tennis courts and handball
courts, including racquetball and
other racket games. Tennis or
racquetball club
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3 or more mechanical, electrical
or electronic games
Community rooms or centers P P P P P P 11-10D-1, 11-10D-2
Convention, banquet and C C C
exhibition halls
Credit card/bank processing P P P
Currency exchanges C 11-10D-4
Dance and/or music studios P P P P P P 11-10D-2
Data processing P P P P
Decorative landscape features A A A A A A 11-10D-2
Dinner and/or live theater P P C
Dry goods and fabrics P P P P P 11-10D-2
Educational/training centers; P P P P P P 11-10D-2
excluding elementary,
secondary, and private schools
Electrical generators (backup A A A A A A 11-10D-2
units)
Electrical, heating, plumbing, P P
appliances, upholstery or air
conditioning sales and service
shops; provided, that they do
not have more than 4
commercial vehicles parked
outside a building or storage of
equipment, supplies or materials
inside a building
Electrical, heating, plumbing, C C
appliances, upholstery or air
conditioning sales and service
shops that have more than 5
commercial vehicles parked
outside a building or storage of
equipment, supplies or materials
outside a building
Electromagnetic communication C C C 11-4-7
facilities
Employment agencies P P P P P P
Equipment rental, inside a P P P P
building
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Equipment rental with outside C C
storage
Essential service structures, C C C C C
including, but not limited to,
buildings such as telephone
stations, booster or pressure
stations, elevated tanks, lift
stations and electric power
substations
Exterior employee break areas A A A A A A 11-10D-2, 11-10D-8
Exterior storage yards for rental C C C C
services, lumberyards, and
similar uses
Farmers' market A A A A A A 11-8A-3(6)
Fencing and other screening A A A A A A 11-10D-2
techniques
Funeral homes and mortuaries P
Furniture, upholstering, picture P P P P P 11-10D-2
framing, interior decorating
studios and furniture repair,
refinish shops and sales
Greenhouses and nurseries C C
Hardware P P P P P 11-10D-2
Health and physical exercise C C P P
clubs greater than 3,500 square
feet of gross floor area
Health and physical exercise P P P P P P
clubs, having less than 3,500
square feet of gross floor area
and with no locker room
facilities
Historical buildings, museums, C C C C
art galleries and theaters for the
performing arts
Home improvement retail inside P P P P
a building
Hospitals for human care; C C C C
provided, that all buildings be
located not less than 75 feet
from the lot line of any lot in a
residential zoning district
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Hotel, motel and/or conference C C C C
center - permitted ancillary uses
within a hotel and/or conference
center with limited exterior
signage approved as part of a
conditional use permit such as:
health and fitness center, class I
or II restaurants, retail or
personal services, car rental
without vehicles occupying off
street parking otherwise
required by city ordinance, not
to exceed inventory of 10
vehicles per rental agency,
banquet facilities, theater or
dinner theater
Institutional uses: adult daycare, P P P P P P 11-10D-2
charitable or philanthropic
institution, childcare center,
housing for senior adults and
persons with disabilities
Landscape nursery, landscape P P P P 11-10D-2
material sales with enclosed
outdoor display and storage
Lawn and garden centers C C C C
having exterior storage and
display, when in conjunction
with principal use
Lawn and garden centers with P P P P
no exterior storage and display
Manufacture of electronic P
instruments
Manufacturing, compounding, A
assembly, packaging, or indoor
storage of products and
materials as an accessory use
provided that such activity does
not occupy more than 20
percent of the gross floor area of
the building
Medical, optical and dental P P P P P P
offices and laboratories
Motor fuel stations (minor and C C C C C 11-4-1
major) without mechanical
service/repair
Movie theater C C C C
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Municipal buildings and P P P P P P 11-10D-2
structures, including police, fire,
library, museum, art gallery or
studio and community buildings,
but not public works garages
Nursery schools and daycare P P P P P P 11-10D-2
centers for all ages - adults and
kids
Nursing homes, congregate C C C C
care, rest homes or retirement
homes; provided, that the site
shall contain not less than 600
square feet of lot area for each
person to be accommodated
Off-sale liquor of 3,000 square P P P P Title 3, chapter 12
feet or less
Off-sale liquor with 3,001 square P P P Title 3, chapter 12
feet or greater
Off street parking, parking A A A A A A 11-10D-2
decks, parking ramps and off
street loading
Off street parking, storage A A A A A A 11-3-9, 11-10D-2
garage and buildings and
loading areas when incidental
and subordinate to any
permitted use
Off street parking when the C C C C C C
principal site of the off street
parking abuts on a lot which is
another B or I district and is in
the same ownership as the land
in the B or I district and subject
to those conditions as set forth
in this title and such other
conditions as are found
necessary by the council to
carry out the intent of this title
Offices for administrative, P P P P P 11-10D-2
executive, professional,
research or similar
organizations, and laboratories
having only limited contact with
the general public; where these
uses are permitted, no
merchandise is permitted to be
sold on the premises
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On-sale liquor stores and C C C C C Title 3, chapter 12
restaurants with an on-sale
liquor license
Open sales lots or open storage C C
when incidental to a principal
use
Opticians and optometrists P P P P P P
Orthopedic and medical P P P P P 11-10D-2
appliances
Outdoor seating or dining A A A A A 11-10D-8
Outdoor storage tanks and A A A A 11-10D-2
equipment for products that are
used in conjunction with the
primary use
Outdoor temporary/seasonal A A A A A 11-10D-5
sales
Park and ride facilities P P P C
Pawnbrokers and sSecondhand C C C C Title 3, chapter 5
goods dealers
Pawnshop C C C Title 3, chapter 5
Pet shops, including grooming P P P P P 11-10D-2
Pharmaceutical sales P P P P P
Postal substations and post P P P P 11-10D-2
offices
Print shops/photographic P P P P P 11-10D-2
copying
Printing and silk screening P P P P P
Private garages, off street A A A A A A
parking and loading spaces
Professional and scientific P P P P 11-10D-2
instrument sales and repair
Professional services, including P P P P P P 11-10D-2
architect, attorney, dental and
medical, financial services,
insurance, and real estate
businesses
Public infrastructure and utility P P P P P P 11-10D-2
uses
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Public or governmental services, P P P P P P 11-10D-2
including libraries, city offices,
auditoriums, public
administration buildings, civic
centers, school administration
offices
Public parks P P P P P P 11-10D-2
Public, parochial and private C C C P
schools, colleges and
universities
Public, quasi-public, and P P P P P P 11-10D-2
essential service structures that
are not permitted uses,
including, but not limited to,
buildings such as telephone
exchange stations, booster or
pressure stations, lift stations,
electric power substations and
public utility uses
Radio and television studios P P P P
Radio and television towers, C C C C
satellite dishes, microwave
dishes
Recording studios P P P P P
Recycling collection points, C C C
exterior storage
Rental services, including the P P
leasing of automobiles, utility
trailers, household equipment
and similar rental equipment
when conducted entirely inside
a building
Research and development of P P P
items including, but not limited
to: software, pharmaceuticals,
communications, medical
devices and the like
Restaurants, classes 1, 2, and P P P P P
3, excluding drive-up window
Restaurants, classes 1, 2 and 3 C C C C
(with drive-up window)
Retail uses: Stores and shops P P P P P 11-10D-2
selling household goods over a
counter or selling personal
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services. Included are stores
selling such items as: antique,
art and school supplies,
appliance and electronics sales
and service, automobile parts
(excluding auto salvage parts)
and accessories, bakery goods,
delicatessens, bagel shops, ice
cream and other specialty
stores, bicycles, books,
magazines, cards, stationery
and newsstands, candy, camera
and photographic supplies,
carpets, rugs and floor
coverings, china and glassware,
clothing, apparel and costumes,
dry goods, floral shops, foods,
electric and household
appliances, furniture, fur goods,
garden supplies (year round
operation only), groceries,
hardware, hobby supplies,
jewelry, leather goods and
luggage, boat sales that are
within a completely enclosed
building, medical supplies,
musical instruments, office
supplies, paint and wallpaper,
professional and scientific
instrument sales and repair,
electronics, audio and visual
equipment and accessories,
shoes, sign shops (inside a
building), sporting goods,
tobacco goods, toys, laundromat
and dry cleaning, photography
studios, picture framing,
locksmith shops, movie and
electronic game sales and
rental, and repair incidental to
sale of goods listed above
Satellite or microwave dishes A A A A A A 11-4-8
and the like
Saunas and massage parlors P P P P P P Title 3, chapter 8
Self-storage facility C 11-10D-7
Sewing centers, machine sales, P P P 11-10D-2
and sewing classes
Showroom warehouse P P P
Sidewalks and trails A A A A A A 11-10D-2
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Sign shops, limited to over the P P P P P 11-10D-2
counter retail sales of signs,
banners or other related graphic
imagery
Signs A A A A A A Title 9, chapter 8, 11-10D-
2
Solar energy incidental to the A A A A A A
principal structure
Stockpiling of material I I I I
Tanning salons P P P P P P 11-10D-2
Tattoo and body piercing P P P
Tax exempt lodges and clubs; C C
provided, that they are not less
than 75 feet from a residential
district
Teen center P P P P
Telecommuting center P P P P
Temporary buildings for A A A A A A 11-10D-2
construction purposes for a
period not to exceed the
completion date of such
construction
Temporary outdoor promotional C C C 11-10D-9
and merchandising activities
(e.g., craft sales, food stands,
car washes, flea markets, and
other activities/events deemed
similar by the community
development director and not
meeting title 5, chapter 5 of this
code) lasting 4 or more
consecutive days and directed
at the general public may be
allowed as an accessory use on
the premises of permitted and
conditional uses
Theaters, drive-in C
Theaters, indoor C C C C
Travel bureaus/agencies P P P P P P 11-10D-2
Underground parking C C C C C 11-10D-2
Vehicle repair - conditional use C C C 11-10D-6
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Vehicle repair - permitted use P P P 11-10D-6
Veterinary clinic with outdoor C C
kennels
Veterinary offices and clinics; P P P P P
provided, no kennels or
treatment areas are located
outside of the building
Wholesale businesses P P P
Wind energy conversion C C C C C 11-4-6, 11-10D-2
systems
Wireless communication facility A A A A A A 11-10D-2
entirely within an existing
building or on the roof or side of
a building, or attached to an
existing structure
Wireless communications C C
freestanding ground mounted
antenna support structure
SECTION 3. AMENDMENT. The Code of the City of Cottage Grove, County of
Washington, State of Minnesota, Title 11, Chapter 10C, Section 1 is hereby amended as follows:
Development
Standards B-1 B-2 B-3 P-B N-B M-U
Lot area Minimum of Minimum of Minimum of Minimum Maximum No
10,000 sq. ft., 10,000 sq. ft., 2 acres, of 1 acre of 5 acres Minimum
unless the unless the unless the
land is land is land is
adjacent to adjacent to adjacent to
an existing an existing an existing
commercial commercial commercial
area area area
Minimum lot width 100 ft. 100 ft. 100 ft. 100 ft. 100 ft.
Screening Whenever a Whenever a Whenever a Section 11-Whenever
B-1 limited B-2 retail B-3 district 10D-2 of an M-U
business business abuts a this district
district abuts district abuts residential chapter abuts a
or is across an R district, district, a residential
the street, a screen not screen not district, a
but not on less than less than screen not
the side 50% opaque 50% opaque less than
considered to nor less than nor less than 50%
be the front, 6 ft. in height 6 ft. in opaque
from an R shall be height; nor less
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Development
Standards B-1 B-2 B-3 P-B N-B M-U
district, a erected and except than 6 ft.
screen not maintained adjacent to a in height;
less than along the street, except
50% opaque side or rear where it adjacent to
nor less than property line shall be not a street,
6 ft. in height that abuts the less than 3 where it
shall be residential ft. nor more shall be
erected and district, than 4 ft. in not less
maintained in except height; shall than 3 ft.
the front adjacent to a be erected nor more
portion of the street, where and than 4 ft.
lot or along it shall be not maintained in height;
the side or less than 3 along the shall be
rear property nor more side or rear erected
line that than 4 ft. in property line and
abuts the R height that abuts maintained
district, the along the
except residential side or
adjacent to a district rear
street, where property
it shall be not line that
less than 3 abuts the
nor more residential
than 4 ft. in district
height
Maximum building 35 ft. 35 ft., except 35 ft., except 45 ft. Section 11-50 ft.
height buildings buildings 10D-2 of
over 35 ft. over 35 ft. this
shall be shall be chapter
subject to subject to
receiving a receiving a
conditional conditional
use permit use permit
Minimum front 30 ft. 30 ft. 30 ft. 30 ft. 30 ft. 10 ft.
yard
Minimum side 10 ft. 10 ft. 10 ft. 10 ft. 30 ft. 10 ft.
yard, interior lot
line
Minimum side yard 30 ft. 30 ft. 75 ft. 75 ft. 75 ft. 30 ft.
interior lot line
adjacent to a
residential district
Minimum side yard 30 ft. 30 ft. 30 ft. 30 ft. Section 11-10 ft.
line adjacent to a 10D-2 of
street this
chapter
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Ordinance No. 1021
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Development
Standards B-1 B-2 B-3 P-B N-B M-U
Minimum rear 35 ft. 35 ft. 35 ft. 10 ft. 30 ft. 10 ft.
yard
Minimum rear 75 ft. 75 ft. 75 ft. 75 ft. 75 ft. 30 ft.
yard, abutting a
residential district
Minimum rear 10 ft. 10 ft. 10 ft. 10 ft. 10 ft.
yard, abutting a
railroad track right
of way
Maximum building 35%
coverage
Lot requirements Any area Any area Section 11-
zoned B-1 zoned B-2 10D-2 of
shall include shall include this
at least 2 at least 2 chapter
acres, unless acres, unless
the land is the land is
adjacent to adjacent to
an existing an existing
commercial commercial
area area
SECTION 4. ENACTMENT. The Code of the City of Cottage Grove, County of Washington,
State of Minnesota, Title 11, Chapter 10D, Section 10 is hereby enacted as follows:
11-10D-10: MIXED-USE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
A. Exterior Design Standards:
1. All new buildings shall be subject to the architectural standards for Nonresidential
Structures as detailed in Section 11-6-13 of this chapter.
2. Building architecture must be complementary to existing development in the area, and all
buildings within the district must maintain a single architectural theme with consistent use
of colors and exterior materials.
3. Three hundred sixty degree (360°) architecture is required. All sides of all buildings are to
be treated with the same architectural style, use of materials, and details as the front
elevation of the building, as determined by the city. (Ord. 904, 5-16-2012)
4. Benches, trash receptacles, and outdoor ashtrays must be of a color and style compatible
with the project architecture.
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5. Sidewalks in front of retail shops must incorporate planting beds or planters against any
wall area that exceeds four feet (4') in length.
B. Landscaping:
1. All new development shall be subject to the landscaping standards as detailed in Section
11-6-5 of this Chapter, specifically the guidelines for the B-3 Zoning District.
2. All yard areas and usable open space shall be landscaped according to an approved
landscape plan. All signs, mailboxes and accessory lighting shall be uniform in materials
and design and be approved as part of the plan. Completion of the landscape plan shall
be assured as a part of the development process. (1971 Code § 28-57.1; amd. 2000 Code)
SECTION 5. SUMMARY PUBLICATION. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section
412.191, in the case of a lengthy ordinance, a summary may be published. While a copy of the
entire ordinance is available without cost at the office of the City Clerk, the following summary is
approved by the City Council and shall be published in lieu of publishing the entire Official Zoning
ordinance:
The City Council for the City of Cottage Grove adopted Ordinance No. XXXX at the
March 18, 2020, meeting. This ordinance creates the M-U, Mixed Use Zoning District,
outlines the prescribed uses and development standards and adds exterior design
standards for the newly created M-U District.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication according to law.
Passed this 18th day of March 2020.
Myron Bailey, Mayor
Attest:
Joe Fischbach, City Clerk
Published in the South Washington County Bulletin on \[Date\].
CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. XXXX
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA,
AMENDING CITY CODE TITLE 11, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 6, ZONING MAP,
VIA REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTIES TO
M-U, MIXED-USE BUSINESS
The City Council of the City of Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota, does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. The City of Cottage Grove’s Official Zoning Map as
referenced in Title 11-1-6, Zoning Map, of the Code of the City of Cottage Grove, County of
Washington, State of Minnesota shall be amended by rezoning certain properties to bring them
into compliance with the approved 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
SECTION 2. REZONING. The Official Zoning Map shall be amended by changing the
zoning classification of certain properties north and east of 80th Street and Highway 61 and
certain properties north and east of Jamaica Avenue and Highway 61 from B1, Limited Business,
B2, Retail Business and B3, General Business to M-U, Mixed-Use as depicted on the zoning
map attached as Exhibit A. The underlying zoning for those properties with existing Planned Unit
Development (PUD) shall be re-zoned to M-U, Mixed-Use Business, however they shall continue
to maintain the PUD classification.
SECTION 3. SUMMARY PUBLICATION. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section
412.191, in the case of a lengthy ordinance, a summary may be published. While a copy of the
entire ordinance is available without cost at the office of the City Clerk, the following summary is
approved by the City Council and shall be published in lieu of publishing the entire Official Zoning
ordinance:
The City Council of the City of Cottage Grove adopted Ordinance No. XXXX, which
amends the City’s Official Zoning Map by changing the zoning classification of certain
properties north and east of 80th Street and Highway 61 and certain properties north
and east of Jamaica Avenue and Highway 61 from B1, Limited Business, B2, Retail
Business and B3, General Business to M-U, Mixed-Use Business.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication according to law.
Passed this 18th day of March 2020.
Myron Bailey, Mayor
Attest:
Joe Fischbach, City Clerk
Published in The Bulletin on \[Date\].
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SSENKRAH