Memo- Discussion of the B-4 Zoning Districtr
MEMO
To: City Council and Zoning and Planning Commission
From: Nancy Anderson
Date: August 25, 2006
Subject: Discussion on the B-4 zoning district
Last year the City adopted a new B-4 zoning district. Several properties have been
rezoned to the new zoning district. The Commission wanted to review the uses allowed
in this district to see if there should be additional uses added. The Commission
reviewed the uses in July and will be reviewing the uses again in August. Attached is
the business section of the zoning code.
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Hennepin County, Minnesota
Section 535 - Zoning: business districts
535.01. Business districts. Subdivision 1. Description. The business (B)
districts are in four categories designated as B-1, B-2, B-3, and B-4.
Subd. 2. The permitted uses of any land or structure in a B district are
those uses indicated by the mark "X" and shall be further subject to those certain
special limitations, requirements and regulations pertaining to those B district
uses specially designated by the following marks: (1), (2) and (3).
(1) means that the use is prohibited on the ground floor;
(2) means that a conditional use permit is required;
(3) means not more than three devices allowed;
(4) means that the use is limited to 5,000 square feet per business.
Subd. 3. Capital letters following any "X" mark indicate that the use or
uses permitted are subject to and are set forth in the provisions of separate
paragraphs contained in subsection 535.03 which corresponds to the capital letter
or letters set forth in this subsection. The permitted use upon any land or in any
structure in a B district is considered the principal use.
(Amended Ord. 639) (Amended Ord. 96-787)
PERMITTED USES B-1 B-2 B-3 B-4
1. Adult-oriented business, as X X
governed and regulated by
Chapter 1165 of the City Code.
(Amended 95-762)
2. Airport X X
3. Amusement device (3)XBB (3)XBB XBB
4. Appliance store X X
5. Art shops - pictures X X
6. Auction - public or private (1)X X
7. Auto repair X
8. Auto accessory and parts (1)X X
9. Auto sales and/or lease (2)XA
10. Auto wash subject to permit X
11. Armory, auditorium, exhibit hall (2)XB (2)XB
12. Bakery X X
13. Banks, savings and loan X (2)XV
14. Bar - Tavern X X
15. Beauty or barber shop X X X
16. Bike sales
17. Boat - marine sales X
18. Books - office supplies X X
19. Bottling plant not in excess of X
6,000 sq. ft.
20. Boutiques (2)XJ X (2)XJ
21. Bowling - table tennis, pool hall (2)XU X X
22. Broadcasting (T.V. - radio) X X
23. Bus and other transit X X
24. Business school (1)X X
(2) XEE
X
X
X
X
X
(4)X
(4)X
X
25. Cabinet - electrical, heating, X
plumbing, upholstery, air condition-
ing provided the operation does not
exceed 6,000 sq. ft.
26. Camera - photographic X X
27. Carpet and floor covering X X
28. Clinics X X X X
29. Clothing store X (2)X
30. Clubs (private - non profit) (1)XC (2)XC
31. Coin and stamp X X
32. Commercial greenhouse (2)XD
33. Costume & formal wear rental X X
34. Cycle shop and snowmobile (2)XW X
35. Day nursery (2)XE (2)XE (2)XE
36. Delicatessen X X X
37. Department store X
38. Dental - Med. Lab (1)X X
39. Drive-ins (non food) (2)XF (2)XF
40. Dry cleaning and laundry (2)XG X X
41. Dry cleaning and laundry pickup X X X
42. Employment agency X X X
43. Essential public service & utility X X X
structures
44. Fabric and sewing store (2)XI X
45. Fixit shop (2)XY XY XY
46. Florist X X X X
47. Furniture store X X
48. Garden and landscape (2)XZ (2)XZ {2)XZ (2)(4)X
49. Gifts and novelties (2)XJ X (2)XJ X
50. Glassware, china, pottery X X X
51. Glass and mirror installation X
52. Grocery, fruit, vegetable X X
53. Hardware X X
54. Health clubs - studio X
55. Hobby - crafts - instruction X X X
56. Hotel - motel (2)XK (2}XK
57. Interiors - decorating studio X X X
58. Jewelry X X
59. Karate, health club, dance studio (2)XL (1)X X X
60. Leather goods - luggage X X
61. Library - public or private X X
62. Liquors X X
63. Locker plan - 6,000 sq. ft. maximum X
64. Locksmith and fixit shop (2)XY (2)XY X
65. Lumber and related items X
66. Meats X X X
67. Mortuary X X X
68. Motors repairing X
69. Music store X X X
70. Newsstand X
71. Offices (2)XN X X X
72. Open sales lot (2)XO (2)X0 (2)X0
73. Optical - jewelry mfg. (1)X X
74. Orthopedic - medical supplies X
(sales and manufacturing)
75. Paint and wallpaper X X
76. Parking ramps and lots X X
77. Pawn shop - antiques - used materials X X
78. Pet Store (2)X
79. Pharmacy - drug store X X
80. Photography - studio X X X
81. Picture framing - art shop X X X
82. Pipe - tobacco shop X
83. Post office X
84. Print shop (2)XP X X
85. Public auction (see auction) X
86. Records, TV, radio, sound, phono X X
87. Religious institutions, etc. X (2)XCC (2)XCC '
88. Rental service (2)XQ
89. Research labs (2)XT
90. Residential 2)XH (2)XH (2)XH (2)FF
91. Restaurant - traditional X X X X
92. Restaurant - carry-out and delivery X
93. Restaurant - drive-in (2)XR
94. Restaurant - fast food (2)XS
95. Roller rink - ice arena X
96. Self-service station (2)XDD
97. Service station (2)XM
98. Shoes - boots store X X
99. Sporting goods X X (4)X
100. Stationery - card shop X X (2)XJ X
101. Stone monument sales X
102. Tailoring X X X
103. Taxidermist X
104. Taxi terminal X
105. Theater - non-drive-in X X
106. Tires - battery, accessory & recap X
107. Trade school (1)X X
108. Truck - trailer sales (2)XAA
109. Variety stores X X
110. Veterinary clinic X X X
111. Video - sales, rental X X X
112. Warehouse - 16,000 sq. ft. maximum,
not abutting Mainstreet (Amended Ord. 2000-841) X
AREA AND YARD LIMITATIONS
Uses permitted in any B district category subject to the following minimum
floor and lot area, lot widths, yard requirements, and building heights, in feet.
B-1 B-2 B-3 B-4
Lot area - sq. ft. 5,000 - 3,000 -
Lot width - ft. 50 20 25
Floor area requirement - F.A.R. 1.0 6 1.5
Front yard 20 1 1 1
Front yard - P.U.D. 20
Side yard 10 0 0 10
Rear yard 10 10 15 10
Requirements for lots fronting state
and county roads, as follows:
Front yard 20 1
Side yard 10 10
Building height 25 45
Front yard of B lots abutting
R district 1/2 of the required R district
Side yard abutting R district same as R district
Rear yard abutting R district same as R district ,
Rear yard from alley 20 10 15
Building height 25 70 45 60
535.03. Conditional use requirements. Subdivision 1. The requirement of a
conditional use permit in connection with any use in any B district is indicated in
subsection 535.01 by appropriate capital letter (A, B, C etc.), which letters refer
to the appropriate paragraph in this subsection bearing the same capital letter.
Subd. 2. Conditional uses within B districts.
EE) Appliance store provided:
1. That the square footage is limited to 5000 square feet.
2. That the retail area is at least 40 percent.
FF) Residential provided:
1. That the Excelsior Boulevard frontage dwelling units can not occupy the
first floor.
2. That there is at least one underground parking space per unit.
3. That all dwelling must have an entrance leading directly out of the
building.
4. That the density allowed shall be R-5.