§ 113-179. B-3 Snelling and Larpenteur community business district.

(a)

Scope. The provisions of this section apply to the B-3 Snelling and Larpenteur community business district.

(b)

Purpose and intent.

(1)

The district applies only to the northeast, northwest, and southwest quadrants of the Larpenteur and Snelling intersection. The district is designed to provide retail sales and services that serve the surrounding neighborhoods' and community's needs. Retail sales and services that serve a larger geographic area are available in larger, nearby business districts in adjacent cities. By limiting and controlling the uses that are permitted, the district is designed to be accessible to retail customers from the nearby neighborhoods and the community, to be compatible with the character of the neighborhoods and overall community, and to minimize the blighting influence on the surrounding residential neighborhoods.

(2)

Furthermore, the district provides for and encourages compact centers for retail sales and services by grouping businesses into patterns of workable relationships that complement each other. The district is designed to be easily accessible to users. It excludes highway oriented and other high traffic volume businesses that would tend to disrupt the cohesiveness of the shopping center or its circulation patterns and shared parking arrangements.

(c)

Permitted uses. No structure or land shall be used except for the following uses:

(1)

Auto parts and accessory stores.

(2)

Apparel and accessory stores.

(3)

Beauty shops and barbershops.

(4)

Bowling alleys.

(5)

Coin and philatelic (stamp) stores.

(6)

Commercial art services.

(7)

Commercial photography services.

(8)

Computer programming and data processing services.

(9)

Dance studios, schools and halls.

(10)

Eating establishments.

(11)

Financial institutions and insurance establishments with hours open to the public no earlier than 8:00 a.m. and no later than 6:00 p.m. An automatic teller machine may operate 24 hours a day.

(12)

Food stores, excluding the outdoor sales of produce, meat and seafood.

(13)

Garment pressing, and agents for laundries and dry cleaners.

(14)

Hardware stores.

(15)

Health services, offices and clinics.

(16)

Home furnishing, appliance and equipment stores.

(17)

Laundry and garment services.

(18)

Laundromats - self serve.

(19)

Mailing services.

(20)

Miscellaneous retail establishments, including antique stores but excluding fuel dealers and gun shops.

(21)

Motion picture theaters.

(22)

Offices, business and professional.

(23)

Office supply and art supply stores, retail.

(24)

Paint, glass and wallpaper stores, retail.

(25)

Personal service establishments as follows: tax return preparation services, diet centers, costume and dress suit rental stores, photograph services.

(26)

Photographic studios, portrait.

(27)

Physical fitness facilities.

(28)

Precious metal dealers with a precious metal dealer license.

(29)

Photocopying and duplicating shops, provided not more than six employees are employed on the premises at one time.

(30)

Public and essential service uses.

(31)

Schools and studios for art, music and interior design.

(32)

Secretarial and stenographic services.

(33)

Tanning salons.

(34)

Therapeutic massage enterprise.

(35)

Video rental stores.

(d)

Conditional uses . The following uses are permitted subject to the issuance of a CUP:

(1)

Animal grooming and pet stores provided there shall be no boarding of animals on the site.

(2)

Basement storage of goods not sold on the premises provided that the space is completely finished and ready for use, is sprinkled, has elevator access, provides two pedestrian accesses, has an existing loading dock or area that does not conflict with adjacent residential areas or entry to businesses and is approved by the city fire marshal.

(3)

Car washes which are accessory to the principal use and meet the requirements for service stations, section 113-383.

(4)

Child care and nursery school facilities subject to licensing by the state.

(5)

Charitable gambling establishments as a principal use in accordance with the city's licensing requirements, section 30-4.

(6)

Custom manufacturing of handmade goods that are sold on the premises provided the manufacturing operation is incidental to a retail operation.

(7)

Drinking establishments, bars and taverns, subject to the city's licensing requirements, chapter 6, article II of this Code.

(8)

Gun shops are a conditional use on the northwest corner of Snelling and Larpenteur as long as the following conditions exist:

a.

A minimum of 1,000 feet from any residential zone except for a minimum of 150 feet from any residential zone when the residential zone is buffered by a separate commercial facility.

b.

A minimum of 750 feet from any park.

c.

A minimum of 1,000 feet from any public or private preschool, elementary or secondary school or church.

(9)

Hotels and motels by PUD.

(10)

Motor fuel or service stations subject to the design and performance standards as specified in section 113-383.

(11)

Multifamily housing by PUD.

(12)

Satellite communications dishes as an accessory use.

(13)

Secondhand goods store, as defined in this chapter.

(14)

Veterinary clinics with no boarding of animals on the site and no external runs.

(e)

Permitted accessory uses.

(1)

Any accessory use permitted in section 113-177(e).

(2)

Limited repair and service operations which are incidental to a principal use.

(3)

One pool table per 2,000 square feet of area excluding area devoted to bowling lanes and one video or electronic game per 300 square feet of area excluding area devoted to bowling lanes are permitted accessory uses to a bowling alley.

(4)

The limited sale of used merchandise is allowed as an accessory use, but only if the following conditions are met:

a.

The sale of used merchandise must be clearly incidental to the sale of new merchandise of the same general type.

b.

The used merchandise which is sold on the premises must be acquired by the owner of the principal use only on a "trade-in" basis from customers trading in used merchandise at the time they purchase new merchandise of the same general type.

c.

The portion of used merchandise on the premises may not, at any time, occupy more than ten percent of the sales area of the premises.

(f)

Other requirements. All uses shall, in addition to all other requirements, apply the following standards:

(1)

No bars on doors or windows during business hours.

(2)

No automatic interior or exterior security lock doors that require request for entry or exit during business hours.

(3)

No exterior storage of merchandise.

(4)

No exterior sales of merchandise except twice a year for three days at a time as a sidewalk sale.

(g)

Building height and yard requirements.

(1)

Maximum principal building height is three stories or 35 feet, except as provided for in section 113-243. Accessory buildings are subject to section 113-240(f).

(2)

Minimum building yard requirements:

a.

Front, 30 feet.

b.

Side, 20 feet, but 30 feet if abutting a street and 40 feet if abutting an R district. No side yard shall be required for a party wall subject to section 113-241.

c.

Rear, 20 feet, but ten feet if abutting an alley.

d.

Maximum lot coverage, 75 percent. This requirement shall only apply to sites that abut an R district to provide sufficient land area for buffering, landscaping and screening. Coverage may be increased by the city if a permanent screen or buffer, other than a wooden fence, is constructed which provides 100 percent yearround opacity for adjacent residential areas after approval by the city council and review by the planning commission.

(Code 1993, § 9-10.01; Ord. No. 0-89-2, 1-11-1989; Ord. No. 0-91-8, § 1, 5-22-1991; Ord. No. 0-93-07, § 3, 7-28-1993; Ord. No. 0-94-05, § 4, 3-23-1994; Ord. No. 0-95-01, §§ 3, 4, 5-10-1995; Ord. No. 97-03, § 1, 6-25-1997; Ord. No. 0-99-09, § 8, 12-15-1999; Ord. No. 00-02, §§ 6, 7, 9, 7-26-2000; Ord. No. 06-03, § 4, 9-13-2006)