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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0979ORDINANCE NO. 979 CITY OF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11 OF THE LAKEVILLE CITY CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE ORDAINS: Section 1. Section 11-2-3 of the Lakeville City Code (Definitions) is hereby amended to include the following definitions: BEE KEEPING RELATED: A. APIARY: The assembly of one or more colonies of honeybees on a single lot. B. APIARY SITE: The lot upon which an apiary is located. C. BEEKEEPER: A person who: (i) is a resident of the City who owns or has charge of one or more apiaries of honeybees; and (ii) any person who owns or controls a lot on which a colony is located. D. BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT: Anything used in the operation of an Apiary, such as hive bodies, supers, frames, top and bottom boards and extractor. E. COLONY: An aggregate of honeybees consisting principally of workers, but having, when perfect, one queen and at times drones, brood, combs, and honey. F. HIVE: The receptacle inhabited by a colony. G. HONEYBEE: All life stages of the common domestic honeybee, Apis mellifera species. H. NUCLEUS COLONY: A small quantity of honeybees with a queen housed in a smaller than usual hive box designed for a particular purpose, and containing no supers. SUPER: That part of a honeybee hive used to collect honey. J. SWARMING: The natural process where a queen bee leaves a colony with a large group of worker bees. K. UNUSUAL AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR: Any instance in which unusual aggressive characteristics such as stinging without provocation or attacking without provocation occurs. Section 2. Section 11-15-9.0 of the Lakeville City Code (Nonconforming Lots) is hereby amended to read as follows: C. Vacant Or Redeveloped Lots: Except in environmental protection districts established in chapter 45 of this title, legal, nonconforming, vacant lots of record may be developed for single-family detached dwellings upon approval of a conditional use permit, provided that: 1. Legally Established: The lot in question was legally established in accordance with requirements of this Title. 2. Allowed Use: Single-family residential dwellings are an allowed use within the base zoning district. 3. Minimum Lot Size: a. Sewered Lots: A legal nonconforming lot having direct access, as determined by the City Engineer, to municipal sewer shall be considered buildable provided measurements for lot area and/or width meet minimum requirements or are sixty six percent (66%) of the requirement of the base zoning district. b. Unsewered Lots: A legal nonconforming lot not having access to municipal sewer shall be considered buildable provided it complies with section 11-17-19 of this Title. C. Shoreland Overlay District: The lot shall not have more than twenty five percent (25%) impervious surface if located within the shoreland overlay district. 4. Access: The lot in question has frontage on and will directly access an improved public street. 5. Health Concerns: Public health concerns (potable water and sanitary sewer) can be adequately addressed. 6. Setback And Yard Requirements: The setback and yard requirements of the base zoning district can be achieved while simultaneously resulting in development which complies with the character and general design of the immediate area and the objectives of the comprehensive plan and this Title. FA Section 3. Section 11-17-9.B.2 of the Lakeville City Code (Building Type and Construction) is hereby amended to read as follows: 2. Grade B: a. Specialty concrete block such as textured, burnished block or rock faced block with integral color or stain exceeding ASTM G154. b. Architecturally precast concrete panels having an exposed aggregate, light sandblast, acid etch, form liner, smooth as cast, tooled, natural stone veneer, brick face and/or cast stone type finish. C. Masonry stucco. d. Ceramic. Section 4. Section 11-17-9.B.4 of the Lakeville City Code (Building Type and Construction) is hereby amended to read as follows: 4. Grade D: a. Smooth as cast concrete block. b. Smooth scored concrete block. C. Glass block. d. Wood provided that the surfaces are finished for exterior use or the wood is of proven durability for exterior use, such as cedar, redwood or cypress. Section 5. Section 11-17-9.D.2.a of the Lakeville City Code (Building Type and Construction) is hereby amended to read as follows: a. The exterior building finish shall be composed of at least sixty five percent (65%) grade A materials and/or architecturally precast concrete panels with a form liner, smooth as cast, tooled, natural stone veneer, brick face and/or cast stone type finish, not more than thirty five percent (35%) other grade B and grade C materials and not more than ten percent (10%) grade D materials. 3 Section 6. Section 11-17-19.A.2 of the Lakeville City Code (Minimum Lot Area; Unsewered Lots) is hereby amended to read as follows: 2. The minimum lot size of ten (10) acres shall not apply to smaller separate parcels of record in separate ownership existing prior to January 1, 1984, provided that they comply with minimum standards for the district in which they are located or Chapter 15 of this Title and that it can be demonstrated by means satisfactory to the City that the smaller parcels will not result in groundwater, soil or other contamination which may endanger the public health. Section 7. Section 11-18-7.A of the Lakeville City Code (Single Family Attached and Detached Accessory Uses) is hereby amended to read as follows: A. Number Allowed: 1. There shall not be more than one (1) detached accessory building on a lot in addition to one (1) attached or detached garage. 2. One (1) play equipment structure, open -sided structure, or gazebo enclosed only by screening or clear windows having a footprint less than two hundred (200) square feet shall be allowed in addition to the number of accessory buildings allowed by Section 11-18-7.A.1 of this Chapter. 3. Accessory buildings greater than allowed by this Section may be allowed by approval of a conditional use permit. Section 8. Section 11-19-13 of the Lakeville City Code (Off -Street Parking Requirements— Number of Spaces Required) is hereby amended to repeal the following provision: Restaurant, drive-in or convenience food 1 space per 15 square feet of gross floor area designated for patron queuing, but not less than 15 spaces plus 1 space per 40 square feet of dining area and 1 space for each 80 square feet of kitchen area. Section 9. Section 11-19-13 of the Lakeville City Code (Off -Street Parking Requirements— Number of Spaces Required) is hereby amended to add the following provisions: 0 Commercial/Industrial: Fast Food Restaurant with or without 1 space per 70 square feet. drive through Coffee/doughnut shop with or without 1 space per 50 square feet. drive through Section 10. Section 11-27-3 of the Lakeville City Code (Model Homes) is hereby amended to read as follows: 11-27-3: QUALIFICATION: A building permit may be issued for a model home upon approval and recording of a final plat, provided that: A. The number of model homes within the final plat shall not exceed: 1. Prior to completion of public infrastructure improvements provided that at least a maintainable Class 5 aggregate base, structurally sufficient to allow public safety access to each building site approved by the City Engineer is installed prior to issuance of a building permit: a. One (1) building per homebuilder or the following, whichever is greater: (1) Plats with less than 40 lots: 2 model homes (2) Plats with 40 lots or more: 3 model homes b. Construction of more than one model home allowed under this subsection shall require the buildings be located on abutting lots. 2. After completion of public infrastructure improvements (including a first lift of asphalt) approved by the City Engineer: Three (3) buildings or ten percent (10%) of the lots within the final plat, whichever is greater. B. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for a model home until the public infrastructure improvements including the first lift of asphalt have been completed and approved by the City Engineer. 5 Section 11. Section 11-35-3.D of the Lakeville City Code (Animals — Keeping Animals) is hereby amended to read as follows: D. In addition to the keeping of animals allowed by subsections A, B, and C of this section, keeping of the following animals shall be allowed by interim use permit as regulated under the provisions of Chapter 5 of this Title: 1. Raptors within the A -P and RA Districts, provided that: a. The property owner shall reside upon the property as their primary residence. b. The property owner shall provide and maintain with the City documentation that they process a valid permit issued by the Department of Natural Resources for keeping of the raptor. C. There shall not be more than two (2) raptors kept upon the property at any time. d. Habitat for the raptor shall be subject to the provisions for accessory buildings established by Section 18 of this Title and shall comply with applicable requirements of the Department of Natural Resources. e. The interim use permit shall terminate in accordance with Section 11-5-7 of this Title or upon any of the following events, whichever occurs first: (1) The property owner ceases to possess a valid permit from the Department of Natural Resources for keeping raptors. (2) The property owner ceases to occupy the property as their primary residence or transfers ownership of the property to another party. 2. Honey bees and apiaries accessory to a single family dwelling within agriculture/rural or residential districts, provided that: a. Colony density. The number of colonies allowed upon a lot shall be subject to the following limits: 9 Lot Area Maximum Number of Colonies <25,000sf. 2 25,000sf. < 40,000sf. 4 40,000sf. < 5ac. 6 5ac. or greater 8 b. Colony location: (1) A hive shall be located only within a rear yard. (2) A hive shall be setback a minimum of twenty (20) feet from any lot line. (3) A hive shall not encroach upon any wetland buffer or drainage and utility easement. C. Performance standards: (1) Honeybee colonies shall be kept in hives with removable frames, which frames shall be kept in sound and usable condition. (2) A solid fence, wall, or dense vegetative barrier capable of interrupting the direct flight of bees shall be used to redirect the bee's flight pattern and prevent a direct line of flight from the hive entry into neighboring properties. The barrier shall start at the ground, be a minimum of six (6) feet in height, and shall extend beyond the direct line of sight from the entrance to the hive to the adjacent property. (3) Each colony on the apiary site shall be provided with a convenient source of water located on the apiary site so long as colonies remain active outside the hive. (4) Materials from a hive or colony which might encourage the presence of honeybees, such as wax comb, shall be promptly disposed of in a sealed container or placed within a building or other bee -proof enclosure. 7 (5) For each colony permitted to be maintained under this section, there may also be maintained upon the same apiary site, one nucleus colony in a hive structure not to exceed one standard 9 5/8 inch depth ten -frame hive body, with no supers. (6) Beekeeping equipment shall be maintained in good condition. Unused beekeeping equipment must be protected to prevent occupancy by swarming honeybees. (7) Hives shall be continuously managed to provide adequate living space for their resident honeybees in order to control swarming. (8) In any instance in which a colony exhibits unusual aggressive behavior, it shall be the duty of the beekeeper to promptly implement appropriate actions to address the behavior. If requeening is required, queens shall be selected from European stock bred for gentleness and non -swarming characteristics. (9) Fruit trees and other flowering trees, which are located on an apiary site, shall not be sprayed, while in full bloom, with any substance which is injurious to honeybees. d. Inspection. The premises for which an interim permit is issued in accordance with this Section shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by Community Service Officers, the Zoning Administrator or other City official to determine compliance with the requirements of the permit, this Section or other provisions of the Zoning Ordinance and City Code relating to public health, safety and welfare. e. Termination. The interim use permit shall terminate in accordance with Section 11-5-7 of this Title or the transfer of ownership of the property to another party. Section 12. Section 11-35-3 of the Lakeville City Code (Animals — Keeping of Animals) is hereby amended to include the following provision: H. Prohibited Animals. Except as approved prior to May 15, 2017, the following animals shall not be kept within the City, except as associated with a zoo program licensed by the State for a period of not longer than thirty (30) days: 1. Any member of the cat family (felidae) including, but not limited to, lions, tigers, cougars, bobcats, leopards and jaguars, but excluding those recognized as domesticated house cats. 2. Any naturally wild member of the canine family (canidae) including, but not limited to, wolves, foxes, coyotes, dingoes, and jackals, but excluding those recognized as domesticated dogs. 3. Any hybrid or crossbreeds between an animal defined in Subsections HA or H.2 and a domestic animal and offspring from all subsequent generations of those hybrids or crosses, such as the crossbreed between a wolf and a dog. 4. Any member or relative of the rodent family including any skunk (whether or not descented), raccoon, or squirrel, but excluding those members otherwise defined or commonly accepted as domesticated pets. 5. Any poisonous, venomous, constricting, or inherently dangerous member of the reptile or amphibian families including, but not limited to, rattlesnakes, boa constrictors, pit vipers, crocodiles and alligators. 6. Any other animal that is not explicitly listed above but which can be reasonably defined by the terms of this section including, but not limited to, bear, deer, non -human primates, and game fish. Section 13. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication according to law. ADOPTED by the Lakeville City Council this 15th day of May 2017 ATTEST/ , BY: Charlene Friedges, City ,?erk CITY OF LAKEVILLE BY: Douglas . Anderson, Mayor 10 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF MINNESOTA ) ss COUNTY OF DAKOTA Charlene Vold being duly sworn on an oath, states or affirms that he/she is the Publisher's Designated Agent of the newspaper(s) known as: STW Lakeville with the known office of issue being located in the county of. DAKOTA with additional circulation in the counties of: SCOTT and has full knowledge of the facts stated below: (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualifica- tion as a qualified newspaper as provided by Minn. Stat. §331A.02. (B) This Public Notice was printed and pub- lished in said newspaper(s) once each week, for 1 successive week(s); the first insertion being on 05/19/2017 and the last insertion being on 05/19/2017. MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICES Pursuant to Minnesota Stat. §580.033 relating to the publication of mortgage foreclosure notices: The newspaper complies with the conditions described in §580.033, subd. 1, clause (1) or (2). If the newspaper's known office of issue is located in a county adjoining the county where the mortgaged premises or some part of the mortgaged premises described in the notice are located, a substantial portion of the newspaper's circulation is in the latter county. By: Uc'la", Designated Agent Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before me on 05/19/2017 by Charlene Vold. Notary Pubc �'""'PAULINE L LEE$ 4ia zoNotary Public -Minnesota ` My Commission Expires Jan 31, 2021 Rate Information: (1) Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space: $27.40 per column inch Ad ID 690295 CITY OF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 979 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11 (ZONING) OF THE LAKEVILLE CITY CODE This ordinance amends Title 11 of the Lakeville City Code. Amend- ments have been made to the fol- lowing chapters of the Lakeville City Code: Title 11(Zoning Ordinance) Chapter 2-3 (Definitions) Chapter 15-9 (Nonconforming Lots) Chapter 17-9 (Exterior Building Finishes) Chapter 17-19 (Minimum Lot Area, Unsewered Lots) Chapter 18-7 (Single Family Ac- cessory Uses) Chapter 19-13 (Off -Street Park- ing Requirements) Chapter 27-3 (Model Homes) Chapter 35-3 (Keeping Animals) A printed copy of the entire ordi- nance is available for inspection by any person during the City Clerk's regular office hours. Approved for publication by the City Council of the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, this 15th day of May 2017 CITY OF LAKEVILLE BY: Douglas P. Anderson Mayor ATTEST: Charlene Friedges City Clerk Published in the Lakeville Sun Thisweek May 19, 2017 690295