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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 05c - Ordinance Amendment City of Lakeville Community Development Planning Commission Kris Jenson, Planning Manager December 10, 2025 Packet Material for the December 18, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment; I-1 District The City has initiated an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance provisions for outdoor storage related to major automobile repair uses in the I-1, Light Industrial District. In January of this year, the City Council approved an ordinance amendment to allow outdoor storage as part of a major automotive repair use. The proposed amendment is intended to clarify the setback and landscape requirements for the outdoor storage area. A. Draft ordinance The ordinance amendment approved in January included performance standards for outdoor storage areas specifically for major automotive repair uses. The standards are as follows: a. The outdoor storage area shall not be located on the side of a site facing a Principal Arterial roadway, as classified in the Lakeville Transportation Plan. b. The storage area shall be enclosed by a solid privacy fence between 6 feet and 8 feet in height, meeting the requirements for fence materials and construction in Section 11-21-5. c. The fenced storage area shall be landscaped with a greenbelt as described in Section 11-21-9: Required Screening and Landscaping. d. The fenced storage area shall meet or exceed the required setbacks for structures. e. The fenced storage area shall not occupy more than 20% of the lot area or 10,000 square feet, whichever is less. f. Individual vehicles shall not be stored on site longer than 30 days. For reference, the I-1 District has the following principal structure setback requirements: abutting residential zoned property, not less than 50 feet on the side yard abutting the residential zoned property. An application has been received from Caliber Collision for a conditional use permit for a major automotive repair use with outdoor storage in the I-1 District. Upon review of their proposed plans, two issues were raised in relation to the new ordinance language. The primary issue is the requirement that the outdoor storage area ,must meet the structure setbacks for the district, which could have an impact for businesses that want to locate the storage area behind the building, but don’t have room to do so because the building is at or close to the 30 foot rear setback line. Staff believes that the rear yard setback for the storage areas should be reduced to be 10 feet, which is consistent with the side yard setback. Reducing this setback requirement encourages the storage areas to be placed behind the building. The setback requirement would not be allowed to be reduced should the storage area be located in a yard that is adjacent to a residential zoned property; in that case the building setbacks will still apply. The proposed change to the text is as follows: d. The fenced storage area shall meet or exceed the required setbacks for structures when abutting public right-of-way or residential zoned property. Otherwise the fenced storage area shall have a minimum rear yard setback of 10 feet. The other item is the requirement that the fenced storage area be landscaped with a greenbelt per Section 11-21-9 Required Screening and Landscaping. This section requires the greenbelt when commercial or industrial uses are adjacent to residential zoned property. Staff is not proposing to change that requirement, only to clarify within the I-1 language that the landscaping is required when adjacent to residential zoned property. The proposed change to the text is an follows: c. When adjacent to residential zoned property, theThe fenced storage area shall be landscaped with a greenbelt as described in Section 11-21-9: Required Screening and Landscaping. Community Development staff recommend approval of the ordinance amendment to Section 11-86-7 in the form presented. ORDINANCE NO.________ CITY OF LAKEVILLE Section 11-86-7.B of the Zoning Ordinance (Conditional Uses) is hereby amended to read as follows: B. Automobile repair, major provided that: 1. All building materials and construction including those of accessory structures must be in conformance with section 11-17-9 of this title. 2. Not less than twenty five percent (25%) of the lot, parcel or tract of land shall remain as landscaped green area according to the approved landscape plan. 3. The entire area other than occupied by buildings or structures or planting shall be surfaced with bituminous material or concrete which will control dust and drainage. The entire area shall have a perimeter curb barrier, a stormwater drainage system and is subject to the approval of the City Engineer. 4. The hours of operation shall be between seven o’clock (7:00) A.M. and eight o’clock (8:00) P.M. Evening hours of operation shall be subject to the approval of the City Council. 5. All painting must be conducted in an approved paint booth. All paint booths and all other activities of the operation shall thoroughly control the emission of fumes, dust or other particulate matter so that the use shall be in compliance with the State of Minnesota Pollution Control Standards, Minnesota Regulation APC 1-15, as amended. 6. The emission of odor by a use shall be in compliance with and regulated by the State of Minnesota Pollution Control Standards, Minnesota Regulation APC 7011, as amended. 7. All flammable materials, including liquids and rags, shall conform with the applicable provisions of the Minnesota Uniform Fire Code. 8. Outside storage is prohibited, except as provided for below. The storage of damaged vehicles, vehicles being repaired and vehicle parts and accessory equipment must be completely inside a principal or accessory building, or enclosed and screened as follows: a. The outdoor storage area shall not be located on the side of a site facing a Principal Arterial roadway, as classified in the Lakeville Transportation Plan. b. The storage area shall be enclosed by a solid privacy fence between six (6) feet and eight (8) feet in height, meeting the requirements for fence materials and construction in Section 11-21-5. c. When adjacent to residential zoned property, the The fenced storage area shall be landscaped with a greenbelt as described in Section 11-21-9: Required Screening and Landscaping. d. The fenced storage area shall meet or exceed the required setbacks for structures when abutting public right-of-way or residential zoned property. Otherwise, the fenced storage area shall have a minimum rear yard setback of 10 feet. e. The fenced storage area shall not occupy more than twenty percent (20%) of the lot area or ten thousand (10,000) square feet, whichever is less. f. Individual vehicles shall not be stored on site longer than 30 days. is ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication according to law. by the Lakeville City Council this ______ day of ______________, 2025. CITY OF LAKEVILLE BY: ________________________ Luke M. Hellier, Mayor ATTEST BY: ________________________ Ann Orlofsky, City Clerk