(A)   For the purposes of this chapter, the city is hereby classified into the following Zoning Districts:

 

   (B)   Zoning map. The boundaries of these districts are hereby defined and established as shown on the map entitled “Zoning Map, City of Aurora, Minnesota.” Unless otherwise indicated by relation to established lines, points or features, the district boundary lines are the centerlines of streets, alleys or railroad rights-of-way, existing or extended.

(1989 Code, § 11.20) (Ord. 82, passed 4-16-2018)

   Permitted uses include:

   (A)   Single-family detached and two-family dwellings on parcels of not less than five acres if not served by public sanitary sewer and water; and

   (B)   Accessory buildings, provided they do not exceed 50% of the gross floor area of the principal dwelling.

(1989 Code, § 11.21)

   Permitted uses include:

   (A)   One-family detached dwellings.

      (1)   All family dwellings in the city limits must meet recommended foundation requirements as stated in State Building Code, except those dwellings in designated mobile home parks.

      (2)   All family dwellings must meet a minimum width requirement of 24 feet.

      (3)   All family dwellings must have approved siding.

      (4)   All family dwellings must meet approved requirements restricting pitch of the roof.

      (5)   All family dwellings must meet a minimum length requirement of 24 feet.

   (B)   Two-family dwellings, provided they do not exceed 25% of the units in a block;

   (C)   Off-street parking and off-street loading;

   (D)   Renting of not more than two indoor parking spaces;

   (E)   One accessory building which does not exceed 50% of the gross floor area of the principal building;

   (F)   Public recreational structures in parks, playgrounds and athletic fields;

   (G)   Playground equipment and installations, including private swimming pools and tennis courts;

   (H)   A temporary real estate tract office for the purpose of selling lots on the tract upon which it is located;

   (I)   Chapels, churches, temples and synagogues, provided primary vehicular access shall be gained to the uses by a collector or arterial street;

   (J)   Public and private elementary and secondary schools offering a regular course of study accredited by the State Department of Education, provided primary vehicular access shall be gained to the uses by a collector or arterial street;

   (K)   Golf courses and accessory buildings essential to the operation of a golf course; and

   (L)   Cemeteries.

(1989 Code, § 11.22) (Ord. 129, eff. 4-24-1976; Ord. 17, 2nd Ser., eff. 1-13-1995; Ord. 34, 2nd Ser., passed 2-17-2000; Ord. 74, passed 1-13-2015)

   (A)   Permitted uses. Mobile home dwellings and uses necessarily incidental to a mobile home park but excluding the sale of mobile homes.

   (B)   Special requirements. See § 153.061.

      (1)   All family dwellings in the city limits must meet recommended foundation requirements as stated in the State Building Code.

      (2)   All family dwellings must meet a minimum width requirement of 24 feet.

      (3)   All family dwellings must have approved siding.

      (4)   All family dwellings must meet approved requirements restricting pitch of the roof.

      (5)   All family dwellings must meet a minimum length requirement of 24 feet.

(1989 Code, § 11.23) (Ord. 74, passed 1-13-2015)

   (A)   Permitted uses.

      (1)   Existing mobile home units (single occupancy) located on platted parcels of land prior to May 1, 1976; and

      (2)   One accessory building which does not exceed 50% of the gross floor area of the principal building.

   (B)   Special requirements.

      (1)   Any parcel of land designated for R-2A zoning which is not used or occupied for a continuous period of one year shall, upon recommendation of the Planning Commission and approval by the Council, revert to an R-1 zoning classification.

      (2)   Any dwelling with HUD seal must be placed in a mobile home park, except mobile homes presently established within the city limits.

      (1)   All family dwellings in the city limits must meet recommended foundation requirements as stated in the State Building Code.

      (2)   All family dwellings must meet a minimum width requirement of 24 feet.

      (3)   All family dwellings must have approved siding.

      (4)   All family dwellings must meet approved requirements restricting pitch of the roof.

      (5)   All family dwellings must meet a minimum length requirement of 24 feet.

(1989 Code, § 11.24) (Ord. 129, eff. 4-24-1976; Ord. 17, 2nd Ser., eff. 1-13-1995; Ord. 74, passed 1-13-2015)

   (A)   Permitted uses.

      (1)   Townhouse, garden apartments and multi-family dwellings not to exceed three stories in height;

      (2)   Parks, playgrounds, athletic fields and other recreational uses of a noncommercial nature;

      (3)   Accessory uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses when located on the same property with the use to which they are accessory, but not including any business or industrial accessory use:

         (a)   Off-street parking and off-street loading;

         (b)   Garages, carports, screen houses, conservatories and the like, for use by the occupants of the principal use;

         (c)   Public recreational structures in parks, playgrounds and athletic fields;

         (d)   Playground equipment and installations, including private swimming pools and tennis courts; and

         (e)   A temporary tract office for the purpose of promoting the development in which it is located.

   (B)   Special requirements. See § 153.062.

(1989 Code, § 11.25) (Ord. 129, eff. 4-24-1976)

   Permitted uses.

   (A)   The following services/office uses:

      (1)   Nursing care homes, maternity care homes, child care homes and boarding care homes; provided, however, that the institutions shall, where required by state law or regulations of the licensing authority, be licensed by the appropriate state authority;

      (2)   Banking, finance, insurance, real estate and investment offices;

      (3)   Medical, dental, osteopathic, chiropractic and optometric offices;

      (4)   Legal offices, engineering and architectural offices, educational and scientific research offices (excluding laboratory facilities), accounting, auditing and bookkeeping offices;

      (5)   Religious uses, welfare and charitable uses, libraries and art galleries;

      (6)   Beauty and barber services;

      (7)   Funeral and crematory services;

      (8)   Photographic services;

      (9)   Apparel repair, alteration and cleaning pickup stations, shoe repair;

      (10)   Advertising offices, provided that the fabrication of signs shall not be a permitted use;

      (11)   Consumer and mercantile credit reporting services office, adjustment and collection service offices;

      (12)   Duplicating, mailing and stenographic service offices;

      (13)   Employment agency offices;

      (14)   Business and management consultant offices;

      (15)   Detective and protective agency offices;

      (16)   Contractor's offices;

      (17)   Governmental offices;

      (18)   Business association, professional membership organizations, labor unions, civic, social and fraternal association offices;

      (19)   The compounding, dispensing or sale (at retail) of drugs, prescription items, patient or proprietary medicines, sick room supplies, prosthetic devices or items relating to any of the foregoing when conducted in the building occupied primarily by medical, dental, osteopathic, chiropractic or optometric offices; and

      (20)   The sale of food and grocery products.

   (B)   The following retail uses:

      (1)   The retail sale of heating and plumbing equipment, paint, glass and wallpaper, electrical supplies and building supplies;

      (2)   The retail sale of tires, batteries and automobile accessories and marine craft accessories;

      (3)   The retail sales of apparel and related accessories;

      (4)   The retail sale of furniture, home furnishings and related equipment;

      (5)   The retail sale of miscellaneous items such as the following:

         (a)   Drugs and proprietary items;

         (b)   Liquors;

         (c)   Antiques and second-hand merchandise;

         (d)   Books and stationery;

         (e)   Garden supplies;

         (f)   Jewelry;

         (g)   Flowers and floral accessories;

         (h)   Tobacco and tobacco products;

         (i)   Cannabis and cannabis products;

         (j)   Newspapers and magazines;

         (k)   Computers, cameras, and photographic supplies;

         (l)   Gifts, novelties and souvenirs;

         (m)   Pets;

         (n)   Optical goods;

         (o)   Sporting goods and bicycles; and

         (p)   Ceramic materials and related items.

      (6)   Automobile service stations;

      (7)   Bars, restaurants, and coffee shops; and

      (8)   Hotels and motels.

(1989 Code, § 11.30) (Ord. 82, passed 4-16-2018; Ord. 105, passed 8-6-2024)

      (1)   The following manufacturing activities:

         (a)   Food and kindred products as illustrated by:

            1.   Dairy products;

            2.   Bakery products;

            3.   Confectionery and related products;

            4.   Beverages, with the exception of malt or malt liquors; and

            5.   Macaroni, spaghetti and noodles.

         (b)   Textile mill products;

         (c)   Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics, leather and similar materials;

         (d)   Lumber and wood products, except saw mills and planing mills producing dimensioned lumber;

         (e)   Furniture and fixtures;

         (f)   Converted paper and paperboard products;

         (g)   Printing, publishing and allied industries;

         (h)   Chemicals and allied products as follows:

            1.   Drugs; and

            2.   Soaps, detergents and cleaning preparations, perfumes, cosmetics and other toilet preparations.

         (i)   Miscellaneous plastic products;

         (j)   Fabricated metal products as illustrated by:

            1.   Office computing and accounting machines;

            2.   Household appliances;

            3.   Electrical lighting and wiring equipment;

            4.   Communication equipment, including radio and television receiving sets;

            5.   Electronic components and accessories;

            6.   Screw machine products; and

            7.   Coating, engraving and allied services.

         (k)   Professional, scientific, electronic and controlling instruments, photographic and optical goods, watches and clocks;

         (l)   Cultivation, processing, and extraction of cannabis, hemp, and other related products; and

         (m)   Miscellaneous manufacturing goods, such as jewelry and silverware, musical instruments and parts, toys, amusement, sporting and athletic goods and pens, pencils and other office and artistic materials.

      (2)   The following wholesale trade activities:

         (a)   Motor vehicles and automotive equipment;

         (b)   Drugs, chemicals and allied products;

         (c)   Dry goods and apparel;

         (d)   Groceries and related products;

         (e)   Electrical goods;

         (f)   Hardware, plumbing, heating equipment and supplies;

         (g)   Machinery, equipment and supplies; and

         (h)   Other wholesale trade similar in nature to the aforementioned uses, such as paper and paper products, furniture and home furnishings and beer, wine and distilled alcoholic beverages, but expressly excluding petroleum bulk stations and scrap and waste materials and similar uses.

      (3)   The following service activities:

         (a)   Laundering, dry cleaning and dyeing;

         (b)   Warehousing and storage;

         (c)   Automobile and truck repair and wash;

         (d)   Contract construction;

         (e)   Kennels;

         (f)   Veterinarian and animal hospitals;

         (g)   Automobile and truck rental and leasing;

         (h)   Truck terminals or exchange stations;

         (i)   Banking, finance, insurance, real estate, investment offices, legal offices and call centers for any of the above; and

         (j)   Adult entertainment uses.

      (4)   The following mining and outdoor-related activities when allowed by conditional use permit:

         (a)   Mineral mining and related use of land, including, but not limited to, the excavation, extraction, removal, storage or processing of minerals, sand, gravel, rock or other natural deposits;

         (b)   A minimum one-half mile buffer zone when blasting operations and procedures are located or are occurring adjacent to all other zoning districts within the city;

         (c)   Speed motor sports events and speed motor sports equipment testing;

         (d)   Trails and other recreational uses of a non-commercial nature; and

      (5)   Accessory uses incidental to the foregoing uses when located on the same property with the use to which they are accessory. The accessory uses shall include but not be restricted to the following:

         (a)   Off-street parking and off-street loading;

         (b)   Storage of materials, provided that when the use abuts or is adjacent to any residential zone, the storage shall be within completely enclosed buildings and effectively screened by a solid wall or fence, including solid entrance and exit garages not less than six feet nor more than eight feet in height; and

         (c)   Foundries, provided that the foundry operation is necessary to the principal use.

      (6)   Retail sales of products manufactured, processed or wholesaled at the use site;

      (7)   Accessory off-site parking not located on the same property with the principal use, subject to the provisions of this chapter; and

      (8)   Other uses similar in nature to the aforementioned uses, as determined by the Council.

(1989 Code, § 11.40) (Ord. 41, 2nd Ser., eff. 5-7-2002; Ord. 42, 2nd Ser., passed 9-3-2002; Ord. 82, passed 4-16-2018; Ord. 105, passed 8-6-2024)

   Permitted uses include:

   (A)   Public parks, playgrounds, athletic fields and other recreational uses of noncommercial nature;

   (B)   Commercial recreational facilities of a semi-open nature such as golf courses and golf driving ranges;

   (C)   Municipal, school district and public hospital facilities; and

   (D)   Accessory uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses when located on the same property with the use to which they are accessory, but not including any business or industrial uses. These accessory uses shall include but not be restricted to the following:

      (1)   Off-street parking; and

      (2)   Public recreational buildings and parks, playgrounds and athletic fields.

(1989 Code, § 11.50) (Ord. 129, eff. 4-24-1976)