Brooklyn Center City Zoning Code
35-322 C2
Commerce District
35-322C2 Commerce District1)Permitted Usesa)The retail sale of food.b)Eating establishments, provided they do not offer live entertainment and further provided that the category does not permit drive-in eating places and convenience-food restaurants.c)The following 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: Drugs and proprietary items Liquors Antiques and secondhand merchandise Books and stationery Garden supplies Jewelry Flowers and floral accessories Cigars and cigarettes Newspapers and magazines Cameras and photographic supplies Gifts, novelties and souvenirs Pets Optical goods Sporting goods and bicyclesd)Service/office uses described in Subsection 1(b) through 1(u), Subsection 1(w), and Subsection 3(c) of Section 35-320.e)The following repair/service uses:1)Electrical repair service shops.2)Household appliances, electrical supplies, heating and plumbing equipment.3)Radio and television repair service shops.4)Watch, clock and jewelry repair service shops.5)Reupholstery and furniture repair shops.6)Laundering, dry cleaning and dyeing.7)Equipment rental and leasing services.f)The following medical and health uses:1)Hospitals, not including animal hospitals.2)Medical laboratories.3)Dental laboratories.4)Nursing care homes, (at not more than 50 beds per acre), provided that these institutions shall where required by state law, or regulation or by municipal ordinance, be licensed by the appropriate state or municipal authority.g)The following contract/construction uses:1)Building construction contractors' offices.2)Plumbing, heating and air conditioning contractors' offices.3)Painting, paper hanging and decorating contractors' offices.4)Masonry, stone work, tile setting and plastering contractors' offices.5)Carpentering and wood flooring contractors' offices.6)Roofing and sheet metal contractors' offices.7)Concrete contractors' offices.8)Water well drilling contractors' offices.h)Nonresidential educational uses including Area Learning Centers (ALC), post secondary schools, business schools, trade schools and the like, but excluding public and private elementary and secondary schools (K-12).i)Accessory uses, incidental to the foregoing principal uses when located on the same property with the use to which it is accessory. Such accessory uses to include but not be restricted to the following:1)Offstreet parking and offstreet loading.2)Signs as permitted in the Brooklyn Center Sign Ordinance.3)Outside display and sale of merchandise provided that an administrative permit is first obtained pursuant to Section 35-800 of these ordinances.j)Other uses similar in nature to the aforementioned uses, as determined by the City Council.k)Drop-in child care centers licensed by the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare pursuant to a valid license application, provided that a copy of said license and application shall be submitted annually to the City.2)Special Requirementsa)See Section 35-412 of these ordinances.3)Special Usesa)Gasoline service stations (see Section 35-414), motor vehicle repair and auto washes provided they do not abut an R1, R2, or R3 district, including abutment at a street line; trailer rental in conjunction with these uses, provided that there is adequate trailer parking space.b)The sale or vending at gasoline service stations of items other than fuels, lubricants or automotive parts and accessories (and other than the vending of soft drinks, candy, cigarettes and other incidental items for the convenience of customers within the principal building) provided adequate parking is available consistent with the Section 35-704, 2 (b) and 2 (c).c)Drive-in eating establishments and convenience-food restaurants provided they do not abut an R1, R2, or R3 district including abutment at a street line. However, convenience food restaurants without drive-up facilities and located within the principal structure of a shopping center of over 250,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area shall be considered a permitted use.)d)Eating establishments offering live entertainment; recreation and amusement places such as motion picture theaters and legitimate theater; sports arenas, bowling alleys, skating rinks, and gymnasiums, all provided they do not abut an R1, R2, or R3 district, including abutment at a street line.e)The sale of motor vehicles at retail provided the use is conducted on at least a three (3) acre parcel of land containing a structure or structures occupying a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of said parcel of land.f)The out-of-door display and sale of marine craft at retail.g)Transient lodging.h)Animal hospitals.i)Public transportation terminals (excluding truck terminals).j)Clubrooms and lodges.k)Accessory off-site parking not located on the same property with the principal use, subject to the provisions of Section 35-701.l)Sauna establishments and massage establishments, provided they do not abut any residential (R1 through R7) district, including abutment at a street line.m)School bus garage facilities provided all storage, including vehicles, and minor servicing and minor repair shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building and further provided it does not abut any residential (R1 through R7) districts, including abutment at a street line.n)Amusement centers provided the property on which the amusement center is to be located is not within 150 feet of any residentially zoned (R1 through R7) property.o)Automobile and truck rental and leasing.p)Tennis clubs, racket and swim clubs and other athletic clubs, health spas and suntan studios.q)Group day care facilities provided that such developments, in each specific case, are demonstrated to be:1)Compatible with existing adjacent land uses as well as with those uses permitted in the C2 district generally.2)Complementary to existing adjacent land uses as well as with those uses permitted in the C2 district generally.3)Of comparable intensity to permitted C2 district land uses with respect to activity levels.4)Planned and designed to assure that generated traffic will be within the capacity of available public facilities and will not have an adverse impact upon those facilities, the immediate neighborhood, or the community.5)Traffic generated by other uses on the site will not pose a danger to children served by the day care use. Furthermore, group day care facilities shall be subject to the special requirements set forth in Section 35-412.