Brooklyn Center City Zoning Code
35-330 I-1
Industrial Park
35-330I-1 Industrial Park1)Permitted Usesa)The following manufacturing activities:1)Food and kindred products as illustrated by: Dairy products Bakery products Confectionery and related products Beverages, including beer, wine, and distilled alcohol Macaroni, spaghetti, and noodles.2)Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics, leather, and similar materials.3)Lumber and wood products, except saw mills and planing mills producing a dimensioned lumber.4)Furniture and fixtures.5)Converted paper and paperboard products (as opposed to paper and paperboard manufacturing).6)Printing and publishing and allied industries.7)Chemicals and allied products as follows: Drugs Soaps, detergents and cleaning preparations Perfumes, cosmetics and other toilet preparations compounding and packaging only.)8)Miscellaneous plastic products.9)Fabricated metal products as illustrated by: Office computing and accounting machines Household appliances Electrical lighting and wiring equipment Communication equipment, including radio and television receiving sets Electronic components and accessories Screw machine products.10)Professional, scientific, electronic and controlling instruments, photographic and optical goods, watches and clocks.11)Miscellaneous manufacturing such as jewelry and silverware, musical instruments and parts, toys, amusement, sporting and athletic goods and pens, pencils and other office and artistic material.12)Assembly of electric powered vehicles.13)Adult establishments.b)The following wholesale trade activities:1)Automotive equipment2)Drugs, chemicals and allied products3)Dry goods and apparel4)Groceries and related products5)Electrical goods6)Hardware, plumbing, heating equipment and supplies7)Machinery, equipment and supplies8)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.c)The following service activities:1)Laundrying, dry cleaning and dyeing2)Contract construction3)Kennels4)Veterinarian and animal hospitalsd)Public transportation terminals (excluding truck terminals).e)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 without being restricted to the following:1)Offstreet parking and offstreet loading.2)Signs as permitted in the Brooklyn Center Sign Ordinance.3)Storage of raw materials, work in process and inventory, provided such storage is within completely enclosed buildings.f)Other uses similar in nature to the aforementioned uses, as determined by the City Council.2)Special Requirementsa)See Section 35-413 of these ordinances.3)Special Usesa)Foundries, provided that the foundry operation is a necessary incident to a principal use permitted in the I-1 district.b)Textile mills.c)Retail sales of products manufactured, processed, warehoused, or wholesaled on the use site.d)Accessory off-site parking not located on the same property with the principal use, subject to the provisions of Section 35-701.e)Those commercial developments which, in each specific case, are demonstrated to the City Council to be:1)Compatible with existing adjacent land uses as well as with those uses permitted in the I-1 district generally.2)Complementary to existing adjacent land uses as well as to those uses permitted in the I-1 district generally.3)Of comparable intensity to permitted I-1 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 the industrial park or the community. and, which are described in Section 35-322, Subsection 1 d, e (subparts 1-6), f, (subparts 2 and 3), g through j; 3 m and 3 p. Such commercial developments shall be subject to I-1 district requirements of Section 35-400 and 35-413 and shall otherwise be subject to the ordinance requirements of the use classification which the proposed development represents.g)Warehousing and storage uses which, in each specific case, are demonstrated to the City Council to be:1)Compatible with existing adjacent land uses as well as with those uses permitted in the I-1 district generally.2)Of comparable intensity to permitted I-1 district land uses with respect to activity levels. provided such uses shall adhere to applicable requirements in the I-1 district and shall not involve maintenance or servicing of vehicles on the site.h)Other noncommercial uses required for the public welfare as determined by the Council, including accessory outside storage of materials when screened from public view by an opaque wall.i)Outdoor storage and display of materials, equipment, and products accessory and necessary to a principal or permitted use subject to the following standards:1)The items in the area designated on the site plan for outdoor storage or sales display area shall be effectively screened from view from adjacent public rights-of-way or adjacent properties by a solid wall or fence constructed of wood, masonry or other durable materials, or a combination of fence, berm and landscaping approved by the City Council.2)Allowable areas used for outdoor storage or display areas on an individual site shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the gross floor area of the principal building.3)Outdoor storage or sales display area shall not be located within any front yard or corner side yard abutting a public right-of-way, or within the buffer setback areas as defined under Section 35-413, Subsection 1 a, b, c, and d.4)Height of stacked or stored materials or equipment in the storage area shall not exceed the height of the screening fence or height levels approved by the City Council.5)Outdoor areas shall not be used for the storage of junk or inoperable vehicles, trash, debris, or any nuisance items as defined in the City Code.6)The storage of hazardous liquids, solids, gases or wastes is strictly prohibited, unless authorized by the city's Building Official and Fire Chief, and approved by the City Council.7)The outdoor storage area shall not be within or interfere with designated parking or drive aisles areas required by City Code Section 35-700 Off-Street Parking Requirements.8)Any new or additional lighting installed to illuminate the storage area must be down-cast, cut-off style light fixtures, with a photometric plan approved by the City Council.9)The storage area shall consist of a concrete or bituminous surface. The property owner or responsible tenant shall keep the outdoor storage areas free of refuse, trash, debris, weeds, and waste fill.10)Any storage or placement of materials outside of the designated area shall be a violation of the City Code.11)A detailed site plan specifically delineating the storage area, including the landscaping and lighting plans for said areas, must be approved by the City Council.