Brooklyn Center City Zoning Code
35-2240 Cc
Central Commerce Overlay District
35-2240CC Central Commerce Overlay District1)Land may be designated as being within the CC Central Commerce Overlay District by City ordinance. Land use within any area so designated shall comply with the regulations of this section in addition to all regulations applicable to the underlying land use district established in Sections 35-300 through 35-331 of this Code and other regulations as applicable.2)The following uses are allowed in the CC Central Commerce Overlay District:a)Finance, insurance, real estate and investment office.b)Medical, dental, osteopathic, chiropractic and optometric offices. The compounding, dispensing or sale (at retail) of drugs, prescription items, patent 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.c)The following office uses:1)Legal2)Engineering and architectural3)Educational and scientific research (excluding laboratory facilities)4)Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping5)An urban planning agencyd)Beauty and barber services.e)Funeral and crematory services.f)Photographic services.g)Apparel repair, alteration and cleaning pickup stations, shoe repair.h)Advertising offices, provided that the fabrication of signs shall not be a permitted use.i)Consumer and mercantile credit reporting services office, adjustment and collection service offices.j)Duplicating, mailing and stenographic service offices.k)Employment agency offices.l)Business and management consultant offices.m)Detective and protective agency offices.n)Contractor's offices.o)Governmental offices.p)Business association, professional membership organizations, labor unions, civic, social and fraternal association offices.q)Financial institutions including, but not limited to, full-service banks and savings and loan associations.r)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.s)Leasing offices, provided there is no storage or display of products on the use site.t)Libraries and art galleries.u)Instructional uses for art, music, photography, decorating, dancing and the like and studios for like activity.v)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).w)The retail sale of food.x)Eating establishments.y)Convenience-food restaurants provided they do not abut an R1, R2 or R3 zoning district including abutment at a non-major thoroughfare street line.z)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, and event centers renting space to organizations and individuals for meetings, receptions, events, gatherings, trade shows, seminars and entertainment, all provided they do not abut an R1, R2 or R3 zoning district including abutment at a non-major thoroughfare street line.aa)The retail sale of heating and plumbing equipment, paint, glass, and wallpaper, electrical supplies, and building supplies.bb)The retail sale of tires, batteries and automobile accessories and marine craft accessories.cc)The retail sales of apparel and related accessories.dd)The retail sale of furniture, home furnishings and related equipment.ee)The retail sale of miscellaneous items such as the following:1)Drugs and proprietary items2)Liquors3)Antiques and secondhand merchandise4)Books and stationery5)Garden supplies6)Jewelry7)Flowers and floral accessories8)Cigars and cigarettes9)Newspapers and magazines10)Cameras and photographic supplies11)Gifts, novelties and souvenirs12)Pets13)Optical goods14)Sporting goods and bicyclesff)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)Laundering, dry cleaning and dyeing.gg)Gasoline service stations (see Section 35-414), motor vehicle repair and auto washes, trailer and truck rental in conjunction with these uses, provided that there is adequate parking space available for these vehicles.hh)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).ii)Transient lodging.jj)Public transportation terminals (excluding truck terminals).kk)Tennis clubs, racket and swim clubs and other athletic clubs, health spas and suntan studios.ll)Group day care facilities provided 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)Complimentary 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.mm)Public parks, playgrounds, athletic fields and other recreation and open space uses.nn)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.4)Retail food shops, gift shops, book and stationery shops, tobacco shops, accessory eating establishments, sale and service of office supply equipment, newsstands and similar accessory retail shops within multistory office buildings over 40,000 sq. ft. in gross floor area, provided: that there is no associated signery visible from the exterior of the building; there is no carry-out or delivery of food from the lot; and the total floor area of all such shops within a building shall not exceed 10% of the total gross floor area of the building.oo)Accessory off-site parking not located on the same property with the principal use subject to the provisions of Section 35-701.pp)Other uses similar in nature to the aforementioned uses, as determined by the City Council.3)The following uses are not permitted in the CC Central Commerce Overlay District:a)sauna establishmentsb)massage establishmentsc)currency exchangesd)pawn shopse)secondhand goods dealers4)The following area is hereby established as being within the CC Central Commerce Overlay District:The CC Central Commerce Overlay District is located within the area bounded by a continuous line beginning at a point located at the intersection of John Martin Drive and T.H. 100 and going southwesterly along the centerline of T.H. 100 to its intersection with Brooklyn Boulevard; thence northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Brooklyn Boulevard to a point located approximately 445' northerly of its intersection with County Road No. 10; thence east along an extended line made up of the south boundary lines of the plats for Grimes 2nd Addition, Hipp's 4th Addition and Hipp's 5th Addition, Hennepin County, continued to the centerline of Shingle Creek; thence northerly along the centerline of Shingle Creek to the centerline of I-94; thence easterly along said line to the centerline of Humboldt Avenue North; thence southerly to the centerline of T.H. 100; thence southwesterly to the point of the beginning.