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Burnsville City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 10

20 B-1 OFFICE BUSINESS DISTRICT

10-20-1: Purpose And Intent

The purpose of the B-1 Office Business District is to provide areas for commercial office and nonretail uses that are compatible with commercial offices. (Ord. 1218, 12-7-2010)

10-20-2: Permitted Uses

Within any B-1 Office Business District, no structure or land shall be used, except for one or more of the following uses: Adult daycare. Bus benches, shelters and transit facilities provided they comply with title 8 of this Code. Commercial zero lot line development, pursuant to section 10-7-41 of this title. Daycare nursery. Government buildings where the use conducted is customarily considered to be an office use.
Health club.

Instructional/learning center. Medical services or clinic. Office. Research centers. Schools, academies, colleges, universities, libraries. Therapeutic massage businesses pursuant to title 3, chapter 15 of this Code. (Ord. 1218, 12-7-2010; amd. Ord. 1316, 4-8-2014; Ord. 1454, 4-17-2018; Ord. 1491, 6-4-2019)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 1614 on 8/6/2024

10-20-3: Permitted Accessory Uses

Within any B-1 Office Business District, the following uses shall be permitted accessory uses:

Accessory solar energy systems pursuant to section 10-7-29 of this title.

Antennas mounted on an existing structure, not exceeding fifteen feet (15') above the highest point of the structure, as regulated by chapter 29 of this title.

Buildings temporarily located for purposes of construction on the premises for a period not to exceed time necessary to complete construction.

Incidental accessory uses as permitted by section 10-7-42 of this title.

Incidental repair, processing, or storage necessary to conduct a permitted principal use subject to subsection 10-19-1(K) of this title.

LP gas exchange container displays as provided in section 10-7-38 of this title.

Private garages, off street parking and loading spaces as regulated in this title.

Public telephone booths.

Public trash and recycling containers pursuant to subsection 10-7-18(G) of this title.

Signs as regulated in chapter 30 of this title.

Single satellite earth station antenna two meters (2 m) or less in diameter and single antenna designed to receive direct broadcast services or multichannel multipoint distribution services one meter (1 m) or less in diameter and antennas designed to receive television broadcast signals, as regulated in chapter 29 of this title.

Temporary/seasonal outdoor sales uses subject to section 10-7-48 of this title.

Tenant restaurants, cafeterias, and retail service limited to tenants of the building, provided that they be essentially limited to providing service to the users of the permitted use, and that no signs or other evidence of these uses are visible from the exterior of the building. (Ord. 1218, 12-7-2010; amd. Ord. 1316, 4-8-2014; Ord. 1379, 3-8-2016; Ord. 1421, 6-6-2017)

10-20-4: Conditional Uses

Within any B-1 Office Business District, no structure or land shall be used for the following uses except by conditional use permit:

  1. Accessory structures or uses other than those listed as permitted.
  2. Antennas mounted on an existing structure, exceeding 15 feet above the highest point of the structure, as regulated by Chapter 29 of this Title.
  3. Art studio, interior decorating studio, photographic studio, music studio provided no retail sales are made of products not manufactured on the site.
  4. Essential service structures including, but not limited to, buildings such as telephone exchange stations, booster or pressure stations, elevated tanks, wells and pumping stations, lift stations and electric power substations.
  5. Funeral homes and mortuaries.
  6. Historical buildings, museums, art institutions, galleries and theaters.
  7. Nursing home, intermediate care facility, long term care facility, and residential healthcare facility, provided the site shall contain not less than 600 square feet of lot area for each person to be accommodated and that no building be located less than 50 feet from any lot line; hospitals for human care, provided that all buildings are not located less than 60 feet from the lot line of an abutting R District. For the purposes of this paragraph, the 50 foot setback shall not apply to any property line adjacent to an arterial roadway, including an interstate freeway.
  8. Radio and television studios.
  9. Religious institution provided that the principal structure and any accessory structures used for assembly shall be located at least fifty feet (50') from any lot line adjacent to a Residential Zoning District. This paragraph shall apply even if the religious use does not occupy the entire structure. For the purposes of this paragraph, the fifty foot (50') setback shall not apply to any property line adjacent to an arterial roadway, including an interstate freeway.
  10. Single satellite earth station antenna in excess of two meters (2 m) in diameter and single antenna designed to receive direct broadcast services or multichannel multipoint distribution services in excess of one meter (1 m) or less in diameter, as regulated in chapter 29 of this title.
  11. Towers as regulated in Chapter 29 of this Title.
  12. Transient merchants subject to Title 3 of this Code, unless exempt under Section 3-20-13 of this Code. (Ord. 1218, 12-7-2010; amd. Ord. 1265, 5-22-2012; Ord. 1454, 4-17-2018)
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 1594 on 8/22/2023
Amended by Ord. 1614 on 8/6/2024

10-20-5: Interim Uses

Within any B-1 Office Business District, no structure or land shall be used for the following purposes except by interim use permit:

Interim uses permitted in the R-1 District.

Required structures need not be accessory structures and need not comply with the special requirements of subsection 10-19-1(A) of this title. The landscaping requirements of subsection 10-30A-9(A) of this title may be waived where appropriate. (Ord. 1132, 8-19-2008)

10-20-6: Lot Area, Lot Width And Yard Requirements

The following minimum requirements shall be observed subject to additional requirements, exceptions and modifications as set forth in this chapter and chapter 19 of this title:

Lot area
20,000square feet
Lot width
100feet
Setback - principal structure:
Front yard
30 (30)
feet
Side yard10 (30)
feet
Side yard (street)
30 (30)
feet
Rear yard20 (30)
feet
Setback - accessory structure:
Front yard
30 (30)
feet
Side yard5 (30)
feet
Side yard (street)30 (30)
feet
Rear yard8 (30)
feet
Setback - parking1:
Front yard30 (30)
feet
Side yard5 (30)
feet
Side yard (street)30 (30)
feet
Rear yard8 (30)
feet

Setbacks in parentheses apply adjacent to Residential Districts.

Note: 1A reduction of the parking setback requirements for the principal use is allowed for outdoor patios per section 10-19-6 of this title.

(Ord. 1196, 4-6-2010)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 1487 on 4/16/2019

1614

1594

1487