The purpose of the GIH Gateway Industrial Heavy District is to provide areas for heavy industrial users with outdoor operations and storage needs. This district was created to implement the Minnesota River quadrant (MRQ) plan identified by the Comprehensive Plan and provides an area of the community for heavy industrial uses with access to Highway 13 and the railroad. (Ord. 1196, 4-6-2010)

Within the GIH Gateway Industrial Heavy District, no structure or land shall be used except for one or more of the following uses: (Ord. 1132, 8-19-2008)

Bus benches, shelters, and transit facilities, provided they comply with title 8 of this Code.

Manufacturing, conducting a process, fabricating, wholesale operation or providing a service, including any of the following meeting the performance standards applicable to the GIH Gateway Industrial Heavy District:

Aggregate products including asphalt and concrete (subject to section 10-23-5 of this title).

Automobile sales, when located entirely within a building.

Automobile upholstery, tire recapping and major repair when conducted entirely within an enclosed building.

Bottling works.

Laundries.

Machine shops.

Motor vehicle terminal and maintenance garage.

Off street parking and loading as regulated by this title.

Office.

Paper products from previously processed paper.

Radio and television studios.

Recycling/resource recovery totally within a building.

Research laboratories.

Warehousing and wholesaling when completely within a building and subject to the requirements of section 10-7-44 of this title. (Ord. 955, 12-20-2004; amd. Ord. 1132, 8-19-2008; Ord. 1166, 6-2-2009; Ord. 1196, 4-6-2010; Ord. 1316, 4-8-2014)

Within the GIH Gateway Industrial Heavy District, the following uses shall be permitted accessory uses:

Accessory retail uses pursuant to subsection 10-23-2(A) of this title.

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

Antennas mounted on an existing structure, as regulated by chapter 29 of this title.

Auto dealership remote storage subject to section 10-7-50 of this title.

Daycare nursery.

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

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

Off street parking and loading as regulated by this title.

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

Rail loading/unloading facilities.

Residential structures and related residential uses necessary for security and safety reasons in relation to a principal use.

Signs as regulated by 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 the provisions of section 10-7-48 of this title. (Ord. 1196, 4-6-2010; amd. Ord. 1316, 4-8-2014; Ord. 1356, 10-6-2015; Ord. 1379, 3-8-2016; Ord. 1421, 6-6-2017; Ord. 1454, 4-17-2018)

Within the GIH Gateway Industrial Heavy District, no structure or land shall be used for the following uses except by conditional use permit:

Accessory car wash subject to section 10-7-43 of this title.

Antennas mounted on an existing structure, exceeding fifteen feet (15') above the highest point of the structure, as regulated by chapter 29 of this title.

Auto repair.

Boat sales, showroom, limited inventory on site, screened.

Building materials sales.

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

Car wash as a principal use.

Commercial (production) bakery.

Consumer repair services.

Contractors' yards when contained within a building or completely screened to meet the requirements of section 10-7-18 of this title.

Electrical contractor.

Essential service structures.

Existing uses, lots and structures that become nonconforming as a result of the passage of ordinance 862; provided, that they involve no outdoor storage, or display of either raw materials or finished products.

Exterminating services.

Firearm range completely within a building.

Furniture showroom.

Garden supply store (subject to outdoor storage or display standards).

Grocery store, fruit or vegetable store.

Heating and air conditioning dealer.

Heliports.

Hotel, without banquet/assembly space.

Kennel, commercial with or without outdoor animal runs.

Liquor store subject to the requirements of title 3 of this Code.

Masonry contractor.

Newspaper and publishing facility.

Open sales/rental lot subject to the requirements of section 10-7-46 of this title.

Open storage lot subject to the requirements of section 10-7-45 of this title and said outdoor storage shall be limited to twenty five percent (25%) of the site and located behind the building to the extent possible.

Outdoor accessory merchandise display, subject to the provisions of section 10-23-3 of this title.

Plumbing contractor.

Plumbing outlet store.

Printing shop.

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

Public telephone booths.

Recreational vehicle sales subject to the requirements of section 10-7-46 of this title.

Recycling and reclamation of nonhazardous materials, when conducted entirely within a building.

Restaurant - freestanding - minimum five thousand (5,000) square feet.

Restaurant within a building having a principal use other than a restaurant.

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) in diameter, as regulated in chapter 29 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.

Towers as regulated in chapter 29 of this title.

Transient merchants subject to title 3 of this Code, unless exempt under section 3-20-13 of this Code.

Truck equipment sales located entirely within a building.

Truck terminals.

Wholesale showroom subject to the requirements of section 10-7-44 of this title. (Ord. 1196, 4-6-2010; amd. Ord. 1265, 5-22-2012; Ord. 1316, 4-8-2014; Ord. 1331, 10-7-2014; Ord. 1454, 4-17-2018)

1. Within the GIH Gateway Industrial Heavy District uses that become nonconforming as a result of the passage of this chapter that are ineligible for a conditional use permit may be registered with the City.
2. A registration statement shall be prepared by the landowner. The statement shall describe the nonconforming use and site.
3. Following receipt of the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the City Council shall approve the registration statement if it is complete and accurate. The City Council may change the registration statement to make it complete and accurate.
4. A registration statement approved by the City Council shall be conclusive as to the extent and nature of the use. (Ord. 862, 11-18-2002; amd. Ord. 1132, 8-19-2008)

1. Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the lot area shall be occupied by buildings.
2. The following minimum requirements shall be observed subject to the additional requirements, exceptions and modifications as set forth in this section and chapter 23 of this title:
   
   

   Lot area	40,000	square feet
   Lot width	150	feet
   Setback - principal structure:
   Front yard	40 (60)	feet
   Side yard	20 (40)	feet
   Side yard (street)	40 (40)	feet
   Rear yard	20 (20)	feet
   Setback - accessory structure:
   Front yard	40 (60)	feet
   Side yard	10 (20)	feet
   Side yard (street)	40 (40)	feet
   Rear yard	20 (20)	feet
   Setback - parking:
   Front yard	20 (20)	feet
   Front yard abutting TH 13 or its frontage road	25 (25)	feet
   Side yard	5 (20)	feet
   Side yard (street)	15 (20)	feet
   Rear yard	5 (20)	feet

   Setbacks in parentheses apply adjacent to R-1, R-1A and R-2 Districts. A 20 foot setback is required for any structure or parking adjacent to any other residential district.

(Ord. 1196, 4-6-2010)