Minneapolis City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 520
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- 520.10. - Designated zoning ordinance.
- 520.20. - Authority.
- 520.30. - Purpose.
- 520.40. - Scope of regulations.
- 520.50. - Requirements declared minimum.
- 520.60. - Other city, local, regional, state, and federal regulations.
- 520.70. - Essential infrastructure.
- 520.80. - Reasonable accommodation.
- 520.90. - Private easements or covenants.
- 520.100. - District boundaries.
- 520.110. - Zoning ordinance not to be deemed a consent or license.
- 520.120. - District use provisions.
- 520.130. - Severability.
- 520.140. - Existing uses.
- 520.150. - Illustrations.
- 520.160. - Rules of construction.
CHAPTER 525
- ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES
Sections
- ARTICLE I. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 525.10. - Purpose.
- 525.20. - Concurrent review.
- 525.30. - Phased development.
- 525.40. - Period of decision.
- 525.50. - Plan consistency.
- 525.60. - Conditions and guarantees.
- 525.70. - Compliance with conditions of approval.
- 525.80. - Pending applications.
- 525.90. - Resubmittal of application following denial.
- ARTICLE II. - DUTIES OF DECISION-MAKING BODIES AND OFFICIALS
- ARTICLE III. - GENERAL APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND FEES
- ARTICLE IV. - APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS
- 525.300. - Purpose.
- 525.310 - Applications and procedures summary.
- 525.320. - Appeals of decisions of the city planning commission or board of adjustment.
- 525.330. - Appeals of decisions of the zoning administrator.
- 525.340. - Certificates of nonconforming use.
- 525.350. - Changes of nonconforming use.
- 525.360. - Comprehensive plan map amendments.
- 525.370. - Comprehensive plan text amendments.
- 525.380. - Conditional use permits.
- 525.390. - Changes in approved conditional use permit.
- 525.400. - Discontinuance of conditional use permits.
- 525.410. - Existing conditional use permits for extended hours of operation.
- 525.420. - Expansion or alteration of nonconforming use.
- 525.430. - Historic variances.
- 525.440. - Interim use permits.
- 525.450. - Site plan review.
- 525.460. - Variances.
- 525.470. - Authorized variances.
- 525.480. - Waivers.
- 525.490. - Zoning map amendments.
- 525.500. - Zoning text amendments.
- ARTICLE V. - ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS AND APPLICATIONS
- ARTICLE VI. - ENFORCEMENT
- ARTICLE VII. - INTERIM ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 530
- ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- ARTICLE I. - ZONING DISTRICTS GENERALLY
- ARTICLE II. - URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE III. - RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE IV. - COMMERCIAL MIXED-USE DISTRICTS
- 530.300. - General purpose.
- 530.310. - Maximum floor area.
- 530.320. - Specific development standards for large commercial uses.
- 530.330. - CM1 Neighborhood Mixed-Use District purpose.
- 530.340. - CM2 Corridor Mixed-Use District purpose.
- 530.350. - CM3 Community Mixed-Use District.
- 530.360. - CM4 Destination Mixed-Use District.
- ARTICLE V. - DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE VI. - PRODUCTION DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE VII. - TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE IX. - ZONING MAPS
CHAPTER 535
- OVERLAY DISTRICTS
Sections
- ARTICLE I. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE II. - HA HARMON AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT
- ARTICLE IV. - UA UNIVERSITY AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT
- ARTICLE V. - DH DOWNTOWN HOUSING OVERLAY DISTRICT
- ARTICLE VI. - DP DOWNTOWN PARKING OVERLAY DISTRICT
- ARTICLE VII. - DS DOWNTOWN SHELTER OVERLAY DISTRICT
- ARTICLE VIII. - SZ SPLIT ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 535.700. - Purpose.
- 535.710. - Established boundaries.
- 535.720. - Eligible areas outside of established boundaries.
- 535.730. - Maximum number of zoning districts.
- 535.740. - Allowed uses.
- 535.750. - Lot dimension requirements.
- 535.760. - Floor area ratio.
- 535.770. - Height.
- 535.780. - Maximum lot coverage.
- 535.790. - Impervious surface coverage.
- 535.800. - Yard requirements.
- ARTICLE IX. - TP TRANSITIONAL PARKING OVERLAY DISTRICT
- ARTICLE X. - AP AIRPORT OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 535.1000. - Purpose.
- 535.1110. - Established boundaries.
- 535.1120. - Definitions.
- 535.1130. - Incorporation by reference.
- 535.1140. - General restrictions.
- 535.1150. - Exemptions.
- 535.1160. - Height.
- 535.1170. - 2004 MSP Zoning Ordinance Use Variances.
- 535.1180. - Noise attenuation.
- 535.1190. - Application of provisions.
- ARTICLE XI. - SH SHORELAND OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 535.1200. - Purpose.
- 535.1210. - Established boundaries.
- 535.1220. - Definitions.
- 535.1230. - Location of development.
- 535.1240. - Height of structures.
- 535.1250. - Lot dimensions.
- 535.1260. - Conditional uses and variances.
- 535.1270. - Development on slopes between twelve (12) and eighteen (18) percent.
- 535.1280. - Grading and filling.
- 535.1290. - Removal of vegetation.
- 535.1300. - Stormwater management.
- ARTICLE XII. - FP FLOODPLAIN OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 535.1400. - Statutory authorization.
- 535.1410. - Purpose.
- 535.1420. - General provisions.
- 535.1430. - Definitions.
- 535.1440. - Administration.
- 535.1450. - Variances and conditional use permits.
- 535.1460. - Establishment of districts.
- 535.1470. - Floodway District.
- 535.1480. - Flood Fringe District.
- 535.1490. - Land development standards.
- 535.1500. - Public utilities, railroads, roads and bridges.
- 535.1510. - Manufactured homes, manufactured home parks, and recreational vehicles.
- 535.1520. - Nonconformities.
- 535.1530. - Penalties and enforcement.
- 535.1540. - Amendments.
- ARTICLE XIII. - MR MISSISSIPPI RIVER CORRIDOR CRITICAL AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 535.1600. - Authority, intent, and purpose.
- 535.1610. - General provisions and definitions.
- 535.1620. - Administration.
- 535.1630. - MRCCA Sub-Districts.
- 535.1640. - Special land use provisions.
- 535.1650. - Structure height and placement and lot size.
- 535.1660. - Performance standards for private facilities.
- 535.1670. - Performance standards for public facilities.
- 535.1680. - Performance standards for exterior lighting.
- 535.1690. - Vegetation management.
- 535.1700. - Land alteration standards and stormwater treatment.
- 535.1710. - Subdivision and land development standards.
- 535.1720. - Exemptions.
CHAPTER 540
- BUILT FORM OVERLAY DISTRICTS
Sections
- ARTICLE I. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE II. - FLOOR AREA RATIO
- ARTICLE III. - INCREASING MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA
- ARTICLE IV. - TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
- ARTICLE V. - HEIGHT OF PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS
- ARTICLE VI. - INCREASING MAXIMUM HEIGHT
- ARTICLE VII. - PREMIUMS
- ARTICLE VIII. - LOT DIMENSIONS
- ARTICLE IX. - YARDS
- 540.800. - Purpose.
- 540.810. - Required yards.
- 540.820. - Yard requirements for outdoor uses.
- 540.830. - Reverse corner lots.
- 540.840. - Through lots.
- 540.850. - Front yard requirements in urban neighborhood and residential mixed-use districts.
- 540.860. - Corner side yard requirements in urban neighborhood and residential mixed-use districts.
- 540.870. - Interior side and rear yard requirements in urban neighborhood and residential mixed-use districts.
- 540.880. - Yard requirements in commercial mixed-use, downtown, production, and transportation districts.
- 540.890. - Obstructions in required yards.
- ARTICLE X. - LOT AND IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVERAGE
CHAPTER 545
- USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- ARTICLE I. - PRINCIPAL USES
- 545.10. - Purpose.
- 545.20. - Use table description.
- 545.30. - Planned unit developments.
- 545.40. - Adaptive reuse.
- 545.50. - Use groups, use categories, and specific uses.
- 545.60. - Descriptions and characteristics of use groups and use categories.
- 545.70. - Use determinations.
- 545.80. - Prohibited uses.
- 545.90. - Overlay districts.
- 545.100. - Use table.
- 545.110. - Commercial use group.
- 545.120. - Institutional and Civic use group.
- 545.130. - Production use group.
- 545.140. - Public Services and Utilities use group.
- 545.150. - Residential use group.
- 545.160. - Transportation, Vehicle Services, and Parking use group.
- ARTICLE II. - SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS
- 545.200. - Specific use standards.
- 545.210. - Commercial use standards.
- 545.220. - Institutional and civic use standards.
- 545.230. - Production use standards.
- 545.240. - Public services and utilities use standards.
- 545.250. - Residential use standards.
- 545.260. - Transportation, vehicle services, and parking use standards.
- ARTICLE III. - ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
- 545.300. - Purpose.
- 545.310. - Accessory uses and structures in general.
- 545.320. - Time of construction.
- 545.330. - Hours open to the public.
- 545.340. - Repealed.
- 545.350. - Maximum height.
- 545.360. - Maximum floor area.
- 545.370. - Yard requirements.
- 545.380. - Distance from dwelling.
- 545.390. - Location of accessory structures serving residential uses.
- 545.400. - Prohibited accessory uses.
- 545.410. - Temporary family health care dwellings.
- 545.420. - Allowed accessory uses and structures.
- 545.430. - Accessory uses beginning with A.
- 545.450. - Accessory uses beginning with C.
- 545.460. - Accessory uses beginning with D.
- 545.470. - Accessory uses beginning with E.
- 545.480. - Accessory uses beginning with F.
- 545.490. - Accessory uses beginning with G.
- 545.500. - Accessory uses beginning with H.
- 545.510. - Accessory uses beginning with I.
- 545.530. - Accessory uses beginning with K.
- 545.540. - Accessory uses beginning with L.
- 545.550. - Accessory uses beginning with M.
- 545.570. - Accessory uses beginning with O.
- 545.580. - Accessory uses beginning with P.
- 545.600. - Accessory uses beginning with R.
- 545.610. - Accessory uses beginning with S.
- 545.620. - Accessory uses beginning with T.
- 545.630. - Accessory uses beginning with U.
- ARTICLE IV. - TEMPORARY USES
- ARTICLE V. - HOME OCCUPATIONS
- ARTICLE VI. - NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
- 545.900. - Purpose.
- 545.910. - General prohibition; authority to continue.
- 545.920. - Establishment of nonconforming rights; certificate of nonconforming use.
- 545.930. - Loss of nonconforming rights.
- 545.940. - Expansion or alteration of nonconforming uses and structures.
- 545.950. - Exceptions to enlargement limitations.
- 545.960. - Equipment replacement.
- 545.970. - Change of use.
- 545.980. - Maintenance and repair.
- 545.990. - Nonconforming lots.
- 545.1000. - Compliance with current standards.
CHAPTER 550
- DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- ARTICLE I. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 550.10. - Purpose.
- 550.20. - Scope of regulations.
- 550.30. - Regulations related to built form.
- 550.40. - Access restricted.
- 550.50. - Separate access required for commercial and residential uses.
- 550.60. - Parking location.
- 550.70. - Ground floor active functions.
- 550.80. - Screening of mechanical equipment.
- 550.90. - Screening of refuse and recycling storage containers.
- 550.100. - Light poles and flagpoles.
- ARTICLE II. - LOT CONTROLS
- ARTICLE III. - GENERAL STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
- ARTICLE IV. - GENERAL STANDARDS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL USES
- ARTICLE V. - SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS
- 550.500. - Purpose.
- 550.510. - Buildings and uses subject to site plan review.
- 550.520. - Application for site plan review.
- 550.530. - Alternative compliance.
- 550.540. - Conditions and guarantees for site plan review.
- 550.550. - Changes in approved site plan.
- 550.560. - Building placement.
- 550.570. - Building walls.
- 550.580. - Entrances.
- 550.590. - Windows.
- 550.600. - Ground floor active functions.
- 550.610. - Roof lines.
- 550.620. - Parking garages.
- 550.630. - Alternatives to building design standards.
- 550.640. - Pedestrian access.
- 550.650. - Transit access.
- 550.660. - Vehicular access.
- 550.670. - Residential developments without off-street parking or loading.
- 550.680. - General landscaping and screening.
- 550.690. - Parking and loading landscaping and screening.
- 550.700. - Landscaping of other areas.
- 550.710. - Ecological function.
- 550.720. - Plant material standards.
- 550.730. - Installation and maintenance of landscape materials.
- 550.740. - Alternatives to landscaping and screening requirements.
- 550.750. - Concrete curbs and wheel stops.
- 550.760. - Site context.
- 550.770. - Crime prevention through environmental design.
- 550.780. - Historic preservation.
- 550.790. - Site plan review for single-, two-, and three-family dwellings.
- ARTICLE VI. - INCLUSIONARY HOUSING
- ARTICLE VII. - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- 550.900. - Purpose.
- 550.910. - Application procedure.
- 550.920. - Public hearing.
- 550.930. - Approval of planned unit development.
- 550.940. - Required findings.
- 550.950. - Relationship to other applicable regulations.
- 550.960. - Minimum area.
- 550.970. - Ownership or control.
- 550.980. - Platting requirement.
- 550.990. - Development plan.
- 550.1000. - Plan consistency.
- 550.1010. - Changes in approved plan.
- 550.1020. - Time of completion.
- 550.1030. - Phasing of development.
- 550.1040. - Limitation on the size of individual buildings.
- 550.1050. - Alternatives to zoning ordinance standards.
- 550.1060. - Authorized alternatives.
- 550.1070. - Permitted uses.
- 550.1080. - Additional uses.
- 550.1090. - Additional use standards.
- 550.1100. - Conditional uses.
- ARTICLE VIII. - CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- 550.1200. - Purpose.
- 550.1210. - Application procedure.
- 550.1220. - Public hearing.
- 550.1230. - Approval of cluster development.
- 550.1240. - Relationship to other applicable regulations.
- 550.1250. - Development plan.
- 550.1260. - Platting requirement.
- 550.1270. - Locations prohibited.
- 550.1280. - Lot dimension requirements.
- 550.1290. - Yard requirements.
- 550.1300. - Permitted uses.
- 550.1310. - Development standards for all cluster developments.
- 550.1320. - Additional development standards for intentional community cluster developments.
- ARTICLE IX. - ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT STANDARDS
- 550.1400. - Purpose.
- 550.1410. - Administrative review process.
- 550.1420. - Permitted accessory dwelling units.
- 550.1430. - Development standards for all accessory dwelling units.
- 550.1440. - Additional development standards for accessory dwelling units that are internal to a principal residential structure.
- 550.1450. - Additional development standards for accessory dwelling units that are attached to a principal residential structure.
- 550.1460. - Additional development standards for detached accessory dwelling units.
- ARTICLE X. - FENCES
- ARTICLE XI. - COMMUNICATION TOWERS, ANTENNAS, AND BASE UNITS
- 550.1600. - Purpose.
- 550.1610. - Definitions.
- 550.1620. - Permitted uses exempt from administrative review and approval.
- 550.1630. - Permitted uses subject to administrative review and approval.
- 550.1640. - Administrative review process.
- 550.1650. - Conditional uses.
- 550.1660. - Specific standards for conditional uses.
- 550.1670. - Development standards for all permitted and conditional communication towers, antennas, and base units.
- 550.1680. - Obsolete or unused towers.
- ARTICLE XII. - SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
- ARTICLE XIII. - WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS
- 550.1800. - Purpose.
- 550.1810. - Definitions.
- 550.1820. - Permitted uses subject to administrative review and approval.
- 550.1830. - Administrative review process.
- 550.1840. - Conditional uses.
- 550.1850. - Specific standards for conditional uses.
- 550.1860. - Development standards for all permitted and conditional wind energy conversion systems.
- 550.1870. - Abandoned or unused towers.
- ARTICLE XIV. - PLAZAS
- ARTICLE XV. - SKYWAYS
- ARTICLE XVI. - PROTECTION OF NATURAL FEATURES
- ARTICLE XVII. - GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
CHAPTER 555
- OFF-STREET PARKING, LOADING, AND MOBILITY
Sections
- ARTICLE I. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE II. - COMPUTATION OF PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
- ARTICLE III. - SPECIFIC OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
- ARTICLE IV. - ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
- ARTICLE V. - ACCESS TO PARKING AND LOADING
- ARTICLE VI. - PARKING LOCATION REQUIREMENTS
- ARTICLE VII. - PARKING AREA DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE
- 555.600. - Submission of parking plan.
- 555.610. - Access to parking spaces.
- 555.620. - Access to gasoline pump islands.
- 555.630. - Maneuvering area.
- 555.640. - Surfacing.
- 555.650. - Pervious pavement or pervious pavement systems.
- 555.660. - Drainage.
- 555.670. - Marking of parking spaces.
- 555.680. - Size.
- 555.690. - Lighting.
- 555.700. - Signs.
- 555.710. - Landscaping, screening, and curbing.
- 555.720. - General maintenance.
- 555.730. - Snow storage.
- 555.740. - Stacking spaces.
- 555.750. - Accessible parking.
- ARTICLE VIII. - SPECIAL PARKING PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICTS AND USES
- 555.800. - Planned unit developments.
- 555.810. - Maximum number of vehicles for dwellings and state credentialed care facilities.
- 555.820. - Recreational vehicles in or abutting urban neighborhood or residential mixed-use zoning districts or permitted or conditional residential uses.
- 555.830. - High profile vehicles in and abutting urban neighborhood or residential mixed-use districts or permitted or conditional residential uses.
- ARTICLE IX. - TRUCK AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING
- ARTICLE X. - SPECIFIC OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS
- ARTICLE XI. - LOADING LOCATION REQUIREMENTS
- ARTICLE XII. - LOADING AREA DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE
- ARTICLE XIII. - TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT
- 555.1300. - Purpose.
- 555.1310. - Buildings and uses subject to a travel demand management plan.
- 555.1320. - Application for travel demand management plan.
- 555.1330. - Administrative review.
- 555.1340. - Content of travel demand management plans.
- 555.1350. - Compliance with requirements of travel demand management strategies.
CHAPTER 560
- SIGNS
Sections
- ARTICLE I. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE II. - ON-PREMISES SIGNS
- 560.100. - Specific on-premises sign requirements.
- 560.110. - Computations.
- 560.120. - On-premises sign permitting, installation and maintenance.
- 560.130. - Mounting of signs.
- 560.140. - Installation of signs.
- 560.150. - Height over public property.
- 560.160. - Signs not to be a traffic hazard.
- 560.170. - Maintenance and repair.
- 560.180. - Unsafe signs.
- 560.190. - Complete removal of signs.
- 560.200. - Surface repair.
- 560.210. - Specific sign standards by zoning districts.
- 560.220. - Special provisions for specific uses.
- 560.230. - Special provisions for specific types of on-premises signs.
- 560.240. - Sign adjustments.
- ARTICLE III. - OFF-PREMISES ADVERTISING SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
CHAPTER 565
- DEFINITIONS
Sections
- 565.10. - Definitions.
- 565.20. - Definitions beginning with A.
- 565.30. - Definitions beginning with B.
- 565.40. - Definitions beginning with C.
- 565.50. - Definitions beginning with D.
- 565.60. - Definitions beginning with E.
- 565.70. - Definitions beginning with F.
- 565.80. - Definitions beginning with G.
- 565.90. - Definitions beginning with H.
- 565.100. - Definitions beginning with I.
- 565.120. - Definitions beginning with K.
- 565.130. - Definitions beginning with L.
- 565.140. - Definitions beginning with M.
- 565.150. - Definitions beginning with N.
- 565.160. - Definitions beginning with O.
- 565.170. - Definitions beginning with P.
- 565.190. - Definitions beginning with R.
- 565.200. - Definitions beginning with S.
- 565.210. - Definitions beginning with T.
- 565.220. - Definitions beginning with U.
- 565.230. - Definitions beginning with V.
- 565.240. - Definitions beginning with W.
- 565.260. - Definitions beginning with Y.
- 565.270. - Definitions beginning with Z.