Mounds View City Zoning Code

I-1, INDUSTRIAL

DISTRICT

§ 160.230 PURPOSE.

The purpose of the Industrial District is to provide for the establishment of warehousing and industrial development and use.

(Prior Code, § 1116.01)

§ 160.231 PERMITTED USES.

The following are permitted uses in an I-1 District:

(A) Adult establishments as defined and regulated in Ch. 116 of this code of ordinances;

(B) Blacksmith, welding or other metal shop;

(C) Building materials sales yards, retail lumber yard, contractors equipment sales and rentals, storage and sale of food, and fuel not for resale;

(D) Essential services;

(E) Flammable liquids: above ground storage not to exceed a total of 800 gallons; underground bulk storage not to exceed 25,000 gallons if located not less than 50 feet from a residential district;

(F) Foundry casting lightweight non-ferrous metals or electric foundry not causing noxious fumes or odors;

(G) Golf course;

(H) Governmental and public utility building and structures;

(I) Greenhouses and nurseries;

(J) Laboratories, experimental, film and/or testing;

(K) Laundries, bag, carpet and rug cleaning;

(L) Manufacture or assembly of electrical appliances, instruments and devices;

(M) Manufacturing, compounding, assembly or treatment of articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials, such as bond cloth, cork, fiber, leather, paper, plastic, metals, stones, tobacco, wax, yarns and wools;

(N) Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food products and the rendering or refining of fats and oils;

(O) Manufacture of musical instruments, novelties and molded rubber products;

(P) Manufacture of pottery or other similar ceramic products, only by electricity or natural gas;

(Q) Manufacture and repair of electrical signs, advertising structures and light sheet metal products, including heating and ventilating equipment;

(R) Medical supplies;

(S) Motorized vehicle or recreational equipment sales and service and rental;

(T) Newspaper and general printings;

(U) Office;

(V) Pharmacies, stand alone, not part of a retail store;

(W) Rental stores;

(X) Rugs, carpet, tile, paint or wallpaper stores;

(Y) Warehouses;

(Z) Wholesale and retail showrooms and offices; provided, that at least 50% of the principal building is devoted to storage or warehousing of merchandise;

(AA) Microbrewery and/or microdistillery, with or without a taproom or cocktail room;

(BB) Cannabis wholesaling business;

(CC) Cannabis transportation business; and

(DD) Cannabis testing business.

(Prior Code, § 1116.02) (Ord. 574, passed 05-13-1996; Ord. 721, passed 10-13-2003; Ord. 830, passed 09-03-2009; Ord. 895, passed 01-26-2015; Ord. 926, passed 08-22-2016; Ord. 1025, passed 2-10-2025)

§ 160.232 ACCESSORY USES.

The following are permitted accessory uses in an I-1 District:

(A) Buildings and structures for a use accessory to the principal use;

(B) Offices accessory to the principal use;

(D) Off-street loading as regulated by §§ 160.355 through 160.361 of this chapter; and

(E) Signs as regulated by Ch. 161 of this code of ordinances.

(Prior Code, § 1116.03)

§ 160.233 CONDITIONAL USES.

The following are conditional uses in an I-1 District (requiring a conditional use permit based upon procedures set forth in and regulated by §§ 160.450 through 160.452 of this chapter):

(A) Open and outdoor storage as an accessory use;

(B) Open or outdoor service, sale and rental as a principal or an accessory use and including sales in or from motorized vehicles, trailers or wagons; provided that:

(1) Accessory outside service, sales and equipment rental connected with a principal use is limited to 30% of the gross floor area of the principal use; and

(2) Outside sales areas are fenced or screened from view of neighboring residential uses or an abutting residential district in compliance with § 160.030(A) through (E) of this chapter.

(D) Industrial planned unit development as regulated by §§ 160.300 through 160.302 of this chapter;

(E) Wind energy conversion systems as regulated by §§ 160.435 through 160.439 of this chapter;

(F) Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of flammable liquids;

(G) Automobile assembly and/or major repair;

(H) Creamery, bottling plant, ice cream manufacture, ice manufacture, cold storage and/or milk distribution station;

(I) Storage of flammable liquids over 800 gallons above ground;

(J) Wireless telecommunications towers and antennas subject to the provisions established in §§ 160.395 through 160.401 of this chapter; and

(K) Day care center, group nursery; provided that:

(1) No overnight facilities are provided for the children served. Children are delivered and removed daily;

(2) The front yard depth shall be a minimum of 35 feet;

(3) Minimum lot area shall be no less than one acre, or as provided in § 160.056(B)(2)(c) of this chapter;

(4) Not less than 40 square feet of outside play space per child be provided and that such space be suitably fenced and/or screened in accordance with conditions as specified by the City Council;

(5) Adequate off-street parking and access is provided in compliance with §§ 160.330 through 160.344 of this chapter;

(6) Adequate off-street loading and service entrances are provided in compliance with §§ 160.355 through 160.361 of this chapter;

(7) The site and related parking and service entrances shall be served by an arterial or collector street of sufficient capacity to accommodate the traffic which will be generated;

(8) All signing and informational or visual communication devices shall be in compliance with Ch. 161 of this code of ordinances;

(9) The provisions of § 160.450(E) of this chapter are considered and satisfactorily met;

(10) The distance between any outdoor play yard for a day care center or group nursery and the Highway 10 right-of-way line shall be a minimum of 200 feet, except as provided in § 160.376(A)(3) of this chapter; and

(11) No day care center or group nursery shall be permitted where the distance from the property line for the day care center or group nursery to a premises requiring a liquor license, as provided in §§ 110.015 through 110.030 of this code of ordinances, or a license for an adult establishment, as provided in Ch. 116 of this code of ordinances, is 500 feet or less; except that, the 500-foot requirement shall not apply to any liquor establishment receiving at least 60% of its annual gross sales revenue from the sale of food;

(L) Cannabis manufacturing business; provided that the business maintains compliance with odor management requirements as established in the Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Rules, and City Code; and

(M) Cannabis cultivation business; provided that:

(1) Cultivation operations must be completely contained within a structure; and

(2) The cannabis cultivation businesses must comply with odor management requirements as established in the Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Rules, and City Code.

(Prior Code, § 1116.04) (Ord. 588, passed 02-10-1997; Ord. 595, passed 04-14-1997; Ord. 830, passed 09-03-2009; Ord. 883, passed 09-09-2013; Ord. 895, passed 01-26-2015; Ord. 1025, passed 2-10-2025)

§ 160.234 COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER PROVISIONS.

All permitted, accessory or conditional uses in an I-1 District shall comply with the following:

(A) Code §§ 160.030, 160.031, 160.032 and 160.033 of this chapter regarding screening, glare, smoke, dust, odors and noise are adhered to;

(B) Traffic generated would be compatible and within the operating limits of the primary streets used for access;

(C) The area is fenced and screened from view of neighboring residential uses, or if abutting a residential district, in compliance with § 160.030(A) through (E) of this chapter;

(D) Storage is screened from view from the public right-of-way in compliance with § 160.030(A) through (E) of this chapter;

(E) Storage and sales areas are grassed or surfaced to control dust;

(F) All lighting shall be hooded and so directed that the light source shall not be visible from the public right-of-way or from neighboring residences and shall be in compliance with § 160.031 of this chapter;

(G) The provisions of § 160.450(E) of this chapter are considered and satisfactorily met; and

(H) Permits or approvals required from other public agencies (such as, state’s Pollution Control Agency, Department of Natural Resources, Metropolitan Waste Control Commission and Rice Creek Watershed District) be obtained prior to final approval of use.

(Prior Code, § 1116.05)

§ 160.235 INTERIM USES.

The following are interim uses in an I-1 District requiring an interim use permit. An interim use permit must be obtained in accordance with procedures identical in form and substance to the conditional use permit procedures found in § 160.452 of this chapter. Interim use permits may be approved for a determined or undetermined period of time at the sole discretion of the City Council: all permitted interim uses as allowed in a B-4 District.

(Prior Code, § 1116.06) (Ord. 735, passed 05-10-2004)