Sandstone City Zoning Code
HIGHWAY MIXED
USE DISTRICT
§ 163.080 PURPOSE.
This district is established to accommodate the type of business oriented to the traveling public and requires highway access. To minimize unmanageable strip development, these districts allow the type of businesses that require highway access and exposure.
(Prior Code, § 515.17) (Ord. 02-03, passed 10-16-2002; Ord. 2007-01, passed 2-7-2007; Ord. 20210120, passed 1-20-2021)
§ 163.081 PERMITTED USES.
(A) Farm implement dealers;
(B) Grocery stores and convenience stores;
(C) On- and off-sale liquor establishments;
(D) Drive-in restaurants and facilities;
(E) Eating establishments including restaurants, cafés, supper clubs;
(F) Auto sales and services;
(G) Auto body shops;
(H) Car wash facilities;
(I) Recreation equipment sales;
(J) Motels and hotels;
(K) Gas and/or service stations, convenience stores;
(L) Laundromats;
(M) Boat sales and repairs;
(N) Bait and sporting goods shops;
(O) Motorcycles sales and repair;
(P) Garden supplies and landscape nursery;
(Q) Lumber yards and hardware sales;
(R) Commercial recreation, including bowling alleys;
(S) Essential services;
(T) General retail and/or professional office space with a minimum square footage of 1,500 square feet;
(U) Towers and antennas (see Chapter 159 of this code of ordinances);
(V) Theaters;
(W) Offices for medical services such as medical, dental, chiropractic or veterinary;
(X) Custom shops for making articles or products sold at retail on the premises;
(Y) General storage facilities;
(Z) Service commercial facilities, which are multi-use in nature;
(AA) Home occupation, Type 1;
(BB) Home occupation, Type 2;
(CC) Home occupation, Type 3; and
(DD) Home occupation, Type 4.
(Prior Code, § 515.17) (Ord. 02-03, passed 10-16-2002; Ord. 2007-01, passed 2-7-2007; Ord. 20210120, passed 1-20-2021)
§ 163.082 INTERIM USES.
The following uses may be permitted upon the issuance of an interim use permit:
(A) Greenhouses and nurseries;
(B) Retail and wholesale sales;
(C) Light industrial uses;
(D) Wholesale uses; and
(E) Parking of semi-trailer trucks if directly related to the principal use.
(Prior Code, § 515.17) (Ord. 02-03, passed 10-16-2002; Ord. 2007-01, passed 2-7-2007; Ord. 2011-01, passed 2-16-2011; Ord. 20210120, passed 1-20-2021)
§ 163.083 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following uses may be permitted upon the issuance of a conditional use permit:
(A) Multi-family residential apartments (four units or more);
(C) Adult establishments, as defined, permitted and regulated by Chapter 115 of this code of ordinances;
(D) Public schools or equivalent private and parochial schools;
(E) Parks, playgrounds, public recreational, cultural or administrative facilities, such as park buildings or libraries;
(F) Parking garages/ramps;
(G) All other similar commercial and retail uses that are not listed as permitted or conditional uses;
(H) Apartments as an accessory use; provided, they are located above the first floor, behind the storefront, in the basement, or other appropriate configuration that does not detract from the appearance of the permitted use of the property; and
(I) Cannabis retailer.
(Prior Code, § 515.17) (Ord. 02-03, passed 10-16-2002; Ord. 2007-01, passed 2-7-2007; Ord. 2011-01, passed 2-16-2011; Ord. 20210120, passed 1-20-2021; Ord. 20210616-01, passed 6-16-2021; Ord. 20240221-01, passed 2-21-2024; Ord. 20250219-01, passed 2-19-2025)
§ 163.084 ACCESSORY USES.
(A) Unheated buildings and structures for a use accessory to the principal use, but the use or structure may not exceed 30% of the gross floor space of the principal use and may not exceed the height of the principal building. Accessory buildings shall be located to the rear of the principal buildings, subject to the Building Code and the fire zone regulations, except where prohibited by other provisions of city code. Accessory buildings and structures may not be constructed prior to or in lieu of the principal building;
(B) Off-street parking as regulated by this chapter, but not including semi-trailer trucks;
(C) Off-street loading;
(E) Rooftop solar; and
(F) Ground-mount solar.
(Prior Code, § 515.17) (Ord. 02-03, passed 10-16-2002; Ord. 2007-01, passed 2-7-2007; Ord. 20210120, passed 1-20-2021)
§ 163.085 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
(A) Minimum parcel size. With the exception of a lot that is being exclusively used for essential services, a lot in the Highway Mixed Use District must have a width of not less than 100 feet, and must contain an area of not less than 15,000 square feet.
(B) Other setback requirements. With the exception of structures on a lot that is being exclusively used for essential services, structures must be a minimum ten feet distance from any side yard, rear yard or alley.
(C) Lot access. With the exception of a lot that is being exclusively used for essential services, access to a lot must be from an approved frontage or secondary street. An impervious surface driveway shall be provided from the curb line to the property line of the lot upon which a structure is to be placed or constructed. The driveway may not be less than 12 feet in width.
(D) Minimum transitional yard requirements. With the exception of a lot that is being exclusively used for essential services, for each front, side or rear yard in any Highway Mixed Use District abutting, or abutting except for an intervening alley, a residential district, there must be provided heavily landscaped screening of 80%. Percentages shall be determined by amount of structure that can be seen during leaf-on conditions.
(E) Maximum ground coverage.
(1) With the exception of lots being used exclusively for essential services, the sum total of the ground area covered by all structures in any Highway Mixed Use District including accessory structures, constituting a permitted or conditional use shall not exceed 35% of the lot.
(2) Impervious coverage may be increased by 20% if the following is provided:
(a) A storm water retention plan showing containment of the five-year, 24-hour storm event on the parcel; or
(b) Elimination of direct run-off of storm water to adjacent water bodies, including wetlands and adjacent parcels through the use of berms or other permanent means; or
(c) Where municipal storm water is available.
(F) Where allowed, standards for cannabis businesses are:
(1) A license or endorsement from the State of Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management is required.
(2) Compliance with state license requirements shall be maintained at all times.
(3) A cannabis business shall be located:
(a) At least 500 feet from any day care or residential treatment facility as measured from property line to property line;
(b) At least 500 feet from any attraction within a public park that is regularly used by minors, including a playground or athletic field, measured from the property line of the cannabis business to the attraction; and
(c) At least 1,000 feet from any K-12 school as measured from the property line to the property line.
(Prior Code, § 515.17) (Ord. 02-03, passed 10-16-2002; Ord. 2007-01, passed 2-7-2007; Ord. 2011-04, passed 4-20-2011; Ord. 20210120, passed 1-20-2021; Ord. 20250219-01, passed 2-19-2025)