Wells City Zoning Code

I-1 GENERAL

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ZONE

§ 152.095 PURPOSE.

The I-1 Zone for continuation of existing industrial uses and to provide space for planned industrial growth.

(Ord. 239, § 800, passed 1-22-2000)

§ 152.096 PERMITTED USES.

(A) Light manufacturing (such as low potential for noise, odor, waste, or pollution problems and low transportation and other service requirements), except that cannabis manufacturers, lower-potency hemp edible manufacturers, cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses and cannabis medical combination businesses may be allowed as a conditional use under § 152.097 herein;

(B) Warehousing and wholesale merchandising, including cannabis wholesalers;

(C) Automobile, truck, and farm machinery repair garages, excluding salvage yards, but including cannabis transporters and cannabis delivery services;

(D) Truck terminals and construction equipment storage yards;

(E) Industrial offices;

(F) Utility structures;

(G) Accessory structures;

(H) Adult entertainment establishments; and

(I) Community and government buildings and parks.

(Am. #2, passed 4-22-2002)

(Ord. 239, § 801, passed 1-22-2000; Am. Ord. 2024-06, passed - -)

§ 152.097 CONDITIONAL USES.

(A) Heavy manufacturing (potential for noise, odor, waste, or pollution problems or high transportation and other service requirement needs);

(B) Junk yards, auto reduction yards, and open storage yards;

(D) Cannabis medical processing;

(E) Cannabis testing businesses;

(F) Cannabis transportation businesses;

(G) Cannabis mezzobusinesses, provided if the site includes retail, the retail is an accessory use and the business location is located at least 500 feet of the property line of a school, as defined in M.S. § 120A.22, Subd. 4, excluding a home school, when measured in a straight line to the property line of the property on which the registered establishment is located;

(H) Cannabis microbusinesses, provided if the site includes either retail or a cannabis lounge, then those uses are an accessory use and the business location is located at least 500 feet of the property line of a school, as defined in M.S. § 120A.22, Subd. 4, excluding a home school, when measured in a straight line to the property line of the property on which the registered establishment is located;

(I) Medical cannabis combination business, provided if the site includes retail, then the retail is an accessory use and the business location is located at least 500 feet of the property line of a school, as defined in M.S. § 120A.22, Subd. 4, excluding a home school, when measured in a straight line to the property line of the property on which the registered establishment is located; and

(J) Other uses as determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission to be similar in scope and intensity to those listed above.

(Ord. 239, § 802, passed 1-22-2000; Am. Ord. 2024-06, passed - -)

§ 152.098 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

(A) Front yard - minimum of 75 feet;

(B) Side and rear yard - 10 feet minimum except where industrial abuts a residential zone in which case the minimum will be 30 feet; and

(C) Outside industrial storage - these areas shall be fenced with a 6-foot high opaque fence and shall relate to an ongoing industrial activity.

(Ord. 239, § 803, passed 1-22-2000) Penalty, see § 10.99