West St Paul City Zoning Code
C CONSERVANCY
DISTRICT
§ 153.265 PERMITTED USES.
Within the C Conservancy District, no structure or land shall be used except for one or more of the following uses:
(A) Nature preserve;
(B) Horticulture, nurseries and farm crops;
(C) Greenhouses or similar horticultural structures (historic, scenic, educational and the like);
(D) Essential service structures, including, but not limited to, buildings such as a maple syrup building, agricultural aviary, corncribs, vegetable cellar;
(E) Playground;
(F) Trails and related trail structures, such as bridges, boardwalks and directional signs; or
(G) Stands for the sale of agricultural products provided the products are raised on the premises.
(Ord. passed 10-11-1963)
§ 153.266 CONDITIONAL USES.
Within the C Conservancy District, no structure or land shall be used for the following uses, except by conditional use permit:
(A) Environmental education center;
(B) Educational farm;
(C) Maintenance buildings not larger than 1,500 square feet for storage of maintenance equipment, tractors and trucks provided no building shall be located within 100 feet of any property line of abutting property;
(D) Classroom buildings;
(E) Office buildings of general nature where the normal employment or occupancy within the building does not exceed 25 persons and the operations are restricted to employees or volunteers of the organization;
(F) Building and structures which exceed 45 feet in height, except as permitted in § 153.009;
(G) Open storage of farm equipment and machinery, provided the storage shall not be within 300 feet of a public street;
(H) Agriculture uses including barns, animal stables or other structures with such limitations established by the City Council as are consistent with a nature preserve or an educational farm;
(J) Wind turbines with a combined nameplate capacity of less than 40 kilowatts, provided the wind turbine meets the following requirements.
(1) The height of the wind turbine shall not exceed 140 feet as measured from the ground to the top of the tower, the top of the rotor, the top of the blade or the top of any other part of the wind turbine, whichever is highest.
(2) The wind turbine shall be set back from all property lines, buildings, roads, structures, pathways and rights-of-way by a distance that is equal to or greater than 1.1 times the height of the wind turbine as measured from the ground level to the top of the tower, top of the rotor, top of the blade or the top of any other part of the wind turbine, whichever is highest. This setback may be reduced to a distance agreed upon as part of the conditional use permit if the applicant furnishes a registered engineer’s certification that the wind turbine is designed to collapse, fall, curl or bend within a distance or zone shorter than the height of the wind turbine.
(3) The wind turbine must be operated and maintained so that it complies with the noise pollution standards of the State Pollution Control Agency.
(4) The wind turbine must be protected against trespassing to prevent unauthorized climbing.
(5) The wind turbine must be designed and installed to withstand natural lightning strikes.
(6) The wind turbine’s electrical equipment and connections must adhere to all state and federal rules, regulations and standards.
(7) The safety design of all wind turbines must be certified by the manufacturer’s engineer or a certified state professional engineer.
(8) The wind turbine must be in compliance with all Federal Aviation Administration regulations, including lighting and marking regulations, and shall comply with the notification requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration.
(9) The wind turbine’s blade must be a minimum of 12 feet above ground level.
(10) All wind turbines shall be designed and constructed in accordance with all applicable state and federal regulations.
(11) No more than one wind turbine may be located on any one lot.
(Ord. 07-09, passed - -; Ord. passed 10-11-1963)
§ 153.267 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES.
Within the C Conservancy District, the following uses are permitted accessory uses:
(A) Garages, off-street parking and loading consistent with the use of the structures or facilities for which the parking is intended;
(B) Residential structures and related residential uses necessary for security and safety reasons in relation to a principal use;
(C) Storage buildings;
(D) Any incidental repair or processing necessary to conduct a permitted principal use;
(E) Temporary buildings located on the premises for purposes of construction for a period not to exceed time necessary to complete the construction;
(F) Decorative landscape features;
(G) The keeping of farm, domestic and native-to-Minnesota wild animals for educational purposes, provided that any accessory building used for housing the animals shall be located not less than 100 feet from the nearest lot line;
(H) Fences not to exceed nine feet in height and shall also meet all setback requirements;
(I) Satellite dish antennas greater than one meter (39 inches) in diameter. See § 153.396;
(J) Limited retail sales of merchandise and food consistent with principal uses;
(K) Windmill not to exceed 50 feet in height, provided the structure is located a minimum of 200 feet from the nearest lot line; and
(L) Entrance signs not exceeding 32 square feet in size at each entrance from a public roadway.
(Ord. passed 10-11-1963)
§ 153.268 LOT AREA, HEIGHT, LOT WIDTH AND YARD REQUIREMENTS.
(A) No structure or building shall exceed 45 feet in height except as provided in § 153.009.
(B) The following minimum requirements shall be observed subject to the additional requirements, exceptions and modifications as set forth elsewhere in this chapter.
(1) Lot area: 40 contiguous acres;
(2) Lot width: 300 feet at building setback line; and
(3) Yard, building setback:
(a) Front: 75 feet;
(b) Side: 75 feet each side, 75 feet. adjacent to street; and
(c) Rear: 75 feet.
(C) Not more than 5% of the area shall be occupied by buildings.
(Ord. passed 10-11-1963)