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CITY OF CORCORAN
ORDINANCE NO. 2006-237
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TEXT OF CHAPTER X OF THE
CORCORAN CITY CODE ENTITLED THE CORCORAN ZONING ORDINANCE
(City File 06-018)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORCORAN ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Amendments. The text of Chapter X of the Corcoran City Code is
hereby amended as follows:
A. SECTION 1020.020 (DEFINITIONS) IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING,
DELETING OR CHANGING AS FOLLOWS:
RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, STATE LICENSED: Any facility licensed by the
Minnesota Department of Human Services, public or private, which for gain or
otherwise regularly provides one or more persons with twenty-four (24) hour per day
substitute care, food, lodging, training, education, supervision, habilitation,
rehabilitation, and treatment they need, but which for any reason cannot be furnished
in the person’s own home. Residential facilities include, but are not limited to: state
institutions under the control of the Commissioner of Public Welfare, foster homes,
halfway houses, residential treatment centers, maternity shelters, group homes,
residential programs or schools for handicapped children.
B. SECTION 1030.010 (NON-CONFORMING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES,
USES AND LOTS), SUBD. 3 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING,
DELETING OR CHANGING AS FOLLOWS:
A. Restoration. No legal, non-conforming use, building or structure which has
been damaged by fire, explosion, act of God, or other peril, to the extent of
greater than 50 percent of its market value, as determined by the City Building
Official, and no building permit has been applied for within 180 days of when
the property was damaged, shall be restored, except in conformity with the
regulations of this Ordinance.
C. SECTION 1030.100 (HOME OCCUPATIONS), SUBD. 8 IS HEREBY
AMENDED BY ADDING, DELETING OR CHANGING AS FOLLOWS:
Subd. 3. Procedures and Permits. Whenever used in this Ordinance, the phrase
“Home Occupation” shall include Allowed Home Occupations, Special
Home Occupations and Conditional Home Occupations.
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A. An Allowed Home Occupation, as defined in this Ordinance, shall not
require a permit as long as all of the criteria in Subd. 4 and Subd. 5 of
this Section are satisfied.
B. Any Special Home Occupation, as defined in this Ordinance, shall
require an administrative permit, as outlined in Subd. 7 of this Section.
C. A Home Occupation License shall be required for any Conditional
Home Occupation as described in Subd. 8; which license shall be
processed by the Home Occupation CommissionPlanning Commission
as outlined in Section 1070.020 030 (Conditional Interim Use Permit)
of the Zoning Ordinance.
AND
Subd. 7. Conditional Home Occupation License (CHOL).
A. All Home Occupations not defined as Allowed or Special shall be
defined as Conditional Home Occupations and will require a
Conditional Home Occupation License (CHOL) to be issued, subject
to review and approval by the City Council. The CHOL shall be
processed by the Home Occupation CommissionPlanning Commission
pursuant to Section 1070.030 (Interim Use Permit) of the Corcoran
Zoning Ordinance. A CHOL is not a conditional use permit, but a
license personal to the individual applicant and the particular business
for which the application is made. If the business ceases, if ownership
of the business changes, or if the individual to whom a license has
been issued ceases to own the subject premises, the CHOL is
automatically revoked.
B. All applicants must demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Home
Occupation CommissionPlanning Commission and City Council, the
need for the CHOL. All applications will be reviewed and analyzed,
taking into consideration the general health, safety and welfare of the
community as a whole. The Home Occupation CommissionPlanning
Commission and the City Council shall consider the following
standards and criteria when reviewing an application for a CHOL:
D. SECTION 1050.010 (WETLAND OVERLAY DISTRICT), SUBD. 8 IS
HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING, DELETING OR CHANGING AS
FOLLOWS:
A. Where acceptable natural vegetation exists in buffer strip areas, the
retention of such vegetation in an undisturbed state is preferred. A
buffer strip has acceptable natural vegetation if it:
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1. Has a continuous, dense layer of perennial grasses that have been
uncultivated or unbroken for at least 10 consecutive years, or
2. Has an overstory of trees and/or shrubs with at least 80 percent
canopy closure that have been uncultivated or unbroken for at least
10 consecutive years, or
3. Contains a mixture of the plant communities described in (1) and
(2) above, that have been uncultivated or unbroken for at least 10
consecutive years.
AND
C.C. Where buffer areas, or a portion thereof, are not vegetated or have been
cultivated or otherwise disturbed within 10 years of the permit application,
such areas shall be re-planted and maintained according to each of the
following standards:
1. The soil in wetland buffer strips shall be amended, as necessary, to
ensure that the soil has an organic content of not less than 10
percent and not more than 20 percent.
2. Buffer zones shall be planted with a seed mix containing 100
percent perennial native plant species, except of for a one-time
planting of an annual nurse or cover crop such as oats or rye.
E. SECTION 1050.020 (SHORELAND OVERLAY DISTRICT), SUBD. 3 IS
HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING, DELETING OR CHANGING AS
FOLLOWS:
F.
Subd. 3. Shoreland Classification. The public waters of the City of Corcoran
have been classified below consistent with the criteria found in Minnesota
Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
Regulations, Part 6120.3300, and the Protected Waters Inventory Map for
Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Natural Environment Lakes Protected Waters ID# Legal Description
Jubert Lake 165P T119 R23W S29, 32
Tributary Rivers/Streams Legal Description
North Fork Rush Creek T119 R23W Sections 2, 3, 4,5,7,8,11,18,19
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Rush Creek T119 R23W Sections 13, 21, 22, 23,24,28,29
Unnamed Tributary T119 R23W Sections 11, 14, 15
Spurzem Creek T119 R23W Sections 33, 34
Unnamed Tributary T119 R23 W Sections 23, 26, 34, 35
The shoreland area for these waterbodies shall be shown on the Official Zoning Map.
G. SECTION 1060.060 (PARKING AND LOADING), SUBD. 4(C) IS HEREBY
AMENDED BY ADDING, DELETING OR CHANGING AS FOLLOWS:
c.6. Street Encroachments. Except in the case of single, two family dwellings,
parking areas shall be designed so that circulation between parking bays or
aisles occurs within the designated parking lot upon the property being
serviced and does not depend upon a public street or alley. Except in the case
of single, two family dwellings, parking area design that requires backing into
the public street is prohibited. Parking spaces in a public right-of-way shall
not be utilized in meeting required off-street parking standards, except as may
be provided in this Chapter.
d.7.Parking Area Grades. The grade elevation of the required parking area or
portion thereof shall not exceed 5 percent.
e.8. Driveway Access Minimum. Each property other than single family uses
shall be allowed one driveway access for each 125 feet of street frontage. All
property shall be entitled to at least one driveway access. Single family uses
shall be limited to one driveway access per lot, except when the property
exceeds the required street frontage per zoning district requirements, a second
driveway access may be allowed by approval of the Zoning Administrator.
Except as otherwise approved by the Zoning Administrator, single family uses
shall not access arterial and major collector streets. In such cases, if a lot does
not have frontage upon a local street and where the Zoning Administrator
Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5", Numbered + Level: 1 +
determines driveway access to arterial and major collector streets necessary,
Numbering Style: 1, 2, 3, … + Start at: 6 + Alignment: Left +
joint access through the use of shared curb cuts and access easements shall be
Aligned at: 1" + Tab after: 1.25" + Indent at: 1.25", Tab
utilized to the extent possible.
stops: 0.75", List tab + Not at 1.25" + 1.5"
f.9. Street Access. Except as allowed by a conditional use permit or property
subdivision, each lot shall have frontage and access directly onto an abutting,
Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
improved and City accepted public street.
g.10. Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking
area shall be so arranged as to reflect glare away from adjoining property,
Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5", Numbered + Level: 1 +
Numbering Style: 1, 2, 3, … + Start at: 6 + Alignment: Left +
Aligned at: 1" + Tab after: 1.25" + Indent at: 1.25", Tab
stops: 0.75", List tab + Not at 1.25" + 1.5"
Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5", Numbered + Level: 1 +
Numbering Style: 1, 2, 3, … + Start at: 6 + Alignment: Left +
Aligned at: 1" + Tab after: 1.25" + Indent at: 1.25", Tab
stops: 0.75", List tab + Not at 1.25" + 1.5"
Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5", Numbered + Level: 1 +
Numbering Style: 1, 2, 3, … + Start at: 6 + Alignment: Left +
Aligned at: 1" + Tab after: 1.25" + Indent at: 1.25", Tab
stops: 0.75", List tab + Not at 1.25" + 1.5"
Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5", Numbered + Level: 1 +
Numbering Style: 1, 2, 3, … + Start at: 6 + Alignment: Left +
Aligned at: 1" + Tab after: 1.25" + Indent at: 1.25", Tab
stops: 0.75", List tab + Not at 1.25" + 1.5"
Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
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adjacent residential uses and public rights-of-way and be in compliance with
Section 1060.040 of this Chapter.
h.11. Signs. No sign shall be so located as to restrict the sight lines
and orderly operation and traffic movement within any parking lot. All signs
shall be in conformance with the City Code.
SECTION 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon
its passage.
ADOPTED by the City Council on November 20, 2006.
Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5", Numbered + Level: 1 +
Numbering Style: 1, 2, 3, … + Start at: 6 + Alignment: Left +
Aligned at: 1" + Tab after: 1.25" + Indent at: 1.25", Tab
VOTING AYE VOTING NAY
_X__ Cossette, Tom ___ Cossette, Tom
stops: 0.75", List tab + Not at 1.25" + 1.5"
_X__ Grabowski, Chuck ___ Grabowski, Chuck
_X__ Jacobs, Paul ___ Jacobs, Paul
Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
_X__ Lymangood, Chuck ___ Lymangood, Chuck
_X__ Thomas, Ron ___ Thomas, Ron
Tom Cossette, Mayor
City Seal
ATTEST:
Bea Lindberg, City Clerk