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EN HILLS
ORDINANCE NO. 2023-014
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13,
OF THE ARDEN HILLS CITY CODE
CONCERNING THE ACCESSORY USE OF
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 13 —Zoning Code, Section 1380—TCAAP Redevelopment Code,
Subsection 5.1 —Applicability, is hereby amended by replacing the table in its entirety as follows:
1380-5.1 TRC Zoning District Land Use Table
See attached Attachment "A" for the Land Use Table with the addition of Solar Energy
Systems as an Accessory Use with Criteria in the NR-1,NR-2, and NR-3 Zoning Districts.
SECTION 2. Chapter 13 —Zoning Code, Section 1380—TCAAP Redevelopment Code,
Subsection 5.2 —Additional Use Criteria is hereby amended by replacing the table in its entirety
as follows:
1380-5.2 Additional Use Criteria Table
See attached Attachment `B" for the Additional Use Criteria Table with the addition of
Solar Energy Systems as an Accessory Use with Location&Design Criteria.
SECTION 3. Chapter 13 —Zoning Code, Section 1380—TCAAP Redevelopment Code,
Subsection 6.1 — General to All Zoning Districts is hereby amended by adding the underlined
language as follows:
h) Measuring Heights:
iii.Vents,tanks, solar energy systems,HVAC equipment,and other mechanical enclosures shall
be exempted from the height limits so long as they do not extend more than fifteen feet(15')above
the roof upon which they are located. Solar energy systems in NR-1, NR-2, and NR-3 are not
exempt from zoning district height limits.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
publication according to law. A Summary of this Ordinance will be published in accordance with
state statute.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 12t'day of February, 2024,by the City Council of the City
of Arden Hills, Minnesota.
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
By
David Grant, Mayor
ATTEST:
C J d
Jul Hanson, City Clerk
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ATTACHMENT “A”
1380 5.1 TRC Zoning District Land Use Table
(revised 2/12/24)
Table 5-1: TRC Zoning District Land Use Table
P = Permitted | -- = Prohibited | P/C = Permitted with Criteria in Table 5.2
A = Accessory | A/C = Accessory with Criteria in Table 5.2
Zoning
District
Uses Campus Commercial Town Center 1 Town Center 2 Town Center 3 Office Mixed-Use Retail Mixed-Use Flex Office Neighborhood 1 Neighborhood 2 Neighborhood 3 Neighborhood 4 Civic Additional
Requirements
Sub-District TC-1 TC-2 TC-3 NR-
1
NR-
2
NR-
3
NR-
4
Residential Uses
Bed &
Breakfast -- P P P -- -- -- P/C P/C P/C P/C -- See Table 5-2
Home
Occupation:
Class I
-- A A A -- -- -- A A A A --
Large Multi-
Family -- P/C P/C P/C -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- See Table 5-2
Live/Work -- P P P -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Medium Multi-
Family -- P/C P/C P/C -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- See Table 5-2
Assisted
Living,
Memory Care
and Skilled
Nursing
-- -- -- P/C -- -- -- -- -- -- P/C -- See Table 5-2
Residential
Facility -- P/C P/C P/C -- -- -- P/C P/C P/C P/C -- See Table 5-2
Senior
Independent
Living
-- -- P/C P/C -- -- -- -- P/C P/C P/C -- See Table 5-2
Single Family -- -- -- -- -- -- -- P P P -- --
Small Lot SF
Residential -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- P P -- --
Small Multi-
Family -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- P/C P/C -- See Table 5-2
Solar Energy
Systems -- -- -- -- -- -- -- A/C A/C A/C See Table 5-2
Commercial Uses
Automotive
Washing
-- -- -- -- P/C P/C P/C -- -- See Table 5-2
Brewpub P P P P P P P -- --
Business
service P P P P P P P -- --
Clinic, medical
office P P P P P P P -- --
Club, sports &
fitness A P P P P P P -- --
Table 5-1: TRC Zoning District Land Use Table
P = Permitted | -- = Prohibited | P/C = Permitted with Criteria in Table 5.2
A = Accessory | A/C = Accessory with Criteria in Table 5.2
Zoning
District
Uses Campus Commercial Town Center 1 Town Center 2 Town Center 3 Office Mixed-Use Retail Mixed-Use Flex Office Neighborhood 1 Neighborhood 2 Neighborhood 3 Neighborhood 4 Civic Additional
Requirements
Sub-District TC-1 TC-2 TC-3 NR-
1
NR-
2
NR-
3
NR-
4
Cocktail
Lounge P P P P P P -- -- --
Commercial
Off-Street
Parking
P/C* P/C* P/C* P/C* P/C* P/C* P/C* -- --
* Permitted as
an accessory
use with a
primary
building only
Commercial
recreation -
indoor
P -- -- -- -- -- P -- --
Daycare
Facility P P P P P P P -- --
Daycare,
family - 10 or
less
P P P P P P -- --
Dog kennel -- -- -- -- -- -- P* -- --
*Completely
enclosed; no
outside runs
Drive-Up
Windows P/C -- -- -- P/C P/C P/C -- -- See Table 5-2
Dry cleaning
& laundry,
pick-up
station
P P P P -- P -- -- --
Dry cleaning
& laundry,
self-service
laundry
P P P P -- P -- -- --
Financial
Institution &
service
P P P P P P P -- --
Food
Preparation P P P P P P P -- --
Hotel/ motel P P P P P P P -- --
Liquor Store P P P P -- P -- -- --
Microbrewery P P P P -- P P -- --
Microdistillery P P P P -- P P -- --
Mortuary,
funeral home -- -- -- -- -- -- P/C -- -- See Table 5-2
Office P P P P P P P -- --
Personal
services P P P P P P P -- --
Pet Services P P P P P P P -- --
Table 5-1: TRC Zoning District Land Use Table
P = Permitted | -- = Prohibited | P/C = Permitted with Criteria in Table 5.2
A = Accessory | A/C = Accessory with Criteria in Table 5.2
Zoning
District
Uses Campus Commercial Town Center 1 Town Center 2 Town Center 3 Office Mixed-Use Retail Mixed-Use Flex Office Neighborhood 1 Neighborhood 2 Neighborhood 3 Neighborhood 4 Civic Additional
Requirements
Sub-District TC-1 TC-2 TC-3 NR-
1
NR-
2
NR-
3
NR-
4
Research and
development
facility
P -- -- -- P -- P -- --
Restaurant
and
restaurant
fast-food
P/C P/C P/C P/C P/C P/C P/C -- -- See Table 5-2
Retail sales &
service P P P P P/C P P -- -- See Table 5-2
Service
Station A/C -- -- -- -- P/C P/C -- -- See Table 5-2
Storage,
exterior -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Studio P P P P -- P P -- --
Theater,
indoor P -- -- P -- -- -- -- --
Vehicle –
motorized,
leasing and
rentals
-- -- -- -- P/C -- P/C -- -- See Table 5-2
Vehicle –
motorized,
service
-- -- -- -- P/C P/C P/C -- -- See Table 5-2
Civic Uses
Antenna or
Tower P/C P/C P/C P/C P/C P/C P/C -- A/C See Table 5-2
Club or lodge
(non-profit) -- P P P P P P -- --
Community
Center -- P P P -- -- -- -- P
House of
worship -- P P P P P P -- --
Library -- P P P P P P P P
Municipal
Building -- P P P P P P -- P
Park Facilities
(Public) P P P P P P P P P
School,
general
education
-- P P P -- -- -- P --
School,
specialized
education
-- P P P P P -- -- --
Table 5-1: TRC Zoning District Land Use Table
P = Permitted | -- = Prohibited | P/C = Permitted with Criteria in Table 5.2
A = Accessory | A/C = Accessory with Criteria in Table 5.2
Zoning
District
Uses Campus Commercial Town Center 1 Town Center 2 Town Center 3 Office Mixed-Use Retail Mixed-Use Flex Office Neighborhood 1 Neighborhood 2 Neighborhood 3 Neighborhood 4 Civic Additional
Requirements
Sub-District TC-1 TC-2 TC-3 NR-
1
NR-
2
NR-
3
NR-
4
Theater,
performing
arts center
-- P P P -- -- -- -- P
Industrial Uses
Garage,
Truck -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Manufacturing
& processing:
Class I
P/C -- -- -- -- -- P/C -- --
Warehousing
permitted as an
accessory use
Manufacturing
& processing:
Class II
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Utility
Substation P* -- -- -- -- -- P* -- --
*Equipment
shall be
screened to not
be seen from
any public right
of way and
shall not be
placed in the
front of any
parcel
Warehousing A/C -- -- -- -- -- A/C -- --
Other Uses
Adult-
Oriented
Businesses
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
ATTACHMENT “B”
1380 5.2 Additional Use Criteria Table
(revised 2/12/24)
Table 5-2 Additional Use Criteria Table
Use Zoning District Location & Design Criteria
Residential Uses
Bed & Breakfast Neighborhood No more than six(6) rentable rooms permitted. Shall be owner-occupied.
Parking shall be placed behind the building, or screened from view of the
public right-of-way.
Assisted Living, Memory Care or
Skilled Nursing
Large Multi-Family
Medium Multi-Family
Senior Independent Living
Town Center Buildings with Pedestrian Priority or Pedestrian Friendly Frontage shall be
required to include ground floor commercial uses for a minimum of fifty
percent (50%) of their street frontage as measured in linear feet.
Assisted Living, Memory Care or
Skilled Nursing
Senior Independent Living
Neighborhood
i.Homes shall be designed as either a collective of single-family or
duplex homes to fit the scale of the surrounding development.
ii.These homes may also be mixed with mixed-generational housing.
Residential Facility
Town Center i.Residential Facility shall be licensed by the State of Minnesota; and
ii.Residential Facility shall serve no more than sixteen (16) residents at
any given time.
Neighborhood
i.Residential Facility shall be licensed by the State of Minnesota;
ii.Residential Facility shall serve no more than six (6) residents at any
given time.
Small Multi-Family Neighborhood
i.Parking shall be placed against an alley or in the rear of the lot and
be screened from the public right-of-way.
ii.Entrances to units that are not accessible from the front entries may
have access from the rear or the side of the building.
Solar Energy Systems Neighborhood
Shall conform to the provisions included in Section 1325.03 Subd. 7 of the
AHC.
Commercial Uses
Automotive Washing
Vehicle – motorized, leasing
and rentals
Vehicle- motorized, service
Office Mixed-Use
Flex Office
Retail Mixed-Use
i.Automotive drive through lanes, service bays, and/or gas station
canopies shall meet the design standards in Section 7, Building Design
Standards of this code.
ii.Outdoor storage of vehicles or other products sold shall NOT have
direct frontage along Pedestrian Priority Streets. Outdoor storage of
vehicles and/or other products sold shall be screened with a required
street screen along Pedestrian-Friendly Streets and General Streets
(see Section 10 for standards).
Service Station Campus Commercial
Retail Mixed-Use
Flex Office
Commercial Off-Street Parking
Campus Commercial
Town Center
Office Mixed-Use
Retail Mixed-Use
Flex Office
i.New surface parking lots shall be permitted as an interim use only in
the case of phasing.
ii.Applications for new surface lots shall include in-fill building concepts
on the lot with a site plan that meets the build-to-zone and building
frontage standards of the specific character zone.
iii.New surface parking shall be set back a minimum of thirty feet (30’)
from the edge of the right-of-way of Pedestrian Priority Streets.
iv.New surface parking shall not be located at a street intersection (of
any Pedestrian Priority and Pedestrian-Friendly Streets only) for
minimum of thirty feet (30’) from the intersection along each street.
Mortuary, funeral home Flex Office
i.Pick-up and drop-off lanes, storage of vehicles, service areas, and
drive through facilities shall NOT have direct frontage along Pedestrian
Priority Streets.
ii.All such areas along other streets shall be screened with a required
street screen (see Section 10 for standards).
Drive-Up Windows
Campus Commercial
Retail Mixed-Use
Flex Office
Office Mixed-Use
Drive through or drive-up facilities shall meet the design standards in
Section 7, Building Design Standards of this code.
Table 5-2 Additional Use Criteria Table
Use Zoning District Location & Design Criteria
Restaurant and Restaurant, Fast Food
Campus Commercial
Town Center
Office Mixed-Use
Retail Mixed-Use
Flex Office
Six (6) queuing spaces per drive-through menu board.
Retail sales and services
Office Mixed-Use
i. Retail sales and service uses may not comprise more than ten percent
(10%) of the total gross square footage of building space within the
Office Mixed-Use District.
ii. Accessory retail uses associated with medical office clinics, including but
not limited to pharmaceutical and corrective lens sales, shall not be
counted towards the maximum square footage of retail sales and
service uses permitted in the Office Mixed-Use District, but may not
exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the gross square footage of the
building in which they are located..
Civic Uses
Antenna or Tower
Campus Commercial
Town Center
Office Mixed-Use
Retail Mixed-Use
Flex Office
i. Located on top of a building or architectural component only.
ii. Shall conform to additional design and location requirements for
antennas and towers included in Section 1325 of the AHC.
Industrial Uses
Manufacturing and Processing:
Class I
Campus Commercial
Flex Office
For buildings where manufacturing and processing are a principal or
accessory use, a minimum of thirty percent (30%) of the gross building square
footage must be in office use.
Warehousing Campus Commercial
Flex Office
Warehousing is only allowed as an accessory use to Manufacturing and
Processing. For buildings where warehousing is an accessory use, a minimum
of thirty percent (30%) of the gross building square footage must be in
office use.