CITY OF COON RAPIDS, MINNESOTA
CHAPTER 11-1200
(O) OFFICE DISTRICT

11-1201 Intent. The (O) Office District is intended to buffer residential districts from arterial streets or from (CC) Community Commercial or (GC) General Commercial Districts and to provide a district which is compatible with and may reasonably adjoin residential districts. The (O) Office District provides for the location and development of offices and other commercial uses which are subject to more restrictive controls.

11-1202 Permitted Uses.

(1) Medical and dental clinics and medical and dental laboratories.
(2) Offices.
(3) Public parks and their incidental structures.
(4) Public uses or utilities and their accessory structures, except towers of high voltage transmission lines.
(5) Barber shops and beauty shops.
(6) Pet grooming shops, provided no animal is kept overnight or outside and no noise is audible outside of the building or bay occupied by the grooming shop.
(7) Animal hospitals, provided no animal is kept outside and no noise is audible outside of the building or bay occupied by the animal hospital.
(8) Repair and/or servicing of such items as musical, scientific, and medical instruments, photographic equipment, jewelry, watches, clocks, small household appliances (such as televisions, toasters, sewing machines, or computers), office machines (such as adding machines, typewriters, or dictation equipment), shoes and clothes (including tailoring and dressmaking) and similar uses; provided there is no exterior storage of materials as a result of such business, except for motor vehicles used in the business, and no noise, vibrations, or odor is created which is noticeable outside the building or bay occupied by the business.
(9) State licensed day care facilities.

11-1203 Accessory Uses.

(1) Off-street parking.
(2) Signs in conformance with Chapter 11-2100.
(3) In buildings primarily used for office or medical purposes:

(a) Restaurants provided they occupy no more than 10% of the building. [Revised 1/3/95, Ordinance 1519]
(b) Retail sales of drugs and other medical supplies.

11-1204 Conditional Uses.

(1) Churches.
(2) Fast food establishments provided they occupy no more than 25% of a building, and have no drive-up facility. [Revised 1/3/95, Ordinance 1519]
(3) Financial institutions with or without drive in facilities.
(4) High voltage transmission lines and poles.
(5) Mortuaries.
(6) Repealed.
(7) Nonprofit clubs, lodges, and halls.
(8) Private schools, hospitals, sanitariums, rest, boarding, and group homes and similar institutions.
(9) Restaurants.
(10) Retail stores. Other than those subject to license pursuant to Title 5 of this Code, except as specifically provided under this Title 11.[Revised 5/6/97, Ordinance 1602]
(11) State licensed community residential facilities or State licensed community correctional facilities. [Revised 9/5/95, Ordinance 1537]
(12) Duplicating, blueprinting, and photostating services.
(13) Physical Fitness Centers. [Revised 8/16/05, Ordinance 1900]
(14) Secondhand dealers or antique dealers as defined by Revised City Code-1982 Section 5-2602(14) and 5-2602(17).[Revised 2/4/97, Ordinance 1594][Revised 11/17/98, Ordinance 1651]
(15) City licensed transient merchants, solicitors, and canvassers operating from a fixed location. [Revised 4/1/97, Ordinance 1600]
(16) Precious metal dealers as defined by Revised City Code-1982 Section 5-2702(6).[Revised 11/17/98, Ordinance 1651]

11-1205 District Standards. The District Standards shall be as follows:

(1) Building Appearance. The design of buildings and exterior building materials and colors shall be consistent with the following standards.

a) Building Character. The design of buildings shall have a comparable, compatible and complementary relationship to surrounding land uses. Buildings shall be designed with interesting and varied exterior materials, setbacks and architectural features and details. All exterior wall surfaces shall be of the same materials.
b) Development Guidelines. Developments shall satisfy the following guidelines. Determination of whether these guidelines are satisfied shall be made by the Planning Commission.

i.Vary building massing, using methods including staggering building components, adding columns, recessing doorways, creating interesting shapes and short, uneven facades.
ii.Articulate building facades using techniques such as staggering, arcades, awnings, special window treatments, ornamentation and unique details. Face primary entries to public or private streets and orient doors for loading and unloading goods away from public or private streets.
iii.Provide a variety of roof shapes using techniques including pitched, gable or hip roofs and/or detailed parapets and cornices creating interesting roof profiles for flat roofs.
iv.Every building shall include a focal element or feature adding interest or distinction, using techniques such as elevating parts of buildings, towers, or emphasizing a prominent part of the building such as a corner or main entry or by using features such as canopies, porticoes, overhangs, arcades, facade recesses and projections and peaked roofs or raised parapets above doors or windows.
v. High quality, exterior building materials shall be used. Such materials include brick, natural stone, textured pre-cast masonry, fiber-cement siding, integrally colored, concrete masonry units, and similar materials. Accent materials may include metal, glass block, EIFS and similar materials. Exterior materials shall not include smooth-faced concrete block, pre-fabricated steel panels, reflective glass or aluminum, fiberglass or vinyl siding.
vi.Exterior colors approved by the Planning Commission shall not be changed, at the time of building construction or in the future, unless approved by the Commission. [Revised 7/6/04, Ordinance 1822]

(2) Landscaping and Screening. The landscape design objectives, the landscape plan and the size, location, quantity and type of landscape and screening plants shall meet the requirements of the current version of Landscape Standards On File With The Community Development Director and the following requirements:

(a) All landscaped areas shall be irrigated with an underground sprinkler system.
(b) Landscaped islands shall be provided in parking lots to break up and soften the appearance of large areas of paving.
(c) All areas of the site not covered by impervious surfaces or landscaping shall be planted with cultured sod laid over four inches of drought-resistant top soil.
(d) Trash and recycling storage areas, mechanical equipment and other screening shall be required in accordance with Sections 11-1833 through 11-1837. [Revised 12/16/03, Ordinance 1828]

(3) Outdoor Storage. Outdoor storage is prohibited except as authorized in Section 11-1854.
(4) Lot Area. The lot area shall be large enough to meet the requirements of this Title.
(5) Maximum Lot Coverage. No more than 40 percent of a lot shall be covered by buildings.
(6) Minimum Floor Area. 600 square feet.
(7) Minimum Lot Width. 100 feet.
(8) Minimum Setbacks.

(a) Buildings from:

Another Building: 25 feet.

Arterial Street Right-of-Way (with or without service drive): 50 feet. This may be reduced to 30 feet if a 30 foot landscaped yard is maintained between the building and the right-of-way and if the arterial street is constructed as a completely improved roadway and no further upgrading of it is proposed or the full anticipated right-of-way has been dedicated or acquired.[Revised 12/5/00, Ordinance 1717]

Other street right-of-way: 35 feet

Adjacent LDR-1, LDR-2, MH, MDR districts: 50 feet plus 2.5 feet for every foot (or fraction of a foot) of building height over 30 feet. In granting site plan approval the Planning Commission may approve a reduction to 10 feet for a side yard or 25 feet for a rear yard when the use on the abutting property is a utility use including, but not limited to, a pump house, sewage lift station, substation, water tower, reservoir, or water treatment facility. [Revised 6/06/00, Ordinance 1696]

Adjacent HDR district:

side yard: 20 feet, provided, however, in granting site plan approval the Planning Commission may approve a reduction to 10 feet when the use on the abutting property is a utility use including, but not limited to, a pump house, sewage lift station, substation, water tower, reservoir, or water treatment facility. [Revised 06/06/00, Ordinance 1696]

rear yard: 25 feet

Other adjacent property

side yard: 10 feet
rear yard: 25 feet
Parking and drives: 5 feet

(b) Parking and drives from:

Street right-of-way: 20 feet

Adjacent residential district: 20 feet. Provided, however, in granting site plan approval, the Planning Commission may reduce to 5 feet when the use on the abutting property is a non-residential conditional use.[Revised 6/06/00, Ordinance 1696]

Other adjacent property - 5 feet

11-1206 Site Plan Approval. Site plan approval and security agreement shall be required as stated in Sections 11-320 through 11-328.