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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-16 10-15 CCO CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER ORDINANCE NO. 79 -16 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 REGARDING SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS IN I -1 AND I -2 DISTRICTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF TBE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS Section 1. Section 35 -413 of the City Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Center is hereby amended by the deletion of the following: [1. Buffer and setback Where a proposed I -1 or I -2 development abuts an Rl, R2, or R3 district other than at a public street line, buffer provisions shall be established. There shall be provided a protective strip of not less than 100 feet in width. The protective strip shall not be used for parking, driveways, offstreet loading or storage and shall be landscaped. The landscape treatment shall contain an opaque fence or wall which shall not extend within 10 feet of any street right -of -way. The fence or wall design must be approved by the City Council as being in harmony with the residential neighborhood and providing sufficient screening of the industrial area. The fence or wall shall be eight feet in height. The protective strip shall contain no structures other than the approved fence or wall.] [[n7here a proposed I -1 or I -2 development faces any residential district (Rl through R7) across a street, buffer provisions shall be established consisting of a protective strip along said street. The protective strip shall be no less than 50 feet in width, shall contain no structures, shall not be used for parking, offstreet loading, storage, or any other activity, and shall be landscaped. Activity areas shall be effectively screened from view of the residential district in a manner to be approved by the City Council.] Section 2. Section 35 -413 of the City Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Center is hereby amended by the addition of the following: 1. Buffer and setback Where a proposed I -1 or I -2 development abuts any residential district (R1 through R7 either at a g property line or a public street line, buffer provisions shall be established according to the following: a. Where I -1 or I -2 abuts Rl, R2, or R3, at a property line, the protective strip shall be no less than 100 feet in width. The protective strip shall not be used for parking, dxivewaVs, offstreet loading or storage and shall be landscaped. The landscape treatment shall contain an opaque fence or wall which shall not extend within 10 feet of any street right -of -way. The fence or wall design must be approved by the City Council as being in harmony with the residential neighborhood and providing sufficient screenings of the industrial area. The fence or wall shall be eight feet in height. The protective strip shall contain no structures other than the approved fence or wall. ORDINANCE NO. 79 -16 b. Where I -1 or I -2 abuts Rl, R2, or R3 at a public street line, the protective buffer strip shall be no less than 50 feet in width, shall contain no structures other than screening devices, shall not be used for parking, off street loading, storage, or any other industrial activity, and shall be landscaped. Activity areas shall be effectively screened from view of the residential district in a mariner to be approved by the City Council. c. Where I -1 or I -2 abuts R4, R5, R6, or R7 at a property line, the protective buffer strip shall be no less than, 50 feet in width, shall contain no structures other thane screening devices, shall not be used for offstreet loadiizg, storage or any other industrial activity, and>shall be landscaped. Parking mad be permitted in the buffer strip provided it does not extend to within 15 feet of the Property line. Activity areas shall be effectively screened from view of the residential district in a inanner to be approved by the City Council. d. Where I -1 or I -2 abuts R4, R5, R6, or R7 at a public street line, the protective buffer strip shall be no less than 25 feet in width, shall contain no structures other than screening devices, shall not be used for parking, offstreet loading, storage, or any other industrial activity, and shall be landscaped. The activity areas shall be effectively screened from view of the residential district in a manner to be approved by the City Council. Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon thirty (30) days following its legal publication. Adopted this 15th day of October 1979. rf AT F ST 1C e k Date of Publication September 27, 1979 Effective Date October 27, 1979 (Brackets indicate matter to be deleted, underline indicates new matter.) �1