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CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
ORDINANCE NO. 2019-09
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 REGARDING USES ALLOWED IN THE GENERAL INDUSTRY (I-2) DISTRICT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Article I. Legislative Findings. The City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center (“City”) hereby finds and determines as follows: 1. The City currently allows places for religious assemblies in several zoning districts within
the City, but the use is currently not allowed in the City’s General Industry (I-2) District;
2. The City desires to accommodate religious uses to the extent reasonably possible, but the City has previously not allowed such uses in this industrial district because the properties within this type of district:
a. Contain structures that were built to accommodate manufacturing, warehousing, or other industrial uses not intended for occupation by the general public; b. These properties typically contain small parking lots because industrial uses have
relatively few employees and few customers visiting the site, compared to assembly
uses that typically require a large amount of on-site parking to accommodate the members and participants; and c. Converting existing industrial structures to comply with the various codes
applicable to assembly uses can be costly;
3. Religious uses can create certain negative impacts on an area including, but not limited to, traffic and parking concerns depending on the size and the scope of their operations;
4. In order to allow the City to fully consider the potential impacts of a proposed use and to develop conditions to mitigate or eliminate those impacts, it is appropriate to require a religious use proposing to locate in the I-2 District to obtain a special use permit from the
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City and to ensure such uses meet the minimum requirements and standards imposed by the City Code; and 5. The City Council determines it is in the best interests of the City to allow religious uses in the I-2 District pursuant to a special use permit, provided they can satisfy the applicable codes, standards, and requirements.
Article II. Special Uses. Section 35-331, paragraph 3 of the Brooklyn Center City Code identifying the uses allowed in the General Industry District as a special use is hereby amended as follows:
3. Special Uses
a. Foundries, provided that the foundry operation is a necessary incident to a principal use permitted in the I-2 district.
b. Retail sales of products manufactured, processed or wholesaled at the use site.
c. Accessory off-site parking not located on the same property with the principal use, subject to the provisions of Section 35-701.
d. Places for religious assemblies such as chapels, churches, temples, mosques, and synagogues, provided the use complies with the minimum parking standards in Section 35-700 and other applicable standards.
Article III. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon
thirty days following its legal publication.
Adopted this 14th day of October, 2019. Mike Elliott
Mayor
ATTEST: Barbara Suciu City Clerk
Date of Publication: October 24, 2019
Effective Date: November 23, 2019