Ch11.§3-5 · City of Nowthen public records

A. Intent: This district is intended for application in those areas of the City where large sections of land have become subject to increased amounts of single family residential development and hobby farms. Marginal soils, rough topography, and insufficient irrigation may make these lands uneconomical for long term agricultural purposes. There are some suitable sites for single family home construction. However, because there are moderate to severe environmental constraints on residential development in this area; and because urban services, such as central sewer and water, will likely not be provided for in the near future and because significant amounts of residential development will adversely affect surrounding agricultural operations, residential development in this district must be kept to a reasonable rural density. B. Permitted Uses and Structures: The following shall be permitted uses by right: 1\. Any and all forms of agriculture and horticulture as defined by this Chapter, except feed lots. 2\. Any farm buildings located on Agricultural Land, to be used for Agricultural Purposes and for the storage of Agricultural Products as defined in this Chapter. (Ordinance 2013-04, adopted April 9, 2013) 3\. Accessory structures located on properties which contain a dwelling or principal structure, which meet the requirements set forth in this Chapter. (Ordinance 2013-04, adopted April 9, 2013) 4\. Farm drainage and irrigation systems. 5\. Forestry, grazing, and gardening. 6\. Public parks and playgrounds. 7\. One family dwellings or temporary habitation (as approved by the city) 8\. Home occupations as provided for in this Chapter. 9\. In Home Day Care (employees prohibited). 10\. The uses identified as permitted by right shall only apply to uses that have no on-site consumers, no customers, no retail sales, no employees working or coming on the premises except as described as home occupation defined by this Chapter, no manufacturing, no merchandising, no signage, no outside storage of machinery or equipment, and no inside storage other than personally owned material and equipment.   ### C. Conditional Uses: 1\. Public buildings. 2\. Churches. 3\. Public and private schools. 4\. Public utility buildings and equipment. 5\. Cemeteries. 6\. Planned Unit Developments. 7\. Golf Course. 8\. Other operations determined by the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council to be equivalent to those listed above. D. Interim Uses: 1\. Mineral Extractions / Pond Excavation & Mining. 2\. Sawmills. 3\. Nurseries and greenhouses. 4\. Animal boarding, of domesticated animals. 5\. Extended Home Occupation 6\. Limited Scale Trucking Operations meeting the requirement of Extended Home Occupations as defined in this Chapter. 7\. Towers and antennas over thirty-five (35) feet in height. 8\. Boat launch/rental services. 9\. Outdoor club recreation as defined in this Chapter, provided that: a. The property upon which the recreational use is proposed is a minimum of 40 acres. b. All uses, activities, equipment and /or structures associated with the recreational use are setback a minimum of 500 feet from existing residences. (Ordinance 2014-08, adopted September 9, 2014)   10\. Foster Homes for Children and State Licensed Residential Treatment Facilities (Ordinance 2013-09, adopted December 10, 2013) 11\. Other operations determined by the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council to be equivalent to those listed above. 12\. Cannabis Cultivation provided that it can meet the following requirements: a. Shall be located on a property consisting of not less than 20 acres that contains a home that is the homestead residence of the applicant. b. The owner of the property shall hold a cultivator and/or microbusiness license or endorsement from the State of Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management for the products to be cultivated. A person holding a microbusiness license shall only utilize the property for cultivation. c. Compliance with State license requirements shall be maintained at all times. d. All cultivation shall occur not less than 200 feet from any property line and not less than 500 feet from an off-site residence. e. Shall be located a minimum of 1000 feet from any school as measured from the building in which the cannabis retail business is located to the property line of the school. f. Shall be located a minimum of 500 feet from any daycare or residential treatment facility as measured from the building in which the cannabis retail business is located to the property line of the property on which the daycare or residential treatment facility is located. g. Shall be located at least 500 feet from any attraction within a public park that is regularly used by minors, including a playground or athletic field, measured from the building in which the cannabis retail business is located to the attraction. h. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 462.357 subd. 1e, nothing in clauses ( c)-( e) above shall prohibit an active cannabis business or a cannabis business seeking registration from continuing operation at the same site if a school, daycare, residential treatment facility, or attraction within a public park that is regularly used by minors moves within the minimum buffer zone. i. As a condition of any Interim Use Permit, the permit holder shall comply with Minnesota Administrative Rules, Chapter 9810, including but not limited to the security requirements set forth in Minnesota Rule 9810.1500, as the same may be amended from time to time.   Minnesota Administrative Rules, Chapter 9810, including Rule 9810.1500, are incorporated herein for purposes of establishing conditions of the permit. The City may, through its employees or law enforcement, determine whether a violation of such rules has occurred for purposes of enforcing this permit at the City level. (Ordinance 2025- 07, adopted September 9, 2025) E. Prohibited Uses and Structures: All other uses and structures which are not specifically permitted as right, by Conditional Use Permit or by Interim Use Permit shall be prohibited in the RRA (Rural Residential Agriculture District). F. Minimum Lot Size: For one family dwelling units: five (5) acres except for allowable five (5) acre lot density within plats approved under Chapter 10 of the City Code, the minimum lot size shall be no less than two and one half (2.5) acres. G. Minimum Lot Dimension Requirements for Permitted Uses: 1\. All lots shall have a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) feet of frontage on a public street and shall be directly accessed from that frontage. 2\. Lots which contain public street access on the terminus end of a cul-de-sac with side lot lines that are radial from the center of the cul-de-sac, shall have a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet of frontage at the edge of the right-of- way provided special circumstances exist as outlined in Chapter 10 of the City Code to justify use of said cul-de-sac. 3\. All lots shall have a minimum lot width and depth of three hundred (300) feet as measured at right angles to the lot depth at the building setback line. 4\. All front, side and rear building setbacks shall be a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) feet from centerline of any local road and a minimum of one- hundred-fifty (150) feet from the centerline of collector or arterial roads which shall include all roads under county or state jurisdiction (excluding Flag Lots). 5\. All front and rear yard building setbacks shall be a minimum of thirty-five (35) feet from any lot line. This front yard setback applies to flag lots and other irregular-shaped lots which have front lot lines that are not synonymous with the street right-of-way line. The more restrictive setback applies when considering distance of the structure from the public right-of- way. (Ordinance 2020-01, adopted January 12, 2021) 6 All side yard building setbacks shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet from any lot line.   7\. Corner lots abutting two (2) streets are considered to have two (2) front yard setbacks and two (2) side yard setbacks. 8\. All driving or parking areas shall be setback a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from any lot line. (Ordinance 2020-01, adopted January 12, 2021) 9\. All applicable setback and development standards of the Shoreland (11-3- 10), Floodplain (11-3-11) and Wetland Management (11-4-20) sections of this Chapter are met. (Ordinance 2013-04, adopted April 9, 2013) ## H. Maximum Height: 1\. For farm buildings and farm accessory structures: None. 2\. For non-farm and special uses: Thirty (30) feet. 3\. Towers and antennas: As outlined in Section 11-8 of this Chapter. I. Impervious Surface Limitation: Thirty-five percent (35%). (Ordinance 2020-01, adopted January 12, 2021)

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