City of St. Joseph
Amendment to Ordinance 52: Zoning Ordinance

The St. Joseph Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13 to consider the following amendments to the City of St. Joseph Zoning Ordinance:

Ordinance 52.06 – Building Permits Required: Amendment clarifies that building permits are required for all work in the city to include shingling, siding and window replacement.

Ordinance 52.10 Parking – Amendment includes provisions for shared parking spaces, delineating parking pad requirements; provide relief from curbing in B1 Zoning Districts.

Ordinance 52.12 General Performance Standards – adding fence provision for Commercial and Industrial Zoning Districts; removing duplicate language regarding parking which is referred to in Ordinance 84 and Junk Cars.

Ordinance 52.21 Transportation Corridor Overlay – Amendment clarifies the corridor more specifically, provides for exemptions for already developed property, changes the setback requirement and removes the fence provisions.

Ordinance 52.22 Outdoor Dining – Create an Ordinance governing outdoor dining.

Ordinance 52.32 B2 Highway Business – Amendment creates a provision for seasonal/outdoor markets through issuance of an Interim-Use permit; relieves the requirement for site plan approval by the planning commission if plans are consistent with Zoning District.

Ordinance 52.35 Educational and Ecclesiastical – Amendment includes provisions for parking regulations.

Ordinance 58 Telecommunications – Update the title to include antennas and include antennas in provisions referencing towers.

Full text of the above ordinance Amendments can be viewed at the City Offices, 25 College Ave. N. or on the city website: www.cityofstjoseph.com. All persons wishing to testify will be heard with oral testimony limited to five minutes. Written testimony can be submitted to the City of St. Joseph, Attn: Judy Weyrens, P.O. Box 668, St. Joseph, Minn. 56374.

Judy Weyrens
Administrator

Publish: Sept. 3, 2010