HomeMy Public PortalAbout562 Ordinance Regarding Loading Dock Regulations in the Industrial Park Zoning District; Amending Section 833 of the City CodeCITY OF MEDINA
ORDINANCE NO.562
AN ORDINANCE REGARDING LOADING DOCK REGULATIONS
IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK ZONING DISTRICT;
AMENDING SECTION 833 OF THE CITY CODE
The City Council of the City of Medina ordains as follows:
SECTION I. Section 833.07 Subd. 1(s) of the code of ordinances of the city of Medina is
amended by adding the underlined language and deleting the stricken language as follows:
(s) Loading Docks — For purposes of this section a loading dock is defined as an area measuring
at least 4-2 eight feet wide which provides a portal for a truck through the outside wall of a
building. The portal could be through a door, which allows the truck to either enter into the
building or which allows the truck to the edge of the building or to a dock at the building with a
portal into the building. A loading dock also includes an area, measuring 80 feet long by 12 feet
wide perpendicular from the portal. Storage of trucks and/or trailers, against or adjacent to the
building shall be counted as loading dock even if access into the building is not provided.
Loading docks shall not be located within 300 feet of a residential or residential planned unit
development zone. Loading docks located within 300 feet and 720 feet of a residential zone or
residential planned unit development shall be screened to the fullest extent possible.
Measurements shall be from the lot line of the Industrial Park property.
Loading docks shall be screened from adjacent property and streets to the fullest extent
practicable using any, but not limited to, one of these techniques: landscaping, wing -walls (no
longer than 80 feet), berms, roofs or other similar overhangs, trenches allowing trucks below the
ground, or innovative architecture such as a saw -tooth configuration or a courtyard.
Loading docks not located within a courtyard shall not exceed 10 percent of the perimeter of the
building. Notwithstanding the above, the city council may, at its sole discretion, allow additional
loading docks outside of courtyards, but not in an amount to exceed 20 percent of the building
perimeter. The council may allow additional loading docks only if the council finds that the
additional docks are essential for the functioning of the use, that other alternatives are
impractical and that visual impacts of the additional loading docks have been mitigated. As a
condition of permitting additional loading docks, the city may require additional architectural
elements, screening, and landscaping.
As used in this section, a courtyard must be formed by at least 70 percent of the principal
building; the remainder may be a wing -wall architecturally integrated into the building. The
courtyard shall have no more than two openings with each opening not to exceed a width of
40100 feet providing access for truck and vehicle traffic. The open ends of the courtyards shall
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be oriented away from property zoned residential if the courtyard is located within 720 feet of
the lot line of property zoned residential. For any site adjacent to or within 720 feet of a
residential zone or planned residential development, loading docks shall be planned so that the
building is located between the residential zone and the loading dock.
Loading docks shall use quality materials and have a "finished" appearance.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption and publication.
Adopted by the Medina city council this 20th day of May, 2014.
th Weir, Mayor
Attest:
Scott T. Johnson, it Administrator -Clerk
strator-Clerk
Published in the South Crow River News on the 29`h day of May, 2014.
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