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<br />CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />COUNTY OF WASHINGTON <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2024-08 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAKE ELMO CITY CODE FOR <br /> ZONING AND LAND USE SECTIONS <br /> <br />SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Title 105 Zoning; Chapter <br />105.12: Public and Semi-Public Open Space, Section 970 PF Public And Quasi-Public Open Space is <br />hereby amended by changing the following section (Proposed language is underlined; deleted language <br />is shown with strikethrough): <br />(a) Purpose and intent. The purpose and intent of the PF zoning district is to allow uses and structures that are <br />incidental and subordinate to the overall land uses permitted in the city. While allowing certain uses within the <br />city, general performance standards have been established. This is intended to ensure maintenance and preservation <br />of the established rural character of the city by preserving agricultural land, woodlands, corridors, and other <br />significant natural features, and provide buffering between PF and residential or other uses. <br />(b) Permitted Uses. The following public uses are permitted on City property in the PF zoning district: <br />(1) Parks and playgrounds. <br />(2) Indoor or outdoor athletic facility. <br />(3) Public open spaces or stormwater ponds. <br />(c) Conditional Uses. Uses allowed by conditional use permit. In addition to the specific standards and criteria which <br />may be cited below for respective uses, each application shall be evaluated based on the standards and criteria set <br />forth in LEC 105.12.290. Uses allowed herein that are in existence within the city at the effective date of the <br />ordinance from which this chapter is derived may continue the use as a permitted use. The following uses are <br />conditionally permitted in the PF zoning district: <br />(1) Cemeteries, provided that: <br />a) Direct access is provided to a public street classified by the comprehensive plan as major collector or <br />arterial; and <br />b) No mausoleum, crematorium, or other structure is permitted, except a one-story tool or storage shed of 160 <br />square feet floor maximum floor area. <br />(2) Religious institutions, provided that: <br />a) Direct access is provided to a public street classified by the comprehensive plan as major collector or <br />arterial; <br />b) No use may exceed 235 gallons wastewater generation per day per net acre of land; <br />c) No on-site sewer system shall be designed to handle more than 5,000 gallons per day; <br />d) Exterior athletic fields shall not include spectator seating, public address facilities or lighting; and <br />e) No freestanding broadcast or telecast antennas are permitted. No broadcast dish or antenna shall extend <br />more than six feet above or beyond the principal structure. <br />(3) Facilities for local, county and state government, provided that: <br />a) Direct access is provided to a public street classified by the comprehensive plan as major collector or <br />arterial; <br />b) The use and location is consistent with the community facilities element of the comprehensive plan; and <br />c) No use may exceed a ratio of 3.0 SAC units per 3.5 acres or 235 gallons per day per net acre of land based <br />on design capacity of all facilities, whichever is more restrictive. <br />(4) Libraries and museums (public and private), provided that: