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To: Planning Commission
From: John Hinzman, Community Development Director
Date: February 10, 2020
Item: Public Hearing: Amend City Code Chapter 155 ‐ C‐2 Zoning District
Planning Commission Action Requested
Continue review on the attached amendment to Hastings City Code Chapter 155 ‐ Zoning
Code. The amendment seeks to accomplish the following:
1) Eliminate ambiguities within the existing C‐2 Zoning District by adding further
definition to allowable uses.
Definitions of “Camping Areas” and “Lodging Facilities” are added
Terminology of uses are amended to match more commonly used terms
within the law (i.e. food and beverage establishments, lodging facilities).
Require “sales” be a component of any commercial establishments requiring
large sites for off street parking or outdoor display.
2) Remove uses that are not presently utilized within the C‐2 District and are inconsistent
with the Vermillion Street Corridor Study.
Elimination of manufactured home sales and building materials sales within
the district.
3) Clarify application of Site Plan Review Requirements for site modifications.
Planning Commission Meeting ‐ January 27, 2020
The Commission held a public hearing at the January 27, 2020 meeting and after discussion
tabled the item. The Commission sought further direction on effect of the code on
manufactured home sales.
Vermillion Street Corridor Study
The City completed the Vermillion Street Corridor Study in April, 2018. The Study creates a
plan for the economic redevelopment and revitalization of Vermillion Street. An overall
theme of the study was to promote investment in underutilized sites consistent with a
vibrant mixed‐use corridor where streetscaping and landscaping, bicycle and pedestrian
amenities, and complementary architecture entice people to explore all the City has to
offer.
Planning Commission Memorandum
The corridor was subdivided into five different corridor districts to better represent periods
of development and relationships to the City. Opportunity Sites were also identified on
areas with the potential to serve as a catalyst for future investment along the corridor.
Areas Zoned C‐2 fall within the “Vermillion River” and “Southtown” Corridor Districts. The
Corridor Study identifies the following uses for the districts:
Vermillion River District ‐ Appropriate uses in the Vermillion River District are multi‐
family residential, retail, commercial, restaurants, entertainment, and industrial.
Southtown District ‐ Appropriate uses for the Southtown District include retail,
service, dining, single‐family‐attached and multi‐family residential. Supporting land
uses are hotel, entertainment, single‐family attached residential, and public uses
C‐2 Zoning District
The C‐2 District consists of 13 parcels located in various areas of Vermillion Street between
22nd Street and 36th Street. Uses allowed within the district are broad. This is the only
district in which automobile sales may occur (with a special use permit) and many of the
establishments within the district sell automobiles. The language of the C‐2 Zoning District
is essentially unchanged since original adoption in 1970.
C‐2 Properties
Location Business Name Owner Type
2128 Vermillion St Deals with Wheels 6250 Concord LLC Auto Sales
2401 Vermillion St Hastings Car Wash Arndts Investments Car Wash
24xx Vermillion St
PIN 191955101020
Summit Management LLC Vacant Land
25xx Vermillion St
PIN 191955101030
Summit Management LLC Vacant Land
2450 Vermillion St Asteria Inn Sarju Hastings LLC Lodging
26xx Vermillion St ‐
PIN 198170001230
Hastings Terrace Summit Management LLC Mobile Home Park
26xx Vermillion St ‐
PIN 190340055010
Hastings Terrace Summit Management LLC Mobile Home Park
29xx Vermillion St
PIN 198170006102
MN DOT Vacant ‐ TH 61 and
316 Intersection
2980 Vermillion St Hastings Chrysler DEAE LLC Auto Sales
2929 Red Wing Blvd Valley Chevrolet Valley Development Auto Sales
3175 Vermillion St Pro Power Rental Leggo Management Equipment Rental
and Auto Repair
3575 Vermillion St Suzanne Werner Residence
3625 Vermillion St Hastings Ford DEAE LLC Auto Sales
Attachments:
Draft Ordinance Amendment
Vermillion Street Corridor Study ‐ Vermillion River and Southtown Districts
DRAFT AMENDMENT
PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW
JANUARY 27, 2020
ORDINANCE NO. _____________________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA AMENDING CITY
CODE CHAPTER 155 - C-2 HIGHWAY AUTO-SPECIALIZED COMMERCE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hastings as follows:
Chapter 155 of the Hastings City Code – Zoning Code is hereby amended as follows
(Additions to the ordinance are underlined, and section numbers may be renumbered):
§ 155.02 DEFINITIONS.
CAMPING AREA. Any area, whether privately or publicly owned, used on a daily,
nightly, weekly, or longer basis for the accommodation of five or more tents, recreational
camping vehicles, as defined by Minn. Stat. 187.14, subd. 7, as may be amended, free of
charge or for compensation.
LODGING FACILITIES. A building used as, maintained as, advertised as, or held
out to be a place in which sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public for temporary
periods, and having five or more beds to let to the public. Including and limited to hotels,
motels, and bed and breakfast facilities.
§ 155.29 C‐2 HIGHWAY AUTO‐SPECIALIZED COMMERCE SALES AND SERVICE.
(A) Intent. The intent of this chapter in establishing a highway-auto-specialized
commerce sales and service district is to provide appropriate areas for commercial
establishments which are oriented to the motoring public or which require large sites for off-
street parking or display of merchandise for sale.
(B) Uses permitted.
(1) Commercial establishments which are oriented to the motorist including, but
not limited to, eating places, Food and beverage establishments, automobile service stations,
auto repair shops, car wash, and motel lodging facilities.
(2) Accessory uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses including, but not
limited to, off-street parking.
(C) Uses by special permit.
(1) Commercial sales establishments requiring large sites for off-street parking or
for outdoor display and sales such as farm implement sale, auto and truck dealers,
manufactured home sales, and building material sales. Open and open sales or rental lots. are
subject to the site plan review requirements of § 155.51; and
(2) Towers as regulated by § 155.07. (Prior Code, § 10.19) Penalty, see § 10.99
All other sections shall remain unchanged.
ADOPTED by the Hastings City Council on this 2nd day of March, 2020
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Mary Fasbender, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Julie Flaten, City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a true and correct copy of an ordinance presented to
and adopted by the City of Hastings, County of Dakota, Minnesota, on the 18th day of February
2020, as disclosed by the records of the City of Hastings on file and of record in the office.
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Julie Flaten, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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101 4th St. East
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