Ord #032-3rd Ser/Repealing/amending code re: Industrial Uses

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ORDINANCE NO.32,THIRD SERIES AN ORDINANCE REPEALING IN THEIR ENTIRETY, ARTICLE IV,DIVISIONS 18 AND 19 OF THE ORONO ZO1vING CODE PERTAINING TO THE I-INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND THE PID-PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; ADDING A NEW ARTICLE IV,DIVISION 18, SECTIONS 78-821 THROUGH 78-832; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 78-1,78-1066, 78-1468,78-1511,78-1512,78-1516,AND 78-1536 OF THE ORONO ZONING CODE RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL USES WITHIN THE CITY OF ORONO The City Council of Orono, Minnesota hereby ordains: SECTION 1. Section 78-1, Definitions, of Article 1, In General, is hereby amended to include the following definitions: Essential Services means the erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam, or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems by public utilities, municipal or other governmental agencies, but not including buildings. O�ce means a commercial land use involving predominantly administrative, clerical, or professional operations. Commercial offices may include professional administrative training, but shall not include direct retail commercial transaction activities. Office-Showroom means a commercial land use that is comprised of offices and other indoor floor area in which large or bulk goods are both on display and being warehoused in the same space. Examples of such uses commonly include furniture, building materials, or other similar uses. Characteristics of such uses include a lack of other on-site warehousing. Office-Showroom shall not include direct, on-site retail transactions to the end consumer. Office-Warehouse means a commercial land use that is comprised of offices and other indoor space in which materials and equipment are being stored for shipping to other locations for eventual resale or use. Office Warehouse does not include on-site retail transactions or display. 1