PCMemoAgtourism 1.5.16Memorandum
To: Scandia Planning
Commission
Copies To: Neil Soltis, City
Administrator
Brenda Eklund, City Clerk
Reference: Agritourism and Hotels:
Definitions and Standards
Project No.: 15745.000
From: Sherri Buss, RLA AICP, Routing:
Planner
Date: December 23. 2015
Agritourism Enterprise—Draft Definitions and Performance Standards
Draft Ordinance 166 is attached which includes a draft of definitions and performance standards
for Agritourism Enterprises based on the Planning Commission's discussion at the December
meeting. Items included are:
Added "nonprofits" to the definitions of both Agritourism Enterprise and Rural Event
Facility.
Developed a new section for the Code that includes requirements and standards for the
Agritourism Enterprise use. The Rural Event Facility standards have been modified as a
starting point for discussion:
o The section states that Agritourism Enterprises (AE's) are permitted in the AG C,
GR and VN districts (same as current Code).
o The permit requirements set a threshold for the type of permit required. AE's that
hold up to 4 events each year with a maximum of 100 attendees at each event
need Special Event permits for each event. AE's that hold more than four events
annually with an average of more than 100 people need an IUP or CUP.
o The AOP requirement for Rural Event Facilities was not included, since the focus
for AE's is on educational or recreational activities rather than large events—the
Commission should discuss whether an AOP should be required for all AE's.
The City could require annual reviews as a condition of the CUP or IUP for
individual AE's if warranted.
o The current Code requires a CUP for AE's, and an IUP for Rural Event Facilities.
The IUP was established for Rural Event Facilities because the City wanted to
require a new permit if the property changed ownership. The Commission
should discuss whether a CUP or IUP will be required for AE's.
o The proposed ordinance lists application requirements that are similar to those
for Rural Event Facilities, but makes the Transportation Management Plan
optional, based on a City determination of the need for the plan.
o The Commission should discuss the proposed standards, including:
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Memorandum
To: Scandia Planning
Commission
Copies To: Neil Soltis, City
Administrator
Brenda Eklund, City Clerk
Reference: Agritourism and Hotels:
Definitions and Standards
Project No.: 15745.000
From: Sherri Buss, RLA AICP, Routing:
Planner
Date: December 23. 2015
Agritourism Enterprise—Draft Definitions and Performance Standards
Draft Ordinance 166 is attached which includes a draft of definitions and performance standards
for Agritourism Enterprises based on the Planning Commission's discussion at the December
meeting. Items included are:
Added "nonprofits" to the definitions of both Agritourism Enterprise and Rural Event
Facility.
Developed a new section for the Code that includes requirements and standards for the
Agritourism Enterprise use. The Rural Event Facility standards have been modified as a
starting point for discussion:
o The section states that Agritourism Enterprises (AE's) are permitted in the AG C,
GR and VN districts (same as current Code).
o The permit requirements set a threshold for the type of permit required. AE's that
hold up to 4 events each year with a maximum of 100 attendees at each event
need Special Event permits for each event. AE's that hold more than four events
annually with an average of more than 100 people need an IUP or CUP.
o The AOP requirement for Rural Event Facilities was not included, since the focus
for AE's is on educational or recreational activities rather than large events—the
Commission should discuss whether an AOP should be required for all AE's.
The City could require annual reviews as a condition of the CUP or IUP for
individual AE's if warranted.
o The current Code requires a CUP for AE's, and an IUP for Rural Event Facilities.
The IUP was established for Rural Event Facilities because the City wanted to
require a new permit if the property changed ownership. The Commission
should discuss whether a CUP or IUP will be required for AE's.
o The proposed ordinance lists application requirements that are similar to those
for Rural Event Facilities, but makes the Transportation Management Plan
optional, based on a City determination of the need for the plan.
o The Commission should discuss the proposed standards, including:
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■ The minimum lot size standard for AE's.
■ A maximum event size for AE's.
■ The standard for sound amplification
■ Setbacks for the AE use
■ Hours of operation for the AE use.
• Sign standards for the AE use
Uses Requiring CUP's in the Village Districts
The Commission will continue its discussion of the uses that should require CUP's in the Village
Districts.
The Commission recommended that the Planner provide suggested definitions and parking
standards for the Hotel use for discussion at the January meeting. Some options for the
Commission to discuss include:
Hotel Definition
Scandia's current definition: "Any building or portion thereof occupied as the more or
less temporary abiding place of individuals and containing 3 or more guest rooms, used,
designated, or intended to be used, let or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied
by 3 or more individuals for compensation, where the compensation be paid directly or
indirectly."
Minnesota Statutes include the following definitions:
o Hotels or motel: "Hotel or motel" means a building, structure, enclosure, or any
part thereof used as, maintained as, advertised as, or held out to be a place
where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public and furnishing
accommodations of less than one week.
o Lodging establishment: "Lodging establishment" means: a building, structure,
enclosure or any part thereof used as, maintained as, advertised as, or held out
to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public as
regular roomers, for periods of one week or more, and having five or more beds
to let to the public."
Many city codes do not include the "one week" limit in the State Statute definition for
hotel. Some examples include:
o City of Stillwater: "Hotel means a building containing rooms intended or designed
to be used, or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied, or which are
occupied for sleeping purposes by guests, and where a general kitchen and
dining room are provided within the building or in an accessory building."
o City of Osceola: "Hotel: a building in which lodging, with or without meals, is
offered to transient guests for compensation."
o Forest Lake: "A building having provision for 10 or more guests in which lodging
is provided with or without meals, for compensation, and which is open to
transient or permanent guests or both, and which ingress and egress to and from
all rooms is made through an inside lobby or office supervised by a person in
charge." (Motels have direct access to rooms from outside, and adjacent
parking.)
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Parking Standards
The City of Stillwater has typical parking requirements for hotels or motels: One space
for each unit, plus one for the resident owner/manager. Additional spaces are required
for related activities such as restaurants, lounges or retail shops—the number is based
on the number required for those uses in the Zoning Ordinance.
The Commission will continue the discussion of uses that require CUP's in the Village Districts
at the January meeting. Commissioners may reference the staff memo for the December 1
meeting for this discussion.
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