HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.b. Text Amendment Breweries, Microdistilleries, and Wineries in BP
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Planning Commission Regular Meeting: June 22, 2021
Tentative City Council Meeting: July 20, 2021
AGENDA ITEM: Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment
making Breweries, Microdistilleries, and
Wineries Conditional Uses in the BP-
Business Park Zoning District and
Making Agriculture an Accessory Use in
that District.
AGENDA SECTION:
Public Hearing
PREPARED BY: Anthony Nemcek, Planner AGENDA NO. 5.b.
ATTACHMENTS: Draft Ordinance APPROVED BY: AK
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Motion to Recommend the City Council Approve the Text Amendment making Breweries,
Microdistilleries, and W ineries Conditional Uses and Agriculture an Accessory Use in the
BP-Business Park Zoning District and Adding Tasting Rooms to the Definitions Section.
SUMMARY
Staff is initiating this text amendment in anticipation of an application requesting approval to construct a
winery on a parcel within the BP-Business Park zoning district. Currently, breweries and distilleries are
permitted in the BP district, while farm wineries are limited to the AG district. It is staff’s understanding
that the expectation when the code was adopted was that farm wineries would be largely agricultural in
nature, but the reality is many wineries source much of their grapes from cooperatives and the production
of wine is sometimes separate from the production of grapes. Therefore, wineries often produce only a
portion of their grapes needed for the production of wine in vineyards located on site. In those cases,
agriculture is an accessory use to the production of wine which is the principle use on the site. Many of
the conditions that must be met by farm wineries within the AG district are already addressed in the site
and building standards for the BP district. Therefore, those conditions listed AG district are not included
in the proposed amendment to the text of the BP zoning district.
Staff is also recommending the ordinance be amended to change breweries and microdistilleries from
permitted uses to conditional uses. This is partly to ensure that those uses go through a public review
process as site plan reviews of projects in the Business Park district can be approved administratively if all
the requirements of the zoning ordinance are met. It also will ensure that those uses will not have adverse
impacts on other uses within the business park due to the wide range of businesses that operate in that
zoning district. Because it is also possible that an operator of a brewery or distillery may wish to grow
some of their own hops or other ingredients, staff is proposing to include agriculture as an accessory use
related to breweries, wineries, and micro-distilleries in the BP zoning district.
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Like other uses that are regulated by the state, a condition of approval by state regulatory agencies is that
the proposed use is permitted by the City Code of the municipality in which the operation would be
located. This issue came up recently with a dog kennel that was licensed by the State, but not allowed by
the zoning ordinance. An amendment to the zoning ordinance was approved to allow for that use, which
in turn made the operation eligible for licensing by the state. The anticipated winery use, and associated
cultivation of grapes, must be allowed by the City Code in order to be eligible for licensing by the State to
produce wine.
TEXT AMENDMENT
The BP-Business Park zoning district lists breweries and microdistilleries as permitted uses, but no
mention is made of wineries. Because the impacts associated with breweries and microdistilleries are
similar to those of a winery, staff believes it makes sense that wineries should be treated similarly to
breweries and microdistilleries in the Business Park zoning district. Staff is recommending that all three
uses be listed as conditional uses in the BP-Business Park zoning district. Additionally, because some
cultivation of ingredients might occur on site, staff is recommending adding agriculture associated with
breweries, microdistilleries, and wineries to the list of accessory uses in that district. Having agriculture as
an accessory use ensures it remains subordinate to the principal use on a site, in this case a brewery,
microdistillery, or winery.
Staff is recommending the following amendments
Section 11-1-4: Definitions
TASTING ROOM: An area within a winery, or a premises adjacent to the winery and under the same
ownership as the winery, that provides the on-sale of the wine produced by the winery.
Section 11-4-15-B: Permitted Uses
Breweries and small breweries, with or without associated taprooms, subject to:
1. Outdoor seating is subject to the performance standards outlined for outdoor seating in section 3-
1-14 of this Code and subsection 11-4-14D of this chapter.
Microdistilleries, with or without associated cocktail rooms, subject to:
1. Outdoor seating is subject to the performance standards outlined for outdoor seating in section 3-
1-14 of this Code and subsection 11-4-14D of this chapter.
Section 11-4-15-C: Accessory Uses
Agriculture associated with breweries, microdistilleries, and wineries.
Section 11-4-15-D: Conditional Uses
Breweries and small breweries, with or without associated taprooms, food service and retail, subject to:
1. Outdoor seating is subject to the performance standards outlined for outdoor seating in section 3-
1-14 of this Code and subsection 11-4-14D of this chapter.
Microdistilleries, with or without associated cocktail rooms, food service and retail, subject to:
1. Outdoor seating is subject to the performance standards outlined for outdoor seating in section 3-
1-14 of this Code and subsection 11-4-14D of this chapter.
Wineries, with or without associated tasting rooms, food service and retail, subject to the following:
1. Outdoor seating is subject to the performance standards outlined for outdoor seating in section 3-
1-14 of this Code and subsection 11-4-14D of this chapter.
CONCLUSION
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Staff is recommending approval of the zoning ordinance text amendment making breweries,
microdistilleries, and wineries conditional uses in the BP-Business Park zoning district and adds agriculture
associated with breweries, microdistilleries, and wineries to the list of accessory uses in that zoning district.
The amendment will also add tasting rooms to the list of definitions in section 11-1-4. This is the first
time the proposed amendment is being reviewed by the Planning Commission. If the Commission
strongly feels there are changes needed to the draft ordinance, staff will accept any feedback received and
incorporate it into the proposed amendment.
City of Rosemount
Ordinance No. B-291
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE B
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT ZONING ORDINANCE
Relating to Definitions and Conditional Uses within
BP-Business Park Zoning District
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS that
Ordinance B, adopted September 19, 1989, entitled “City of Rosemount Zoning Ordinance,” is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. Rosemount Zoning Ordinance B, Section 11-1-4: Definitions
TASTING ROOM: An area within a winery, or a premises adjacent to the winery and under the
same ownership as the winery, that provides the on-sale of the wine produced by the winery.
Section 2. Rosemount Zoning Ordinance B, Section 11-4-15-B: Permitted Uses
Breweries and small breweries, with or without associated taprooms, subject to:
1. Outdoor seating is subject to the performance standards outlined for outdoor seating in
section 3-1-14 of this Code and subsection 11-4-14D of this chapter.
Microdistilleries, with or without associated cocktail rooms, subject to:
1. Outdoor seating is subject to the performance standards outlined for outdoor seating in
section 3-1-14 of this Code and subsection 11-4-14D of this chapter.
Section 3. Rosemount Zoning Ordinance B, Section 11-4-15-C: Accessory Uses
Agriculture associated with breweries, microdistilleries, and wineries.
Section 4. Rosemount Zoning Ordinance B, Section 11-4-15-D: Conditional Uses
Breweries and small breweries, with or without associated taprooms, food service and retail,
subject to:
1. Outdoor seating is subject to the performance standards outlined for outdoor seating in
section 3-1-14 of this Code and subsection 11-4-14D of this chapter.
Microdistilleries, with or without associated cocktail rooms, food service and retail, subject to:
1. Outdoor seating is subject to the performance standards outlined for outdoor seating in
section 3-1-14 of this Code and subsection 11-4-14D of this chapter.
Wineries, with or without associated tasting rooms, food service and retail, subject to the
following:
1. Outdoor seating is subject to the performance standards outlined for outdoor seating in
section 3-1-14 of this Code and subsection 11-4-14D of this chapter.
Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication according to law.
ENACTED AND ORDAINED into an Ordinance this 20th day of July, 2021.
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
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William H. Droste, Mayor
ATTEST:
Erin Fasbender, City Clerk