City Code

Below lised are the chapters of the Belle Plaine City Code. (All attachments are pdf files. Adobe Reader is required to view the documents.)

Chapter 1	-	Operations and Administration					Index Chapter 1
Chapter 2	-	Boards and Commissions					Index Chapter 2
Chapter 3	-	Licenses and Regulations					Index Chapter 3
Chapter 4	-	Public Health and Protection					Index Chapter 4
Chapter 5	-	Motor Vehicles and Traffic					Index Chapter 5
Chapter 6	-	Streets, Sidewalks and Public Ways					Index Chapter 6
Chapter 7	-	Public Utilities					Index Chapter 7
Chapter 8	-	Animal Regulations and Licensing					Index Chapter 8
Chapter 9	-	Franchise Agreements					Index Chapter 9
Chapter 10	-	Minnesota State Building, Electrical and Plumbing Code					Index Chapter 10
Chapter 11	-	Zoning Ordinance Table of Contents					Index Chapter 11
		1100	-	Intent, Purpose and Scope
		1101	-	Definitions
		1102	-	Non Conforming Lots, Uses and Structures
		1103	-	Zoning Administration
				1103.00	-	Zoning Administration
				1103.01	-	Powers Given to the City Council
				1103.02	-	Enforcement
				1103.03	-	Enforcement Officer
				1103.04	-	Appeals
				1103.05	-	Variances
				1103.06	-	Ordinance Amendments and Land Rezonings
				1103.07	-	Site Plan Review
				1103.08	-	Conditional Uses
				1103.09	-	Public Hearings
				1103.10	-	Administration - Certificate of Occupancy
				1103.11	-	Fees, Charges and Expenses
				1103.12	-	Interim Uses
		1104	-	General Provisions
		1105	-	Zoning District Regulations
				1105.01	-	Establishment of Zoning Districts and Provisions for Official Zoning Map
				1105.02	-	Rules for Interpretaion of District Boundaries
				1105.03	-	Restricting Certain Retail Development in the City
				1105.04	-	A-2 Rural Residential District
				1105.05	-	R-1 Single Family Residential District
				1105.06	-	R-2 Single Family Residential District
				1105.07	-	R-3 Single and Two Family Residential District
				1105.08	-	R-7 Mixed Housing Residential District
				1105.09	-	R-MH Manufactured Homes
				1105.10	-	B-2 Highway Commercial District
				1105.11	-	B-3 Central Business District
				1105.12	-	I-2 Industrial District
				1105.13	-	I/C Industrial/Commercial District
				1105.14	-	Public-Institutional District
				1105.15	-	Planned Unit Development (Overlay)
				1105.16	-	FP Flood Plain District
				1105.17	-	S-1 Shoreland District
		1106	-	Conditional Uses
		1107	-	Special Provisions
				1107.01	-	Performance Standards
				1107.02	-	Fences
				1107.03	-	Screening and Landscaping
				1107.04	-	Television and Radio Antennas
				1107.05	-	Swimming Pools
				1107.06	-	Moving of Buildings
				1107.07	-	Pole Buildings
				1107.08	-	Outside Storage
				1107.09	-	Land Filling Soil, Sand or Other Materials
				1107.10	-	Excavation of Soils
				1107.11	-	Essential Services
				1107.12	-	Off-Street Parking
				1107.13	-	Loading Facilities
				1107.14	-	Fire Pits and Recreational Fires
				1107.15	-	Aviation Requirements
				1107.16	-	Home Occupations
				1107.17	-	Highway Commercial and Industrial DesignStandards
				1107.18	-	Wind Energy Conversion Systems
				1107.19	-	Public Property/Right of Way
				1107.20	-	Signs
				1107.21	-	Storm Water Management
				1107.22	-	Preservation of Belle Plaine's Character Design Standards
				1107.23	-	Housing Ordinance for Rental Property
		1108	-	Violations and Penalty and Effective Date
		1109	-	Land and Water Preservation
Chapter 12	-	Subdivision Ordinance					Index Chapter 12

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The Code of the City of Belle Plaine, Minnesota is published online as a convenience to citizens and the business community. Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the materials published online, the only official edition of the City Code is the printed version maintained by the City Clerk. Dowloaded versions are not official. Not that the City Council may have made amendments, additions or deletions to the City Code subsequent to the latest online version of the code. For more information, please contact the Administration Department at 952-873-5553.