Request to Rezone Brehm Acres_HearingCopyrighted
April 17, 2023
City of Dubuque Public Hearings # 02.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Request to Rezone Brehm Acres
SUMMARY: Proof of publication on notice of public hearing to consider a request
from John and Dianne Brehm to rezone Brehm Acres from AG -
Agriculture to Planned Unit Development with PI -Planned Industrial
zoning designation, to construct a 250,000 square foot warehouse on the
subject property and Zoning Advisory Commission recommending
approval.
SUGGESTED
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
ZAC Letter to Council
Ordinance
Application
Vicinity Map
Staff Report
ORDINANCE Amending Title 16 of the City of Dubuque Code of
Ordinances Unified Development Code by rescinding Ordinance No. 2-
13 which established regulations for a PUD Planned Unit Development
with a PI Planned Industrial Designation and adopting an amended PUD
Ordinance that expands the district by incorporating an additional parcel
of land
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion A
Ordinance 2-13 Dubuque Industrial Center South
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Exhibit A - Conceptual Development Plan
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Staff Memo
Ordinance
Supporting Documentation
Supporting Documentation
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April 6, 2023
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
City of Dubuque
City Hall — 50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque IA 52001
Applicant: John and Dianne Brehm
Location: Brehm Acres
Description: To rezone property from AG -Agriculture to Planned Unit
Development with PI -Planned Industrial zoning designation.
Dear Mayor and City Council Members:
The City of Dubuque Zoning Advisory Commission has reviewed the above -cited request.
The application, staff report, and related materials are attached for your review.
Discussion
Shawn Hilborn, 17509 Alan Jackson Dr, Gronen, spoke on behalf of the project. He
provided a background regarding Simmons development of the Flexsteel building in 2021.
He stated that was a $60 million dollar redevelopment project and since that time
Simmons has invested roughly $100 million into the site. He identified that they intended
to employ 271 employees and have around 400 employees as of today. One part of the
development agreement was to build a warehouse building within 5 years. They are now
seeking to construct a 250,000 square foot warehouse on the subject property. He
clarified that they are annexing approximately 2.8 acres into the city. He discussed traffic
circulation between the main production facility to the proposed warehouse and from the
proposed warehouse out to market. He shared a rendering of the warehouse and stated
they are planning to construct a nice durable precast structural steel building.
Staff reviewed the staff report, noting the location of the subject property and stated the
property is in the process of being annexed into the city. He said the 2.8 acre site will be
consolidated with the property to the east which is already located within the Dubuque
Industrial Center South PUD area. He stated the site would be accessed from Simmons
Way and Seippel Road and that the proposed development is consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan goal to attract large employment centers and allows for the
expansion of the industrial park. He stated that utilities are adequate to serve the site and
that the project will be required to obtain an approved site plan before development can
begin on the site.
There were no public comments.
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The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
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The Zoning Advisory Commission discussed the request and had no concerns.
Recommendation
By a vote of 7 to 0, the Zoning Advisory Commission recommends that the City Council
approve the request.
A simple majority vote is needed for the City Council to approve the request.
Respectfully submitted,
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Matt Mulligan, Chairpe so
Zoning Advisory Com ' ' sion
Attachments
cc: Seippel Warehouse LLC, 900 Jackson St, Ste. LL2, Dubuque, IA 52001
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Prepared by: Wally Wernimont, City Planner Address: City Hall, 50 W. 13th St Telephone: 589-4210
Return to: Adrienne Breitfelder, City Clerk Address: City Hall, 50 W. 13th St Telephone: 589-4121
ORDINANCE NO. 16-23
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO.
2-13 WHICH ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS FOR A PUD PLANNED UNIT
DEVELOPMENT WITH A PI PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION AND ADOPTING
AN AMENDED PUD ORDINANCE THAT EXPANDS THE DISTRICT BY
INCORPORATING AN ADDITIONAL PARCEL OF LAND
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That Title 16 of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances, Unified
Development Code, is hereby amended by rescinding Ordinance No. 2-13 and
expanding the Dubuque Industrial Center South PUD by incorporating an additional
parcel of land and adopting a conceptual development plan, a copy of which is attached
to and made a part hereof, for the for the property legally described below, to wit:
Lots A, B, Balance of Lot C and Lots 2,3,4,5, and 5A of Dubuque Industrial Center
South First Addition; Lot A and Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Dubuque Industrial Center South
Third Addition; and Lot 2 of Brehm Acres Plat 3
Section 2. Attached hereto and made a part of this zoning reclassification approval
is the Conceptual Development Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned
Unit Development marked Exhibit A. It is recognized that minor shifts or modifications
to the general plan layout may be necessary and compatible with the need to acquire
workable street patterns, grades, and usable building sites. The general plan layout,
including the relationship of land uses to the general plan framework and the
development requirements shall be used as the implementation guide.
A) Definitions
1) Building -related Features
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Ordinance No. 16-23
Page 2
Building -related features are defined as all construction items
which rise above the grade surface of the lot. These include:
a) The primary building.
b) All accessory or secondary buildings.
c) All exterior storage areas.
d) Exterior refuse collection areas.
e) Exterior mechanical equipment.
f) Containerized or tank storage of liquids, fuels, gases and
other materials.
2) Vehicle -related Features
Vehicle -related features are defined as all areas used for the
movement and parking of all vehicles within the lot. These
include:
a) Employee and visitor parking spaces.
b) Driveways from the street right-of-way line to
and from parking spaces.
c) Loading spaces outside of the building.
d) Maneuvering spaces outside the building.
e) Parking spaces for company -owned
commercial vehicles.
f) Fire lanes.
g) Railroad tracks
3) Open Space Features
Open space features are defined as those exterior
areas and developed features of the lot which include:
a) Landscape space containing lawn areas and
plantings.
b) Paved, hard -surfaced pedestrian areas such
as walkways, plazas, entryways and courtyards.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. 16-23
Page 3
c) Storm water management facilities not
otherwise used for building -related or vehicle -related
purposes.
d) Open recreation areas and recreational trail.
e) Other non -building and non -vehicular related
space.
B. Use Regulations
Zone D: Genera! Purpose and Description. Zone D is intended to provide a
location for heavy industrial uses. Exterior storage is allowed, provided it is
screened from view from public right-of-way.
1) Principal permitted uses shall be limited to:
a) Railroad and public or quasi -public utilities.
b) Corporate offices.
c) Mail order houses.
d) Printing and publishing.
e) Laboratories for research and engineering.
f) Moving/storage facilities.
g) Wholesale sales/distributor.
h) Freight transfer facilities.
i) Fuel and ice dealers.
j) Cold storage/locker plants.
k) Packing and processing of meat, dairy or food products, not
to include stockyards or slaughter houses.
1) Compounding, processing and package of chemical
products.
m) Manufacture, assembly, repair or storage of electrical and
electronic products, components or equipment.
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Ordinance No, 10-23
Page 4
n) Warehousing and storage facilities, not to include mini -
warehouses.
o) Manufacturing, processing, fabrication, assembling,
packaging or other comparable treatment of goods or
materials.
2) Conditional uses shall be limited to the following:
a) Day care center, within a primary office/industrial building or
as an accessory structure on the same lot. Day care centers
are subject to state regulations and requirements of Article
8-20, Licensed Child Care Center, of the Unified
Development Code.
3) Accessory uses shall be limited to the following:
a) Retail outlets within a primary office/industrial building,
selling products produced on -site and only as accessory to
the principal use.
b) Any use customarily incidental and subordinate to the
principal use it serves.
4) Temporary uses shall be limited to the following:
Any use listed as a permitted use within the PUD District of a
limited duration as established in Article 3-19 and as defined in
Article 2-3 of the Unified Development Code.
5) The provision of off-street parking shall be regulated by Article 14
of the City of Dubuque's Unified Development Code.
Zone O: General Purpose and Description. Zone O is intended to serve as an
amenity to the industrial park, provide public areas and control of storm water to
protect downstream properties.
1) Principal permitted uses shall be limited to:
a) Railroads and public or quasi -public utilities.
b) Parks, nature areas, playgrounds and similar recreational uses.
c) Picnic areas.
d) Recreational trails.
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Ordinance No. 18-23
Page 5
e) Club houses, shelter houses, tennis courts, playground equipment,
or other recreational buildings and structures when associated with
parks, nature areas, playgrounds and recreational facilities.
f) Construction of dams, reservoirs, detention ponds and similar
storm water control facilities.
2) Conditional uses (reserved for future use).
3) Accessory uses shall be limited to the following:
a) Any use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principle
use it serves.
4) Temporary uses (reserved for future use).
C. Lot Bulk Regulations
Development of land in Zones D and O shall be regulated as follows:
1) All building structures and activities shall be located in conformance
with the attached conceptual development plan and all final site
development plans shall be approved in accordance with provisions of
this ordinance and Article 12 of the Unified Development Code.
2) All building -related features in Zones D and O shall be in accordance
with the following bulk regulations chart:
Minimum
Lot
Front
Side
Rear
Building
lot area
frontage
yard
yard
yard
height
in acres
minimum
setback
setback
setback
maximum
feet
minimum
minimum
minimum
feet
feet
feet
feet
Zone
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
O
Zone
2 acres
100
50
25
50
100
D
a) Lots smaller than minimum will be allowed if the parcel is
consolidated or combined with a larger lot. Substations for public
and quasi -public utilities shall be exempt from lot frontage and lot
area requirements.
b) Maximum lot coverage shall be 80 percent. All building and
vehicle related features shall be considered when calculating total
land area coverage, except fire lanes and railroad tracks.
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Page 6
c) Maximum building height shall be as stipulated in the bulk
regulations chart above, except the following may exceed the
height limit: cooling towers, condensers, elevator bulkheads,
stacks and other necessary mechanical equipment and their
protective housing. Heating, ventilating and air conditioning
(HVAC) equipment is limited to 10 feet above height limitation.
d) Within required front, side and rear setbacks, only driveways, fire
lanes, railroad tracks, open space features and primary and
secondary signage are allowed. Parking lots may encroach up to
50% into the required front yard setback.
D. Parking and Loadingg Regulations
1) All vehicle -related features, except for railroad tracks, shall be
surfaced with either asphalt or concrete.
2) All parking and loading spaces shall be delineated on the
surfacing material by painted stripes or other permanent means.
3) The number, size and design of parking spaces shall be governed
by applicable provisions in Articles 13 and 14 of the City of
Dubuque Unified Development Code.
4) The number, size and design and location of parking spaces
designated for persons with disabilities shall be according to the
local, state or federal requirements in effect at the time of
development.
5) The location and number of private driveway intersections with
public streets shall be reviewed and approved by the City
Engineer.
6) No on -street maneuvering of delivery vehicles will be allowed on
any street. Lots shall provide all necessary maneuvering space
for delivery vehicles within the boundaries of the lots.
7) All loading docks for shipping and receiving raw and
manufactured goods shall be designed to provide for the direct
movement of goods between the delivery vehicle and the interior
of the building.
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Page 7
E. Exterior Storage Regulations
Exterior storage shall be in accordance with the following regulations:
Allowable
Allowable
Allowable
Minimum
Maximum
Products Store
Location
Screening
Opacity
Height of
Materials
Screening
Zone D
Raw or finished
Rear or
Similar to
50%
12 feet
goods;
side yards
building
equipment
color
Zone O
PROHIBITED
1) Exterior storage of materials, which could be blown into the air or
strewn about by the wind, shall be prohibited.
2) Exterior storage, where allowed, shall not encroach into a front yard. A
front yard may exceed the required front yard setback.
3) The ground area coverage of exterior storage areas shall be the area
contained inside the required screening. This area shall be considered
to be a building -related feature for purposes of calculating total land
area coverage.
4) Exterior storage must be screened from view from adjacent public right-
of-way.
5) The screening height shall be measured from the ground level outside
the line of the screen. Screens built on sloping grades shall be stepped
so that their top line shall be horizontal.
6) Required screening is intended to buffer surrounding property from the
negative visual impact created by the storage of raw or finished goods,
materials and equipment that can adversely impact the value of
adjacent property.
7) The City Planner may grant a waiver for screening to exceed the
maximum height allowed, when topography or height of individual
finished products or equipment could make it impossible to completely
screen a storage area from every vantage point. The City Planner may
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Page 8
not grant waiver in maximum screening height for raw materials or
stacked goods.
8) All exterior entrances to a screened storage area shall be provided with
a gate or door of similar design to that of the screen.
9) Long-term storage of products or materials in semi -trailers or shipping
containers is prohibited.
F. Exterior Trash Collection Area Requirements
1) Exterior trash collection areas shall include collection bins, dumpsters,
and similar waste receptacles for the short-term storage and collection
of trash. Trash shall include garbage, scrap, recyclables, debris and
similar materials.
2) The storage of trash shall be limited to that produced by the principal
permitted use and accessory uses of the lot. Exterior storage of trash,
which could be blown into the air or strewn about by the wind, shall be
prohibited.
3) The ground area coverage of exterior trash collection areas shall be the
area contained inside the required screening. This area shall be
considered a building -related feature for purposes of calculating total
land area coverages.
4) Exterior trash collection areas shall be located in rear or side yards
only. Exterior trash collection areas shall not encroach into a front yard.
A front yard may exceed the required front yard setback.
5) All exterior trash collection areas and the materials contained therein
shall be screened from view from the adjacent public right-of-way.
6) The screening shall be a completely opaque fence, wall or other feature
not exceeding a height of 10 feet measured from the ground level
outside the line of the screen. Screens built on sloping grades shall be
stepped so that their top line shall be horizontal.
7) Exposed materials used to construct the opaque screen shall be similar
in appearance to materials used for exterior building walls. All exterior
entrances to a screened trash area shall be provided with a gate or
door of similar design to that of the screen.
8) If a 10-foot high screen fails to shield the exterior trash collection area
from view from the adjacent public right-of-way, evergreen plantings
may be required in addition to the screening. Evergreen plant materials
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Page 9
shall be selected and designed so that they will screen the area from
the adjacent public right-of-way within five (5) years.
G. Landscaping Regulations
The following landscape regulations shall apply to each lot:
1) Plant Materials: The open space area of each lot shall be planted with
permanent lawn and ground covers, shrubs and trees. It is the intent of
these regulations that the development of required open spaces shall
reflect a high quality of environmental design.
2) Landscaping: The following is the minimum requirement of trees and
shrubs, by number and size, and the type of ground cover required.
Street trees planted in public street right-of-way shall not be counted
toward fulfillment of the minimum site requirements set forth below.
Plant species to be used for landscaping shall be in accordance with
the City of Dubuque Street Tree Policy. Existing trees and shrubs to be
retained on -site may be counted toward fulfillment of the landscaping
requirements.
a) Minimum tree planting requirements for any new development in
the Dubuque Industrial Center South shall be one (1) tree of the
following size per 1,600 square feet of required open space:
40% minimum: 2-2 112" caliper diameter deciduous and/or 8-foot
height or greater evergreen.
Balance: 1 1/2 - 2° caliper diameter deciduous and/or 6-foot height
evergreen.
b) Minimum shrub requirements at the time of planting for any
development in the PUD District shall be 6 shrubs, or 1 shrub per
1,000 square feet of required open space, whichever is greater.
Shrubs shall be a minimum of 18" height or minimum of one (1)
gallon potted.
3) Landscape berms and/or plantings shall be required as screening for
parking areas adjacent to public streets and shall be a minimum of
three (3) feet in height and can utilize natural grade changes to achieve
the required 50% opacity landscaping screen, Parking lot screening is
in addition to required landscaping of open space areas.
4) Trees shall be provided in all parking lot islands, which are of sufficient
size to ensure the growth and survival of the trees. Trees planted in
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parking lot islands may be counted toward the minimum tree planting
requirements.
5) The developer of any lot fronting Seippel Road and/or other Public
Streets shall participate in the planting trees compatible in species and
spacing with tree plantings, which have previously been completed by
the City along Seippel Road.
6) The installation of required planting materials may be phased in direct
proportion to the phasing of building construction. Required
landscaping shall be installed by the date the Building Services
Department issues an occupancy certificate, or if winter weather
prevents planting, within six months of being issued an occupancy
certificate.
7) The lot owner is required to replant any and all plant materials which
have died due to any cause during the effective period of this PUD
Ordinance.
8) A detailed landscape plan shall be required as part of submittal for final
site development plan approval.
9) The area between the public street and the right-of-way line shall be
planted with grass and maintained by the lot owner.
H. Sign Regulations
1) Applicability of City of Dubuque Ordinances: The provisions of the City
of Dubuque Unified Development code Article 15 Signs shall apply
unless further regulated by this section.
2) Off -Premise Signs: Off -premise signs shall be prohibited.
3) On -Premise Signs: On -premise signs shall be erected or constructed in
accordance with the following regulations:
a) Allowable content: signs, messages, and graphics shall be limited
to the following contents:
1) Industrial Center signs: limited to identification of Dubuque
Industrial Center South.
• Entrance signs
0 Directory signs
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Page 11
2) Company primary signs: limited to identification of uses in
Zone D.
■ Identification of company name
• Identification of company products or services
■ Graphic symbol or logo identified with the company
3) Secondary signs: Allowable in all zones.
■ Street address.
• Directional messages necessary for the safe and
efficient flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the
lot.
■ Identification of visitor entrances to the building,
shipping and receiving docks and other delivery points.
■ Identification of assigned parking spaces and parking
spaces accessible to persons with disabilities.
■ Temporary announcements of pending or new
construction.
■ Commemorative messages.
b) Schedule of sign regulations: allowable structure type, size,
number and height shall be limited to the following requirements:
Type of Sign
Maximum size
Maximum Number
Allowable
Maximum
Structure
Height*
type
Industrial Center
200 square feet per
Three (3) signs
Monument
12 feet
Entrance Signs
sign face
Industrial Center
30 square feet per
Three (3) signs
Monument
8 feet
Directory Signs
sign face
Company
10% of building wall
2 signs per street
Wall-
Below
Primary Signs
sign is mounted on or
frontage per business
mounted
eave or
400 total square feet
parapet
of sign area,
whichever is less.
150 square feet per
1 sign per business
Monument
10 feet
sign face
restricted to interior
street frontages only
Secondary signs
No maximum number
Wall-
10 feet
mounted
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Type of Sign
Maximum size
Maximum Number
Allowable
Maximum
Structure
Height*
type
6 square feet per sign
Monument
6 feet
face
'The height of the monument -style signs shall be measured from average grade to top of sign
structures.
c) Variances: Variances from sign requirements for size, number
and height may be requested. Such variances shall be reviewed
by the Zoning Board of Adjustment in accordance with Article 8-6
of the Unified Development Code.
d) Lighting: Signs may be illuminated only by means of indirect
lighting, whereby all light sources and devices are shielded from
view by opaque or translucent materials, or internally illuminated
by means of a light source completely enclosed by the sign panel.
e) Motion: No signs may include any device or means, mechanical,
electrical or natural, which shall cause any motion of the sign
panel or any part thereof. No flashing lights or changing colors
shall be allowed.
Maintenance Assessments
1) The City will cause the construction of such improvements as the City
deems appropriate in the Public Areas of this PUD District shown on
the Plan. Maintenance and repair of the Public Areas and its
improvements is the responsibility of the City with fifty percent (50%) of
costs of such maintenance and repair assessed to and paid by the
owners of property in this PUD District. Private connections to the
Public Areas and the subsequent maintenance and repair of such
private connections are the responsibility of each owner and may not be
constructed without the prior written approval of the City.
2) The City will assess against the properties in this PUD District in each
assessment year an annual assessment for the purpose of paying fifty
percent (50%) of the actual costs of the City's maintenance and repair
of the Public Areas and the actual costs associated with maintaining
and lighting the park entrance signs. Said assessment may also include
the establishment of a capital improvements reserve fund for such
purposes. Upon establishment of such assessment levy, the owner of
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Page 13
each lot must pay to the City a pro rata share (as hereinafter defined) of
such assessment.
The owner waives any and all rights to further notice, to object to the
assessments, the amount of the assessments, the procedure for
certifying the assessments or to any other rights the owner would have
as provided in Iowa Code Chapter 364 and Chapter 384 and that the
schedule of assessments may be certified by the City to the Dubuque
County Treasurer for collection in the same manner as provided in Iowa
Code Chapter 364 and Chapter 384.
3) If such pro rats share is not paid within thirty (30) days after its due
date, the owner agrees that that amount of such pro rata share will
become a lien upon the lot obligated to pay the same and will bear
interest from the due date at the highest legal contract rate applicable to
a natural person. The owner further agrees that the City may bring an
action at law against any owner obligated to pay the same, or foreclose
the lien against the lot.
The owner agrees that the owner is also obligated to reimburse the City
for the City's costs and reasonable attorney's fees of any collection
efforts. The owner agrees that the owner may not waive or otherwise
avoid liability for an assessment provided herein by non-use of the
Public Areas or abandonment of a lot.
4) An owner's pro rats share is equal to a fraction, the numerator of which
is the gross square feet area of the lot or lots owned by the owner and
the denominator of which is the gross square feet area of all lots in this
PUD District exclusive of the Public Areas and public rights -of -way.
J. Performance Standards
The development and maintenance of uses in this PUD District shall be
established in conformance with the following standards
1) Platting: The conceptual development plan shall serve as the
preliminary plat for this PUD District. Subdivision plats and
improvement plans shall be submitted in accordance with Article 11.
Land Subdivision, of the City of Dubuque Unified Development Code.
2) Site Plans: Final site development plans shall be submitted in
accordance with Article 12 Site Plans and Article 13 Site Design
Standards prior to construction of each building and vehicle -related
feature unless otherwise exempted by Article 12.
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Page 14
3) Storm Water Conveyance: The developer of each lot shall be
responsible for providing surface or subsurface conveyance(s) of storm
water from the lot to existing storm sewers or to flow line of open
drainage ways outside the lot in a means that is satisfactory to the
Engineering Department of the City of Dubuque. Other applicable
regulations enforced by the City of Dubuque relative to storm water
management and drainage shall apply to properties in the PUD District.
4) Noises: Noises generated within the PUD District shall be regulated by
Chapter 33, Article IV, Noises, of the City of Dubuque Code of
Ordinances.
5) Flood Plain Regulations: The area of the PUD District that lies within
the flood plain of Catfish Creek shall be subject to the regulations of
Article 6-4 of the Unified Development Code.
6) Phased construction of buildings and parking spaces: The construction
of off-street parking spaces may be phased in proportion to the
percentage of total building floor area constructed at any one time.
Ground area set aside for future parking, loading spaces or driveways
or for parking provided in excess of the minimum required number of
parking spaces shall not reduce the minimum required area for open
space.
7) Other Codes and Regulations: These regulations do not relieve an
owner from other applicable City, County, State or Federal Codes,
regulations, laws and other controls relative to the planning,
construction, operation and management of property in the PUD
District.
K. Ordinance History
1) Ord. 2-13: reclassifying hereinafter described property located north
and south of Seippel Road and north of U.S. Highway 20 from AG
Agricultural District to PUD Planned Unit Development with a PI
Planned Industrial designation for the Dubuque Industrial Center
South.
L, Transfer of Ownershi
Transfer of ownership or lease of property in this PUD District shall include in
the transfer or lease agreement a provision that the purchaser or lessee
acknowledges awareness of the conditions authorizing the establishment of
the district.
M. Modifications
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Page 15
Any modifications of this Ordinance must be approved by the City Council in
accordance with zoning reclassification proceedings of Article 9-5 of the
Unified Development Code.
N. Recording
A copy of this ordinance shall be recorded at the expense of the property
owner(s) with the Dubuque County Recorder a permanent record of the
conditions accepted as part of this reclassification approval within ten (10)
days after the adoption of this ordinance. This ordinance shall be binding
upon the undersigned and his/her heirs, successors and assigns.
Section 3. The foregoing amendment has heretofore been reviewed by the Zoning
Advisory Commission of the City of Dubuque, Iowa.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon publication as provided by law.
Passed, approved and adopted this 171" day of April 2023.
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Attest:
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
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A. Property Information
Site Location/Address:12458 Cottingham Road
Legal Description/Parcel ID#/subdivision: Portion of Parcel #0936426002
Existing Zoning: County R-1 proposed Zoning: DICS PUD Site Area (square feet/acres): 2.804 Acres
Historic District:
-andmark: ❑ Yes ® No
B. Describe proposal and reason for application (attach a letter of explanation, if necessary):
To amend the Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned Unit Devela ment to allow expansion of the district
boundaries to include a portion of parcel #0936426001 for a future industrial development.
C. Applicant/Agent Information/�
Name: lfJ L Phone: ,1&36�57- 7616
Address: Od 5fre-etL G .x City:
State: 'Zip: 5,3001 Email: A.`i� 3 A
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Name(5): John & Dianne Brehm Phone:
Address: 12458 Cottingham Road City. Peosta
State: A zip: 52068 Email: dimbrehm59@gmail.com
E. Certification: I/we, the undersigned, do hereby certify/acknowledge that:
1. Payment does not guarantee approval and fees are nonrefundable;
2. All additional required written and graphic materials are attached;
3. It is the property owner's responsibility to locate property lines and to review the abstract for easements and restrictive
covenants; and
4. The information submitted erein is true and correct to best of my/our knowledge and upon submittal becomes
public record. �/�
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Applicant: John and Dianne Brehm
Location: Brehm Acres
Description: To rezone property from County R-1
Single -Family Residential to City Planned Unit
Development with PI Planned Industrial
designation concurrently with annexation into
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PLANNED DISTRICT STAFF REPORT Zoning Agenda: April 5, 2023
Project Name: Brehm Acres — Dubuque Industrial Center South
Property Location: East of Cottingham Road, South of Seippel Road
PIN 0936426002
Applicant: John and Dianne Brehm
Description: To rezone property from County R-1 Single -Family Residential to
City Planned Unit Development with PI Planned Industrial
designation concurrently with annexation into the City of Dubuque.
Proposed Land Use: Industrial
Existing Land Use: Agricultural
Adjacent Land Use:
North
— Agriculture
East —
Vacant
South
—Agriculture, Residential
West —
Agriculture
Flood Plain: N/A
Proposed Zoning: PI — Planned Industrial
Existing Zoning: County R-1
Adjacent Zoning:
North — County R-1
East — PI
South — County R-1
West — County R-1
Total Area: 2.804 acres
Water: An existing water main extends from Seippel Road along Cottingham Road to
the northern tip of the subject site.
Sanitary Sewer: An existing sanitary sewer line located along Seippel Road will be
extended to the site with the proposed future development.
Storm Sewer: Storm sewer is existing along Cottingham Road.
Existing Street Access: Simmons Way off Seippel Road.
Future Street Access: Access will be provided from Seippel Road and from Simmons
Way.
Other Services: Police, Fire and Emergency Response.
Previous Planned District: No.
Purpose: The submitted rezoning request is to allow for development of an industrial
warehouse in the Dubuque Industrial Center South PUD. It will be built by Seippel
Warehouse LLC and leased to Simmons Pet Food, whose manufacturing facility is nearby.
Property History: The subject property has been used for agricultural purposes.
Planned District Staff Report - Dubuque Industrial Center South Page 2
Physical Characteristics: The subject property is in Dubuque Countyjust outside the city
of Dubuque limits and is in the process of being annexed. It is 2.804 acres and will be
subdivided from the larger parcel it is currently part of, which totals 119.5 acres. It will be
separated from the associated farmstead. A minor tributary of the South Fork of Catfish
Creek runs approximately 1,000 feet south of the subject property. The newly created lot
will be consolidated with the existing lot to the east to allow the construction of a planned
warehouse.
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Industrial Land Use Recommendations
• Attract large employment centers with access to infrastructure facilities. Ensure that
such development does not disproportionately impact residential areas.
• Allow for appropriate expansion of existing industrial parks as identified on the
Future Land Use Map.
The comprehensive plan notes that expansion within and adjacent to existing industrial
development is anticipated.
Future Land Use Map — Single -Family Residential (due to being zoned County R-1)
Development Requirements:
Streets: The proposed warehouse will take access from Seippel Road and Simmons
Way, which currently provides access to the Simmons Pet Food manufacturing facility.
Simmons Way extends south from Seippel Road and passes between the Simmons
Pet Food and Tri-State Quality Metals properties.
Planned District Staff Report - Dubuque Industrial Center South Page 3
Sidewalks: Sidewalks will be provided as required by the Unified Development
Code as development of the parcel commences.
Bike/Hike Trail: An access and trail easement has been platted on the subject site
to provide city trail connectivity to the south of the subject site.
Parking: Off-street parking will be provided as per the City of Dubuque Unified
Development Code.
Lighting: Cut-off luminaries are utilized throughout the Dubuque Industrial Center
South Industrial Park. All lighting will be required to meet the Unified Development
Code standards.
Signage: The attached PUD Ordinance for the Dubuque Industrial Center South
regulates on -premise signage for the industrial park. The Zoning Board of Adjustment
will have the ability to review sign variance requests pertaining to size, number and
height. Off -Premise signs are not included in the PUD.
Bulk Regulations: The attached PUD Ordinance contains bulk standards that include
requirements for lot area, lot coverage, frontage, building height, and setbacks for
front, rear and side yards.
Landscaping/Screening: As the parcel is developed, landscaping will be required.
Screening and landscaping requirements are stipulated in the attached PUD
Ordinance. These regulations are the same as those adopted as part of the Dubuque
Industrial Center West.
Impact of Request on:
Utilities:
• City water is available in Dubuque Industrial Center South and with additional
improvements can be extended to serve development of the subject parcel.
• City sanitary sewer is available in Dubuque Industrial Center South and with
additional improvements can be extended to serve development of the
subject parcel.
Storm water will be handled through the storm water management system of
drains and pipes, including those which run along Seippel Road and
Simmons Way.
Natural gas will be provided by a private utility.
Traffic Patterns/Counts: The segment of Seippel Road at this location had a daily
traffic count of 41590 vehicles as of 2021. Cottingham Road had a daily traffic count
of 420 vehicles in 2017.
Planned District Staff Report - Dubuque Industrial Center South Page 4
Public Services: City of Dubuque Fire and Police Departments will serve the
subject site. Refuse collection will be provided by private haulers.
Environment: Staff anticipates that adverse impact to the environment from future
development will be mitigated provided that the property complies with
established City standards for storm water management and erosion control.
Adiacent Properties: The two adjacent properties are the farm from which this lot is
being subdivided and the industrial property to which it will be consolidated. If
developed for industrial uses, the Unified Development Code requires the property to
be screened from the adjacent residential property. There will be an increase in
ambient light levels as the warehouse is developed in the Dubuque Industrial Center
South.
CIP Investments: None.
Staff Analysis: John and Dianne Brehm (property owners) are requesting rezoning on
behalf of Seippel Warehouse LLC (future owner) of the subject property from County R-1 to
PI Planned Industrial in the Dubuque Industrial Center South. The subject lot is in Dubuque
County just outside the city of Dubuque limits and is in the process of being annexed. It is
2.804 acres and lies east of Cottingham Road and south of Seippel Road. It will be
subdivided from the larger agricultural parcel it is currently part of. The newly created lot will
be consolidated with the existing lot to the east to allow the construction of a planned
warehouse to serve Simmons Pet Food. The property will be accessed from Seippel Road
and Simmons Way.
The Comprehensive Plan recommends:
• Attracting large employment centers with access to infrastructure facilities.
Ensure that such development does not disproportionately impact residential
areas.
• Allow for appropriate expansion of existing industrial parks as identified on the
Future Land Use Map.
The Plan also notes that expansion within and adjacent to existing industrial development
is anticipated.
Adequate city utilities are available in Dubuque Industrial Center South and will be
extended to the site for the proposed warehouse project.
The Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned Unit Development ordinance contains bulk
standards that include requirements for lot area, lot coverage, frontage, building height, and
setbacks for front, rear and side yards. These items would be reviewed for compliance
during the Site Plan Review process. Prior to any development taking place on the
property, the applicant would be required to obtain an approved Site Plan. Site plans are
reviewed by all relevant City departments regarding development standards such as
access, parking, SUDAS (Statewide Urban Design and Specifications), screening, paving,
Planned District Staff Report - Dubuque Industrial Center South Page 5
stormwater management, water connections, sanitary sewer connection, and fire safety.
Potential effects on the environment would be reviewed and mitigated through appropriate
site design and development. The applicant would also be required to obtain the necessary
permits through the Inspection & Construction Services Department prior to any work
commencing on the property.
Planning staff recommends the Zoning Advisory Commission review Section 5-24.4 of the
Unified Development Code which outlines amending existing Planned Unit Developments.
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Prepared b : Reviewed: /�"ate: 3/29/23
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Prepared by: Laura Carstens City Planner Address: C HaII 50 W. 13th St Telephone: 589-4210
Return to: Kevin S. Firnstahl, City Clerk Address: Citv Hall- 50� S Telephone: 589-4121
ORDINANCE NO. z -13
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY RECLASSIFYING
HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF
SEIPPEL ROAD AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20 FROM AG
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH A
PI PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION FOR THE DUBUQUE INDUSTRIAL
CENTER SOUTH.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That Title 16 of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances, Unified
Development Code, is hereby amended by reclassifying the hereinafter described
property from AG Agricultural District to PUD Planned Unit Development District with a
PI Planned Industrial designation and adopting a conceptual development plan, a copy
of which is attached to and made a part hereof, for the Dubuque Industrial Center
South as stated below, to wit:
Lot 1 of 1 and Lot 1 of 2 South Fork Subdivision #1, and to the centerline of the
adjoining public right -of way, all in the City of Dubuque, Iowa.
Section 2. Attached hereto and made a part of this zoning reclassification
approval is the Conceptual Development Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center South
Planned Unit Development marked Exhibit A. It is recognized that minor shifts or
modifications to the general plan layout may be necessary and compatible with the
need to acquire workable street patterns, grades, and usable building sites. The
general plan layout, including the relationship of land uses to the general plan
framework and the development requirements shall be used as the implementation
guide.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. — 13
Page 2
A) Definitions
1) Building -related Features
Building -related features are defined as all construction items
which rise above the grade surface of the lot. These include:
a) The primary building.
b) All accessory or secondary buildings.
c) All exterior storage areas.
d) Exterior refuse collection areas.
e) Exterior mechanical equipment.
f) Containerized or tank storage of liquids, fuels, gases and
other materials.
2) Vehicle -related Features
Vehicle -related features are defined as all areas used for the
movement and parking of all vehicles within the lot. These
include:
a) Employee and visitor parking spaces.
b) Driveways from the street right-of-way line to and from
parking spaces.
c) Loading spaces outside of the building.
d) Maneuvering spaces outside the building.
e) Parking spaces for company -owned commercial vehicles.
f) Fire lanes.
g) Railroad tracks
3) Open Space Features .
Open space features are defined as those exterior areas and
developed features of the lot which include:
a) Landscape space containing lawn areas and plantings.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. —13
Page 3
b) Paved, hard surfaced pedestrian areas such as walkways,
plazas, entryways and courtyards.
c) Storm water management facilities not otherwise used for
building -related or vehicle -related purposes.
d) Open recreation areas and recreational trail.
e) Other non -building and non -vehicular related space.
B. Use Regulations
Zone D: General Purpose and Description. Zone D is intended to provide a
location for heavy industrial uses. Exterior storage is allowed, provided it is
screened from view from public right-of-way.
1) Principal permitted uses shall be limited to:
a)
Railroad and public orquasi-public utilities.
b)
Corporate offices.
c)
Mail order houses.
d)
Printing and publishing.
e)
Laboratories for research and engineering.
f)
Moving/storage facilities.
g)
Wholesale sales/distributor.
h}
Freight transfer facilities.
i)
Fuel and ice dealers.
j)
Cold storage/locker plants.
k)
Packing and processing of meat, dairy or food products, not
to include stockyards or slaughterhouses,
I)
Compounding, processing and package of chemical
products.
m)
Manufacture, assembly, repair or storage of electrical and
electronic products, components or equipment.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. —13
Page 4
n) Warehousing and storage facilities, not to include mini -
warehouses.
o) Manufacturing, processing, fabrication, assembling,
packaging or other comparable treatment of goods or
materials.
2) Conditional uses shall be limited to the following:
a) Day care center, within a primary office/industrial building or
as an accessory structure on the same lot. Day care centers
are subject to state regulations and requirements of Article
8-20, Licensed Child Care Center, of the Unified
Development Code,
3) Accessory uses shall be limited to the following:
a) Retail outlets within a primary officelindustrial building,
selling products produced on -site and only as accessory to
the principal use.
b) Any use customarily incidental and subordinate to the
principal use it serves.
4) Temporary uses shall be limited to the following:
Any use listed as a permitted use within the PUD District of a
limited duration as established in Article 3-19 and as defined in
Article 2-3 of the Unified Development Code.
5) The provision of off-street parking shall be regulated by Article 14
of the City of Dubuque's Uned Development Code.
Zone O: General Purpose and Description. Zone O is intended to serve as an
amenity to the industrial park, provide public areas and control of storm water to
protect downstream properties.
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Principal permitted uses shall be limited to:
a) Railroads and public orquasi-public utilities.
b) Parks, nature areas, playgrounds and similar recreational uses.
c) Picnic areas.
d) Recreational trails.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. —13
Page 5
e) Club houses, shelter houses, tennis courts, playground
equipment, or other recreational buildings and structures when
associated with parks, nature areas, playgrounds and recreational
facilities.
f) Construction of dams, reservoirs, detention ponds and similar
storm water control facilities.
2) Conditional uses (reserved for future use).
3) Accessory uses shall be limited to the following:
a) Any use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principle
use it serves.
4) Temporary uses (reserved for future use).
C. Lot Bulk Regulations
Development of land in Zones D and O shall be regulated as follows:
1) All building structures and activities shall be located in conformance
with the attached conceptual development plan and all final site
development plans shall be approved in accordance with provisions of
this ordinance and Article 12 of the Unified Development Code,
2) All building -related features in Zones D and O shall be in accordance
with the following bulk regulations chart:
Minimum
Lot
Front
Side
Rear yard
Building
lot area in
frontage
yard
yard
setback
height
acres
minimum
setback
setback
minimum
maximum
feet
minimum
minimum
feet
feet
feet
feet
Zone O
N/A
N/A
N/A
NIA
N/A
N/A
Zone D
2 acres
100
50
25
50
100
a) Lots smaller than minimum will be allowed if the parcel is
consolidated or combined with a larger lot. Substations for public
and quasi -public utilities shall be exempt from lot frontage and lot
area .requirements.
b) Maximum lot coverage shall be 80 percent. All building and
vehicle related features shall be considered when calculating total
land area coverage, except fire lanes and railroad tracks.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. —13
Page 6
c) Maximum building height shall be as stipulated in the bulk
regulations chart above, except the following may exceed the
height limit: cooling towers, condensers, elevator bulkheads,
stacks and other necessary mechanical equipment and their
protective housing. Heating, ventilating and air conditioning
(HVAC) equipment is limited to 10 feet above height limitation.
d) Within required front, side and rear setbacks, only driveways, fire
lanes, railroad tracks, open space features and primary and
secondary signage are allowed. Parking lots may encroach up to
50% into the required front yard setback.
D. Parking and Loading Regulations
1) All vehicle -related features, except for railroad tracks, shall be
surfaced with either asphalt or concrete.
2) All parking and loading spaces shall be delineated on the
surfacing material by painted stripes or other permanent means.
3) The number, size and design of parking spaces shall be governed
by applicable provisions in Articles 13 and 14 of the City of
Dubuque Unified Development Code.
4) The number, size and design and location of parking spaces
designated for persons with disabilities shall be according to the
local, state or federal requirements in effect at the time of
development.
5) The location and number of private driveway intersections with
public streets shall be reviewed and approved by the City
Engineer.
6) No on -street maneuvering of delivery vehicles will be allowed on
any street. Lots shall provide all necessary maneuvering space
for delivery vehicles within the boundaries of the lots.
7) All loading docks for shipping and receiving raw and
manufactured goods shall be designed to provide for the direct
movement of goods between the delivery vehicle and the interior
of the building.
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Ordinance No. —13
Page 7
E. Exterior Storage Regulations
Exterior storage shall be in accordance with the following regulations:
Allowable
Allowable
Allowable
Minimum
Maximum
Products Store
Location
Screening
Opacity
Height of
Materials
Screening
Zone D
Raw or finished
Rear or
Similar to
50%
12 feet
goods;
side yards
building
equipment
color
Zone O
PROHIBITED
1) Exterior storage of materials, which could be blown into the. air or
strewn about by the wind, shall be prohibited.
2) Exterior storage, where allowed, shall not encroach into a front yard. A
front yard may exceed the required frontyard setback.
3) The ground area coverage of exterior storage areas shall be the area
contained inside the required screening. This area shall be considered
to be a building -related feature for purposes of calculating total land
area coverage.
4) Exterior storage must be screened from view from adjacent public right -
of --way.
5) The screening height shall be measured from the ground level outside
the line of the screen. Screens built on sloping grades shall be stepped
so that their top line shall be horizontal.
6) Required screening is intended to buffer surrounding property from the
negative visual impact created by the storage of raw or finished goods,
materials and equipment that can adversely impact the value of
adjacent property.
7) The City Planner may grant a waiver for screening to exceed the
maximum height allowed, when topography or height of individual
finished products or equipment could make it impossible to completely
screen a storage area from every vantage point. The City Planner may
not grant waiver in maximum screening height for raw materials or
stacked goods.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. —13
Page 8
8) All exterior entrances to a screened storage area shall be provided with
a gate or door of similar design to that of the screen.
9) Long-term storage of products or materials in semi -trailers or shipping
containers is prohibited.
F. Exterior Trash Collection Area Requirements
1) Exterior trash collection areas shall include collection bins, dumpstersI
and similar waste receptacles for the short-term storage and collection
of trash. Trash shall include garbage, scrap, recyclables, debris and
similar materials.
2) The storage of trash shall be limited to that produced by the principal
permitted use and accessory uses of the lot. Exterior storage of trash,
which could be blown into the air or strewn about by the wind, shall be
prohibited.
3) The ground area coverage of.exterior trash collection' areas shall be the
area contained inside the required screening. This area shall be
considered a building -related feature for purposes of calculating total
land area coverages.
4) Exterior trash collection areas shall be located in rear or side yards
only. Exterior trash collection areas shall not encroach into a front
yard. A front yard may exceed the required front yard setback.
5) All exterior trash collection areas and the materials contained therein
shall be screened from view from the adjacent public right-of-way.
6) The screening shall be a completely opaque fence, wall or other
feature not exceeding a height of 10 feet measured from the ground
level outside the line of the screen. Screens built on sloping grades
shall be stepped so that their top line shall be horizontal.
7) Exposed materials used to construct the opaque screen shall be similar
in appearance to materials used for exterior building walls. All exterior
entrances to a screened trash area shall be provided with a gate or
door of similar design to that of the screen.
8) If a 10-foot high screen fails to shield the exterior trash collection area
from view from the adjacent public right-of-way, evergreen plantings
may be required in addition to the screening. Evergreen plant
materials shall be selected and designed so that they will screen the
area from the adjacent public right -of --way within five (5) years.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. —13
Page 9
G. Landscaping Regulations
The following landscape regulations shall apply to each lot:
1) an Materials: The open space area of each lot shall be planted with
permanent lawn and ground covers, shrubs and trees. It is the intent of
these regulations that the development of required open spaces shall
reflect a high quality of environmental design.
2) Landscaping: The following is the minimum requirement of trees and
shrubs, by number and size, and the type of ground cover required.
Street trees planted in public street right-of-way shall not be counted
toward fulfillment of the minimum site requirements set forth below.
Plant species to be used for landscaping shall be in accordance with
the City of Dubuque Street Tree Policy. Existing trees and shrubs to be
retained on -site may be counted toward fulfillment of the landscaping
requirements.
a) Minimum tree planting requirements for any new development in
the Dubuque Industrial Center South shall be one (1) tree of the
following size per 1,600 square feet of required open space:
40% minimum: 2-2 1/2" caliper diameter deciduous and/or 8-foot
height or greater evergreen.
Balance: 1 % - 2" caliper diameter deciduous and/or 6-foot height
evergreen.
b) Minimum shrub requirements at the time of planting for any
development in the PUD District shall be 6 shrubs, or 1 shrub per
1,000 square feet of required open space, whichever is greater.
Shrubs shall be a minimum of 18" height or minimum of one (1)
gallon potted.
3) Landscape berms and/or plantings shall be required as screening for
parking areas adjacent to public streets and shall be a minimum of
three (3) feet in height and can utilize natural grade changes to achieve
the required 50% opacity landscaping screen. Parking lot screening is
in addition to required landscaping of open space areas.
4) Trees shall be provided in all parking lot islands, which are of sufficient
size to ensure the growth and survival of the trees. Trees planted in
parking lot islands may be counted toward the minimum tree planting
requirements.
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Ordinance No. —13
Page 10
5) The developer of any lot fronting Seippel Road and/or other Public
Streets shall participate in the planting trees compatible in species and
spacing with tree plantings, which have previously been completed by
the City along Seippel Road,
6) The installation of required planting materials may be phased in direct
proportion to the phasing of building construction. Required
landscaping shall be installed by the date the Building Services
Department issues an occupancy certificate, or if winter weather
prevents planting, within six months of being issued an occupancy
certificate.
7) The lot owner is required to replant any and all plant materials which
have died due to any cause during the effective period of this PUD
Ordinance.
8) A detailed landscape plan shall be required as part of submitfial for final
site development plan approval.
9) The area between
the
public street
and the right -of --way line shall be
planted with grass
and
maintained
by the lot owner.
H. Sign Regulations
1) Applicability of City of Dubuque Ordinances: The provisions of the City
of Dubuque Unified Development code Article 15 Signs shall apply
unless further regulated by this section.
2) Off=Premise Signs: Off -premise signs shall be prohibited.
3) On -Premise Signs: On -premise signs shall be erected or constructed
in accordance with the following regulations:
a) Allowable content: signs, messages, and graphics shall be limited
to the following contenfs:
1) Industrial Center signs: limited to identification of Dubuque
Industrial Center South.
Entrance signs
Directory signs
2) Company primary signs: limited to identification of uses in
Zone D.
Identification of company name
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Ordinance No. —13
Page 11
Identification of company products or services
Graphic symbol or logo identified with the company
3) Secondary signs: Allowable in all zones.
■ Street address.
■ Directional messages.necessaryfor the safe and
efficient flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the
lot.
■ Identification of visitor entrances to the building,
shipping and receiving docks and other delivery points.
■ Identification of assigned parking spaces and parking
spaces accessible to persons with disabilities.
® Temporary announcements of pending or new
construction.
■ Commemorative messages.
b) Schedule of sign regulations: allowable structure type, size,
number and height shall be limited to the following requirements:
Type of Sign
*
Maximum size
Maximum Number
Allowable
Maximum
Structure
Height*
type
Industrial Center
200 square feet per
Three (3) signs
Monument
12 feet
Entrance Signs
sign face
Industrial Center
30 square feet per
Three (3) signs
Monument
8 feet
Directory Signs
sign face
Company Primary
10% of building wall
2 signs per street
Wall-
Below
Signs
sign is mounted on or
frontage per business
mounted
eave or
400 total square feet
parapet
of sign area,
whichever is less.
150 square feet per
1 sign per business
Monument
10 feet
sign face
restricted to interior
street frontages only
Secondary signs
6 square feet per sign
No maximum number
Wall-
10 feet
face
mounted
Monument
6 feet
The height of the monument -style signs shall be measured from average grade to top of sign
structures.
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Page 12
c) Variances: variances from sign requirements for size, number
and height may be requested. Such variances shall be reviewed
by the Zoning Board of Adjustment in accordance with Article 8-6
of the Unified Development Code.
d) Lighting: Signs may be illuminated only by means of indirect
lighting, whereby all light sources and devices are shielded from
view by opaque or translucent materials, or internally illuminated
by means of a light source completely enclosed by the sign panel.
e) Motion: No signs may include any device or means, mechanical,
electrical or natural, which shall cause any motion of the sign
panel or any part thereof. No flashing lights or changing colors
shall be allowed.
Maintenance Assessments
1) The City will cause the construction of such improvements as the City
deems appropriate in the Public Areas of this PUD District shown on
the Plan. Maintenance and repair of the Public Areas and its
improvements is the responsibility of the City with fifty percent (50%) of
costs of such maintenance and repair assessed to and paid by the
owners of property in this PUD District. Private connections to the
Public Areas and the subsequent maintenance and repair of such
private connections are the responsibility of each owner and may not
be constructed without the prior written approval of the City.
2) The City will assess against the properties in this PUD District in each
assessment year an annual assessment for the purpose of paying fifty
percent (50%) of the actual costs of the City's maintenance and repair
of the Public Areas and the actual costs associated with maintaining
and lighting the park entrance signs. Said assessment may also include
the establishment of a capital improvements reserve fund for such
purposes. Upon establishment of such assessment levy, the owner of
each lot must pay to the City a pro rata share (as hereinafter defined)
of such assessment.
The owner waives any and all rights to further notice, to object to the
assessments, the amount of the assessments, the procedure for
certifying the assessments or to any other rights the owner would have
as provided in Iowa Code Chapter 364 and Chapter 384 and that the
schedule of assessments may be certified by the City to the Dubuque
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. —13
Page 13
County Treasurer for collection in the same manner as provided in Iowa
Code Chapter 364 and Chapter 384,
3) If such pro rata share is not paid within thirty (30) days after its due
date, the owner agrees that that amount of such pro rata share will
become a lien upon the lot obligated to pay the same and will bear
interest from the due date at the highest legal contract rate applicable
to a natural person. The owner further agrees that the City may bring
an action at law against any owner obligated to pay the same, or
foreclose the lien against the lot.
The owner agrees that the owner is also obligated to reimburse the City
for the City's costs and reasonable attorney's fees of any collection
efforts. The owner agrees that the owner may not waive or otherwise
avoid liability for an assessment provided herein by non-use of the
Public Areas or abandonment of a lot.
4) An owner's pro rata share is equal to a fraction, the numerator of which
is the gross square feet area of the lot or lots owned by the owner and
the denominator of which is the gross square feet area of all lots in this
PUD District exclusive of the Public Areas and public rights -of -way.
J. Performance Standards
The development and maintenance of uses in this PUD District shall be
established in conformance with the following standards
11 Platting: The conceptual development plan shall serve as the
preliminary plat for this PUD District. Subdivision plats and
improvement plans shall be submitted in accordance with Article 11.
Land Subdivision, of the City of Dubuque Unified Development Code,
2) Site Plans: Final site development plans shall be submitted in
accordance with Article 12 Site Plans and Article 13 Site Design
Standards prior to construction of each building and vehicle -related
feature unless otherwise exempted by Article 12,
3) Storm Water Conveyance: The developer of each lot shall be
responsible for providing surface or subsurface conveyance(s) of storm
water from the lot to existing storm sewers or to flow line of open
drainage ways outside the lot in a means that is satisfactory to the
Engineering Department of the City of Dubuque. Other applicable
regulations enforced by the City of Dubuque relative to storm water
management and drainage shall apply to properties in the PUD District.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
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Page 14
4) Noises: Noises generated within the PUD District shall be regulated by
Chapter 33, Article IV, Noises, of the City of Dubuque Code of
Ordinances.
5) Flood Plain Regulations: The area of the PUD District that lies within
the flood plain of Catfish Creek shall be subject to the regulations of
Article 64 of the Unified Development Code,
6) Phased construction of buildings and parking spaces: The construction
of off-street parking spaces may be phased in proportion to the
percentage of total building floor area constructed at any one time.
Ground area set aside for future parking, loading spaces or driveways
or for parking provided in excess of the minimum required number of
parking spaces shall not reduce the minimum required area for open
space.
7) Other Codes and Regulations: These regulations do not relieve an
owner from other applicable City, County, State or Federal Codes,
regulations, laws and other controls relative to the planning,
construction, operation and management of property in the PUD
District.
K. Transfer of Ownership
Transfer of ownership or lease of property in this PUD District shall include in
the transfer or lease agreement a provision that the purchaser or lessee
acknowledges awareness of the conditions authorizing the establishment of
the district.
L. Modifications
Any modifications of this Ordinance must be approved by the City Council in
accordance with zoning reclassification proceedings of Article M of the
Unified Development Code.
M. Recording
A copy of this ordinance shall be recorded at the expense of the property
owner(s) with the Dubuque County Recorder a permanent record of the
conditions accepted as part of this reclassification approval within ten (10)
days after the adoption of this ordinance. This ordinance shall be binding
upon the undersigned and his/her heirs, successors and assigns.
Section 3. The foregoing amendment has heretofore been reviewed by the
Zoning Advisory Commission of the City of Dubuque, Iowa.
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Page 15
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon publication as provided by law.
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Recorded: 04/18/2023 at 01:29:15 PM
Fee Amt: $82.00 Paqe 1 of 16
Dubuque County Iowa
Karol Kennedy Recorder
File2023-00003379
Prepared by: Wally Wernimont, City Planner Address: City Hall, 50 W. 13th St Telephone: 589-4210
Return to: Adrienne Breitfelder, City Clerk Address: City Hall, 50 W. 13'h St Telephone: 589-4121
ORDINANCE NO. 16-23
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO.
2-13 WHICH ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS FOR A PUD PLANNED UNIT
DEVELOPMENT WITH A PI PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION AND ADOPTING
AN AMENDED PUD ORDINANCE THAT EXPANDS THE DISTRICT BY
INCORPORATING AN ADDITIONAL PARCEL OF LAND
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That Title 16 of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances, Unified
Development Code, is hereby amended by rescinding Ordinance No. 2-13 and
expanding the Dubuque Industrial Center South PUD by incorporating an additional
parcel of land and adopting a conceptual development plan, a copy of which is attached
to and made a part hereof, for the for the property legally described below, to wit:
Lots A, B, Balance of Lot C and Lots 2,3,4,5, and 5A of Dubuque Industrial Center
South First Addition; Lot A and Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Dubuque Industrial Center South
Third Addition; and Lot 2 of Brehm Acres Plat 3
Section 2. Attached hereto and made a part of this zoning reclassification approval
is the Conceptual Development Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned
Unit Development marked Exhibit A. It is recognized that minor shifts or modifications
to the general plan layout may be necessary and compatible with the need to acquire
workable street patterns, grades, and usable building sites. The general plan layout,
including the relationship of land uses to the general plan framework and the
development requirements shall be used as the implementation guide.
A) Definitions
1) Building -related Features
DBQ City Planni n8200
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. 16-23
Page 2
Building -related features are defined as all construction items
which rise above the grade surface of the lot. These include:
a) The primary building.
b) All accessory or secondary buildings.
c) All exterior storage areas.
d) Exterior refuse collection areas.
e) Exterior mechanical equipment.
f) Containerized or tank storage of liquids, fuels, gases and
other materials.
2) Vehicle -related Features
Vehicle -related features are defined as all areas used for the
movement and parking of all vehicles within the lot. These
include:
a) Employee and visitor parking spaces.
b) Driveways from the street right-of-way line to
and from parking spaces.
c) Loading spaces outside of the building.
d) Maneuvering spaces outside the building.
e) Parking spaces for company -owned
commercial vehicles.
f) Fire lanes.
g) Railroad tracks
3) Open Space Features
Open space features are defined as those exterior
areas and developed features of the lot which include:
a) Landscape space containing lawn areas and
plantings.
b) Paved, hard -surfaced pedestrian areas such
as walkways, plazas, entryways and courtyards.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. 16-23
Page 3
c) Storm water management facilities not
otherwise used for building -related or vehicle -related
purposes.
d) Open recreation areas and recreational trail.
e) Other non -building and non -vehicular related
space.
B. Use Regulations
Zone D: General Purpose and Description. Zone D is intended to provide a
location for heavy industrial uses. Exterior storage is allowed, provided it is
screened from view from public right-of-way.
1) Principal permitted uses shall be limited to:
a) Railroad and public or quasi -public utilities.
b) Corporate offices.
c) Mail order houses.
d) Printing and publishing.
e) Laboratories for research and engineering.
f) Moving/storage facilities.
g) Wholesale sales/distributor.
h) Freight transfer facilities.
i) Fuel and ice dealers.
j) Cold storage/locker plants.
k) Packing and processing of meat, dairy or food products, not
to include stockyards or slaughter houses.
1) Compounding, processing and package of chemical
products.
m) Manufacture, assembly, repair or storage of electrical and
electronic products, components or equipment.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. 16-23
Page 4
n) Warehousing and storage facilities, not to include mini -
warehouses.
o) Manufacturing, processing, fabrication, assembling,
packaging or other comparable treatment of goods or
materials.
2) Conditional uses shall be limited to the following:
a) Day care center, within a primary office/industrial building or
as an accessory structure on the same lot. Day care centers
are subject to state regulations and requirements of Article
8-20, Licensed Child Care Center, of the Unified
Development Code.
3) Accessory uses shall be limited to the following:
a) Retail outlets within a primary office/industrial building,
selling products produced on -site and only as accessory to
the principal use.
b) Any use customarily incidental and subordinate to the
principal use it serves.
4) Temporary uses shall be limited to the following:
Any use listed as a permitted use within the PUD District of a
limited duration as established in Article 3-19 and as defined in
Article 2-3 of the Unified Development Code.
5) The provision of off-street parking shall be regulated by Article 14
of the City of Dubuque's Unified Development Code.
Zone O: General Purpose and Description. Zone O is intended to serve as an
amenity to the industrial park, provide public areas and control of storm water to
protect downstream properties.
1) Principal permitted uses shall be limited to:
a) Railroads and public or quasi -public utilities.
b) Parks, nature areas, playgrounds and similar recreational uses.
c) Picnic areas.
d) Recreational trails.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. 16-23
Page 5
e) Club houses, shelter houses, tennis courts, playground equipment,
or other recreational buildings and structures when associated with
parks, nature areas, playgrounds and recreational facilities.
f) Construction of dams, reservoirs, detention ponds and similar
storm water control facilities.
2) Conditional uses (reserved for future use).
3) Accessory uses shall be limited to the following:
a) Any use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principle
use it serves.
4) Temporary uses (reserved for future use).
C. Lot Bulk Regulations
Development of land in Zones D and O shall be regulated as follows:
1) All building structures and activities shall be located in conformance
with the attached conceptual development plan and all final site
development plans shall be approved in accordance with provisions of
this ordinance and Article 12 of the Unified Development Code.
2) All building -related features in Zones D and O shall be in accordance
with the following bulk regulations chart:
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Lot
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Side
Rear
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lot area
frontage
yard
yard
yard
height
in acres
minimum
setback
setback
setback
maximum
feet
minimum
minimum
minimum
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feet
feet
feet
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a) Lots smaller than minimum will be allowed if the parcel is
consolidated or combined with a larger lot. Substations for public
and quasi -public utilities shall be exempt from lot frontage and lot
area requirements.
b) Maximum lot coverage shall be 80 percent. All building and
vehicle related features shall be considered when calculating total
land area coverage, except fire lanes and railroad tracks.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. 16-23
Page 6
c) Maximum building height shall be as stipulated in the bulk
regulations chart above, except the following may exceed the
height limit: cooling towers, condensers, elevator bulkheads,
stacks and other necessary mechanical equipment and their
protective housing. Heating, ventilating and air conditioning
(HVAC) equipment is limited to 10 feet above height limitation.
d) Within required front, side and rear setbacks, only driveways, fire
lanes, railroad tracks, open space features and primary and
secondary signage are allowed. Parking lots may encroach up to
50% into the required front yard setback.
D. Parking and Loading Regulations
1) All vehicle -related features, except for railroad tracks, shall be
surfaced with either asphalt or concrete.
2) All parking and loading spaces shall be delineated on the
surfacing material by painted stripes or other permanent means.
3) The number, size and design of parking spaces shall be governed
by applicable provisions in Articles 13 and 14 of the City of
Dubuque Unified Development Code.
4) The number, size and design and location of parking spaces
designated for persons with disabilities shall be according to the
local, state or federal requirements in effect at the time of
development.
5) The location and number of private driveway intersections with
public streets shall be reviewed and approved by the City
Engineer.
6) No on -street maneuvering of delivery vehicles will be allowed on
any street. Lots shall provide all necessary maneuvering space
for delivery vehicles within the boundaries of the lots.
7) All loading docks for shipping and receiving raw and
manufactured goods shall be designed to provide for the direct
movement of goods between the delivery vehicle and the interior
of the building.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. 16-23
Page 7
E. Exterior Storage Regulations
Exterior storage shall be in accordance with the following regulations:
Allowable Allowable Allowable Minimum Maximum
Products Store Location Screening Opacity Height of
Materials Screening
Zone D Raw or finished Rear or Similar to 50% 12 feet
goods; side yards building
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Zone O PROHIBITED
1) Exterior storage of materials, which could be blown into the air or
strewn about by the wind, shall be prohibited.
2) Exterior storage, where allowed, shall not encroach into a front yard. A
front yard may exceed the required front yard setback.
3) The ground area coverage of exterior storage areas shall be the area
contained inside the required screening. This area shall be considered
to be a building -related feature for purposes of calculating total land
area coverage.
4) Exterior storage must be screened from view from adjacent public right-
of-way.
5) The screening height shall be measured from the ground level outside
the line of the screen. Screens built on sloping grades shall be stepped
so that their top line shall be horizontal.
6) Required screening is intended to buffer surrounding property from the
negative visual impact created by the storage of raw or finished goods,
materials and equipment that can adversely impact the value of
adjacent property.
7) The City Planner may grant a waiver for screening to exceed the
maximum height allowed, when topography or height of individual
finished products or equipment could make it impossible to completely
screen a storage area from every vantage point. The City Planner may
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. 16-23
Page 8
not grant waiver in maximum screening height for raw materials or
stacked goods.
8) All exterior entrances to a screened storage area shall be provided with
a gate or door of similar design to that of the screen.
9) Long-term storage of products or materials in semi -trailers or shipping
containers is prohibited.
F. Exterior Trash Collection Area Requirements
1) Exterior trash collection areas shall include collection bins, dumpsters,
and similar waste receptacles for the short-term storage and collection
of trash. Trash shall include garbage, scrap, recyclables, debris and
similar materials.
2) The storage of trash shall be limited to that produced by the principal
permitted use and accessory uses of the lot. Exterior storage of trash,
which could be blown into the air or strewn about by the wind, shall be
prohibited.
3) The ground area coverage of exterior trash collection areas shall be the
area contained inside the required screening. This area shall be
considered a building -related feature for purposes of calculating total
land area coverages.
4) Exterior trash collection areas shall be located in rear or side yards
only. Exterior trash collection areas shall not encroach into a front yard.
A front yard may exceed the required front yard setback.
5) All exterior trash collection areas and the materials contained therein
shall be screened from view from the adjacent public right-of-way.
6) The screening shall be a completely opaque fence, wall or other feature
not exceeding a height of 10 feet measured from the ground level
outside the line of the screen. Screens built on sloping grades shall be
stepped so that their top line shall be horizontal.
7) Exposed materials used to construct the opaque screen shall be similar
in appearance to materials used for exterior building walls. All exterior
entrances to a screened trash area shall be provided with a gate or
door of similar design to that of the screen.
8) If a 10-foot high screen fails to shield the exterior trash collection area
from view from the adjacent public right-of-way, evergreen plantings
may be required in addition to the screening. Evergreen plant materials
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. 16-23
Page 9
shall be selected and designed so that they will screen the area from
the adjacent public right-of-way within five (5) years.
G. Landscaping Regulations
The following landscape regulations shall apply to each lot:
1) Plant Materials: The open space area of each lot shall be planted with
permanent lawn and ground covers, shrubs and trees. It is the intent of
these regulations that the development of required open spaces shall
reflect a high quality of environmental design.
2) Landscaping: The following is the minimum requirement of trees and
shrubs, by number and size, and the type of ground cover required.
Street trees planted in public street right-of-way shall not be counted
toward fulfillment of the minimum site requirements set forth below.
Plant species to be used for landscaping shall be in accordance with
the City of Dubuque Street Tree Policy. Existing trees and shrubs to be
retained on -site may be counted toward fulfillment of the landscaping
requirements.
a) Minimum tree planting requirements for any new development in
the Dubuque Industrial Center South shall be one (1) tree of the
following size per 1,600 square feet of required open space:
40% minimum: 2-2 112" caliper diameter deciduous and/or 8-foot
height or greater evergreen.
Balance: 1 '/2 - 2" caliper diameter deciduous and/or 6-foot height
evergreen.
b) Minimum shrub requirements at the time of planting for any
development in the PUD District shall be 6 shrubs, or 1 shrub per
1,000 square feet of required open space, whichever is greater.
Shrubs shall be a minimum of 18" height or minimum of one (1)
gallon potted.
3) Landscape berms and/or plantings shall be required as screening for
parking areas adjacent to public streets and shall be a minimum of
three (3) feet in height and can utilize natural grade changes to achieve
the required 50% opacity landscaping screen. Parking lot screening is
in addition to required landscaping of open space areas.
4) Trees shall be provided in all parking lot islands, which are of sufficient
size to ensure the growth and survival of the trees. Trees planted in
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parking lot islands may be counted toward the minimum tree planting
requirements.
5) The developer of any lot fronting Seippel Road and/or other Public
Streets shall participate in the planting trees compatible in species and
spacing with tree plantings, which have previously been completed by
the City along Seippel Road.
6) The installation of required planting materials may be phased in direct
proportion to the phasing of building construction. Required
landscaping shall be installed by the date the Building Services
Department issues an occupancy certificate, or if winter weather
prevents planting, within six months of being issued an occupancy
certificate.
7) The lot owner is required to replant any and all plant materials which
have died due to any cause during the effective period of this PUD
Ordinance.
8) A detailed landscape plan shall be required as part of submittal for final
site development plan approval.
9) The area between the public street and the right-of-way line shall be
planted with grass and maintained by the lot owner.
H. Sign Regulations
1) Applicability of City of Dubuque Ordinances: The provisions of the City
of Dubuque Unified Development code Article 15 Signs shall apply
unless further regulated by this section.
2) Off -Premise Signs: Off -premise signs shall be prohibited.
3) On -Premise Signs: On -premise signs shall be erected or constructed in
accordance with the following regulations:
a) Allowable content: signs, messages, and graphics shall be limited
to the following contents:
1 } Industrial Center signs: limited to identification of Dubuque
Industrial Center South.
■ Entrance signs
■ Directory signs
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Page 11
2) Company primary signs: limited to identification of uses in
Zone D.
■ Identification of company name
■ Identification of company products or services
■ Graphic symbol or logo identified with the company
3) Secondary signs: Allowable in all zones.
■ Street address.
■ Directional messages necessary for the safe and
efficient flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the
lot.
■ Identification of visitor entrances to the building,
shipping and receiving docks and other delivery points.
• Identification of assigned parking spaces and parking
spaces accessible to persons with disabilities.
■ Temporary announcements of pending or new
construction.
■ Commemorative messages.
b) Schedule of sign regulations: allowable structure type, size,
number and height shall be limited to the following requirements:
Type of Sign
Maximum size
Maximum Number
Allowable
Maximum
Structure
Height*
type
Industrial Center
200 square feet per
Three (3) signs
Monument
12 feet
Entrance Signs
sign face
Industrial Center
30 square feet per
Three (3) signs
Monument
8 feet
Directory Signs
sign face
Company
10% of building wall
2 signs per street
Wall-
Below
Primary Signs
sign is mounted on or
frontage per business
mounted
eave or
400 total square feet
parapet
of sign area,
whichever is less.
150 square feet per
1 sign per business
Monument
10 feet
sign face
restricted to interior
street frontages only
Secondary signs
No maximum number
Wall-
10 feet
mounted
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Type of Sign
Maximum size
Maximum Number
Allowable
Maximum
Structure
Height*
type
6 square feet per sign
Monument
6 feet
face
*The height of the monument -style signs shall be measured from average grade to top of sign
structures.
c) Variances: Variances from sign requirements for size, number
and height may be requested. Such variances shall be reviewed
by the Zoning Board of Adjustment in accordance with Article 8-6
of the Unified Development Code.
d) Lighting: Signs may be illuminated only by means of indirect
lighting, whereby all light sources and devices are shielded from
view by opaque or translucent materials, or internally illuminated
by means of a light source completely enclosed by the sign panel.
e) Motion: No signs may include any device or means, mechanical,
electrical or natural, which shall cause any motion of the sign
panel or any part thereof. No flashing lights or changing colors
shall be allowed.
Maintenance Assessments
1) The City will cause the construction of such improvements as the City
deems appropriate in the Public Areas of this PUD District shown on
the Plan. Maintenance and repair of the Public Areas and its
improvements is the responsibility of the City with fifty percent (50%) of
costs of such maintenance and repair assessed to and paid by the
owners of property in this PUD District. Private connections to the
Public Areas and the subsequent maintenance and repair of such
private connections are the responsibility of each owner and may not be
constructed without the prior written approval of the City.
2) The City will assess against the properties in this PUD District in each
assessment year an annual assessment for the purpose of paying fifty
percent (50%) of the actual costs of the City's maintenance and repair
of the Public Areas and the actual costs associated with maintaining
and lighting the park entrance signs. Said assessment may also include
the establishment of a capital improvements reserve fund for such
purposes. Upon establishment of such assessment levy, the owner of
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Page 13
each lot must pay to the City a pro rata share (as hereinafter defined) of
such assessment.
The owner waives any and all rights to further notice, to object to the
assessments, the amount of the assessments, the procedure for
certifying the assessments or to any other rights the owner would have
as provided in Iowa Code Chapter 364 and Chapter 384 and that the
schedule of assessments may be certified by the City to the Dubuque
County Treasurer for collection in the same manner as provided in Iowa
Code Chapter 364 and Chapter 384.
3) If such pro rata share is not paid within thirty (30) days after its due
date, the owner agrees that that amount of such pro rata share will
become a lien upon the lot obligated to pay the same and will bear
interest from the due date at the highest legal contract rate applicable to
a natural person. The owner further agrees that the City may bring an
action at law against any owner obligated to pay the same, or foreclose
the lien against the lot.
The owner agrees that the owner is also obligated to reimburse the City
for the City's costs and reasonable attorney's fees of any collection
efforts. The owner agrees that the owner may not waive or otherwise
avoid liability for an assessment provided herein by non-use of the
Public Areas or abandonment of a lot.
4) An owner's pro rata share is equal to a fraction, the numerator of which
is the gross square feet area of the lot or lots owned by the owner and
the denominator of which is the gross square feet area of all lots in this
PUD District exclusive of the Public Areas and public rights -of -way.
J. Performance Standards
The development and maintenance of uses in this PUD District shall be
established in conformance with the following standards
1) Platting: The conceptual development plan shall serve as the
preliminary plat for this PUD District. Subdivision plats and
improvement plans shall be submitted in accordance with Article 11.
Land Subdivision, of the City of Dubuque Unified Development Code.
2) Site Plans: Final site development plans shall be submitted in
accordance with Article 12 Site Plans and Article 13 Site Design
Standards prior to construction of each building and vehicle -related
feature unless otherwise exempted by Article 12.
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Page 14
3) Storm Water Conveyance: The developer of each lot shall be
responsible for providing surface or subsurface conveyance(s) of storm
water from the lot to existing storm sewers or to flow line of open
drainage ways outside the lot in a means that is satisfactory to the
Engineering Department of the City of Dubuque. Other applicable
regulations enforced by the City of Dubuque relative to storm water
management and drainage shall apply to properties in the PUD District.
4) Noises: Noises generated within the PUD District shall be regulated by
Chapter 33, Article IV, Noises, of the City of Dubuque Code of
Ordinances.
5) Flood Plain Regulations: The area of the PUD District that lies within
the flood plain of Catfish Creek shall be subject to the regulations of
Article 6-4 of the Unified Development Code.
6) Phased construction of buildings and parking spaces: The construction
of off-street parking spaces may be phased in proportion to the
percentage of total building floor area constructed at any one time.
Ground area set aside for future parking, loading spaces or driveways
or for parking provided in excess of the minimum required number of
parking spaces shall not reduce the minimum required area for open
space.
7) Other Codes and Regulations: These regulations do not relieve an
owner from other applicable City, County, State or Federal Codes,
regulations, laws and other controls relative to the planning,
construction, operation and management of property in the PUD
District.
K. Ordinance History
1) Ord. 2-13: reclassifying hereinafter described property located north
and south of Seippel Road and north of U.S. Highway 20 from AG
Agricultural District to PUD Planned Unit Development with a PI
Planned Industrial designation for the Dubuque Industrial Center
South.
L. Transfer of Ownership
Transfer of ownership or lease of property in this PUD District shall include in
the transfer or lease agreement a provision that the purchaser or lessee
acknowledges awareness of the conditions authorizing the establishment of
the district.
M. Modifications
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Page 15
Any modifications of this Ordinance must be approved by the City Council in
accordance with zoning reclassification proceedings of Article 9-5 of the
Unified Development Code.
N. Recording
A copy of this ordinance shall be recorded at the expense of the property
owner(s) with the Dubuque County Recorder a permanent record of the
conditions accepted as part of this reclassification approval within ten (10)
days after the adoption of this ordinance. This ordinance shall be binding
upon the undersigned and his/her heirs, successors and assigns.
Section 3. The foregoing amendment has heretofore been reviewed by the Zoning
Advisory Commission of the City of Dubuque, Iowa.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon publication as provided by law.
Passed, approved and adopted this 171h day of April 2023.
rad M. Cavarg6fh, Mayor
Attest:
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
CERTIFICATE of the CITY CLERK
STATE OF IOWA
SS:
COUNTY OF DUBUQUE )
I, Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed,
qualified, City Clerk of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, in the County aforesaid, and as such
City Clerk, I have in my possession or have access to the records of the proceedings of the
City Council. I do further state that the hereto attached Ordinance No.16-23 is a true and
correct copy of the original.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal of the City of Dubuque,
Iowa.
Dated at Dubuque, Iowa, on this 18th day of April, 2023.
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Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher
of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County
of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the
attached notice was published in said newspaper on the
following dates:
04/07/2023
and for which the charge is 51.65
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Dubuque County, Iowa,
this 7th day of April, 2023
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Ad text : CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
OFFICIAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Dubuque City Council
will conduct public hearings on the 17th day of April, 2023,
at 6:30 p.m., in the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6th
Street, 2nd floor, Dubuque, Iowa, on the following:
REZONINGS
1. Request from James P. Gantz for property located at
Northwest Arterial, PIN 1010476002 to rezone property from
AG -Agriculture to Planned Unit Development with PR -Planned
Residential zoning designation.
2. Request from John and Dianne Brehm for property located
at Brehm Acres to rezone property from County R-1
Single -Family Residential to City Planned Unit Development
with PI Planned Industrial designation concurrently with
annexation into the City of Dubuque.
3. Request from Nate Runde and Tim Ertl to rezone property
located at 1061 Cedar Cross Road, PIN 1034254001 from CS
Commercial Service and Wholesale to C-3 General Commercial.
4. Request from Affordable Housing Network Inc. to rezone
property located at 900 Alta Vista Street from ID
Institutional to OR Office Residential.
5. Request from Scott Kwiecinski, Horizon Development to
rezone property located at 1301 Central Avenue from C-4
Downtown Commercial to OR Office Residential.
TEXT AMENDMENT
1. Request from the City of Dubuque to amend the Unified
Development Code Section 16-11-7: Application Requirements and
Review Process and 16-12-6: Off -Site Improvements regarding
the evaluation of off -site impacts of subdivision and site
plan developments.
At the meeting, the City Council will receive oral and
written comments from any resident or property owner of said
City to the above action. The official agenda will be posted
the Friday before the meeting and will contain public input
options. The City Council agenda can be accessed at
https://cityofdubuque.novusagenda.com/AgendaPublic/ or by
contacting the City Clerk's Office at 563-589-4100,
etyclerk@cityofdubuque.org.
Written comments regarding the above public hearings may be
submitted to the City Clerks Office via email at
ctyclerk@cityofdubuque.org or by mail to City Clerk's Office,
City Hall, 50 W. 13th St., Dubuque, IA 52001, before said
time of public hearing. At said time and place of public
hearings the City Council will receive any written comments.
Copies of supporting documents for the public hearings are
on file in the City Clerk's Office and may be viewed Monday
through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Individuals with limited English proficiency, vision,
hearing, or speech impairments requiring special assistance
should -contact the City Clerk's Office at (563) 589-4100, TDD
(563) 690-6678, ctyclerk@cityofdubuque.org as soon as
feasible. Deaf or hard -of -hearing individuals can use Relay
Iowa by dialing 711 or (800) 735-2942.
Adrienne N. Breitfelder
City Clerk
It 4/7
4/17/2023
Public Hearing #2
ORD #16-23