Amending Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned Unit Development_HearingCity of Dubuque
City Council Meeting
Public Hearings # 02.
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November 20, 2023
ITEM TITLE: Amending Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned Unit Development
SUMMARY: Proof of publication on notice of public hearing to consider a request
from Dubuque Sign Company, Simmons Pet Food to amend the
Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned Unit Development to increase
the size of directional signage, and Zoning Advisory Commission
recommending approval.
ORDINANCE Amending Title 16 of the City of Dubuque Code of
Ordinances Unified Development Code by rescinding Ordinance No. 16-
23 which established regulations for a PUD Planned Unit Development
with a PI Planned Industrial Designation and adopting an amended PUD
Ordinance that increases the allowable area of directional signage
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Type
ZAC Letter to CC
Supporting Documentation
Application
Supporting Documentation
Vicinity Map
Supporting Documentation
Sign Package
Supporting Documentation
Site Imagery
Supporting Documentation
Letter of Support
Supporting Documentation
Staff Report
Supporting Documentation
Effect of the Amendment
Supporting Documentation
Ordinance
Ordinance
Planning Services Department
City Hall
50 West 13t" Street
Dubuque, IA 52001-4864
(563) 589-4210 phone
(563) 589-4221 fax
(563) 690-6678 TDD
planning@cityof dubuque.org
THE COF
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Masterpiece an the Mississippi
Dubuque
2007,2012.2013
2017*2019
November 2, 2023
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
City of Dubuque
City Hall — 50 W. 13t" Street
Dubuque IA 52001
Applicant: Dubuque Sign Company, Simmons Pet Food
Location: Dubuque Industrial Center South, 751 Seippel Road
Description: To amend the Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned Unit
Development to increase the size of directional signage.
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
The applicant, Keith Wolff, Dubuque Sign Company, 210 Cedar Cross Road, spoke on
behalf of the application, not that they are working with Simmons and their sign provider
to allow larger directional signs, which is appropriate based on the size of the property
and the need to assist tractor trailer traffic to find their destination.
Dianne Brehm submitted a letter of support. There was no other public input.
Staff Member Duba discussed the application. He noted the large size of the warehouse
building and the property generally. He expressed that the truck traffic coming to this
site may benefit from larger directional signs. He noted that the six square foot limit for
directional signs is almost universally applied, but it may be more appropriate for a
commercial property than an industrial one. He stated that the PUD amendment would
apply to all properties within the Dubuque Industrial Center South PUD.
Commissioner Zuccaro expressed that six square feet is not big for a sign. Norton
agreed, expressing that it is also a matter of safety.
Motion by Norton, seconded by Zuccaro, to approve the PUD amendment as submitted.
Motion carried by the following vote: Aye — Christ, Norton, Russell, Zuccaro, and
Mulligan; Nay — none.
Recommendation
By a vote of 5 to 0, the Zoning Advisory Commission recommends that the City Council
approve the request.
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The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
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A simple majority vote is needed for the City Council to approve the request.
Respectfully submitted,
Matt Mulligan, Chairperso
Zoning Advisory Com ' ' sion
Attachments
cc: Keith Wolff, Dubuque Sign Company, 210 Cedar Cross Road
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❑ Amended PUD
❑ Rezoning/PUD/ID
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❑ Simple Subdivision
❑ Preliminary Plat
❑ Major Final Plat
❑ Minor Final Plat
❑ Waiver from Site
Design Standards
A. Property Information
Zoning Board of
Adiustment
❑ Conditional Use Permit
❑ Special Exception
❑ Variance
❑ Appeal
Development Services
❑ Annexation
❑ Limited Setback Waiver
❑ Site Plan Simple
❑ Site Plan Minor
❑ Site Plan Major
❑ Simple Subdivision
❑ Temporary Use Permit
❑ Port of Dubuque/
Chaplain Schmitt Island
Design Review
Site Location/Address: Siepple Rd, (New Simmons warehouse)
Legal Description/ Parce I ID#/Subdivision: i 0J }t 30 206 2-
City of Dubuque
Planning Services Department
Dubuque, IA 52001-4845
Phone: 563-589-4210
Fax: 563-589-4221
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Historic Preservation Commission
❑ Demolition Review
❑ Historic Revolving Loan
❑ Certificate of Economic Non -Viability
❑ Design Review Certificate of
Appropriateness
❑ Advisory Design Review (Public
Projects)
❑ Historic Designation
Existing Zoning: � u 1_� Proposed Zoning: P UJ Site Area (square feet/acres): 1. 5' s r o L re
Historic District: J V 4 _andmark: ❑ Yes � No
B. Describe proposal and reason for application (attach a letter of explanation, if necessary):
Purposing increasing square footage of directional signage from 6 sq. ft to 24sq. ft.
Do to the large size of this factory/warehouse with lots of truck,vehicies, and employees coming and going, the directional signs
should be larger for safety.
C. Applicant/Agent Informatiion
Name: Dubuque Sign / Simmons Pet Foods Phone: 563-582-1691
Address: 210 Cedar Cross Rd City: Dubuque
State: IA Zip: 52003 Email: KwGlff(aDdubuquesign.corr
D. Property Owner(s) Information
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Address: L�4[Y1 S� #L / 2 City: _
State: 14 Zip: � 20e 1 Email:
E. Certification: I/we, the undersigned, do hereby certify/acknowledge that:
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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 herein is true and correct to the best of my/our knowledge and upon submittal becomes
public record.
Applicant/Agent: Keith Wolff
Date: 11-10-23
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Applicant: Keith Wolff, Dubuque Sign
Location: 751 Seippel Road
Description: To amend the Dubuque Industrial
Center South Planned Unit Development to
increase the size of directional signage.
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Please check all spelling, numerical, and quantitative elements before approving.
Approved By
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ADVERTISING
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72 x 36" Shipping office sign
3mm Alupanel Ultramarine Blue
751 Cast white vinyl graphics
72 x 36" Aluminum blind mount frame*
*Please specify sign location
18 square feet
6'
3'
Please check all spelling, numerical, and quantitative elements before approving.
Approved By
Date
LIGHTNING BOLT
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Simmons Pet Food Dubuque
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(1-9) 24 x 30" Bay numbering on South wall
3mm Alupanel Ultramarine Blue
751 Cast white vinyl graphics
24 x 30" Aluminum blind mount frame
Not under review
Please check all spelling, numerical, and quantitative elements before approving.
Approved By
Date
LB
A DV E R T IS ING
Simmons Pet Food Dubuque
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(10-15) 30 x 30" Bay numbering on South wall
3mm Alupanel Ultramarine Blue
751 Cast white vinyl graphics
30 x 30" Aluminum blind mount frame
Not under review 19
Please check all spelling, numerical, and quantitative elements before approving.
Approved By
Date
A D V E R T I S I N G
Simmons Pet Food Dubuque
Page 5/9: Project 3908 Exterior
72 x 48" Exterior Directional signs
Oralite 5700 vinyl mounted to 3mm Alupanel Ultramarine Blue
24 square feet 19
6'
Please check all spelling, numerical, and quantitative elements before approving.
Approved By
Date
A D V E R T I S I N G
Simmons Pet Food Dubuque
Page 6/9: Project 3908 Exterior
72 x 36" Team member enterance sing
Oralite 5700 vinyl mounted to 3mm Alupanel Ultramarine Blue
single sided
18 square feet 19
6'
Please check all spelling, numerical, and quantitative elements before approving.
Approved By
Date
A D V E R T I S I N G
Simmons Pet Food Dubuque
Page 7/9: Project 3908 Exterior
Restroom ADA 6 x 8"
Not under review
Please check all spelling, numerical, and quantitative elements before approving.
Approved By
Date
LIGHTNING BOLT
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Simmons Pet Food Dubuque
Page 8/9: Project 3908 Exterior
Various room ADA signs 8 x 4.5"
Not under review
Please check all spelling, numerical, and quantitative elements before approving.
Approved By
Date
LB
A DV E R T IS ING
Simmons Pet Food Dubuque
Page 9/9: Project 3908 Exterior
Various room ADA with name plate 8 x 6"
Not under review
Please check all spelling, numerical, and quantitative elements before approving.
Approved By
Date
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Wednesday, November 1, 2023 8:46 AM
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Zoning Request for Dubuque Sign
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I am writing this email in SUPPORT of the request from Keith Wolff, Dubuque Sign to increase the
directional signage at 751 Seippel Road, Dubuque, IA.
I have talked with Mr. Wolff. He explained the reasoning for his request.
I SUPPORT his request to increase the size of signage. I feel it will help with the flow and safety of
trucks traveling on Seippel Road and other traffic unfamiliar with the area.
Thank you,
Dianne M. Brehm
(owner of 12458 Cottingham Road - property adjacent to 751 Seippel Rd)
5350 Old Highway Rd.
Dubuque, IA 52001
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planning@cityofdubuque.org
2007.2012-2013
2017*2019
October 25, 2023
TO: Zoning Advisory Commission
FROM: Jason Duba, Assistant Planner
SUBJECT: To amend the Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned Unit Development
to increase the size of directional signage.
INTRODUCTION
The applicants, Dubuque Sign Company and Simmons Pet Foods, are requesting to
amend the Dubuque Industrial Center South (DICS) Planned Unit Development (PUD) to
allow for directional signs of up to 24 square feet, where the current limit is six square
feet.
BACKGROUND
The DICS PUD is located west of the interchange of Highway 20 and Highway 52 at the
west end of the Southwest Arterial. The district is currently home to the Simmons Pet
Food factory, Tri-State Quality Metals, and Verena Street Coffee. The Simmons Pet Food
warehouse is currently under construction.
The PUD for the DICS was originally established in 2013 with a PI Planned Industrial
designation. One amendment has been approved to the PUD since its origination to
incorporate a portion of land that was annexed as part of the site for the warehouse being
constructed.
The applicants are now requesting to amend the current Ordinance No. 16-23 to increase
the maximum area of directional signs to 24'.
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DISCUSSION
The applicants are requesting to increase the allowed area of directional signs from six
square feet to 24 square feet. The Unified Development Code defines directional signs
as follows:
"Directional/Informational Sign: an on -premises sign identifying a premise, or an
activity conducted upon such premises, and providing direction for the safe and
efficient flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic to such activity or premises.
Directional signs shall include signs marking entrances, exits, parking areas,
loading areas or other operational features of the premises."
This application from Dubuque Sign Company and Simmons Pet Food is coming as they
are developing signage for the new warehouse. They stated,
"Due to the large size of this factory/warehouse with lots of trucks, vehicles, and
employees coming and going, the directional signs should be larger for safety."
Directional signs for this warehouse are intended to aid in the safe and efficient internal
flow of trucks, goods, vehicles, and employees on the site. These signs are not for the
Memo to Zoning Advisory Commission
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purpose of advertising to the passing traffic. The applicant plans to install separate
Company Primary Signage for the purpose of identifying the business.
An amendment to the sign regulations of the DICS PUD ordinance would apply to all
properties within the district.
RECOMMENDATION
City staff recommends that the Zoning Advisory Commission review the enclosed
materials and make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the proposal to
amend the Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned Unit Development to allow 24
square foot directional signs.
Attachments
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. 131h St Telephone: 589-4121
ORDINANCE NO. -23
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE
OF ORDINANCES UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY RESCINDING
ORDINANCE NO. 16-23 WHICH ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS FOR A
PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH A PI PLANNED INDUSTRIAL
DESIGNATION AND ADOPTING AN AMENDED PUD ORDINANCE THAT
INCREASES THE ALLOWABLE AREA OF DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE.
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. 16-23 and
increasing the allowable area of direction signage for the property legally described
below, to wit:
Lot A Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot B Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Balance of Lot C Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 2 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 3 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 4 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 5 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 5A Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. — 23
Page 2
Lot A Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 1 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 2 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 3 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
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
Building -related features are defined as all construction items
which rise above the grade surface of the lot. These include:
2)
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.
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.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. — 23
Page 3
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.
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.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. — 23
Page 4
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.
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:
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. — 23
Page 5
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.
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.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. — 23
Page 6
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
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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100
50
25
50
100
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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.
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.
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Ordinance No. — 23
Page 7
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.
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
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12 feet
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side yards
building
equipment
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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.
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Page 8
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.
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.
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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.
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 1/2" 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
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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.
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:
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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
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
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Type of Sign
Maximum size
Maximum Number
Allowable
Maximum
Structure
Height*
type
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
6 24 square feet per
No maximum number
Wall-
10 feet
sign face
mounted
Monument
6 feet
*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
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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
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
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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.
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.
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2) Ord.16-23: an amendment to the Planned Unit Development that
expands the district by incorporating an additional parcel of land.
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
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 day of 2023.
Brad M. Cavanagh, Mayor:
Attest:
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
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. 131h St Telephone: 589-4121
ORDINANCE NO. 48-23
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE
OF ORDINANCES UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY RESCINDING
ORDINANCE NO. 16-23 WHICH ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS FOR A
PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH A PI PLANNED INDUSTRIAL
DESIGNATION AND ADOPTING AN AMENDED PUD ORDINANCE THAT
INCREASES THE ALLOWABLE AREA OF DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE.
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. 16-23 and
increasing the allowable area of direction signage for the property legally described
below, to wit:
Lot A Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot B Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Balance of Lot C Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 2 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 3 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 4 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 5 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 5A Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
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Lot A Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 1 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 2 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 3 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
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
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.
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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.
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 j Principal permitted uses shall be limited to:
a) Railroad and public or quasi -public utilities.
b) Corporate offices.
c) Mail order houses.
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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.
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:
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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 1/2" 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
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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.
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:
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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
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
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Type of Sign
Maximum size
Maximum Number
Allowable
Maximum
Structure
Height*
type
Industrial Center
30 square feet per
Three (3) signs
Monument
8 feet
Directory Signs
si n 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
24 square feet per
No maximum number
Wall-
10 feet
sign face
mounted
Monument
5 feet
*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
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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
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 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
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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.
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 Pl
Planned Industrial designation for the Dubuque Industrial Center South.
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Page 15
2) Ord.16-23: an amendment to the Planned Unit Development that
expands the district by incorporating an additional parcel of land.
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
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 20th day of November 2023.
Cava�he ayor:
Attest:
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Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
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Dubuque County Iowa
Karol Kennedy Recorder
File2023-00011064
Prepared by: Wally Wernimont, City Planner Address: City Hall, 50 W. 13th St Telephone: 5894210
Return to: Adrienne Breitfelder, City Clerk Address: City Hall, 50 W. 131' St Telephone: 589-4121
ORDINANCE NO.48-23
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE
OF ORDINANCES UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY RESCINDING
ORDINANCE NO. 16-23 WHICH ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS FOR A
PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH A PI PLANNED INDUSTRIAL
DESIGNATION AND ADOPTING AN AMENDED PUD ORDINANCE THAT
INCREASES THE ALLOWABLE AREA OF DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE.
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. 16-23 and
increasing the allowable area of direction signage for the property legally described
below, to wit:
Lot A Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot B Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Balance of Lot C Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 2 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 3 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 4 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 5 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 5A Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
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Lot A Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 1 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 2 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 3 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
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
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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:
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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.
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.
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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
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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.
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.
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Page 7
4) The number,
designated for
local, state o!
development.
;iZe and design and location of parking spaces
persons with disabilities shall be according to the
federal requirements in effect at the time of
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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 1/2" 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
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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.
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:
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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
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
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Type of Sign
Maximum size
Maximum Number
Allowable
Maximum
Structure
Height*
type
Industrial Center
30 square feet per
Three (3) signs
Monument
8 feet
Directory_S4ns
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
_
24 square feet per
No maximum number
Wall-
10 feet
sign face
mounted
Monument
6 feet
"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
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Page 13
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
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
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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.
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.
Dubuque Industrial Center South
Ordinance No. 48 — 23
Page 15
2) Ord.16-23: an amendment to the Planned Unit Development that
expands the district by incorporating an additional parcel of land.
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
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 20th day of November 2023.
Cava ayor:
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. 48-23 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 21 st day of November, 2023.
Adrienne N. Breitfel er, City Clerk
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CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
OFFICIAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Dubuque City Council
will conduct public hearings on the 20th day of November,
2023, at 6:30 p.m., in the Historic Federal Building, 350 W.
6th Street, 2nd floor, Dubuque, Iowa, on the following:
AMENDMENT
1. "Request from Aaron Healy, Ruhl & Ruhl to amend Zone B of
the South Pointe Planned Unit Development to allow increased
lot coverage and reduced front and rear yard setbacks for
townhome development at the location of the South Pointe
Subdivision.
2. "Request from Keith Wolff, Dubuque Sign, to amend the
Dubuque Industrial Center South Planned Unit Development to
increase the size of directional signage at the location of
751 Seippel Road.
3. "Request from Bill Biver, Marys Inn Maternity Home, to
amend the Unified Development Code to include a definition of
Maternity Home and to list Maternity Home as a Permitted Use
in all residential, office residential, and commercial zoning
districts.
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,
ctyclerk@cityofdubuque.org.
Written comments regarding the above public hearings may be
submitted to the City Clerk's 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
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this 27th day of November, 2023
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rCommission Number 199659
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CITY OF DUBUQUE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO. 48-23
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
THE ORDINANCE IN ITS ENTIRETY IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, 50 W.
13TH STREET, DUBUQUE, AND MAY BE VIEWED DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS OF
8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM MONDAY to FRIDAY.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES
UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO. 16-23 WHICH
ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS FOR A PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH A PI
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION AND ADOPTING AN AMENDED PUD ORDINANCE
THAT INCREASES THE ALLOWABLE AREA OF DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE.
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. 16-23 and increasing the allowable
area of direction signage for the property legally described below, to wit:
Lot A Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot B Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Balance of Lot C Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 2 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 3 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 4 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 5 Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
Lot 5A Dubuque Industrial Center South First Addition
LotA Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 1 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 2 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
Lot 3 Dubuque Industrial Center South Third Addition
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
[For purposes of this Ordinance, the following terms shall have specific meaning. Full text is
on file in the Office of the City Clerk.]
1) Building -related Features
2) Vehicle -related Features
3) Open Space Features
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.
I) Compounding, processing and package of chemical products.
m) Manufacture, assembly, repair or storage of electrical and electronic products,
components or equipment.
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 0: General Purpose and Description. Zone 0 is intended to serve as an amenity to
the industrial park, provide public areas and control of storm water to protect downstream
properties.
1)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
2)
3)
a)
4)
Principal permitted uses shall be limited to:
Railroads and public or quasi -public utilities.
Parks, nature areas, playgrounds and similar recreational uses.
Picnic areas.
Recreational trails.
Club houses, shelter houses, tennis courts, playground equipment, or other
recreational buildings and structures when associated with parks, nature areas,
playgrounds and recreational facilities.
Construction of dams, reservoirs, detention ponds and similar storm water
control facilities.
Conditional uses (reserved for future use).
Accessory uses shall be limited to the following:
Any use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principle use it serves.
Temporary uses (reserved for future use).
C. Lot Bulk Regulations
Development of land in Zones D and 0 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 0 shall be in accordance with the
following bulk regulations chart:
Minimum
lot area in
acres
Lot frontage
minimum
feet
Front yard
setback
minimum feet
Side yard
setback
minimum feet
Rear yard
setback
minimum feet
Building height
maximum feet
,
Zone 0
N/A
N/A
N/A
WA
N/A
N/A
Zone D
2 acres
100
50
25
. 50
100
a) Lots smaller than minimum will be allowed i 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.
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.
E. Exterior'Storage Regulations
Exterior storage shall be in accordance with the following regulations:
Allowable
Products Store
Allowable
Location
Allowable
Screening
Materials
Minimum
Opacity
Maximum Height
of Screening
Zone D
Raw or
finished goods;
equipment
Rear or
side yards
Similar to building
color
o
50 /0
12 feet
Zone 0
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 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 shall be selected and designed so that
they will screen the area from the adjacent public right-of-way within five (5) years.
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 reflecta 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.
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,
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:
G.
Type of Sign
Maximum size
Maximum
Number
Allowable
Structure
type
Maximum
Height'
Industrial Center
Entrance Signs
200 square feet per
sign face
Three (3)
signs
Monument
12 feet
Industrial Center
Directory Signs
30 square feet per
sign face
Three (3)
signs
Monument
8 feet
Company Primary
Signs
10% of building wall
sign is mounted on or
400 total square feet
of sign area, whichever
is less.
2 signs
per street
frontage per
business
Wall -mounted
Below
eave or
parapet
150 square feet per
sign face
1 sign per
business
restricted to
interior street
frontages
only
Monument
10 feet
Secondary signs
24 square feet per
sigyface
No maximum
number
Wall -mounted
10 feet
Monument
6 feet
"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
ail light sources.and devices are shielded from view by opaque or translucent
materials, or intemally 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.
I. 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
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 attomey'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.
3) Storm Water Conveyance: The developer of each lot shall be responsible for providing
surface or subsurface conveyance(s) of storm water from the lotto 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.
2) Ord.16-23: an amendment to the Planned Unit Development that expands the district
by incorporating an additional parcel of land.
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
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 20"h day of November 2023.
/s/Brad M. Cavanagh, Mayor
Attest /s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
Published officially in the Telegraph Herald newspaper on the 24th day of November, 2023.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, CMC, City Clerk
1t11/24