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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Sample Setback Requirement <br />Diagram. <br />Sample Height Requirement <br />Diagram. <br />• Accessory Uses: Uses that are permitted or conditionally permitted to <br />serve a permitted or conditionally permitted use. Generally the accessory <br />use will not be permitted absent the primary use. For example, a tool <br />shed is a standard accessory use in a residential zone. <br />b) Setbacks, height and density requirements <br />• Setbacks requirements: Establish the minimum horizontal distance <br />between a structure and the lot line, road, highway or high -water mark <br />(if the property abuts shore land). <br />• Height requirements: Establish maximum and /or minimum height <br />requirements for structures and /or their attachments (such as antennas, <br />cupolas, etc). <br />• Density requirements: Establish the number of structures or units <br />allowed per lot or area. <br />4. Additional provisions <br />Some ordinances may contain, depending upon the individual needs of the <br />city, additional provisions, though the quality of a zoning ordinance does not <br />depend upon the quantity or complexity of the provisions it contains (nor the <br />number of districts established). <br />Cities should strive for a zoning ordinance that meets their goals as simply <br />and efficiently as possible. Above all, a zoning ordinance should be a <br />practical document that is as enforceable as possible. <br />Depending on the individual needs of the city, a zoning ordinance may also <br />contain provisions for the following: <br />• Mixed use or hybrid districts. Districts that do not neatly meet the <br />traditional district categories of residential, commercial or industrial use, <br />but may contain a blend of uses. For example, a "downtown mixed use <br />district" that features a blend of commercial uses and multifamily <br />residences. <br />• Planned Use Development (PUD) or cluster development: A <br />development of contiguous land area that contains developed clusters <br />intermixed with green space or commercial or public development. <br />Often the cluster development allows greater density than normally <br />permitted in the development, in exchange for some other benefit, such <br />as green space or open space. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 9/10/2012 <br />Zoning Guide for Cities Page 6 <br />