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Sec. 30-1294. BP business park district. (a) Purpose. (1) The business park district is established to encourage a planned, integrated environment for certain industrial, office, and commercial uses, which axe compatible with and complement each other as well as the surrounding land uses. The underlying land use designation within the district may vary and may be either light industrial or highway business. Development within the business park district will correspond with the land use designation. Industrial and office uses are allowed where the land use designation is light industrial, and commercial uses are allowed where the land use designation is highway business. (2) It is the intent of this section that development reflect common themes using compatible architectural design and consistency in signage, landscaping, and lighting. It is also the intent to encourage businesses, which generate a high number of jobs per square foot rather than predominantly warehouse type uses. (b) Permitted uses. Permitted uses in the BP district are as follows: (1) Permitted uses allowed are as follows: a. Light manufacturing. b. Research and development laboratories. c. Business and professional offices. d. Mail order operations. e. Telecommunication operations. £ Sherburne County fair. g. Warehouse space not exceeding 50 percent of the entire building. h. Showroom space. i. Repair and maintenance, excluding auto repair. (c) Accessory uses. Accessory uses in the BP district are as follows: (1) Off-street parking lots or facilities. (2) Private recreational facilities. (3) Public shelters and essential services. (4) Retail sales, provided the following conditions are met: a. The retail sales activity shall not be located in an administrative office facility, but shall be located within a business, the principal use of which is not commercial sales. b. The retail sales activity shall not occupy more than 15 percent of the gross floor area, or a maximum of 5,000 square feet of the occupied quarters, whichever is less. c. The retail sales activity shall be related and subordinate to the principal use. d. No sign identifying or promoting that retail sales occur within the building shall be visible from outside the building. e. Freestanding retail shops and stores shall be limited to those which complement other uses within the business park and provide a service to those other businesses, and shall not exceed 20,000 square feet in size. f. Retail/wholesale sales incidental to products manufactured, assembled, or warehoused on the premises may be permitted as an accessory use provided no more than ten percent of the building is used for retail/wholesale sales. (5) Therapeutic massage when offered within the confines of a medical or chiropractic clinic. (6) Temporary signs as permitted in section 30-851 et seq. (7) Permanent signs. (d) Conditional uses. Conditional uses in the BP district are as follows: (1) Conditional uses axe as follows: a. Warehouse space exceeding 50 percent of the total building floor area up to a maximum of 65 percent. b. Vocational, technical and trade schools. c. Loading areas/overhead doors when located in front yards. d. Aboveground storage tanks.