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(A) All applications for a building permit shall be accompanied by a site plan drawn to scale and dimensioned indicating the location of all off-street parking and loading spaces in compliance with the requirements of this subchapter.
(B) The plan shall be reviewed and approved in accordance with the criteria developed and approved by the Zoning Administrator.
(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94)
The plan for off-street parking shall meet the following site design standards:
(A) (1) All areas devoted for parking space, drive-thru's and driveways shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete or a material approved by the Zoning Administrator, this does not include recycled asphalt or recycled concrete. All parking areas shall be designed to control surface runoff to adjacent properties either with curbing or grading techniques.
(2) Exception: When residential driveway connects with a unpaved road or alley, the driveway will not have to be paved or cemented.
(B) Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from abutting property and public rights-of-way.
(C) No sign shall be so located that it restricts the sight, orderly operation, and traffic movement within any parking area.
(D) All parking lots shall be screened and landscaped from abutting residential uses or districts by a fence or densely planted compact hedge or tree cover not less than four feet nor more than eight feet in height.
(E) The parking area shall meet the minimum design standards and the number of stalls required under this subchapter.
(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94; Am. Ord. 453, passed 7-18-19)
No change of use or occupancy of land, or of use or occupancy of any building shall be made until there are furnished sufficient parking and loading spaces as required by this subchapter.
(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94) Penalty, see § 10.99
Required parking or loading spaces shall not be used for storage of goods or for storage of vehicles that are inoperable or for sale or rent.
(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Except single family, two family, and townhouse parking areas shall be designed so that circulation between parking aisles or driveways occurs within the designated parking lot and does not depend upon a public street or alley, and the design does not require backing into the public street.
(B) Except in the case of single family, two family, and townhouses, parking areas shall comply with the following standards.
Angle of Parking | Stall Width | Stall Depth | Minimum Driveway Width |
0 degrees (along curb) | 9 ft. | 10 ft.* | 12 ft. |
30 degrees | 9 ft. | 19 ft. | 11 ft. |
45 degrees | 9 ft. | 21 ft. | 13 ft. |
60 degrees | 9 ft. | 22 ft. | 18 ft. |
90 degrees | 9 ft. | 19 ft. | 24 ft. |
* Parallel parking: 22 ft. in length | |||
(C) No curb cut access shall be located closer than 25 feet from the intersection of two or more street rights-of-way for residential uses, and 40 feet for commercial and industrial areas. This distance shall be measured from the intersection of lot lines.
(D) Curb cut openings shall be a minimum of five feet from the side property line.
(E) All property shall be entitled to at least one curb cut.
(F) All parking spaces shall be served by access aisle or driveway connections to a public right-of-way.
(G) There shall be no maximum width of single-family residential driveways, provided all other lot coverage requirements are met.
(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94; Am. Ord. 359, passed 7-21-05; Am. Ord. 373, passed 2-21-08; Am. Ord. 376, 5-15-08; Am. Ord. 453, passed 7-18-19)
The following minimum of off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided and maintained.
Uses | Number of Spaces Required |
Uses | Number of Spaces Required |
Auto repair, bus and taxi terminals, boat and marine sales and repair, bottling company, garden supply store, building material sales in structure | 8 spaces plus 1 additional space per 800 sq. ft. of floor area over 1,000 sq. ft. |
Automobile service station (motor fuel station) | 4 spaces plus 2 spaces for each stall |
Boarding house, fraternity | 2 spaces for each 3 persons (for whom accommodations are provided for sleeping) |
Bowling alley | 5 spaces per lane or alley |
Car wash, automatic drive through | 5 stacking spaces |
Car wash, self-service | 2 spaces |
Church, theater, auditorium, or gymnasium | 1 space each for each 4 seats of main assembly hall as determined by the Minnesota State Building Code |
Drive-in establishment and convenience food | 1 space for each 150 sq. ft. of gross floor area or number of stalls plus one-half stall for every employee |
Elderly housing | One-half space per unit |
Hospital | 2 spaces per bed |
Manufacturing, fabricating, or processing of a product or materials; warehouse, storage, or post office | 1 space per 400 sq. ft. of gross floor |
Miniature golf course, archery range, golf driving range | 10 spaces respectively |
Motels, hotels | 1 space for each rental room plus spaces required for restaurant |
Multiple family dwelling | 2 free spaces per unit |
Nursing home, day nursery, sanitarium, or rest home | 4 spaces plus 1 for each 3 beds |
Office buildings, banks, professional offices, animal hospitals | 1 space per 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Restaurants, cafes, private clubs, bars, taverns, and nightclubs | 1 space for 40 sq. ft. of gross floor area of dining and bar area and 1 space per 80 sq. ft. of kitchen area |
Retail sales and services with 50% or more of floor area devoted to storage, warehouse, and/or industry | 1 space per 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area devoted to sales or service plus 1 space per 500 sq. ft. of storage area |
Retail store and service establishment | 1 space per 250 sq. ft. of floor area |
Schools Elementary or Jr High School High School | 1.5 spaces for each classroom, plus 1 space for every 75 sq. ft. of assemble are in an auditorium, plus 1 bus loading space for each 100 students or portion thereof. 5 spaces for each classroom, plus 1 space for each 75 sq. ft. in assemble rooms and auditoriums, plus 1 bus loading space for each 100 students or portion thereof. |
Single family, two family, and townhouse dwelling | 2 spaces per unit |
Skating rink, dance hall, and public auction house | 1 space per 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Undertaking establishments | 1 space per 50 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94; Am. Ord. 453, passed 7-18-19)
The City Council may, after receiving a recommendation from the Planning Commission, approve a conditional use permit for one or more businesses to provide the required off-street parking facilities by joint use of one or more sites where the total number of spaces provided are less than the sum of the total required for each business, if the following conditions are satisfactorily met:
(A) The building or use for which the application is being made to utilize the off-street parking facilities provided by another building or use shall be located within 300 feet of those parking facilities;
(B) The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the operating hours of the two buildings or uses for which joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed; and
(C) The provisions of other sections of this chapter are considered and satisfactorily met.
(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94)
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