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(A) Residential uses.
USE | MINIMUM PARKING REQUIRED |
USE | MINIMUM PARKING REQUIRED |
Single family, townhouse, condo, two family, manufactured/mobile | Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit |
Group home, state licensed residential facility | Two (2) spaces for each five (5) beds offered for residence purposes |
Boarding house, bed & breakfast | Two (2) spaces plus one (1) for each guest room |
Day care facility - Residential | No spaces required when the facility serves no more than fourteen (14) persons. The dwelling is still subject to the minimum parking requirements provided in this section |
Day care facility - Non-Residential (serving no more than fourteen (14) persons) | No additional spaces required when facility serves no more than fourteen (14) persons |
Day care facility - Non-Residential (serving fifteen (15) or more persons) | One (1) space per five (5) persons served based on the facility's licensed capacity plus one (1) space for each employee or volunteer on the largest shift plus one (1) space for each business vehicle |
Multi-family structure (excluding senior housing) | Two (2) spaces for each unit, one (1) parking space for each efficiency unit |
Senior housing | One (1) space per dwelling unit |
Apartments attached to businesses | Two (2) spaces per unit |
(B) Institutional uses.
USE | MINIMUM PARKING REQUIRED |
Chemical dependent or similar group home | One (1) space for each three (3) residents plus one (1) for each staff member |
Community center | Parking shall be based on the uses within the building |
Hospital | One (1) space for each three (3) hospital beds plus one (1) for each employee on the largest shift. Bassinets shall not be counted as beds for the purpose of calculating the number of off-street parking spaces required |
Institutional group home | One (1) space for each four (4) residents allowed by city code |
Library, museum, art gallery | One (1) space for each three hundred fifty (350) square feet of floor area in the principal structure |
Nursing home, boarding care home | One (1) space for each ten (10) beds plus one (1) for each employee on the largest shift |
Playground, playfield | Two (2) spaces per acres of playground and forty (40) spaces for each playfield. When a public recreation site has more than one (1) use designation, the required parking spaces must be determined for each separately. The sum of those use requirements shall be the total number of spaces required. |
Post office, parcel delivery service | Ten (10) spaces plus one (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area devoted to office, processing or service plus one (1) space for each vehicle customarily kept on the premises |
Private club or lodge hall | One (1) space for each three (3) persons allowed within the maximum occupancy load as established by city, county or state fire building or health codes |
Religious institution | One (1) space for each three (3) seats based on the design capacity of the main assembly hall. Up to fifty percent (50%) of the required parking can be provided through a nonexclusive written agreement with the owner of another property located within two hundred (200) feet of an entrance to the religious institution which authorizes parking during times of worship or events conducted at the religious facility at times other than usual business hours on property which is an off-street parking lot which meets the design requirements of this chapter and satisfies the parking requirements for the use of the other property during ordinary business hours during the usual work week. |
School - elementary, junior high | Two (2) spaces per classroom |
School - high school, post secondary | One (1) space per staff member on the largest shift plus one (1) space for each five (5) students |
(C) Commercial uses.
USE | MINIMUM PARKING REQUIRED |
Bank | One (1) space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of usable floor area |
Beauty or barber shop | Two (2) spaces per seat plus one (1) space per employee on the largest shift |
Bowling alley | Five (5) spaces per lane. Other uses which are commonly associated with bowling alleys, such as restaurants and game rooms, will require additional parking and loading space, the number of which shall be determined by the parking requirements for those uses specified in this section. |
Business/trade school | One (1) space per student calculated by reference to the design of the school structure plus one (1) space for each classroom |
Car wash | Stacking for a minimum of three (3) vehicles per wash bay |
Club, lodge | One (1) space for each three (3) seats calculated by reference to the design of the facility plus one (1) space for every fifty (50) square feet of customer space in the dining and or bar areas |
Convenience store - with or without gas pumps | One (1) space per two hundred (200) feet of gross floor area plus one (1) space per two (2) employees on the largest shift. Other uses which are commonly associated with convenience stores, such as car washes, will require additional parking and/or stacking space, the number of which shall be determined by the parking requirements for those uses specified in this section. |
Convention/exhibition hall | One (1) space for each three (3) seats calculated by reference to the design of the facility |
Fast food establishment - with seating | One (1) space per three (3) patron seats plus one (1) space per two (2) employees on the largest shift plus seven (7) continuous spaces for vehicle stacking when a drive- through window is provided |
Fast food establishment - without seating | One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area plus one (1) space per two (2) employees on the largest shift plus seven (7) continuous spaces for vehicle stacking when a drive-through window is provided |
Food service, bakery | One (1) space for each twenty-five (25) square feet of customer floor area |
Funeral home | One (1) space for each five (5) seats plus one space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area not used for seating. If fixed seats are not provided, the requirement shall be one (1) space for every thirty five (35) square feet of seating area |
Furniture/home furnishing store | Two parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area for customer parking plus one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees |
Golf/archery driving range | One (1) space for each target or driving tee |
Golf course | Four (4) spaces for each golf hole plus one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of locker rooms and clubrooms. If the clubhouse contains dining and/or bar facilities, the parking requirements shall be the same as for a restaurant. |
Grocery store | Four (4) spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of usable floor area |
Hotel, motel | One (1) space for each guestroom. Any other use, such as restaurant and conference space, requires additional parking and loading spaces as determined by the parking requirements for those other uses specified in this section. |
Laundromat, coin operated cleaner | One (1) space for each four (4) machines |
Medical/dental clinic and/or office | Three (3) parking spaces for each staff doctor or dentist |
Miniature golf | Two (2) spaces per golf hole |
Motor vehicle sales establishment | One (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of usable floor area of sales room and two (2) spaces for each service stall and one (1) for each employee |
Motor vehicle service station (full service) | One (1) space per employee on the largest shift plus three (3) additional spaces for each service stall |
Office | One (1) space for every two hundred fifty (250) square feet of usable floor area |
Oil change station | One (1) space per employee on the largest shift plus stacking for two (2) additional vehicles per service stall |
Open sales / rental lot | One (1) space fore very two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of land which is to be used for sales and display area |
Restaurant, café | One (1) space per four (4) patron seats |
Retail store (except as otherwise specified herein) | Four (4) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area |
Skating/ice/roller rink | One (1) space for every three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area |
Sports/health club, swimming pool | One space for every two hundred (200) square feet of non- court area plus two (2) spaces per tennis or racquet ball court and one (1) space for every fifty (50) square feet of deck area for a swimming pool |
Tavern, dance hall, night club, lounge | One (1) space per three (3) seats plus one space for every employee on the largest shift |
Theater, auditorium, assembly hall, meeting hall | One (1) space for every four (4) seats plus one (1) space for every employee on the largest shift |
Veterinary office | Three (3) spaces per doctor plus one (1) space per employee on the largest shift |
(D) Industrial uses.
USE | MINIMUM PARKING REQUIRED |
Industrial/manufacturing establishment | Five (5) spaces plus one (1) space for each employee on the largest working shift, but not less than one (1) space per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area |
Wholesale/warehouse establishment | Four (4) spaces plus one (1) for each employee on the largest working shift |
Adult entertainment | One (1) space per employee on the largest shift plus one (1) space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area |
(E) If it can be demonstrated by a property owner through market studies or other means that the required off-street parking requirement is excessive and lesser requirements justifiable, the City Council may reduce the number of required spaces by passage of a resolution following review by the Planning Commission.
(F) Any use not specifically mentioned above shall meet the requirement of the use most clearly related to it as determined by the Zoning Administrator. If the Zoning Administrator is unable to identify a similar use, a determination shall be made by the City Council following review by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010; Am. Ord. 484, passed 12-21-2021)
(A) Should an existing building or structure be expanded, the required off-street parking requirements shall be adjusted upwards accordingly. No adjustment shall be made for downsizing of any building/structure or the change of a business to a lower zoning use.
(B) In the B-1 district, new buildings/structures, expansions of existing businesses, the off-street parking requirements may be met, upon City Council approval, by providing the actual parking spaces, by obtaining seasonal apartment parking permits, or by contributing to the City Parking Fund for each space or fraction of a space required. The off-street parking requirements can be met by any combination of actual spaces, seasonal apartment parking permits and contributed spaces, provided that the combination is equal to the theoretical amount of spaces required.
(C) The amount to be contributed to the City Parking Fund for each required parking space in lieu of an actual space is five hundred dollars ($500.00) per space.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010)
(A) Requirements.
(1) Location. All required loading berths shall be off-street and shall be located on the same lot as the building or use to be served. A loading berth shall not be located less than twenty-five (25) feet from the intersection of two (2) street rights-of-way; nor less than fifty (50) feet from a residential district unless within a building. Loading berths shall not occupy the required front yard set back space.
(2) Size. Unless otherwise specified in the zoning code, a required loading berth shall be not less than ten (10) feet in width, fifty (50) feet in length and fourteen (14) feet in height, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space.
(3) Access. Each required loading berth shall be located with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or public alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic.
(4) Surfacing. All loading berths and access ways shall be improved with a durable material to control the dust and drainage according to a plan approved by the City Engineer.
(B) Accessory use. Any space allocated as a loading berth or access drive so as to comply with the terms of the zoning code shall not be used for the storage of goods, inoperable vehicles or be included as a part of the space requirements necessary to meet the off-street parking area.
(C) Required minimum berths.
(1) Requirements.
(a) Non-residential uses having ten thousand (10,000) square feet or more. For ten thousand (10,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet floor area, one (1) loading berth; for each additional thirty thousand (30,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof above one-fourth (1/4), one (1) additional loading berth. For a building having twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or less, the length of the berth may be reduced to twenty-five (25) feet.
(b) Retail sales, office public administration building, hospitals, schools, hotels, and similar uses. For such a building having ten thousand (10,000) to two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of floor area, one (1) off-street loading berth fifty (50) feet in length and one (1) berth twenty-five (25) feet in length for each fifty thousand (50,000) square feet or fraction thereof.
(c) Manufacturing, fabrication, warehousing, storing, servicing, and similar establishments. For a building having ten thousand (10,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet floor area, one (1) loading berth fifty (50) feet in length and one (1) additional berth for each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet or fraction thereof above one-fourth (1/4), and one (1) berth twenty-five (25) feet in length for each thirty-five thousand (35,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.
(2) Other businesses. Upon receiving an application for a particular use a for a parcel or building which is not adequately provided for by the above categories mentioned and which, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, is to receive or distribute goods or services which will necessitate the use of trucking to the extent that special consideration should be given to the request, such application shall be referred to the Council for determination.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010) Penalty, see § 150.99
(A) The height limitations imposed by other sections of the zoning code shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) when applied to the following structures:
(1) Church spires;
(2) Belfries;
(3) Water towers;
(4) Flag poles;
(5) Smoke stacks;
(6) Cooling towers;
(7) Elevators; and
(8) Elevator penthouse.
(B) Canopies over motor fuel dispensing islands at all types of businesses offering the sale of motor fuels.
(C) Heights in excess of those allowed under this section shall be permitted only by a conditional use permit granted by resolution of the City Council determining that such structure would not be dangerous and would not adversely affect the adjoining or adjacent property.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010))
In any R district where the front yard of an existing principal structures, adjacent to the lot in question, are lesser that the minimum required by code, the minimum front yard of the lot in question shall be the average of the two (2) adjacent structures. In the case where there is only one (1) adjacent structure with a lesser front yard, the required front yard for the lot in question shall be the average of the existing adjacent structure and the minimum front yard setback required. In no case shall the required front yard setback be less than fifteen (15) feet.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010)
The city is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the Zoning Code. Any person, firm, corporation, or other body that violates any of the provisions of the codes shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon the conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine and/or imprisonment as allowed by the state statutes. Each day that a violation continues may constitute a separate offense. Violations of the codes can occur regardless of whether or not a permit is required for a regulated activity pursuant to the ordinances. (M.S. §§ 609.03 and 609.033)
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010)