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(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)