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TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
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TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
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§ 159.303 VACATION HOME RENTAL/SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
   The regulations regarding vacation home rental/short-term rental shall be as follows:
   (a)   Maximum occupancy shall not exceed three people per bedroom.
   (b)   The vacation home rental/short-term rental shall register with the state of South Dakota as a vacation home.
   (c)   Minimum off-street parking requirements shall be one parking space per guest bedroom.
   (d)   The contact information for the owner and any manager of the vacation home rental/short-term rental shall be provided to the Planning and Development Services Department. Any changes in ownership or management shall require new contact information be submitted to the Planning and Development Services Department.
   (e)   The contact information for the owner and manager shall be clearly posted both inside and outside of the vacation home rental/short-term rental.
(Ord. 98-23, passed 10-24-2023)
PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
§ 159.315 LOCATION.
   All parking required by this subchapter shall be located in conformance with the following requirements:
   (a)   The parking lot shall be set back a minimum of 15 feet from the front property line; and
   (b)   Parking spaces for all structures shall be located on the same site as the structure the parking is intended to serve; except that by conditional use permit, parking may be located within 300 feet of the use it is intended to serve.
(1992 Code, App. C, § 16.01) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)
§ 159.316 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
   Off-street parking for specific uses shall be required as follows:
Use
Required Spaces
Use
Required Spaces
All nonresidential buildings, except those specified below
1 space for each 300 square feet of floor area
Auditoriums, theaters, other places of public assembly
1 parking space for each 4 seats
Bowling alley
3 spaces per alley
Church or temple
1 parking space for each 4 seats in the main auditorium
Community center, library, museum or similar public or semi-public buildings
10 parking spaces plus 1 additional space for each additional 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet
Hospital
1.5 parking spaces for each bed
Hotel or motel
5 parking spaces plus 1 space for each sleeping room or suite
Manufacturing or industrial establishments, research or testing laboratory, bottling plant, warehouse or other similar establishments
2 parking spaces for each 3 employees on the maximum shift, plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith
Medical office building
Buildings in which 20% or more of the gross area is occupied by members of healing profession; 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of the gross area used for medical purposes
Mortuary
1 space for each 50 square feet of floor area in slumber rooms or 1 for each four seats in chapel, whichever is greater
Multiple dwellings
1.5 spaces for each dwelling unit of one bedroom or less; 2 spaces for each dwelling unit of 2 bedrooms or more
Multiple dwellings for the elderly and handicapped
0.75 spaces for each dwelling unit
Other retail uses
1 parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area except for planned shopping centers of 100,000 square feet of floor area or more who may reduce their requirement to 1 space for each 400 square feet of floor area
Personal services
1 parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area
Private club or lodge
1 parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area
Restaurant, bar, café or recreation or amusement establishment Not specified herein
1 parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area or 1 parking space per 3 fixed seats, whichever is greater
Retail stores selling furniture, appliance or home improvement products (i.e. carpet, paint, wallpaper and the like)
1 parking space for each 600 square feet of floor area
Rooming and boardinghouses, sororities and fraternities
1 space per 2 beds
Sanitarium or institutional home
1 parking space for each 3 beds
School
   Colleges and universities
Because of the unique parking needs of colleges and universities, a permit application for new construction must include a parking study prepared by the applicant of the parking needs of the entire campus including the new use and the study must address a plan to meet the parking needs of the staff and students
   Elementary school
5 spaces plus 1 parking space for each teacher and staff member
   High schools
1 parking space for each 3 students based on the building’s design capacity
   Junior high school
25 spaces plus 1 parking space for each teacher and staff member.
Single-family and two-family dwellings
1 space for each dwelling unit
 
(1992 Code, App. C, § 16.02) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)
§ 159.317 RULES FOR COMPUTING PARKING SPACES.
   In computing the number of required off-street parking spaces, the following rules shall be applied:
   (a)   FLOOR AREA shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use, excluding any floor or portion thereof used for parking as herein defined;
   (b)   Where fractional spaces result, the number of parking spaces required shall be the nearest whole number;
   (c)   Whenever a building or use constructed or established after March 27, 1970, is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, parking spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change;
   (d)   Whenever a building or use existing prior to March 27, 1970, is reconstructed or is enlarged to the extent of 20% or more in floor area, the building or use in its entirety shall than and thereafter comply with the parking requirements set forth herein. Any enlargement or change in use of less than 20% of the gross floor area shall be provided with parking based on the enlargement or change.
(1992 Code, App. C, § 16.03) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)
§ 159.318 MINIMUM IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.
   Driveways, parking lots and loading/unloading areas shall conform with the following improvement and maintenance standards:
   (a)   (1)   Any driveways, parking lots or loading/ unloading areas in a commercial or industrial zoning district shall be constructed with a hard surface when the property is accessed from a hard surface road.
      (2)   Hard surfacing shall consist of:
         A.   Concrete;
         B.   Asphalt;
         C.   Crushed asphalt. Crushed asphalt shall be applied to the following specifications:
            1.   A minimum of three inches packed gravel base;
            2.   Recycled asphalt packed to four and one-half inches;
            3.   Chip seal shall be applied two times; and
            4.   Two to four inches of hot mix asphalt shall be applied when the recycled asphalt material begins to breakdown
      (3)   Exception: Truck terminals, heavy equipment display, service and rental, concrete and paving plants, construction yards and similar establishments need not hard-surface areas maintained as maneuvering or parking/storage areas for heavy equipment when those areas are not adjacent to a front yard setback or otherwise screened from the public right-of-way.
   (b)   If a driveway, parking lot or loading/ unloading area is not required to be hard surfaced as outlined in division (a) above, a gravel surface shall be provided. The gravel surface shall be maintained to a minimum thickness of at least four inches.
   (c)   Adequate provisions shall be made for the disposal of storm water from a driveway, parking lot or loading/unloading area and the owner shall ensure that the water does not flow onto adjoining property in a quantity or manner that would be detrimental thereto.
   (d)   An opaque fence, wall, berm or landscaping of a height and character necessary for adequate screening of the parking lot from adjacent residentially used property shall be provided. Where there is a difference in elevation between the property which needs the screening and the property receiving the benefit of the screening, the height of the screen barrier shall be measured on the high side.
   (e)   The entrances and exits to and from any parking lot shall be approved by the director. Proper directional signs shall be provided.
   (f)   The entrances and exits to and from any parking lot or loading/unloading area shall be approved by the director. Proper directional signs shall be provided.
(1992 Code, App. C, § 16.04) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002; Ord. 25-10, passed 3-15-2010)
§ 159.319 OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
   (a)   There shall be provided at the time any building is erected or structurally altered, off-street loading spaces in accordance with the following requirements:
      (1)   Office buildings.
 
5,000 to 25,000 sq. ft. of GFA*
One 12 ft. × 20 ft. loading space
25,001 to 50,000 sq. ft. of GFA
One 14 ft. × 35 ft. loading space
50,001 to 200,00 sq. ft. of GFA
Two 14 ft. × 35 ft. loading spaces
   Add one additional 14 ft. × 35 ft. loading space for each 75,000 square feet of gross floor area above 200,000 square feet
* GFA means gross floor area
 
      (2)   Retail or service establishment.
 
Less than 5,000 sq. ft. of GFA
One 12 ft. × 20 ft. loading space
5,001 to 20,000 sq. ft. of GFA
One 14 ft. × 35 ft. loading space
20,001 to 100,000 sq. ft. of GFA
Two 14 ft. × 35 ft. loading spaces
   Add one additional space for each 75,000 square feet of gross floor area above 1,000,000 square feet
 
      (3)   Wholesale, commercial use.
 
2,000 to 20,000 sq. ft. of GFA
One 14 ft. × 35 ft. loading space
20,000 to 100,000 sq. ft. of GFA
Two 14 ft. × 35 ft. loading spaces
   Add one additional space for each 75,000 square feet of gross floor area above 100,000 square feet
 
      (4)   Manufacturing or industrial use. One 14 ft. × 35 ft. space for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor area plus one 14 ft. × 35 ft. space for each portion thereof in excess of 50,000 square feet.
   (b)   Loading spaces are to be provided on each lot in compliance with the following requirements:
      (1)   The loading space shall be completely contained on the lot it is intended to serve;
      (2)   The loading space shall be arranged on the lot in such a way as to allow normal movement of traffic in and around the loading area; and
      (3)   No loading space shall be permitted to extend into any public right-of-way.
(1992 Code, App. C, § 16.05) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)
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