The following minimum number of off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided and maintained.
Use | Number of Parking Spaces to be Required |
Use | Number of Parking Spaces to be Required |
Single-family dwelling and two-family dwelling | 2 spaces per dwelling unit |
Multi-family dwelling | 2 free spaces per dwelling unit |
Boarding house, fraternity house, sorority house | 2 spaces for each 3 persons (for whom accommodations are provided for sleeping) |
Elderly housing | .5 space per unit |
Baseball fields, stadiums | 1 space for each 8 seats |
Schools | As required by the Minnesota Department of Education |
Public parks and playgrounds | As required by the Planning Commission |
Church, theater, auditorium or gymnasiums | 1 space for each 4 seats of main assembly hall |
Skating rink, dance hall, and public auction house | 1 space per 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Miniature golf course, archery range, golf driving range | 10 spaces respectively |
Hospital | 2 spaces per bed |
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 |
Undertaking establishments | 1 space per 50 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Motels, hotels | 1 space for each rental room plus the number of spaces required for a restaurant below |
Drive-in establishment and convenience food | 1 space for each 150 sq. ft. of gross floor area or number of stalls plus .5 stall for every employee |
Bowling alley | 5 spaces per lane or alley |
Retail store and service establishment | 1 space per 250 sq. ft. of floor 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 |
Use | Number of Parking Spaces to be Required |
Use | Number of Parking Spaces to be Required |
Automobile service station (motor fuel station) | 4 spaces plus 2 spaces for each stall |
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 |
Car wash | |
Automatic drive through | 10 spaces |
Self-service | 2 spaces |
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. |
Manufacturing, fabricating or processing of a product or materials; warehouse, storage or post office | 1 space per 400 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
(L) Joint facilities. The Council may, after receiving a recommendation from the Planning Commission, approve a conditional use permit for 1 or more businesses to provide the required off-street parking facilities by joint use of 1 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:
(1) 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 such parking facilities;
(2) The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the operating hours of the 2 buildings or uses for which joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed;
(3) The provisions of other sections of this subchapter are considered and satisfactorily met.
(M) Off-street loading facilities. Loading space required under this subchapter shall be at least 50 feet long and 10 feet wide. The regulations of this subchapter are not applicable in the CBD District. Every lot used for commercial or industrial purposes and having a building or buildings with a total floor area of at least 10,000 square feet and every lot used for office or research purposes on which there is a building or buildings having a total floor area of at least 20,000 square feet shall be provided with an off-street loading space. An additional off-street loading space shall be required for lots used for commercial or industrial purposes where the floor area of all buildings exceeds 100,000 square feet.
(Prior Code, § 906.01) (Am. Ord. 2019-8-3, passed 8-13-2019)