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ORDINANCE NO. 716
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
THE CITY OF STILLWATER CITY CODE, CHAPTER 31.01
OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING
This ordinance provides for the procedure to be used and the standards to
be applied when determining regulations for Off Street Parking and Loading
requirements. The purpose of the regulations contained in the ordinance
is to reduce street congestion and traffic hazards in the City of
Stillwater and to add to the safety and convenience of its citizens, by
incorporating adequate, attractively designed, and functional facilities
for off-street parking as an integral part of every use of land in the
City.
2. A printed copy of the ordinance is available for inspection by any person
during the regular office hours of the City Clerk, and during regular
office hours at the Stillwater Public Library.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication according to law.
Adopted by the City Council this 21st day of November, 1989.
--~ MAYOR
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CITY CLE~
Published: December 14, 1989
ORDINANCE NO.
716
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE,
STILLWATER CITY CODE § 31.01, SUBDIVISION 24,
"OFFSTREET PARKING AND LOADING"
The City Council of the City of Stillwater, Minnesota, does
ordain:
1. Amending. The Stillwater City Code § 31.01, Subd. 24,
is hereby deleted and a new Subd. 24 is hereby added that shall
read as follows:
"Subd. 24. OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING
Subd. 1 . PARKII7G.
1. Purpose. The purpose of the regulations contained herein is
to reduce street congestion and traffic hazards in the City
of Stillwater and to add to the safety and convenience of
its citizens, by incorporating adequate, attractively
designed, and functional facilities for off-street parking
as an integral part of every use of land in the City.
2. General Provisions. At the time any building or structure
is constructed or erected or modified, there shall be
provided, on the same site, for the use of the occupants,
guests, clients, customers or visitors there of, off-street
.parking spaces for vehicles in accordance with the
requirements herein.
3. Number of Parking Spaces Required. Where the computation or
required parking spaces produces a fractional result,
fractions of one-half (1/2) or greater shall require one (1}
full pazking space.
Art Gallery 1 for each 500
square feet of
floor area.
Automobile boat or machinery sales 1 for each
(office and service bay areas shall 1,000 square feet
provide parking at those rates) floor area.
Banks 1 for each 200
swore feet of
floor azea.
Bed and Breakfasts. 1 per guest room
2 for manager.
Beauty Parlor 3 spaces per
chair.
Billiard pazlors. 2 spaces per
table.
Boarding homes for the aced. 1 for each 5 beds,
plus 1 for each
employee on the
shift with maximum
personnel.
Bowling alleys. 6 for each lane.
Business and professional offices 1 €or each 300
excluding medical and dental offices square feet of
floor area.
Children's homes. 1 for each 5 beds,
plus 1 for each
employee.
Churches. 1 for each 3 seats
in the main
sanctuary.
Convenient Stores 5 per 1,000 square
feet of gross
floor area.
Dance halls and assembly halls 2 for each 3
without fixed seats, exhibition persons of
halls design occupancy
loa3.
Daycare Centers 1 space per S
children plus 1
space per staff
person.
Drive-In food establishments 1 for each 100
square feet of
gross floor area,
with drive through
facility add 10
stacking spaces
for drive in
window, with a
minimum of 5
spaces designated
for the ordering
station.
Family day-care and Foster 1 for every 5
family homes. guests plus 1 for
eacki employee on
the shift with the
maximum number of
personnel.
Funeral homes, mortuaries. 1 for each 5 seats
of the aggregate
number of seats
provided in all
assembly rooms.
Furniture and appliance stores. 1 for each 400
square feet of sales floor area.
Flealth Club One space per 100
square feet of
gross floor area.
Hospitals. 1 for each 2 beds
plus 1 for each
employee on the
shift with the
maximum number of
personnel.
Hotels, motels. 1 for each unit,
plus 1 for the
resident owner or
manager (plus 1/2
of required
parking for
related activities
such as
restaurants,
lounges and retail
shops.)
Institutions for the aged. 1 for every 5
guests, plus one
for each employee
on the shift with
the maximum number
of personnel.
Manufacturing plants, research 1 for each 325 or
or testing laboratories, bottling feet if floor area
plants, furniture repairs. or 1 for each
employee,
whichever is
greater.
Marinas 1 space per 3
slips and
additional parking
for launch ramps
and dry storage.
Pledical and dental clinics and 1 for each 200
offices. square feet of
gross floor area;
but need not
exceed an average
of five spaces per
practitioner.
Medical (or convalescent) hospitals. 1 for each 5 beds,
plus 1 for each
employee on the
shift with
the maximum number
of personnel.
Nursing homes. ]. for every 5
guests, plus 1 for
resident manager,
plus 1 for each
employee on the
shift with the
maximum number of
personnel.
Private clubs. Parking spaces
E q'1:.1 t0 the uses
that ta.e place
within the
f a^iiity (i.e.,
restaurant,
bar. / lour,g e ,
meeting room, etc.
Residential uses.
Single Family/Duplex, townhouses. 2 spaces per
dwelling unit of
which 1 is
covered.
Multi-family, apartments. 1.5 per unit; with
1 covered plus one
space per 3 units
for guest parking.
Restaurants, bars, or 1 for each 120
nightclubs which may square feet of
include dancing as a secondary floor area up to
5,000 square feet
1 for each 100
square feet of
restaurant area
over 5,000 square
feet.
Retail stores, shops service 1 for each 200
establishments, other than feet of gross
furniture and appliance stores. floor area.
Schools-elementary and junior 3 per classroom.
high;
High schools; 1 for each four
students based on
design capacity
plus 3 per
classroom.
Colleges (business, beauty, etc.) 1 for each
and universities. employee plus 1
for each 3
students.
Self-service laundry and dry 1 for each 200
cleaning establishments. feet of floor
area.
Service stations. 3 for each
lubrication or
service bay, plus
1 for each
employee on the
day shift.
Sports arenas, auditoriums, 1 for each 3 seats
assembly halls, and meeting of maximum seating
rooms. capacity.
Theaters. 1 for each 3 seats
for the first 350
seats; plus 1 for
each 5 additional
seats.
Wholesale establishments, ware- 1 for each 1,000
houses, service and maintenance square feet floor
centers. area.
Onspecified uses of buildings, Where the parking
structures, or premises. requirement for a
particular use is
not specifically
established in
this Section, the
parking
requirements for
each 'use shall be
determined by the
City Council.
such determination
shall be based
upon the
requirements for
similar uses.
4. Variations to Requirements.
a. Alternative Provisions.
requirements of this Part
satisfied if:
The off-street parking
shall be considered
1. The property being occupied is a part of a
parking district which has been duly
formed under the provisions of the
Municipal Code; and
2. A specific development plan for an area
has been adopted and contains parking
standards which supersede those contained
in this section or
3. The required parking spaces and street
access are permanently provided within
three hundred (300) feet of the parcel,
and a maintenance and management plan
indication the useful €unctioning of such
parking is submitted and approved by the
Community Development Director. Not more
than sixty percent (60~) of the required
parking may be provided off the site.
b. Cooperative Parking Facilities. The
requirements for the provisions of parking
facilities, with respect to two (2) or more
property uses of the same or different types,
may be satisfied by the permanent allocation of
the required number of spaces for each use in a
common parking facility, located within three
hundred (300) feet of all such participating
property uses and cooperatively established and
operated. In the case of a cooperative parking
facility which is designed to satisfy the
parking requirements of:
1. From two to four (2 to 4) independent
property uses, a reduction of not more
than five percent (5%) of the total number
of required spaces shall be allowed.
2. From five to seven (5 to 7) independent
property uses, a reduction of not more
than ten percent (10%) of the total number
of required spaces shall be allowed.
3. Eight (S) or more independent property
uses, a reduction of not more than twenty
percent (20%) of the total number of
required spaces shall be allowed.
c. Shared Parking Facilities. Parking facilities
^iay be shared by two (2) or more commercial uses
if their entrances are located within three
hundred (300) feet of each other and if their
k~ours of operation do not coincide, provided
they:
1. Receive special use and design permits so
that design criteria are met and
conditions of use may be established along
with periodic review.
2. Submit a written document guaranteeing
maintenance, hours of operation., and
specifying length of agreement.
3. Demonstrate how the shared parking
arrangement will fulfill the intent of
this section.
d. Parking Requirements for Nonconforming
Structures of Uses. In the case of structures
in any district, which are reconstructed,
enlarged, structurally altered, changed in
occupancy to a more intensive use category, or
otherwise increased in capacity, off-street
parking shall be provided only for that portion
of structures or use constituting the increase
in capacity; except that no additional parking
need be provided for non-residential uses, if
the increased capacity results in an increase of
four (4) or fewer off-street parking spaces.
5. Miscellaneous Requirements.
a. Parking Limit. The City may establish a maximum
parking limit where the development proposal exceeds
City standards for the number of parking spaces
required.
b. Parking Use. Parking areas shall be used for vehicle
parking only with no sales, dead storage, repair work,
dismantling of any kind.
c. Existing off-street parking spaces and loading spaces
shall not be reduced in number unless said number
exceeds the requirements set forth for the use.
d. Facilities for the Handicapped. Handicapped parking
spaces shall be nineteen feet long by twelve feet wide
( 19' X 12'). Parking facilities spec ifieally
designed, located, and reserved for vehicles licensed
by the State for use by the handicapped, shall be
provided in each parking facility of ten (10) or more
spaces, according to the following table:
Maximum Number of Spaces Required
Total Handicapped
1 to 50 1
51 to 100 2
101 to 150 3
151 to 200 4
200 + 1 per 50 or fraction thereof
e. Parking Lots in Residential Districts. When in its
opinion the best interests of the community will be
served, the City Council may permit, temporarily or
permanently, the use of land in a residential
district, other and a One-Family District, for a
parking lot where the land abuts or is across the
street form a district other than a residential
district, provided that:
1. The lot is to be used only for parking of
passenger automobiles of employees, customers or
guests of the person or firm controlling and
operating the lot, who shall be responsible for
its maintenance.
2. No charge is to be made for parking on the lot.
3. The lot is not to be used for sales, repair work
or servicing of any kind.
4. Entrance to and exit from the lot are to be
located on the lot.
5. No advertising sign or material is to be located
on 'the lot.
6. All parking is to be kept back of the setback
building line by barrier unless otherwise
specifically authorized by the City Council.
7. The parking lot and that portion of the driveway
back or the setback line is to be adequately
screened from the street and form adjoining
property in a residential district by a hedge or
sightly fence or wall not less than six feet
high and not more than eight feet high located
back of the setback line. A11 lighting is to be
arranged so that there will be no glare
there€rom annoying to the occupants of adjoining
property in a residential district and surfacing
of the parking lot is to be smoothly graded,
hard surfaced and adequately drained.
8. Such other conditions as may be deemed necessary
by the City Council to protect the character of
the residential district.
6. Design Requirements.
a. Parking Space. Each parking space shall be at least 9
feet in width and 18 feet in length exclusive of an
adequately designed system of access drives.
Driveways for two way traffic shall be 24 feet.
b. Parking Facility Layout. There shall be no of€-street
parking spaces located within 15 feet of any street
right of way or 10 feet of any property line exept in
the Central Business District where it may be allowed
with and approved design permit.
c. Access to Spaces or Facilities.
a. Driveway Design Standards.
1. Driveways shall be designed to conform
with existing contours to the maximum
extent feasible.
2. Driveways shall enter public/private
streets in such a manner as to maintain
adequate line of sight.
d. Aisles. Circulation aisles necessary for maneuvering
within a parking facility shall be designed so that
vehicles do not back out into a street, sidewalk or
other public way, other than a residential alley. In
general, double-loaded aisles are preferred to single-
loaded aisles.
e. Curbing. All commercial, industrial or multifamily
residential parking lots with five (5) or .more spaces
shall have continuous concrete curbing around the
entire parking lot.
f. Border Barricades. Every parking facility containing
angled or 90 degree parking spaces adjacent to a
street right-of-way shall, except at entrance and exit
drives, be developed with a solid curb or barrier
along such street right-of-way line; or shall be
provided with a suitable concrete barrier at least six
(6) inches in height and located not less than two (2)
feet form such street right-of-way line. Such wall,
fence, curb, or barrier shall be securely installed
and maintained.
g, Surfacing. All off-street parking facilities shall be
surfaced with a minimum of five (5) inches of
concrete, or one and one-half (1-1/2) inches of
asphalt overlying four (4} inches of base rock except
temporary off-street parking facilities, which may be
surfaced by placement of a single bituminous surface
treatment upon an aggregate base, which bituminous
treatment and base shall be subject to the approval of
the Director of Public Works. All off-street parking
shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all
surface water form within the area; in no case shall
such drainage be allowed to cross sidewalks.
h. Marking. Parking spaces within a facility shall be
clearly painted and delineated.
i. Lighting. Any lights provided to illuminate any
parking facility permitted by this Title shall be
arranged so as to re€lect the light away from any
adjacent properties, streets, or highways.
j. Landscaping and Screening.
2. Landscaping shall be provided in new parking-lot
construction and reconstruction. Landscaping is
employed to diminish the visibility and impact
of parked cars by screening and visually
separating them from surrounding activities and
the street; to provide shade and relief from
paved areas; to channel the flow of traffic and
generally contribute to good site design.
Trees, schrubs, ground cover and earth bearing
shall be used for lot landscaping.
2. Every parking facility abutting property located
in residential districts shall be separated from
such property by a wall, planter, or a view-
obscuring fence; or a raised landscaped mound of
earth, sand, stones, or the like; or by a
permanently maintained compact evergreen hedge;
or a combination of any of the preceding
treatments. Such screening devices shall be six
(6) feet in height, measured from the grade of
the finished surface of such parking facility,
along the abutting residential property; except
that such
SUbd. 2. LOADING.
OFF-STREET LOADING FACILITIES.
1. Purpose. To reduce street congestion and traffic hazards
and to add to the safety and convenience of the community;
adequate, attractively designed, and functional facilities
for off-street loading shall be incorporated as necessary in
conjunction with new uses of land in the City.
2. General Provisions. For every building hereafter erected,
which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage,
warehouse, retail and/or wholesale store, market, hotel,
hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses
similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles
of material nd merchandise, off-street loading areas shall
be provided in accordance with the requirements herein.
3. Required Areas.
a. Gross Floor Area Required Loading Spaces
10,000 to 24,999 sq. ft. 1
25,000 to 49,999 sq. ft. 2
For each additional 50,000
square feet or major fraction
thereof. 1
b. Each loading space shall be not less than ten (10)
feet in width, thirty (30) feet in length and with an
overhead clearance of fourteen (14) feet.
c. Such space may occupy all or any part of any required
yard or court space, except front and exterior side
yards; and shall not be located closer than fifty (50)
feet to any lot in an R-District; unless inside a
structure or separated from such district by a wall
not less than eight (8) feet in height, provided a
conditional fence permit is approved. "
2. In all other ways, the City Code shall remain in full
force and effect.
3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and publication according to law.
Adopted by the City Council this 21st day of November ,
1989.
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Wa~brahamson, Mayor
Attest:
1.
Mary Lo Johnson, ity Clerk
Published: December 14 1989