Ordinance 117ORDINANCE NO. 117
• CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, THE ZONING ORDINANCE
The City Council of the City of Chanhassen ordains as
follows:
SECTION 1. Article XXIV, entitled Off -Street Parking and
Loading is hereby amended as follows:
DIVISION 2. PARKING AND LOADING.
Section 20-1116. Scope. This division applies to off-street
parking and loading.
Section 20-1117. General Standards.
(1) Parking and loading shall be provided and maintained in
accordance with the following:
a. No change of use, tenancy or occupancy of a parcel of
land or building, including construction of a new
building or an addition to a building, which requires
• additional parking or loading spaces shall be allowed
until such additional parking or loading is approved and
furnished. Review may be required under the site and
building plan review procedures of Division 6 of this
ordinance.
b. Required parking and loading areas and the driveways pro-
viding access to them shall not be used for storage,
display, sales, rental or repair, of motor vehicles or
other goods or for the storage of inoperable vehicles or
snow.
c. Required parking and loading spaces shall be located on
the same development site as the use served. On -street
parking, if allowed in the vicinity of the site, cannot
be used to satisfy parking requirements. The city may
approve off-site parking if the city council finds the
following:
1. reasonable access shall be provided from the off-site
parking facilities to the use being served;
2. the parking shall be within four hundred (400) feet of
a building entrance of the use being served;
3. the parking area shall be under the same ownership
and merged into a single tax parcel as the site
served, under public ownership or the use of the
parking facilities shall be protected by a recorded
instrument, acceptable to the city;
4. failure to provide on-site parking shall not
encourage parking on the public streets, other pri-
vate property or in private driveways or other areas
not expressly set aside for such purposes; and
5. the off-site parking shall be maintained until such
time as on-site parking is provided or an alternate
off-site parking facility is approved by the city as
meeting the requirements of this ordinance.
d. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division to
the contrary, a land use may provide the required off-
street parking area for additional land uses on the same
development site if the following conditions are met:
1. because of the hours of operation of the respective
uses, their sizes and their modes of operation there
will be available to each use during its primary
hours of operation an amount of parking sufficient to
meet the needs of such use; and
2. the joint use of the parking facilities shall be pro-
tected by a recorded instrument, acceptable to the
city.
Section 20-1118. Design of Parking Stalls and Drive Aisles.
(1) Parking areas shall be designed in conformance with the
• following:
a. Parking stalls shall have a minimum paved dimension of
eight and one-half feet by 18 feet. Stall and aisle
dimensions shall be as noted below for the given angle:
Curb Stall
Angle Length Length Aisle
450 12.0' 18.0' 13.51*
600 10.0' 18.0' 18.5*
900 8.5' 18.0' 26' **
Parallel 20.0' 8.0' 22'
* One way aisles only.
** Aisles which are not between two rows of 900 angle parking
spaces may be 22 feet wide.
*** Dead end aisles must be provided with a 26' x 10'
unencumbered area at the end to facilitate vehicle turning
movement.
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(2) All parking areas except those serving one and two family
dwellings on local streets shall be designed so that cars
shall not be required to back into the street. If deemed
necessary for traffic safety, turn -around areas may be
required in one and two family dwellings.
(3) All parking and loading areas, aisles and driveways shall
be bordered with raised concrete curbs or equivalent
approved by the city.
(4) All parking, loading and driveway areas shall be surfaced
with asphalt, concrete or equivalent material approved by
the city.
(5) All parking stalls shall be marked with painted lines not
less than four inches wide in accordance with the approved
site and building plan.
(6) All parking lots shall provide islands for traffic control
as needed.
(7) All parking areas shall be properly maintained in a neat
and serviceable condition.
(8) Up to twenty five percent (25%) of the total number of
required spaces may be for compact cars and have minimum
paved dimensions as follows:
Angle Curb Length Stall Length
450 10.0' 16.0'
600 8.5' 17.5'
900 7.5' 16.0'
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a. Compact car parking may be provided if the following con-
ditions are met:
• 1. the parking area shall have a total size of at least
twenty (20) stalls;
2. compact car stalls shall be identified by appropriate
directional signs consistent with the city sign ordinance.
3. compact car stalls shall be distributed throughout the
parking area so as to have reasonable proximity to the
structure served but shall not have generally perferential,
locations such that their use by non -compact cars will be
encouraged;
4. the design of compact car areas shall to the maximum
feasible extent be such as to discourage their use by
non -compact cars; and
5. compact parking stalls shall not be permitted for high
turnover parking lots.
Section 20-1119. Computing Requirements. In computing the
number of parking spaces required, the following shall govern:
(1) "Floor space" means the gross floor area of the specific
use as defined by Article II.
(2) Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces
. required shall be construed to be the next largest whole
number.
(3) Parking standards for uses not specifically mentioned in
this division shall be determined by the city. The fac-
tors to be considered in such determination shall include
size of building, type of use, number of employees,
expected volume and turnover of customer traffic and
expected frequency and number of delivery or service
vehicles.
Section 20-1120. Yards. On-site parking and loading facili-
ties shall not be permitted in the required front yard, side yard
or rear yard.
Section 20-1121. Buffer Fences and Planting Screens. On-
site parking and loading areas near or abutting residential
districts shall be screened in conformance with the provisions of
Article XXV.
Section 20-1122. Access. Parking and loading space shall
have proper access from a public right-of-way. The number of
width of access drives shall be located to minimize traffic
congestion and abnormal traffic hazard.
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Section 20-1123. Lighting. All commercial, industrial, and
multi -family parking lots shall be lighted. Lighting shall use
• shielded fixtures and be directed away from the public right-of-
way and adjacent residential or agricultural districts.
Sufficient lighting shall be provided to illuminate all areas of
the parking lot to provide adequate levels of safety. To mini-
mize off-site impact, light levels as measured at the property
line shall not exceed one-half (i) foot candle as measured at the
property line.
Section 20-1124. Required Number of On-site Parking Spaces.
On-site parking areas of sufficient size to provide parking for
patrons, customers, suppliers, visitors, residents and employees
shall be provided on the premises of each use. The following
standards are minimum criteria. The city may increase the
requirements beyond the minimum based upon findings that, due to
proposed use and/or design, that additional parking demand is
anticipated. The number of required parking spaces shall comply
with the following:
(1) Calculating the number of spaces shall be in accordance
with the following:
a. if the number of off-street parking spaces results
in a fraction, each fraction of one-half or more
shall constitute another space;
• b. in churches and other places of public assembly in
which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or
other similar seating facilities, each twenty-four (24)
inches of such seating shall be counted as one seat for
the purpose of this division;
C. except in shopping centers or where joint parking
arrangements have been approved, if a structure con-
tains two or more uses, each use shall be calculated
separately in determining the total off-street
parking spaces required;
d. for mixed use buildings, parking requirements shall
be determined by the city based on the existing and
potential uses of the building. In cases where
future potential uses of a building will generate
additional parking demand, the city may require a
proof of parking place for the difference between
minimum parking requirements and the anticipated
future demand.
e. if warranted by unique characteristics and/or docu-
mented parking demand for similar developments, the
city may allow reductions in the number of parking
spaces actually constructed as long as the applicant
provides a proof of future parking plan. The plan
• must show the location for all minimum required
parking spaces in conformance with applicable setback
requirements. The city may require installation of
the additional parking spaces whenever a need arises.
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f. one handicapped parking stall shall be provided for
each fifty (50) stalls. Handicapped parking spaces
• shall be in compliance with the Uniform Building Code
and state law;
g. the parking requirement for uses not listed in this
division may be established by the city based on the
characteristics of the use and available information
on parking demand for such use.
(2) The minimum number of required on-site parking spaces for
the following uses shall be:
a. Assembly or exhibition hall, auditorium, theater or
sports arena - One (1) parking space for each four (4)
seats, based upon design capacity.
b. Auto sales, trailer sailes, marine and boat sales,
implement sales, garden supply store, building
materials sale, auto repair - One (1) parking space for
each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area.
c. Automobile service station - Four (4) parking spaces,
plus two (2) parking spaces for each service stall;
such parking spaces shall be in addition to parking
space required for gas pump areas.
d. Bowling Alley - Seven (7) parking spaces for each
• bowling lane.
e. Churches - One (1) parking space for each three (3)
seats, based on the design capacity of the main seating
area, plus one (1) space per classroom.
f. Dwelling:
1) Single Family - Two (2) parking spaces, both of
which must be completely enclosed. No garage shall
be converted into living space unless other accep-
table on-site parking space is provided.
2) Development in R-4, R-8 and R-12 Districts:
a) Efficiency Units - Two (2) stalls, one (1) of
which must be completely enclosed in a
garage.
b) One -Bedroom and Larger Units - Two (2) stalls,
one and one-half (11) which must be completely
enclosed in a garage.
3) Garage stalls for multi -family buildings containing
more than twenty (20) dwellings must be placed
• underground or attached to the primary structure.
The City may allow free standing garage stalls only
when the applicant demonstrates that the architec-
tural design of the building results in an inability
to accommodate all the stalls under the building and
• when the majority of this requirement is met with
underground parking.
4) In multi -family rental buildings, the use of at
least one enclosed stall shall be included in the
lease or rental rate of each apartment. In
multi -family owner -occupied buildings at least
one enclosed stall shall be included in the sales
price of each home.
5) The City may apply a decreased parking requirement
for senior/housing projects or other residences
which, by their nature, should generate decreased
parking demands.
6) One visitor parking stall shall be provided for each
four dwellings.
g. Financial institution - One (1) space for each two
hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor space.
h. Furniture or appliance store - One (1) space for each
four hundred (400) feet of floor space.
i. Hospitals and nursing homes - One (1) space for every
• two (2) beds, plus one (1) space for every two (2)
employees on the largest single shift.
j. Manufacturing or processing plant - One (1) off-street
parking space for each employee on the major shift and
one (1) off-street parking space for each motor vehicle
when customarily kept on the premises.
k. Medical and dental clinics and animal hospitals - One
(1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150)
square feet of floor area.
1. Mortuaries - One (1) space for every three (3) seats.
M. Motel or hotel - One (1) parking space for each rental
room or suite, plus one (1) space for every two (2)
employees.
n. Office buildings (administrative, business or pro-
fessional) - Buildings under 49,999 square feet - 4.5
stalls per 1000 square feet gross floor area;
buildings from 50,000 - 99,999 square feet - 4 stalls
per 1000 square feet gross floor area, and; buildings
over 100,000 square feet - 3.5 stalls per 1000 square
feet gross floor area.
• o. Public service buildings, including municipal adminis-
trative buildings, community center, public library,
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museum, art galleries, and post office - One (1)
parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet
of floor area in the principal structure, plus one (1)
parking space for each four (4) seats within public
assembly or meeting rooms.
p. Recreational facilities, including golf course, country
club, swimming club, racquet club, public swimming
pool - Twenty (20) spaces, plus one (1) space for each
five hundred (500) square feet of floor area in the
principal structure or two (2) spaces per court.
q. Research, experimental or testing stations - One (1)
parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet
of gross floor area within the building, whichever is
greater.
r. Restaurant, cafe, nightclub, tavern or bar:
1) Fast food - One (1) space per sixty (60) square
feet of gross floor area.
2) Restaurant:
a) Without full liquor license - One (1) space per
sixty (60) square feet of gross floor area or
one (1) space per two and one-half (21) seats
whichever is greater.
b) With full liquor license - One (1) space per
fifty (50) square feet of gross floor area or
one (1) space per two (2) seats whichever is
greater.
s. Retail stores and service establishments - One (1)
space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross
floor area.
t. School, elementary (public, private or parochial) - One
(1) parking space for each classroom or office room,
plus one (1) space for each one hundred fifty (150)
square feet of eating area including aisles, in any
auditorium or gymnasium or cafeteria intended to be
used as an auditorium.
U. School, junior and senior high schools and colleges
(public, private or parochial) - Four (4) parking
spaces for each classroom or office r000m plus one (1)
space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of
seating area including aisles, in any auditorium or
gymnasium or cafeteria intended to be used as an audi-
torium.
V. Shopping center - On-site
provided in a ratio of not
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automobile parking shall be
less than one (1) parking
(200) square feet of gross
floor area; separate on-site space shall be provided
for loading and unloading.
W. Storage, wholesale, or warehouse establishments - One
(1) space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of
gross floor area up to ten thousand (10,000) square
feet and one (1) additional space for each additional
two thousand (2,000) square feet plus one (1) space for
each company vehicle operating from the premises. If
it can be demonstrated by the applicant that the number
of employees in the warehouse or storage area will
require less than the required number of spaces, and if
the applicant shall submit a letter to the city
assuring that if there is to be any increase in
employees, the applicant agrees to provide additional
parking area, the city may approve a lesser number of
parking spaces.
x. Day care centers, one stall for each six (6) children
of design capacity.
This ordinance shall be effective immediately
upon its passage and publication.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen this
8th day of January-, 1990.
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Don Ashworth, City Manager
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
Affidavit of Publication
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESO,A
Southwest Suburban Publishing
ORDINANCE
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State of Minnesota
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LOADING STANDARDS
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On January 8, 1990, the Chanhassen
City Council adopted amendments to the
County of Carver
Zoning Ordinance pertaining to off-street
parking and loading requirements. This
ordinance provides details regarding the
location, construction and required number
Stan Rolfsrud, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is the publisher of the newspaper known as the Carver County
of parking stalls for development within
Herald and the Chanhassen Villager and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows:
the City. This summary is being pub-
(A) This newspaper has complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal newspaper, as provided
lished in lieu of publication of the entire
by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as amended.
ordinance. A printed Dopy of the ordi-
nance is available for inspection by any
(B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No. ,was published on
person during regular office hours at the
the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said Notice is hereby incorporated as part
office of the City Clerk at Chanhassen
of this Affidavit. Said notice was cut from the columns of the newspaper specified. Printed below is a copy of the
City Hall, 1690 Coulter Drive, Chanhas-
lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used
sen, Minnesota.
in the composition and publication of the Notice:
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aisles, directs where they could be ap-
propriately located on a site and estab-
lishes the minimum number of stalls
required for individual developments.
By:
Ordinance amendments,, will also pro-
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vide for new definitions of single, two
family, quad, townhome and multi-fam-
Subscribed and sworn before me on
iiy 'dwellings. The ordinance requires
that multi -family housing located in the
R-4, R-8, and R-12 Districts have 1 1/2
dwelling re-
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Enforcement of this ordinance shall
be subject to the provisions of the zoning
ordinance. This ordinance is in full force
Laurie A. Hartmann, Notary Public
commencing on the date of publication
of this summary.
Don Ashworth
RATE INFORMATION
City Manager
Published in the Chanhassen Villager
Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space ............................ $6.68 per column inch
Thursday, February 1, 1990; No. 313)
Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter.......................................................... $6.68 per column inch
Rate actually charged for the above matter.......................................................................... $5.56 per column inch