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City of Little Canada, Minnesota Ordinance AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 903.050 OF THE LITTLE CANADA CITY CODE, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, BY ESTABLISHING SURFACING REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING AREAS. The City Council of the City of Little Canada hereby ordains: Section 1. Section 903.050.D.8.k. is hereby amended to read as follows: k. Surfacing. All parking area plans shall be submitted to the city and are subject to the review and approval of the Building Official. The Building Official may refer the plans to other City staff for review. i. Driveway construction requires a permit, as established by Chapter 821 of the Little Canada City Code. ii. All areas intended to be utilized for parking space accessory to commercial, industrial, and attached housing, including associated driveways, shall be paved with asphalt, bituminous, modular pavers, or concrete to control dust and drainage. Other paving materials may be approved by the City Council. iv. For construction of new single family homes (including reconstruction of any home in which estimated construction cost is equal to, or greater than, the assessed valuation of the existing building) in all R -1 and R -2 districts, areas intended to be used for vehicle parking spaces and driveways shall comply with the paving requirement in paragraph k. iii. of this Section. v. Paving of any existing unpaved driveway shall be required at the time of construction of a new garage with access to the public street. vi. Paving of any existing unpaved driveway shall be required at the time of any driveway construction or reconstruction subject to the permitting regulations of this Section. vii. Parking areas and driveways for existing garages and /or homes shall in all cases be surfaced with a material suitable to control dust and drainage, minimizing erosion or siltation in the public street and /or stormwater system. A covering permitting growth of grass or weeds in the R -1 or R -2 districts does not constitute an acceptable surfacing material. Section 2. This Ordinal. II take effect and he in full force from and after its passage and publication.