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10/09/93 14:40 26271310 ARCADE ELECTRIC PAGE 02 Mayor and City Council 28 August 1979 Page Two 2. Zoning Code. Since the proposed use of the building is somewhat vague, the applicant was contacted for more details. While not all of the space has been spoken for, the following uses are proposed with some certainty: • Electrical contractor's office - this will be used for the applicant's business and includes office space, storage and a fabricating shop. • General contractor's office and shop. • Sign painter's shop. In addition, the outside storage area shown on the plans will be used to store trucks and /or trailers when they are not in use. While these uses are considered as being permitted in an industrial district, the City must also consider protection of the single family residential areas to the east and south. In this regard, it is felt that the City should pay particular attention to screening/landscaping and parking, a. Parking. According to the existing Zoning Ordinance, the parking require- ment or industrial property is two spaces per three employees or one per 1,000 square feet of floor area. Since no information has been supplied on numbers of employees, and it is likely to vary anyway, the requirement would be 9.3 spaces. However, between the uses that are proposed and the un- certainty of future uses, it is suggested that the City consider requiring parking for the highest potential use to which the building could be put. Although the current ordinance requirement for "other businesses" is one space per 150 square feet, past experience has shown that this requirement is somewhat excessive. As has been suggested by Midwest Planning in the past, a requirement of one space per 200 square feet is considered a more reasonable and up -to -date standard. The applicant has proposed 47 spaces for parking. Based upon one space per 200 square feet of floor area, the number of spaces required would be 46.5. As such parking is considered to be adequate. The current ordinance also states that "off -street parking will not be per- mitted in any front yard or side yard bordering on a street except in neighbor- hood business districts ". Based upon past discussion of this requirement, it has not been included in the new Zoning Ordinance draft which the City is in the process of reviewing. As such, the City must now make a policy decision as to whether to continue the old standard or approve the proposed standard. Page 51