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Item No: 08A <br /> Meeting Date: June 23, 2025 <br /> MOUN-DitSVtE:�W: Type of Business: Council Business <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and Mounds View City Council <br /> From: Evan Monson, AICP, Stantec, City Planner <br /> Phil Carlson, AICP, Stantec <br /> Item Title/Subject: Second Reading and Approval of Ordinance 1044 Amending Title <br /> XV, Chapter 160 of the Mounds View Municipal Code Relating to <br /> Off-Street Parking <br /> Request: Zoning Code Amendments <br /> Introduction: <br /> The City Council recently tasked the Planning Commission with reviewing the current parking <br /> regulations in the Zoning Code for commercial uses to determine if changes are needed. <br /> Requiring too much parking can lead to too much pavement being required for uses, which is an <br /> economic and environmental problem. Requiring too little parking can create issues between <br /> neighbors, and lead to congestion on local streets. <br /> Background: <br /> At the May 7th Planning Commission meeting, the Planning Commission directed staff to prepare <br /> draft amendments to revise the current parking standards for commercial uses. A draft ordinance <br /> was then recommended to the Council for approval by the Commission at the May 21 St Planning <br /> Commission meeting. The Council held the first reading on the item at the May 2711 Council <br /> meeting, and reviewed the draft again together with the Planning Commission at their Work <br /> Session meeting on June 2nd <br /> The consensus at the Work Session meeting was to keep the current requirements for places of <br /> worship, while amending the requirements for multifamily uses and restaurants. The draft <br /> ordinance includes these revisions; these are also identified later in this report. <br /> Overview: <br /> Staff reviewed the off-street parking requirements for commercial uses in other Twin Cities <br /> communities, and compiled potential changes into a draft ordinance. Each community has <br /> different requirements per use, and many communities categorize their uses differently from one <br /> another. The draft prepared by staff is meant to align the city's requirements closer to what is <br /> common in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. <br /> The changes made since June 2nd include the following: <br /> • Restaurants <br /> o Eating establishments are categorized as `Drive-in establishment and convenience <br /> food' or `Restaurant, cafe, private club serving food and/or drinks, bar, tavern, <br /> nightclub.' <br /> o Both above categories have the current language for parking requirements: At <br /> least one space for each 40 square feet of gross floor area of dining and bar area <br />