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Planning Commission Staff Report 5/7/2025 – Parking Regulations – Possible Zoning Code Amendments Page 2 The Mounds View Vision A Thriving Desirable Community The full text of code standards is usually condensed or abbreviated in the table. The first use in the table has the full text of the parking standard excerpted below, then the condensation or abbreviation we used in the table, for example: • Full text: Eight off-street parking spaces, plus one additional space for each 800 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet • Condensed: 8 + 12.5/k over 1,000 sq ft [where “k” = 1,000 sq ft] Refer to the Notes at the bottom of the table. Many standards are based on square footage, which is often per 1,000 square feet of floor area, or per employee. The existing and proposed standards are in one table, and some are color coded as noted: k = 1,000 sq ft; empl = employee; Dr = doctor Dark blue type = original Mounds View code text for auto/bus/bldg supply use Light blue type = proposed split of uses Green type = proposed standard, same as existing The first use in the table – auto repair, bus terminal, etc. – includes a number of different uses that in other codes are broken out into separate uses and standards. I have separated that use into two uses in the proposed standards (the dark blue is divided into the two light blue boxes). All other uses are as stated in the Mounds view code, although I have interpreted the uses in the other cities to fit with the uses listed in the Mounds view code – close but not exact in all cases. Summary Recommendations The attached table lists the current Mounds View parking standards (condensed), the proposed standard, and the standards from the other eight cities we surveyed. There are 14 uses listed (originally 13 – the first use is divided into two). Of these, nine uses would keep the same standard and five are proposed with new standards. A discussion of each is summarized below. 1) Auto repair, major bus terminal, taxi terminal, boats and marine sales and repair, bottling company, shop for a trade employing six or less people, garden supply store, building materials sales in structure This use is a mix of several different uses and is awkward in its current form. I propose separating out auto and boat repair as a separate use and keeping the rest as one use. The standards stay the same, just separated out: Major bus terminal, taxi terminal, bottling company, shop for a trade employing six or less people, garden supply store, building materials sales in structure 8 spaces plus 12.5 spaces per 1,000 sq ft over 1,000 sq ft Auto repair, boats and marine repair Two spaces per bay plus one per employee on the larger shift