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Planning Commission Staff Report <br />5/7/2025 – Parking Regulations – Possible Zoning Code Amendments <br />Page 3 <br />The Mounds View Vision <br />A Thriving Desirable Community <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2) Bowling alley <br /> <br />The full text of the current parking standard is: <br /> <br />At least five parking spaces for each alley, plus additional spaces as may be required herein for <br />related uses contained within the principal structure <br /> <br />I proposed leaving this standard as is, simplified in the table as 5 spaces per lane. Keeping <br />the language about related uses is good, since a bowling alley may have a separate <br />restaurant, store or other use that could generate parking demand beyond bowlers. <br />3) Religious institution, theater, auditorium <br /> <br />The full text of the parking standard is: <br /> <br />At least one parking space for each four seats, based on the design capacity of the main assembly <br />hall. Facilities, as may be provided in conjunction with such buildings or uses, shall be subject to <br />additional requirements which are imposed by this chapter <br /> <br />Most other cities have a standard of one per three seats, which I recommend. I <br />recommend keeping the text about other facilities or uses. The new standard would be: <br />At least one parking space for each four three seats, based on the design capacity of the main <br />assembly hall. Facilities, as may be provided in conjunction with such buildings or uses, shall be <br />subject to additional requirements which are imposed by this chapter <br /> <br />4) Community center, physical culture studio, library, private club, lodge, museum, art gallery <br /> <br />This is another use that is a combination of several uses and may be a bit unwieldy. The <br />full text of the current parking standard is: <br />Ten spaces, plus one for each 150 square feet in excess of 2,000 square feet of floor area in the <br />principal structure <br /> <br />There is a range of standards in other cities, with different criteria used. I suggest going <br />back to a simple standard based on square feet: <br />Three spaces for each 1,000 square feet of floor area <br /> <br />This has been simplified in the table as: <br />3/1000 <br /> <br />5) Drive-in establishment and convenience food <br /> <br />The current parking standard is as follows, which I suggest keeping: <br /> <br />At least one space for each 40 square feet of gross floor area of dining or one parking space per <br />three seating spaces, whichever is greater, and one space for each 80 square feet of kitchen area <br />or one space per employee, whichever is greater