HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017.06.05 ORD 2017-483 Amending Ordinances for ParkingORDINANCE 2017-483
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 90, ARTICLE V, ENVIORNMENTAL
PROTECTION, SECTION 90-181 LANDSCAPING, AND ARTICLE VI, SECTION 90-
222 DRIVEWAYS AND SECTION 90-253 PARKING AND LOADING AND TO
REPEAL SECTION 90-271 LARGE RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT PARKING AND
STORAGE
THE CITY OF HUGO ORDAINS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Hugo does hereby amend Chapter 90, Article V, to
amend Section 90-181 LANDSCAPING (n) (1) to state the following:
(1) The perimeter area of all parking and loading areas shall be landscaped. Landscaping
performed in parking and loading areas shall apply towards meeting the other landscaping
requirements of its zoning district. This perimeter area shall be a minimum of ten feet wide
where it abuts a public street and residentially zoned property and five feet wide at other areas.
The perimeter area shall be measured from the street right-of-way or lot line to back of curb.
Sidewalks shall not be included when determining the landscaping requirement for the perimeter
area. The perimeter area shall be covered with approved ground cover, as herein defined, and
include an average of at least one evergreen or shade tree per 30 feet of perimeter frontage, as
measured at the outer edge of the perimeter area. This does not require trees to be equally spaced
within the frontage area.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Hugo does hereby amend Chapter 90, Article VI, to
amend Section 90-222 DRIVEWAYS to state the following:
(d) Except in the Long Term Agricultural, Agricultural, Rural Residential, and Future Urban
Service zoning districts, all driveways in the city shall be paved with bituminous, concrete,
pavers, or other approved dustless and erosion -resistant material.
(e) Driveways shared by two or more separate parcels or lots of land may be permitted only by
conditional use permit. An access easement and maintenance agreement shall be recorded
against the properties that contain the shared driveway.
(1) Driveways must meet the minimum design requirements for the zoning district in which
they are located, as specified in this subsection. However, in no case shall the width of a
driveway exceed 35 percent of the lot width, as measured at the required front yard setback.
The following driveway widths shall be as measured at the right-of-way line:
Driveway Minimum Standards (in feet)
AG/LA RR UR MF C I
Minimum 10 10 12 16 16 16
width
Maximum width 22 22 24 24 30 33
Radius of 5 min 5 min 5 min 15 max 5 min 15 max 5 min 30 max 5 min 30 max
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Curvature 15 max 15 max
Minimum edge
5 5
clearance
5
5
10
10
Minimum
distance
30 30
between
10
30
20
30
driveways
Minimum
setback from 60 60
30
30
60
60
a major street
Minimum
setback from 60 30
20
30
20
60
a minor street
Guide to Abbreviations
AG/ Agricultural zoning district C Commercial zoning districts (RC -1, NS, CB,
LA Long-term agricultural zoning district GB)
RR Rural residential zoning district I Industrial zoning districts (RI -1, BP, I-3)
UR Urban residential zoning districts (R-1,
R-3, CR -3)
MF Multifamily housing zoning district (R-4,
R-5)
Section 3. The City Council of the City of Hugo does hereby amend Chapter 90, Article VI, to
replace Section 90-275 PARKING AND LOADING to state the following:
(a) Unlawful unless conditions met. It is unlawful for any person to construct any building or
facility, or to use a property, unless such property shall have adequate parking, loading,
driveway, and access road facilities, as required in this section. It is unlawful for any person
to construct any parking area, loading area, driveway or access road, except in conformance
with this chapter.
(b) Purpose and Intent. The regulations of parking and loading in this section is to alleviate or
prevent congestion of the public right of way and to promote the safety and general welfare
of the of the public by establishing minimum requirements for parking and loading of motor
vehicles upon various parcels of land and for structures.
(c) General Standards.
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(1) Parking areas for five or more vehicles must be approved by the City Engineer prior to
construction.
(2) Back of curb of all parking areas shall meet the following setbacks:
Public Right -of -Way
Residentially Zoned Property
All Other Property Lines
10 feet
10 feet
5 feet
(3) No parking areas shall be constructed on a public road right-of-way or drainage and
utility easement without approval of the City Council.
(4) Curb Cut and Driveway Access Locations.
a. Driveway access to parking areas shall comply with section 90-222 Driveways,
except that no parking entrance may be located within 60 feet of the intersection of
two public streets.
b. Curb cuts on State highways and County roads shall meet the requirement of the
permitting agency.
c. Accesses to a property shall be minimized to amount needed to allow proper
circulation on the site. As a minimum, each parcel of land shall be allowed one curb
cut on a city street; otherwise, one curb cut shall be allowed for each 150 feet of road
frontage on a city collector street, and one curb cut for each 125 foot of frontage on
all other city streets. Credit for fractions of the required frontage shall not be granted.
In no case shall the separations be less than outlined above, unless unique
circumstances are present and are reviewed and approved by the Community
Development Director or designee.
(d) Design Standards.
(1) Minimum Requirements.
a. Parking spaces designated for handicapped parking shall meet the requirements of the
Americans with Disabilities Act.
b. Parking areas shall be constructed to meet the minimum dimensional requirements
found in the following table:
Angle of Parking Stall Width
90 degree 9 feet
60 degree ! 9 feet
Parallel
Stall Depth
18 feet
17 feet
8 feet 23 feet
3
Aisle Width
One Way Two Way
N/A 24 feet
18 feet 24 feet
18 feet 24 feet
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a. Curb length per car
b. Stall width
c. Angle of parking
d. Stall depth
e. Aisle width
£ Stall length
g. Overlap
h. Overhang
c. Angled parking not listed in the table above shall be reviewed and approved by the
City Engineer.
d. Except for single-family and multi -family housing, parking areas shall be constructed
so that the circulation between bays and/or aisles occurs within the parking areas, and
does not encroach on any public street or road right -of way. Dead end aisles are
discouraged, but if used shall be provided with a unencumbered area at the end to
facilitate vehicle turning movement
e. Except in the agricultural, long-term agricultural, future urban service, and rural
residential zoning districts, all parking shall be paved with bituminous, concrete,
pavers, or other approved dustless and erosion -resistant material. Positive drainage
control through the use of curb, gutter, storm sewer, or approved means shall channel
all stormwater from the parking areas into a public stormwater drainage system.
Treatment of stormwater runoff shall comply with national urban runoff protection
standards prior to discharge into the public stormwater drainage system, unless the
property is serviced by a regional treatment system.
£ Except for single-family and townhomes, all off-street parking areas shall have a
continuous concrete perimeter curb around the entire parking lot.
g. Except for single-family and townhomes, all parking stalls shall be delineated by
white or yellow painted lines at least four inches in width.
h. The grade elevation of any parking area or driveway shall not exceed ten percent.
Other grade elevations shall be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer.
i. Adequate snow storage space shall be provided to maintain the minimum number of
parking spaces in the winter months. If excessive snow cannot be stored on site, while
maintaining the minimum number of parking spaces required, the property owner
shall remove the snow from the site.
j. Driveway turnarounds may be required by the City Engineer, where necessary, to
avoid interference with traffic flow on any public street.
k. Parking ramps and related facilities may be exempted from the strict provisions of
this section if approved by the City Engineer.
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(2) Landscaping
a. All open, off-street parking areas of five or more spaces shall be landscaped in
accordance with Section 90-181.
(3) Lighting
a. Exterior lighting shall be directed down and shielded (downcast cut-off fixture) from
adjacent properties and roadways and shall be in accordance with Section 90-239.
b. The maximum height of parking lot lighting adjacent to or within residential areas
shall be 20 feet.
(e) Number of Spaces Required.
(1) Calculating Parking Space Requirements. In calculating parking space requirements, the
following rules shall apply:
a. When determining the number of off-street parking spaces results in a fraction, each
fraction shall constitute another space.
b. In facilities where patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews, or similar seating
facilities, each 24 inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat for the
purposes of determining parking requirements.
c. For structures containing two or more types of uses, the parking requirements shall be
determined independently, and combined to determine the total off-street parking
spaces required.
d. On -street parking shall not be used when calculating the number of parking spaces
require for a use, unless approved by the City Council.
(2) The minimum number of parking spaces designated in the following table shall be
provided for the use specified, unless the property is part of a shared parking system or a
variance is granted by the City Council. Fractions over one-half shall be count as one
additional space. The parking spaces shall be evaluated in accordance with this section in
any zoning district whenever a new use is established or existing use is enlarged
approved by the Community Development Director or designee, to determine if parking
constraints will require additional parking spaces.
Use _ Parkin;, Spaces per Use * Gross floor area
Retail sales and service businesses
Motor vehicle service and convenience
store, with and without fuel sales
Banks and financial services 1 parking space per each 250 square feet of
Child care facilities gross floor area
Restaurants and other seating venues,
including, public facilities for gathering
theaters, civic centers, auditoriums,
stadiums, and arenas
1 parking space per 3 seats, based on
capacity design per building code
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Places of worship
Manufacturing, processing, or fabricating
facility
Warehou
and wholesale business
i
Motels, hotels and resorts
Office buildings, animal clinic, medical
clinic, and dental clinic
Schools
1 space for every 3 seats plus 1 space per 200
square feet of floor space not dedicated to
1 parking space per 500 square feet of gross
floor area.
1 parking space per 1,500 square feet of
aross floor area.
1
1
200
int unit.
feet
1 space per class room plus 1 parking space
for each 100 students based on capacity.
Auditoriums and special events space shall
Elementary and junior high be calculated separately.
1 space per class room plus 1 parking space
for each 4 students based on capacity.
High school, technical, college and Auditoriums and special events space shall
university be calculated separately.
Hospitals
Senior housing
1 space for each 3 beds and 1 space for each
j staff person
1 space for each employee, in addition to
calculation below.
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1 parking space per unit, plus 1 parking
space per 10 units
Assisted living ! 1 parking space per 5 units
care 1 parking space per 5 units
2 per housing unit plus 1 space per 5 units in
Single and multi -family housing a{iartment or townhouse complex.
(3) Other Uses. Any use not in the parking requirements in this section shall be assigned a
parking requirement by the Community Development Director or designee
(4) Parking Deferment. A portion of the parking area required under this section may be
remain unimproved until such time as the City Council deems that it must be improved to
adequately serve the parking demand. Such delayed construction of parking may be
permitted only after the City Council is satisfied that the initial occupancy of the premises
will be adequately served by the lesser number of parking spaces and only after approval
of a final development plan clearly indicating the location, design, traffic circulation, and
other development requirements of the deferred parking. The land area shall be
delineated for future parking and shall be brought to finish grade and landscaped, and
shall not be used for building, storage, loading or other purposes.
a. The applicant shall enter into a development agreement or other agreement approved
by the City Council, to be recorded against the property, which includes a clause
requiring the owner to install the additional parking spaces, upon a finding of the
Community Development Director or designee that such additional parking spaces
are necessary to accommodate the use.
(5) Shared Parking. Parking facilities for a combination of buildings, structures, or uses may
be provided collectively in any zoning district provided that the total number of spaces
provided shall equal the sum of the separate requirements of each use. A lesser number of
parking spaces than required for each use may be allowed with approval by the
Community Development Director or designee, provided that each use is compatible in
regards to peak parking periods. Shared curb cuts and access drives shall be encouraged.
Where shared parking and accesses are utilized, easements and maintenance agreements
shall be placed on the shared areas and recorded against the properties.
(f) Shoreland District.
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(1) Within the shoreland district of the City, parking areas, driveways, access roads and
loading areas shall meet the following:
a. Designed and constructed to make use of existing natural vegetation and topography
to screen such facilities from view of the public waterbody, as much as feasible.
b. Setback from the ordinary high water level (OHW) to the same extent required for
structures in subsection 90-137 (1).
c. Constructed to avoid bluff impact zones and shore impact zones.
(g) Prohibited Parking.
(1) Parking Restrictions for Vehicles and Trailers.
a. In order to expedite the prompt and efficient removal of snow from the streets of the
city it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle or trailer or permit
the same to stand on any street within the city between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and
7:00 a.m. from November 1 until March 31 of the following year. At all times of the
year it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle or trailer or permit
it to stand on any public street within the city between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00
a.m. after a continuous or intermittent snowfall, during which there has been an
accumulation of two inches or more of snow on any street, until the snow has been
plowed or removed to the full width of the street.
b. No person shall park any vehicle or trailer on any street within the City for an excess
of 72 hours.
c. Vehicles and trailers may be parked in the front yard, provided it is kept on an
established driveway, and is entirely on the equipment owner's property.
d. Within any residential zoning district, parking of any vehicle or trailer exceeding
9,200 pounds licensed gross vehicle weight on any property or public street is
prohibited, except under the following conditions:
1. Vehicles lawfully delivering goods, products, or services to a property may be
parked for a reasonable period of time on the property or adjacent street to deliver
such goods, products or services.
2. Vehicles used in construction activities may be parked or stored on the site of
such construction activities for a reasonable period of time to complete the work.
Parking of these vehicles on a city street is allowed only by permit issued by the
city engineer.
3. Vehicles primarily used in the conduct of agricultural activities may be parked on
the property where the agricultural activities are undertaken, or the farmstead of
the vehicle owner.
e. Any vehicle parked in violation of these sections more than two times in any 30 -day
period may be towed pursuant to Minn. Stats. § 169.041. Violation of this section
shall constitute a petty misdemeanor.
(2) Large Recreational Vehicles. As defined under Section 90-1.
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a. Except for on properties zoned agricultural, long-term agricultural, rural residential or
future urban service, all lakeshore property, and all properties at least one acre in size,
large recreational equipment units shall be parked or stored within a building, except
that large recreational equipment may be parked or stored on the property outside of a
building under the following conditions:
1. No more than two large recreational equipment units shall be parked or stored
outside of a building on the property, with not more than one unit being located in
the front yard and no more than one unit being located in the rear yard.
2. For properties exceeding one-half acre in size, no more than three large
recreational equipment units shall be parked or stored outside of a building on the
property, with not more than one unit being located in the front yard and no more
that one unit being located in the rear yard.
3. Large recreational equipment may be parked in the front yard, provided it is kept
on an established driveway, and is entirely on the equipment owner's property.
Recreational equipment shall not be parked or stored on public property, in a
street right-of-way, or closer than 30 feet from the curb, except that between one
week before Memorial Day and one week after Labor Day recreational equipment
may be parked no closer than ten feet from the curb.
4. Large recreational equipment may be parked in the side yard abutting an attached
or detached garage, provided the area is surfaced with asphalt, concrete, or
crushed decorative rock. If the area is surfaced with asphalt or concrete, the
surface shall be no closer than five feet from the side lot line. If the area is
surfaced with decorative crushed rock, the surface shall be no closer than one foot
from the side lot line. Parking or storage of large recreational equipment on the
side yard abutting the principal building is prohibited.
5. Large recreational equipment may be parked in the rear yard, no closer than five
feet from the rear lot line, five feet from the side lot lines, and not located within a
drainage or utility easement.
6. In the case of a corner lot, large recreational equipment may be stored on the side
of an attached or detached garage adjacent to a public street, but shall be located
at least 20 feet from the public right-of-way.
7. Large recreational equipment may be parked or stored temporarily while being
loaded or unloaded or during routine maintenance and servicing not exceeding 72
hours.
8. Parking of licensed large recreational equipment is prohibited on all public streets
except while being loaded or unloaded for a period not to exceed 24 hours.
9. The community development director or his designee may approve an alternate
location for an item that does not meet the technical restrictions set forth in this
section but that otherwise complies with the intent of this section. Such approval
may be accompanied by a screening plan designed to minimize the impact to the
surrounding properties.
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Section 4. The City Council of the City of Hugo does hereby amend Chapter 90, Article VI, to
repeal Section 90-275 LARGE RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT PARKING AND STORAGE,
Section 5. Severability. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction adjudges any part of
this Ordinance to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect any other provision of this Ordinance
not specifically included with that judgment.
Section 6. Effective Date. This amendment shall take effect upon its passage and publication.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 5a' day of June, 2017.
ATTEST: 1,
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Michele Lindau, City Clerk
Tom Weidt, Mayor
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