7.8. SR 03-06-1995 - Laserfiche WebLink

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City Standards Parking_Requirements Elk River standard 420 Stillwater standard 700 Hastings standard 367 Oak Park Heights standard 262 Burnsville standard 440 Woodbury standard 525 Minnetonka standard 260 COMMENTS Several of the ordinances from other communities base their parking requirements on items such as employees or employees during the largest shift. These requirements become difficult to enforce because school districts may employ additional employees or employees may terminate from time to time. The number of employees may fluctuate depending upon other characteristics. If the current ordinance were to be amended, it is my opinion to avoid using criteria based upon items that may change from year to year. There was also some consideration that would allow for visitor parking. It was determined that this figure should be included above and beyond the other calculation. The current parking areas located near the high school are poorly striped, if even striped in some areas, and do not contain concrete curb and gutter. Because of this condition, it is difficult to calculate an accurate number of existing parking stalls in and around the high school area. Additional parking can be provided in and around the high school area, but some ball fields may be lost as a result. Regardless of the results of this memo, there are parking issues that need to be resolved to improve the current situation. According to the Police Chief, the City of Elk River is unable to enforce parking signage on the school property because it is considered private property. Therefore, cars parked in areas not designated for general parking can not be ticked or towed by the city or at the request of the city. After completing a windshield survey of the parking area on a typical school day, it was observed that vehicles were being parked on grass areas and within drive aisles. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that all existing and future parking and drive areas be paved with a bituminous surface and bound with B612 concrete curb and gutter. It is also recommended that the current parking requirements be amended to require additional parking based upon the design capacity of students and to allow additional visitor parking. The proposed ordinance amendment would read: One (1) parking stall for each classroom plus one (1) parking stall for each three (3) students, based upon design capacity, plus ten (10) parking stalls for visitors. 4