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<br /> <br />Item # 5.7. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Planning Commission <br /> <br />Michele MCPherso~tor of Planning <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />July 26, 2005 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Case No. OA 05- 11 <br />Request by the City of Elk River to Amend Sections 30-895 and <br />30- 1294 <br /> <br />Request <br /> <br />The Planning Commission is asked to consider an ordinance amendment changing the <br />parking setback requirements and making use and setback adjustments to the Business Park <br />District Standards. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />. Parking Setbacks Draft Language Change <br />. Business Park District Standards Language Change <br /> <br />Analysis <br /> <br />Parking Standards <br /> <br />Section 30-895 of the Land Development Regulations regulates parking setbacks. Typical <br />parking setbacks for commercial sites are 10 feet from any property line, except in cases <br />where developments share common property lines. In those instances, drive aisles and/or <br />parking can be shared between development sites. <br /> <br />This same section requires parking setbacks in the Business Park District of 25 feet for the <br />front yard and 20 feet for the side and rear yards. This obviously requires a larger lot in <br />order to accommodate increased setbacks, the required parking and any ponding facilities <br />required by Code. Staff is suggesting that an amendment be considered to allow 10-foot <br />setbacks except for parcels that front on arterial or collector streets in which case, the front <br />