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SPE�IAL MEE IN
of the
GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMM�5SION
March 23 , 1965
A special meeting of the Golden Valley P1anning Commission was
heid on Tuesday March 23 , 1965 at 7:30 P.M, at the Gotden Valtey
Civic Center , 7�00 Golden V�lley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota.
Vice President Jensen presided and Raugland, Hetman , Bromschwig , Straw,
Discher , Br�wn, Senstad, and 8edwe1l were present . Also present
were Skare and Voss.
I .. Location of New and Used Automobile Sales
Ordinance Committee Chairman Senstad read the following report :
At a Special Meeting of the Ordinance Committee on March 18, 1965
the commit'tee drafted the fol1owing recommendation to cover the
location of , and performance standards for , New and Used Automobile
Sales .
A. Location:
1 . The Ordinance Committee recommends that New aid Used �utomobi1e
sales shouid remain as permitted uses in the Commercial Zoning
District when comptetely located within a building.
2 . The Ordinance Commitfiee recommends that New and Used Automobile
Sales should be permitted in the Industria1 Zoning District as follows :
A building and premises for automobile sales and showrooms ,
with incidental and accessory serviee and repair faci1ities also per-
mitted but not required.
B. Setbacks � Lots Requirements :
Building Setbacks as required under Sections 5.05 � 7,05
Parking A minimum 20 foot wide landscaped yard shall be
r�quired and amintained between any public
street right-of-way and parking lots ( inc1uding
maneauvering area. )
A side and rear yard setback of 5 feet sha11 be
maintained adjacent to Commercial , Light Indus-
trial and IndustriaT Districts , 25 feet adjacent
- to Institutional and Business and profie�sional
Office Districts and 50 feet along Residential ,
Open Development and Multipte Districts.
Any parking in front of buildings along pubtic
streets shalt be restricted to customer and
. employee parking .
Contiguous Site Motor vehicle sales sha11 be on one lot or
contiguous lots not separated by a public
street , alley or other use,
Lot Width The minimum lot width shall be 150 feet at the
minimum required front yard setback.
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Lot Area The minimum lot area of two acres shall be
required.
C . Access Driveways :
Distance of Driveway Fr�m
Street Intersection Not less than 50 feet, however, if, in the
�pinion of the Village Engineer , present or
future traffiic conditions warrant a greater
distance , such greater distance shall be re-
quired.
Maximum Driveway
Width at t�urb Section 13 . 01 should be revised to read ��No
driveway in any district shall exceed 25 feet
in width, and no curb cut in any district shall
exceed 35 feet in width,
Minimum Distance :
Between Uriveways 25 feet at the curb cut .
Minimum Driveway Angle
To Street 60° unless otherwise approved by the Vil1age Eng.
Minimum Distance Between
Driveway � pdjacent Property Five feet at the curb cut .
D, Landscaping, Screening � Curbing :
Screenir� A solid screen shall be erected and maintained
al�ng alt property lines separating the site
fr�m any Institutaaonai , Residential , Open
Development, Multipie, or Susiness and pro-
fessiona1 Office District. The screening re-
quired in this section shall consist of a
solid fence or wail not less than 5 feet nor
mare than 7 feet in height or equivalent
visual barrier as approved by the Supt , of
the Building Department .
All waste material , debris, refuse, junk or
damaged vehicles shall be kept in an enclosed
bui1ding or area complete1y screened from
public streets and adjacent property.
Landscaping A landscaped yard shall be provided and main-
tained on all areas of the site not devoted
to the buildinggor parking areas.
Curbs Interior curbs shall be constructed within the
property t� separate driving and parking sur -
faces from landscaped areas. Interior curbs
required by this section shall be a n�minal
6 inches in height.
Surfacing The entire site on which motor vehic1es sa1es
is located, other than that devoted to build-
ings and structures or tandscaped areas, sha11
be paved or blacktopped and ma�ntained to
contr�t dust and drainage and such paving or
blacktopping shall be subject to the approval
!�f the Village Engineer.
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Lighting A11 outdoor illumination on sales lots shall be
provided with lenses, reflectors, or shades,
which will concentrate the light upon the
� premises so as to prevent glare or direct rays
of light therefrom, from being visible upon
any adjacent highway or street, or any private
property occupied for residential purposes .
No flashing lights shall be permitted on any
sales lot.
E. Parking A minimum of five (5) customer parking spaces
. shalt be prov ided for every acre of total site
area.
A minimum of five (5 ) customer service parking
� spaces shall be provided for every acre of
total site area.
A minimum of two ( 2) emptoyee parkin spaces
shall be provided for every three (3� empioyees.
These required parking spaces shall be shown
andc�signated on the site plan,
F. Parking for Outside Sales and Storage:
New & Used Automobiles The maximum area permitted for outside s�or-
age of automobiles , new or used, sha11 not
exceed one ( 1 ) square foot of outside storage
area to each one ( 1 ) square foot of enclosed
ground floor area. Not more than one ( 1 )
automobii�e shall be stored on each 400 square
feet of outside storage area .
G. Accessory Buildings Accessory buildings to be used solely for
sales offices shall not be permitted .
It was moved by Brown and seconded by Hetman to approve the Ordinance
CQmmittee report, pointing out th�t this recommendation wss drawn up
in a minimum am�unt of time and at a special meeting requested by
the Village Councii . The motion passed unanimousl with Raugland
abstaining. � _______
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Jo S . Voss, Planner
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Robert �augland�resid nt