Agenda - Council - 09/23/2003 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Overview Balancing the realities of car-related necessities (streets, parking and so on) with future transit service and the desired character of the Town Center is a significant challenge. Providing adequate parking, both quantity and location, is the goal, while at the same time promoting new strategies to support the overall needs of the Town Center. In shod, parking will be provided through a thoughtful combination of on- street spaces, off-street surface lots, underground lots (to serve residential) and structured ramps to serve the mix of uses at the core. The regional character of the perimeter streets (Ramsey, Armstrong, and Bunker Lake) is respected with regard to ensuring adequate capacity for regional traffic movement through the use of design parameters (lane width, turning radii, and so on) that respond to Anoka County standards, while redesigning these ~streets to contribute to the walkable nature of the Town Center district. Similarly, Sunwood Drive and are designed to State Aid standards and are elements of the regional system at the municipal level. The local and regional streets that make up the Town Center district are being designed and implemented through a multi-agency approach that involves the City, Anoka County, the Metropolitan Council, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Guideline Recommendations Parking guidelines encourage new development to address the following: · Locate off-street surfac~ parking lots away from the major streets, either behind or to the side of primary buildings · Provide a combination of fence, landscape; landform to screen parking facilities · Create strategies for shared parking between adjacent uses · Provide alternative surfaces for secondary (less frequently used) parking areas JncJuding porous pavements, green pavements and so on · Provide facilities to respond to / connect with future transit service in order to reduce required parking · ~ Work with the City to refine parking standards (quantity, hours for on-street, etc.) · Parallel parking shall be provided on public and private streets throughout · Town Center uses should minimize the use of surface lots · Use of alternative materials for parking surfaces are encouraged · Parking areas should have incorporated landscape elements Examples Parking lot screening Alternative surfaces for parking lots Connections to proposed transit service (shelters...) Structured parking with liner stores (good examptes of structures)