Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/02/2003

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Some farm stand regulations require that all signs be lemporary, . located on the stand's site, not in the public right-of-way. view o£ Goebberr's ~r'~rm ~arker, ~cing ~ shows ~nczn~ and ;mailer ~ign w heraM' ,~pproacning ~owrisrs awng me road. . Z" - .' .'7'i~- ~' ". ' ~: .' 5'.'. .. . - _ - .~- · .. ;' . . . . '. '_~ -_' . ?.'~' ~' .:--.-- ~ ~ ~-. .' --.~ - .-"-L j~:'_- ....'~.5.:~.~ --_. L.;. u" --..-:5-. · , ~ West Chicago, ~llinois, siss on a This remvorac; s~gnage for Sonny Acre. in median ~oerween :he highway and a fi'onrage road where the marker sim Parking . [nadecluare or unsar'e off'-srreer parking is a common problem many' ~oadside stands. Parking spaces shouJd be pianned beGre the stand is established. The direction and volume of traffic as well a~ &e provision of safe entrances and exits should also be considered. A curb cur permit may be required from municiv~irv or counqz if the stand is [ocared on an approved road or'£ror~ the stare department of transportation if k is on a stare atgnwav. Some re~m~J'adons require rhar paxking a~eas or individual spaces be marked rather ~an allowing c~sromers ro park anywhere. Adeauare space bez~veen and behind fi~e cars should be provided so that &oors ~md r. runi~ can be opened co bad purchases. Traditionally, parking spaces are designed ~r a minimum width, o?' nine or l0 feet with lengths from ~8 co 20 (eer. fame communities have reduced paddng space requirements ~o reflect the [~ovuiarivz of small cars. Los ,Lageles, rbr exampie, now 1 ~:r~ir~s paria'ng stalls of eight fee~, Our inches by ~8 feet. Ample parking should be x major concern ~Cor roadside stand operators because shoppers are less likely ro stop if there Ls no sa~e, convemenr parking area. The Great Lakes Fruit Growers ~sociation o~%rs the f'ollowing srandard~ ro determine the number of spaces required: !. AJ. lowa ratio of {our square feet of' parking space ~'or each square [bot of stand size. For example, a 10-b?20-~ooc stand (200 square ~'eet) would require 800 square £eer of parking or ~our 10-by-204-oot stalls. 2. ~qlocate one parking space for each $i00.00 of sales. 3. Provide i 5 parking spaces ~'or each i00 cars expected daily. Numbers 2 and 3 above might help the stand owner'plan parking space but are more difficult Gr total zoning commissions to administer. Another standard rhar might be useG[ is to provide a minimum o£ three o{q-srreer parking spaces Gr each stand and one additional space for each 3.00 square feet of stand space. [ per 250 sq. ~. of retail floor area but none required if[ess chon [00 sq. ~. ('Dar~nourh, 3.0 per 1,000 square feet. (~icko~3 zV. C) 4 spaces per estabiishmenr (Ulysses, R'ans.) - 6 spaces per estabiishment (Greenbrush Township, Mich.; Canton, Mich.) i per 250 square Feet o[' retail floor area but none required if tess chon ~00 square ~'eet (Da;'vmourh, Mass.) , Minimum Parking Standard: 3 spaces. Maximum Parking Standard: 8 spaces. (Glenville, (Chicago: APA, November 20021. Dartmouth, Massachusetts, requires one parking space per 250 square feet stand is [ess than 100 square feet. Hickory, North Carolina, requires three spaces per 1,000 square, ~eer; B[~cksburg, Virginia, sriDuiares three spaces per stand, while Ulysses, Kansas, and Clackamas Count, Oregon, mandate four spaces per stand. ... about this article. Join us online! From October 20-3l, go online to participate in our ~'Ask the Author" ~brum, an interactive feature of Zoning News. Jim Gibbons will be available co answer questions about this article. Go m the APA webske at www. planning.org and Gilow the linlcs co the "Ask the Author" section. From there, just submit your quesrions about the article .,tsing an e-mail [ink. The author will reply, posting the answers cumulatively on the websire (or the benefit of ail subscribers, This Feature will be available (or selected issues o£Zoning News at announced times. ,'Li'ter each online discussion is closed, the answers will be saved in an oniine archive available through r. he APA £oning News webpages.