Brooklyn Center City Zoning Code
35-701 Location
Of Off-Street Parking
35-701Location of Off-Street ParkingAll accessory off-street parking facilities required herein shall be located as follows:1)Spaces accessory to one and two family dwellings shall be on the same lot as the principal use served.2)Spaces accessory to multiple family dwellings shall be on the same lot as the use served, within 400 feet of the main entrance to the principal building served.3)Ordinance required parking spaces accessory to uses located in a business or industrial district shall be on the same lot as the uses served unless a special use permit authorizes accessory off-site parking not located on the same property with the principal use. Special use permits authorizing such parking may be issued subject to the following conditions:a)Accessory off-site parking shall be permitted only on properties located in districts zoned Commercial (C1, C1A, C2) and Industrial (I-1, I-2), and on properties which are institutional uses in residential zones. Accessory off-site parking shall be permitted on land having the same or less restrictive zoning classification as the principal use and may be permitted in more restrictive zones if the buffer and setback provisions required of the principal use are met on the property containing the off-site accessory parking. For the purpose of this section of the ordinance, institutional uses in residential zones shall have the same status as C1 zoned property.b)Accessory off-site parking shall be limited to one site per each business or industrial use issued a special use permit.c)The distance from the furthest point of the accessory off-site parking property to the site of the principal use shall not exceed 800 feet.d)A minimum of 20 parking spaces must be provided on the off-site parking property.e)Accessory off-site parking shall be located such that pedestrian traffic will not be required to cross the following roadways to reach the principal use:1)Major thoroughfares as defined in Section 35-900.2)55th and 56th Avenues North between Xerxes Avenue and Brooklyn Boulevard.3)Summit Drive.4)66th Avenue North between Lyndale Avenue North and Camden Avenue North.f)Accessory off-site parking spaces may be credited to the parking requirements of the principal use if the off-site parking property is legally encumbered to the sole purpose of providing parking accessory to the principal use.g)Accessory off-site parking site improvements shall be provided as required by the City Council.