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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Proper buffering can help to soften the impacts of off-street parking areas. Buffering and <br />screening techniques are often aimed reducing the noise and light coming from vehicles using <br />parking lots and addressing aesthetic issues. Table 5 is a summary of when cities require <br />screening for parking lots. Unless specifically indicated, the type and extent of the screening <br />required is outlined more generally in each city's screening/buffering/landscaping requirements <br />which are discussed in more detail later in this report. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />City <br /> <br />S~re~img <br />When Screening/Buffering is Required <br />Lots with 6 or more stalls <br /> <br />Chaska <br /> <br />White Bear Lake <br /> <br />Lots with 5 or more stalls <br /> <br />St. Louis Park <br /> <br />Lots with 6-30 stalls <br />Lots with 30+ stalls <br /> <br />Bufferyard "C" <br />Bufferyard "D" <br /> <br />St. Cloud <br /> <br />Lots with 4 or more stalls <br /> <br />Maple Grove <br /> <br />Screening must consist of a wall, fence, or planting. Such wall, fence <br />or planting cannot be less than 4 nor more than 6 feet in height. <br /> <br />Lots with 5 or more stalls <br /> <br />Blaine <br /> <br />Lots with 4 or more stalls <br /> <br />Roseville <br /> <br />must be effectively screened by a wall or fence that conforms with the <br />screening/buffering section of their Ordinance. <br /> <br />Lots with more tli8.h 6 stalls <br /> <br />Must be screened with fencing or landscaping to create an all-season, , <br />80% opacity, 5 foot screen. <br /> <br /> <br />LOADING AND DELIVERIES <br />The problems associated with loading facilities are similar to those associated with parking lots. <br />Because the loading facilities are primarily used by semi- and other large trucks, the noise, light <br />and vibration associated with them may be even more intense than for parking lots. The <br />maintenance and aesthetic issues surrounding loading docks are also important to address when <br />they are located next to residences. <br /> <br />Communities can mitigate some of these impacts through setback, screening, buffering, <br />maintenance and lighting standards. Restricting the hours of delivery operations is another <br />option which is discussed later in this report under Hours of Operation. Setback requirements for <br />loading areas when adjacent to residential uses are shown in on page 8 in Table 6. <br /> <br />Roseville Shopping Center District Study <br /> <br />Phase I Report <br /> <br />Page 7 <br />