12-12-16 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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repairs at a legitimate repair facility, provided that the location is at a site physically capable of accommodating customer commercial motor vehicle parking specific to commercial motor vehicles in combination with a trailer, by means of a parking striping plan 1) configured to allow for the safe parking of combination commercial motor vehicles, and 2) approved by the Planning Department of the City in accordance with the requirements of Section 70-237 of this Chapter. (e) Commercial motor vehicles not in combination with a trailer, other than vehicles transporting a placarded load of hazardous cargo, may travel to establishments located contiguous to and fronting a designated truck route, regardless of whether the operator of the commercial motor vehicle is loading or unloading cargo, providing services, or seeking repairs at a legitimate repair facility, for the purpose of acquiring fuel for the operation of the vehicle. However, in such cases the commercial motor vehicle is eligible to acquire fuel only where the establishment is equipped with fuel dispensing facilities that are designed to safely accommodate customer commercial motor vehicles not in combination with a trailer, in accordance with a site use plan approved by the Planning Department of the City pursuant to Section 70-237(b) of this Chapter. (f) Combination commercial motor vehicles, may travel to establishments 1) located contiguous to and fronting a -1 of this Code, regardless of whether the operator of the commercial motor vehicle is loading or unloading cargo, providing services, or seeking repairs at a legitimate repair facility, for the purpose of acquiring fuel for the operation of the vehicle. However, in such cases the commercial motor vehicle is eligible to acquire fuel only where the establishment is equipped with fuel dispensing facilities that are designed to safely accommodate customer commercial motor vehicles (including those in combination with a trailer), in accordance with a site use plan approved by the Planning Department of the pursuant to Section 70-237(b) of this Chapter. Section 2: 70-or Accommo Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 70-237. Parking Plan for Accommodation of Commercial Motor Vehicle; Site Use Plan for use of Fuel Dispensing Facilities. (a) The owner or operator of any existing or proposed site in which parking is sought for accommodation of customer commercial motor vehicles, including combination commercial motor vehicles, where the site is physically capable of safely accommodating such vehicles, shall be required to submit to the Planning and Development Department for approval a parking facility striping plan as a component of a proposed site plan, or as an amending document to a previously approved (if one exists) site plan. The applicant for the site plan or amended site plan shall be allowed the option of striping up to 15% of the required automobile parking as dual use parking spots for the accommodation of commercial motor vehicle parking, and shall be so striped and labeled. Such allocation shall generally be located within the parking spaces least used. (b) The owner or operator of any existing or proposed site in which fuel dispensing facilities are proposed for use by commercial motor vehicles (including those in combination with a trailer), where the site is physically capable of safely 2