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Z | 11 - 9 Sec. 11-040. Special Circumstances. (1) Proof of Parking for Delayed Construction. The City may approve a proof of parking plan that proposes to install initially only a portion of the required parking but that demonstrates that the full complement of required parking could be installed on the property in accordance municipal standards at a later date as determined by the City. (2) Condition of Proof of Parking. In all instances where proof of parking is permitted, a legal instrument which is satisfactory to the City as to form and manner of execution shall be entered into by the parties concerned for a proof of parking agreement. Such instrument must be filed with the City and recorded with Ramsey County. (3) Ridesharing and Car Pooling. The City recognizes the benefit of ridesharing and car pooling. Therefore, any organization or business that encourages its employees to rideshare or offers car pooling to its employees, may submit a proof of parking plan to the City for approval per Section 11-040 (1). (4) Other Uses. Other uses or unique circumstances not specifically mentioned here shall be determined on an individual basis. Factors to be considered shall include: size of building, type of use, number of employees, peak demand hour, expected volume and turnover of customer traffic, and expected frequency and number of delivery or service vehicles. The applicant shall be responsible for collecting, assimilating and presenting the data to support of the request. The data must be documented to the City’s satisfaction. (5) Joint Facilities. The City may approve a special use permit for one or more businesses to provide the required off-street parking facilities by joint use of one or more sites if the total number of spaces provided is less than the sum of the total required for each business had they provided them separately. The City shall not approve such a permit unless the following conditions exist: A. No more than fifty percent of the parking facilities required for a theater, bowling alley, dance hall, bar or restaurant may be supplied by the off-street parking facilities provided by types of use specified as primarily daytime in Section 11-040 (5) D. B. No more than fifty percent of the off-street parking facilities required in this Section 11-040 (5) D as primarily daytime uses may be supplied by the parking facilities provided by the following nighttime or Sunday uses: auditoriums incidental to public or parochial schools, churches, bowling alleys, dance halls, theaters, bars, or restaurants. C. No more than eighty percent of the parking facilities required by this section for churches or for auditoriums incidental to public or parochial schools may be supplied by the off-street parking facilities provided by uses specified in Section 11-040 (5) D as primarily daytime. D. For the purpose of this section, the following may be determined by the City Council to be primarily daytime uses: banks, business offices, manufacturing, wholesale and similar uses. (6) Conditions Required for Joint Use. The following conditions shall apply in all instances in which joint use of parking is permitted: A. The building or use for which application is being made to utilize the off-street parking facilities provided by another building or use shall be located adjacent to such parking facilities. B. The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the two buildings or uses for which joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed. C. A legal instrument, satisfactory to the City as to form and manner of execution, shall be executed by the parties concerned for joint use of off-street parking facilities and filed with the City. Such instrument also shall be recorded with Ramsey County.