***SITE PLAN AND TRAFFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE REVIEW ONLY. Request of Mankato Motorsports for a review of a parking lot expansion at 140 St. Andrews Drive. 

The applicant is Tony Steffensmeier of Mankato Motorsports. 

The applicant is requesting a Site Plan and Traffic Advisory and Committee Review for a parking lot expansion located at 140 St. Andrews Dr. The parking lot is approximately 46,000sf and will connect to existing infrastructure. 

The property is located at 140 St. Andrews Dr. 

The property is currently vacant but has been utilized to store vehicle inventory.

The property is zoned B-3, General Business District. 

The property owner will need to tie it into public infrastructure. Connections can not be made across property lines. 

Below you will find the Site Plan and Traffic Advisory Committee comments from the July 8, 2025 meeting. 

Parking lot expansion located at 140 St. Andrews Dr.
               

1. The applicant shall provide clarity on what is intended to be included in this proposal and provide updated plans to reflect as much. If the plans include a building addition, additional review and approval will likely be required.
2. The applicant shall provide landscaping plans that meet City of Mankato code.

• Perimeter landscaping for parking lot screening in accordance with the gateway standards and perimeter landscaping standards.
  • Code reference: Screening of parking areas. Wherever a surface parking area faces a street frontage, the parking area shall be screened from the street with a wall fence, or hedge to a minimum of four feet nor more than eight feet in height, nor be less than 80 percent opaque. This screening must be accomplished in the setback area between ten feet and 15 feet from the right-of-way line.
  • Every off-street parking lot containing four or more parking stalls shall be buffered and screened by perimeter landscaping consisting of an area at least three feet or greater in height as required in the yard and setback standards of each zoning district. The required perimeter landscaping area shall be measured from the back curb and excludes any parking space overhang area. The perimeter landscaping shall consist of a combination of ground cover, shade trees or evergreen trees, shrubs, and appropriate screening devices such as decorative walls, fences, or berms. Shade trees shall be provided at a rate of one tree for every 50 linear feet of perimeter length or fraction thereof. Evergreen trees shall be provided at a rate of one tree and shrub for every 25 linear feet of perimeter length of fraction thereof. Evergreen trees shall be maintained at a height of not less than six feet. Subject to approval by the zoning administrator, ornamental trees and shrubs may be substituted for shade trees and evergreens. Areas not planted with shrubs, trees, or other appropriate screening devices shall be maintained with living ground cover, or planting beds with bark or rock mulch.
• Interior landscaping is based on parking stall count.
  • Code reference: Every off-street parking lot providing 50 spaces or more shall provide interior landscaping. Interior landscaping shall consist of planting islands with a minimum area of 60 square feet and a minimum width of six feet, measured from the back of curb to back of curb. The interior landscaping shall constitute at least five percent of the area of the parking lot. Area devoted to perimeter landscaping shall not be considered as any part of interior landscaping. Where more than one planting island is provided, such islands shall be appropriately spaced throughout the parking lot. As part of site plan review, pursuant to article X, division 10, of this chapter, interior landscaping may be required for off-street parking lots containing less than 50 spaces.

3. The applicant shall provide a photometric plan and exterior light fixture cut sheets that meets Mankato City Code if new exterior lighting will be installed.
4. The applicant shall install curbing (6”) and stripping according to the Mankato City Code.
5. The applicant shall provide a snow removal/storage plan.
6. The applicant shall be advised that the stormwater usage calculation will change from 176 to 248.
7. The applicant shall be advised that the street lighting calculation will change from 144 to 317.
8. The applicant shall note that utility connections must come from the public infrastructure.
1. The applicant shall be aware that permanent stormwater management is accounted for with a regional pond, but a stormwater memo is requested for documentation of site hydrology.
10. The applicant shall be aware that any new signage will require a separate sign permit.
11. The applicant shall clarify the purpose of the area with a finished floor elevation, and plans shall be updated accordingly to reflect the intended permitting work.
50. The proposed construction/activity occurs over the property line between the two parcels. Will the applicant be combining the two parcels to create a zoning lot?

The applicant is seeking a committee review for a parking lot addition.

Plans submitted show the addition being located to the west of their current property location. The parking lot will be approximately 46,000 sf.