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SUBTITLE 1. PARKING
This subtitle applies to the parking required for particular uses. Other requirements relating to parking are located in §§ 17-6-101 et seq. of this Code.
(Bill No. 4-05)
The Planning and Zoning Officer may authorize the temporary use of property as a parking area for a period not to exceed 30 days and may renew the authorization for up to two additional 30-day periods. If use of the property as a parking area has not ceased by the end of the authorized time period, the parking area shall revert to its non-parking use and shall comply with all requirements of this Code.
(Bill No. 4-05)
(a) Floor area. Parking requirements based on the square footage of a structure to be served shall be calculated based on 75% of the floor area.
(b) Per seat. Parking requirements per seat shall be determined by the number of individual seats. For bench-type seating, 20 inches is the equivalent of one seat.
(c) Rated capacity. Parking requirements for rated capacity shall be determined by the maximum capacity of a structure as governed by the County Fire Prevention Code and regulations of the Health Department.
(d) Fraction of base measures. Parking spaces shall be provided for each fraction in excess of 50% of the base measures contained in § 18-3-104.
(e) More than one use. The parking requirements for two or more uses on the same property are the sum of the individual requirements for each use.
(Bill No. 4-05)
The minimum onsite required parking spaces are listed in the chart below. They may be increased based on site development plan review or special exception approval, reduced as provided in § 18-3-105, or superseded by a parking program allowed by this Code. The Planning and Zoning Officer may determine reasonable and appropriate onsite parking requirements for structures and land uses that are not listed on the chart based on requirements for similar uses, comments from reviewing agencies, and the parking needs of the proposed use.
Use | Parking |
Use | Parking |
Adult day care | 2 spaces for every 10 adults or less |
Airports and airfields | 0.5 spaces for each acre of land, with a minimum of 20 spaces and 2 spaces for each planned tie-down |
Amusement parks | 10 spaces for each ride or activity |
Arenas, exposition halls, stadiums, racetracks, fairgrounds, concert facilities | 1 space for every 3 seats and 1 space for every 10 persons in designated standing areas |
Art galleries, libraries, and museums | 1 space for every 150 square feet of floor area |
Assisted living facilities | 1 space for each adult independent dwelling unit, 1 space for each employee per major shift, and visitor parking at the rate of 2 spaces for every 10 adult independent dwelling units, comprehensive care units, and assisted care units |
Assisted living facilities I and II, community-based | The number of spaces required for the applicable type of dwelling unit |
Automobile and truck dismantling and recycling facilities | 1 space shall be provided for every two employees and one space shall be provided for every 1,000 square feet of covered floor area devoted to the storage or sale of parts |
Automobile gasoline stations | 1 space for each 400 square feet of floor area, service racks count 1 for 1; aisles and pumps not to be used for required spaces |
Automobile gasoline stations, convenience stores, food service/restaurants | 1 space for every 100 square feet plus 1 space for every 5 restaurant seats |
Automobile repair and service facilities | 1 space for every 500 square feet of floor area |
Automobile sales show rooms and rental facilities | 1 space for every 500 square feet of floor area |
Banks | 1 space for every 200 square feet of floor area |
Bed and breakfast homes | 1 space for each guest room |
Bed and breakfast inns | 1 space for each guest room |
Bingo facilities, commercial | 1 space for every 2 seats |
Bowling alleys | 4 spaces for each lane |
Child care centers | 2 spaces for each group of 10 children or less |
Clay and borrow pits and sand and gravel operations | 1 space for each employee and at least 5 spaces for visitors |
Clubs, lodges, and related facilities | 1 space for every 2 people at rated capacity per Fire Prevention Code |
Conference retreat facility | 1 space for every 2 people at rated capacity per Fire Prevention Code, plus 1 space for each employee and at least 5 spaces for visitors |
Data storage center | 1 space per 1,000 square feet of floor area for the first 5,000 square feet and 1 space for each additional 5,000 square feet of floor area |
Dwellings: townhouses | 2.5 spaces for each dwelling unit |
Dwellings: single-family detached, semi- detached, and duplex | 2 spaces for each dwelling unit |
Dwellings: adult independent units | 1.5 spaces for each dwelling unit |
Dwellings, multifamily | |
Efficiency and 1 bedroom | 1 space for each dwelling unit |
2 bedrooms | 2 spaces for each dwelling unit |
3 or more bedrooms | 3 spaces for each dwelling unit |
Eating disorder treatment facility | 1 space for every 3 eating disorder treatment units plus 1 space for each employee per major shift |
Farm alcohol production facility | 1 space per 5 attendees for outdoor event; 1 space for every 1,000 square feet of building area; and 1 space for every 2 employees. This does not include areas dedicated to agricultural production unrelated to the farm alcohol production facility |
Garden center | 4 spaces for each acre |
Golf courses | 8 spaces for each hole |
Golf course facilities, private | 2 spaces for each hole; plus 1 space for each guest room |
Group homes I | The number of spaces required for a single-family dwelling |
Group homes II | The number of spaces required for a multifamily dwelling |
Health clubs, spas, gymnasiums | 4 spaces for every 1,000 square feet of floor area |
Heliports | 15 spaces plus 1 space for each tiedown |
Hospitals | 1 space for each bed, plus 1 space per employee per major shift, plus 1 space for each hospital vehicle, 10 spaces for out-patient services |
Hotels and motels | 1 space for each room or unit |
Housing for the elderly of moderate means | 3 spaces for every four units |
Kennels, commercial | 1 space for every 200 square feet of floor area, excluding indoor and outdoor runs |
Landfills, rubble and land-clearing debris | 1 space for each employee and at least 5 spaces for visitors |
Manufacturing, general | 1 space for every 1,000 square feet of floor area |
Marinas, commercial and community | 1space for every 2 boat slips or moorings; 1 space for every 3 boat slips in dry covered storage or in multilevel storage rack building; 2 trailer spaces per ramp for community marinas; 5 trailer spaces per ramp for commercial marinas |
Miniature golf courses/driving ranges/batting cages | 2 spaces for each tee or cage |
Mobile homes | 2 spaces for each dwelling unit |
Natural wood waste recycling facilities | 1 space for each employee and at least 5 spaces for visitors |
Nurseries, landscaping and plant sales | 4 spaces for each acre |
Nursing homes | 1 space for every 3 beds plus 1 space for each employee per major shift |
Offices, professional and general | 1 space for every 200 square feet of floor area except that medical and dental offices shall provide 1 space for every 150 square feet of floor area |
Produce markets | 4 spaces for each acre |
Public assembly and meeting establishments | 1 space for every 3 seats or 1 space for every 100 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater |
Public launching facilities | 1 space for every two boat slips or moorings plus 10 trailer spaces per boat ramp |
Recovery residences | The number of spaces required for the applicable type of dwelling unit |
Recreation centers | 4 spaces for every 1,000 square feet of floor area |
Recyclables recovery facilities | 1 space for each employee and at least 5 spaces for visitors |
Religious facilities | 1 space for every 3 seats (fixed seats) or 1 space for every 100 square feet of floor area (unfixed seating), whichever is greater |
Religious facilities in combination with a school | 1 space for every 3 seats plus 1 space for every 15 classroom seats plus 1 space for every 5 seats in a multi- purpose room or 1 space for every 3 permanent auditorium seats |
Research offices and laboratories | 1 space for every 200 square feet of floor area |
Retail or Service Business:
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For establishments and multiple-use centers with under 50,000 square feet of floor area | 1 space for every 160 square feet of floor area |
For establishments and multiple-use centers with 50,000 square feet of floor area and over, but less than 600,000 square feet of floor area | 1 space for every 180 square feet of floor area |
For establishments and multiple-use centers with 600,000 square feet of floor area and over | 1 space for every 200 square feet of floor area |
Restaurants, banquet halls, and taverns | 1 space for every 3 seats or 1 space for every 200 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater |
Rooming houses | 1 space for every 2 beds and 1 space for each resident owner or resident manager |
Rubble processing facilities | 1 space for each employee and at least 5 spaces for visitors |
Schools, arts, business, technical, or trade | 1 space for every 160 square feet of floor area |
Schools, public charter and private academic: | |
Elementary | 1 space for every 20 classroom seats; 1 space for every 5 seats in multi-purpose rooms; 5 spaces for visitors |
Secondary schools | 1 space for every 10 classroom seats; 10 spaces for visitors; 1 space for every 3 permanent auditorium seats or 1 space for each 40 square feet of seating area where fixed seating is not used |
Colleges, junior colleges, and universities | 1 space for every 6 classroom seats; 20 spaces for visitors; 1 space for every 3 permanent auditorium seats or 1 space for each 40 square feet of seating area where fixed seating is not used |
Self-storage facilities | 1 space for every 60 storage bays; 4 spaces located adjacent to each unenclosed storage area of 8,000 square feet; 2 spaces for employee parking; 5 spaces located at the business office |
Skating rinks | 5 spaces for every 1,000 square feet of floor area |
Solid waste transfer stations | 1 space for each employee and at least 5 spaces for visitors |
State-licensed medical clinics | 1 space for each employee and 1 space for every 20 clients served by the clinic |
Swimming pools, commercial | 1 space for every 4 persons based on facility's design capacity |
Swimming pools, community | 1 space for every 10 persons based on facility's design capacity |
Tennis courts | 3.5 spaces for each court |
Theaters | 1 space for every 3 seats |
Truck and trailer rental facilities in conjunction with automobile service stations | 1 space for each rental vehicle or trailer and one space every 100 square feet of floor area, with a minimum of at least 5 additional spaces. |
Veterinary offices, clinics, and hospitals | 1 space for every 200 square feet of floor area, excluding overnight rooms for animals |
Video lottery facilities | 1 space for every 2 gaming positions at a video lottery terminal |
Video rental establishments | 1 space for every 100 square feet |
Warehouse and goods storage areas | 1 space for every 1,000 square feet of floor area |
Watercraft charter operations at maritime facilities | 1 space for every 4 passengers |
Workforce housing | |
Efficiency and 1 bedroom | 1 space for each dwelling unit |
2 bedrooms | 1.5 spaces for each dwelling unit |
3 bedrooms | 2 spaces for each dwelling unit |
Yacht clubs | 1 space for every 2 boat slips or moorings; 1 space for every 3 boat slips in dry covered storage or in multilevel storage rack building |
(Bill No. 4-05; Bill No. 78-05; Bill No. 69-07; Bill No. 77-07; Bill No. 79-07; Bill No. 2-09; Bill No. 82-09; Bill No. 14-11; Bill No. 14-15; Bill No. 23-15; Bill No. 21-16; Bill No. 83-16; Bill No. 96-16; Bill No. 16-20; Bill No. 68-20; Bill No. 90-20; Bill No. 6-23; Bill No. 61-23; Bill No. 83-23)
(a) Reduced parking requirements. Upon written application, the Planning and Zoning Officer may reduce the parking requirements of this subtitle if the applicant demonstrates that the facility to be served would not require in its day-to-day operation a full complement of parking. The application shall be accompanied by a parking needs study that includes an estimate of the parking needs for the use, a thorough explanation of the basis for the estimate, any data used in calculating the estimate, including parking generation studies and previous experience with similar uses, and an explanation of any other relevant considerations, such as availability of commercial or public parking areas.
(b) Joint use parking. The Planning and Zoning Officer may allow joint use parking arrangements if the applicants enter into a written agreement acceptable to the County. Joint use arrangements may be authorized for a multiple-use facility when parking is provided at a common onsite facility that has the number of spaces required for each individual use. Joint use of the same parking spaces may be used to meet the parking and loading requirements if:
(1) the uses operate at different times with no overlap and the parking spaces provided are the number required for the greater generator; or
(2) the uses operate during overlapping time periods and the parking spaces provided are 100% of the number required for the greater generator plus 50% of the number required for the secondary generator; and
(3) vehicular and pedestrian access is provided within the development, separately from roads and freeways.
(c) Reduced parking requirements – Workforce housing.
(1) For workforce housing, the parking requirements of this subtitle shall be reduced by 10% if the workforce housing is located within one-quarter mile of a high-frequency transit stop.
(2) If workforce housing contains secured covered bicycle storage, the parking requirements of this subtitle shall be reduced by an amount not to exceed:
(i) 1 space for every eight bicycle locking positions; or
(ii) 10% of the total parking required.
(Bill No. 4-05; Bill No. 83-23)
(a) Parking program. The developer of a mixed use project or a PUD shall submit a parking program to the Office of Planning and Zoning. If approved, the program shall supersede the standards of this subtitle to the extent of any conflict.
(b) Onsite parking. Onsite parking for a mixed use project or a PUD shall be separated from walkways by landscaped screening, low-profile walls, berms, or decorative fencing; be well-illuminated; be free of pedestrian barriers; be designed to minimize the number of curb cuts to streets and highways and allow the direct movement of pedestrians between adjacent areas of onsite parking; have well illuminated access ways for pedestrians; and be located to the rear of buildings, below grade, or in a parking structure, except for short-term convenience parking.
(c) Rideshare spaces. The Office of Planning and Zoning may require that parking spaces in a mixed use project or PUD be designated for those who rideshare.
(d) On-street parking. The Office of Planning and Zoning may require or allow parking on both public and private streets in a mixed use project or PUD to promote street-level access to buildings and amenities.
(e) Vehicular circulation system. The vehicular circulation system in a mixed use project or PUD shall provide for the safe and convenient movement of vehicles and pedestrians and adequate space for the loading and unloading of persons, goods, and materials.
(f) Special uses. The parking program for a government reuse facility is governed by § 18-12-106.
(Bill No. 4-05; Bill No. 69-07)
SUBTITLE 2. OUTDOOR LIGHTING
(a) Applicability. This section does not apply to light fixtures on public streets or rights-of-way.
(b) Outdoor lighting in nonresidential zoning districts. Outdoor light fixtures in nonresidential zoning districts shall be located at least 25 feet from the boundary of any residential district, except that the Office of Planning and Zoning may approve a lesser setback upon the filing of an application that describes the type, location, lumen rating, and height of an outdoor lighting fixture and the reasons why a lesser setback should be allowed. Potential reasons for a lesser setback may include the following:
(1) fixtures will not be visible at any point along the boundaries of the lot on which they are located due to the location of buildings or walls, topography, or similar visual barriers;
(2) lighting will have minimal offsite impact due to the distance of the fixtures from roads and neighboring properties;
(3) fixtures will incorporate additional shielding or other features to prevent offsite impact; or
(4) lighting plans demonstrate other factors that will prevent glare and light spillover.
(c) Outdoor lighting in residential zoning districts. Outdoor light fixtures installed on a residentially zoned lot shall be:
(1) arranged to direct the light down towards the property on which the light fixture is located and away from adjoining residential lots or aimed to confine the light to an object, such as a flag or landscaping; and
(2) installed using motion sensing if used for security purposes.
(Bill No. 4-05; Bill No. 61-21)
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