(a) Number of Spaces Required. Where any building or use is erected, reconstructed, or converted, there shall be adequate, as determined by the Zoning Inspector, off-street parking- provided, but in no case less than the following:
Building or Use | Spaces Required |
(1) Hotels and motels | 1 for every sleeping room, plus 1 for each employee |
(2) Churches, temples, schools, public buildings, etc. | 1 for every 3 seats in the main auditorium |
(3) Hospitals, clinics, institutions, etc. | 1 for every 3 beds |
(4) Private clubs or lodges, etc. | 1 for every 6 members |
(5) Colleges, universities, etc. | 1 for every 5 students |
(6) Theater or auditorium (except school auditorium), sports arena, stadium or gymnasium | 1 for each 3 seats or 6 lineal feet of bench seating space for 3 persons |
(7) Bowling alley | 8 for each lane, plus 1 additional for each 200 square feet of area used for eating, drinking or other recreation |
(8) Retail commercial or business service establishment, except as otherwise specified herein | 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area |
(9) Personal or professional services; restaurants, nightclubs, cafes or similar recreation or amusement establishments | 1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area |
(10) Offices and institutions, furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service | 1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area |
(11) Printing or plumbing shop or similar service establishment | 1 for each anticipated customer or visitor |
(12) Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, dairy processing, bakery, bottling plant, warehouse or similar establishment | 1 for each anticipated customer or visitor |
(13) In the case of any business or industrial use not specifically mentioned, or a combination of uses, the parking requirements shall be determined by the Zoning Inspector.
(14) In addition to the above requirements, one space shall be provided for each employee on the maximum working shift, plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith.
(15) Space also shall be provided for the parking of freight and delivery trucks during any time in which the off-street loading facilities are insufficient to handle all such trucks waiting to use the facilities.
(b) General Location of Off-Street Parking. Required spaces for off-street parking or storage of vehicles shall be provided on the premises intended to be served or with the approval of the Zoning Board of Appeals, on adjoining or nearby property within 300 feet of any part of the premises when there is positive assurance that such land shall be used for such purpose during the existence of the use to be served.
(c) Location of Employee and Company-Owned Vehicle Parking. Parking spaces for employees, trucks or other vehicles used in connection with the use of the premises, including trucks waiting to use the off-street loading facilities, shall not be located in the required front or side yard area or in front of any main building.
(d) Location of Customer and Visitor Parking. Parking spaces to accommodate customers and visitors shall not be permitted within the required front yard or within five feet of a side lot line.
(e) Parking Lots Adjacent to Public Streets. Where off-street parking spaces or lots are provided adjacent to a public street, all such spaces or lots shall have protective walls or bumper blocks to prevent encroachment into the required setbacks.
(f) Surface and Drainage of Parking Area. All off-street parking, loading, open service and drive areas shall be constructed to provide adequate drainage and to be improved and maintained in such a manner that no dust or other nuisance will be produced by continuous use.
(g) Minimum Size of Parking Spaces. A parking space for one automobile shall be a rectangular area of not less than nine feet by twenty feet, unless a smaller size is specifically approved by the Zoning Inspector and marked for "small cars only", in addition to adequate area for ingress and egress.
(h) Arrangement and Marking of Parking Areas. Off-Street parking areas shall be arranged and marked to provide for orderly and safe ingress and egress and parking of vehicles, subject to the approval of the City Engineer.
(i) Access to Parking Lots. There shall be provided to off-street parking lots or areas an access drive of not less than twenty feet in width leading to the required parking spaces or lots. (Ord. 44-81. Passed 12-1-81.)