Changes in the intensity of use of a property resulting from the construction, alteration or enlargement of a building or structure, from a change in the character of use, or from other causes, shall be subject to the parking provisions in TABLE 1 and as follows:
(a) Whenever a building, structure or development is constructed, or whenever a building or structure, regardless of the date of its erection, undergoes any increase in the number of dwellings, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees, or other unit of measurement specified herein for required parking facilities, and further when said increase would result in a requirement for additional parking facilities through the application of this Chapter, additional facilities shall be provided according to Table 1 and the other provisions of this Chapter.
(b) When a building or structure shall undergo any decrease in the number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees, or other unit of measurement specified herein for required parking provisions, and when such decrease would result in a decrease in the requirement for a fewer total number of parking spaces in accordance with this chapter, parking facilities may be reduced accordingly, provided that the number of parking spaces remaining equals the number required by the provisions of this chapter.
Required Use | Number of parking Spaces Required |
Automobile or machinery sales and service garages Note #1, Note #2 | 1 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area plus 1 for each full-time employee and 1 for each car being serviced or stored |
Banks, business and professional offices | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Bowling Alleys | 6 per each alley |
Churches & Schools - Note #1 | 1 for each 2 seats in principal auditorium |
Coin-operated laundries and/or dry cleaning establishments | 1 for each 3 washing machines plus 1 per full-time employee on max. shift |
Convenience stores; drug, grocery, hardware or similar stores | 1 per 300 square feet of sales area plus 1 per full-time employee on max. shift |
Clubs, dance halls, social halls, other misc. assembly halls without fixed seats | 1 for each 50 square feet of floor area |
Single and 2-family Dwellings | 1 inside and 1 outside per dwelling unit |
Food Pick-up Establishments | 1 per 100 square feet of floor area plus 1 per employee on max. work shift |
Funeral Homes and Mortuaries | 6 per parlor or 1 per each 50 square feet of floor area - whichever is greater |
Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Care centers | 1 for each 5 beds plus 1 for each full-time employee on max. work shift |
Manufacturing Plants, research or testing laboratories, bottling plants | 1 for each employee on the max. work shift |
Medical or Dental Clinics | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area plus one for each full-time employee or doctor |
Multiple-Family Dwellings | 1.5 outside and 1 inside per dwelling unit |
Motels and Hotels | 1 per unit plus one per employee on the max. work shift |
Gas Stations (See Notes 1 and 2) | 1 per bay plus 1 per full-time employee (see Convenience Stores if applicable) |
Restaurants and Eating Establishments inc. Taverns and Coffee Shops | 1 for each 50 square feet plus 1 per employee on the max. work shift |
Shopper's Goods, Supermarkets, and similar stores over 12,000 square feet | 1 per 500 square feet of sales area plus 1 per employee on the max. work shift |
Theaters | 1 for each 2 seats plus 1 per employee on the max. work shift |
Wholesale Establishments | 1 per employee on max. work shift |
Note #1 - Required Parking for this use must be On-Site parking | |
Note #2 - Damaged or partially disassembled vehicles must be screened from public view. | |
(Ord. 7435-01. Passed 2-18-02.) | |
(2) Units of measurement.
A. Parking space. Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet (9 ft.) wide and eighteen feet (18 ft.) long, exclusive of access drives or aisles.
B. Loading space. Each loading space shall not be less than ten feet (10 ft.) wide, forty feet (40 ft.) in length and fourteen feet (14 ft.) in height, exclusive of access or turning areas.
C. Floor area. In the case of merchandising or service types of uses, "floor area" means the gross floor area used or intended to be used by tenants, or for service to the public as customers, patrons or clients but does not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as toilet or restrooms, utilities or dressing rooms.
D. Hospital bassinets. In hospitals, bassinets should not be counted as beds.
E. Benches in place of public assembly. In stadiums, sports arenas, churches and other places of public assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each twenty inches (20 in.) of such seating facilities shall be counted as one (1) seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking facilities under this Planning and Zoning Code.
(3) Development standards. Off-street accessory parking areas shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following standards:
A. Whenever a parking lot is located to adjoin a side or rear lot line in any R District as defined in Title Seven of the Planning and Zoning Code, a solid masonry wall or substantial, tight fence, which may be shrubbery, five feet (5 ft.) high shall be constructed and maintained along such side or rear lot line.
B. The lighting of such parking lot shall be reflected away from any R District and so arranged as to cause no annoying glare thereto. (Ord. 7139-99. Passed 7-6-99.)
C. 1. All commercial driveways and parking lots and those located in R-3 and R-4 Multi-Family Residential zones, including the drive aprons associated with those lots, shall be smoothly graded, adequately drained and hard-surfaced with an approved material. Any portion of a commercial or residential, multi-family driveway or parking lot within the City right-of-way, including the portion of public sidewalk that crosses a driveway, shall be constructed of reinforced concrete of the minimum thickness of eight (8) inches.
2. Residential driveways and parking areas in Residential R-1 and R-2 (single-family) zones, including the drive aprons associated with those driveways and lots, shall be smoothly graded, adequately drained and hard-surfaced with an approved material Any portion of a residential (R-1 or R-2) driveway or parking lot within the City right-of-way, including the portion of public sidewalk that crosses a driveway, shall be constructed of reinforced concrete of the minimum thickness of six (6) inches. In the case of unusually long or large drives or parking areas, the City Manager or Building Commissioner, at their discretion, may approve the paving of an area less than the whole, but large enough to preserve the safety and integrity of the neighborhood. (Ord. 7631-04. Passed 7-12-04.)
D. Parking lots which abut the right-of-way of Rockside Road, Broadway Avenue, Northfield Road or Center Road in the B-1, B-2, B-3 and B-P districts a 4 foot buffer, consisting of a 3 foot wrought iron fence (or similar) and a row of 2-3 foot high shrubs, shall be constructed and maintained along such right-of-way.
E. In any R district, parking lots or areas for more than two (2) vehicles shall not be located in the front yard.
F. No charge is to be made for parking on a lot in any R District. Such lot shall not be used for sales, repair work or servicing of any kind.
G. The entrance to and exit from a lot are to be so located as to safeguard the safety to pedestrians and the traveling public. The location of the exit and entrance ways shall first be approved by the City Manager.
H. No sign other than a directional sign shall be located on a lot in any R district.
I. Curb stops shall be provided to prevent any vehicle from parking within three feet (3 ft.) of any property or street line.
J. Additional conditions as the City Manager may deem necessary in each case to protect the health, safety and welfare of the general public.
K. Any parking lot or driveway, either residential or commercial, which does not conform to the provisions of this code on the effective date of this Chapter shall be deemed nonconforming.
L. Parking lots and drives which are deemed to be non-conforming shall be brought into compliance at the time of any change of ownership.
M. All parking lots, parking areas or driveways rendered non- conforming by the provisions of this Chapter shall be removed or be brought into conformance with the provisions of this Chapter no later than June 1, 2003.
(4) Exceptions.
A. The Board of Appeals may authorize on appeal a modification, reduction or waiver of the foregoing requirements, if it finds that in the particular case the peculiar nature of the use, or other exceptional situation or condition would justify such modification, reduction or waiver.
B. The Planning Commission, in consultation with other city departments and agencies concerned, shall make studies as found advisable of various areas in the City for the purpose of determining the areas within which there is need for the establishment of off-street parking facilities to be provided by the City and to be financed wholly, or in part, by a special assessment district, or by other means. Where such need is found, the Planning Commission shall report its recommendation for the acquisition of such off-street parking facilities to Council. This report shall include recommendations on the type, size, location and other pertinent features of the proposed off-street parking facilities and the area they are intended to serve.
(Ord. 7139-99. Passed 7-6-99.)