There shall be parking provided for each structure and use hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, unless elsewhere exempted. The minimum number of accessory off street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with table B, "Off Street Parking Schedule", of this section. When determination of the number of off street parking spaces required by this title results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction one- half (1/2) or less may be disregarded while a fraction in excess of one-half (1/2) shall be counted as one parking space.
A. Parking Schedule:
TABLE B
OFF STREET PARKING SCHEDULE
Dwelling and lodging uses: | ||
Bed and breakfast establishment | 2 spaces per dwelling unit for the permanent resident family in the dwelling unit(s) plus 1 space for each 2 paid overnight guests (based on design capacity) | |
Fraternities or sororities and dormitories | 2 spaces plus 1 additional space for each 2 occupants in accordance with designed capacity | |
Group homes | 1 space for each staff person on maximum shift, plus 1 space for each 6 members, or fraction thereof, of the service dependent population | |
Group living: assisted living | 2 spaces plus 0.5 space for each dwelling unit | |
Group living: nursing homes and similar types of establishments | 1 space for each 3 beds, in accordance with designed capacity | |
Hotels or motels | 1.25 spaces for each lodging room or dwelling unit; plus parking spaces as required for other uses on the premises (such as restaurant, bars, etc.) as indicated elsewhere in this table B | |
Inn | 2 spaces for the permanent resident family plus 1 space for each 2 paid overnight guests (based on design capacity) plus 1 space for each 4 seats in the eating facility if the eating facility is open to the public other than paid overnight guests | |
Multi-unit dwellings; 2-, 3- or 4-unit dwellings; and rooming houses | 1 space per bedroom with a minimum of 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit | |
Single-unit dwellings | 2 spaces per dwelling unit if on a local street; 3 spaces per dwelling unit if on an arterial road or collector street, provided, however, that a single-unit dwelling that is occupied as a rooming house shall provide parking as required in this subsection for a rooming house. Parking within a garage shall not be counted toward the minimum parking requirement | |
Theaters, schools, institutions and auditoriums or other places of assembly: | ||
Auditoriums, stadiums, theaters, houses of worship and similar public assembly uses, except school auditoriums | 1 space for each 5 seats | |
Day care centers, child care centers, day nurseries, nursery schools, kindergartens, playgroups and centers or workshops for mentally or physically handicapped | 1 space for each 5 students in accordance with licensed or designed capacity | |
Hospitals | 1.5 spaces per bed in accordance with designed capacity; plus additional spaces for outpatient clinics, schools, etc., located within the hospital building, in accordance with requirements indicated elsewhere in this table B | |
Libraries | 1 space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof | |
Museums, art galleries | 1 space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof | |
Private clubs and lodges | 1 space for each 5 seats in accordance with designed seating capacity | |
School or institutional auditoriums | If on same site as school, parking for school includes parking for the auditorium | |
Schools, commercial or trade, music, dance or business school | 1 space for each 250 gross square feet of office floor area or fraction thereof, plus 1 space for each 3 students in accordance with designed capacity | |
Schools, elementary or junior high | 1 space for each 5 students of design capacity | |
Schools, high (except those high schools with only 9th and 10th grades which follow criteria for junior high school) | 1 space for each 4 students of design capacity | |
Recreation uses, commercial or noncommercial: | ||
Bowling alleys | 4 spaces for each alley and spaces as may be required herein for affiliated uses such as restaurants | |
Health salons, swimming pools, dance halls, recreational buildings and community centers | 4 spaces for each 1,000 square feet of floor area that is open to users | |
Business, commercial and industrial uses: | ||
Automobile service stations | 1 space for each 6 pump meters or fraction thereof, and 2 spaces for each service bay | |
Banks and other financial institutions | 1 space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof | |
Carryout establishments handling sale of food and/or refreshments for consumption off the premises (excluding grocery and similar stores) | 1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area | |
Carwash | Self-serve, no parking but see stacking spaces, section 15.4.8.9 of this chapter; if staffed, 1 space per projected peak hour employee, plus stacking spaces | |
Coin operated laundromat | 1 space for each 4 coin operated cleaning, washing, and drying machines, in accordance with designed capacity | |
Home occupation | 1 additional spaceIndustrial or manufacturing operations1 space per 2 employees on largest shift, plus 15 percent of that number of spaces for company vehicles or visitors. Documentation regarding number of employees shall be provided to the administrative official | |
Miniwarehouses | 1 space for each 50 storage cubicles to be located at the project office for the use of prospective customers or active customers conducting business with the miniwarehouse management plus 2 spaces for the manager's quarters (if provided). Off street parking and loading for miniwarehouse customers at their individual cubicles shall be provided within the minimum circulation driveways, as required, in subsection 15.4.8.6L2 of this chapter | |
Offices of doctors, dentists, veterinarians and medical, dental, or veterinary clinics; and small animal hospitals or clinics | 1 space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof | |
Offices, public or private, except medical, veterinary and dental | 1 space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof | |
Restaurants and cafes, high turnover and fast food | 1 space per 100 square feet of gross floor area plus required stacking spaces for drive-through lane(s) | |
Restaurants, quality | 1 space per 250 square feet of gross floor area or 1 space for every 2 seats of permitted fire occupancy, whichever is less | |
Retail, convenience | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area plus 1.5 spaces for each gas pump | |
Retail, large items, including furniture and appliance stores, motor vehicle sales, bona fide wholesale stores not catering to the general public, household equipment, machinery sales | 1 space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area | |
Retail, lumber and home improvement | 1 space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area (exterior lumberyards or garden supply shopping areas shall be included in gross floor area for this calculation) | |
Retail stores not elsewhere classified (in this subsection); this classification includes "super stores", discount stores and supermarkets | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof | |
Shopping centers | 1 space per 225 square feet of gross leasable floor area or fraction thereof | |
Warehouse and storage establishment and freight or truck terminals | 4 spaces plus 1 space for each 1,500 square feet over 4,500 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof plus truck parking | |
Service units: | ||
Funeral home | 1 space for each 5 chapel or parlor seats | |
Salons, hair, tanning, nail and other | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof | |
B. Reduction For Mixed Or Joint Use Of Parking Spaces: Upon a written request, the development assistance committee may authorize a reduction in total number of required parking spaces for two (2) or more uses jointly providing off street parking when their respective hours of need of maximum parking do not normally overlap. Reduction of parking requirements, because of joint use, shall be approved if the following conditions are met:
1. The applicant submits a parking study with sufficient data to demonstrate that hours of maximum demand for parking by the respective uses do not normally overlap.
2. The applicant submits a legal agreement, approved by the city attorney, guaranteeing the joint use of off street parking spaces so long as the uses requiring parking are in existence or until required parking is provided elsewhere in accordance with the provisions of this zoning ordinance. (Ord. 2013-20)
C. Reduction For Additional Bicycle Parking: Commercial developments are eligible for a onetime reduction in vehicle parking spaces in exchange for additional bicycle parking facilities. The number of vehicle parking spaces may be reduced by two (2) spaces in exchange for five (5) additional bicycle parking spaces.
D. Employee Parking: Parking spaces required on an employee basis shall be based on the maximum number of employees on duty or residing on the premises at any one time.
E. Other Uses: Parking spaces for other permitted uses not listed above shall be provided on the same basis as required for the most similar use or as reasonably determined by the development assistance committee. Parking spaces for other special uses not listed above shall be provided as required by the city council after a hearing by the planning commission and guided by the above requirements and the special use performance standards; however, the council may set higher requirements for any special use case. (Ord. 2015-15)