1. It shall be the intent of this section to prevent traffic congestion and to provide for proper traffic safety by preserving the public thoroughfares for the unimpaired movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Therefore, it shall be recognized that the requirements of this section are minimum and that in certain uses of land, these requirements may be inadequate. Where review of the site plans and intended land use indicate through the application of proven standards or experienced statistics that the requirements therein are inadequate for the specific land use adaptation, a greater requirement for off-street parking space is justified and may be required to preserve the intent of this section.
2. Off-Street Loading Space Required. Every department store, freight terminal or railroad yard, hospital or sanitarium, industrial plant, manufacturing establishment, retail establishment, storage warehouse or wholesale establishment, which has a gross floor area of 5,000 square feet or more shall provide one off-street loading space plus one additional space for each 20,000 square feet of floor area or major portion thereof. Each loading space shall not be less than ten (10) feet in width and forty (40) feet in length.
3. Off-Street Parking Area Required. In all districts, except the “B-3” Central Business District, in connection with every industrial, commercial, business, trade, institutional, recreational, or dwelling, and similar uses, space for parking and storage of vehicles shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule.
A. Apartments Located Above the First Floor of Business. One and one-half parking spaces per dwelling in addition to the off-street parking requirements of any business located within the building.
B. Automobile Sales and/or Repairing. One (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area and one (1) parking space per two (2) employees regularly employed on the premises.
C. Automobile Service Stations. One (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area, plus one (1) additional parking space per pump, and two (2) parking spaces for each service stall.
D. Banks, Savings and Loans, and Finance Companies. One (1) parking space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.
E. Business or Professional Office Buildings. Five (5) parking spaces plus one (1) additional parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of floor area over one thousand (1000).
F. Business, General Retail. One (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area, excluding indoor warehousing area where not a principal use.
G. Bowling Alleys. Three (3) parking spaces per alley plus one (1) parking space per five (5) spectator seats.
H. Churches. One (1) parking space per five (5) seats in a public worship area.
I. Clinics, Medical or Dental. One (1) parking space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area and per two (2) employees.
J. Clubs and Lodges. One (1) parking space per one hundred (100) square feet of floor space.
K. Dance Halls, Assembly Halls. One (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area or one (1) parking space for each four (4) seats of maximum seating capacity whichever is greater.
L. Dwellings, Residential.
(1) Single and two family dwellings -- two (2) parking spaces per unit.
(2) Multi-family dwellings - two (2) parking spaces per unit.
(3) Rooming, lodging, or boarding house - one (1) parking space for each sleeping room.
M. Funeral Homes, Mortuaries. One (1) parking space per five (5) seats in the chapel or viewing rooms and per each vehicle maintained on the premises.
N. Furniture, Appliance and Other Retail Stores Displaying Large and Bulky Merchandise. One (1) parking space per five hundred (500) square feet of floor area.
O. Home Occupations. A minimum of four (4) parking spaces, inclusive of residence requirements.
P. Hospitals. One (1) parking space per two (2) patient beds and one (1) parking space per three (3) staff members and employees on the largest shift.
Q. Hotels, Motels, and Lodging Houses. One (1) parking space for each room or suite of rooms offered for tourist accommodations and one (1) parking space for each two (2) persons regularly employed on the premises.
R. Industrial Uses, All. One (1) parking space for each two (2) employees on the largest shift or each four hundred (400) square feet of floor area, whichever is greater, plus one (1) additional parking space for each vehicle operated or kept in connection with the use.
S. Nursing Homes, Sanitariums, Rest Homes, Senior Housing AND Convalescent Homes, or Similar Uses. One (1) parking space per two (2) patient beds or two (2) residents, whichever is greater, provided however senior housing projects shall have a minimum parking requirement of one (1) parking space per living unit.
T. Restaurants, Taverns, Night Clubs, or Similar Places Dispensing Food, Drink, or Refreshments. One (1) parking space per one hundred (100) square feet of floor area.
U. Retail Stores, Supermarkets, Department Store, Drug and Sundry Stores, Etc. One (1) parking space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.
V. Schools.
(1) Elementary, Junior High and other places for under driving age students. One (1) parking space per each faculty member plus one (1) parking space for each full-time employee.
(2) High Schools. One (1) parking space per each faculty member and full-time employee, plus one (1) parking space per twenty (20) students in accordance with design and capacity of the facilities.
(3) College, Trade Schools, and Other Places of Young Adult Learning. One (1) parking space per each faculty member and full-time employee, plus one (1) parking space per four (4) students in accordance with design and capacity of the facilities.
W. Sports Arenas, Theaters, Auditoriums, and Other Similar Places of Public Assembly. One (1) parking space for each five (5) seats or seating spaces.
X. Wholesale Establishments or Warehouses. One (1) parking space for each person regularly employed on the premises, plus one (1) parking space for each vehicle operated or kept in conjunction with the use.
Y. Uses Not Specified. Where parking requirements for any use are not specifically defined in this section, such parking requirements shall be determined by the Board of Adjustment based on comparable uses in compliance with this section.
4. General Provisions.
A. Minimum dimensions for any vehicular parking space shall be nine (9) feet in width and nineteen (19) feet in length.
B. A minimum space of 350 square feet shall be required for off-street parking of a vehicle including access aisles and/or private drives.
C. Adequate entrances and exits shall be provided for, so as to minimize traffic congestion.
D. Parking areas shall be properly graded for drainage.
E. Parking areas shall be surfaced with a minimum 4.00" Portland cement or 4.56" Type A (65% crushed material) asphaltic cement concrete.
F. New Additions. In case of new additions to existing buildings, off-street parking and loading areas shall be provided for the new floor area added in accordance with ratios described in Section 170.34.
G. Several Uses. In the event several uses occupy a single structure or parcel of land, the total requirement for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements of the several uses computed separately.
H. Joint Use. Owners of two or more uses, structures, or parcels of land may agree to utilize jointly the same parking and loading spaces when the hours of operation do not overlap or are adequate for both uses, provided that satisfactory legal evidence is presented in the form of deeds, leases, or contracts to establish joint use.
I. Availability. Required parking spaces shall be available for the parking of operable passenger automobiles of residents, customers, patrons, and employees only, and shall not be used for storage of vehicles or materials or for the parking of trucks used in conducting the business of use.
J. Location. Off-street parking space for single family, two family or multiple family dwellings shall be provided within the dwelling or on the premises of the dwelling. Off-street parking spaces for other buildings shall be provided within the buildings, on the premises, or on a permanently reserved space on another lot any portion of which is within three hundred (300) feet of said buildings, with the exception of auditoriums, theaters, churches, assembly halls, or stadiums, which parking spaces can be within six hundred (600) feet of the latter. Off-street parking shall be accessible by traversing public ways.
K. Plan. A plan, drawn to scale, indicating how the off-street parking and loading requirements are to be fulfilled, shall accompany the application for a building permit and occupancy certificate. The plan shall show all elements necessary to indicate that these requirements are being fulfilled.
L. Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the “B-3” Central Business District.
5. Rules of Computing Off-Street Parking. In computing the number of off-street parking spaces required, the following rules govern:
A. “Floor Area” means the gross floor area of the specific use.
B. Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required are the nearest whole number.
C. The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein is the same as required for a use of similar nature.
D. Whenever a building erected or established after the effective date of this chapter is enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise to create a need for an increase of ten percent (10%) or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of enlargement or change.
E. Whenever a building existing prior to the effective date of this chapter is enlarged to the extent of fifty percent (50%) or more in the floor area or in the area used, said building or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking requirement set forth herein.
F. On the following page is a Parking Table showing the space requirements for various parking angles.
6. Exceptions. The Board of Adjustment is hereby authorized and empowered, after a public hearing thereon with a notice to the public, to permit an exception or modification in the required location of the off-street loading spaces, if, after investigation by such Board, it is found that such exception is necessary to prevent unreasonable hardship or to secure an appropriate development of a specified parcel of land which has such peculiar or exceptional geographical or topographical conditions or is of a size, shape, dimensions, or location that it cannot be reasonably developed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance.
In granting any exception or modifications, the Board may impose conditions and limitations in respect to the proposed use and development of the premises as in its judgment are necessary in order to provide adequately for the public safety and to do substantial justice to the parties involved.