A. Adequate Provisions Required: There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building or at the time any main building is enlarged or increased in capacity or converted to a new use, minimum off street parking space with adequate provision for ingress and egress by standard size automobiles in accordance with the requirements herein.
B. Size: For the purpose of this chapter, one parking space shall be assumed to be one hundred eighty (180) square feet (dimensions of 9 feet x 20 feet). In situations where the parking stall allows a portion of the vehicle to extend over landscaping (“nose over landscaping”), the painted lines for the stall may be allowed to be eighteen feet (18') in length. Ten percent (10%) of total surface parking may be developed as “compact parking spaces” with the parking stall dimensions of eight feet six inches by eighteen feet (8'6" x 18').
C. Parking Structures: Parking structures may be developed entirely with parking stall dimensions of nine feet by eighteen feet (9' x 18'). Parking structures shall be required to include an adequate fire suppression system. Parking structures shall have a minimum vertical clearance of eighty-four inches (84"). Parking structures that include ADA parking spaces, the minimum vertical clearance for the level the ADA spaces are located shall be ninety-eight inches (98") to accommodate the vertical clearance for wheelchair lift-equipped vehicles.
D. Alternatives To On Site Parking: For any new use, structure, building or parcel, required off street parking may be provided on other property not more than a two hundred foot (200') distance from the nearest point of the parcel, and shall not require persons to cross a public street. The planning commission may consider such alternatives through the site plan process. (Off-site parking shall not be allowed for dwellings or to accommodate parking needs for property/parcels located either entirely or partially outside of Clearfield City.)
E. Multi-Family Bedroom Counts: In determining parking requirements for multi-family residential developments, the Zoning Administrator shall determine (based upon submitted floor plans) the final number of bedrooms provided per unit. This may include areas labeled as offices, dens, game rooms, etc. that could feasibly be used as a bedroom regardless of compliance with building or fire codes. This does not include common areas that are accessible to all residents of a development, and only applies to the private rooms of each residential unit. (Ord. 2015-13, 7-28-2015; amd. Ord. 2023-10, 6-13-2023)