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CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND
PART ONE: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART TWO: HEALTH CODE
PART THREE: LAND USE CODE
PART IIIA: LAND USE CODE - PLANNING AND HOUSING
PART IIIB: LAND USE CODE - ZONING CODE
TITLE VII: ZONING CODE
CHAPTER 325 - DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 327 - ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY
CHAPTER 329 - BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
CHAPTER 331 - BUILDING ZONE MAPS
CHAPTER 333 - CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS
CHAPTER 334 - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT
CHAPTER 335 - USE DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 336 - URBAN GARDEN DISTRICT
CHAPTER 337 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 338 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARK (MHP) DISTRICT
CHAPTER 339 - PARKING DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 340 - INSTITUTIONAL-RESEARCH (I-R) DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 341 - DESIGN REVIEW
CHAPTER 342 - OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION (OSR) DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 343 - BUSINESS DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 344 - MIDTOWN MIXED-USE DISTRICT
CHAPTER 345 - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 346 - LIVE-WORK OVERLAY DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 347 - SPECIFIC USES REGULATED
CHAPTER 348 - FORM DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 349 - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
CHAPTER 350 - SIGN REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 351 - RIPARIAN SETBACKS AND WETLANDS SETBACKS
CHAPTER 352 - LANDSCAPING, SCREENING, AND OUTDOOR PARKING LOT LIGHTING
CHAPTER 353 - HEIGHT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 354 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES
CHAPTER 354A - WIND ENERGY FACILITIES
CHAPTER 355 - AREA REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 356 - CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD)
CHAPTER 357 - YARDS AND COURTS
CHAPTER 358 - FENCE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 359 - NONCONFORMING USES
TITLE VIIA: CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD FORM-BASED CODE
PART IIIC: LAND USE CODE - HOUSING CODE
PART IIID: LAND USE CODE - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART IIIE: LAND USE CODE - BUILDING CODE
PART FOUR: TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE: MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AND SERVICES CODE
PART SIX: OFFENSES AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CODE
TITLE VIIA: CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD FORM-BASED CODE
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§ 337.13 Required Parking Spaces
   Accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the requirements set forth in the following table:
Uses
Required Accessory Off-Street Parking Spaces
Uses
Required Accessory Off-Street Parking Spaces
Apartment houses
1 for each dwelling unit.
Apartment hotels
1 for each dwelling unit, plus 1 for each 2 rented sleeping rooms, plus 1 for each 2 employees expected on the premises during the largest work shift period.
Medical or dental offices
5 for each doctor or dentist, plus 1 for each 2 employees expected on the premises during the largest work shift period; or 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
Other professional and administrative offices
1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.
Hospitals and sanitariums
1 for each bed, plus 1 for each staff doctor, plus 1 for each 3 other employees expected on the premises during the largest work shift period.
Accessory ethical pharmacy
1 for each employee or operator expected on the premises during the largest work shift period.
Clinics
1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
Homes for the aged, convalescent, rest and nursing homes and orphanages
1 for each staff member, including doctors and nurses, plus 1 for each 3 other employees expected on the premises during the largest work shift period, plus 1 for each 6 beds.
Schools:
(See also requirements for auditoriums, gymnasiums and stadiums.)
   Junior High
1 for each 2 staff members and other employees expected on the premises during the largest work shift period.
   Senior High
1 for each 2 staff members and other employees expected on the premises during the largest work shift period, plus 1 for each 12 seats in a classroom, based on planned classroom activity.
   Colleges and Universities
1 for each 2 staff members and other employees expected on the premises during the largest work shift period, plus 1 for each 10 seats in a classroom based on planned classroom activity.
   Dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses
1 for each 4 beds, plus 1 for the operator or manager living on the premises, plus 1 for each other employee expected on the premises during the largest work shift period.
Police and fire stations and other governmental administrative buildings and public utility buildings
2 for each 3 employees expected on the premises during the largest work shift period.
Libraries and museums
1 for each employee expected on the premises during the largest work shift period, plus 1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
Kindergartens, day nurseries, children’s boarding homes and otherchild care centers
1 for each 2 staff members and other employees expected on the premises during the largest work shift period.
Auditoriums, gymnasiums and stadiums
1 for each 6 seats or total parking area equal to 3 times the gross floor area, whichever is greater.
Where there are no fixed seats, each 24 inches of bench space shall be considered 1 seat.
Where there are no seats or benches, each 20 square feet of floor area usable for seating shall be considered 1 seat.
Research laboratories
1 for each employee expected on the premises during the largest work shift period, or total parking space equal to 25% of the gross floor area, whichever is greater.
Lodges
Total parking space equal to 1/2 of gross floor area.
 
   For the purpose of determining the amount of accessory off-street spaces required, “gross floor area” means the total area of all the floors in a building or structure, excluding basement space used for storage or utilities, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls.
(Ord. No. 1903-59. Passed 12-14-59, eff. 12-16-59)
§ 337.14 Location of Required Off-Street Parking Space
   Except as provided by this section, the required accessory off-street parking space shall be located on the same lot as the use for which it is provided. All such parking spaces shall be located behind the setback building line. No such parking space shall be located within ten (10) feet of any wall of a building or structure if such wall contains ground floor openings designed to provide light or ventilation for such building structure.
   The Board of Zoning Appeals may permit as a special exception the location of required accessory off-street parking spaces on a separate lot if the Board finds all of the following:
   (a)   That there is no way to provide such parking spaces on the same lot as the use;
   (b)   That for a permitted apartment house, such parking spaces are within two hundred (200) feet of or for any other permitted use, within four hundred (400) feet of the nearest boundary of the lot upon which the use is located measured by a straight line between the two (2) points;
   (c)   That the separate lot upon which such parking spaces are provided is in the same ownership as the permitted use, and is subject to deed restrictions recorded in the office of the County Recorder binding the owner, his or her heirs and assigns to maintain and provide for the required number of such parking spaces throughout the life of such use in accordance with the provisions of this Zoning Code; and
   (d)   That the Commissioner of Traffic Engineering and Parking has caused a study to be made of the proposed location and finds that safe and adequate access can be provided and that the potential traffic will not be injurious or detrimental to the adjoining streets.
(Ord. No. 1903-59. Passed 12-14-59, eff. 12-16-59)
§ 337.15 Joint Off-Street Parking Facilities
   Accessory off-street parking spaces required of two (2) or more uses located on the same lot or parcel may be combined and used jointly by such uses, provided that the parking spaces provided shall be equal to the total number of accessory off-street parking spaces required by all such uses.
(Ord. No. 1903-59. Passed 12-14-59, eff. 12-16-59)
§ 337.16 Sale of Fuel and Repairs
   The sale of automotive fuels and accessories and the furnishing of repairs or service of any kind for motor vehicles shall not be permitted.
(Ord. No. 1903-59. Passed 12-14-59, eff. 12-16-59)
§ 337.17 Size of Off-Street Parking Space
   Each accessory off-street parking space shall have a minimum unobstructed area of three hundred (300) square feet. Where driveways are required to provide accessibility to the parking spaces, they shall have an unobstructed width of at least twenty (20) feet.
(Ord. No. 1903-59. Passed 12-14-59, eff. 12-16-59)
§ 337.18 Access and Maintenance to Off-Street Parking Spaces
   (a)   Accessory off-street parking spaces, driveways and maneuvering areas shall be properly graded for drainage so that all water is drained within the lot providing such parking spaces, surfaced with concrete, asphaltic concrete, asphalt or similar surfacing material, maintained in good condition and free of debris and trash.
   (b)   Accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided with wheel or bumper guards that are so located that no part of a parked vehicle will extend beyond such parking space.
   (c)   The driveway used to provide accessibility to accessory off-street parking spaces shall be so located and arranged to minimize traffic congestion.
   Therefore:
      (1)   Only one (1) such driveway shall be permitted for each one hundred (100) feet of frontage of the use providing such parking spaces.
      (2)   The center line of such driveway shall be at least thirty (30) feet from the right-of-way line of any intersecting street where the driveways and intersecting street are on the same side of a street.
      (3)   The maximum width of such driveway shall be thirty (30) feet measured at right angles to the angle of the driveway entrance. Such driveway shall have an apron of six (6) feet radius at the curb, and provide a means for motor vehicles to enter and leave the parking facilities without obstructing traffic.
(Ord. No. 1903-59. Passed 12-14-59, eff. 12-16-59)
§ 337.19 Parking Recreational Vehicles in a Residential District
   (a)   "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicular portable structure designed solely for the purpose of recreational travel, that is not used for engaging in business for profit or for intrastate commerce, and includes but is not limited to: a boat, boat on a trailer, boat trailer, jet ski and raft and associated equipment for transport on a public roadway, travel trailer, motor home, pick-up camper, folding tent trailer, and a licensed private trailer intended to haul personal property.
   (b)   Recreational vehicles shall not be parked in a residential district, including on a public roadway, except:
      (1)   when the recreational vehicle owned or used by the occupants of the premises is stored on the premises in a closed garage; storage of a recreational vehicle shall not be in the open air, except as provided in division (b)(2) below.
      (2)   No more than one (1) recreational vehicle owned or used by the occupants of the premises may occupy no more than one (1) improved open air parking surface located in a rear yard of the premises provided that:
         A.   the parking space is surfaced with concrete, asphaltic concrete, asphalt or other surfacing materials approved by the Director of Building and Housing, and maintained in good condition and free of debris and trash;
         B.   the recreational vehicle shall not have fixed connections to electricity, water, gas or sanitary sewer facilities and at no time shall the recreational vehicle be used for living or housekeeping purposes on the premises;
         C.   the recreational vehicle must be kept in good repair and workable condition and, where applicable, must carry a current year's license plate and registration;
         D.   the recreational vehicle shall be limited to thirty (30) feet in length from end to end, not including any hitch or attachment; and
         E.   the recreational vehicle shall be adequately screened in accordance with the Table Containing Uses Requiring Other Screening or Landscaping in Section 352.10 of this Zoning Code, note a. of said Table notwithstanding, except that no screening shall exceed six (6) feet in height.
      (3)   A recreational vehicle may be parked in a parking or driveway area anywhere on the premises for loading or unloading purposes for a period of not more than forty-eight (48) hours in any consecutive twenty-one (21) day period.
(Ord. No. 98-2022. Passed 9-26-22, eff. 10-26-22)
§ 337.20 Lighting for Off-Street Parking Spaces
   Where lighting is provided for accessory off-street parking spaces, it shall be constructed and arranged so as to prevent the direct emission of light upon adjoining lots or the public streets.
(Ord. No. 1903-59. Passed 12-14-59, eff. 12-16-59)
§ 337.21 Height, Area, Yard and Court Requirements for Residence-Office Districts
   Except as provided in Section 337.10, every building or structure hereafter erected or altered in any way, in a Residence-Office District, shall comply with the height, area, yard and court regulations applicable to Class A Multiple Dwellings and Multi-Family District.
(Ord. No. 1903-59. Passed 12-14-59, eff. 12-16-59)
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