§ 349.04 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
(a)Residential Uses
One-family or two-family dwellings and Class A Multiple Dwellings	1 for each dwelling unit.
Rooming houses, dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, YMCA, YWCA	1 for each 4 beds, plus 1 for the owner, operator or manager living on the premises, plus 1 for each other employee, expected on premises.
Housing for the elderly	1 for each 3 dwelling units.
Hotels	1 for each dwelling unit, plus 1 for each 4 guest rooms, plus 1 for each 3 employees.
Motels and tourist homes	1 for each guest room, plus 1 for each 2 employees.
Tourist parks or camps	1 for each family unit, plus 1 for each 2 employees.
Trailer camps	1 for each trailer.
(b)Accessory Uses in Residence District
Home occupations:
(1)   Medical or dental offices	3 for each establishment.
(2)   Clergyman, architect, engineer, attorney or similar professional offices	2 for each establishment.
Farms, truck-gardens, nurseries, stables where sales are made on premises	Total parking area equal to 25% of the lot area devoted to sales.
(c)Schools
Day nurseries, children’s boarding homes, kindergartens, elementary grade and junior high schools	1 for each 2 staff members and other employees. See also requirements for auditoriums, gymnasiums and stadiums.
Senior high schools	1 for each 2 staff members and other employees, plus 1 for each 12 seats in a classroom based on planned classroom capacity. See also requirements for auditoriums, gymnasiums and stadiums.
Trade, vocational business and dancing schools; colleges and universities	1 for each 2 employees, plus 1 for each 10 seats in a classroom based on planned classroom capacity. See also requirements for auditoriums, gymnasiums and stadiums.
(d)Institutional Uses
Hospitals and sanitariums	1 for each 4 beds, plus 1 for each 3 doctors, plus 1 for each 3 employees.
Clinics, health and medical centers	1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
Institutions for children and the aged, convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes, day nurseries, orphanages	1 for each staff member, including doctors and nurses, plus 1 for each 3 other employees, plus 1 for each 6 beds.
Penal and correctional institutions	1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.
(e)Places of Public Assembly
Airports and other aircraft landing and servicing facilities	1 for each 100 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 for each 3 employees.
Amusement parks, circuses, carnivals and other outdoor amusement or recreation uses	Total parking area equal to twice the total lot area devoted to such use.
Arenas, armories, assembly halls, auditoriums, concert halls, convention halls, dance halls, exhibition halls, gymnasiums, indoor theaters, pool or billiard halls, stadiums and similar indoor amusement or recreation uses	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 or pew shall be considered 1 seat. Where there are no seats, benches or pews, each 20 square feet of ground or floor area usable for seating shall be considered 1 seat.
Bowling alleys	7 for each lane.
Bus depots	1 for each 100 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 for each 2 employees.
Clubs and lodges including fraternity and sorority houses without sleeping accommodations	Total parking area equal to 1/2 the gross floor area.
Commercial swimming pools	1 for each employee, plus 1 for each 40 square feet of pool surface and deck area.
Golf courses	8 for each green.
Golf driving ranges	2 for each driving tee, plus 1 for each 2 employees.
Public libraries and museums	1 for each 4 employees, plus 1 for each 1,200 square feet of gross floor area.
Municipal swimming pools, outdoor	1 for each employee.
Places of worship	1 for each 6 seats.
Railroad passenger stations	1 for each 100 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 for each 3 employees.
Rapid transit stations, except in the Central Business District, as defined in Section 325.12	1 for each 2 employees expected on the premises during the largest work shift period, plus 1 for each 10 passengers entering the station during the peak hour of operation.
Recreation and community centers	1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 for each employee.
Outdoor theaters	Reservoir parking area with spaces equal in number to 10% of the capacity in vehicles.
(f)Retail Sales Uses
Bars, taverns, restaurants, luncheonettes, cafeterias, boarding houses and other eating places	1 for each employee, plus 1 for each 100 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use or 1 for each 4 seats based on maximum seating capacity, whichever is greater.
Establishments for the sale of boats, farm implements, furniture, gymnasium supplies, hospital supplies, office supplies, machinery, major appliances, new automobiles	For establishments having less than 2,000 square feet of gross floor area, 1 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. For establishments having 2,000 square feet of gross floor area or more, 1 for each 700 square feet of gross floor area.
Establishments for the sale of china, floor covering, hardware, household equipment, paint, small appliances, wallpaper and other retail sales items	For establishments having less than 2,000 square feet of gross floor area, 1 for each 700 square feet of gross floor area. For establishments having 2,000 square feet of gross floor area or more, 1 for each 500 square feet of gross floor area.
Food stores, supermarkets	For establishments having less than 2,000 square feet of gross floor area, 1 for each 500 square feet of gross floor area. For establishments having 2,000 square feet of gross floor area up to and including 4,000 square feet of gross floor area, 1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area. For establishments having over 4,000 square feet of gross floor area, 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area.
Discount department stores	For establishments having over 10,000 square feet of gross floor area, self-service facilities and 4 or more checkout booths, 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area.
Department stores	For establishments having 200,000 square feet of gross floor area or more, 1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.
Nurseries or plant-husbandry, garden supplies, agricultural produce and other outdoor retail sales uses	Total parking area equal to 25% of the total lot area, plus 1 for each 2 employees.
Gasoline service stations	1 for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.
Used motor vehicle sales lots	Total parking area equivalent to 25% of the gross lot area.
Wholesale establishments	1 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(g)Retail Service Uses
Banks, governmental, business and professional office buildings	1 for each 500 square feet of gross floor area.
Medical or dental offices, and medical or dental laboratories	5 for each doctor or dentist, plus 1 for each 2 employees; or 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
Automobile laundries	1 for each 3 employees, plus 1 for the owner or manager, and reservoir spaces equal to 5 times the capacity of the laundry.
Mortuary and undertaking establishments	8 for each slumber room, chapel or parlor or 1 for each 100 square feet of floor area of assembly rooms whichever is greater, plus 1 for each vehicle maintained on the premises.
Radio or television stations	1 for each 2 employees. See also requirements for auditoriums.
Repair and service garages	1 for each 500 square feet of gross floor area.
Other retail service uses	1 for each 500 square feet of gross floor area.
(h)Public Service Uses
Police and fire stations, sewage treatment plants, static transformer stations, telephone exchanges, water filtration plants, water reservoirs and other public utilities	2 for each 3 employees.
(i)All Uses Permitted and Developed in a Shopping Center District
Bowling alleys	8 for each lane, plus 1 for each 2 employees.
Indoor theaters	1 for each 2 seats.
Medical and dental offices	5 for each physician or dentist, plus 1 for each 2 other employees, or 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
Restaurants and other eating places	1 for each 2 seats based on maximum seating capacity.
All other retail sales and services, uses.	4.5 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(j)All Uses Permitted in Industry Districts Only
Storage or warehouse uses	1 for each 2 employees expected to be on the premises during the largest work shift period or total parking area equivalent to 10% of the gross floor area, whichever is greater.
Junk, coal, lumber, contractors or other open storage uses	1 for each employee plus space equal to 15% of the gross lot area.
Other permitted industrial uses	1 for each 3 employees expected to be on the premises during the largest work shift period or total parking area equivalent to 25% of the gross floor area, whichever is lesser.
(k)Other Permitted Uses in All Districts	Parking spaces shall be provided on the same basis as required for the most similar listed use.

 

   As used in this chapter, “gross floor area” in the case of offices, merchandising or service types of uses means the total floor area used or intended to be used for service to the people as customers, patrons, clients or patients, or as tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures used for display or sale of merchandise.

   It shall not mean floors or parts of floors used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise, for show windows or for offices incidental to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings when these areas are in separate rooms from the main use of the building. Floors or parts of floors used principally for toilet or rest-rooms or for utilities or fitting rooms, dressing rooms and alteration rooms shall also be excluded from the definition of “gross floor area”.

(Ord. No. 1045-89. Passed 3-26-90, eff. 5-4-90)