Parking facilities for each use shall be provided in accord with the minimum requirements set forth in the table in division (C) below.
(A) When a computation of required parking results in a fraction of one-half (0.5) or greater, the requirement should be rounded up to the next whole number.
(B) Unless otherwise indicated, parking requirements are based on gross floor area. Gross floor areas for the purpose of this calculation exclude any interior space used for the parking or loading of vehicles.
(C) When parking requirements are computed on the basis of capacity, capacity shall be determined by the building code in effect for the city at the time the use is established.
Off-Street Parking Requirements |
Off-Street Parking Requirements | |
Agricultural Use Types | |
Animal production | No requirement |
Commercial feedlots | No requirement |
Crop production | No requirement |
Horticulture | 1 space per 1,000 square feet of sales area |
Civic Use Types | |
Administration | 1 space per 500 square feet |
Cemetery | No requirement |
Clubs | 1 space per 4-person capacity. |
Convalescent services | 1 space per 4 beds |
Cultural services | 1 space per 1,000 square feet. |
Day care services | 1 space per 5-person capacity plus 1 space per employee of largest shift |
Group care services | 1 space per 4-person capacity plus 1 space per employee of largest shift |
Group home | 1 space per 4-person capacity plus 1 space per employee of largest shift |
Guidance services | 1 space per 300 square feet |
Health care | See Schedule A following this table |
Maintenance facilities | No requirement |
Parks and recreation | See Schedule A following this table |
Postal facilities | 1 space per employee of largest shift plus 10 stalls for visitors |
Public assembly | 1 space per 4-person capacity |
Religious assembly | 1 space per 4-person capacity in largest assembly area |
Safety services | 1 space per employee of maximum shift plus 1 stall per 1, 000 square feet |
Secondary education | 1 space per employee of maximum shift plus 1 space for each 4 11th and 12th grade student |
Utilities | 1 space per employee of maximum shift |
Commercial Use Types | |
Agricultural sales/ service | See Schedule A following this table |
Auto rental and sales | See Schedule A following this table |
Auto service | Three times service capacity |
Body repair | Four spaces per repair stall |
Business support services | 1 space per 500 square feet |
Campground | 1 space per camping unit |
Cocktail lounge | 1 space per 200 square feet |
Commercial recreation | 1 space per 4-person capacity |
Communications services | 1 space per 500 square feet |
Construction sales | See Schedule A following this table |
Consumer services | 1 space per 300 square feet |
Convenience storage | 1 space per 10 storage units |
Equipment sales/service | See Schedule A following this table |
Food sales | 1 space per 300 square feet |
General retail services | 1 space per 500 square feet |
Liquor sales | 1 space per 300 square feet |
Lodging | 1 space per unit |
Personal improvement | 1 space per 500 square feet |
Personal services | 1 space per 500 square feet |
Pet services | 1 space per 500 square feet |
Restaurants (drive-in) | 1 space per 50 square feet of customer service area |
Restaurants (general) | Greater of 1 space per 4-person capacity or 1 space per 50 square feet in dining area |
Stables/kennels | 1 space per employee plus 1 stall per 5,000 square feet of site area |
Surplus sales | See Schedule A following this table |
Veterinary services | 1 space per 500 square feet |
Industrial Use Types | |
Agricultural industries | See Schedule A following this table |
Construction yards | See Schedule A following this table |
General industry | See Schedule A following this table |
Heavy industry | See Schedule A following this table |
Light industry | See Schedule A following this table |
Railroad facilities | See Schedule A following this table |
Resource extraction | 1 space per employee on largest shift |
Salvage services | See Schedule A following this table |
Warehousing | See Schedule A following this table |
Miscellaneous Use Types | |
All landfills | No requirement |
Broadcasting tower | No requirement |
Non-putrescible landfill | No requirement |
Office Use Types | |
General offices | 1 space per 500 square feet |
Residential Use Types | |
Downtown living units | 0 spaces per dwelling unit; within existing structures only |
Duplex residential | 2 spaces per dwelling unit |
Group residential | 1 space for each two residents |
Multi-family residential | 2 spaces per dwelling unit with 2 or more bedrooms, 1.5 spaces for 1 bedroom dwelling units, and 1 space per 2 dwelling units for elderly housing |
Non-traditional residential park | 1 space per dwelling provided in shared parking facility |
Non-traditional residential subdivision | 1 space per dwelling unit |
Single-family residential | 2 spaces per dwelling unit |
Two-family residential | 2 spaces per dwelling unit |
(D) The following schedule, known as “Schedule A,” sets forth minimum off street parking requirements for uses with elements that have different functions and operating characteristics.
Function of Element | Requirement |
Equipment, servicing or manufacturing | 1 space per 1,000 square feet |
Indoor or outdoor storage or warehousing | 1 space per 5,000 square feet |
Indoor sales, display or service area | 1 space per 500 square feet |
Office or administration | 1 space per 400 square feet |
Outdoor sales, display or service area | 1 space per 2,000 square feet |
(Ord. 23-09, passed 8-21-2023)