(A) Off-street parking required. Permanent off-street parking spaces shall be provided at the time of the erection, enlargement, change in use, or increase in capacity of any building. The number of spaces required shall conform to the standards of this section. Required parking spaces shall be provided on properly graded and improved open space in a parking structure. Each application for a building permit, zoning permit, or certificate of occupancy shall include a plan showing the space reserved for off-street parking and the means of ingress to and egress from such space. This information shall be in a format sufficient for the Code Enforcement Director to determine if the requirements of this section are met.
(B) Combination of required parking space. The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be combined in one lot, but the required space assigned to one use may not be assigned to any other use, except that one-half of the parking spaces required for churches, theaters, or other uses whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sundays may be assigned to a use which will be closed at night or on Sundays.
(C) Remote parking space. If the off-street parking space required by this section cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot on which the principal use is located, such space may be provided on any land within four hundred (400) feet of the principal use; providing that such land is in the same ownership as the principal use or has been legally restricted for parking in connection with the principal use.
(D) Design of parking area. All off-street parking shall be designed so that vehicles can turn around within the area and enter the street, road, or highway in such a manner as to completely eliminate the necessity of backing into the street, road, or highway.
(E) Accessibility. Parking areas shall meet the requirements of the South Carolina Board for Barrier-Free Design for accessibility to disabled persons in relation to parking spaces and sizes.
(F) Size of parking space. The parking space for each vehicle shall consist of a rectangular area having dimensions of not less than nine (9) feet wide by nineteen (19) feet long; provided that not more than twenty percent (20%) of the spaces may be designed for compact vehicles and may have dimensions of eight (8) feet wide by sixteen (16) feet long. Aisles for ingress and egress to parking spaces shall be at least twenty (20) feet in width for head-in lot arrangements and fifteen (15) feet in width for angled lot arrangements.
(G) Minimum off-street parking requirements. The following minimum number of spaces shall be provided in the B-2 District. These standards are minimum; a developer should provide the number of spaces necessary to adequately accommodate parking for the planned use.
Auditorium and theater | One (1) space for each four (4) seats |
Bank | One (1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor space, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees |
Church or place of worship | One (1) space for each four (4) seats in the sanctuary or assembly room |
Convenience store | One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area |
Day care facility | One (1) space for each adult attendant |
Funeral home | One (1) space for each vehicle owned, plus one (1) space for each employee |
Hospital | One (1) space for each patient bed, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees |
Hotel, motel, or tourist court | One (1) space for each room to be rented, plus one (1) space for each three (3) employees, plus requirements for any other use associated with the establishment |
Indoor and outdoor commercial | One (1) space for each one hundred and eighty (180) square feet of floor or ground area, or one (1) space for each four (4) seats, whichever is needed, plus one (1) space for each two employees |
Medical or dental office | One (1) space for every one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor area, plus one (1) space for each doctor and employee |
Nursing home or retirement home | One (1) space for each five (5) beds intended for patient use |
Office and professional building | One (1) space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area |
Public or private club | One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor space |
Public utility building | One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area available to the public, plus one (1) space for each employee |
Restaurant | One (1) space for each three (3) seats, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees |
Retail store | One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area used for sales, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees |
Sales and service businesses | One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area available to customers, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees |
Service station | One (1) space for each car stored, plus one (1) for each employee |
Shopping center | Five and one-half (5 1/2) spaces for every one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross leasable floor space |
Stadium | One (1) space for each four (4) spectator seats |
(Am. Ord. 07-18, passed 9-10-2007; Am. Ord. 13-07, passed 10-14-2013; Am. Ord. 16-15, passed 12-12-2016)