1155.02 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
(a) General Requirements. In all districts, in connection with every industry, business, institutional, recreational, residential or any other use, there shall be provided, at any time any building or structure is erected or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces for automobiles in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 162 (9' x 18') square feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be of usable shape and condition. Except in the case of dwellings, no parking area provided hereunder shall be less than 1,000 square feet in area.
(2) There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Where a lot does not abut on a public or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than eight feet in width in the case of a dwelling, and not less than eighteen feet in width in all other cases, leading to the parking or storage areas or loading or unloading spaces required hereunder in such manner as to secure the most appropriate development of the property in question, but, except where provided in connection with a use permitted in an "R" District, such easement of access or access drive shall not be located in any "R" District.
(b) Number of Spaces to be Provided. In all districts, except the "B-3" Central Business District, there shall be provided at the time any building or structure is erected, except as provided in Section 1155.03, off-street parking spaces in accordance with the following requirements:
Use | Parking Spaces Required |
Dwellings, including one and two-family, and mobile homes. | Two for each family regardless of the number of units. |
Rooming or boarding house, tourist home, hotel or motel or dormitory. | One for each sleeping room or suite. |
Private club, golf club or lodge. | One for each five members. |
Church or temple. | One for each five seats in main auditorium. |
School, except high school or university. | One for each ten seats in auditorium or main assembly room, or one for each classroom, whichever is greater. |
University or high school. | One for each eight seats in main auditorium or three for each classroom, whichever is greater. |
Community center, library, museum or art gallery. | Ten plus one additional for each 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet. |
Hospital, sanitarium, convalescent home, home for the aged or similar institution. | One for each three beds. |
Theater or auditorium, (except school auditorium), sports arena, stadium or gymnasium. | One for each five seats or bench seating spaces. |
Bowling alley. | Five for each lane, plus one additional space for each one hundred square feet of area used for eating, drinking or other recreation. |
Mortuary or funeral home. | One for each fifty square feet of floor space in slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms. |
Personal or professional services, restaurants, night clubs, cafes or similar recreation or amusement establishments, dance halls, assembly or exhibition halls without fixed seats. | One for each one hundred square feet of floor area. |
Offices and professional services. | One for each 200 square feet of public service floor area, minus areas not used directly by the employees in their work or generally accessible or used by the customer of the business, shelving, restrooms, and back rooms. |
Banks, retail business or business service establishment except as otherwise specified herein. | One for each 200 square feet of public service floor area, minus areas not used directly by the employees in their work or generally accessible or used by the customer of the business, shelving, restrooms and back rooms. |
Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service. | Two plus one additional for each 200 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet. |
Printing or plumbing shop or similar service establishment. | One for each two persons employed therein. |
Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, dairy processing, bakery, bottling plant, warehouse or similar establishment. | One for each three employees on the maximum working shift plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith. |
(c) Rules Governing the Determination of Number of Spaces. In computing the number of spaces required in subsection (b) of this section, the following rules shall govern:
(1) "Floor area" means the usable floor area of the specified business.
(2) Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the nearest whole number.
(3) The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.
(4) Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, to create a need for an increase of ten percent or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change.
(Ord. 34-17. Passed 11-20-17.)