(a) General Requirements.
(1) All buildings and structures erected and all land uses shall provide necessary off-street parking or loading facilities as required hereinafter for the use thereof and all applications for a building permit shall include therewith a plot plan, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing any off-street parking or loading spaces to be provided in compliance with the requirements of this Zoning Code.
(2) Except in the case of dwellings, no parking area provided hereunder shall be less than 1, 000 square feet in area. In C-4, E-1 and R-5 zones, except in the case of one, two or three-family dwellings, no off-street parking may utilize more than one-third of the required front yard setback.
(3) Whenever a building addition results in an increase in the number of units used to measure required off-street parking spaces, and such addition creates a need for an increase of more than ten percent of the required off-street parking spaces, additional off street parking shall be provided on the basis of the increase in the number of such units of measurement, except that in the case of additional dwelling units created by conversion of an existing dwelling, two off-street parking spaces shall be required for each additional dwelling unit created.
(4) Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 79-56, passed November 13, 1979) shall not be reduced in number, unless they already exceed the requirements of this section for equivalent new construction. If so, the spaces shall not be reduced below the number required herein for such equivalent new construction.
(5) When fifty percent or more of a block is occupied by commercial structures and is devoted to business on the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 79-56, passed November 13, 1979), the off-street parking space requirements outlined in subsection (c) hereof shall be reduced to that amount of parking which can be provided upon the land available for development in such parking use.
(6) Off-street parking spaces for different buildings and/or uses may be provided collectively in any zoning district in which separate off-street parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted, provided the total number of joint spaces is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use and provided that a written agreement for joint usage is properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form and execution by the Director of Law and filed with the application for a building permit or certificate of occupancy.
Not more than fifty percent of the parking spaces required for theaters and places of amusement and up to 100 percent of the parking spaces required for a church or school may be provided and used jointly by banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as the theaters, places of amusement, churches or schools. However, written agreement necessary for assuring the retention of such purpose shall be properly drawn and executed by the Director of Law and filed with the application for a building permit.
(7) The use of off-street parking spaces for residents and visitors in any "R" District shall be solely for the parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles not more than five tons in gross weight owned by occupants of the dwelling units.
The location of off-street parking spaces shall be as follows:
District Location
A-1 On the same zoning lot
R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4,
O-1 and S-PUD On the same zoning lot
O-1 and S-PUD On the same zoning lot
C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4 Within 300 feet of the nearest principal structure
I-1 Within 1, 000 feet of the nearest principal structure, but not in an "R" or "S-PUD" District.
No parking facilities accessible to a "C" Zoning District use shall be located in an "A,It 'IR" or "S-PUD" District, except where authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals as prescribed hereinafter. Accessory off-street parking spaces, provided elsewhere than on the same zoning lot, shall be in the same possession, either by deed or long term lease, as the property owner of the zoning lot.
(b) Specific Requirements.
(1) Access.
A. Parking spaces and lots shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic. Any driveway or curb cut in any district shall be in accordance with appropriate ordinances of the City.
B. Proposed driveways for multifamily and nonresidential land uses on other than local streets shall conform to the following diagrams, unless the City Engineer and the Community Development Director agree that appropriate safeguards exist without reference to such standards and agree that an adequate site design will result from an alternative design plan. The standards in Table 1 shall be referred to by the Administrative Board for Planning and Zoning Appeals in determining the suitability of proposed conditional uses.
SPACING DIAGRAM A
EXISTING DRIVEWAY OR RIGHT OF WAY ON ABUTTING PARCEL
EXISTING DRIVEWAY OR RIGHT OF WAY ON ABUTTING PARCEL
SPACING DIAGRAM B
NO EXISTING DRIVEWAY ON ABUTTING PARCELS
NO EXISTING DRIVEWAY ON ABUTTING PARCELS
C. The distances shown by spacing diagrams A and B hereof shall be applicable to all multifamily and nonresidential properties where a conditional use is applied for; a change of principally permitted uses takes place; or a use is re-established after abandonment for the time periods specified for nonconforming uses by Section 1268.08.
TABLE 1
Maximum Lawful Speed On Right of Way (in m.p.h.) | Minimum Distance A (in linear feet) | Minimum Distance B (in linear feet), |
25 | 50 | 25 |
30 | 50 | 25 |
35 | 60 | 30 |
40 | 75 | 40 |
(2) Computation of required spaces. When determination of the number of required off-street parking spaces results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded, and fractions over one-half shall be interpreted as one parking space. Parking spaces within a garage structure and on a driveway (exclusive of the sidewalk and apron) may be computed as off-street parking spaces.
(3) Parking space dimensions. Required off-street parking spaces, perpendicular to an access aisle, shall comply with either of two standards. The common standard shall be a parking space ten feet wide by twenty feet in depth. However, parking spaces nine feet wide by nineteen feet in depth shall be allowed for churches, schools, hospitals and all principally permitted uses in an Industrial Zoning District and light industrial uses allowed in a C-4 Zoning District. Parking spaces not perpendicular to an access aisle shall meet a workable-size planning standard approved by the Code Enforcement Officer. Parking space dimensions shall be calculated exclusive of access drives, aisles, ramps, columns and work areas. Aisles serving perpendicular vehicular parking spaces shall be at least twenty-four feet in width. Aisle widths serving non-perpendicular parking spaces shall be approved by the Code Enforcement Officer. Under all circumstances, each parking space shall have a gross area of 300 square feet.
(4) Separation.
A. All unenclosed off-street parking areas shall be separated from public rights of way by a landscaped area of at least ten feet in width.
B. All unenclosed off-street parking areas shall be separated from principal buildings by a six-inch high curb so as to maintain a clear unobstructed three-foot corridor between the building and the parked vehicles.
C. No driveways or parking areas shall be closer than five feet to adjacent property lines. Off-street parking areas serving more than one residential unit and serving all nonresidential uses shall be provided with six-inch high curbing surrounding the parking area and drives leading thereto), unless this requirement is modified, in whole or in part, by the City Engineer for site drainage purposes. This standard for curbing can also be met by the provision of a continuous stone wall, landscaped earthwork or other barrier judged by the City Engineer to be as safe and efficient as the continuous curbing standard. In addition, off street parking areas of over 1,000 gross square feet, located adjacent to residential uses, shall be separated from residential lots by landscaping between paved areas and residential property lines.
D. No unenclosed off-street parking or driveway area of over 30, 000 square feet in a "C-2," "C-3," "C-4" or "I-1" Zoning District shall be closer than fifty feet to any lot in an "R,""S-PUD" or "A-1" Zoning District.
(5) Landscaping and screening. All parts of open space off-street parking areas which are usable, either for parking or for traffic, shall be paved or landscaped with plantings of grass, flowers, shrubs and/or trees, which shall be continuously maintained. Such landscaping shall be in conformity with Chapter 1224. All unenclosed off-street parking areas of over 1,000 square feet shall be screened from one and two-family residential dwellings on adjacent lots by an effective screen as described below. When any open off-street parking area of 1,000 square feet in area or larger is used for any nonresidential purpose containing more than two parking spaces, if not separated from an "R" District by a dedicated street, an effective buffer or screen, consisting of a solid wall, wooden fence or view-obscuring dense planting of evergreen shrubs, shall be provided at the lot line to protect the privacy of the adjoining residential uses. Such wall, fence or hedge shall be not less than six feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition. The space between such wall, fence or hedge and the lot line adjoining the premises or the front lot line facing the premises in any "R" District shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs or evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition.
(6) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking or loading area shall be equipped with suitable shielding or be so arranged as to prevent glare or reflective lighting of adjoining public or private property.
The lighting shall be subject to the approval of the Code Enforcement Officer.
(7) Signs. No signs shall be displayed in any parking area within any Residential District, except as may be necessary for the orderly use of the parking facilities and limited to two square feet in surface area.
(8) Surfacing and striping. All open, off-street parking areas shall be improved with a compacted stone base, not less than four inches thick, surfaced with not less than one and one-half inches of asphaltic concrete or some other comparable all-weather dustless material. A parking space in any "C" or "I" District shall be properly marked by durable paint in stripes a minimum of four inches wide and extending the length of the parking space.
(9) Drainage. Adequate storm water drainage facilities shall be installed in order to ensure that storm water does not flow onto abutting property or rights of way in such a way or quantity as to detrimentally affect the use of such properties or rights of way.
(c) Specific Off-Street Parking Space Requirements. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the schedule outlined below. The off-street parking and loading requirements for any use not specified in this Zoning Code shall be the same as for a similar permitted use in the particular zoning district.
Type of Use | Required Number of Parking Spaces | |
(1) | Residential. | |
Housing for the elderly | 1.0 for every 2 dwelling units | |
Multifamily dwellings | 2.0 per dwelling unit | |
One and two-family dwellings | 2.0 per dwelling unit | |
(2) | Commercial. | |
Auditoriums, assembly halls and sports arenas with fixed seats | 1.0 for every 3.5 seats | |
Barber shops, beauty parlors or similar personal services | 2.0 per service chair | |
Bowling alleys, furniture and appliance stores, groceries and supermarkets, indoor retail businesses and medical and dental clinics | 1.0 for every 200 sq. ft. of floor area | |
Funeral home | Not less than 25 spaces with 1.0 for every 30 sq. ft. of public floor area plus employee and business vehicle parking | |
Auto sales and car lots | 1.0 for every 1, 000 sq. ft. of enclosed floor area and 1.0 for every 3, 000 sq. ft. of open lot area | |
Health center and health spas | 1.0 for every 200 sq. ft. of floor area | |
Home occupation | 1 additional | |
Lounge | 1.0 for every 50 sq. ft. | |
Motels, hotels and tourist homes | 1.2 for each sleeping room plus spaces as required for restaurants, assembly rooms and related facilities | |
Offices | 1.0 for every 300 sq. ft. of floor area but not less than 2.0 for every office | |
Recreation and amusement facilities | 1.0 for every 5 customers (maximum capacity) and 1.0 for every 2 employees | |
Restaurants | 1.0 for every 100 sq. ft. of gross .floor area, plus one space per employee on the largest work shift | |
Self-service laundries | 1.0 for every 3 machines | |
Service stations | 1.0 for each employee plus 2.0 for each service stall, with a minimum of 6.0 spaces | |
Motion picture theaters and minitheaters | 1.0 for every 3.5 seats | |
(3) | Industrial. | |
Industrial and manufacturing establishments | 1.0 for each 300 sq. ft. of office area, plus 1.0 space for each 500 sq. ft. of remaining floor area, plus 1.0 space for each vehicle maintained on premises. | |
Wholesaling and warehousing establishments | Structures must have land area available that is suitable for construction of parking spaces at least equal in quantity to 1.0 space per 500 sq. ft. of floor area, but parking spaces that must be installed prior to occupancy of a warehouse shall equal 1.0 space for each 2,000 sq. ft. of floor area, plus spaces for remaining building use areas, such as offices and manufacturing establishments, per parking standards listed above, plus 1.0 space for each vehicle maintained on premises. | |
(4) | Public and semipublic. | |
Churches, synagogues, gymnasiums and other places of public assembly | 1.0 for every 3.5 seats | |
Colleges and universities | 1.0 for every 5.0 classroom seats | |
Elementary and junior high schools | 1.0 for every 25 classroom seats | |
High schools | 1.0 for every 5 students | |
Kindergarten and day nursery | 1.5 for every 5 children | |
Fraternity, sorority and dormitory houses | 1.0 for every 3 occupants | |
Hospitals | 1.5 for every bed | |
Juvenile and adult group homes | 1.0 for every 4 occupants | |
Libraries and museums | 1.0 for every 800 sq. ft. of floor area | |
Nursing homes | 1.0 for every 5 patients (max. occupancy) plus 1.0 for each employee on largest shift | |
Post offices and government buildings | 1.0 for every 200 sq. ft. of floor area | |
Private child day-care centers | 1.0 for every 300 sq. ft. of floor area | |
Private club or lodge or assembly halls without fixed seats and veteran, business, civic and fraternal organizations | 1.0 for every 50 sq. ft. of floor area in the auditorium, assembly or meeting room, plus 1.0 for every 200 sq. ft. for other floor area | |
Public and private dormitory schools | 1.0 per each classroom | |
(Ord. 79-56. Passed 11-13-79; Ord. 82-9. Passed 3-9-82; Ord. 82-15. Passed 5-11-82; Ord. 84-7. Passed 4-10-84; Ord. 88-6. Passed 4-26-88; Ord. 90-15. Passed 5-8-90; Ord. 91-18. Passed 11-26-91; Ord. 93-6. Passed 3-9-93; Ord. 96-26. Passed 8-13-96; Ord. 96-28. Passed 9-2496.)