A. Off street parking spaces shall be provided according to the following provisions and standards:
1. Floor Area. The term “floor area” for the purpose of calculating the number of required parking spaces shall be the “Gross Floor Area” of the structures plus defined exterior use areas except as may be provided or modified herein;
2. Change of Use or Occupancy of Buildings. Off street parking and loading spaces as required herein shall be provided at the time of any new uses of land or construction of a new building. Any change of use or occupancy of any building or buildings, including additions thereto, requiring more parking shall not be permitted until such additional parking spaces as required by this section are provided;
3. Accessible parking for non-residential developments shall be provided in conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Utah Americans with Disabilities Act (Utah ADA) and International Building Code (IBC) as amended;
4. Accessible parking for multiple family residential developments shall be provided in conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Federal Fair Housing Act (FFHA) and International Building Code (IBC) as amended; and
5. Parking Stall Dimensions. The following shall be the minimum parking stall size:
Type | Width | Length* |
Standard | 10 Feet | 20 Feet |
Parallel | 9 Feet | 25 Feet |
B. Parking Aisle Dimensions. The following shall be the minimum parking aisle width:
Parking Angle | One-Way Aisle | Two-Way Aisle |
90 degree | 24 Feet | 24 Feet |
60 degree | 18 Feet | 22 Feet |
45 degree | 18 Feet | 20 Feet |
30 degree | 18 Feet | 20 Feet |
C. All parking shall be provided on site. No parking shall be permitted within any required setback or landscaped area. Each facility shall provide one parking space for each on site employee with an additional amount of parking for drivers and visitors as approved by the Planning Commission and Town Council.
1. Minimum parking spaces required shall be two (2) per one thousand (1000) sq. feet of gross building floor area. Fairfield Planning Commission may require more parking spaces depending on building use:
NON-RESIDENTIAL SPACES | ||
USE | DESCRIPTIONS | PARKING RATIO |
NON-RESIDENTIAL SPACES | ||
USE | DESCRIPTIONS | PARKING RATIO |
ADMINISTRATIVE & FINANCIAL | ||
Professional Offices | Facilities for general office work providing professional, business administrative, informational services, or facilities that house governmental agencies and similar uses. | One (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. of floor area. |
Financial Services | Institutions providing financial advice and services in a bank, or similar financial institutions, to include accessory office building, automatic teller machine and similar uses. | One (1) space per one hundred fifty (150) sq. ft. of floor area. |
Financial institutions with drive- through facilities. | In addition to the above, a sixty (60) linear feet of stacking space per lane exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces. | |
Unspecified Office Use | One (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. of floor area. | |
AUTOMOBILE RELATED | ||
Auto Services | Facilities providing general vehicle service or repair, and similar services. | Three (3) spaces per service bay, plus one (1) space per three hundred (300) sq. ft. of gross floor area excluding service bay(s). |
Facilities providing fast or express service bays or lanes. | In addition to the above, a queuing space of one hundred (100) linear feet exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces. | |
Automobile Rentals or Dealerships | Facilities for sale or rental of new or used auto, boat, RV, truck, trailer, camper, motorhome or Motorcycle. (Outdoor vehicle display spaces are not required to meet dimensional requirements of this Chapter). | One (1) space per one thousand (1000) sq. ft. of gross floor area, plus one (1) space per six thousand (6000) sq. ft. outdoor vehicle display area. |
Automobile Towing & Impound Facilities | Facilities for towing, dismantling, recycling, impound and storage of junk vehicles, to include sanitary landfills and similar uses. | Four (4) spaces or one (1) space per one thousand (1000) sq. ft. of floor area whichever is greater. |
Car Washes | Facilities for the cleaning of vehicles. | One (1) space per three hundred (300) sq. ft. of office floor area, plus a queuing space of one hundred (100) linear feet exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces. |
Self service facilities for the cleaning of vehicles. | A minimum of four (4) spaces and the requirements above. | |
EATING & DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS | ||
Restaurants | Eating establishments and similar services | One (1) space per one hundred (100) sq. ft. of floor area including outdoor seating. |
Taverns, Bars, Pubs & Lounges | Establishments licensed to sell alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises, often with limited food service. | One (1) space per fifty (50) sq. ft. of serving area, plus one (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. for preparation area. |
ENTERTAINMENT & RECREATION | ||
Adult Uses | Establishments for adult entertainment that emphasize adult oriented uses and services in an adult motion picture theater, arcade, adult cabaret, adult motel, nude studio and similar facilities | One (1) space per fifty (50) sq. ft. of floor area. |
Adult specialty shops for purchase of adult books, video, and similar products | One (1) space per three hundred (300) sq. ft. of floor area | |
Indoor Public Assembly | Facilities providing a variety of indoor public assemblies in a convention or reception center, meeting hall, social or private club, music hall, theater and similar places, excluding taverns, bars, pubs, lounges and adult uses. | One (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. of floor area, or one (1) space per four (4) fixed seats of design capacity whichever is greater. |
Indoor Recreation | Facilities providing a variety of indoor health and sports activities in a sporting complex, stadium, skating rinks, pool hall, dance hall, tennis and racquet clubs, game room, video arcade, bingo hall, community center, fitness center and similar indoor facilities. | One (1) space per fifty (50) sq. ft. of floor area. |
Bowling Alleys | Two (2) spaces per lane, plus two (2) spaces per billiard table, plus one (1) space per each five visitor gallery seats | |
Outdoor Amusement & Recreations | Facilities providing a variety of outdoor amusement, entertainment, and similar activities in an amusement park, fairground, zoo, auditorium and similar places, to include special outdoor events such as carnivals or outdoor concerts. Outdoor recreations include a variety of outdoor health and sport activities in a racetrack, stables, rodeo ground, outdoor shooting range, swimming and tennis clubs, miniature golf and similar places. | One (1) space per one thousand (1000) sq. ft. of activity area |
Golf course and driving range | One (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. of main building floor area, plus one (1) space per every two (2) practice tees in driving range, plus four (4) spaces per each green in the playing area. | |
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL & MANUFACTURING | ||
Light Industrial and Manufacturing | Facilities providing manufacturing and assembly services. | One (1) space per seven hundred and fifty (750) sq. ft. of warehouse area plus one (1) space per three hundred (300) sq. ft. office or retail floor area. |
Outdoor storage | Facilities providing exterior storage of construction equipment and materials, recyclable material, and similar uses. | A minimum of four (4) spaces and one (1) space per five thousand (5000) sq. ft. of designated outdoor area or one (1) space per three hundred (300) sq. ft. office floor area whichever is greater. |
Unspecified Industrial Use (Shell Building) | One (1) space per seven hundred and fifty (750) sq. ft. of warehouse area plus one (1) space per three hundred (300) sq. ft. office or retail floor area. | |
Warehousing | Facilities providing warehousing of material and goods and similar uses. | One (1) space per one thousand (1000) sq. ft. of warehouse area, plus one (1) space per three hundred (300) sq. ft. office floor area. |
Mini-storage facilities and similar uses. | One (1) space per fifty (50) units. | |
Wholesale, distribution | Facilities providing wholesale or distribution of trucks, trailers, boats, new and used cars, bulk fuel, machines, appliances, equipment, building material, lumber, plant nurseries, produce and similar merchandise in indoor or outdoor storage areas to include machine shops, lumberyards, import/export shops, moving, rental, or storage companies, market sales yards, and similar facilities. | One (1) space per five hundred (500) sq. ft. of sales or display area, plus one (1) space per one thousand (1000) sq. ft. of indoor storage area, plus one (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. of retail or office floor area. |
GENERAL RETAIL | ||
Retail | Establishments providing general retail sales and services in a single store on a single lot, not part of a shopping center. | One (1) space per three hundred (300) sq. ft. of floor area. |
Establishments providing general retail sales and services in shopping centers (a commercial establishment planned, developed, owned or managed as a unit). | One (1) space per two hundred-fifty (250) sq. ft. of floor area. Note: for any center with more than fifteen percent (15%) of floor area in public assembly uses, including theaters, restaurants, schools, health spas, bars or cocktail lounges, there shall be required, in addition to these standards, ten (10) spaces per one thousand (1000) sq. ft. of public area within these uses. | |
Establishments providing drive- through services including liquor stores, laundries and dry cleaners, pharmacies and similar services. | In addition to the above, one hundred (100) linear feet of stacking space exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces. | |
Unspecified Retail Use (Shell Building) | One (1) space per two hundred fifty (250) sq. ft. of floor area. | |
INSTITUTIONAL | ||
Child care | Facilities providing daily care of children in a nursery, daycare or pre- school center. | One (1) space per four hundred (400) sq. ft. of floor area. |
Public, social and cultural services | Facilities providing public, social, non-profit, or institutional services in a library, museum, art gallery, post office, treatment, detention, or release center, halfway house, employment agency, shelter, and similar civic/public, cultural, and social institution (excluding group home) | One (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. of floor area. |
Religious Assembly | Facilities providing religious worship or study in a church, temple, synagogues and similar places | One (1) space per four (4) seats in the main assembly area based on design capacity. |
School | Public, charter or private educational institutions for Elementary and Junior High | One (1) space per three (3) fixed seats of the auditorium based on design capacity plus a minimum of ten (10) spaces for visitors parking. |
Senior High | Two (2) spaces per classroom, plus one (1) space per employee, plus one (1) space per three (3) fixed seats of the auditorium based on design capacity plus a minimum of ten (10) spaces for visitors parking. | |
Secondary Education | Public or private facilities providing education in a college, university, trade or vocational school, and similar institutions | Five (5) spaces per classroom, plus one (1) space per three (3) fixed seats of the auditorium based on design capacity plus a minimum of ten (10) spaces for visitors parking. |
Senior care | Facilities providing long-term care for seniors in a nursing or convalescent home, hospices or similar care facility (excluding group home) | One (1) space per three (3) beds. |
Utility | Structures, equipment, or facilities providing for public/private utility & services, including radio, television, communication transmission, tower and similar structures | One (1) space per use. |
LODGING | ||
Hotels or Motels | Places for lodging with ancillary facilities to include sleeping rooms, restaurants, lounges, resorts, meeting rooms and similar uses | One (1) space per room, plus one (1) space per one hundred (100) sq. ft. of restaurant and bar serving area, plus one (1) space per one hundred (100) sq. ft. of outdoor seating serving area, plus ten (10) minimum spaces for visitors parking, plus one (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. of meeting room floor area. |
Lodging Accommodations | Establishments providing accommodation in a bed and breakfast, lodge, to include fraternity, sorority, and similar facilities | One (1) space per room. |
Recreational Resorts | Facilities providing overnight stops in Recreational Vehicle Park, travel trailer park, overnight camp ground and similar places | One (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. of gross activity area, or one (1) space per RV or trailer whichever is greater. |
MEDICAL | ||
Medical Offices and Clinics | Facilities providing medical, dental, optical care or preventative medicine and clinical research studies in a clinic or laboratory, including accessory offices | One (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. of floor area. |
Hospitals | Facilities providing medical or surgical care, emergency medical and similar services | A minimum thirty (30) spaces for emergency services or two (2) spaces per bed, plus one (1) space per employee whichever is greater. |
Veterinarian Hospitals or Clinics | Establishments for medical, surgical, and emergency care of animal, to include veterinary office and clinics without animal boarding | One (1) space per one hundred fifty (150) sq. ft. of floor area. |
PERSONAL SERVICES | ||
General Professional Services | Establishments providing general professional services such as cabinet and carpentry making, custom dressmaking and alteration, watch and clock repair, dry cleaning & laundry, pet care, messenger delivery, photographic developing & printing, blueprint production, travel information & similar professional services | One (1) space per two hundred (200) sq. ft. of floor area. |
Personal Improvement | Establishments providing personal services such as tanning, massage therapy, manicure, hair and beauty treatment, tattoo and body piercing, palm reading, fortune tellers, and similar services | One (1) space per one hundred fifty (150) sq. ft. of floor area. |
OTHER | ||
Funeral Services | Facilities providing burial preparation and/or funeral services in a cemetery, crematorium, mausoleum, funeral home and chapel, mortuaries and similar facilities | One (1) space per third (?) of the maximum occupancy |
Fairfield planning and zoning may require more parking spaces depending on building use: