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(a) All uses that provide a drive up or drive-thru service wherein customers stop or wait in line in motor vehicles for service shall provide queuing space arranged on the premises in single or multiple lanes pursuant to the following:
(1) Food service and sales, vehicle washes, or similar uses - one hundred fifty (150) lineal feet,
(2) Pharmacies, dry cleaning, and similar low volume services - one hundred (100) lineal feet,
(3) Drive through financial services, including automatic teller machines - one hundred fifty (150) lineal feet.
(4) Width of each lane shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet.
(b) Reduction in Queuing Area. A shorter queuing area may be approved by the Planning Commission upon the agreement of the applicant to provide additional area if customers begin to stack on public streets or interfere with traffic flow.
(c) Vehicles Prohibited within the Public Right-of-Way. In any case, vehicles shall not be permitted to wait within the public right-of-way for service at such drive up or drive-thru facilities nor shall traffic hazards or nuisances be created.
(d) Access. No waiting/queuing spaces for a drive up or drive-thru service shall be permitted which would obstruct access into or out of any off-street parking space on the property.
(e) Location of Drive up or Drive-thru Services. Drive up and drive-thru lanes, queuing spaces, speakers, and order windows shall not be located in the required front, side, or rear setbacks including the required setback adjacent to street rights-of-way.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11; Ord. 2020-021A. Passed 6-15-20.)
(a) Off-street parking areas shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the following minimum dimensions set forth in Schedule 1284.11, Parking Design Standards, based on the angle of the spaces. Figure 1284.11 illustrates the requirements for each angle scenario.
45° | 60° | 90° | PARALLEL | |
(a) Width of Parking Space | 13 ft | 10 ft | 10 ft | 9 ft |
(b) Length of Parking Space | - | - | 20 ft | 23 ft |
(c) Width of Circulation Aisle(1) | 13 ft | 18 ft | 22 ft | 12 ft |
(d) Width of Double-Loaded Parking Module when Spaces Interlock | 51 ft | 56 ft | 62 ft | 30 ft |
(e) Length of Aisle to Curb | 19 ft | 19 ft | - | - |
Notes to Schedule 1284.11: (1) Circulation aisles having a width less than 22 feet shall be one-way aisles. | ||||
The width of the parking spaces and access aisles for persons with disabilities shall be in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as amended. Parking spaces for electric vehicle charging stations shall also meet the standards of parking spaces and access aisles for persons with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as amended.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11; Ord. 2020-021A. Passed 6-15-20.)
Off-street loading spaces shall not be required, but if necessary, shall comply with the following:
(a) All loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served and no part of any required setback, off-street parking area, or access drive thereto, shall be used for loading or unloading purposes.
(b) Access to truck loading and unloading space shall be provided directly from a public street or alley or from a right-of-way that will not interfere with public convenience and that will permit the orderly and safe movement of trucks.
(c) Streets, sidewalks, alleys or other public rights-of-way or other public property shall not be used for loading purposes nor shall vehicles be parked on such areas during loading and unloading.
(d) Off-street loading spaces shall not be used for repair or servicing of vehicles.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11; Ord. 2020-021A. Passed 6-15-20.)
The location and number of entrance and exit access drives to accessory parking spaces shall be in accordance with the following:
(a) Ingress and Egress. Entrances to parking spaces shall be only from an adjoining public street or alley or from a permanent private, access easement. Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided for vehicles.
(b) Location. The location and width of entrance and exit access drives to parking facilities shall be planned to interfere as little as possible with the use of nearby property and with pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the nearest streets.
(c) Interconnected Drives. The Planning Commission may require parking areas serving adjacent business establishments to be interconnected by drives and designed to provide the maximum safety and convenience.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11; Ord. 2020-021A. Passed 6-15-20.)
All driveways, parking areas, waiting areas, queuing areas, loading/unloading areas shall be constructed in accordance with standards established by the City Engineer and the following:
(a) Paving Specifications. Parking areas shall be improved with asphaltic or concrete binder or other durable and dustless pavement or surface approved by the City Engineer and the Planning Commission.
(b) Grading and Drainage. Parking areas shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area. The design of the parking lots that reduce the surface runoff is encouraged, and the City Engineer shall have the authority to approve alternate surface treatments or grading.
(c) Illumination. All lighting used to illuminate parking areas shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from adjoining premises or streets, and no open light sources, such as stringing of light bulbs, shall be permitted.
(d) Marking. Any off-street parking area for five (5) or more parking spaces and all queuing spaces shall indicate the location of each parking or queuing space, the location of spaces for persons with disabilities, and the location and direction or movement along the aisles and access drives providing access thereto by painting upon the surface, by raised directional signs, or by markers or other similar measures placed in the surface.
(f) Maintenance. All parking areas, queuing spaces, and loading spaces shall be maintained in a manner to keep it as free as practicable from rubbish, paper and other loose particles, and snow and ice shall be promptly removed by the operator. All adjacent sidewalks shall be kept free from dirt, ice, sleet and snow and in a safe condition for use by pedestrians. All signs, markers or any other methods used to indicate direction of traffic movement and location of parking and/or loading spaces shall be maintained in a neat and legible condition. Any walls, trees and shrubbery, as well as surfacing of the parking lot, shall be maintained in good condition throughout its use for parking purposes.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11; Ord. 2020-021A. Passed 6-15-20.)
(a) Parking areas shall be landscaped, screened and buffered in conformance with the regulations set forth in Chapter 1296, Landscaping, Screening, and Open Space Regulations.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11; Ord. 2020-021A. Passed 6-15-20.)
(a) A building or use existing lawfully at the time of this Zoning Code, or an amendment thereto, became or becomes effective, but which does not comply with the off-street parking regulations for the use may continue without such parking facilities. In the event an existing building is altered or a use is changed or substituted, in accordance with the regulations in Chapter 1286, Nonconforming Uses, Lots, and Structures, then additional off-street parking spaces shall be provided in compliance with this Chapter 1284, if this Code requires such additional parking spaces as a result of the proposed changes.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11; Ord. 2020-021A. Passed 6-15-20.)
(a) All facilities governed by the regulations in this chapter shall comply with the approval processes in Chapters 1238 and 1240.
(b) The City Engineer shall review and approve all requests for access to public rights-of-way prior to construction. All improvements, curb cuts, and approaches in the public right-of-way shall be constructed pursuant to this chapter and all applicable municipal regulations.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11; Ord. 2020-021A. Passed 6-15-20.)