(A) Off-street parking required. There shall be provided at the time of the erection of any building, or at the time any principal building is enlarged or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, guest
rooms, seats or floor area; or before conversion from one type of use of occupancy to another, permanent off-street parking space in the amount specified by this section. A parking space may be provided in a parking garage or properly graded open space. No public right-of-way shall be used in determining or providing required off-street parking.
(B) Certification of minimum parking requirements. Each application for a zoning permit submitted to the Zoning Enforcement Officer as provided for in this chapter shall include information as to the location and dimensions of off-street parking and loading space and the means of entrance and exit to the space. This information shall be in sufficient detail to enable the Zoning Enforcement Officer to determine whether or not the requirements of this section are met.
(C) Joint use 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 another use, except that one-half of the parking space required for churches, theaters, or assembly halls whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sundays may be assigned to a use which will be closed at night and on Sundays.
(D) Remote parking space. If the off-street parking space required by this chapter cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot on which the principal use is located, such space shall be provided on any lot a substantial portion of which is within 500 feet of the main entrance of such principal use, provided such land is in the same ownership as the principal use or leased on a long-term basis for the specific purpose to serve as parking space for the aforesaid principal use.
(1) In such cases, the applicant for a permit for the principal use shall submit with his or her application for a zoning permit or a certificate of occupancy an instrument duly executed and acknowledged, which subjects said land to parking use in connection with the principal use for which it is made available.
(2) Such instrument shall become a permanent record and be attached to the zoning permit or certificate of occupancy application.
(3) In the event such land is ever used for other than off-street parking space for the principal use to which it is encumbered and no other off-street parking space meeting the terms of this chapter is provided for the principal use, the certificate of occupancy or zoning permit for such principal use shall become void.
(E) Interpretation by Zoning Enforcement Officer. The number of off-street parking spaces required shall be as follows:
(1) All land uses in all zoning districts shall provide a sufficient number of parking spaces to accommodate the number of vehicles that ordinarily are likely to be attracted to the development in question.
(2) The Table of Parking Requirements below may be flexibly administered.
(3) The Board of Commissioners recognizes that the parking requirements set forth in Figure 10-1 cannot and does not cover every possible situation that may arise. Therefore, in cases not specifically covered, the Zoning Enforcement Officer is authorized to determine the parking requirements using this table as a guide. The Zoning Enforcement Officer may also require more parking or allow less parking whenever he or she finds that such a deviation is more likely to satisfy the standard set forth in the Table of Parking Requirements.
(F) Improvement and location standards.
(1) All off-street parking, including entrances, exits, and maneuvering and parking areas shall:
(a) Have the access drive(s) paved from the existing street paving to a point at least 15 feet beyond the public right-of-way, except that residential uses requiring less than five spaces shall be exempt from this paving requirement.
(b) Be permanently maintained by the owners.
(2) In addition, all parking lots that are used regularly (at least five days per week), except as provided below, shall be paved up to the required paved driveway. This paving requirement shall not apply to:
(a) Parking lots used only by churches, private clubs, or similar organizations on an irregular schedule, and
(b) Parking lots for residential uses where less than five spaces are required.
(3) A strip of land five feet wide adjoining any street line or any zoned for residential uses shall be preserved as open space and may be planted in shrubbery.
Figure 10-1 Table of Parking Requirements - Number of Spaces Required
Residential Uses | Maximum | Minimum |
Residential Uses | Maximum | Minimum |
Residential housing | 2.5 | 0-1 bedroom 1.5; 2 bedrooms 2; 3 bedrooms or more 2.25. If the town determines that the parking requirements of the anticipated resident population requires additional parking, the town may require up to 2.5 spaces per unit. Elderly housing may be reduced up to 1 space per 2 units. |
Day care, adult or child | 1 per 8 participants | |
Dwellings, duplex | 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit | |
Dwellings, multi-family | 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit | |
Family care home | 1 per 4 beds and 1 per supervisor and staff person | |
Group home residential | 2 plus 1 per 4 beds and 1 per supervisor and staff person | |
Nursing homes/convalescent home | 1 per 4 beds and 1 per supervisor and staff person | |
Nonresidential Uses | Maximum | Minimum |
Amusement and recreation services, indoor | 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Assembly halls, exhibit halls and similar places of public assembly | 1 per 100 sq. ft. gross floor area or 1 per every 3 seats, whichever is greater | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area or 1 per every 4 seats, whichever is greater |
Automobile renting, leasing and sales | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area N | |
Automobile repair shop | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area max | 1 per 600 sq. ft. gross floor area and 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. gross floor area of display area |
Automotive services, except repair and towing see also Service Stations | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area max | 1 per 600 sq. ft. gross floor area and 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. gross floor area of display area |
Banking services | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Bowling alleys and pool halls | 1 per alley plus requirements for any other use associated with the establishment, such as a restaurant | |
Building material dealers | 1 per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Business services | 1 per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Churches and other religious institutions | 1 per 3 seats | 1 per 4 seats |
Clinics | 4 spaces for every doctor or physician's assistant; plus 2 spaces for each 3 employees | |
Communications facilities | 1 per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Contractor's equipment and supply dealers and service | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 300 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Contractor, general or special trade | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 300 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Contractor's storage yard | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 300 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Cultural arts center, library, museum | 1 per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Customary home occupations | In addition to residence requirements, 1 parking space per 100 square feet devoted to the home occupation use | |
Drive-in theater | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. gross floor area or 1 per 1.5 employees |
Electric motor repair shop | 1 per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Farmer's market, open air market | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Fire station, EMS stations, law enforcement operations | 1 parking spaces per employee on duty at one time | |
Existing says Rescue Buildings and Armories | ||
Funeral Homes | 1 parking space for each 4 seats in the chapel or parlor | |
Golf course, private or public | 25 spaces | 50 per 18 holes |
Government offices including municipal buildings/ veteran's affairs/ social security/post offices | 1 space per employee plus 1 space for every 100 sq. ft. of gross floor area. | |
Home occupations | 1 parking space per home occupation in addition to residence requirements | |
Hospitals, except animal hospitals | 1 per each 4 licensed beds intended for patient use, plus 1 per each staff person, including medical and support staff based on the largest employee shift | |
Hotels and motels | 1 parking space for each 2 rooms to be rented, plus 1 additional parking space for each 2 employees, plus additional parking spaces as may be required for any commercial or business uses located in the same building | |
Industrial | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Kennels, commercial boarders and breeders | 1 per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Laboratories | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 600 sq. ft. gross floor area and 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. gross floor area of display area |
Libraries | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 300 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Marinas | 1 per 4 dry slips, plus 1 per 2 wet slips | |
Manufacturing and wholesale operations | 1 space for each 2 employees at maximum employment on a single shift | |
Manufactured housing dealers | 1 per 100 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Mini-warehousing | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area of office space and 1 per 5,000 sq. ft. gross floor area of additional indoor area. When calculating required parking for single-story mini-warehousing, internal drive aisles adjacent to units with exterior access may be included | |
Mobile homes | Two spaces for each mobile home | |
Motor freight companies | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area of non-office floor area plus 1 per 300 sq. ft. gross floor area office floor area | |
Movers, van lines and storage | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Movie theaters, except drive-in | 1 per 4 seats | |
Offices, medical | 1 per 170 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Offices, professional | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 300 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Parks and recreation areas, municipal | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Personal services | 1 per 225 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Public utility buildings | 1 parking space for each employee. | |
Recreation facility, wellness center | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Recreational facilities not otherwise listed, without spectator seating | 1 parking space for each employee plus 1 parking space for every 2 participants at full capacity | |
Recreational facilities not otherwise listed, with spectator seating | Same as recreational facilities without spectators plus 1 parking space for every 4 spectator seats | |
Repair shops, not elsewhere classified | 1 per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Restaurant: standard and fast food carry-out | 1 per 2.5 seats or 1 per 65 sq. ft. gross floor area exclusive of kitchen and restroom facilities | 1 per 4 seats or 1 per 80 sq. ft. gross floor area exclusive of kitchen restroom facilities |
Restaurants, drive-in | Parking space equivalent to 5 times the floor space in the main building | |
Rest homes | 1 space for each 6 patient beds, plus 1 space for each staff or visiting doctor, plus 1 space for each 4 employees | |
Retail sales establishment | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Rooming and boarding houses | 1 space for each 3 guest rooms, plus 1 additional space for the owners or managers | |
Sales office, off-premises | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. gross floor area or 1 per 1.5 employees |
Schools: high schools, colleges and universities; industrial trade schools | 1 per 5 students, or 1 per 3 seats in auditoriums and other places of assembly or facilities available to the public, whichever is greater plus 1 per | |
Schools: Elementary and Junior High | 1 space for each employee | |
Service stations | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Shopping centers | 6 parking spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor space in the center, plus 1 space per business, provided collectively | |
Skating rink, roller or ice | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Small engine repair, except automotive | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Social services, not elsewhere classified | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 300 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Swimming pool, private | 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Telecommunication facility unattended | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Tire dealers and service | 1 per 500 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Towing services, automobile and truck | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 600 sq. ft. gross floor area and 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. gross floor area of display area |
Used merchandise stores, except automotive goods | 1 per 225 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Utility stations and plants outside public rights-of-way | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. gross floor area or 1 per 1.5 employees |
Veterinary services with kennels | 1 per 170 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Warehousing general | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Welding, repair | 1 per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1 per 400 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Wholesale trade, durable goods | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Wholesale trade, nondurable goods | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
(Ord. 23-241, passed 7- 18-2023)