(A) General Provisions:
1. Use of Parking Area: Required off street parking space in all districts shall not be utilized for open storage of goods or for the storage of vehicles which are inoperable, for lease, rent or sale. (Ord. 002-469, 2-19-2002)
2. Calculating Spaces: When the determination of the number of required off street parking spaces results in a fraction, each fraction of one-half (1/2) or more shall constitute another space.
3. Floor Area Determination: Floor area is based on ninety percent (90%) of gross floor area, or actual usable area. (Ord. 002-469, 2-19-2002; amd. Ord. 004-519, 9-20-2004)
(B) Required Parking Spaces:
1. Number of Spaces: Off street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the specifications of this section whenever any new use is established or an existing use is enlarged in all districts except the B-2 downtown business district.
Uses | Parking Requirements
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Uses | Parking Requirements
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Accessory apartment | 1 per dwelling unit |
Animal clinics | 1 space per each examination and treatment room, plus 1 space per employee on the maximum work shift |
Auto repair, major | 2 per bay plus 1 per each employee on the maximum work shift |
Auto repair, minor | 2 per bay plus 1 per each employee on the maximum work shift |
Auto sales | 1 space per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area for indoor display area |
Bed and breakfast | 1 per room plus 1 per employee on the maximum work shift |
Bowling alley | 5 for each alley |
Brewery, small brewery, distillery, microdistillery, with or without cocktail room or taproom | 1 space/1,500 sf of manufacturing, fabrication, processing, or warehouse area Plus 1 space/200 sf of taproom or cocktail room floor area |
Child daycare center, commercial | 1 per employee on the maximum work shift plus 1 per every 10 children |
Places of worship, funeral homes and theaters | 1 per 4 seats in principal assembly room. Define seat as 22 inches |
Clinics | 1 space per 250 square feet of gross floor area |
Clubs | 1 per 4 customers to maximum seating capacity |
Commercial recreation uses | 1 per 2 customers to maximum capacity |
Convenience stores, with and without gas | 1 per 200 square feet of retail plus 1 per employee on the maximum work shift |
Data center | 1 per 2,000 square feet |
Dwellings, apartment | 1.5 per dwelling unit |
Dwellings, two-unit and twin home | 2 per dwelling unit |
Dwellings, townhouse | 2 per dwelling unit |
Dwellings, single-unit | 2 per dwelling unit |
Golf courses | 2 per hole |
Greenhouses and nurseries, commercial | 1 per 600 square feet of display/sales area |
Grocery stores | At least 1 off street parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area up to a total floor area of 10,000 square feet At least 1 off street parking space for each 250 square feet of floor area in a building that has between 10,001 and 30,000 square feet At least 1 off street parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area in a building that has more than 30,000 square feet |
Group daycare facility, 13 to 16 persons | 1 per employee on the maximum work shift plus 1 per every 5 clients |
Group homes, (6 or less persons; 7 to 16 persons; commercial) and nursing homes | 1 per employee on the maximum work shift plus 1 per every 5 clients |
Health clubs | 1 per 200 square feet |
Home occupations | 2 spaces in addition to the requirement for the dwelling |
Hospitals | 1 per 5 beds plus 1 for each 3 employees on the maximum work shift |
Hotels/motels | 1 per each guest room plus one per employee on the maximum work shift |
Kennels, commercial | 1 per employee on the maximum work shift plus 1 per every 1,000 square feet |
Manufacturing/industrial facilities | 1 per 600 square feet |
Non-profit recreational, cultural/entertainment | 1 per 4 customers to maximum seating capacity |
Offices, personal and professional services | 1 per 300 square feet |
Personal health and beauty services | 2 per operator station |
Public and parochial schools- elementary and junior high | 1 per classroom plus 1 for every 30 children |
Public and parochial schools – senior high | 1 per classroom plus 1 for every 3 children |
Public buildings | 1 per employee on the maximum work shift plus 1 per 200 square feet |
Research facilities | 1 per 600 square feet |
Restaurant, class II | 1 per every 4 customers to maximum seating capacity |
Restaurants, class I, III, IV, brewpub and coffee shops | 1 per every 4 customers to maximum seating capacity plus 1 per employee on the maximum work shift |
Retail facilities and service facilities | At least 1 off street parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area up to a total floor area of 10,000 square feet. At least 1 off street parking space for each 250 square feet of floor area in a building that has between 10,001 and 30,000 square feet. At least 1 off street parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area in a building that has more than 30,000 square feet |
Senior care facility | 1 per 3 beds plus 1 for each 3 employees on the maximum work shift |
Sexually oriented business | 1 per 200 square feet |
Supply yards | 1 per employee on the maximum work shift |
Warehousing facilities | 1 per 2,000 square feet |
Wholesale businesses | 1 per 1,000 square feet |
(Ord. 002-469, 2-19-2002; amd. Ord. 006-548, 2-6-2006)
2. Joint Parking Facilities: Required parking facilities serving two (2) or more uses may be located on the same lot or in the same structure. Conditions required for joint use are:
(a) The proposed joint parking space is within four hundred feet (400') of the use it will serve;
(b) The applicant(s) shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the two (2) or more buildings or uses for which joint use of off street parking facilities is proposed; and
(c) A properly drawn legal instrument approved by the city attorney, executed by the parties concerned for joint use of off street parking facilities shall be filed with the clerk. Said instrument may be a three (3) or more part agreement including the city.
3. Land Banking of Parking Spaces:
(a) Additional parking spaces intended for future building expansion or anticipated needs may be required by the city in the form of land banking.
(b) Areas to be land banked shall be designed to integrate with existing parking areas for space and aisle design, access points, landscaping provisions and necessary stormwater control.
(c) The approved site plan shall designate land banked parking areas, which shall not be used for achieving required open space standards.
(C) Location:
1. Location of Off Street Parking Facilities: Required off street parking shall be on the same lot as the principal building.
2. Other Locations: Parking spaces may be located on a lot other than that containing the principal use with the approval of the board of adjustment.
3. Control of Off Street Parking Facilities:
(a) When required off street parking facilities are provided elsewhere than on the lot on which the principal use served is located, written authority for using such property for off street parking shall be filed with the city so as to maintain the required number of off street parking spaces during the existence of said principal use.
(b) No such parking facility at its closest point shall be more than one hundred feet (100') from the property nor more than four hundred feet (400') from the principal use or building served.
4. Parking in Residential Areas:
(a) All vehicles shall be parked on a hard surface driveway or parking apron. All parking areas shall maintain a five foot (5') setback from side and rear lot lines, except parcels that have no recorded side and rear drainage and utility easements may have a driveway constructed adjacent to the side and rear lot lines. This exception is subject to the submittal of a lot survey and grading plan acceptable to the city engineer. (Ord. 008-587. 9-16-2008)
(D) Design and Maintenance Standards.
1. Size of Spaces: Parking spaces shall be a minimum of nine feet by eighteen feet (9' x 18').
2. Grading and Drainage; Surfacing: Prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy, all parking areas, driveways and loading areas shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete pavement following the city's engineering standard plates. In the event said surfacing cannot be completed due to weather or seasonal restrictions, a temporary certificate of occupancy may be issued contingent upon the extension of the security or letter of credit reguired under this chapter. All parking lots located in the front of buildings or adjacent to street rights of way shall be curbed.
3. Lighting: Any lighting used to illuminate any off street parking shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any R district. (Ord. 002-469, 2-19-2002)
4. Access Driveways:
(a) All off street parking areas shall have access from driveways rather than from public streets.
(b) Said driveway access shall be limited to thirty feet (30') in width at the right of way line and thirty feet (30') at the public street paved surface, except that driveways which serve as access for truck off street loading areas in industrial districts shall be thirty two feet (32') at the street right of way line along collector streets and sixty feet (60') at the street right of way line along local streets. (Ord. 004-521, 11-15-2004)
5. Signs: Signs located in any parking area necessary for orderly operation of traffic movement shall be in addition to accessory signs permitted in other sections of this code.
(E) Plans Submitted to City Engineers: Plans for parking lots shall be submitted to the city engineer for approval before construction may begin.
1. Such plans shall indicate two foot (2') contours, paved surfaces, landscaping, drainage structures, lighting and other physical features.
2. Prior to approval of the parking lot plan, the applicant shall submit surety acceptable to the city administrator in the amount of the established costs of complying with the plan. The aforesaid surety shall be provided to guarantee completion and compliance with the plan.
(F) Recreational Vehicle Parking: Recreational vehicles parked on residential property shall be registered to the owner or lessee of the property and display a current license and may be parked or stored on the lot as follows:
1. In the front yard, provided they are kept on a hard surfaced driveway. Recreational vehicles may not be parked in front of the principal building on a residential lot. Recreational vehicles may not be parked or stored on public property. Recreational vehicles parked on street right of way must comply with section 9-1-9 of this code.
2. In the side or rear yard, recreational vehicles shall be parked or stored on asphalt, concrete, or decorative landscape rock.
(a) All hard surfaced parking areas in the side or rear yard shall maintain a five foot (5') setback from the side or rear lot lines.
(b) All decorative landscape rock parking areas may be located in the side or rear yards abutting the property line. The decorative rock parking areas shall be installed to a depth of four inches (4") and lined with a commercial grade weed preventative mesh under the rock to impede the growth of weeds. No class V(5) rock or gravel is allowed. Edging shall be installed to prevent the rock from spreading from the designated parking area. The designated parking area may not impede the drainage within the side or rear yard utility easements or inhibit access to the easements. (Ord. 002-476, 5-6-2002)
(G) Commercial Vehicle Parking on Residential Property: No commercial vehicles or contracting or excavating equipment may be parked, stored or otherwise located on any residential lot within the city except as provided herein:
1. Class I Commercial Vehicles:
(a) Class I commercial vehicles may be parked or stored on a residential lot with a minimum lot size of two and one-half (2-1/2) acres. The commercial vehicle must be entirely screened from neighboring residential property with a one hundred percent (100%) opaque screen consisting of wooden fencing, landscaping, berms or a combination of the foregoing. A commercial vehicle shall not be parked or stored within one hundred fifty feet (150') of any neighboring residential dwelling unit.
(b) Class I commercial vehicles may be parked on a residential lot when loading, unloading, rendering a temporary service benefiting the premises or providing emergency services.
2. Class II Commercial Vehicles: Class II commercial vehicles may be parked on a residential lot if used as the resident's primary form of transportation to their job or if associated with a permitted home business.
3. Class I or Class II School Buses: A class I or class II school bus may be parked on a residential lot (Monday through Friday) between the hours of eight thirty o'clock (8:30) A.M. and five o'clock (5:00) P.M. (Ord. 004-519, 9-20-2004)
(H) Parking of Bicycles: In the SSMU (Spruce Street Mixed Use) district, bike parking spaces shall be installed at ten percent (10%) of the total number of automobile spaces within the development. For convenience and security, bicycle parking facilities shall be located near building entrances, shall be placed parallel to the sidewalks, shall be easily visible and shall not be located in remote automobile parking areas. Such facilities shall not, however, be located in places that impede pedestrian or automobile traffic flow or that would cause damage to plant material. Bike racks shall provide a means for the bicycle frame and one wheel to be attached to a permanent fixture (designed for securing bicycles) by means of a lock. (Ord. 002-469, 2-19-2002; amd. Ord. 004-519, 9-20-2004; Ord. 021-761, 8-16-2021)