In all zoning districts, with the exception of allowed uses in “B-1” District, off-street parking facilities for the storage of motor vehicles for the use of occupants, employees and patrons of the buildings or structures hereafter erected, altered or extended, shall be provided and maintained as herein prescribed.
(A) Surfacing and drainage. Off-street parking areas, driveways and loading areas shall be surfaced with asphalt pavement or better or, with the consent of the city, with other approved dust free materials. All areas referred to above shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area.
(B) General provisions.
(1) Parking spaces, unless otherwise specified herein, shall contain an area of not less than 200 square feet, plus adequate access drives to streets.
(2) Off-street parking facilities for dwellings shall be provided and located on the same lot or parcel of land as the building they are intended to serve.
(3) The location of required off-street parking facilities for other than dwellings shall be within 300 feet of the building they are intended to serve, measured from the nearest point of the off-street parking facilities and the nearest point of the building or structure.
(4) Parking of automobiles and other motor vehicles is permitted in the front and side yards in commercial and industrial districts if screened by a greenbelt eight feet in width.
(5) When units or measurements used in determining the number of required parking spaces result in requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half shall require one parking space.
(6) Loading space shall not be construed as supplying off-street parking space. Truck loading and receiving areas shall not be on the front side of a building facing the street, except that the city reserves the right to review and permit the necessary uses in areas in front of a building when the facilities are so screened as not to be visible from the public street in front.
(7) Whenever a use requiring off-street parking is increased in floor area, additional parking space for the additional floor area shall be provided and maintained in amounts hereafter specified for that use.
(8) For the purpose of this section, FLOOR AREA, in the case of offices, merchandising or service types of uses, shall mean the gross floor area used or intended to be used for services to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients as tenants, including areas occupied for fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise, less than 10%.
(9) Where a use is not specifically mentioned, off-street parking requirements shall be the same as for similar uses.
(10) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent collective provisions of off-street parking facilities for two or more buildings or uses provided, collectively, the facilities shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses computed separately in accordance with the items listed in division (D) of this section.
(11) Nothing in this section shall prevent the extension of or an addition to a building or structure into an existing parking area which is required for the original building or structure when the same amount of space taken by the extension or addition is provided by an enlargement of the existing parking area or an additional area within 300 feet of the building.
(12) No on-street parking will be counted when calculating the off-street parking requirements set forth below. However, within the B-1, Central Business District, there shall be no off-street parking required and on-street parking shall be sufficient to meet this chapter.
(C) Design and maintenance of off-street parking areas and loading berths.
(1) Adequate ingress and egress shall be provided.
(2) The parking lots and loading areas shall be maintained in a usable dust proof condition, such as concrete, blacktop, or, when approved by the city, properly treated crushed rock or some other permanently surfaced area.
(3) Whenever the parking lot or loading area boundary adjoins property zoned for residential use, a setback of 20 feet from the lot line shall be required.
(4) Necessary curbs or other protections against damage to adjoining properties, streets and sidewalks shall be provided and maintained.
(5) Plans for the construction of any such parking lot or loading berths must be approved by the City Council before construction is started. No such land shall be used for parking or loading until approved by the City Council.
(D) Off-street parking space required. (One space equals 200 square feet plus adequate room for ingress and egress and driving lanes).
Single-family, two- family and townhouse units | One space per unit |
Boarding house | At least two parking spaces for each three persons for whom accommodations are provided for sleeping |
Multiple-family dwellings | One and one-half spaces per unit |
Motels, motor hotels, hotels | One space per each rental unit plus one additional space for each ten units and one space for each employee on any shift |
Church, theater, auditorium | At least one parking space for each four seats based on the design capacity of the main assembly hall |
Hospitals | Two spaces per each bed |
Medical, dental or hospital outpatient clinics, office buildings and professional offices | Four parking spaces plus one parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet |
Sanitariums, convalescent home, rest home, nursing home or day nurseries | Four spaces plus one for each three beds for which accommodations are offered |
Elderly (senior citizen) housing | One-half space per unit |
Drive-in establishment and convenience food | At least five parking spaces for each alley, plus additional spaces as may be required herein for related uses contained within the principal structure |
Bowling alley | At least five parking spaces for each alley, plus additional spaces as may be required herein for related uses contained within the principal structure |
Motor fuel station | At least four off-street parking spaces plus two off-street parking spaces for each service stall. Those facilities designed for sale of other items than strictly automotive products, parts and/or service shall be required to provide additional parking in compliance with other applicable sections of this chapter |
Retail store and service establishment | At least one off-street parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Retail sales and service business with 50% of gross floor area devoted to storage, warehouses and/or industry | One space for each 200 square feet devoted to public sales and/or service plus one space for each 2,000 square feet of storage area or one space for each employee on the maximum shift which is appropriate |
Restaurants, cafes, private clubs serving food and/or drinks, bars, taverns, nightclubs | At least one space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area |
Undertaking establishments | At least 20 parking spaces for each chapel or parlor, plus one parking space for each funeral vehicle maintained on the premises. Aisle space shall also be provided off the street for making up a funeral procession |
Auto repair, bus terminal, boats and marine sales and repair, bottling company, shop for a trade employing six or less people, garden supply store, building material sales in structure | Eight off-street parking spaces, plus one additional space for each 600 square feet of space |
Wholesale business establishments and storage or warehouse establishments | One off-street parking space for each employee on the major shift or one off-street parking space for each 2,000 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater, plus one off-street parking space for each company motor vehicle when customarily kept on the premises |
Manufacturing or processing plant | One off-street parking space for each employee on the major shift or one off-street parking space for each 350 square feet of gross floor area within the building, whichever is greater, plus one off-street parking space for each company motor vehicle when customarily kept on the premises |
Car wash (In addition to required magazine or stacking space) | |
Automatic drive through, serviced | A minimum of ten spaces or one space for each employee on the maximum shift, whichever is greater |
Self-service | A minimum of two spaces |
Motor fuel station car wash | Zero in addition to that required for the station |
Uses not specifically noted | As determined by the City Council following review by the Planning and Zoning Commission |
(E) Required loading berths. Required loading berths in connection with any structure which is to be erected or substantially altered and which requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or similar vehicles, with a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more, there shall be off-street loading provided on the basis of the following:
Gross Floor Area (Square Feet) | Minimum Required Loading Berths |
10,000 to 16,000 | 1 |
16,000 to 40,000 | 2 |
40,000 to 70,000 | 3 |
70,000 to 100,000 | 4 |
each additional 40,000 | 1 additional |
(Ord. 209.5, passed 12-14-1994)