(A) Off-street parking spaces shall be provided and maintained in accordance with specifications herein in any district whenever any new use is established or any existing use is enlarged. For multi-family and townhouse usage, parking may be provided as exposed (outdoor or open) spaces or as totally enclosed spaces.
(B) Regardless of the number of enclosed spaces the number of exposed spaces shall not be reduced to less than one per dwelling unit, plus any required disabled spaces. Fractional spaces shall be rounded up to the next full number in determining all parking requirements.
Use | Parking Spaces Required |
Use | Parking Spaces Required |
Single-family house; two-family house; townhouse | Two per dwelling unit |
Multiple-family dwellings | 1.5 per dwelling unit |
Churches, auditoriums and mortuaries | 1 per 3 seats in principal assembly room |
Schools | 1 per classroom, plus 1 additional/each 20 students |
Theater | 1 per 3 seats |
Hospital and rest homes | 1 per 3 beds and 1 for each employee on the maximum working shift |
Motor service station | 4 per each service stall |
Business and professional offices | 1 for every 250 sq. ft. of floor space* |
Medical, dental and animal clinics | 5 per doctor, dentist or veterinarian* |
Restaurants, cafés, bars, taverns, nightclubs | 1 per 2 seats* |
Retail businesses | 1 for every 150 sq. ft. of floor space* |
Bowling alleys | 5 for each alley |
Hotel or motel | 1 per each rental unit |
Open sales or rental lots | 1 per each 3,500 sq. ft. of sales and display area* |
Drive-in establishment | 1 for every 15 sq. ft. of floor area* |
Wholesaling, manufacturing and similar uses | 1 for each employee on the maximum working shift |
*Plus one space per employee | |
(1) Location. Parking spaces, with the approval of the Board of Adjustment, may be located on a lot other than that containing the principal use but the lot must be contiguous and must be located within the same zoning district, within 150 feet of the building that it serves and shall not be separated by any public street. Parking lots for more than two vehicles may be located anywhere on a lot other than a front yard or within ten feet of a side or rear lot line, plus any required buffers.
(2) Construction. Any off-street parking lot for five or more vehicles, and all circulation areas, shall be surfaced and maintained with a hard, all-weather, durable and dust-free surfacing material composed of bituminous asphalt or concrete installed over a well compacted sub-grade and gravel base. Except for single and two-family residential uses, each space shall be clearly delineated by lines painted on or embedded in the surface of the parking area, and all disabled and visitor spaces shall be marked with signs. Appropriate traffic-control signs shall be provided at entrances to and throughout the development.
(3) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking lot or outdoor retail area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises of residential usage.
(4) Permanent front yard parking. This shall be as regulated by the City Commission.
(5) Traffic and circulation.
(a) General requirements. Vehicular traffic shall be channeled and controlled in a manner that will avoid congestion and traffic hazards on the lot or tract or on adjacent streets. Traffic generated by the use shall be directed so as to avoid excessive traffic through residential areas. No parking area, stack area or circulation area, except for driveway ingress and egress, shall be located within a street, alley or highway.
(b) Review. The adequacy of any proposed traffic circulation system on a lot or tract shall be subject to the approval of the City Commission or the delegated city department or consultant as to the effect on the orderly and safe movement of traffic within the development and the surrounding area.
(c) Circulation within parking areas.
1. Unobstructed access to each parking space shall be provided.
2. Traffic moving from one area of parking to another shall be capable of doing so without using a street.
3. Dead end drive aisles shall not be permitted.
4. Parking spaces oriented at an angle of less than 90 degrees to the drive aisle shall be served only by way of one-way drive aisles.
(d) Driveway design.
1. Minimum driveway width (back of curb to back of curb):
a. One-way: 12 feet; and
b. Two-way: 20 feet.
2. All off-street parking areas shall have access driveways rather than direct access from a street and the driveways shall have a maximum width at the street of 22 feet.
(e) Internal streets design.
1. All streets shall be a minimum of 40 feet wide and shall meet construction standards set forth in division (B)(5)(e)2. below.
2. Plans for drainage, grades, radii, visibility and other normal design criteria shall be prepared by a registered engineer and subject to the approval of the City Commission or the delegated City Department or consultant, and the streets shall be built to the Engineer’s standards.
3. If any streets are to be dedicated, at any time, to the public, then the streets shall conform to any applicable higher standards of design and construction.
(6) Size of spaces.
Angle | Space Width | Space Length | Drive Aisle Width |
90 deg. | 9 feet | 20 feet | 24 feet |
60 deg. | 10 feet | 20 feet | 18 feet |
45 deg. | 10 feet | 20 feet | 12 feet |
(1988 Code, § 11.50-5)