Where floor area is specified, that area shall be gross floor area of the structure, exclusive of any area devoted to off street parking or loading. Where the number of employees is used to determine parking requirements, persons counted shall be those intended to be working on the premises, including proprietors, during the largest shift in peak season. Fractional requirements shall be counted as a whole space. The specifications for parking spaces for enlargement of existing structures are measured by the enlargement or by the number of additional employees attributable to the enlargement, not the structure as a whole. If the property contains enough parking to meet the parking requirements prior to the enlargement plus the parking requirements attributable to the enlargement, no additional parking shall be required. (Ord. 555-05, 6-11-2005)
Unless stated elsewhere under this chapter, bicycle parking shall be provided for each commercial business or residential facility at the rate of one bicycle parking space per twenty (20) motor vehicle parking spaces.
A. Parking Spaces Are Required As Follows:
Use | Standard |
Use | Standard | |
Residential: | ||
Hotel or motel | 1 space per dwelling unit and 1 space for manager. | |
Multi-family dwellings | 2 spaces per dwelling unit and 1 bicycle space per 2 dwelling units. | |
One- or two-family dwellings | 2 spaces per dwelling unit. | |
Institutional: | ||
Clubs or meeting halls | 1 space per 100 square feet of floor area. | |
Elementary or junior high school | 1 space per classroom plus 1 space per administrative employee and 1 bicycle space per 4 students. | |
High school | 1 space for each employee and 1 bicycle space per 4 students. 1.5 spaces per classroom and 1 space per 10 students school is designed for. | |
Hospital, nursing home, home for aged | 1 space per bed plus 1 space per 2 employees. | |
Preschool or kindergarten | 2 spaces per teacher. | |
Theater, auditorium, church, stadium or other assembly area | 1 space for each 4 seats or if not fixed seats, then 1 space for each 72 square feet of floor area. | |
Commercial: | ||
Bank or professional offices (except medical or dental) | 1 space per 450 square feet of floor area. | |
Bowling alley | 2 spaces per lane plus 1 space per employee. | |
Doctors and dentists (medical and dental clinics) | 1 space per 350 square feet of floor area and 1 space per employee. | |
Eating or drinking establishments | 1 space per 200 square feet of floor area plus 1 space per 2 employees. | |
Retail stores | 1 space per 350 square feet of floor area and 1 bicycle space per 600 feet of floor area. | |
Service or repair shop | 1 space per 600 square feet of floor area plus 1 space per 2 employees. | |
Industrial: | ||
Public utilities (not including business offices) | 1 space per 1.5 employees on largest shift, plus 1 space per company vehicle, a minimum of 2. | |
Storage warehouse, manufacturing establishments, freight terminal, food processing | 1 space per employee at the largest shift. | |
Wholesale establishment | 1 space per employee plus 1 space per 700 square feet of patron serving area. | |
B. School Bus Loading Areas: Each school having a capacity of over twenty five (25) pupils shall have a driveway designed for a continuous forward flow of passenger vehicles for the purpose of loading and unloading children.
C. Residential Parking: Off street residential occupant parking shall be provided for each dwelling unit. No parking shall be allowed in the front yards of the dwelling units other than on a driveway. Parking may be allowed in one side yard of a dwelling unit if the vehicle does not create a fire or safety hazard and adequate passage to the rear yard is provided by the other side yard. Trucks used in a business, if parked at a residence, shall be parked on the lot of the dwelling unit and shall meet the requirements of this chapter.
D. Bicycle Racks: Bicycle spaces shall be racks anchored so that they cannot be easily removed. Racks shall be designed so that at least one wheel and the frame of a bicycle can be locked securely to it with a heavy chain, cable or padlock. Bicycle racks shall be clearly labeled as available for bicycles and shall be located to be at least as convenient as the most convenient car parking, and as close to the desired entrances as possible without interfering with pedestrian traffic. Bicycle and auto parking areas should be separated by some form of barrier to eliminate the possibility of a bike being hit by a car. (Ord. 542, 8-11-2003)