In all zoning districts, there shall be provided, before any building or structure is occupied or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces for motor vehicles as follows:
Use | Minimum Parking Spaces Required |
Use | Minimum Parking Spaces Required |
Banks, business offices and public buildings not specifically mentioned elsewhere | 1 for each 150 square feet of floor area |
Bowling alleys | 8 for each alley |
Churches | 1 for each 4 seats in the main worship unit |
Community center | 1 for each 100 square feet of assembly floor area |
“Drive-in” establishments | 8 for each 125 square feet of ground floor area |
Dwellings | 2 spaces for each dwelling unit |
Homes for senior citizens | 1 for each 3 beds |
Hospitals, institutions and clinics | 2 for each patient bed |
Hotels | 1 for each 2 guest rooms |
Libraries, museums and Post Offices | 1 for each 100 square feet of floor area |
Lodging, rooming and boarding houses | 2 for each 3 guest rooms or each 6 beds for guests, whichever amount is greater |
Marinas | 2 for each slip or mooring |
Medical doctors office or dental clinic | 8 for each doctor, plus 1 for each employee |
Mortuaries or funeral homes | 1 for each 50 square feet of floor area used for services |
Motels and tourist homes | 1 for each sleeping room |
Private clubs and lodges | 1 for each 5 active members and 1 for each employee with a minimum of 1 for each 100 square feet of floor area |
Private, elementary and junior high schools | 2 for each 3 employees normally engaged in or about the buildings and grounds, plus 1 for each 8 auditorium seats |
Professional offices and buildings | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Restaurants, grills, dining rooms, dairy bar, soda fountain | 1 for each 2 seats |
Sanitariums or convalescent or nursing homes | 1 for each 2 beds |
Senior high schools and institutions of higher learning | 2 for each 3 employees normally engaged in or about the buildings and grounds and 1 additional for each 4 students enrolled in the institution |
Taverns and bars | 2 for each 3 seats, but no less than 40 spaces in any event |
Theaters, auditoriums, stadiums | 1 for each 4 seats |
Use groupings: | |
(1) Retail stores, supermarkets, department stores, personal service shops-general business | 1 for each 100 square feet of floor area in the basement and on the first floor used for retail sales and 1 for each 400 square feet of floor area on the second floor used for retail sales and 1 for each 600 square feet of floor area on the third floor used for retail sales and 1 for each 800 square feet of floor area on any additional floors used for retail sales |
(2) Business offices and/or research laboratories and/or similar uses | 1 for each employee on the maximum shift or peak employment period |
(3) Manufacturing, processing and/or fabricating, manufacturing buildings and/or business offices and/or research laboratories and/or other facilities related, but not necessarily connected to a manufacturing or industrial building | 1 for each 3 employees on the maximum shift or peak employment period |
(4) Other uses not mentioned | In the case of buildings which are used for uses not specifically mentioned, those provisions for off-street parking facilities for use which is so mentioned and to which said use is terms of parking demand shall apply |
(5) Mixed uses in the same building | In the case of mixed uses in the same building, the amount of parking space for each use specified shall be provided and the space of 1 use shall not be considered as providing required spaces for any other use, except as to churches and auditoriums incidental to public and parochial schools permitted herein |
(Prior Code, Ch. XV, § 13.01) (Ord. 1977-1, passed 10-10-1977)