CHAPTER 1133
Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations
1133.01   Purpose.
1133.02   Determination of required off-street parking spaces.
1133.03   Number of parking spaces required.
1133.04   Electric automobile charging stations.
1133.05   Off-street stacking spaces for drive-thru facilities.
1133.06   Required short-term bicycle parking spaces.
1133.07   Allowance for shared parking.
1133.08   Modification of minimum parking requirements.
1133.09   Parking maximums.
1133.10   Land banked for future parking.
1133.11   Location of required parking spaces.
1133.12   Off-street loading spaces required.
1133.13   Access drives in Commercial Districts.
1133.14   Non-residential joint use driveways and cross-access easements.
1133.15   Single-family and two-family residential driveways.
1133.16   Improvement and maintenance standards.
1133.17   Trailer parking.
1133.18   Exceptions to off-street parking requirements in Business District.
CROSS REFERENCES
      Conformance with Performance Standards - see P. & Z. Chap. 1121.06
      Nonconformity - see P. & Z. Chap 1121.07
      Residence Districts - see P. & Z. Chap. 1123
      Non-residence Districts - see P. & Z. Chap. 1125
      Mixed-Use Districts - see P. & Z. Chap. 1127
      Signage Regulations - see P. & Z. Chap. 1129
      Landscape Requirements - see P. & Z. Chap. 1131
1133.01 PURPOSE.
   Off-street parking regulations are established in order to promote the overall vitality of the community through achieving various objectives, including:
   (a)    Promoting the general convenience, welfare and prosperity of existing and future developments;
   (b)   Relieving congestion on City streets by promoting alternative modes of transportation, ensuring orderly movement of traffic, and increasing safety; and,
   (c)   Providing adequate, but not excessive off-street parking to minimize the negative impacts that result from large expanses of paved parking areas.
      (Ord. 2015-10. Passed 8-25-15.)
1133.02 DETERMINATION OF REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES.
   Off-street parking shall be provided as a condition precedent to the occupancy or use of any building, structure or land, and at any time a building, structure or use of land is enlarged, expanded, increased in capacity or use, in conformance with the following provisions.
In computing the number of parking spaces required by this Ordinance, the following shall apply:
   (a)   Where floor area is designated as the standard for determining parking space requirements, floor area shall be the sum of the net area of all the floors measured from the exterior faces of the building. Mechanical rooms, stairs, restrooms, cellars, unenclosed porches, attics not used for human occupancy are excluded from the count of total floor area.
   (b)   Where seating capacity is the standard for determining parking space requirements, the capacity shall mean the number of seating units installed or indicated. When fixed seats are not indicated, the capacity shall be determined as being one (1) seat for each twenty (20) square feet of floor area of the assembly room.
   (c)   Where employees are the standard for determining parking space requirements, employees shall mean the maximum number of employees on any two (2) successive shifts.
   (d)   Fractional numbers shall be increased to the next whole number.
   (e)   The parking spaces required for multiple uses shall be the sum of the parking required for each use considered separately.
      (Ord. 2015-10. Passed 8-25-15.)
1133.03 NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED.
   The required number of off-street parking spaces for each facility or use shall be determined by application of the standards noted in Schedule 1133.03. For a use not specified in Schedule 1133.03, the Planning Commission shall apply the standard for a specified use which the Commission determines to be most similar to the proposed use.
Schedule 1133.03
REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES
 
Principal Building or Use
Minimum Spaces Required
(a) Residential Uses:
 
(1) Single-family dwellings
2 spaces for each dwelling unit. All new single-family development that occurs after the adoption of this chapter shall include at least a minimum of one (1) enclosed space.
(2) Two-family dwellings
2 spaces for each dwelling unit. All new two-family residential development that occurs after the adoption of this chapter shall include at least a minimum of one (1) enclosed space per dwelling unit.
(3) Townhouses
2 spaces for each dwelling unit.
(4) Apartments
2 spaces for each dwelling unit.
(5) Senior citizen apartments
1 space for each dwelling unit.
(6) Dormitories, sororities and fraternities
1 space for each 3 persons based on the maximum capacity.
(7) Nursing homes
1 space per 6 beds
(b) Office, Professional Service Uses:
 
(1) Business, professional and administrative offices and services (excluding medical and dental)
1 space for each 400 sq. ft. of floor area.
(2) Medical, dental offices and clinics, including urgent care clinics
1 space for each 200 sq. ft. of floor area.
(3) Financial establishments
1 space for each 400 sq. ft. of floor area.
(4) Animal clinic, veterinary office
1 space for each 400 sq. ft. of floor area.
(5) Funeral homes, mortuaries
1 space for each 50 sq. ft. of floor area in parlors or visitation rooms.
(6) Hospitals
2 spaces per room.
(c) Retail/Service Uses:
 
(1) Retail or business uses permitted in any B District unless specific standards given below
1 space for each 300 sq. ft. of floor area.
(2) Furniture and appliance; retail nursery garden supply, establishments
1 space for each 500 sq. ft. of floor area.
(3) Restaurants; bars; taverns; night clubs
1 space for each 150 sq. ft. floor area (25% of any outdoor unenclosed dining areas shall be included in the calculation)
(4) Hotels, motels and Bed and Breakfasts
1 space for each sleeping room or suite including that which is to be used as a permanent residence by the owners of the establishment.
(5) Shopping Center
1 space per 400 sq. ft. of leasable floor area.
(6) Transient Rental Property
The greater of two (2) off-street parking spaces or one (1) space for each four (4) permitted occupants, rounded up.
(d) Automotive Uses: (b)
(1) Auto sales; new and used, auto, truck, boat sales, rental facilities
1 space for each 800 sq. ft. of floor area (indoor area only)
(2) Gasoline stations
.5 spaces per pump and 1 per 500 sq. ft. of accessory retail area.
(3) Car wash facilities
1 space per bay plus sufficient area for stacking spaces.
(4) Automobile service repair, and body work stations
2 spaces per bay
(e) Commercial Entertainment/Recreation Uses: (b)
(1) Bowling alleys
Four (4) spaces per each lane. If there is additional space within the building used as a restaurant, bar, tavern, or night club, additional parking shall be included at a rate of 50% of that described in 1133.03(c)(3).
(2) Indoor movie theaters, auditorium and other public assembly places
1 space for every 4 seats for first 400 seats, then 1 space per 10 seats.
(3) Indoor or outdoor swimming pools, public or private
1 space per 200 sq. ft. of water area.
(4) Health, fitness, recreation club
1 space for every 200 sq. ft. of exercise area, including locker room, and equipment room.
(5) Wet-slipped boat dockage/storage
0.75 space for every boat space.
(f) General Commercial Uses: (b)
 
(1) Printing, publishing, storage and warehousing of goods, wholesale establishments
1 space for each three (3) employees on a maximum shift or for each 3,000 sq. ft. of floor area, whichever is greater.
(2) Research and testing laboratories
1 space for each 400 sq. ft. of floor area.
(g) Educational Facilities:
 
(1) Junior high schools, elementary schools and kindergartens
1 space for each 300 sq. ft. of office space, plus 2 spaces per classroom.
(2) High Schools
5 spaces per classroom.
(3) Colleges, universities
10 spaces per classroom.
(4) Child Day Care Centers, nursery schools and similar uses
Five (5) spaces, plus 1 space for every 5 program participants based on the facility’s licensed capacity. Additionally, a minimum of 2 pick-up/drop-off spaces must be provided.
(h) Community Facilities:
 
(1) Places of worship
1 space for every 8 seats.
(2) Community Center, library, museum or similar public building
1 space for every 6 seats or for each 300 sq. ft. of floor area, whichever is greater.
 
(Ord. 2015-10. Passed 8-25-15; Ord. 2021-9. Passed 3-23-21.)
1133.04 ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE CHARGING STATIONS.
   Parking spaces within parking lots or structures may be installed with electric automobile charging stations, including models that charge by solar energy. Such spaces must be accessible to the public and clearly designated as charging stations. Such spaces count toward parking requirements. (Ord. 2015-10. Passed 8-25-15.)
1133.05 OFF-STREET STACKING SPACES FOR DRIVE-THRU FACILITIES.
   Establishments which by their nature create lines of customers stacking to be served within automobiles shall provide off-street stacking areas, on the same lot as the use, in addition to the required number of parking spaces specified in Schedule 1133.03, in accordance with the following requirements:
   (a)   Commercial establishments such as banks, drive-thru restaurants, automatic car wash facilities and other similar facilities with service windows or other interaction points shall provide sufficient space for the stacking of vehicles. There shall be a minimum of four (4) stacking spaces per facility. There shall not be less than two (2) spaces per window or interaction point when there are two (2) or more windows or points of interaction. Interaction points typically include service windows, menu boards, and communication systems.
   (b)   Self-serve car wash facilities shall provide no fewer than two (2) stacking spaces per stall.
   (c)   Gasoline stations shall provide no fewer than one (1) stacking spaces per accessible side of a gasoline pump island.
   (d)   In any case, there shall not be within the public right of way any portion of a drive-thru lane, or vehicles stacking for service at such drive-in or drive-thru facilities.
   (e)   Such spaces shall be designed so as not to impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic circulation on the site, or on any abutting streets or parcels.
   (f)   An escape lane shall be included within a drive-thru facility or circulation aisle to provide access around the drive-thru facility. All escape lanes shall measure a minimum of eight (8) feet in width.
      (Ord. 2015-10. Passed 8-25-15.)
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