Off-street parking facilities shall be provided in accordance with additional regulations set forth herein.
(A) Use. Off-street parking facilities required for uses listed herein, shall be solely for the parking of passenger automobiles of patrons, occupants or employees.
(B) Exemption. When the application of the off-street parking regulations specified herein results in a requirement of not more than three spaces on a single lot in any business or commercial district, such parking spaces need not be provided. However, where two or more uses are located on a single lot, the foregoing exemption shall apply only if the total requirement for all uses is three spaces or less.
(C) Computation. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this chapter results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of one-third or less may be disregarded while a fraction in excess of one-third shall be counted as one parking space.
(D) Collective provision. Off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each such use and provided that all regulations governing location of accessory parking spaces, in relation to the use served, are adhered to. Further, no parking spaces or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use unless otherwise authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(E) Area.
(1) All parking spaces and maneuvering aisles shall have the minimum dimensions set forth in the following table:
TABLE 15-1: PARKING DIMENSIONS
Minimum Parking Space and Aisle Dimensions for Parking Areas (In Feet)
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Angle of Parking (in degrees) | Width of Parking Space | Length of Parking Space | Maneuvering Aisle (one-way) | Maneuvering Aisle (two-way) |
76 - 90 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 22 |
61 - 75 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 22 |
46 - 60 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 22 |
0 - 45 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 22 |
(2) Measurement of parking space width and length, aisle width and parking angle shall be made as per the following diagram:
(F) Access.
(1) Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide a safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space. All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement. No driveway across public property at the right-of-way line shall exceed a width of 25 feet.
(2) A driveway permit shall be obtained:
(a) From the county garage if the drive comes off a county road and there is no existing culvert (346-2967);
(b) From the State Department of Transportation (Madison Sub-District Office) if drive comes off a state highway (812-574-4368); and
(c) From the city if the drive comes off a city street, at the City Street Department (346-1616) or the City Clerk Treasurer (346-5907).
(G) Design and maintenance.
(1) Open and enclosed parking spaces. Accessory parking spaces may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building.
(2) Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas containing more than four parking spaces shall be improved with a stabilized base, not less than six inches thick, surfaced with asphalt or treated with some comparable all-weather dustless material.
(3) Screening and landscaping. All open automobile parking areas, containing more than four parking spaces, located less than 40 feet away from a property line shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on any property situated in a residential district or any institutional premises by a wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge, not less than five feet nor more than eight feet in height.
(a) For an outdoor parking area containing 20 or more parking spaces, at least one tree shall be planted for every ten parking spaces on any side of the perimeter of such parking area that abuts the side line of a private or public way, or abuts the lot line of land in residential districts or land used for residential purposes.
(b) In any outdoor parking area, a landscaped open space having an area of not less than 10% of the outdoor parking area on the lot shall be provided. A minimum of one-half of the required landscaped open space shall be located in the interior of the parking area and contain ornamental or shade trees and/or shrubs and/or other appropriate plant materials to provide shade and color easily visible when the lot is full of cars.
(c) Trees required by the provisions of this division (G)(3) shall be at least two inches in diameter at a height of five feet at the time of planting and shall be of a species characterized by rapid growth and by suitability and hardiness for location in a parking lot. To the extent practicable, existing trees shall be retained and used to satisfy the provisions of this division (G)(3).
(4) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area, maneuvering space, or driveway shall be directed and shielded away from residential properties in such a way as to not create a nuisance. All parking areas, maneuvering spaces and driveways shall be designed or shielded so that direct lighting from automobile headlights are not directed on to residential property.
(5) On any parking area in any district, all paved portions of all parking spaces and maneuvering aisles shall be set back five feet from any wall of a building, and five feet from any private or public way, or any lot line of any land in residential districts or used for residential purposes.
(H) Location. All parking spaces required to serve buildings or uses erected or established after the effective date of this chapter shall be located on the same lot as the building or use served. Buildings or uses existing on the effective date of this chapter which are subsequently altered or enlarged so as to require the provision of parking spaces under this chapter may be served by parking facilities located on land other than the lot on which the building or use served is located, provided such facilities are within 500 feet walking distance of a main entrance to the use served.
(I) Employee parking. Parking spaces required on an employee basis shall be based on the maximum number of employees on duty or residing, or both, on the premises at any one time.
(J) Maximum number of spaces. The total number of accessory parking spaces provided for a single-family, two-family or multiple-family dwelling shall not exceed that required by this chapter for such use or for an equivalent new use by more than 50% or four spaces, whichever is greater.
(K) Required spaces. Off-street parking spaces accessory to designated uses shall be provided as follows:
Use | Parking Spaces |
Use | Parking Spaces |
Hospitals | 1 per 4 beds, plus 1 per 2 employees, plus 1 per staff doctor |
Hotels | 1 per guest room |
Laundromats | 1 per 2 washing machines, plus 1 per 2 employees |
Libraries, museums and art galleries | 10 plus 1 per 300 square feet of floor area over 2,000 square feet |
Manufacturing, industrial or wholesale establishment, laboratory, company, bottling plant, warehouse or similar establishments | 1 per 2 employees on maximum working shift, plus adequate space to accommodate company vehicles |
Medical and dental clinics | 5 per each doctor |
Motel, tourist homes | 1 per guest room plus 2 at office and tourist courts |
Motor vehicle sales | 1 per 300 square feet of sales floor area in excess of 1,000 square plus 1 per 2,000 square feet of open area |
Multi-family dwellings | 1½ per dwelling unit |
Nursery, elementary, junior high and high schools | 1 per classroom and office, or 1 per 10 seats in the auditorium, whichever is greater |
Nursing, convalescent rest homes and other health homes and institutions | 1 per 4 beds, plus 1 per 2 employees, plus 1 per staff doctor |
Offices and office buildings | 1 per 400 square feet of floor area |
Residential - one- and two-family dwellings | 2 per dwelling unit |
Restaurants (except drive-ins, night clubs, taverns and lounges) | 1 per 3 persons based upon the maximum number of persons that can be accommodated at the same time in accordance with design capacity |
Retail stores or personal service Establishments | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area plus 1 per 2 employees |
Rooming, boarding or lodging houses | 1 per 2 rooms, plus 1 for owner or manager |
Theaters, auditoriums, gymnasiums, stadium areas, convention halls and places of assembly with fixed seats | 1 per 5 seats, plus 1 per 2 employees |
(Ord. passed 9-1-2006) Penalty, see § 154.999