A. Minimum Number Of Spaces: Whenever off street parking is required by this title the minimum number of off street parking spaces to be provided shall be as follows except in the parking overlay districts:
REQUIRED NUMBER OF SPACES
Use | Parking Spaces
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Use | Parking Spaces
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Manufacturing: | |
All manufacturing | To be determined by administrator |
Public assembly: | |
Bowling alley | 7.0 per alley |
Indoor recreation facilities, skating rinks, dance halls, game centers | 1.0 per 250 square feet of total floor area |
Racquetball, handball and tennis courts | 3.5 per court |
Single screen theaters, sports arenas and auditoriums | 1.0 per 4 seats |
Theaters containing 2 or more screens | 1.0 per 5 seats |
Others not defined | To be determined by administrator |
Residential: | |
Household buildings | 2.0 per household unit |
Household buildings, elderly project | 0.5 per household unit |
Nursing homes | 0.25 per bed |
Permanent mobile homes | 2.0 per mobile home |
Residential hotels | 0.6 per bedroom |
Rooming and boarding houses, residence halls, dormitories, retirement homes | 1.2 per bedroom |
Transient lodging | 1.0 per unit |
Retail trade: | |
Bulk retail, farm equipment, motorized vehicles, sporting vehicles, mobile home sales, building materials, home furnishings and equipment, farm and garden supplies, etc. | To be determined (suggested: 1.0 per 600 square feet of sales, storage and outdoor display area) |
Eating places, alcoholic beverages | 1.0 per 4 seats or 8 feet of bench |
Gasoline service station, fuel and automotive repair | 1.0 per 300 square feet of total floor area |
General retail, general merchandise, food, drugs, liquor, medical supplies, sporting goods, etc. | 1.0 per 250 square feet of sales, storage and apparel, display area |
Services: | |
Beauty and barber shops | 3.0 per chair |
Building care/maintenance | 3 |
Civic, social, fraternal organizations | 1.0 per 4 persons maximum occupancy |
Daycare, preschool | 2.0 per teacher |
Finance, insurance, real estate, photographic repair, professional and advertising, consumer credit, collection, duplication, stenographic news syndicate, employment, equipment rental, general building, contracting, construction trades, welfare and charitable services, business association, professional organizations, labor union/organizations | 1.0 per 300 square feet of total floor area or to be determined |
Funeral | 1.0 per 4 seats or 8 feet of bench |
High schools and colleges | 1.0 per 4 persons (at maximum capacity) |
Kindergarten, elementary and junior high schools | 2.0 per classroom |
Laundering/dry cleaning | 4 per pick up window plus 0.5 per self-service machine |
Religious facilities | 1.0 per 4 seats or 8 feet of bench in main auditorium |
Wholesale trade: | |
Wholesale trade and warehousing | To be determined (suggested: 1.0 per 400 square feet of total floor area) |
B. Floor And Display Areas: For the purposes of this section, "floor area" shall mean the sum of the areas of each building story. The dimensions used to calculate the area of each building story shall be measured to the outside face of all exterior walls excluding architectural features. "Floor and display area" shall mean the floor area plus any area outside the building used to display merchandise.
C. Staff Determination: The planning administrator shall determine parking space requirements for a use not specifically provided by this chapter, but the space shall be the same as a use which has similar traffic generating characteristics.
D. Compact Car Spaces: An allowance of thirty five percent (35%) of the total number of spaces required may be identified and used as compact car spaces. These spaces shall be conveniently located and provided with adequate above grade signage.
Except as otherwise approved by the city engineer for special conditions, parking aisles and access aisles shall have a minimum width for various parking angles as shown in the following chart:
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PARKING LOT DESIGN
Parking Angle A | Stall Width B | Curb Length Per Car C | Stall Depth D | Driveway Width E | |
One-Way | Two-Way |
Parking Angle A | Stall Width B | Curb Length Per Car C | Stall Depth D | Driveway Width E | |
One-Way | Two-Way | ||||
0° | 9'0" | 23'0" | 9'0" | 12'0" | 24'0" |
20° | 9'0" | 26'4" | 15'3" | 11'0" | 24'0" |
30° | 9'0" | 18'0" | 17'8" | 11'0" | 24'0" |
40° | 9'0" | 14'0" | 19'6" | 12'0" | 24'0" |
45° | 9'0" | 12'9" | 20'5" | 13'0" | 24'0" |
50° | 9'0" | 11'9" | 21'0" | 14'0" | 24'0" |
60° | 9'0" | 10'5" | 21'10" | 16'0" | 24'0" |
70° | 9'0" | 9'8" | 21'10" | 18'0" | 24'0" |
80° | 9'0" | 9'2" | 21'4" | 20'0" | 24'0" |
90° | 9'0" | 9'0" | 20'0" | 24'0" | 24'0" |
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MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR COMPACT VEHICLES
Parking Angle A | Stall Width B | Curb Length Per Car C | Stall Depth D | Driveway Width E |
45° | 7'6" | 10'6" | 16'0" | 11'0" |
60° | 7'6" | 8'9" | 16'9" | 14'0" |
75° | 7'6" | 7'10" | 16'4" | 17'5" |
90° | 7'6" | 7'6" | 15'0" | 20'0" |
(Ord. 542, 2007)