(A) No application for a building permit or use and occupancy permit shall be approved for residential or business unless there is included with the plan for such building, improvement, or use, a plot plan showing the required space designated for off-street parking. The plot plan shall clearly show the size and location of parking spaces, width and arrangement of access driveways, and arrangement of walls, fences and screen planting. A minimum number of off street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule where (1) means (per) in spaces per unit.
Use | Spaces Required
|
Use | Spaces Required
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Automobile service station | (1/2) employees plus 1/owner or manager |
Banks or offices | 1/300 sq. ft. of floor area |
Beauty parlors or barbers | 1/300 sq. ft. of floor area shops |
Boarding, rooming, or lodging houses | 1/guest sleeping room |
Bowling alleys | 5/alley |
Car wash - machine | 1/3 employees plus 1/owner or manager and reserve spaces equal to 5 times capacity of machine wash |
Car wash - stall or by hand | 1/stall |
Churches | 1/4 seats in auditorium or 1/12 in classrooms, whichever is greater |
Commercial recreation uses | 1/4 persons in designated capacity of facility |
Convalescent, nursing, doctor and other health homes and institutions | 1/4 beds 1/12 employees plus 1/staff |
Dormitories, fraternity, and sorority houses | 1/3 beds plus 1/manager and ½ full-time employees |
Funeral homes or mortuaries | 8/parlor or chapel, plus 1/funeral vehicle |
Hotels | (1/2) sleeping rooms and 1/3 employees |
Medical clinics | 4/doctor |
Laundromats | (1/2) washing machines |
Libraries and museums | 1/250 sq. ft. of area open to public, plus 1/500 sq. ft. of other gross floor area |
Motels and tourist courts | 1/sleeping room or suite plus 1/owner or manager |
Private clubs, lodge halls, and union headquarters | 1/rooming unit plus spaces equal to 30% of capacity in persons |
Residential structures | 1/single-family detached; 1-1/2/dwelling unit for all other |
Restaurants, nightclubs, taverns and lounges | 1/100 sq. ft. of floor area plus 1/4 employees |
Retail stores, supermarkets, department stores and personal service shops | 1/200 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Schools (public or private): elementary, high school, college, university or other institution of higher learning | (1/2) teachers, employees, or administrators plus 1/6 seats in assembly hall OR ½ teachers, employees, and administrators plus 1/10 students |
Theaters, auditoriums, and places of assembly with fixed seats | 1/4 seats plus ½ employees |
Trailer or monument sales, auctions | 1/2,500 sq. ft. of lot area |
Video lottery establishment | 1/100 sq. ft. of floor area plus 1/employee or 1/licensed gaming machine plus 1//employee, whichever is larger |
(B) Reasonable and appropriate off street parking requirements for structures and land uses which do not fall within the categories listed above shall be determined by the City Council, who shall consider all factors entering into the parking needs of each use. The off street parking requirements for two or more uses may be satisfied by providing a common facility containing not less than the sum of the number of space required for each of the uses.
(C) In cases of development of properties where several uses could effectively use the same parking area, because of different periods of peak demand, the applicant may appear before the Board of Zoning Appeals to present a modified parking plan. The Board is authorized to approve such plans, when appropriate, after referral to the Planning Commission. The Board shall require written evidence of an agreement for joint use, and may impose any necessary additional conditions. Following are the design and development standards for off-street parking spaces:
(1) One automobile parking space shall consist of at least 200 square feet of area, with a minimum width of nine feet. Adequate interior driveways and entrance and exit driveways shall be provided.
(2) All parking areas designed to accommodate more than four cars shall be surfaced with materials which will eliminate problems of dust and mud, and shall be so drained as to prevent erosion damage to abutting properties or streets.
(3) When lighting of parking areas is provided, installations shall be arranged so as not to reflect or to cause glare into abutting residential lots or adjacent streets.
(4) No sign of any kind, other than one designating entrances, exits, or conditions of use shall be maintained on a parking area on that side which abuts or faces any premises situated in any residential zone. Such signs shall not exceed eight square feet in area, nor shall there be more than one such sign for each entrance or exit.
(5) Parking areas shall be designed with careful regard given to orderly arrangement, topography, amenity of view, ease of access, and as an integral part of the overall site design.
(6) If any proposed parking area is to have a capacity of 20 or more automobiles, at least 5% of the total area of the lot is to be planted with trees, shrubs, and other landscape materials.
(7) Off street parking areas for more than five vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces an institutional premise or any premises located in a residential district. The screening shall consist of a masonry wall, solid fence, dense plantings, or other landscape feature of acceptable design. A wall or fence shall not be less than three feet or more than six feet six inches in height.
(Ord. 21, passed 1-14-2020) Penalty, see §
152.999