(A) Each required off-street parking space shall be at least nine feet in width and at least 18 feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns or office or work areas. The space shall have adequate vertical clearance. For parallel parking, the length of the parking space shall be increased to 23 feet.
(B) Each required off-street loading space shall be of a size not less than that required for an off-street parking space, but scaled larger for delivery vehicles expected to be used, logically and conveniently located for bulk pickups and deliveries, and accessible to the vehicles when required off-street parking spaces are filled.
(C) (1) Except on lots occupied by one- and two-family dwellings, each off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway at least 12 feet wide. The aisle or driveway shall be unobstructed and allow for the passage of emergency vehicles at all times. In order to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to the parking space, the additional width and design required in parking spaces shall be in accordance with the following exhibit:
Parking Aisle Widths | |
Parking Angle | Aisle Width |
45 degrees | 14 feet |
60 degrees | 18 feet |
90 degrees | 24 feet |
(2) The parking angle shall be measured between the center line of the parking space and the center line of the aisle.
(D) All off-street parking or loading facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner that least interferes with traffic movement.
(E) The minimum required number of off-street parking or loading spaces shall be calculated as follows.
(1) If the unit of measurement is any fraction of the unit specified in relation to the number of spaces to be provided, the fraction shall be considered as being the next unit and shall be counted as requiring one space.
(2) In sports arenas, churches and other places of assembly in which patrons occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each 20 inches of the seating shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining requirements hereunder.
(3) In the case of open floor areas used for temporary seating purposes, an area of 16 square feet usable for seating shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining requirements hereunder.
(4) For uses involving more than one activity (i.e., manufacturing and office, office and retail, automobile service and convenience store), the requirements for each use shall be calculated separately and then aggregated.
(Ord. 2006-13, passed 4-3-2006; Ord. 2012-9, passed 7-2-2012)