(A) Surfacing and drainage. Off-street parking areas shall be improved with a durable and dustless surface. The areas shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the parking area. Durable and dustless surface may include crushed rock and similar treatment for parking accessory to 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-unit residential structures; all other uses shall utilize asphalt, concrete, or a reasonable substitute surface as approved by the City Engineer. All surfacing must be completed prior to occupancy of the structure unless other arrangements have been made with the city.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 712.01)
(B) Location. All accessory off-street parking facilities required herein shall be located as follows:
(1) Spaces accessory to 1- and 2-family dwellings on the same lot as the principal use served;
(2) Spaces accessory to multiple-family dwellings on the same lot as the principal use served and within 200 feet of the main entrance to the principal building served. Parking as required by the Building Code for the handicapped shall be provided;
(3) Spaces accessory to uses located in a business or industrial district shall be within 800 feet of a main entrance to the principal building served. Parking as required by the Building Code for the handicapped shall be provided;
(4) There shall be no off-street parking space within 10 feet of any street right-of-way; and
(5) No off-street parking area shall be located closer than 5 feet from an adjacent lot zoned or used for residential purposes, except when adjoining an existing parking area on the adjacent lot.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 712.02)
(C) Underground parking credits. In any development in which all or a portion of the required off-street parking is fully enclosed and below ground elevation, the minimum lot area requirements shall be reduced by 15% per dwelling unit as set forth in division (I) of this section, but the reduction shall not be greater than 20% of the total parking space area requirement.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 712.03)
(D) General provisions.
(1) Reduction of existing spaces. Existing off-street parking spaces and loading spaces upon the effective date of this chapter shall not be reduced in number unless the number exceeds the requirements set forth herein for a similar use.
(2) Benches in places of public assembly. In stadiums, sport arenas, churches, and other places of public assembly, in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews, or other similar seating facilities, each 22 inches of the seating facilities shall be counted as 1 seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking facilities under this chapter.
(3) Parking spaces. Each parking space shall not be less than 10 feet wide and 20 feet in length exclusive of an adequately designed system of access drives. Parking lots that separate vehicles based on size may be designed with parking spaces less than or greater than 10 feet wide and 20 feet in length depending upon the size of vehicle as long as adequate space is provided for easy and safe ingress and egress for the vehicle. Proposed reductions in or additions to the parking space size must be submitted in a dimensioned site plan with size of vehicle to use parking spaces indicated, to the Zoning Administrator for review and approval. Signs specifying the vehicle size to use the parking space may be required by the Zoning Administrator. Parking spaces for the handicapped shall not be less than 12 feet wide and 20 feet in length.
(4) Use of parking facilities. Off-street parking facilities accessory to residential use shall be utilized solely for the parking of passenger automobiles and/or 1 truck not to exceed 12,000 pounds gross capacity for each dwelling unit. Under no circumstances shall required parking facilities accessory to residential structures be used for the storage of commercial vehicles or for the parking of automobiles belonging to the employees, owners, tenants, or customers of nearby business or manufacturing establishments.
(5) Joint parking facilities. Off-street parking facilities for a combination of mixed buildings, structures or uses may be provided collectively in any district (except residential districts) in which separate parking facilities for each separate building, structure, or use would be required, provided that the total number of spaces provided shall equal the sum of the separate requirements of each use during any peak hour parking period.
(6) Control of off-street parking facilities. When required accessory off-street parking facilities are provided elsewhere than on the lot in which the principal use served is located, they shall be in the same ownership or control, either by deed or long-term lease, as the property occupied by the principal use, and the owner of the principal use shall file a recordable document with Washington County requiring the owner and that owner's heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of off-street parking spaces during the existence of the principal use.
(7) Use of parking area. Required off-street parking space in any district shall not be utilized for open storage of goods or for the storage of vehicles which are inoperable, for sale or for rent.
(8) Surfacing. In residential districts, no more than 25% of the required setback area shall be surfaced or utilized for driveway or vehicle storage space.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 712.04)
(E) Design and maintenance of off-street parking areas.
(1) Design. Parking areas shall be designed so as to provide adequate means of access to a public alley or street. Such driveway access widths shall be in accordance with the State Highway Department Standards, but in no case shall they exceed 32 feet in width unless a conditional use permit has been obtained approving the larger width. Driveway access shall be so located as to cause the least interference with traffic movement. There shall be only 1 driveway access for each residential lot.
(2) Calculating space. When the calculation of the number of off-street parking spaces required results in a fraction, the fraction shall require a full space.
(3) Signs. No signs shall be located in any parking area except as necessary for orderly operation of traffic movement, and the signs shall not be a part of the permitted advertising space.
(4) Surfacing. All of the area intended to be utilized for parking space and driveways shall be surfaced with a material to control dust and drainage. Parking areas for less than 3 vehicle spaces shall be exempt.
(5) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged so it is not directly visible from the adjoining property and in a downward vertical direction.
(6) Curbing and landscaping. All open off-street parking areas designed to have head-in parking along the property line shall provide a bumper curb not less than 5 feet from the side property line or a guard of normal bumper height no less than 3 feet from the side property line. When the area is for 6 spaces or more, a curb or screening not over 4 feet in height shall be erected along the front yard setback line and grass or planting shall occupy the space between the sidewalk and curb or screening.
(7) Planting islands. For each additional 3,000 square feet, or a portion thereof, of parking area beyond the first 3,000 square feet, 1 planting island of identical size to the neighboring parking space, but not less than 200 square feet, shall be installed within the interior of the parking surface. All planting islands shall have 6-inch concrete or asphalt curbs and a landscaped interior.
(8) Parking space for 6 or more cars. When a required off-street parking space for 6 or more cars is located adjacent to a residential district, a fence or screens not less than 4 feet in height shall be erected along the residential district property line.
(9) Maintenance of off-street parking space. It shall be the joint responsibility of the operator and owner of the principal use or building to reasonably maintain the parking space, access ways, landscaping, and required fences.
(10) Access. All off-street parking spaces shall have access from driveways and not directly from the public street.
(11) Determination of areas. The parking space per vehicle shall not be less than 300 square feet, or an area equal to (the width of the parking space) multiplied by (the length of the parking space) plus 11 feet.
(12) Distance from building. No parking space shall be closer than 10 feet to any building.
(13) Fire lanes. Fire access lanes shall be provided as required by the Building or Fire Code.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 712.05)
(F) Truck parking in residential areas. No motor vehicle and/or trailer over 1 ton capacity bearing a commercial marking and used for commercial purposes shall be parked or stored in a residential district except when loading, unloading, or rendering a service.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 712.06)
(G) Residential parking. Parking in residential areas (off-street and on-street) shall be limited to the use of the residents and their guests, except for short-term parking (6 hours or less).
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 712.07)
(H) Off-street parking. Off-street parking spaces shall not be reduced in number unless the number exceeds the requirements set forth herein.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 712.08)
(I) Off-street space requirements. Off-street parking spaces required (1 space equals 300 square feet) shall be as follows for:
Business/Use | Space |
Business/Use | Space |
Auto sales, repair shops | Open sales lots shall provide 2 spaces for each 5,000 square feet of lot area, but not less than 3 spaces |
Bowling alley | 6 spaces for each alley, plus additional spaces as may be required herein for related uses such as a restaurant |
Churches, theaters, auditoriums, or other places of assembly | 1 space for each 3 seats or for 5 feet of pew length based upon maximum design capacity |
Drive-in food establishment | 1 space for each 15 square feet of gross floor space in the building allocated to drive-in operation |
Furniture store, wholesale | 3 spaces each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Hospitals | 1 space for each 3 hospital beds, plus 1 space for 3 employees other than doctors, plus 1 space for each resident and regular staff doctor. Bassinets shall not be counted as beds |
Hotel, motel | 1 space per unit, plus 1 space per employee |
Industrial, warehouse, storage, handling of bulk goods | 1 space for each 2 employees on maximum shift or 1 for each 2,000 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is the larger |
Marinas | 1-1/2 spaces per slip, plus 1 space per employee and a minimum of 20, 12-foot by 25-foot trailer stalls |
Medical or dental clinic | 6 spaces per doctor or dentist |
Motor fuel station | 2 spaces plus 3 spaces for each service stall |
Multiple dwellings | 2 spaces per dwelling unit. At least 1/2 of the required spaces shall be enclosed |
Offices | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space |
One- and 2-family residences | 2 spaces per dwelling but not to exceed 4 per unit |
Restaurants, cafes, bars, taverns or night clubs | 1 space for each 2-1/2 seats, based on capacity design |
Retail store | 1 space for each 150 square feet of gross floor area |
Sanitarium, convalescent home, rest home, nursing home or institution | 1 space for each 6 beds for which accommodations are offered, plus 1 space for each 2 employees on maximum shifts |
Schools, elementary and junior high | 3 spaces for each classroom |
Schools, high school through college | 1 space for each 4 students based on design capacity plus 3 additional spaces for each classroom |
Undertaking establishments | 8 spaces for each chapel or parlor, plus 1 space for each funeral vehicle maintained on the premises. Aisle space shall also be provided off the street for making up a funeral procession |
Uses not specifically noted | As determined by the Planning Commission |
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 712.09)