(a) [Generally.] Off-street automobile storage or parking space shall be provided on every lot on which any of the following uses are hereafter established. The number of parking spaces provided shall be at least as great as the number specified below for various uses. Each space shall be provided with vehicular access to a street or alley and shall be provided with adequate space for turning so that no vehicle shall be required to back into the street except from space used for single- or two-family dwellings. Commercial parking spaces shall measure at least nine feet by 18 feet. To ensure orderly parking, each parking space shall be appropriately delineated as determined by the zoning administrator.
(b) [Parking requirements.] Requirements for off-street parking for uses not specifically mentioned in this section shall be the same as provided for the use most similar to the one sought, it being the intent of these regulations to require all uses to provide off-street parking unless specific provision is made to the contrary.
Uses | Required Parking |
Uses | Required Parking |
Any residential use consisting of not more than four dwelling units | One space for each dwelling unit |
Roominghouses, boardinghouses, and bed and breakfast establishments | One space for each bedroom available for rent, plus one space for each two employees |
Tourist courts, hotels, motels and inns | One space for each accommodation, plus one space for each two employees |
Multifamily residential uses containing more than four dwelling units, including condominiums | 1½ spaces for each dwelling unit |
Bowling alleys | Two spaces for each alley, plus one space for each two employees |
Sanitariums, nursing homes, rest and convalescent homes, homes for the aged, family care homes, and other similar institutions | One space for each six patient beds, plus one space for each staff or visiting doctor, plus one space for each four employees |
Mobile home parks | Two spaces for each mobile home space |
Hospitals and clinics | One space for each two beds, plus one space for each staff or visiting doctor, plus one space for each two employees, including nurses |
Mortuary or funeral home | One space for each four seats in the chapel or parlor |
Places of public assembly, including school auditoriums | One space for each four seats in the principal assembly room |
Places of assembly or recreation without fixed seats | One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space directed to patron use |
Schools, elementary and junior high | One space for each classroom and administrative office |
Schools, senior high | One space for each classroom and administrative office |
Churches or other religious institutions | One space for each four seats in the auditorium or main assembly room |
Colleges | One space for each four pupils |
Libraries, art galleries, and public buildings | One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space |
Physicians' and dentists' offices | Five spaces per physician or dentist, plus one space for each employee |
Professional and business offices | One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space |
Banks | One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space, plus one space for each two employees |
Retail stores and shops of all kinds, including barber and shoe and similar service outlets | One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space, plus one space for each two employees |
Car sales, house and truck trailer sales, outdoor equipment and machinery sales, commercial nurseries | Four spaces for each salesperson, plus one space for each two other employees |
Restaurants | One space for each three seating accommodations, plus one space for each two employees on shift of greatest employment |
Gasoline service or filling stations | Five spaces for each grease rack, and five spaces for each wash rack |
Child care centers | One space for each employee, plus one space per ten children but no less than four spaces beyond those provided for employees |
(c) Location on other property. If the required automobile parking spaces cannot reasonably be provided on the same lot on which the principal use is conducted, such spaces may be provided on other off-street property provided such property lies within 400 feet of the main entrance to such principal use. Such automobile parking space shall be associated with the principal use and shall not thereafter be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.
(d) Extension of parking space into a residential district. Required parking space may extend up to 120 feet into a residential zoning district, provided that the parking space:
(1) Adjoins a commercial district;
(2) Has its only access to or fronts upon the same street and is adjacent to the property in the commercial district for which it provides the required parking space; and
(3) Is separated from abutting properties in the residential district by a 15-foot-wide buffer strip densely planted with evergreens which at maturity will be at least six feet in height.
(e) Reduction in area and number of parking spaces. No open area in an off-street parking area shall be encroached upon by buildings, storage, or any other use; nor shall the number of parking spaces be reduced except after the submission of proof to the zoning administrator that, by reason of reduction in floor area, seating capacity, number of employees, or change in other factors controlling the regulation of the number of off-street parking spaces, the proposed reduction is reasonable and consistent with the intent of this chapter.
(f) Mixed uses. In the case of mixed uses, including live-work units, the total requirement for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately as specified herein.
(Code 1989, § 92.103; Ord. of 1-22-1991; Ord. of 1-24-1995; Ord. of 7-10-2001; Ord. of 3-10-2009)