(A) (1) Except in non-residential units in the B-1 District, there shall be provided off-street parking for motor vehicles, and the minimum number of parking spaces to be provided shall be as shown in the following list. Developments which include more than one use must provide the parking required for each use.
Use | Spaces Required |
Use | Spaces Required |
Adult foster care/large group home | 1 per employee (1 x maximum number of employees per shift) and 1 per 3 residents |
Assisted living facility | 1 per rentable unit plus 1 x the maximum number of employees per shift |
Automobile sales or showrooms, new or used | 1.5 per employee |
Banks and financial institutions | 1 per 150 sf of floor area |
Barber and beauty shop | 2 plus 1.5 per chair |
Bed and breakfast establishment | 1 space per room for transient guests in addition to spaces required for single-family dwellings. |
Bed and breakfast inn | 1 space per room for transient guests in addition to spaces required for single-family dwellings. |
Bowling alleys | 5 per lane in addition to spaces required for restaurant facilities |
Cultural facility | 1 per 1,000 sf of floor area |
Day care center | 1 space per 5 children |
Fuel sales establishment | 1 per employee |
Funeral home | 1 per 50 sf of floor area |
Golf courses | 4 per hole in addition to spaces required for restaurant or bar |
Health care facilities, out-patients | 1 per 100 sf of floor area |
Hotels | 1.2 per room in addition to spaces required for restaurant |
Indoor recreation facility | .35 times the seating capacity |
Laundromats | .33 per machine |
Mobile home park | 2 per mobile home and 1 per 300 sf for offices |
Nursing home | 1 per employee (2 x maximum number of employees per shift) and 1 per 3 residents |
Public buildings | .35 times the seating capacity |
Recreation facility | .35 times the seating capacity |
Religious institutions | .35 times the seating capacity |
Residence, single-family | 2 per dwelling unit |
Residence, multiple-family | 2 per dwelling unit |
Restaurants with or without drive-through | 1.2 per 100 sf of floor area |
Retail sales establishment - furniture, appliance, carpet sales | 1 per 500 sf of floor area |
Rooming house including sororities, fraternities, dormitories | 1 per resident |
Taverns | 1.2 per 100 sf of floor area |
Theaters | .35 times the seating capacity |
Vehicle body shop | 1 space-per bay and 1 per employee |
Vehicle repair garage | 1 per employee, plus 2 per lift |
Warehouses | 1 per employee |
(2) For uses not specifically listed above, the requirements listed below are applicable.
Use | Spaces Required |
Office building | 1 per 300 sf of floor area |
Other commercial and industrial uses | 1 per employee |
Retail food establishment | 1 per 200 sf of floor area and outdoor sales space |
Retail sales establishment | 1 per 200 sf of floor area and outdoor sales space |
(B) With the exception of residential housing of four units or less, the following shall also apply:
(1) Where calculation in accordance with the foregoing list results in requiring a fractional space, any fraction less than one-half shall be disregarded and any fraction of one-half or more shall require one space.
(2) Required off-street parking shall be provided on the lot to which it pertains. All spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of a maneuvering lane. Backing directly onto a street is prohibited.
(3) The use of any required parking space for the storage of any motor vehicle for sale, or for any other purpose other than the parking of motor vehicles is prohibited.
(4) All required parking spaces shall be clearly defined by use of a car wheel or bumper stops, and/or painted lines.
(5) No off-street parking shall be constructed or altered until approval has been issued by the city’s Planning Commission under site plan review.
(6) Handicap parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the applicable Building Code and shall be provided in sufficient number.
(C) For a use not specifically identified in this subchapter, the off-street parking facilities shall be in accordance with a use which the Zoning Administrator considers as similar in type.
(D) The following minimum design standards shall be observed in laying out off-street parking facilities.
Parking Angle | Stall Width | Aisle Width | Parking Stall Length | Curb to Curb |
0 to 15 | 9 ft. | 12 ft. | 23 ft. | 30 ft. |
16 to 37 | 9 ft. | 11 ft. | 19 ft. | 47 ft. |
38 to 57 | 9 ft. | 13 ft. | 19 ft. | 54 ft. |
58 to 74 | 9 ft. | 18 ft. | 19 ft. | 61 ft. |
75 to 90 | 9 ft. | 24 ft. | 19 ft. | 63 ft. |
Note: Minimum aisle width is 24 feet for two-way traffic. | ||||
(E) Loading spaces required under this subchapter shall be at least 50 feet long and 12 feet wide. Every lot used for commercial or industrial purposes and having a building or buildings with a total floor area of at least 10,000 square feet and every lot used for office purposes on which there is a building or buildings having a total floor area of at least 20,000 square feet shall be provided with off-street loading space. An additional off-street loading space shall be required for every additional 20,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.
(Ord. passed 7-14-2011)