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A combination fence and retaining wall may be erected. The retaining wall portion may be erected up to the level of the higher finished grade. The fence portion must be of the class and height permitted within this Ordinance for the applicable zone. Said measurement shall be made at the location of the fence and retaining wall.
ARTICLE XIII
OFF STREET PARKING AND ACCESS CONTROL REGULATIONS
OFF STREET PARKING AND ACCESS CONTROL REGULATIONS
In all zones, off street parking facilities for the storage or parking of motor vehicles for use of occupants, employees, and patrons of the building hereafter erected, altered, or extended, and all uses of the land after the effective date of this ordinance, shall be provided and maintained as herein prescribed. However, where a building permit has been issued prior to the date of adoption of this ordinance and provided that construction has been begun within ninety (90) consecutive calendar days of such effective date, off street parking facilities in the amounts required by this ordinance shall prevail.
Computation of Parking Spaces In determining the number of parking spaces required, if such spaces result in fractional parts thereof, the number of said spaces required shall be construed to be the next highest whole number.
Additional Parking Spaces to be Provided Whenever the intensity of use of any building, structure, or premises shall be increased through addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, change of use, or other units of measurement specified herein, additional parking spaces shall be provided in the amounts hereafter specified for that use, if the existing parking space is inadequate to serve such increase in intensity of use.
A. Residential Zones:
1. Single-Family Residential Zone (R-1) and (R-2H); and Single-Family and Two-Family Residential Zones (R-2 and R-3): Off street parking may be permitted in driveways in the front, side, and rear yards of permitted uses in the R-1 and R-3 Zones and in the rear yard in the R-2 Zone, provided all requirements of this ordinance are met. No off street parking area, located in the front yard in a single family residential zone, may exceed 400 square feet (two parking spaces) except, however, the zoning administrator may allow additional off street parking spaces to be located thereon provided that the additional parking spaces will not cause the ratio of unpaved area to paved area (parking and driveway areas) in the front yard to be less than 3:1. Where single or two family dwellings, which are permitted herein and are existing at the time of adoption of this Ordinance, occupy a lot of such size that off street parking could not be provided on the same lot or zoning lot as the use being served, said off street parking may be permitted to locate within a distance not to exceed three hundred (300) feet from said dwelling or dwellings upon approval of the Zoning Administrator. In addition, said off street parking lot shall be located in the same zone as the use being served and constructed in accordance with SECTION 13.0 of this Ordinance. Off street parking as required for conditional uses permitted in the Residential (R) Zones may be permitted to locate on another site other than the same site as the conditionally permitted use is located, when approved by the Board of Adjustment, provided that said parking is located within reasonable walking distance to the conditionally permitted use and available at all times, exclusively for the use being served.
2. Multi Family Residential Zones:
a. R-2 and R-3 Districts: No off-street parking may be permitted in front yards in this zone except for drive-ways connecting a rear parking area. However, only the Board of Adjustments may, in its discretion, permit the ratio of unpaved area to paved area (parking and drive-way area) to be less than a three to one ration.
b. R-4 and R-5: Off street parking may be permitted in side or rear yards of permitted uses in these zones, provided that off street parking facilities shall be set back a minimum of ten (10) feet from the rear lot line. Off street parking may be permitted in required front yard, only if approved according to an approved development plan.
Multi-family dwellings existing at the time of adoption of this Ordinance may supply off street parking within three hundred (300) feet from such lot or zoning lot served upon approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission, providing that such off street parking is located within the same zone as the establishment being served and that off street parking requirements of this Ordinance are complied with at all times. Further, the applicant must also show sufficient proof that such off street parking facilities would be impossible to provide the required off street parking space, as required herein, on the same lot or zoning lot or contiguous to the same lot or zoning lot as the building being served.
B. Special Development Zones (CO, PUD, and CCO) off street parking shall be located as designated on the approved development plan.
C. Commercial and Industrial Zones: (CBD, SC, NC, PO, CBDF, RFD, I-1 and I-2): All off street parking facilities shall be located on the same lot or zoning lot as the building served except for the following:
Off street parking facilities for uses permitted in the CBD, RFD, PO, MC and CBDF Zone may be located on another zoning lot than the building or use being served is located providing such off street parking requirements of this Ordinance are complied with at all times. Off street parking shall be provided within six hundred and fifty (650) feet of the building or use for which the parking is provided. Any use permitted in an industrial zone may supply off street parking on the same lot or zoning lot, or within three hundred (300) feet from such lot or zoning lot served upon approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission, providing that such off street parking is located within the same zone as the establishment being served and that off street parking requirements of this Ordinance are complied with at all times. Further, the applicant must also show sufficient proof that such off street parking space would be impossible to provide, as required herein, on the same lot or zoning lot or contiguous to the same lot or zoning lot as the building being served.
D. Other Requirements
1. Collective Parking Provision Collective off street parking facilities shall not be less than would otherwise be individually required.
2. Driveways Not Computed As Part of Required Parking Area Entrances, exits, or driveways shall not be computed as any part of a required parking lot or area, except in the case of single family residential zones, where access driveways may be used for parking.
3. Off Street Parking Space To Be Used For Parking only any vehicle parking space shall be used for parking only. Any other use of such space, including repair work or servicing of any kind other than in an emergency, or the requirement of any payment for the use of such space, shall be deemed to constitute a separate commercial use in violation of the provisions of this ordinance.
4. No Building To Be Erected in Off Street Parking Space No building of any kind shall be erected in any off street lot except a parking garage containing parking spaces equal to the requirements set forth in this section of the ordinance or a shelter house booth for parking attendant providing the number of spaces required are not reduced.
5. Parking Plan Approval Required Plans for all parking lot facilities, including parking garages, shall be submitted to the zoning administrator for review and for compliance with the provisions of this ordinance and such other pertinent ordinances of the City. Such plans shall show the number of spaces and arrangements of parking aisles, location of access points onto adjacent streets, provisions for vehicular and pedestrian circulation, location of sidewalks and curbs on or adjacent to the property, utilities, location of shelters for parking attendant, locations of signs, typical cross sections of pavement, including base and sub base; (in accordance with Appendix A attached hereto and made part of this Ordinance by reference) and proposed grade of parking lot, storm drainage facilities, location and type of lighting facilities and such other information or plans as the circumstances may warrant. Where such parking plans include provisions for access points to adjacent streets, then said plan shall also be prepared in accordance with the requirements of Section 13.3.
(Am. Ord. O-04-05, passed 5-17-2004)
A. Size of Off Street Parking Spaces for the purposes of this ordinance, one (1) parking space shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles. Such parking space shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven (7) feet.
B. Width of Access Drives all off street parking areas shall be laid out with the following minimum aisle or access drive widths:
1. Ninety (90) degree (perpendicular) parking Twenty-five (25) feet (either one or two way circulation).
2. Sixty (60) degree (angle) parking Fifteen (15) feet (one-way circulation only).
3. Forty five (45) degree (angle) parking Twelve (12) feet (one-way circulation only).
4. Thirty (30) degree (angle) parking Twelve (12) feet (one-way circulation only).
5. Zero (0) degree (parallel) parking Twelve (12) feet (one-way circulation).
When any combination of these types of parking is used (facing the same aisle) the most restricted aisle or access drive width requirements shall prevail). In addition, a two-foot overhang may be permitted on the external sides of a parking area. If the width of the parking space is increased (over 9 feet), the drive aisle width can be decreased proportionally (2 foot width in drive aisle per 1 foot increase in space width) except that a drive aisle for 2 way traffic may not be decreased below 20 feet in width and a drive aisle for 1 way traffic may not be decreased below 11 feet in width.
C. Access to Off Street Parking Spaces Each required parking space shall be connected with a deeded public right of way by means of aisles or access drives as required by SECTION 13.2(B). The parking area shall be so designed as to ensure that all maneuvering into and out of each parking space shall take place entirely within property lines of lots, garages and/or storage areas. All driveways are to be paved or asphalt.
D. Off Street Parking Areas in Multi Family, Commercial, or Industrial Zones All such parking areas shall have a protective wall and/or bumper blocks around the perimeter of said parking area and shall be so designed that all vehicles leaving the facility will be traveling forward to approaching traffic. All parking shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on any property situated in a zone permitting single family residential development, by a solid wall, fence, or densely planted compact hedge as regulated by SECTION 9.16 of this ordinance. Ground cover shrubs and trees shall be located and maintained so as to not interfere with vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the property or with sign distance clearance at entrances and exits.
E. Lighting any lighting used to illuminate off street parking areas shall not glare upon any right of way or adjacent property.
F. Paving of New Off Street Parking Area All new off street parking areas shall be paved with asphalt concrete or concrete and shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Appendix A attached hereto and made part of this Ordinance by reference, or other suitable surface approved by the Zoning Administrator.
The amount of off street parking space required for uses, building, or additions and changes in intensity of uses thereto shall be determined according to the following requirements, and the space, so required, shall be stated in the application for a zoning and building permit and shall be reserved for such use. Where more than one use is located in the same building, each individual use shall be in accordance with the off street parking requirements of this section of the ordinance.
TABLE 12 SPECIFIC OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS | ||
TYPE OF USES | REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES |
TABLE 12 SPECIFIC OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS | ||
TYPE OF USES | REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES | |
A. | Airport, railroad passenger stations and bus terminals | One (1) parking space per each four (4) seating accommodations for waiting passengers, plus one (1) parking space per each two (2) employees on shift of largest employment. |
B. | Automobile service stations | One (1) space for each gas pump island, plus two (2) spaces for each working day, plus one (1) parking space for each employee on largest shift. |
C. | Beauty parlors and/or barber shops | Two (2) parking spaces per barber and/or beauty shop operator. |
D. | Bowling establishments | Five (5) parking spaces for each lane: plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees on shift of largest employment. |
E. | Car Wash | One (1) parking space for each employee, plus one (1) space per owner or manager and reservoir space equal to five (5) times the capacity of laundry. |
F. | City and/or county government | One (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square offices feet of gross floor area. |
G. | Commercial event center | One (1) parking space per one hundred fifty (150) square feet of FGA, plus one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees on shift of largest employment. |
H. | Commercial or trade schools | One (1) parking space for each two (2) students based on design capacity of school, plus one (1) parking space for each employee. |
I. | Convalescent homes, nursing homes, rest homes, homes for the aged, and orphanages | One (1) parking space for two (2) beds, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees or staff members, including nurses, on the shift of largest employment plus one (1) parking space per doctor. |
J. | Dance halls, pool and billiard halls and exhibition halls without fixed seats | One (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area used for dancing or assembly, or one (1) space for each four (4) persons based on design capacity, whichever is greater, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees on shift of largest employment. |
K | Dormitories, Fraternities, Sorority houses and other group housing | One (1) parking space per each two residents, plus one (1) parking space per owner or operator; plus one (1) parking space per employee; or one (1) parking space for each two seats for membership meetings, whichever is greater, based on design capacity. |
L | Dwellings: | One Family two (2) parking spaces. Two Family four (4) parking spaces, with individual access for each dwelling unit, or a joint access in which no parking is permitted on the access drive. |
M | Dwellings: Multi-Family | 1. One (1) parking space for every one-bedroom dwelling unit and two (2) spaces for every dwelling unit with two (2) or more bedrooms. |
2. For multi-family units designed for occupancy by the elderly only one (1) space per each two (2) dwelling units. | ||
N. | Establishments for sale and consumption on the premises of alcoholic beverages, food and refreshments, or for take home food services (including night clubs) | One (1) parking space per each: |
1. 30 square feet of gross floor dining area in a drive-in restaurant; | ||
2. 140 square feet of gross dining area in a carry-out restaurant. | ||
3. 40 square feet of gross floor dining area or two (2) seating accommodations, based on maximum seating capacity, whichever is greater, in a combination restaurant; | ||
4. Two (2) seating accommodations, based on maximum seating capacity, in a sit-down restaurant. | ||
5. Plus one (1) parking space per each two (2) employees on shift of largest employment in any type restaurant. | ||
O. | Fire stations | One (1) parking space per each person on duty on largest shift |
P. | Hospitals | One (1) parking space for each two (2) beds, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees, or staff members, including nurses, on the shift of largest employment, plus one (1) parking space per doctor. |
Q. | Laundromats | One (1) parking space for each two (2) washing machines, plus one (1) parking space for each employee. |
R. | Libraries, museums and and art galleries | One (1) parking space per each four (4) seats in rooms for public assembly or one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of gross floor area for use by the public, whichever is greater, plus one (1) space for each two employees on shift of largest employment. |
S. | Medical offices and/or clinics | Five (5) parking spaces per each practitioner plus one (1) parking space per each two (2) employees or one (1) parking space per each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area in the building, plus one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees, whichever is greater. |
T. | Mortuaries or funeral homes | One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in the main chapel or public assembly area based on maximum seating capacity, plus one (1) parking space for each funeral vehicle and employee, or in the case of no fixed seats, one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area in on parlors or service rooms, or one (1) parking space for each four (4) persons, based on designed capacity of building, whichever is greater, plus one (1) parking space for each funeral vehicle and employee. |
U. | Offices for professional, business and financial, real estate, and business purposes other than medical offices and/or clinics | One (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area. |
V. | Post Offices | One (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees on the shift of largest employment; plus one (1) space for each vehicle operating from the premises. |
W. | Boarding houses and lodge halls | One (1) parking space for each guest sleeping room, or one (1) parking space per each four (4) fixed seats in the main assembly area, whichever is greater, plus one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees, or in the case of no fixed seats, one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees. |
X. | Retail and personal service stores | 4 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area. |
Y. | Schools - Elementary, junior high and equivalent, private or parochial schools | One (1) parking space per teacher and administrator or one (1) space for each four (4) seats in the auditorium, stadium, and other places of assembly of facilities available to the public based on maximum seating capacity, whichever is greater. |
Z. | Schools - Senior high, trade and vocational, colleges and universities and equivalent private or parochial schools | Six (6) spaces per each room to be used for class instruction or administrative offices or one (1) space for each four (4) seats in the auditorium, stadium, and other places of assembly or facilities available to the public based on maximum seating capacity, whichever is greater. |
AA. | Shopping Centers | 5.5 parking spaces per 1,000 feet of gross leasable area. |
BB. | Stadium and sports arenas | One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats, based on a maximum seating capacity, plus one (1) additional space for each two (2) employees on shift of largest employment |
CC. | Theaters, auditoriums, churches and places of assembly with fixed seats | One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats, based on a maximum seating capacity, plus one (1) additional space for each two (2) employees on shift of largest employment. |
DD. | Theaters, auditoriums, churches and places of assembly without fixed seats | One (1) parking space per four (4) people based on designed capacity of building, or one (1) parking space per one hundred (100) square feet in main auditorium or assembly area, whichever is greater, plus one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees on shift of largest employment. |
EE. | Tourist homes, cabins, motels or hotels, excluding areas used for meeting rooms and places of assembly | One (1) parking space for each sleeping room or suite, plus one (1) space per each two (2) employees on shift of largest employment. |
FF. | Industrial establishments, including manufacturing research and testing laboratories | Two (2) parking spaces for each three (3) employees the total number of parking spaces being the total number of employees on any two (2) consecutive shifts having the largest number of employees, based on designed capacity, plus one (1) parking space for each company vehicle operating from the premises. |
GG. | Wholesale establishments, warehouses and storage buildings | One (1) parking space for each employee, plus one (1) parking space for each company vehicle operating from the premises. |
HH. | All other Uses Not Listed Herein | Based on study to be prepared by owner or operator, number of spaces to be required determined according to: |
(a) Type of use and estimated number of total trips generated during peak conditions (inbound and outbound); and | ||
(b) Estimated parking duration per vehicle trip (turnover rates). Based on estimated number of trips generated and average parking duration per trip, calculate number of spaces required, plus one (1) space to be provided for each two (2) employees based on shift of maximum employment. | ||
(Am. Ord. O-2020-006, passed 3-10-2020)
In order to promote greater safety of passage between highway and land; improve the convenience and ease of movement of travelers on the highway; permit reasonable speeds and economy of travel; and increase and protect the capacity of the highway, the location and design of access points shall be in accordance with the following access control requirements. These requirements shall apply to all arterial and collector type streets, as identified in the adopted comprehensive plan:
A. Coordination of Access Points: Major access points on opposite side of the arterial and collector streets shall be located opposite each other, otherwise turning movement restrictions may be imposed by the Planning and Zoning Commission or Zoning Administrator, whichever is applicable. In addition, in order to maximize the efficient utilization of access points, and make possible the coordination of access with and between adjacent properties developed (present or future) for similar uses. As a condition of approval for construction, use, or reuse of any access road, the zoning administrator may require that unobstructed and unencumbered access, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, be provided from any such access point to adjacent properties.
B. Spacing Restrictions for Signalized Access Points: Access points which will warrant signalization shall be spaced a minimum distance of one quarter mile apart. The exact location of the signal light shall be determined by a traffic engineering study, which shall at least account for the following variables:
1. Speed;
2. Traffic signal phasing;
3. Traffic signal cycle length;
4. Roadway geometrics; and
5. Accident experience.
Provision for all turning movements to maintain the design capacity of the roadway shall be required.
C. Sight Distance: The location of access points shall comply with safe sight distance requirements as provided in Table 13. The centerline of all access points shall intersect as nearly at a ninety (90) degree angle as possible but in no case shall the angle of intersection be less than seventy five (75) degrees or greater than one hundred five (105) degrees, unless approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission or Zoning Administrator, whichever is applicable, due to certain exceptional conditions.
D. Location of Unsignalized Access Points:
1. Unsignalized access points shall be spaced a minimum distance of two hundred (200) feet apart. Turning restriction may be required.
2. Two access points per 400 feet of street frontage will be permitted; however, if the spacing requirements for a direct access point onto an arterial street (as provided in D, 1, above) cannot be met, then an access point may be located on a frontage road or on an intersection local street, or share a common driveway that meets the spacing requirements. In order for the intersecting local street or frontage road to function properly, access onto them should be controlled as follows:
(a) Access points onto local streets, intersections, and arterial street shall be spaced a minimum distance of fifty (50) feet, measured from point of curb return to point of curb return, from arterial street.
(b) In areas zoned to permit commercial, industrial, or multi family residential use, access points from adjacent properties onto frontage roads, shall be no less than fifty (50) feet measured from point of curb return to point of curb return from intersections of the frontage road with local or collector streets.
(c) If a tract of land has no means of access that would meet the requirements of this section of the ordinance, one access point shall be provided. However, all such access points shall be considered a temporary right of way and may be terminated, reduced, limited to certain turning movements or caused to be relocated by the zoning administrator at such time as the particular use served by the access point changes and/or the property is otherwise provided an alternate means of access via a frontage road or an intersection, local street, or sharing of a common driveway. Provisions for the construction of a frontage road, restricted turning movements, or other improvements, may be required, as a condition to approval, in order to minimize the number of access points and congestion to the adjacent street. In all cases where said access points are classified as "temporary", such designation shall be duly noted on the plot plan or site plan submitted for a zoning permit and also upon the deed of the property in question.
E. Width of Access Points:
1. In residential zones, no access point width shall be less than nine (9) feet, nor more than twenty (20) feet. In all other zones, access points shall not be less than twelve (12) feet, nor more than forty eight (48) feet in width. The width shall be as measured from the point of curb return to point of curb return (or edge of pavement if no curb exists) excluding the curb radius.
2. The zoning administrator may modify (enlarge or reduce) the width to provide for a more efficient and safe channelization and/or flow of traffic.
F. Exceptions to Access Points Requirements: Where situations develop that may require special treatment, the requirements as provided in Section 13.3, A G, may be varied by the Planning and Zoning Commission provided that a traffic engineering report is prepared by a qualified traffic engineer, establishing that the special treatment will have no adverse effects on the roadway safety and capacity.
G. Access Point Problem Areas: If after special study, it is determined that the type of use or activity proposed would have an adverse effect on the safety and capacity of the adjacent roadway, the access point spacing requirements as contained in this section, may have to be increased in order to adequately solve the traffic movement.
H. Approval of Access Points and Curb Cuts Required: As regulated by SECTION 9.19 of this Ordinance, Plans for all access points and modifications thereto, (including plans to use existing access points and where a change of use for any tract of land would generate more traffic than the previous use) shall be submitted to the zoning administrator at a scale not less than 1 inch = 100 feet. Such plans shall show the location of all access points, and access points within 600 feet in either direction. The proposed access point shall include typical cross sections of pavement, the base and subbase, proposed grade and storm drainage and such other information or plans as the circumstances may warrant. If such access points are being located in conjunction with off street parking and/or loading and unloading facilities, then said plans shall also include parking and off street loading and/or unloading plans, in accordance with SECTIONS 13.0 and 14.0 of this Ordinance.
I. Approval of Access Points Along State Maintained Routes by Kentucky Department of Transportation: A copy of the plan for all access points to be constructed along a state maintained route shall also be submitted to the Kentucky Department of Transportation for review and approval during the same time as plans are submitted to the zoning administrator, as provided for in Section 13.4. No access point plans shall be approved or permits issued for construction by the zoning administrator, until said access point plans have been approved by the Kentucky Department of Transportation.
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