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CITY OF NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO CODIFIED ORDINANCES
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE - ZONING
CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
TITLE TWO - Planning
TITLE FOUR - Subdivision Regulations
TITLE SIX - Zoning
CHAPTER 1260 General Provisions and Definitions
CHAPTER 1262 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
CHAPTER 1264 Board of Zoning Appeals
CHAPTER 1266 Amendments
CHAPTER 1268 Districts Generally and Zoning Map
CHAPTER 1270 Residential Districts (Other Than Senior Citizen and Rural Residential Districts)
CHAPTER 1272 Senior Citizen District
CHAPTER 1273 Rural Residential Districts
CHAPTER 1274 Public Facilities Districts
CHAPTER 1276 Business Districts
CHAPTER 1278 Industrial Districts
CHAPTER 1280 Planned Unit Developments (Repealed)
CHAPTER 1281 Traditional Town Center/Main Street District (TCD)
CHAPTER 1282 Off-Street Parking and Loading
CHAPTER 1284 Signs
CHAPTER 1286 Nonconforming Uses
CHAPTER 1288 Buffering
Appendix I: Illustrations of Yard Regulations for Multifamily Dwellings
Appendix II: Parking Area Design Standards
Appendix III: Illustrations of Yards and Building Line
CHAPTER 1290 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
CHAPTER 1292 Wind Energy Turbines
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 1282
Off-Street Parking and Loading
1282.01   Intent.
1282.02   Scope.
1282.03   Definitions; measurement standards.
1282.04   Applications for building permits and occupancy certificates; site plans; determination of space requirements; design standards.
1282.05   Schedule of parking requirements.
1282.06   Modifications of requirements.
1282.07   Continuation of facilities.
1282.08   Location of facilities.
1282.09   Parking limitations for service stations.
1282.10   Parking area improvements.
1282.11   Illumination of parking areas.
1282.12   Parking space and aisle sizes.
1282.13   Table of design dimension for various parking angles (Repealed)
1282.14   Loading facilities.
1282.15   Driveways to parking areas.
1282.16   Approval of facilities.
1282.17   Landscaping and screening.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Municipal zoning - see Ohio R.C. 713.06 et seq.
   Zoning permits and fees - see ADM. 214.07
   Parking generally - see TRAF. Ch. 452
   Variances - see P. & Z. 1264.08 et seq.
   Parking facilities as accessory uses - see P. & Z. 1270.03(a)
   Nonconforming parking facilities - see P. & Z. 1286.09
   Concrete surfaces of parking lots - see B. & H. Ch. 1462
1282.01 INTENT.
   Off-street parking and loading requirements and regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
   (a)   To relieve congestion so that streets can be utilized more fully for movement of vehicular traffic;
   (b)   To promote the safety and convenience of pedestrians and shoppers by locating parking areas so as to lessen car movement in the vicinity of intensive pedestrian traffic;
   (c)   To protect adjoining residential neighborhoods from on-street parking;
   (d)   To promote the general convenience, welfare and prosperity of business, service, research, production and manufacturing developments which depend upon off-street parking facilities; and
   (e)   To provide regulations and standards for the development of accessory off-street parking and loading facilities in accordance with the objectives of the Master Plan of the City of North Royalton.
(Ord. 08-111. Passed 9-2-08.)
1282.02 SCOPE.
   Accessory off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as a condition precedent to occupancy of all residential, institutional, business, office, research, production, service and industrial uses in conformity with the provisions of this chapter:
   (a)   Whenever a building is constructed or a new use established;
   (b)   Whenever an existing building is altered and there is an increase in the number of dwelling units, seating capacity or floor area of the building; and
   (c)   Whenever the use of an existing building is changed to a more intensive use which requires more off-street parking facilities, except that certain nonconforming uses may continue as provided in Section 1286.09;
   (d)   Whenever a building is constructed or a new use established in Traditional Town Center District (TCD) as provided in Section 1281.11.
   The design standards contained herein represent minimum requirements necessary for providing adequately developed parking facilities.
   In designing the parking for a given zoning or use, this chapter should be consulted to determine the number of parking spaces required.
(Ord. 08-111. Passed 9-2-08.)
1282.03 DEFINITIONS; MEASUREMENT STANDARDS.
   As used in this chapter, for the purpose of determining the off-street parking and loading facilities required as accessory to a use, definitions and standards are established as follows:
   (a)   "Employees" means, wherever the parking requirement is based on employees, the maximum number of employees on duty on the premises at one time or, in the case of two successive shifts, the number of employees on the largest shift plus twenty-five percent of the number of employees on the next largest shift.
   (b)   "Floor area used in determining parking requirements" means the total area of all the floors of the building used by the principal activity, as specified in the schedule in Section 1282.05, measured from the exterior faces of the building. The areas used for storage, or otherwise not occupied by people, may be excluded from the floor area calculation the Building Commissioner determines that this floor area will not require additional parking.
   (c)   "Gross floor area used in determining loading requirements" means the total floor area used for the main and accessory activities, and storage areas of the building served.
   (d)   "Off-street loading space" means an open space or enclosed area as part of a building, accessible to a public street and available whenever it is needed for the loading or unloading of goods and products to the main use.
   (e)   "Off-street parking space" means an open or enclosed area accessible from a public street for parking of automobiles of owners, occupants, employees, customers or tenants of the main use. Each space shall be accessible from a drive or aisle and of a size consistent with Section 1282.12, exclusive of all drives, aisles, ramps and turning space.
   (f)   "Seating capacity" means the number of seating units installed or indicated on plans for places of assembly. Where not indicated on plans, it shall be assumed that a seating unit will occupy six square feet of floor area exclusive of all aisles.
(Ord. 08-111. Passed 9-2-08; Ord. 20-40. Passed 4-7-20.)
1282.04 APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING PERMITS AND OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATES; SITE PLANS; DETERMINATION OF SPACE REQUIREMENTS; DESIGN STANDARDS.
   (a)   Applications; Site Plans. Any application for a permit to construct a building or parking area, or for a certificate of occupancy for a change in use of land or a building, shall include a site plan drawn to scale and fully dimensioned as set forth in Section 1262.05, showing the proposed design of the parking area and loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
   (b)   Determination of Required Parking Facilities. The minimum number of spaces required for accessory off-street parking shall be determined by applying the measurement standards set forth in Section 1282.03, the parking area design standards set forth in subsection (c) hereof, the schedule of parking requirements for the various uses set forth in Section 1282.05, and any other applicable provisions of this chapter. Where the computation results in a fractional space, it shall be counted as one additional space required.
   (c)   Parking Area Design Standards. The plan for parking spaces of a parking area included with an application to construct a building or parking area, or for a change in use, shall be designed and dimensioned in accordance with Loading Facilities Section 1282.14.
(Ord. 08-111. Passed 9-2-08.)
1282.05 SCHEDULE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
   Accessory off-street parking facilities shall be provided in quantities not less than as set forth in the following schedule:
Building and Use
Minimum Spaces Required
Building and Use
Minimum Spaces Required
   (a)   Residential.
 
      (1)   One-family dwellings
 
         R1-A and R1-B
2 per dwelling unit.
      (2)   Two-family dwellings
 
         R2-C
3 per dwelling unit, with 1 per dwelling unit enclosed in an attached or detached garage.
      (3)   Townhouse
3 per dwelling unit, with 1 per dwelling unit enclosed in an attached garage.
      (4)   Apartment
 
         RM-D
2-1/2 per dwelling unit, with 1 per dwelling unit enclosed in a garage.
      (5)   Rented rooms
1 per rented room, plus 2 per resident family
      (6)   Hotels, motels
1 per guest room, plus one for each employee
   (b)   Community Facilities.
 
      (1)   Governmental. Municipal, County, State and Federal buildings, with principally administrative functions
1 per 300 sq. ft of floor area used by the public, plus 1 for each 2 employees.
 
Building and Use
Minimum Spaces Required
Building and Use
Minimum Spaces Required
   (b)   Community Facilities. (Cont.)
      (2)   Civic. Art galleries, libraries, museums, churches, clubs and community centers
1 per 500 sq. ft. (*)
      (3)   Educational. Primary and secondary public and private schools
1 per 1,000 sq. ft. (*)
      (4)   Places of assembly.
         Auditoriums, lodge halls, gymnasiums and stadiums.
1 per 4 seats.
(*)   For the assembly parts of the building, 1 space per each 4 seats or 1 space for each 6 sq. ft. of assembly floor area shall be added.
      (5)   Health and welfare.
         A.   General and special hospitals
1 per 500 sq. ft.
         B.   Institutions for children and for the aged, nursing homes and Mental Health Facilities
1 per 1,000 sq. ft.
         C.   Medical clinics
1 per 200 sq. ft., plus 1 for each doctor and 1 for each employee.
         D.   Independent living facilities
1 per unit.
         E.   Assisted Living facilities
1 per 6 beds, plus 1 for each employee of the largest shift.
         F.   Nursing Homes
1 per 6 beds, plus one for each employee of the largest shift.
      (6)   Recreation.
         Skating rinks and swimming pools
1 per 50 sq. ft. of area devoted to the activity and 1 per two members.
   (c)   Business and Offices.
      (1)   Retail stores, services and first floor offices.
         A.   Less than 4,000 sq. ft. per unit
10 per 1,000 sq. ft.
         B.   4,000 to 10,000 sq. ft. per unit
8 per 1,000 sq. ft.
         C.   10,001 sq. ft. or greater
7 per 1,000 sq. ft.
      (2)   Offices.
         A.   Medical and dental offices
1 per 200 sq. ft.
         B.   Other offices, first floor and above
1 per 250 sq. ft.
 
Building and Use
Minimum Spaces Required
Building and Use
Minimum Spaces Required
   (c)   Business and Offices. (Cont.)
 
      (3)   Mortuaries.
40 plus 1 per 200 sq. ft.
      (4)   Places of assembly.
 
         Theaters, halls, arenas
1 per 4 seats.
      (5)   Commercial recreation.
 
         A.   Open commercial amusement
1 per 500 sq. ft. of lot area
         B.   Bowling alleys
3 per lane
      (6)   Eating places.
 
         Bars, taverns, restaurants, luncheonettes, cafeterias and other eating places.
1 for each employee, plus 1 for each 100 sq. ft. of floor area or 1 for each 4 seats based on maximum seating capacity, whichever is greater.
   (d)   Service and Manufacturing.
 
      (1)   Wholesale, distribution, laboratories, general services, machine shops and similar establishments.
1 per employee for the number of employees on the largest shift plus 25% of the number of employees on the second largest shift.
      (2)   Manufacturing plants
1 per employee for the number of employees on the largest shift plus 25% of the number of employees on the second largest shift.
      (3)   Automotive Repair Services
Two spaces for each service bay, plus one space per employee.
      (4)   Auto Service Station
One space per pump, plus one space per employee.
      (5)   Car Wash Facilities
Sufficient stacking spaces for four vehicles per bay and one space per employee.
 
   (e)   Other Buildings or Uses. For specific buildings or uses not scheduled above, the Planning Commission shall apply the unit of measurement set forth in the above schedule which is deemed to be most similar to the proposed building or use.
   (f)   Accessible Parking Spaces. Off-street parking spaces reserved for individuals with disabilities shall be provided and designed to meet state requirements. The number, location, configuration and designation of accessible spaces shall comply with the most current iteration of "Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities," as adopted by the State of Ohio.
(Ord. 08-111. Passed 9-2-08; Ord. 20-40. Passed 4-7-20.)
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