(a) Small Car Parking Spaces. Up to twenty-five percent (25%) of required off-street parking spaces may be of small car parking space dimensions as provided in Table l, provided that such spaces are clearly identified by signs and pavement markings as intended for small cars only.
(b) Collective Provision. Required parking spaces for different uses may be provided collectively. Except as provided herein under subsections (c) and (f), the total number of spaces so provided shall not be less than the sum of the spaces required for each separate use and no parking space shall serve as the required space for more than one use.
A binding written agreement approved as legally sufficient by the Law Director shall be filed with an application for a building permit, guaranteeing the intended users of collective parking spaces the right to their use.
(c) Parking for Shopping Centers. The number of parking spaces required for retail and personal service uses located in a shopping center shall be as provided for shopping centers in Table 4 rather than the sum of the spaces required for the individual uses.
Except that the number of spaces for restaurants, taverns and drive-in facilities located in a shopping center and for any establishment occupying over fifty percent (50%) of the net floor area of the center, shall be as provided in Table 4 for these individual uses. This number shall be added to the number of spaces required by Table 4 for shopping centers for the balance of the uses in the center.
(d) Surfacing of Parking Areas. All open off-street parking areas and related vehicular access drives and aisles, including residential driveways and widenings thereof, shall be surfaced as follows:
Use | Required Surfacing |
Single-family detached dwellings or conversions of such dwellings to rooming houses, accessory apartments or multi-family units | l. Crushed stone, gravel or similar material, or |
2. Any surface required for other uses below. | |
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.) | |
All other uses | Asphalt, concrete, brick, paving block or similar durable, dustless surface including pervious pavement surfaces installed and maintained in accordance with industry and manufacturers’ standards. |
(Ord. 14-65 AC CMS. Passed 12-15-14.) | |
The Planning and Development Director may waive the requirement for surfacing herein for a parking area located no less than 400 feet from a residential district that serves a use located in an M Industrial District.
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
(e) Marking. All off-street parking spaces for uses required to provide over four spaces shall be marked by durable painted lines, thermoplastic or similar markings, curbs or other means that clearly designate individual spaces.
(Ord. 14-65 AC CMS. Passed 12-15-14.)
(f) Shared Parking. Off-street parking spaces provided for one use may be credited by the Planning and Development Director toward the spaces required herein for another use that normally operates during different hours. This provision shall apply only to spaces either provided for or to be credited to the following uses and only up to the applicable percentage specified of the total spaces required:
Percentage of Required Spaces that May Be Shared Parking | Use |
100 | Church Auditorium or school auditorium |
50 | Bowling alley Dance hall Restaurant Tavern or night club Theater |
To be credited, such spaces shall be:
(1) Included within a parking area that is located no further from the use to which the spaces are to be credited than the walking distances specified in the provision on subsection (i) hereof.
(2) Not reserved on a twenty-four hour basis for particular individuals, occupants or organizations.
(3) Included in a written agreement filed with the Code Administrator and approved as legally sufficient by the Law Director that:
A. Specifically allows the use of such spaces by the use to which they are to be credited, and
B. Specifies the type of establishment and normal operating hours - or hours during which parking spaces proposed for crediting are normally used--seven days a week for all uses sharing such spaces.
If the Planning and Development Director determines that any uses sharing spaces would regularly utilize such spaces during all or some of the same hours, he or she may disallow the crediting of such spaces.
(g) Wheel Guards or Curbing. Where parking spaces are so located that vehicles parked therein might extend beyond the parking surface, such as onto streets, sidewalks or landscaped areas, there shall be installed wheel guards, bumper guards, curbing or other means of restraint to prevent such encroachment. This requirement shall not apply to uses providing four or fewer parking spaces.
(h) Forward Vehicular Motion. Except for dwellings having individual garages or driveways, off-street parking areas shall be designed to enable vehicles to enter or leave such areas moving in a forward direction.
(i) Location of Parking Spaces.
(1) On same or separate lot. Required off-street parking for single-family detached and attached dwellings and manufactured homes on individual lots shall be provided on the same lot as the use served. Parking spaces within garages or carports and on driveways shall be counted as required spaces for such dwellings.
Required parking for other uses--including rooming houses, dormitories, single-family dwellings with accessory apartments and multifamily dwellings--may also be provided on a separate lot that is in the same possession by deed, lease or other written certification approved as legally sufficient by the Law Director that confirms its availability to the use. No parking on a separate lot for any nonresidential or nonlodging use shall be separated from the use by any residentially-zoned property not in the same possession as the use.
Required parking shall be located within the following walking distances from the nearest point of the parking area to the nearest pedestrian entrance to the use served:
Use | Feet |
Manufactured homes in manufactured home parks, Rooming houses, accessory apartments in single-family dwellings and multi-family residential: | 200 |
Commercial and institutional: | 400 |
Office and industrial: | 1,000 |
(2) In yards.
A. Single-family and townhouses.
1. In required yards. Open off-street parking for single-family detached and attached, duplex and townhouse dwellings-- and for such dwellings that have been converted to rooming houses, dwellings with accessory apartments or multifamily dwellings--may be located in required front, side and rear yards except as otherwise provided herein.
Where because of the slope of a lot, location of a garage outside of the required front or corner side yard would necessitate a driveway slope greater than twelve percent (12%), the garage may be located within the required yard a minimum of six feet from the street line.
2. In actual yards. One motor vehicle that is not a commercial or recreational vehicle as defined herein may be parked within an actual front or corner side yard. Additional such vehicles may be so parked provided that coverage of the actual front yard by parking shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of front yard area. All such vehicles not enclosed within a building or carport shall be parked entirely upon a driveway or comparably surfaced widening thereof and shall not encroach upon any public sidewalk.
Any additional motor vehicles shall be parked outside of such yards, provided that coverage of the actual rear yard by parking shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of yard area. Except that where the dimensions of actual side yards and the absence of an alley preclude vehicular access to the side and rear yards, this restriction shall not apply.
B. Other uses. Open off-street parking for other uses, including multifamily residential, may be located in required side and rear yards, but not in required front yards.
No off-street parking for any such use is permitted within any required yard abutting or across an alley from property in a Single- Family Residential District. No parking for any nonresidential use is permitted within any required yard abutting or across an alley from property in any residential district.
(j) Parking for Single-Family Conversions. Parking requirements for rooming houses, multiple-family dwellings and other uses to which single-family dwellings have been lawfully converted may be satisfied by, among other measures, any of the following:
(1) Widening of an existing driveway surface, subject to location and maximum coverage provisions in subsection (i) hereof.
(2) Establishment of a parking pad in a side yard.
(3) Written agreement with the owner thereof that allows use of an available parking space on a nearby property and that is approved as legally sufficient by the City
Law Director
.
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
(k) Recreational Vehicles. The present regulations in this subsection are hereby repealed and replaced with the regulations noted below:
(1) In residential districts. A single recreational vehicle as defined herein per dwelling unit may be parked or stored in a residential district provided that:
A. The parking or storage of a recreational vehicle must be in a garage or similar enclosed structure or the rear yard area of a residential lot;
B. Any recreational vehicle parked or stored in the rear yard of a residential lot be located on an improved surface (including gravel) as referenced in Section 1349.02(d) of the Zoning Code, and shall be adequately screened from view by landscaping or fencing or walls that create an opaque barrier;
C. For any recreational vehicle parked or stored in a rear yard area of a residential lot, the recreational vehicle shall be located a minimum setback distance of 3.0 feet from any side or rear lot line;
D. Any recreational vehicle shall not be used for living or sleeping purposes unless a permit has been issued by the Oberlin Police Department. A maximum of six (6) permits may be issued for a property in one calendar year. Each permit is valid for a maximum of four (4) consecutive days;
E. Fixed connections to electricity, water, sanitary or gas services are not permitted.
F. Parking of a recreational vehicle on a City street overnight is prohibited.
G. A recreational vehicle may only be parked in a driveway for loading or unloading purposes for a period of not more than twelve (12) hours in any consecutive thirty (30) day period; and
H. A recreational vehicle may be parked in a driveway for loading or unloading purposes under subsection (k)(1)G. above and only in that part of the driveway located outside of the public street.
(Ord. 14-65 AC CMS. Passed 12-15-14.)
(2) In other districts. There shall be no restrictions on parking of recreational vehicles in nonresidential districts, other than those concerning outdoor storage.
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
(l) Parking of Commercial Vehicles.
(1) In residential districts. No commercial vehicle as defined under Section 1321.97 of the Zoning Code and weighing more than 8,000 pounds unloaded may be parked or stored in a residential district other than in a completely enclosed garage except for loading or unloading of household belongings between 6:00 am. and midnight for the purpose of moving a personal residence or for deliveries, repairs, construction, maintenance or service calls. Alternatively such commercial vehicles may be parked on an improved surface (including gravel) in the rear yard area of the lot, shall be setback a minimum distance of 3.0 feet from any side or rear lot line, and shall screened from view of abutting residential properties by an opaque barrier (fencing or landscaping).
(2) In commercial districts. No commercial vehicle as defined herein may be parked or stored in a commercial district other than in a completely enclosed garage or in an off-street parking facility open to the public unless it is used in a business located on the same premises or is being parked temporarily by a customer, supplier, contractor or visitor or for loading, unloading, moving or construction, maintenance or repair of the premises.
The parking or storage of an unhitched semi-trailer or tractor is prohibited.
The parking or storage of commercial vehicles with refrigeration equipment within 50 feet of a residential zoning district is prohibited.
(Ord. 14-65 AC CMS. Passed 12-15-14.)
(m) Handicapped Parking. All uses providing over twenty-five parking spaces shall mark at least one space as reserved for the handicapped One space shall be so marked for the first fifty spaces and one additional space shall be marked for every 100 spaces thereafter.
All such spaces shall be as close as possible to a building entrance accessible to the handicapped and shall offer barrier-free access thereto. Such spaces shall have sufficient width to allow for wheelchair access to a passenger car or passenger van parked therein.
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)