(a) Location of Loading Spaces. All required loading spaces shall have adequate ingress from and egress to a public street or alley and shall be located:
(1) On the same lot as the use to be served, except when collectively provided as central loading facilities in conformance with the requirements herein, and
(2) Outside of required front and side yards, and
(3) In such a manner that no portion of a vehicle shall project across a public sidewalk or into a street.
(b) Surfacing of Loading Areas. All open off-street loading spaces and related vehicular access drives and aisles shall be surfaced with a hard-surfaced all-weather pavement with a load-bearing capability approved by the Director of Public Works.
(c) Collective Provision. Loading spaces required for individual lots may be collectively provided in central facilities provided that all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The number of spaces provided is not less than that required by the total floor space for each category of use served.
(2) Each lot served has direct access to the central facilities without crossing streets at grade.
(3) The central facilities are not more than 500 feet from any lot they serve.
(4) Any tunnel or ramp between the central facilities and any lot served is at least nine feet wide and has a vertical clearance of at least seven feet.
(5) Written covenants and easements approved as legally sufficient by the
Law Director
and recorded with the County provide for the retention, maintenance and use of such facilities.
(Ord. 88-64AC. Passed 10-3-88.)
TABLE 1: PARKING AND LOADING DIMENSIONS
Parking Space | Loading Space (g) | |||
For Small Cars (a) | For Other Cars | For Tractor Trailers | For Other Trucks (c) | |
Minimum depth in feet | 15(b) | 18(b) | 60 | 25 |
Minimum width in feet | 7.5 | 9 | 14 | 10 |
Minimum vertical clearance in feet | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 |
Minimum aisle width in feet: | ||||
Angle of spaces: 0 degrees (d) | 13 | 13 | ||
30 degrees | 12 | 12 | ||
45 degrees | 13 | 13 | ||
60 degrees | 18 | 18 | ||
90 degrees (e) | 24 | 24 | ||
DRIVEWAY WIDTH (f) in feet:
Residential Districts | Other Districts | |||
Minimum | Desired | Minimum | Desired | |
One-way traffic | 9 | 12 | 10 | 14 |
Minimum driveway distance to street intersection in feet: 50
(a) Up to twenty-five percent (25%) of required spaces may be for small cars.
(b) Parallel parking spaces shall be 22 feet deep.
(c) Permitted for uses not normally serviced by tractor-trailers.
(d) Zero degrees parking refers to parallel parking.
(e) Aisle width for 90 degree parking allows for two-way traffic.
(f)
Radii shall be approved by the Planning and Development Director in compliance with standards established by the Director of Public Works.
(g) Requirements apply to uses required to provide one or more loading spaces by Table 2.
(h) The Planning Commission may approve to vary these requirements with just cause.
(i) All driveway widths shall be measured at the right-of-way line and shall maintain at least the minimum required width the entire distance of the driveway.
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
TABLE 2: REQUIRED NUMBER OF OFF-STREET LOADING SPACES
Type of Use | Building Size (Sq. ft.)* | Number of Spaces ** |
Offices | ||
Public uses | 10,000 - 100,000 | 1 |
Institutional uses | ||
Manufacturing | ||
Warehousing and storage | 5,000 - 40,000 | 1 |
Cartage & express | 40,001 - 100,000 | 2 |
Retail and service | 5,000 - 10,000 | |
10,001 - 25,000 | 2 | |
25,001 - 40,000 | 3 | |
40,001 - 100,000 | 4 | |
* Building size measured by Net Floor Area, as defined herein
** One additional space shall be provided for every 100,000 square feet over 100,000 square feet, with fractional spaces rounded to the nearest integer.
No space shall at the same time fully or partially serve to meet the requirement for both off-street parking and loading facilities.
Uses smaller than the smallest values given for each category shall be provided with other receiving facilities for motor vehicles judged adequate by the Planning and Development Director.
Requirements of this table shall not apply to C-1 Commercial District as provided under Section 1349.01(d).
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
TABLE 3: REQUIRED NUMBER OF OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND LODGING USES
RESIDENTIAL (a) | Minimum Number of Spaces Required Per Dwelling or Lodging Unit |
Efficiency units | 1.25 |
1-Bedroom units | 1.5 |
All other units | 2.0 |
Small existing Lots (e) | 0 |
LODGING (b) (d) | |
Bed and Breakfast Inn | 1(g) |
Hotel | 1(c) |
Motel | 1(c) |
Apartment hotel | 1 |
Rooming house | 0.5 |
Dormitories (f) | |
For students allowed to park cars at dormitories | 0.5 |
For all other students | 0 |
See also Table 4 for required spaces for other uses.
Fractional spaces shall be rounded to the nearest integer.
Requirements of this table shall not apply to the C-1 Commercial District as provided under Section 1349.01(d)
(a) Includes single-family detached or attached, townhouses, duplexes, apartments and manufactured homes. Required spaces include .25 spaces per unit for visitor parking but shall be increased by 1 space for each roomer or lodger. No more than 4 spaces shall be provided per dwelling or lodging unit.
(b) Plus 1 parking space per owner, manager or employee on largest shift.
(c) Plus spaces for restaurant, retail and meeting rooms, if any, as provided in Table 4.
(d) One space for each truck or business vehicle employed by an establishment on the premises shall be provided in addition to the number of spaces indicated in this table.
(e) Single-family detached dwelling units of any size on existing lots of record as of the effective date of these regulations having a lot width of 40 feet or less and lacking access to an alley.
(f) Requirement is number of spaces per bed, not per unit.
(g) Plus 2 spaces for the host dwelling unit.
(Ord. 88-64AC. Passed 10-3-88; Ord. 14-65 AC CMS. Passed 12-15-14.)
(h) Bicycle parking standards are also applicable to multiple-family residential, college and other institutional uses other than in the downtown district defined under Section 1349.01(d) of this Code.
(Ord. 14-65 AC CMS. Passed 12-15-14.)
TABLE 4: REQUIRED NUMBER OF OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES FOR NONRESIDENTIAL AND NONLODGING USES
Minimum Nunmber of Spaces Required (a) | |||
Per Employee (b) | Per 1,000 square feet Floor Area | Required (a) Per Person Design Capacity (c) | |
SCHOOLS | |||
Elementary
| 1 | -- | --– |
Junior high | 1 | --– | -- |
High school | 1 | --– | .25(d) |
College or university | 1 | -- | (m) |
Commercial | 1 | -- | .25(d) |
RECREATIONAL | |||
Indoor theater | -- | -- | .25 |
Bowling alley | |||
Per lane | -- | -- | --(h) |
Restaurant/bar | -- | 3 | -- |
Arena or stadium | -- | -- | .25 |
Auditorium (nonschool) | .25 | ||
Health club | -- | 5.0 | -- |
Skating rink | --– | 5.0 | -- |
Swimming pool | --– | -- | .25 |
Dance or meeting hall | -- | -- | .25 |
Community center | -- | -- | .25 |
Club or lodge | -- | 5.0 | -- |
INSTITUTIONAL | |||
Church | -- | -- | .25 |
Public utility and service | -- | 1 | -- |
Institution office or meeting hall | 1 | -- | -- |
Library, museum or gallery | -- | 2.5 | --– |
Nursing home | 1 | -- | --(f) |
Child day care center | -- | 2 | -- |
Government offices | -- | 3.5 | -- |
MEDICAL | |||
Hospital | 1 | -- | --(e) |
Clinic | -- | 4.0 | -- |
Animal hospital | -- | 2.5 | -- |
AUTOMOTIVE | |||
Auto laundry | 1 | -- | --(i) |
Service station | 1 | -- | --(k) |
Vehicle sales | -- | 2.5 | -- |
OFFICE BUILDING(1) | -- | 3.5 | -- |
SHOPPING CENTER: | |||
Under 400,000 square feet | -- | 4 | -- |
400,000 - 600,000 square feet | -- | 4.5 | -- |
Over 600,000 square feet | -- | 5 | -- |
DEPARTMENT STORE | -- | 4 | -- |
SUPERMARKET or Food Store | -- | 4 | -- |
HARDWARE store | -- | 3.5 | --- |
BANK or financial institution | -- | 5 | --(g) |
RESTAURANT: | |||
Carry out only | -- | 16 | -- |
Drive in and eat in | -- | 20 | --(g) |
Eat in, no drive in | -- | 20 | -- |
TAVERN | -- | 10 | -- |
MORTUARY | 1 | 10 | -- |
CONTRACTOR or Construction office | 1 | -- | -- |
FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE | |||
Sales or repair store | -- | 1.5 | -- |
OTHER RETAIL | |||
and personal service | -- | 4.5 | --(g) |
INDUSTRIAL | |||
Cartage and express firms | 1 | -- | -- |
Warehousing and wholesaling | 1 | .5 | --(j) |
Radio or TV station or studio | 1 | -- | -- |
Manufacturing, research, testing | 1 | 1.5 | --(j) |
NOTES FOR TABLE 4
Unless otherwise provided herein, required parking is the sum of the requirements in all columns of this Table.
See also Table 3 for required spaces for residential and lodging uses.
Parking for uses not listed shall be as provided for the most similar listed use as determined by the Planning Commission
Requirements of this table shall not apply to the C-1 Commercial District as provided under Section 1349.01(d).
Floor area shall be Net Floor Areas as defined herein. All required space figures shall be prorated for each establishment. Fractional spaces shall be rounded to the nearest integer.
(a) One space for each truck or business vehicle employed by an establishment on the premises shall be provided in addition to the number of spaces specified.
(b) Maximum number of full- and part-time employees on duty on the premises at any one time.
(c) Per seat in main auditorium or meeting room or per person of design capacity of the facility. Eighteen inches of seating space shall be considered a seat for purposes of this requirement where individual seats are not discernable.
(d) Capacity in full-time students attending classes at any one time.
(e) Plus 0.5 spaces per bed, excluding bassinets.
(f) Plus 0.25 spaces per bed.
(g) Plus 5 stacking spaces per drive-in window.
(h) 5 spaces per bowling lane.
(i) Plus stacking spaces equal to 5 times the capacity of the car wash. The capacity shall be calculated as the number of vehicles that can be accommodated at any one time in any phase of the washing or waxing process.
(j)
Employment standard or floor space standard, whichever is greater, shall be used. If employment is not known when plans are drawn, floor space standard may be used. If upon occupancy the employment standard yields a greater number of required spaces, the Planning and Development Director may require the provision of additional parking before granting a certificate of occupancy.
(k) Plus 2 spaces per service bay.
(l) Applies to offices generally attracting employees but not customers. Offices that regularly attract customers such as real estate, insurance, tax preparation and the like shall meet the standard for other retail and personal service uses.
(m) Planning Commission shall determine parking requirements, including such institutional buildings as libraries and auditoriums.
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
(n) Bicycle parking standards are also applicable to multiple-family residential, college and other institutional uses other than in the downtown district defined under Section 1349.01(d) of this Code.
(Ord. 14-65 AC CMS. Passed 12-15-14.)
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