Permanent off-street parking shall be provided at a minimum in the amount specified below and in compliance with the layout, construction and maintenance standards of Section 1145.19, “Off-Street Parking Space Layout, Construction and Maintenance Standards.”
(a) No zoning certificate or conditional zoning permit shall be issued for any residential, office, business or industrial use that does not comply with the off-street parking and maneuvering lane requirements of this Ordinance.
(b) General Requirements.
(1) Any area once designated as required off-street parking shall never be changed to any other use unless and until an equal number of spaces are provided elsewhere.
(2) Off-street parking facilities existing at the effective date of this Ordinance, in connection with the operation of an existing building or use shall not be reduced to an amount less than hereinafter required for a similar new building or new use.
(3) Two or more buildings or uses may collectively provide the required off- street parking in which case the required number of parking spaces shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the several individual uses computed separately.
(4) Off-street parking for other than one family residential uses shall be located on the same lot or within three hundred (300’) of the building it is intended to serve, measured from the nearest point of the building to the nearest point of the off-street parking lot. The applicant shall provide a site plan showing the ownership of all lots or parcels intended for use as parking.
(5) The storage of merchandise, motor vehicles for sale, trucks or the repair of motor vehicles is prohibited in off-street parking lots.
(6) Whenever the off-street parking space requirements are not mentioned for a specific use, the City Planning Commission is authorized to designate the appropriate number of parking spaces and shall make the compliance with its order a condition of the site plan approval. In reaching its decision, the City Planning Commission shall consider the following:
A. The maximum number of employees, customers and other persons who will be on the premises at any one time.
B. The number of spaces required below, for uses comparable in nature to the proposed use.
(7) Off-street parking spaces shall be provided for the physically handicapped in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the State of Ohio for making buildings and facilities accessible to and useable by physically handicapped people.
(8) Off street Parking facilities serving buildings required to be accessible to the physically handicapped shall have designated parking spaces conveniently located in accordance with the following schedule:
Total Number of Spaces On the lot or in the Building | Required Number of Accessible Spaces_ |
Up to 100 | One (1) space per 25 parking spaces |
101 to 200 | 4 spaces plus one (1) space per 50 parking spaces over 100. |
(9) Access to off-street parking facilities shall be so designed so as not to obstruct the free flow of traffic. All multiple family, business, industrial, public and institutional uses shall make adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces to insure ease of mobility, ample clearance, and safety of vehicles and pedestrians.
(c) Residential Off-Street Parking Requirements.
(1) Residential off-street parking spaces shall consist of a parking strip, parking bay, driveway, garage, or combination thereof and shall be located on the premises they are to serve.
(2) Parking required in connection with any multiple family dwelling unit shall be provided in garages enclosed on all four (4) sides. Garages shall only be permitted in the side or rear yard of a multiple family building.
(d) Business Off-Street Parking Requirements.
(1) Parking lots in connection with business uses shall provide parking for all employees as well as long-term customer parking.
(2) Access to off-street parking lots shall be by means of common driveways. Such lots shall be interconnected with business parking lots on adjacent properties.
(3) Parking lot layout, landscaping, buffering and screening shall prevent direct views of parked vehicles, to avoid spill over light, glare, or noise onto abutting residential lots or residential uses. To achieve this objective, off street parking lots shall be setback a minimum distance of fifteen feet (15’) from abutting residential lots or residential uses. The setback area shall include a year-around greenbelt at least fifteen feet (15’) wide and six foot (6’) high, planted according to the requirements set forth in Section 1145.12, “Greenbelts.”
(4) Every effort should be made to encourage the consolidation and sharing of parking facilities to provide for the orderly arrangement of parking areas serving adjacent premises.
(e) Industrial Off Street Parking Requirements.
(1) Off street parking lots shall be setback at least ten feet (10’) from any side or rear lot line, however a twenty five feet (25’) setback shall be required along all those side or rear lot lines abutting onto a residential lot or residential use. A fifteen foot (15') setback shall be required along all right-of-way lines and easements.
(Ord. 15-22. Passed 7-2-15.)
(2) Parking lots in connection with industrial uses shall provide parking for all employees as well as long-term customer parking.
(f) Pedestrian Crosswalks. Pavement striping shall be required to distinguish pedestrian crosswalks between parking aisles and the front entryways to the building. Pedestrian crosswalks shall be provided at locations approved by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 01-50. Passed 12-6-01; Ord. 02-31. Passed 6-20-02.)
(g) Required Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces. The minimum number of off- street parking spaces by type of use shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule.
Permitted Uses | Minimum Number of Parking Spaces |
(1) Residential Uses | |
A. One-family and two family | Two (2) for each dwelling unit. |
B. Multiple family | Two (2) for each dwelling unit plus one (1) for each full time employee. |
(2) Extended Care Units | One (1) for each two (2) dwelling units, and one (1) for each employee. |
(3) Institutional Uses | |
A. Churches and temples | One (1) for each three (3) seats or six feet (6') of pews in the main worship room. |
B. Hospitals/Wellness Centers | One (1) for each one (1) bed, and one (1) for each employee. |
C. Nursing Homes | One (1) for each two (2) beds, and one for each employee. |
D. Elementary and Middle School | One (1) for each one (1) teacher, employee or administrator and one (1) for every eight seats in the room with the largest seating capacity. |
E. Senior High School | One (1) for each one (1) teacher, employee or administrator and one (1) for each ten (10) students, in addition to the requirements for an auditorium. |
F. Private Clubs or Lodge Halls | One (1) for each three (3) persons allowed within the maximum occupancy load as established by the building and fire code. |
G. Golf Clubs, excluding "par-3" golf Courses | Two (2) for each one (1) golf hole and one (1) for each one (1) employee. |
H. Swimming pool and tennis clubs or other similar types of clubs. | One (1) for each two (2) member families or individuals. |
I. Stadiums, sports arena or similar places of assembly. | One (1) for each three (3) seats or six feet (6') of benches. |
J. Theaters and Auditoriums | One (1) for each three (3) seats plus one (1) for each employee |
(4) Business Uses | |
A. Banks, savings and loan companies, credit unions. | One (1) for each employee and one (1) for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area open to the public. |
B. Beauty Parlor and Barber shops | Three (3) spaces for each of the first two (2) beauty or barber chairs, and one and one-half (1-1/2) spaces for each additional chair. |
C. Bowling alleys | Four (4) for each one (1) bowling lane and one (1) for each employee. |
D. Business and trade schools | One (1) for every two (2) students and one (1) for each employee. |
E. Car wash | Adequate waiting space for a minimum of eight eight (8) cars shall be provided on the premises. In addition, one (1) space shall be provided for each employee. |
F. Exhibition Halls, assembly halls | One (1) for each three (3) persons allowed without fixed seats. |
G. Funeral Homes | One (1) for each fifty (50) square feet of useable floor space and one (1) for each employee. |
H. or Par-3 golf course | Three (3) spaces for each one (1) hole and one (1) for each employee. |
I. Motels | Five (5) spaces for every four (4) guest rooms and one (1) space for each employee. |
J. Nursing homes and extended care facilities | One (1) space for every four (4) patients or residents and one (1) space for every employee. |
K. Office uses | One (1) space for each two hundred (200)square feet of floor area open to the public and one (1) space for each employee. |
L. Planned shopping center | Three (3) spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area open to the public. |
M. Restaurants, eating and drinking establishments, excluding drive-ins. | One (1) space for each three (3) customers and one (1) space for each employee. |
N. Retail stores, except as otherwise specified herein. | Three (3) spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor space open to the public. |
O. Motor vehicle sales and service | 1 for every two hundred (200) square feet of usable floor space plus two (2) for each service bay. |
(Ord. 23-11. Passed 9-6-23.) | |
(5) Industrial Uses | |
A. Warehouses | One (1) space for each employee on the largest shift. |
B. Manufacturing, research and assembly. | One (1) space for each one (1) employee on the largest shift plus one for each thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area. |
(Ord. 01-50. Passed 12-6-01; Ord. 02-31. Passed 6-20-02.)