Off-street parking facilities shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule.
A building occupied by one use shall provide the off-street parking spaces as required for the specific use. A building, or group of buildings, occupied by two or more uses, operating normally during the same hours, shall provide spaces for not less than the sum of the spaces required for each use, provided, however, that if a business development is comprised of 12,000 square feet or more of building area, the required spaces may be computed for the total area of the building, or buildings, as set forth in items 28 through 32 of the following schedule, unless otherwise specified.
Building or Use | Required Minimum Parking Space |
Building or Use | Required Minimum Parking Space |
Residential | |
1. One and two-family dwellings | 2 spaces per dwelling unit |
2. Rooming houses and rented rooms | 1 space per each roomer, plus 2 spaces for the resident family |
3. Multifamily dwellings | 2 spaces per dwelling unit |
4. Hotels, motels and tourist homes | 1 space per guest room or suite, plus 1 space for each 2 employees |
Institutions | |
5. Hospitals, recovery care centers, nursing homes/assisted living facilities and sanitariums | 1 space per 2 beds, plus 1 space for each employee, plus 1 space for each doctor assigned to the staff |
6. Clinics | 1 space per 100 sq. ft., plus 1 space per employee or doctor |
7. Places of worship | 1 space per each 4 seats in an auditorium or assembly room, whichever is larger |
8. Public buildings, including Municipal and educational buildings, libraries and museums | 1 space per full-time employee, plus 1 space per 4 seats in an auditorium and assembly room, plus drop-off zone |
9. Libraries and museums | 1 space per employee, plus 1 space per 300 sq. ft., plus drop-off zone |
10. School buildings | 1 space per full-time employee, plus 1 space per 4 seats in an auditorium and assembly room, plus drop-off zone |
11. Senior citizen homes and centers | 1 space per unit, plus 1 space per 2 employees or 2 doctors |
12. Day care centers and private schools | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Amusements and Assembly | |
13. Theatres, lodge halls, auditoriums, arenas, stadiums and other places of assembly | 1 space per 4 seats in a building or structure plus 1 space per each 2 employees, or 1 space per 35 sq. ft. plus 1 space per employee, whichever is the greater |
14. Skating rinks and swimming pools | 1 space per 50 sq. ft. of area used for assembly skating or swimming, plus 1 space per 2 employees, plus drop-off zone |
15. Bowling alleys | 5 spaces per lane |
16. Mortuaries | 1 space per 50 sq. ft. of assembly rooms, plus 1 space for each 2 employees, minimum 30 spaces |
17. Golf courses | 7 per hole |
18. Driving range | 1.5 per tee |
19. Banquet halls, party centers and dance halls | 1 space per 35 sq. ft., plus 1 space per employee |
20. Tennis, handball, raquetball courts | 4 per court |
21. Health Club | 1 per 200 sq. ft. |
Business (Small Development) | |
The following schedule shall apply if a development comprises less than 12,000 square feet of building area: | |
22. Medical and dental offices and clinics | 1 space per 100 sq ft. |
23. Furniture, appliance, equipment and wholesale, retail stores | 1 space per 200 sq. ft. |
24. Drugstores | 1 space per 200 sq. ft. plus 5 stacking spaces for the drive-through window |
25. Professional and other office buildings and service establishments | 1 space per 200 sq. ft. plus 1 space per 350 sq. ft. on upper floors |
26. Banks | 1 space per 200 sq. ft. plus 6 stacking spaces for the first drive-through window plus 2 spaces for each additional window |
27. Eating places, bars and taverns | 1 space per 50 sq. ft. plus 10 stacking spaces for drive-through window |
28. Barber and beauty shops and tanning salons | 1 space per 200 sq. ft. |
Auto Business - Sales and Service | |
29. Auto wash establishments | 1 space per employee, plus a 40 car waiting zone comprised of at least 2 lanes |
30. Self-service auto washes | 1 space per employee, plus a stacking area of 3 cars per bay and drying area of 1 car per bay |
31. Gasoline stations with car wash | 1 space per employee, plus a 5 car waiting zone |
32. Motor vehicle sales establishments | 1 space per employee, plus 10% of available floor area used in display of motor vehicles, but at least a minimum of 15 space requirement |
33. Motor vehicle services establishments | 4 spaces per bay, plus 1 space per employee |
34. Gas station mini-marts | 1 space per employee, plus 1 space per 200 sq. ft., but at least a minimum of 5 spaces |
Business (Large Unit Development) | |
The following schedule shall apply if a development comprises 12,000 square feet or more of building area: | |
35. A retail center with an available lot size of less than 200,000 sq. ft. | See shopping centers below |
36. A plaza center with an available lot size of 200,000 to 1,000,000 sq. ft. | See shopping centers below |
37. A shopping center with an available lot size of over 1,000,000 sq. ft. | See shopping centers below |
38. A shopping center mall with an available lot size of over 1,000,000 sq. ft. | See shopping centers below |
39. Shopping Centers: 12,000 sq. ft. to 600,000 sq. ft. building area | 4.25 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. between 12,000 sq. ft. and 600,000 sq. ft. |
40. Shopping Centers over 600,000 sq. ft. building area | 4 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. over 600,000 sq. ft. |
41. Manufacturing plants, commercial, industrial and general service establishments, laboratories, storage facilities, machine shops and similar establishments | 1 space per each employee or 1 space per 850 sq. ft. whichever is greater, plus a minimum 5 visitor spaces |
42. Warehouses | 1 space per employee or 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. whichever is greater, plus a minimum 5 visitor spaces |
Other Buildings or Uses
43. For a specific building or use not scheduled above, the Building Commissioner shall apply the unit of measurement of the above schedule deemed to be most similar to the proposed building or use. All parking changes must be noted and approved by the Planning Commission and then approved by Council.
(Ord. 254-91. Passed 12-16-91; Ord. 368-02. Passed 11-15-04.)