Use | Spaces Required |
Use | Spaces Required |
Business, Professional and Personal Services | |
Automobile repair services | 3/service bay plus 1/wrecker or service vehicle plus 2/3 employees on the largest shift |
Banks and financial institutions | 1/200 sq. ft. of gross floor area plus stacking for 4 vehicles at each drive-through window or automatic teller machine |
Barber and beauty shops | 3/operator |
Businesses which do not cater to retail customers or trade | 1/every employee during the largest shift plus 1 space for every vehicle used in the operation |
Car Washes | |
Full-service | *Stacking for 30 vehicles or 10/approach lane, whichever is greater plus 3 spaces in the manual drying area plus 2/3 employees on the largest shift |
Self-service | *3 stacking spaces/approach lane plus 2 drying spaces/stall |
Delivery services | 2/3 employees on largest shift plus 1/vehicle used in the operation |
Equipment rental and leasing | 1/200 square feet gross floor area |
Funeral homes | 1/4 seats in main chapel plus 2/3 employees on the largest shift plus l/vehicle used in the largest operation |
Hotels and Motels Containing... | |
5,000 square feet or less ancillary space, i.e. restaurant, meeting rooms, lounge or lobby or a restaurant/lounge 3,000 sq. ft. or less | 1.1/rental unit |
More than 5,000 sq. ft. of ancillary space, i.e. restaurant, meeting rooms, lounge or lobby or a restaurant/lounge containing over 3,000 sq. ft. | 1.25/rental unit |
Kennels or pet grooming | 1/300 sq. ft. of sales, grooming, or customer waiting area plus 2/3 employees on the largest shift |
Laundromat (coin operated) | 1/4 pieces of rental equipment |
Laundry and dry cleaning plants or substation | *2/3 employees on the largest shift plus 1/vehicle used in the operation plus stacking for 4 vehicles/pickup station |
Laboratories | 2/3 employees on the largest shift plus 1/250 sq. ft. of office space |
Medical, dental, or related offices | 3/examining room plus 1/employee including doctors |
Motion picture production | 1/1000 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Offices not otherwise classified | 1/250 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Repair of bulky items (appliances, furniture, boats and the like) | 2/3 employees on largest shift plus 1/vehicle used in operation |
Theaters (indoor) | 1/4 seats |
Truck wash | *3 stacking spaces/stall |
Veterinary service | 4/doctor plus 1/employee including doctors |
Vocational, business or secretarial schools | 1/100 sq. ft. of classroom space plus 1/250 sq. ft. of office space |
Services and repairs not otherwise classified | 1/250 sq. feet gross floor area plus 1/vehicle used in the operation |
Drive-thru not otherwise classified | *Stacking for 4 vehicles at each bay, window, lane, ordering station or machine in addition to the use requirement*** |
Educational and Institutional Uses | |
Ambulance services; fire stations; law enforcement stations | 1/employee on the largest shift |
Churches | 1/4 seats in main chapel |
Colleges and universities | 7/classroom plus 1/4 beds in main campus dorms plus 1/250 square feet of office space plus 1/5 fixed seats in assembly halls and stadiums |
Correctional institutions | 1/10 inmates plus 2/3 employees on largest shift plus 1/vehicle used in the operation |
Day care, child or adult | 1/employee plus 1/10 clients served with parking located on-site |
Elementary and middle schools | 3/room used for offices plus 3/classroom |
Government offices; post offices | 1/150 square feet of public service area plus 2/3 employees on largest shift |
Hospitals | 1/4 in-patient or out-patient beds plus 2/3 employees on largest shift plus 1/staff doctor |
Libraries; museums and art galleries | 1/450 square feet of gross floor area for public use plus 2/3 employees on the largest shift |
Nursing and convalescent homes | 1/4 beds plus 1/employee and visiting specialist plus 1/vehicle used in the operation |
Senior high schools | 3/room used for offices plus 7/classroom |
Manufacturing and Industrial Uses | 2/3 employees on the largest shift plus 1/200 sq. ft. of retail sales or customer service area plus 1/vehicle used in the operation |
Residential Uses | |
Bed and breakfast | 1/bedroom plus 2/3 employees on the largest shift |
Multi-family Dwellings (including condominiums) | |
1 bedroom units | 1.5/unit |
2 bedroom units | 1.75/unit |
3 or more bedroom units | 2.00/unit |
Single-family detached and two-family dwellings; manufactured homes; townhouse dwellings; manufactured home parks | 2/dwelling unit on the same lot |
Residential care facilities | 1/4 beds plus 1/employee plus 1/vehicle used in the operation |
Recreational Uses | |
Amusement parks; fairgrounds; skating rinks | 1/200 square feet of activity area |
Athletic fields | 25/field |
Auditorium; assembly hall; convention center; stadium | 1/5 persons based upon the design capacity of the building |
Automobile raceways | 1/4 spectator seats plus 1/employee on the largest shift |
Batting cages, golf driving ranges; miniature golf; shooting ranges (indoor and outdoor) | 1/cage, tee, or firing point |
Billiard parlors; tennis courts | 3/table or court |
Bowling centers | 4/lane |
Clubs; coin-operated amusement; physical fitness centers and similar indoor recreation | 1/200 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Commercial stables | 1/2 stalls |
Dance studios | 1/200 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Go-cart raceways | 1/go-cart plus 1/employee on the largest shift |
Retail Trade** | |
Bars, night clubs, taverns | 1/3 persons based upon the design capacity of building plus 2/3 employees on the largest shift, located on the same zone lot |
Convenience stores | 1/200 sq. ft. gross floor area plus 2 stacking spaces at pump islands |
Department stores, food stores | 1/200 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Fuel oil sales | 2/3 employees on largest shift plus 1/vehicle used in the operation |
Furniture; floor covering sales | 1/1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Motor vehicle, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle sales or rental; manufactured home sales | 5 spaces plus 1/10,000 sq. ft. of display area plus 2/3 employees on the largest shift |
Restaurants | *l/4 seats plus 2/3 employees on the largest shift and 10 total stacking spaces with minimum 5 spaces at or before ordering station*** |
Retail sales not otherwise classified | 1/200 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Retail sales of bulky items (appliances, building materials and the like) | 1/500 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Service stations, gasoline sales | *3/service bay plus 1/wrecker or service vehicle plus 2/3 employees on largest shift plus 4 stacking spaces at pump islands |
Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities | |
Airport, bus and railroad terminals | 1/4 seats plus 2/3 employees on the largest shift |
Communications towers; demolitions debris landfills; heliports; utility lines or substations | No required parking |
Self-storage warehouses | 1 space/5,000 sq. ft. devoted to storage |
Transportation, warehousing and utility uses not otherwise classified | 2/3 employees on the largest shift plus 1/vehicle used in the operation |
Wholesale Trade | |
Market showroom | 1/1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Wholesale uses | 2/3 employees on the largest shift plus 1/200 sq. ft. of retail sales or customer service area plus 1/vehicle used in the operation |
Other Uses | |
Flea markets; other open air sales | 1 /1,000 sq. ft. of lot area used for storage, sales and display |
Shopping centers ** | |
<250,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1/200 sq. ft. gross floor area in main building(s) (excluding theaters) plus parking as required for outparcels or theaters |
>250,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | 1,250 spaces plus 1/225 sq. ft. gross floor area above 250,000 sq. ft. |
/ = Per
* = NCDOT may require additional stacking spaces on state or federal highways.
** = For retail uses and shopping centers, storage areas are not calculated as gross floor area.
*** = Stacking spaces for drive-thru shall not block access to parking spaces.