(A) General requirements. In all districts, in connection with every industrial, commercial, institutional, recreational, residential, or other use, there shall be provided, at any time any building or structure is erected or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces for automobiles in accordance with the following requirements.
(1) Each off-street parking space shall have a width of not less than ten feet and a minimum length of 18 feet exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be of usable shape and condition.
(2) There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Where a lot does abut on a public or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than eight feet in width in the case of a dwelling, and not less than 20 feet in width in all other cases, leading to the parking or storage or loading or unloading spaces required hereunder.
(B) Number of spaces required. The number of off-street parking spaces to be provided shall not be less than the following.
Use | Parking Spaces Required |
Use | Parking Spaces Required |
Adult day care | One for every 150 square feet of gross floor area |
Assisted living facility | One for every four beds |
Bowling alley | Five for each lane; plus one additional space for each 200 square feet of area used for eating, drinking, or other recreation |
Child day care or nursery school | Six or two for each classroom, whichever is greater |
Church or temple | One for each five seats in main auditorium |
Commercial golf course | 40 for each nine holes plus one for each employee |
Community center, library, museum, or art gallery, or similar establishment | Ten plus one additional for each 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet |
Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service, or similar establishment | Two plus one additional for each 200 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet with a minimum of four spaces required plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith |
Hospital | One for each bed |
Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, dairy processing, bakery, bottling plant, warehouse, or similar establishment | One for each two employees on the maximum working shift, plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith |
Medical and dental offices and clinics | One for each 125 square feet of floor area with a minimum of four spaces required |
Mortuary or funeral home | One for each 50 square feet of floor space in slumber rooms, parlors, or individual funeral service rooms |
One-family units | Two for each dwelling |
Personal services other than barber shops, beauty parlors, and health salons and professional activities other than medical and dental offices and clinics | One for each 150 square feet of floor area with a minimum of four spaces required |
Printing or plumbing shop or similar service establishment | One for each person employed therein plus one for each 150 square feet of floor area, with a minimum of four spaces required plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith |
Private club, golf club, or lodge, or similar establishment | One for each four members |
Restaurants, night clubs, cafes or similar recreation or amusement establishments, dance halls, assembly halls, or exhibition halls, without fixed seats, barber shops, beauty parlors, and health salons | One for each 75 square feet of floor area |
Retail business, shopping center, or business service establishment except as otherwise specified herein | One for each 150 square feet of gross floor area plus one for each two employees on the maximum work shift |
Rooming or boarding house, hotel or motel, or dormitory | One for each sleeping room or suite |
Sanitarium, convalescent home, home for the aged, or similar institutions | One for each two beds |
School (except high school or college) | One for each five seats in auditorium or main assembly room, or two for each classroom, whichever is greater |
Theater or auditorium (except school auditorium), sports arena, stadium or gymnasium, or similar venue | One for each five seats or each ten lineal feet of bench seating spaces |
Two-family and multiple dwellings | Two for each dwelling unit |
(C) Interpretation. The following rules shall govern the determination of spaces required.
(1) FLOOR AREA shall mean the gross floor area of the specified use. The outside wall dimensions shall be used in determining the area of a structure.
(2) Fractional numbers shall be increased to the next whole number.
(3) The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.
(4) Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this chapter is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity, or otherwise, to create a need for an increase of 10% or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use existing prior to the effective date of this chapter is enlarged to the extent of 50% or more in floor area or in the area used, said building or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking requirements set forth herein.
(5) One additional space of proper size and construction over and above the parking space requirements of this section shall be provided for each additional operational motor vehicle owned and/or continuously stored on a residential property by the resident or owner.
(Ord. 1141, passed 9-1-1998)