Sec. 21-825. Parking Requirements.

Off-street parking spaces shall be provided according to the following provisions and standards.

A.   General Provisions.

1.   Floor Area. The term "floor area" for the purpose of calculating the number of required parking spaces shall be the "Gross Floor Area" of the structures plus defined exterior use areas minus 10 percent (10%) except as may hereinafter be provided or modified.

2.   Change of Use or Occupancy of Buildings. Off-street parking and loading spaces as required herein shall be provided at the time of any new uses of land or construction of a new building. Any change of use or occupancy of any building or buildings, including additions thereto, requiring more parking shall not be permitted until such additional parking spaces as required by this Section are provided.

3.   Parking for a Residential Use. Off-street parking facilities for residential uses shall be utilized solely for the parking of licensed and operable passenger vehicles owned by the occupants of the residence or the parking of passenger automobiles by guests of said occupants. Parking and storage requirement for recreational vehicles, commercial vehicles, utility trailers and boats shall be as required by the City of Peoria Parking Code and Section 21-825.B. of this Section. Under no circumstances shall required parking facilities for a residential structure be used for storage of commercial vehicles or equipment or for the parking of vehicles belonging to the employees, owners, tenants, or customers of business or manufacturing establishments except as provided in Chapter 14 of the 1992 Peoria City Code.

4.   Parking Stall Dimensions. The following shall be the minimum parking stall size:

 

Type	Width	Length Δ
Standard	9.5 feet	20 feet
Handicapped	16 feet	20 feet
Compact	8 feet	16 feet
Parallel	8 feet	24 feet

 

   Δ The front of the parking space may overhang two (2) feet into a landscape strip or pedestrian walkway, however, any parking spaces protruding over a pedestrian walkway shall maintain at least a four (4) foot wide clearance for pedestrian access.

5.   Parking Aisle Dimensions. The following shall be the minimum parking aisle width:

 

Parking Angle	One-Way Aisle	Two-Way Aisle
90 degree	24 feet	24 feet
60 degree	18 feet	22 feet
45 degree	15 feet	20 feet
30 degree	13 feet	20 feet

 

6.   Compact Parking. Compact parking spaces shall not exceed 15 percent (15%) of the total required parking spaces. Projects providing parking in excess of the minimum required number of spaces may utilize any combination of compact and standard spaces for excess parking areas.

7.   Parking Lots. Parking lots shall be designed in groupings no larger than two hundred (200) spaces. Larger lots shall be divided by buildings, plazas, or significant landscaped areas oriented for pedestrian use.

8.   Within Structures. The off street parking requirements may be furnished by providing spaces designed within the principle building or a parking structure. However, no building permit shall be used to convert said parking structures into a dwelling unit, living area, or other activity until other adequate provisions are made to comply with the required off-street parking provisions of this Section.

9.   Circulation Between Bays. Parking areas shall be designed so that circulation between parking bays occur within the designated parking lot and does not depend upon a public street or alley. Parking area designs which require backing into a public street are prohibited except one, two or three-family dwellings.

10.   Surfacing. All areas intended to be utilized for parking space, access aisles, and driveways shall be paved with concrete or asphalt to control dust and drainage. Areas for outdoor storage of material and equipment may be covered with decomposed granite to provide a dust free surface. Such area shall not be considered as part of a required landscape area.

11.   Striping. Except for one, two and three-family dwellings, all parking stalls shall be marked with painted lines not less than four inches (4") wide.

12.   Lighting. Parking lots used during hours of darkness shall be illuminated. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light down and/or away from adjoining property, abutting residential uses and public rights-of-way and shall be a maximum of twenty-five (25) feet in height above the surface of the parking lot for non- residential uses and sixteen (16) feet for residential uses.

13.   Protruding Vehicles. All on-site parking stalls shall be designed and constructed so that parked vehicles shall not protrude over a property line.

14.   Screening and Landscaping. All off-street parking lots of four (4) or more spaces shall be screened from the street view and adjacent residential districts by a landscaped berm, decorative wall or combination thereof at least three (3) feet high, as measured at finished grade adjacent to the parking area to be screened. All walls shall be installed a minimum of two and one-half (2.5) feet back from the edge of the parking stall. Parking area landscaping shall be provided in accordance with Section 21-815 of this Ordinance.

15.   Maintenance. It shall be the joint and separate responsibility of the owner and/or lessee of the principal use, uses or building to maintain in a neat and adequate manner, the parking space, access ways, striping, landscaping, and required fences or screening.

16.   Use of Required Parking Areas for Parking Only. Required off-street parking spaces in any district shall not be utilized for open storage, sale or rental of goods, or storage of inoperable vehicles, except when permitted as a Temporary Use.

17.   Signs. No sign shall be so located as to restrict the sight lines and orderly operation and traffic movement within any parking area. All signs shall conform to the requirements of Section 21-827.

18.   Parking Canopies, Non-Residential and Multi-Family Residential Land Uses.

a.   Covered parking canopies may be located within the required side and rear building setbacks but may not encroach into required landscaped buffers. The height of such structures shall be limited to ten feet (10') from grade and the structures shall drain onto the property on which they are located.

b.   The height of parking canopies not within the required side or rear building setbacks shall be limited to fifteen feet (15') from grade.

c.   All parking canopies are subject to the Design Review Manual.

d.   Setbacks are measured from property line to nearest edge of canopy.

e.   All required landscaping, parking or otherwise, shall be provided.

f.   This portion of the Zoning Ordinance is not intended to supersede approved zoning stipulations or conditions of approval.

B.   Off-Street Parking Requirements. The following minimum number of off-street, paved parking spaces shall be provided and maintained by ownership, easement and/or lease for and during the life of the respective uses hereinafter set forth: Any proposed uses not listed herein will be determined through the site plan approval process.

1.   Residential Uses.

Parking Spaces Required
Dwelling Type	With On-Street Parking	Without On-Street Parking
Single-family	2.0 spaces/unit	3.0 spaces/unit
Mobile Homes	2.0 spaces/unit	3.0 spaces/unit
Two-family	2.0 spaces/unit	2.0 spaces/unita
Three-family	2.0 spaces/unit	2.0 spaces/unita
Multi-familyb
Efficiency/Studio	1.0 spaces/unit	1.0 spaces/unit
One Bedroom	1.5 spaces/unit	1.5 spaces/unit
Two or More Bedrooms	2.0 spaces/unit	2.0 spaces/unit

 

a In addition to the required spaces, .25 guest spaces per unit shall be included.

b In addition to the required spaces, one (1) guest space for each ten (10) units shall be included.

c MF Standards

a.   Additional Residential Parking Requirements.

1)   An improved residential driveway shall be provided between a public or private street or alley and a garage, carport or other parking space. The driveway shall consist of concrete, asphalt, sealed aggregate pavement, or masonry. Crushed rock or aggregate is an acceptable driveway surface as long as it is a minimum of three inches deep and contained by a permanent border.

2)   The driveway within the front yard setback for single family, mobile homes, two family and three family residential occupancies, may be applied against the required off-street parking requirement provided the parking area occurs on an improved, dustproof parking surface as specified herein and meets the minimum dimensional requirement for standard parking stalls.

3)   All standard front-entry garage and carport entrances shall be setback a minimum of twenty (20) feet from the street right-of-way line. In no case shall a standard front-entry garage or carport be located closer than eighteen (18) feet from the street right-of-way line, access easement or private roadway tract.

4)   It shall be unlawful to park or store any vehicle within the front or side yard of a single family residence use unless such parking or storage is on an improved, dustproof-parking surface such as concrete or asphalt, "chip seal", or crushed rock or aggregate that is a minimum of three inches thick. All crushed rock or aggregate shall be contained by a permanent border. Parking within the front yard of a single residence use shall be on or contiguous to a driveway as specified herein. All parking and vehicle storage shall be parallel with the driveway's prime orientation, excluding side entry garage layouts.

5)   The maximum or total defined driveway width may be expanded to accommodate floor plans that offer a combination of both front and side loading garages.

6)   The total cumulative parking and/or maximum width of the driveway within the front yard for lots that are eighty-five (85) feet wide or less shall be thirty (30) feet or fifty percent (50%) of the lot width, whichever is less.

7)   For lots that exceed eighty-five (85) feet in width, the total cumulative parking and/or maximum width of the driveway within the front yard shall be forty (40) feet. In no case shall the front yard exceed a total of forty-five percent (45%) of driveway or parking area. Lots that exceed eighty-five (85) feet in width may incorporate a front yard circular drive provided the maximum total driveway width is forty (40) feet. The front yard should not exceed a total of forty-five (45) percent of improved surface (concrete, asphalt or masonry).

8)   The Planning Manager may approve additional paved areas, not to exceed fifty percent (50%), on irregularly shaped lots resulting from curvilinear streets, topography or other unique conditions so long as the intent and purposes of this Ordinance are preserved.

9)   All areas not utilized as the driveway, or designated as parking or vehicle storage shall be landscaped. In no instance shall parking or vehicle storage occur in any front yard on landscaped area.

2.   Non-Residential Uses.

USE	DESCRIPTIONS	PARKING RATIO
Administrative & Financial
Professional Offices	Facilities for general office work providing professional, business administrative, informational services, or facilities that house governmental agencies and similar uses	a) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of floor area
Financial Services	Institutions providing financial advice and services in a bank, or similar financial institutions, to include accessory office building, automatic teller machine and similar uses	a) One (1) space per one hundred fifty (150) SF of floor area
	Financial institutions with drive- through facilities	a) Sixty (60) linear feet of stacking space per lane exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces
Unspecified Office Use (Shell Building)		a) One (1) space per one hundred seventy-five (175) SF of floor area
Automobile Related
Auto Services	Facilities providing general vehicle service or repair, and similar services	a) A queuing space of one hundred (100) linear feet exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces.
		b) Three (3) spaces per service bay
		c) One (1) space per three hundred (300) SF of gross floor area excluding service bay.
Automobile Rentals or Dealerships	Facilities for sale or rental of new or used auto, boat, RV, truck, trailer, camper, motor home or Motorcycle. (Outdoor vehicle display spaces are not required to meet dimensional requirements of this Section)	a) One (1) space per one thousand (1000) SF of gross floor area, plus
		b) One (1) space per six thousand (6000) SF outdoor vehicle display area
Automobile Towing and Impound Facilities	Facilities for towing, dismantling, recycling, impound and storage of junk vehicles, to include sanitary landfills and similar uses	a) One (1) space per one thousand (1000) SF of floor area
		b) Minimum of four (4) spaces
Car Washes	Facilities for the cleaning of vehicles	a) One (1) space per three hundred (300) SF office floor area, plus
		b) A queuing space of one hundred (100) linear feet exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces.
	Self service facilities for the cleaning of vehicles	a) Minimum of four (4) spaces
Eating & Drinking Establishments
Restaurants	Eating establishments providing self- services or with high turnover rate and similar services	a) One (1) space per fifty (50) SF of serving area, plus
		b) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF for preparation area
	- with drive-through services	a) Eighty (80) linear feet of stacking space from the entrance of the drive- through lane to the menu board exclusive of drive aisle and parking spaces, plus
		b) Eighty (80) linear feet of stacking space from the menu board to the pickup window.
	- with outdoor seating	a) One (1) space per one hundred (100) SF of serving area
Taverns, Bars, Pubs and Lounges	Establishments licensed to sell alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises, often with limited food service	a) One (1) space per fifty (50) SF of serving area, plus
		b) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF for preparation area
Entertainment & Recreation
Adult Uses	Establishments for adult entertainment that emphasize adult oriented uses and services in an adult motion picture theater, arcade, adult cabaret, adult motel, nude studio and similar facilities	a) One (1) space per fifty (50) SF floor area
	Adult specialty shops for purchase of adult books, video, and similar products	a) One (1) space per three hundred (300) SF floor area
Indoor Public Assembly	Facilities providing a variety of indoor public assemblies in a convention or reception center, meeting hall, social or private club, music hall, theatre and similar places, excluding taverns, bars, pubs, lounges and adult uses	a) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of floor area, or
		b) One (1) space per four (4) fixed seats of design capacity
Indoor Recreation	Facilities providing a variety of indoor health and sports activities in a sporting complex, stadium, skating rinks, pool hall, dance hall, tennis and racquet clubs, game room, video arcade, bingo hall, community center, fitness center and similar indoor facilities	a) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of floor area
	Bowling alleys	a) Two (2) spaces per lane, plus
		b) Two (2) spaces per billiard table, plus
		c) One (1) space per each five visitor gallery seats
Entertainment & Recreation
Outdoor Amusement and Recreations	Facilities providing a variety of outdoor amusement, entertainment, and similar activities in an amusement park, fairground, zoo, auditorium and similar places, to include special outdoor events such as carnivals or outdoor concerts. Outdoor recreations include a variety of outdoor health and sport activities in a racetrack, stables, rodeo ground, outdoor shooting range, swimming and tennis clubs, miniature golf and similar places	a) One (1) space per one thousand (1000) SF activity area
	Golf course and driving range	a) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of main building floor area, plus
		b) One (1) space per every two (2) practice tees in driving range, plus
		c) Four (4) spaces per each green in the playing area
General Industrial & Manufacturing
Intense Manufacturing and processing	Facilities that include the use of chemicals, heavy equipment and machinery for the fabrication and processing of goods.	a) One (1) space per one thousand (1000) SF of warehouse area, plus
		b) One (1) space per three hundred (300) SF office floor area
Light Industrial and Manufacturing	Facilities providing light manufacturing and assembly services in printing and publishing plants, computer processing centers, research laboratories, mail order stores, parcel delivery plants, commercial dry cleaning and laundry plants, environmental facilities, radio, T.V and other communications facilities, and similar facilities	a) One (1) space per five hundred (500) SF of warehouse area, plus
		b) One (1) space per three hundred (300) SF office floor area
Outdoor storage	Facilities providing exterior storage of construction equipment and materials, recyclable material, and similar uses	a) One (1) space per five thousand (5000) SF of designated outdoor area, plus
		b) One (1) space per three hundred (300) SF office floor area
		c) Minimum of four (4) spaces
Unspecified Industrial Use (Shell Building)		a) One (1) space per five hundred (500) SF of floor area
General Industrial & Manufacturing
Warehousing	Facilities providing warehousing of material and goods and similar uses	a) One (1) space per one thousand (1000) SF of warehouse area, plus
		b) One (1) space per three hundred (300) SF office floor area
	Mini-storage facilities and similar uses	a) One (1) space per fifty (50) units
Wholesale, distribution	Facilities providing wholesale or distribution of trucks, trailers, boats, new and used cars, bulk fuel, machines, appliances, equipment, building material, lumber, plant nurseries, produce and similar merchandise in indoor or outdoor storage areas to include machine shops, lumberyards, import/export shops, moving, rental, or storage companies, market sales yards, and similar facilities	a) One (1) space per five hundred (500) SF of sales or display area, plus
		b) One (1) space per one thousand (1,000) SF of indoor storage area, plus
		c) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of retail or office floor area
General Retail
Retail, Rentals and Sales	Establishments providing general retail sales and services for art, music, sports supplies, clothing, grocery, drug, video rentals and sales, electronic equipment, gift and souvenir, furniture, appliance, household equipment, hardware, and similar products in a single store on a single lot, not part of a shopping center (less than 50,000 SF)	a) One (1) space per three hundred (300) SF of floor area
	Establishments providing drive- through services including liquor stores, laundries and dry cleaners, pharmacies and similar services	a) One hundred (100) linear feet of stacking space exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces.
	Establishments providing general retail sales and services in a shopping centers (a commercial establishment planned, developed, owned or managed as a unit and more than 50,000 SF)	a) One (1) space per two hundred-fifty (250) SF of floor area. Note: for any center with more than fifteen percent (15%) of floor area in public assembly uses, including theaters, restaurants, schools, health spas, bars or cocktail lounges, there shall be required, in addition to these standards, ten (10) spaces per one thousand (1000) SF of public area within these uses
Unspecified Retail Use (Shell Building)		a) One (1) space per two hundred fifty (250) SF of floor area
Institutional
Child care	Facilities providing daily care of children in a nursery, day care or pre- school center	a) One (1) space per four hundred (400) SF of floor area
Public, social and cultural services	Facilities providing public, social, non-profit, or institutional services in a library, museum, art gallery, post office, treatment, detention, or release center, halfway house, employment agency, shelter, and similar civic/public, cultural, and social institution (excluding group home)	a) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of floor area
Religious assembly	Facilities providing religious worship or study in a church, temple, synagogues and similar places	a) One (1) space per four (4) seats in main assembly area based on design capacity
School	Public, charter or private educational institutions for Elementary and Junior High	a) One (1) space per three (3) fixed seats of auditorium based on design capacity plus
		b) Minimum of ten (10) spaces for visitors parking
	Senior High	a) Two (2) spaces per classroom, plus
		b) One (1) space per employee, plus
		c) One (1) space per three (3) fixed seats of auditorium based on design capacity plus
		d) Minimum of ten (10) spaces for visitors parking.
Secondary Education	Public or private facilities providing education in a college, university, trade or vocational school, and similar institutions	a) Five (5) spaces per classroom, plus
		b) One (1) space per three (3) fixed seats of auditorium based on design capacity
Senior care	Facilities providing long-term care for seniors in a nursing or convalescent home, hospices or similar care facility (excluding group home)	a) One (1) space per three (3) beds
Utility	Structures, equipment, or facilities providing for public/private utility and services, including radio, television, communication transmission, tower and similar structures	a) One (1) space per use

 

USE	DESCRIPTIONS	PARKING RATIO
Intense Retail
Commercial Sales (with or without outdoor sales and display area)	Establishments providing heavy retail sales, rentals and services for mobile homes, appliances, machines, equipment, hardware, lumber and building material, upholstery, grain, feed, seed, fertilizer, farm and garden supplies and similar products in store with outdoor storage such as home improvement stores, furniture shops, monument engraving shops, swap meet farmers markets and similar intense retails with outdoor sales operations	a) One (1) space per three hundred (300) SF of sales floor area
Commercial Service Establishments combining retail, showroom with workshop.	Establishment combining retail, office, showroom with workshop, such as interior decorator, custom dressmaking or tailor, photographer, minor household appliance repair and similar activities.	a) One (1) space per five hundred (500) SF floor area
Lodging
Hotels or Motels	Places for lodging with ancillary facilities to include sleeping rooms, restaurants, lounges, resorts, meeting rooms and similar uses	a) One (1) space per room, plus
		b) One (1) space per one hundred (100) SF of restaurant and bar serving area, plus
		c) One (1) space per one hundred (100) SF of outdoor seating serving area
		d) Ten (10) minimum spaces for visitors parking, plus
		e) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of meeting room floor area
Lodging Accommodations	Establishments providing accommodation in a bed and breakfast, lodge, to include fraternity, sorority, and similar facilities	a) One (1) space per room
Recreational Resorts	Facilities providing overnight stops in Recreational Vehicle Park, travel trailer park, overnight camp ground and similar places	a) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of gross activity area, or
		b) One (1) space per RV or trailer
Medical
Health Clinics	Facilities providing medical, dental, optical care or preventative medicine and clinical research studies in a clinic or laboratory, including accessory offices	a) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of floor area
Medical
Hospitals	Facilities providing medical or surgical care, emergency medical and similar services	a) Two (2) spaces per bed, plus
		b) One (1) space per employee
		c) Minimum thirty (30) spaces for emergency services
Veterinarian Hospitals or Clinics	Establishments for medical, surgical, and emergency care of animal, to include veterinary office and clinics without animal boarding	a) One (1) space per two hundred fifty (250) SF of floor area
Personal Services
General Professional Services	Establishments providing general professional services such as appliances repair, cabinet and carpentry making, custom dressmaking and alteration, watch and clock repair, dry cleaning and laundry, locksmith, messenger delivery, pest control, photographic developing and printing, blueprint production, travel information and similar professional services	a) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of floor area
Personal Improvement	Establishments providing personal services such as tanning, massage therapy, manicure, hair and beauty treatment, tattoo and body piercing, palm reading, fortune tellers, and similar services	a) One (1) space per one hundred fifty (150) SF of floor area
Pet Care	Establishments for sheltering, and grooming of animals	a) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of floor area
Transportation
Air Travel	Facilities providing aviation transport and services in an airport, heliport, or helistop to include aircraft repair and sales, and similar services	a) One (1) space per one hundred (150) SF of waiting room floor area, plus
Road Travel	Facilities providing bus, rail and motor freight, and school bus transportation, parking and maintenance in terminals, and similar facilities	b) One (1) space per five hundred (500) SF of maintenance floor area, plus
		c) One (1) space per two hundred (200) office floor area
Water Travel	Facilities providing boat charters, marinas, marina fuel and similar services	a) One (1) space per one hundred fifty (150) SF of waiting room floor area, plus
		b) One (1) space per two hundred (200) SF of office floor area
Other
Funeral Services	Facilities providing burial preparation and/or funeral services in a cemetery, crematorium, mausoleum, funeral home and chapel, mortuaries and similar facilities	a) One (1) space per every three (3) fixed seats in main viewing rooms based on design capacity, plus
		b) One (1) space per funeral vehicle

 

3.   Calculating Spaces. In case of fractional results in calculating parking requirements, the required numbers of the sum for the various uses shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number if the fraction is 0.5 or greater.

4.   Joint Use Parking.

a.   Up to fifty percent (50%) of the parking facilities required by this Section for a religious institution, cultural center or an auditorium incidental to a public or parochial school may be supplied by the off-street parking facilities by the following daytime uses: banks, business offices, retail stores, personal service shops, household equipment or furniture shops, clothing or shoe repair or service shops, manufacturing, wholesale and similar uses.

b.   Other joint use of parking on adjacent commercial uses to reduce total parking spaces may be allowed with a parking study submittal by a Registered Professional Engineer, to be approved through the site plan approval process.

c.   Conditions Required for Joint Use:

1)   The building or use for which application is being made to utilize the off-street parking facilities provided by another building or use shall be located within three hundred (300) feet of such parking facilities;

2)   The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the operating hours of the two buildings or uses for which joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed;

3)   A properly drawn legal instrument, executed by the parties concerned for joint use of off- street parking facilities, duly approved as to form and manner of execution by the City Attorney shall be filed with the City Clerk and recorded with the County Recorder.

5.   Off-Site Parking.

a.   Any off-site parking which is used to meet the requirements of this Section shall be regulated by this Ordinance and shall be subject to the conditions listed below:

1)   Off-site parking shall be developed and maintained in compliance with all requirements and standards of this Section;

2)   Reasonable access from off-site parking facilities to the use being served shall be provided;

3)   The site used for meeting the off-site parking requirements of this Section shall be under the same ownership as the principal use being served, under public ownership, or shall have guaranteed permanent use by virtue of a perpetual lease filed with the City Clerk and County Recorder;

4)   Off-site parking for multiple-family dwellings shall not be located more than two hundred (200) feet from any commonly used entrance of the principal use served, unless approved through the site plan approval process;

5)   Off-site parking for non-residential uses shall not be located more than three hundred (300) feet from the primary entrance of the principal use being used, unless approved through the site plan approval process.

(Ord. No. 03-170, 9-17-03; Ord. No. 04-23, 5-20-04; Ord. No. 04-198, 10-6-04; Ord. No. 05-36, 7-6-05; Ord. No. 05-51, 9-7-05; Ord. No. 06-16, 6-20-06; Ord. No. 07-22, 7-10-07; Ord. No. 2011-25, 12-6-11; Ord. No. 2013-16, 9-17-13; Ord. No. 2016-33, 11-22-16; Ord. No. 2017-33, § 188, 6-13-17)