A. Purpose: These regulations are intended to require adequate off street parking and loading facilities for new land uses and enlargement of existing uses, proportional to the need created by each use, in order to alleviate traffic congestion. Design standards are included to ensure the usefulness of parking and loading facilities, protect the public safety, and, where appropriate, to mitigate potential adverse impacts on adjacent land uses. Except as otherwise noted, the regulations of this chapter shall apply to all uses in all districts.
B. Applicability: The regulations of this chapter apply to vehicular areas used for the display, parking, or storage. All off street parking and loading facilities for new, changed, or expanded uses shall be constructed according to a site plan submitted to the building official and approved as a condition of the building permit. Any existing building or use hereafter enlarged or structurally altered to the extent of increasing the floor area or use area less than or equal to fifty percent (50%) of the existing floor or use area shall be provided additional off street parking and loading facilities only for the added floor or use area in conformance with the applicable standards. Any existing building or use hereafter enlarged or structurally altered to the extent of increasing the floor area or use area more than fifty percent (50%) of the existing floor or use area shall be provided additional parking and loading facilities for the entire building in conformance with the applicable standards. The provisions of subsection 11-13-2C of this chapter shall apply to all existing and new parking and loading areas and drives as a condition of building permits for any remodeling or expansion, as well as for new construction.
C. Location: The entire off street motor vehicle loading facilities required by this chapter shall be located on the same lot as the principal building or use being served, and the entire off street motor vehicle parking facilities required by this chapter shall be located on, or within five hundred feet (500') of, the property that uses the spaces. Public street and alley widths shall not be counted in calculating compliance with the five hundred foot (500') limitation. All off street parking facilities located in an R-1, R-2, R-2M, or R-3 district shall be intended to serve a use permitted in said districts. Required parking spaces may be provided in a carport or garage, provided that such is utilized and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this section.
D. Ownership: The ownership of land upon which the required off street parking is located shall be the same as the ownership of land on which the principal use is located, except as may be otherwise permitted in accordance with the collective parking provisions of subsection 11-13-3A of this chapter.
E. Utilization: Required accessory off street parking facilities provided for the uses hereinafter listed shall be only for the parking of motor vehicles in operating condition of patrons, occupants, or employees of such uses, and shall be maintained for the duration of the use requiring such areas. The type and size of motor vehicles allowed to be parked in accessory off street parking areas in residential districts shall be limited in accordance with the applicable provisions of section 11-5-1 of this title. Required accessory off street parking and loading facilities shall not be used for the sale, display, or storage of merchandise, except in accordance with section 11-5-3 of this title, nor shall such facilities be used for the storage, repair, or dismantling of vehicles or equipment for profit.
F. Maintenance: All parking and loading facilities, including garages, shall be maintained to assure desirability and usefulness of the facility. Such facilities shall be kept free of holes, mud, dust, trash, and other debris, and shall at all times be available for the off street parking or loading use for which they are required or intended. Further, all required landscaping and screening shall be maintained or replaced as necessary to assure continued conformance with the applicable standards. (Ord. 5916, 8-9-1999)
A. Perimeter Requirements: The relationship of off street parking and loading areas with adjoining uses and properties shall be regulated as follows:
1. No off street parking or loading spaces for land uses on private property, or required visual screening for such, may be located within a corner sight triangle at a street intersection or in the public right of way. Also, no parked vehicle, sign (except a single pole), fence, or landscaping (except tree trunks less than 18 inches diameter) shall be permitted to obstruct the corner sight triangle, as described in section 11-14-1B5 of this title, at any intersection of a driveway with a street.
2. Off street parking spaces in the single-family and two-family residential districts serving uses other than single- or two- family dwellings shall not be located within the required front yard. (This does not exclude the requirement for driveways, but means that required spaces and enclosures for such space be behind the building line.)
3. All parking areas within any residential district shall be set back to provide a ten foot (10') buffer strip along any front, rear, or side property line. All parking areas adjacent to any residential district shall be set back to provide a ten foot (10') buffer strip along any property line abutting a residentially zoned property and shall be set back to provide a five foot (5') buffer strip along any other property line. All other "unenclosed parking" areas as defined in section 11-2-2 of this title otherwise located shall be set back to provide a five foot (5') buffer strip along any front, back or side property line. In both cases, parking areas shall, in addition, comply with the landscaping requirements as set out in section 11-14-3 of this title.
4. Unenclosed parking lots serving a residential use, and all other unenclosed off street parking areas serving nonresidential uses in any district abutting property in an R-1, R-2, R-2M, R-3, RMHP, or RMHS district, shall be screened with a six foot (6') sightproof fence or hedge barrier in accordance with the provisions of subsection 11-14-3E of this title.
5. Off street space required or provided for the loading of equipment or materials into, or out of, vehicles may occupy all or part of any required yard space; provided, that any such loading space or berth located within fifty feet (50') of any residential district shall be entirely within a completely enclosed building, or enclosed on all sides abutting the residential district by visual screening not less than six feet (6') in height.
B. Access: Each required or provided off street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space in accordance with the standards of this chapter. Off street loading spaces not abutting a public street or alley shall be provided an access drive of at least ten feet (10') in width. Curb cuts on public streets shall be designed, approved, and constructed in accordance with the city code.
C. Surfacing: The following guidelines will be observed for paving of all parking and loading areas, and access drives. (Ord. 5916, 8-9-1999)
1. Residential drives - four inches (4") P.C. concrete on a compacted subgrade or an equivalent as approved by the city engineer. A lesser standard may be approved by the building official for private drives in the A agricultural district, RA rural acreage dwelling district and on single-family residential lots of one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet or more. (Ord. 5916, 8-9-1999; amd. 2003 Code)
2. All other drives - five inches (5") P.C. concrete on subgrade compacted to ninety five percent (95%) of standard proctor, or four inches (4") of type "C" asphalt concrete on a base equivalent to six inches (6") of lime stabilized on a subgrade compacted to ninety five percent (95%) of standard proctor, or an equivalent as approved by the city engineer.
3. Parking areas shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface runoff in accordance with the Ponca City drainage criteria. Curbing shall be used to prevent storm water from flowing to adjacent properties.
D. Lighting: Lights provided to illuminate any parking facility or paved area shall be designed and arranged to reflect away from, and to minimize interference with, any residential use or traffic on a public street.
E. Landscaping: All landscaping requirements are contained in section 11-14-3 of this title.
F. Motor Vehicle Parking And Loading Specifications: Accessory motor vehicle parking spaces shall be arranged and marked so as to provide for orderly and safe parking in accordance with the applicable specifications contained in this section. Safety barriers, wheel guards, or curbing shall be provided to assure vehicle security, pedestrian safety, efficient utilization, protection to landscaping, and to prevent encroachment of vehicles beyond any property line. The dimensions and layout of parking and loading spaces required or provided shall be in conformance with the following minimum standards, although layouts based on dimensions greater than these minimums may be necessary in certain cases.
1. Standard Parking: Parking areas for full size vehicles shall be subject to the minimum requirements set forth in table 11-13-2.1.
Aisle Width (Feet) | |||||
Parking Angle | Stall Width (Feet) | Aisle Length Per Stall (Feet) | Depth Of Stall Perpendicular To Aisle (Feet) | One-Way | Two-Way |
Aisle Width (Feet) | |||||
Parking Angle | Stall Width (Feet) | Aisle Length Per Stall (Feet) | Depth Of Stall Perpendicular To Aisle (Feet) | One-Way | Two-Way |
0° (parallel) | 8.5 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
30° | 8.5 | 17 | 16.9 | 11 | 22 |
45° | 8.5 | 12 | 19.4 | 13.5 | 23 |
60° | 8.5 | 9.8 | 20.7 | 18.5 | 24 |
75° | 8.5 | 8.8 | 20.5 | 20 | 24 |
90° | 8.5 | 8.5 | 19 | 25 | 25 |
2. Small Car Parking: Parking areas designated specifically for compact cars shall be subject to the minimum requirements set forth in table 11-13-2.2.
Aisle Width (Feet) | |||||
Parking Angle | Stall Width (Feet) | Aisle Length Per Stall (Feet) | Depth Of Stall Perpendicular To Aisle (Feet) | One-Way | Two-Way |
Aisle Width (Feet) | |||||
Parking Angle | Stall Width (Feet) | Aisle Length Per Stall (Feet) | Depth Of Stall Perpendicular To Aisle (Feet) | One-Way | Two-Way |
0° (parallel) | 7.5 | 20 | 7.5 | 12 | 24 |
30° | 7.5 | 15 | 14.5 | 11 | 24 |
45° | 7.5 | 10.6 | 16.6 | 13.5 | 24 |
60° | 7.5 | 8.7 | 17.6 | 18.5 | 24 |
75° | 7.5 | 7.8 | 17.4 | 20 | 24 |
90° | 7.5 | 7.5 | 16 | 25 | 25 |
3. Handicapped Parking:
a. Each parking space for the physically disabled shall consist of a rectangular area not less than twelve feet wide by nineteen feet long (12' x 19'), shall be located in an area not exceeding a two percent (2%) slope, and shall be located near or convenient to a level or ramped entrance not exceeding a ten percent (10%) slope, to the facility served by the parking space.
b. Parking spaces for the handicapped shall be restricted for use by the handicapped only, and shall be marked as such by an above grade sign.
4. Vehicle Loading: Each off street loading space or berth for commercial delivery vehicles shall be not less than ten feet in width, thirty five feet in length (10' x 35') exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least fourteen feet (14'). (Ord. 5916, 8-9-1999)
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