(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to alleviate or prevent congestion of the public streets and promote the safety and welfare of the public by establishing minimum requirements for the off-street parking and loading and unloading of motor vehicles in accordance with the use of the property.
(B) General provisions.
(1) An application for a building permit for a new or enlarged building, structure, or use shall include a plot plan, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned showing any parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(2) In all districts, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected, having a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more, which is to be occupied by uses requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials and merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same premises with such building at least one off-street loading space accessible from any alley, easement of access, or when there is no such alley or easement of access from a street, plus one additional such loading space for each 2,000 square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area so used in excess of 20,000 square feet. Such space may occupy all or any part of any required rear yard or upon authorization from the appropriate board of review any part of any other yard or court space.
(3) In all districts, except B-2, an off-street parking area in the open or in a garage shall be
provided in connection with the uses set forth herein after and to the extent indicated therewith, in addition to the above required loading and unloading spaces. Such areas in the case of R Districts and for dwellings in other districts, shall be on the premises intended to be served; and in the case of other districts, and in connection with uses other than property within 100 feet of any part of said premises and in the same or less restricted district.
(4) Off-street parking facilities accessory to residential use and developed in any Residential District in accordance with the requirements of this section shall be used solely for the parking of passenger vehicles owned and occupied.
(C) Units of measure.
(1) (a) Floor area as employed in this parking and loading section in the case of office, merchandising, or service types of use shall mean the gross floor area of a building or structure used or intended to be used for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients, patients, or tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise.
(b) Floor area for the purposes of this section shall not include any area used for storage accessory to the principle use, incidental repairs, processing or packaging of merchandise, show windows, incidental management offices, restrooms, utilities, and dressing/fitting rooms.
(2) Parking spaces shall not be less than eight and one-half feet wide and 19 feet long or not less than 160 square feet in area exclusive of access drives or aisles.
(3) Loading spaces shall not be less than ten feet wide, 50 feet in length, and 14 feet in height, exclusive of access and turning areas.
(D) Schedule. Parking requirements shall be as follows, reference to maximum number of patrons shall be based on the figure provided by fire code for a given facility:
(1) Athletic field. Five parking spaces per acre;
(2) Auditorium/theater. One parking space for every four seats or one parking space for every 150 square feet plus one for every two employees during a maximum shift;
(3) Auto repair. Three per bay, plus one per employee during a maximum shift;
(4) Auto gas and sales. Two parking spaces per pump, plus two per service bay plus one per employee during a maximum shift;
(5) Banks and business offices. Four parking spaces per 1,000 square feet, plus drive through requirements if applicable;
(6) Barber/beauty shop styling and tanning salons. Two parking spaces per personal grooming station, plus one for every two employees during a maximum shift;
(7) Bowling alleys. Six parking spaces per alley plus bar and restaurant requirements, if applicable;
(8) Car wash. Six parking spaces per bay;
(9) Care homes. One parking space for every two residents, plus one for each employee during a maximum shift;
(10) Churches. One parking space for every four sanctuary seats;
(11) Community center. One parking space for every three maximum patrons;
(12) Daycare centers. One parking space for every two employees during a maximum shift, plus one for every ten children served plus one per institutional vehicle;
(13) Drive through facility. Six stacking spaces for each drive through station or automatic teller machine, plus appropriate employee parking for principle use;
(14) Dry cleaning. One parking space for every two employees during a maximum shift, plus four for patrons;
(15) Durable goods sales (appliances, furniture, and the like). One parking space per 500 square feet, plus one per employee during a maximum shift;
(16) Elderly housing facility. Three parking spaces for every four units, plus one per employee during a maximum shift;
(17) Fraternities, sororities, and boarding houses. One parking space per lodging resident, plus one per employee during a maximum shift;
(18) Funeral home. One parking space per 50 square feet of public access area, plus one per business vehicle;
(19) Group home/halfway house/boarding house. One parking space per bedroom;
(20) Health recreation and physical training facility. Five parking spaces per 1,000 square feet, plus additional parking for outdoor accessory use if applicable;
(21) Hospital. One parking space per overnight bed, plus one per affiliated doctor plus one per employee during a maximum shift, plus six per 1,000 square feet devoted to outpatient service;
(22) Laundromats. One parking space for every two washers;
(23) Manufacturing plants and testing labs. Three parking spaces for every four employees during a maximum shift, plus one per business vehicle plus four per 1,000 square feet devoted to office space;
(24) Medical, dental, or veterinary office or clinic. Two parking spaces per treatment room, plus one per employee during a maximum shift;
(25) Motel, hotel, or apartment hotel. One parking space per unit, plus one for every two employees during a maximum shift plus banquet, restaurant, and/or bar requirements if applicable;
(26) Mobile home park. One parking space and one for every four units;
(27) Nursing home. One parking space per overnight bed, plus one per affiliated doctor plus one per employee during a maximum shift;
(28) Park, neighborhood. Five parking spaces per first two acres, plus one for each additional acre;
(29) Park, community. Five parking spaces per acre, plus requirements for major facilities as noted elsewhere in this list if applicable;
(30) Residences. Two parking spaces per unit and for six-plexes or greater; guest parking equal to 10% of the total dwelling units;
(31) Restaurants, taverns, or night clubs. One parking space for every 75 square feet of public floor area or for each two persons allowed by the fire code, whichever is greater, plus drive through requirements if applicable;
(32) Retail, freestanding, and shopping centers. Five parking spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area, and one for every two employees on a maximum shift;
(33) Schools, elementary, and junior high. One parking space per employee, plus one per class room, plus one per institutional vehicle;
(34) Schools, high schools. One parking space per employee, plus one for every four students, plus one per institutional vehicle;
(35) Sports stadium, outdoor. One parking space for every three maximum patrons, plus parking for buses;
(36) Swimming pool. One parking space for every three maximum patrons; and
(37) Wholesale and warehouse. Two parking spaces per 1,000 square feet for first 10,000 square feet, plus one per 2,000 square feet for the remaining space with office area parking calculated separately at four per 1,000 square feet.
(E) Development standards.
(1) Off-street accessory parking areas shall be of usable shape and shall be improved in accordance with requirements of the County Engineer with asphalt cement concrete, Portland cement concrete, or alternate equivalent materials acceptable to the County Engineer, and so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area. Any lighting used to illuminate such parking shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any R District and in accordance with illumination standards further described in this chapter.
(2) Parking lot layout shall be designed so the maneuvering requirements are accomplished without backing into adjacent public streets. Stack parking shall not be allowed to meet parking requirements for uses other than one- and two-family uses.
(F) Exceptions. The Zoning Board of Appeals may, on appeal, authorize a modification, reduction, or waiver of the foregoing requirements. Such modification, reduction, or waiver shall be justified by the particular nature of the use, or other exception, situation, or condition.
(G) Parking, storage, or use of recreational vehicle.
(1) No recreational vehicle shall be parked or stored on any lot in a Residential District except in a required side or rear yard providing all yard setbacks are met by the recreation vehicle and the vehicle is parked on an impervious surface. However, such equipment may be parked anywhere on residential premises for a period of time not to exceed 24 hours during loading and unloading no more than twice in any consecutive period of seven days. At least 30 hours must separate each occurrence. No such equipment shall be used for living, sleeping, or housekeeping purposes when parked or stored on a residential lot, or in any location not approved for such use, however, that such equipment may be used for the housing of guests of occupants of the principle resident if:
(a) Occupancy shall not exceed 30 consecutive days; and
(b) No charge is made for such occupancy.
(2) No recreational vehicle shall be stored out of doors on residential premises unless it is in condition for safe and effective performance of the function for which it is intended or can be made so at a cost not exceeding the value of the equipment in its existing state. In no case shall any such equipment be so stored for a period of more than six months if not in condition for safe and efficient performance of the function for which it is intended.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)