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PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
All parking required by this subchapter shall be located in conformance with the following requirements:
(a) The parking lot shall be set back a minimum of 15 feet from the front property line; and
(b) Parking spaces for all structures shall be located on the same site as the structure the parking is intended to serve; except that by conditional use permit, parking may be located within 300 feet of the use it is intended to serve.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 16.01) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
Off-street parking for specific uses shall be required as follows:
Use | Required Spaces |
Use | Required Spaces |
All nonresidential buildings, except those specified below | 1 space for each 300 square feet of floor area |
Auditoriums, theaters, other places of public assembly | 1 parking space for each 4 seats |
Bowling alley | 3 spaces per alley |
Church or temple | 1 parking space for each 4 seats in the main auditorium |
Community center, library, museum or similar public or semi-public buildings | 10 parking spaces plus 1 additional space for each additional 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet |
Hospital | 1.5 parking spaces for each bed |
Hotel or motel | 5 parking spaces plus 1 space for each sleeping room or suite |
Manufacturing or industrial establishments, research or testing laboratory, bottling plant, warehouse or other similar establishments | 2 parking spaces for each 3 employees on the maximum shift, plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith |
Medical office building | Buildings in which 20% or more of the gross area is occupied by members of healing profession; 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of the gross area used for medical purposes |
Mortuary | One space for each 50 square feet of floor area in slumber rooms or 1 for each 4 seats in chapel, whichever is greater |
Multiple dwellings | 1.5 spaces for each dwelling unit of one bedroom or less; 2 spaces for each dwelling unit of 2 bedrooms or more |
Multiple dwellings for the elderly and handicapped | 0.75 spaces for each dwelling unit |
Other retail uses | 1 parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area except for planned shopping centers of 100,000 square feet of floor area or more who may reduce their requirement to one space for each 400 square feet of floor area |
Personal services | 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Private club or lodge | 1 parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area |
Restaurant, bar, café or recreation or amusement establishment not specified herein | 1 parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area or 1 parking space per 3 fixed seats, which ever is greater |
Retail stores selling furniture, appliance or home improvement products (i.e. carpet, paint, wallpaper and the like) | 1 parking space for each 600 square feet of floor area |
Rooming and boarding houses, sororities and fraternities | 1 space per 2 beds |
Sanitarium or institutional home | 1 parking space for each 3 beds |
School | |
Colleges and universities | Because of the unique parking needs of colleges and universities, a permit application for new construction must include a parking study prepared by the applicant of the parking needs of the entire campus including the new use and the study must address a plan to meet the parking needs of the staff and students |
Elementary school | 5 spaces plus 1 parking space for each teacher and staff member |
High schools | 1 parking space for each 3 students based on the building’s design capacity |
Junior high school | 25 spaces plus 1 parking space for each teacher and staff member |
Single-family and two-family dwellings | 1 space for each dwelling unit |
(1992 Code, App. F, § 16.02) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
In computing the number of required off-street parking spaces, the following rules shall be applied:
(a) FLOOR AREA shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use, excluding any floor or portion thereof used for parking as herein defined;
(b) Where fractional spaces result, the number of parking spaces required shall be the nearest whole number;
(c) Whenever a building or use constructed or established after August 3, 1995, is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, parking spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change; and
(d) Whenever a building or use existing prior to August 3, 1995, is reconstructed or is enlarged to the extent of 20% or more in floor area, the building or use in its entirety shall than and thereafter comply with the parking requirements set forth herein. Any enlargement or change in use of less than 20% of the gross floor area shall be provided with parking based on the enlargement or change.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 16.03) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
Driveways, parking lots and loading/unloading areas shall conform with the following improvement and maintenance standards.
(a) Any driveways, parking lots or loading/unloading areas in a commercial or industrial zoning district shall be constructed with a hard surface when the property is accessed from a hard surface road.
(b) If a driveway, parking lot or loading/unloading area is not hard surfaced with concrete or asphalt, a gravel surface shall be provided. The gravel surface shall be maintained to a minimum thickness of at least four inches.
(c) Adequate provisions shall be made for the disposal of storm water from a driveway, parking lot or loading/unloading area and the owner shall ensure that the water does not flow onto adjoining property in a quantity or manner that would be detrimental thereto.
(d) An opaque fence, wall, berm or landscaping of a height and character necessary for adequate screening of the parking lot from adjacent residentially used property shall be provided. Where there is a difference in elevation between the property which needs the screening and the property receiving the benefit of the screening, the height of the screen barrier shall be measured on the high side.
(e) The entrances and exits to and from any parking lot shall be approved by the director. Proper directional signs shall be provided.
(f) The entrances and exits to and from any parking lot or loading/unloading area shall be approved by the director. Proper directional signs shall be provided.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 16.04) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
(a) There shall be provided at the time any building is erected or structurally altered, off-street loading spaces in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) Office buildings.
5,000 to 25,000 sq. ft. of GFA* | One 12-foot by 20-foot loading space |
25,001 to 50,000 sq. ft. of GFA | One 14-foot by 35-foot loading space |
50,001 to 200,000 sq. ft. of GFA | Two 14-foot by 35-foot loading spaces |
Add one additional 14-foot by 35-foot loading space for each 75,000 square feet of gross floor area above 200,000 square feet. | |
*GFA means gross floor area. | |
(2) Retail or service establishment.
Less than 5,000 sq. ft. of GFA | One 12-foot by 20-foot loading space |
5,001 to 20,000 sq. ft. of GFA | One 14-foot by 35-foot loading space |
20,001 to 100,000 sq. ft. of GFA | Two 14-foot by 35-foot loading spaces |
Add one additional space for each 75,000 square feet of gross floor area above 1,000,000 square feet. | |
(3) Wholesale, commercial use.
2,000 to 20,000 sq. ft. of GFA | One 14-foot by 35-foot loading space |
20,000 to 100,000 sq. ft. of GFA | Two 14-foot by 35-foot loading spaces |
Add one additional space for each 75,000 square feet of gross floor area above 100,000 square feet. | |
(4) Manufacturing or industrial use. One 14-foot by 35-inch space for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor area plus one 14-foot by 35-inch space for each portion thereof in excess of 50,000 square feet.
(b) Loading spaces are to be provided on each lot in compliance with the following requirements:
(1) The loading space shall be completely contained on the lot it is intended to serve;
(2) The loading space shall be arranged on the lot in a way as to allow normal movement of traffic in and around the loading area; and
(3) No loading space shall be permitted to extend into any public right-of-way.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 16.05) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
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