(A) Off-street loading requirements.
(1) In any district, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of 3,000 square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same lot with the building at least one off-street loading space for each 10,000 square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area so used in excess of 10,000 square feet.
(2) Each loading space shall be not less than 12 feet in width, 40 feet in length and 14 feet in height.
(3) Subject to the limitations in division (A)(4) below, the space may occupy all or any part of any required yard or court space.
(4) No such space shall be located closer than 50 feet to any other lot in any “R” District unless wholly within a completely enclosed building or unless enclosed on all sides by a wall or uniformly painted board fence not less than six feet in height.
(Ord. 76-43, passed 12-13-1976)
(B) Off-street parking space requirements.
(1) In all districts, in connection with every industrial, business, institutional, recreational, residential or any 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:
(a) Each off-street parking space shall have an area not less than 180 square feet (measuring nine feet wide and 20 feet long) exclusive of access drives or aisles and shall be of usable shape.
(b) There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Where a lot does not abut 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 18 feet in width in all other cases, leading to the parking or storage areas or loading or unloading spaces required hereunder in such manner as to secure the most appropriate development of the property in question, but, except where provided in connection with a use permitted in an “R” District, such easement of access or access drive shall not be located in any “R” District.
(2) In all districts there shall be provided at the time any building or structure is erected or structurally altered (except as provided herein) off-street parking spaces in accordance with the following minimum requirements:
Use | Parking Spaces Required |
Use | Parking Spaces Required |
Dwellings for one family | 1 space |
Dwellings, including 1,2, and 3 families, | ½ for each family multiple dwellings, and mobile homes |
Rooming or boarding house, tourist | 1 for each sleeping room or suite home, hotel or motel |
Private club, golf club, or lodge | 1 for each 5 members |
Church, temple, or other religious building | 1 for each 5 seats in main auditorium |
School (except secondary school) | 1 for each 6 seats in auditorium or main assembly room, or 1 for each classroom, whichever is greater |
Secondary or junior high school | 1 for each 6 seats in main auditorium, or 1 for each classroom, whichever is greater |
Community center, library, or museum | 10 plus 1 additional for each 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet |
Hospital, sanitarium, convalescent home, | 1 for each 3 beds home for the aged or similar institution |
Theater or auditorium (except school seats or bench auditorium), sports arena, stadium or eating gymnasium | 1 for each 5 spaces |
Bowling alley | 4 for each lane |
Mortuary or funeral home | 1 for each 50 square feet of floor space in slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms |
Personal or professional services; restaurants, nightclubs, cafes or similar recreational or amusement establishments, dance halls, assembly or exhibition halls without fixed seats | |
Retail business or business service establishment except as otherwise specified herein | 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area |
Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service | 1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area |
Printing or plumbing shop or similar service establishment | 1 for each 2 persons employed therein |
Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, dairy, bakery, warehouse or similar establishment | 1 for each 2 employees on the maximum working shift plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith |
` (3) In computing the number of spaces required in division (B)(2) above, the following rules shall govern:
(a) “Floor area” shall mean the gross floor area of the specified area.
(b) Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the nearest whole number.
(c) The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.
(d) 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 the floor area or in the area used, the building or use shall then and thereafter comply with parking requirements set forth herein.
(4) Other than for one-, two-, or three-family dwellings, ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act, Accessibility Guidelines) parking spaces shall be provided in the manner adopted by the Ohio Building Code, and as further described in Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) 4101:1-11-01.
(C) Special parking provisions.
(1) The parking of a disabled vehicle within a residential district for a period of more than two weeks shall be prohibited; except that such vehicles may, be stored in an enclosed garage or other accessory building provided that no business shall be conducted in connection therewith while such vehicles are parked or stored.
(2) All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot with the building or use served, except that where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use or where the spaces are provided collectively or used jointly by two or more buildings or establishments, the required spaces may be located not to exceed 300 feet from an institutional building served and not to exceed 500 feet from any other non-residential building served.
(3) Not more than 50% of the parking spaces required for:
(a) Theaters, bowling alleys, dance halls, nightclubs or cafes, and up to 100% of the parking spaces required for a church or school auditorium, may be provided and used jointly by;
(b) Banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as those listed in division (C)(3)(a) above; provided, however, that written agreement thereto is properly executed and filed as specified in division (C)(4) below.
(4) In any case where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement thereby assuring their retention for such purposes shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form by the Solicitor and executed by the Council and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.
(D) Development and maintenance of parking areas. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public, commercial or private parking area shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements.
(1) Screening and landscaping. Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any “R” District, or institutional premises, by a masonry wall or solid fence of acceptable design. The wall or fence shall be not less than four feet or more than six feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition without advertising thereon. The space between such wall or fence and the lot line of the adjoining premises in any “R” District shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs, or evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition. In lieu of such wall or fence, a strip of land not less than 15 feet in width and planted and maintained with an evergreen or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four feet in height may be substituted.
(2) Minimum distances and setbacks. No part of any parking area for more than five vehicles shall be closer than ten feet to any dwelling, school, hospital or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot, unless screened by a masonry wall of acceptable design and without penetrations. If on the same lot with a main building, the parking area shall not be located within the front yard or side street side yard required for such building. In no case shall any part of a parking area be closer than five feet to any established street or alley right-of-way. The wall or hedge required herein shall be set back from each street, the same as if it were a building wall, so as to observe the front yard and side street side yard requirements of this chapter.
(3) Surfacing. Any off-street parking area for more than five vehicles shall be graded for proper drainage and surfaced with an asphaltic or Portland cement binder pavement or a durable and dustless surface and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe parking and storage of self-propelled vehicles.
(Ord. 76-43, passed 12-13-1976; Am. Ord. 2017-4, passed 3-27-2017)