(A) Off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided as indicated in tabular form below. For any use that is not listed in the table, the same amount of parking and loading space shall be provided as is required for the most similar listed use.
(B) The Zoning Administrator shall make the determination of similarity.
Use | Parking Spaces Required | Loading Spaces Required |
Use | Parking Spaces Required | Loading Spaces Required |
(A) Dwellings, lodgings: | ||
Motels, boarding houses | 1 space per lodging unit, plus employee parking | 1 space if the use has 20,000 square feet or more of floor area |
Mobile homes | 2 spaces per mobile home | NA |
Multiple-family dwellings | 2 spaces per dwelling unit | NA |
Single-family and two family dwellings | 2 spaces per dwelling unit | NA |
(B) Educational, institutional, recreational: | ||
Churches, assembly halls | 1 space per 4 seats in the largest seating area | NA |
Libraries, museums | 1 space per 500 square feet of floor area | On review by the Administrator |
Nursing homes | 1 space per 5 beds | To 50,000 square feet of floor area: 1 space; 50,001 to 100,000 square feet: 2 spaces |
Schools (elementary and junior high) | 1 space for every 20 students that the building is designed to accommodate, plus employee parking | On review by the Administrator |
(C) Commercial, office, service: | ||
Note: All commercial and service uses, unless specifically indicated otherwise below | 1 space per 300 square feet of floor area | To 10,000 square feet of floor area: 1 space. More than 10,000 square feet: 1 space plus 1 additional space per 50,000 square feet of floor area in excess of 10,000 square feet |
Banks, savings and loans | ||
Walk-in | 1 space per 300 square feet of floor area, plus employee parking | (Both walk-in and drive-in) To 30,000 square feet of floor area: none required; 30,001 to 100,000 square feet: 1 space |
Drive-in | 5 spaces per teller window | |
Beauty and barber shops | 2 spaces per chair, plus employee parking | NA |
Bowling alleys | 4 spaces per bowling lane plus additional spaces as required herein for affiliated uses such as restaurants and taverns | NA, except as required for affiliated uses |
Car wash | 5 spaces per wash lane | NA |
Furniture and appliance stores | 1 space per 600 square feet of floor area | To 25,000 square feet of floor area: 2 spaces; more than 25,000 square feet of floor area: 2 spaces, plus 1 additional space per 25,000 square feet of floor area in excess of 25,000 square feet |
Home occupations | 1 space per 150 square feet of floor area devoted to the home occupation in addition to the parking requirements for the dwelling | NA |
Offices generally, but not medical/dental offices | 1 space per 300 square feet of floor area | To 30,000 square feet of floor area: none required. 30,001 to 100,000 square feet: one space |
Offices, medical/dental | 1 space per 200 square feet of floor area, or 3 spaces per professional, whichever is greater | NA |
Mortuaries | 1 space per 5 seats plus 1 space per funeral vehicle, but not less than 20 spaces per chapel or state room | |
Restaurants, refreshment stands | (Both sit-down and drive-in: 1 space per structure having 10,000 square feet or more of floor area | |
Sit-down | 1 space per 4 seats or 1 space per 50 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater | |
Drive-in | 1 space per 25 square feet of floor area | |
Service stations | 2 spaces per service stall, plus employee parking | NA |
Taverns | 1 space per 2 seats or 1 space per 50 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater | 1 space per structure having 10,000 square feet or more of floor area |
Theaters | NA | |
Vehicle sales (autos, boats, trailers and the like) | 1 space per 600 square feet of enclosed floor area, plus: Up to 10,000 square feet of open lot area devoted to sale/display of vehicles: 1 space per 25,000 square feet fo open lot area. Above 10,000 square feet: 4 spaces, plus 1 additional space per 5,000 square feet of open lot area in excess of 10,000 square feet | To 25,000 square feet of floor area and open lot area: 2 spaces, More than 25,000 square feet of floor area and open lot area: 2 spaces, plus 1 additional space per 25,000 square feet in excess of 25,000 square feet |
(D) Industrial: | ||
Any manufacturing, warehousing or other industrial use | Employee parking (1.5 spaces per employee) plus 1 space per company vehicle, plus 1 visitor space per 25 employees on the major shift | To 20,000 square feet of floor area: 1 space; 20,001 to 50,000 square feet: 2 spaces; 50,001 to 90,000 square feet: 3 spaces; above 90,000 square feet: 3 spaces, plus 1 additional space per 50,000 square feet of floor area in excess of 90,000 square feet |
(1994 Code, § 40-5-6(a))