(a) Off-Street Parking. In all districts, in connection with every manufacturing business, institutional, recreational, residential, or any other use, there shall be provided, at the time any building or structure is erected or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces in accordance with the requirements set forth herein. The number of required off-street parking spaces shall be the number required for the entire building structure.
(1) Size and access. Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 180 square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles and each parking space shall have a minimum width of nine feet. Except in the case of one and two family residences, no parking area provided hereunder shall be established for less than three spaces.
There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Access drives or driveways shall not be less than ten feet wide. Access to off-street parking shall be limited to several well-defined locations and in no case shall there be permitted unrestricted access along the length of the street or alley upon which the parking area abuts. Access to off-street parking areas for twenty-five or more cars shall be so designed as to provide ingress and egress on two-way traffic streets by right turns only.
(2) Number of parking spaces required. The number of off-street parking spaces required shall be as set forth in Table 1 in subsection (a)(4) hereof.
(3) Parking for churches, synagogues, and houses of worship. The number of required off-street parking spaces may be eliminated or reduced if there exists within 500 feet of the church, synagogue, or house of worship, public or private parking lots containing a sufficient number of off-street parking spaces to satisfy the requirements of Table 1. The church, synagogue, or house of worship must provide the difference if the number of parking spaces in the private or public lots is below the number required by Table 1. Any spaces provided in public or private lots must be shown to be legally available for worshipers on the day or days of greatest use.
(4)
Table 1 Minimum Required off-Street Parking Spaces A. Bowling Alleys Five parking spaces for each alley. B. Churches, Synagogues, One parking space for each five and Houses of Worship permanent seats. When individual seats are not provided, each 20 inches of benches shall be considered one seat. C. Community Buildings, One for each 200 sq. ft. of floor Country Clubs, Social area occupied by all principal and Halls, Lodges, Fraternal accessory structures. Organizations and similar uses. D. Rooming Houses One for each rentable unit. E. Hotels One for each two rentable units. F. Funeral Homes and Five for each parlor. Mortuaries G. Hospital, Nursing and One for each three beds. Convalescing Homes H. Manufacturing, Industrial One for each 1,000 sq. ft. of floor and General Commercial area. Uses not Otherwise Specified Herein. I. Offices One space for every 400 sq. ft. of rentable floor area. J. Restaurants, Bars, and One for each three seats. Night Clubs K. Retail Stores, Store One for each 300 sq. ft. of floor Groups, Shops, etc. area where the floor area shall exceed 1,000 sq. ft, L. Schools: 1. Senior High Schools One parking space for every ten classroom seats. 2. Elementary and Jr. One parking space for every fifteen High Schools classroom seats M. Wholesale Establishments One (1) for each 2,000 sq. ft. of floor or Warehouses area. N. Auditoriums, Theaters One for each 3.5 seats. and Assembly Halls O. Motels One (1) for each rentable unit. |
(b) Off-Street Loading. In any district, in connection with every building or building group or part thereof hereafter erected, which is to be occupied by manufacturing or commercial uses or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same zone lot with such building, off-street loading berths in accordance with the requirement of Table II in subsection (b)(2) hereof.
(1) Size and location. Each loading space shall be not less than ten feet in width, thirty-five feet in length, and have a minimum clearance of fourteen feet, and may occupy all or any part of any required yard.
(2)
Table II Required Off-Street Loading Berths Required Square Feet of Off-Street Uses Total Floor Area Loading Berths Offices; Hotels; from 10,000 - 25,000 1 Retail; Commercial; from 25,001- 40,000 2 Wholesale; Manufacturing from 40,001- 60,000 3 Storage; and from 60,001- 100,000 4 Miscellaneous Uses for each additional 50,000 or major 1 additional fraction thereof |
(c) Joint Facilities for Parking or Loading. Off-street parking and loading facilities for separate uses may be provided jointly if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use and provided that all regulations governing the location of accessory spaces in relation to the use served are adhered to.
(d) Development and Maintenance of Parking Areas and Structures and Loading Areas. Every parcel of land hereafter used as public or private parking area for five or more cars, or structures used as a parking garage, or loading area, including a commercial parking lot, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements. Plans for such areas shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission to insure compliance with these regulations.
(1) Screening and landscaping. Off-street parking areas and structures for five or more vehicles and off-street loading areas shall be effectively screened by a fence or hedge if located within fifty feet of an R District. Such hedge or fence shall not be less than six feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition without any advertising thereon, Any space between such fence or hedge and the side lot line adjoining premises or the front lot line facing premises in any R District shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs, or evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition as determined by the Zoning Officer.
(2) Minimum distances and setbacks. No off-street loading area or parking area or part thereof for five or more vehicles shall be closer than ten feet to any dwelling, school, hospital, or institution for human care located on an adjoining or adjacent lot.
(3) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking or loading area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises. Off-street parking facilities for multi-family structures containing four or more families shall be adequately lighted.
(4) Drainage. Any off-street parking area and off-street loading area shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water without detriment to surrounding uses.
(e) Service Stations, Parking Areas, and Garages.
(1) Location of exits and entrances. No gasoline filling station or commercial parking areas or garage for twenty-five or more motor vehicles shall have an entrance or exit for vehicles within 200 feet along the same side of a street on which is located a school, public playground, church, hospital, fire station, public library, or institution for dependents or for children, except where such property is in another block or on another street on which the lot does not abut. Such access shall be not closer to the intersection of any two streets than fifty feet.
(2) Location of oil drainage pits and hydraulic lifts. No oil draining pit or hydraulic lift shall be located closer than twenty-five feet to any R district, except when such pit or lift is within a building. Storage tanks are to be located underground.
(3) Work area. In any gasoline filling station or other establishment where motor vehicles are serviced or repaired, all repair operations shall be conducted within a building.
(1977 Code Title 4A.)