(a) General. Size of parking spaces and aisles shall be in compliance with the City of Springboro Planning and Zoning Code, Chapter 1279, unless specifically allowed otherwise by overriding standards established in this section.
(b) Parking Requirements. The UVD will require these minimum parking counts for each usage classification as follows:
(1) Village Center: including all commercial uses allowed except freestanding restaurants/bars - one for each 275 square feet of leaseable floor space, (except 1.25 spaces per dwelling unit for any residential unit built above or within such a mixed-use zone); overall commercial ratio at 3.6 spaces per 1,000 s.f.
(2) Freestanding Restaurants/Bars: seven spaces per each 1,000 square feet of gross leasable floor area, if stand alone, dedicated restaurant use, and not part of a shared parking analysis location.
(3) Small and Medium Format Anchor Retail: a minimum of three spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross leasable floor area; (3/1,000) is permitted, up to a maximum of no more than four and one-half spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable floor area. This would largely apply to such uses as small market/grocer and/or pharmacy. Property owners are encouraged to work with end user retail tenant(s) to facilitate the potential for cross-parking usage with other complementary services/attractions for all larger surface parking areas.
(4) Office: a minimum of one space for every 275 square feet of gross leasable floor space per standard lease calculations. For medical office uses, the ratio of parking spaces shall be one space for every 200 square feet of gross leasable floor area on single use lots.
(5) Multi-family Residential.
A. One and one-quarter spaces per dwelling unit, except single family detached or attached dwellings: Two spaces per dwelling unit if the unit is no less than two bedrooms, and/or is a for sale product, where there would likely not be less than 2BRs per unit. The intent of these parking regulations are to encourage a balance between compact pedestrian-oriented development and necessary car storage. The goal is to construct neither more nor less parking than is needed.
B. Two spaces per dwelling for single-family dwellings with two or more bedrooms.
C. Minimum parking space dimensions. Head-in spaces of 9' x 18' with a minimum of ten foot drive lanes (201 for two-way traffic) and parallel parking spaces of 8' x 22' minimum with ten foot drive lanes (201 for two-way traffic).
D. On-street parking: On-street parking is permitted and encouraged in the design of all site plans for any residential neighborhood within the UVD. Parking need not be contiguous with the building(s) or the use it serves, but close enough to be functional and convenient to the end users.
E. Shared parking solutions in all residential applications are encouraged. Developers shall provide a parking analysis justifying any proposed shared parking solution.
(6) Public and institutional use shared parking within the overall UVD area, and off-street parking shall be located in rear yard areas where viable. The parking area for Institutional Uses shall be a minimum of one space for every 250 square feet of internally occupied floor space or 0.75 spaces per seat for a public performance facility. However, the ratio of parking spaces actually constructed with impermeable surface can be reduced to three spaces for every 1,000 square feet of occupied floor space, provided the balance of the parking area is set aside as green space or permeable pavers (lawn or landscaping) in rear parking yards, and with designs approved by the City of Springboro and the Planning Commission.
(7) Shared Parking. Where permissible, shared parking arrangements are meant to encourage a more round the clock usage of any parking area or facility, therefore generating a lower total parking space count for most mixed-use development sites. The City of Springboro and the Planning Commission may accept a developer(s) formula that can demonstrate certain combinations of mixed-uses and adjacent developments will yield increased overall parking area utilization, especially throughout any given twenty-four hour period. Such formulas shall be consistent with the recommendations and current standards established by the Urban Land Institute, or the Congress for New Urbanism.
(8) Off-Street Surface Parking Lot Placement. Any off-street, surface parking areas within the UVD shall be set back a minimum of ten feet or a maximum of twenty-five feet from any existing, major arterial, including North Main Street (S.R. 741) and West/East Central Avenue (S.R. Route 73). The Planning Commission shall have discretion to make this requirement applicable elsewhere on any subsequent prominent frontages, such as along key pedestrian connections, within significant vistas and within important public spaces. Surface parking lots may be built up to adjacent property line on all other street frontages within the UVD and as established in subsequent approved site plan areas that anticipate connecting adjacent development at a future date. Placement of surface parking areas should be related to both the building type served and the adjacent buildings, connecting streetscapes and uses, which may require the lot to be screened by building or landscaping from surrounding streets and/or pedestrian pathways.
(9) Structured Parking Lot Placement. Any parking structure(s) shall be set back a minimum of forty feet from the property lines of all adjacent streets to reserve room for liner buildings between parking structures and the lot frontage, unless the site is at the edge of a dedicated open space, service road or bay. The liner building shall be no less than two stories in height. Liner buildings may be detached from or attached to parking structures and can be either commercial mixed-use or residential.
(10) Access to Off-Street Parking.
A. Alleys shall be the primary source of access to off-street or individual unit garage parking. (Parking along alleys, if permissible per any site plan, may be head-in, diagonal or parallel and such parking spaces may be impervious or of a permeable surface solution if viable.)
B. Alleys may be incorporated into parking lots as standard drive aisles. Access to all properties adjacent to the alley shall be maintained by that developer and/or property management entity.
C. Shared access drives between parking areas serving two or more adjacent properties is also encouraged.
D. Corner lots that have both rear and side access shall access parking through the rear.
E. Garage door(s): Where space permits, all garage doors shall face the side or rear, not the front or along any primary street address. If positioned to streets, squares or parks, they shall be no closer than twenty feet behind the principal plane of the building frontage and shall not exceed twelve feet in width.
(Ord. O-20-2. Passed 1-2-20.)