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Codified Ordinances of Tiffin, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TIFFIN OHIO
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 90-10
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF TIFFIN
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF TIFFIN, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 1183
Off-Street Parking and Loading
1183.01   General requirements.
1183.02   Off-street loading space requirements and dimensions.
1183.03   Off-street parking spaces.
1183.04   Location of parking spaces areas.
1183.05   Mixed occupancies and uses not specified.
1183.06   Joint use.
1183.07   Striping.
1183.08   Parking space requirements.
1183.09   Development and maintenance of parking areas.
1183.10   General interpretations.
1183.11   Modifications.
1183.12   Central Business District exempt.
1183.13   Off-street storage areas for drive-in or drive-through services.
1183.14   Handicapped parking.
1183.15   Elderly housing parking.
1183.16   Parking of commercial vehicles and trailers in residential districts.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Off-street parking facilities - see Ohio R.C. 717.07
Parking and loading space defined - see P. & Z. 1143.01
 
1183.01 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
   Chapter 1183 inclusive, shall apply to all Districts. Except as provided in Section 1183.13, no building or structure shall be erected, substantially altered, or its use changed unless permanently maintained off-street parking and loading spaces have been provided in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
   (a)   The provisions of this Chapter, except where there is a change of use, shall not apply to any existing building or structure. Where the new use involves no additions or enlargements, there shall be provided as many of such spaces as may be required by this Ordinance.
   (b)   Whenever a building or structure constructed after the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 2305, passed December 21, 1965) 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 ten percent (10%) or more in the number of existing parking spaces, additional parking spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change.
   (c)   Whenever a building or structure existing prior to the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 2305, passed December 21, 1965) is enlarged to the extent of fifty percent (50%) or more in floor area or in the area used, number of employees, number of housing units, seating capacity, or otherwise, said building or structure shall then and thereafter comply with the full parking requirements set forth herein.
1183.02 OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND DIMENSIONS.
   Every building or part thereof erected or occupied for retail business, service, manufacturing, storage, warehousing, hotel or any other use similarly involving the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by vehicle, shall provide and maintain on the same premises, off-street loading space(s) in accordance with the following requirements:
   (a)   One (1) off-street loading space shall be provided and maintained on the same premises in the C-1, C-2, M-1, M-1-a, and M-2 Districts for every separate occupancy requiring delivery of goods and having a modified gross floor area of up to ten thousand square feet (10,000 s.f.) or fraction thereof, of floor area in the building.
   (b)   One (1) off-street loading space shall be provided and maintained on the same premises in the C-3 District for more than 5,000 and up to 15,000 square feet of floor area in a building. One additional off-street loading space shall be provided for each additional 15,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor area so used.
   (c)   Each loading space shall not be less than ten feet (10') in width, forty feet (40') in length, exclusive of driveways, aisles, and other circulation areas, and a height of clearance of not less than fourteen feet (14').
   (d)   Such loading space shall not be located in the required front yard of the lot on which it is located. However, the loading space shall have unrestricted ingress and egress to a public right-of-way.
   (e)   No such space shall be closer than fifty feet (50') from any other lot located in any R District, unless wholly within a completely enclosed building or unless enclosed on all sides by a wall or uniformly painted solid board fence not less than six feet (6') in height.
   (f)   The surface of the loading space and its access drive shall be paved in accordance with Section 1183.09(e).
1183.03 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES.
   (a)   Dimensions.
Parking spaces and driveway aisles shall have minimum dimensions as defined below:
Parking Space
Width
Length
Width of
Driveway Aisle
90° parking
9 feet
19 feet
25 feet
60 °parking
10 feet
19 feet
17 ½ feet
45 °parking
12 feet
19 feet
13 feet
Parallel parking
9 feet
23 feet
12 feet
 
All dimensions for parking spaces shall be exclusive of driveways, aisles, and other circulation areas. Except in the case of dwellings, no parking area provided hereunder shall be less than six hundred square feet (600 s.f.) in area. The number of required off-street parking spaces is established in Section 1183.08 of this Ordinance.
   (b)   Access.
      (1)   There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress. Any parking area shall be designed in such a manner that any vehicle leaving or entering the parking area from or into a public or private street shall be traveling in a forward motion.
      (2)   Access driveways for parking areas or loading spaces shall be located in such a way that any vehicle entering or leaving such area shall be clearly visible for a reasonable distance to any pedestrian or motorist approaching the access or driveway from a public or private street.
   (c)   Width of Access Driveway.
The entrances and exits of the parking area shall be clearly marked. Interior vehicular circulation by way of access roads shall maintain the following minimum standards:
      (1)   For one-way traffic, the minimum width of fourteen feet (14') except for forty-five degree (45°) parking, in which case the minimum width of the access road shall be eighteen feet (18').
      (2)   Access roads for two-way traffic shall have a minimum width of twenty- four feet (24').
      (3)   Parking areas having more than one aisle or driveway shall have directional signs or markings in each aisle or driveway.
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