Accessory off-street parking facilities shall be provided in quantities not less than set forth in the following schedule:
Use | Minimum Spaces Required |
Residential | |
One-family | 2 per dwelling unit (enclosed) |
Two-family | 2 per dwelling unit (enclosed) |
One-family cluster* | 2 per dwelling unit (enclosed) |
Apartment* | 2 1/4 per dwelling unit (1 enclosed) |
Hotel, motel | 1 per guest room, plus 1 for each employee |
* Additional guest off-street parking as determined by the Planning Commission. | |
Use | Minimum Spaces Required |
Community Facilities | |
Governmental: Municipal, County State & Federal buildings, principally administrative functions | 1 per 300 sq. ft. of floor area used by the public plus 1 for each 2 employees |
Civic: Art galleries libraries, museums, churches, club and community centers. | 1 per 500 sq. ft. of floor area (*) |
Educational: Primary and secondary schools. | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. of floor area (*) |
College/post-secondary education | 1 per two employees plus 1 per three students of classroom capacity (*) |
Places of assembly: Auditoriums, lodge halls, gymnasiums and stadiums | 1 per 4 seats |
Health & Welfare: | |
General and special hospitals | 1 per 500 sq. ft. of floor area or 1 for two beds; whichever is greater |
Institutions for children and aged, nursing homes, sanitariums | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. of floor area |
Medical centers | 7 per 1,000 sq. ft. of floor area devoted to the activity or 1 per 2 members, whichever is greater |
* For the assembly parts of the building, one space per each four seats, or one space for each 48 square feet of assembly floor area shall be added. | |
Business: | |
Retail stores and services (20,000 sq. ft. floor area and less) | 4 per 1,000 sq. ft. of floor area |
Community and regional shopping centers (over 20,000 sq. ft. floor area) | 4 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross leasable retail area plus 1 landbanked space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross leasable area. Landbanked parking area shall be reserved for future improvement and use if demand warrants. (GLRA - Gross leasable retail area is the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines and upper floors, if any, expressed in square feet, measured from center lines of joint partitions and the exterior of outside walls). This does not include office in which medical, dental, research and other kinds of special organizations are housed. It does include banks and other similar activities which may be part of a shopping center. Parking for office space usage at/or immediately adjacent to community or regional shopping centers shall be provided at the rate of 2.5 spaces per each 1,000 sq. ft. of office floor area). |
Use | Minimum Spaces Required |
Business (Cont.) | |
Drive-in restaurant (no inside service) | 1 per motor vehicle served, plus 1 per employee on the largest shift, plus 5 stacking spaces per drive-up service window. |
Carry-out restaurant | 6 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area plus one per employee on the largest shift. |
Sit-down restaurant/lounge | 18 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area or 1 per two seats, whichever is greater. |
Food stores | 5 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area. |
Mortuaries | 1 space per 100 sq. ft. of floor area. |
Places of assembly, theaters, halls, arenas | 1 per 4 seats. |
Beauty and barber shops | 1.5 per chair plus 1 per employee. |
Child/senior daycare | 1 per employee plus 1 per five students. |
Commercial Recreation: | |
Open commercial amusement | 1 per 500 sq. ft. of floor area. |
Bowling alleys | 4 per alley plus 1 space for each 2 employees. |
Indoor tennis facility | 5 ½ spaces per court. |
Health club | 5 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area. |
Golf courses | 6 for each green. |
Nurseries, garden supplies, agricultural produce and similar outdoor sales uses | Total parking area equal to twenty (20) percent of total lot area, plus one for each employee. |
Offices: | |
Medical and dental | 1 per 200 sq. ft. of floor area. |
Professional, sales, administrative | 1 per 350 sq. ft. of floor area. |
Banks | 1 per 500 sq. ft. of floor area, plus 1 for each employee. |
Services and Manufacturing: | |
Wholesale, distribution, laboratories, general services, services, machine shops and similar establishments | 1 per three employees on the two largest successive shifts |
Manufacturing plants | 1 per two employees on the two largest successive shifts. |
Repair and service garages | 1 per 500 sq. ft. at gross floor area. |
For specific buildings or uses not scheduled above, the Planning Commission shall apply the unit of measurement set forth in the above schedule which is deemed to be similar to the proposed building or use. If no similar use is listed, Planning Commission may assign a standard it deems appropriate for the site and nature of the use proposed. No dwelling shall be considered a Nonconforming Use under the provisions of Chapter 1157 solely due to a failure to comply with provisions of this section.
(Ord. 173-2000. Passed 12-17-00.)