All vehicle parking for residential, institutional and civic uses hereafter constructed or maintained shall conform to the applicable provisions of this ordinance; required off-street parking areas shall meet the following design standards.
(A) Minimum parking space size and adequate access. Each parking space shall have a width of not less than ten feet and a depth of not less than 20 feet. Each parking space shall be adequately served by access drives.
(B) Reduction and use of parking areas. On-site parking facilities existing at the effective date of this ordinance shall not subsequently be reduced to an amount less than that required under this ordinance for a similar new building or use. On-site parking facilities provided to comply with the provisions of this ordinance shall not subsequently be reduced below the requirements of this ordinance. Such required parking or loading space shall not be used for storage of goods or for storage of vehicles that are inoperable or for sale or rent.
(C) Handicapped parking. Off-street parking areas shall be designed to meet the number, placement, size and marking and identification requirements for handicapped parking contained in federal and state statutes.
(D) Yards. On-site parking facilities shall not be subject to the front yard, side yard and rear yard regulations for the use district in which parking is located.
(E) Access.
(1) Parking spaces shall have proper access from a public right-of-way.
(2) The number and width of access drives shall be so located as to minimize traffic congestion and abnormal traffic hazard. Frontage roads or service roads may be required when, in the opinion of the County Planning Commission, such service roads are necessary to maintain traffic safety.
(3) Vehicular access to business or industrial uses across property in any residential District shall be prohibited.
(F) Location and maintenance of parking facilities.
(1) Required on-site parking space shall be provided on the same lot as the principal building or use.
(2) The operator of the principal building or use shall maintain parking and loading areas, access drives and yard areas in a neat and adequate manner.
(G) Location of off-street parking required site plan. Any application for a building permit shall include a site plan or plot plan drawn to scale and dimensioned, showing on-site parking and loading space to be provided in compliance with this ordinance. Marking and delineation of off-street parking areas may be required as part of a site development plan or subdivision approval.
(H) Required number of off-street parking spaces for residential, institutional and civic uses.
(1) Adequate parking required. On-site parking areas of sufficient size to provide parking for patrons, customers, suppliers, visitors and employees shall be provided on the premises of each use.
(2) Computation of required spaces. In computing the number of such parking spaces required, the following rules shall govern.
(a) Floor space shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use.
(b) Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the nearest whole number.
(c) The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature, as determined by the County Board and the Planning Commission.
(d) In places of public assembly, in which patrons occupy benches, pews or similar facilities, each 22 inches of such seating facility shall be counted as one seat for the purposes of determining requirements.
(3) Principal use. In all districts, off-street parking shall be required based on the principal use of the lot in the amounts listed in Table 6-6, below.
Table 6.6 Off-Street Parking Requirements for Residential, Institutional and Civic Uses | |
Use Category or Type from Table 6-10 | Required Spaces |
Table 6.6 Off-Street Parking Requirements for Residential, Institutional and Civic Uses | |
Use Category or Type from Table 6-10 | Required Spaces |
Institutional and civic uses - community services except cemetery | 1 for each 4 seats provided or 1/1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Institutional and civic uses - cemetery | 1/4,000 sq. ft. of gross land area |
Institutional and civic uses - educational institutions except secondary school | 1/each employee plus 1/each 4 students, based on design capacity |
Institutional and civic uses - health care and social services | 4/1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Institutional and civic uses - secondary school | 1/each employee plus 1/each 6 students, based on design capacity |
Institutional and civic uses - public parks and open space | 1/5,000 sq. ft. of gross land area |
Residential uses - group living | 1 per dwelling unit plus one for every two bedrooms |
Residential uses - household living | 1 per dwelling unit |
(Ord. 97, passed 7-21-2009)