A. Purpose And Application: It is the intent of these requirements that adequate parking and loading facilities be provided on off-the-street areas for each use of land within the City of Waurika. Requirements are intended to be based on the demand created by each use. These requirements shall apply to all uses in all Districts.
B. Required Open Space: Off-street parking space may be a part of the required open space associated with the permitted use unless otherwise prohibited; provided however, the off-street parking requirements shall not be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.
C. Location: The off-street parking lot shall be located within two hundred (200) feet, exclusive of street and alley widths, of the principal use and shall have direct access to a street or alley.
D. Joint Parking Facilities: Whenever two (2) or more uses are located together in a common building, shopping center or other integrated building complex, the parking requirements may be complied with by providing a permanent common parking facility, cooperatively established and operated, which contains the requisite number of spaces for each use. The total number of spaces provided shall not be less than the sum of the individual requirements.
E. Size Of Off-Street Parking Space: The size of a parking space for one vehicle shall consist of a rectangular area having dimensions of not less than ten (10) feet by twenty (20) feet plus adequate area for ingress and egress.
F. Amount Of Off-Street Parking And Loading Required: Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided in all Districts in accordance with the following schedule:
1. Dwelling, Single-Family or Duplex: One (1) parking space for each separate dwelling unit within the structure.
2. Dwelling, Multiple-Family: The number of spaces provided shall not be less than one and one-half (1 - 1/2) times the number of units in the dwelling.
3. Boarding or Rooming House or Hotel: One (1) parking space for each sleeping room.
4. Hospitals: One (1) space for each four patient beds, exclusive of bassinets, plus one (1) space for each staff or visiting doctor, plus one (1) space for each three (3) employees including nurses, plus adequate area for the parking of emergency vehicles.
5. Medical or Dental Clinics or Offices: Six (6) spaces per doctor plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees.
6. Convalescent or Nursing Homes: One (1) space for each six (6) patient beds plus one (1) space for each staff or visiting doctor plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees including nurses.
7. Community Center, Theater, Auditorium, Church Sanctuary: One (1) parking space for each four (4) permanent seats, based on maximum seating capacity, or each fifty (50) square feet of floor area in rooms without permanent seating. but intended to be used for assembly purposes.
8. Convention Hall, Lodge, Club, Library, Museum, Place of Amusement or Recreation: One (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area used for assembly or recreation in the building.
9. Office Building: One (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area in the building, exclusive of the area used for storage, utilities and building services.
10. Commercial Establishments not otherwise classified: One (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space used for retail trade in the building and including all areas used by the public.
11. Industrial Establishments: One (1) off-street parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area; or one (1) off street parking space for each two (2) employees, whichever is greater, and one (1) loading or unloading berth for each twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor area.
G. Paved Surface Required: All parking spaces: shall be paved with a sealed surface pavement and maintained in a manner that no dust will result from continued use.
H. Off-Street Parking Lots In Residential Districts: Whenever off-street parking lots for more than six (6) vehicles are to be located within or adjacent to a Residential District, the following provisions shall apply:
1. All sides of the lot within or abutting the Residential District shall be enclosed with an opaque ornamental fence, wall or dense evergreen hedge having a height of not less than five (5) feet. Such fence, wall or hedge shall be maintained in good condition.
2. No parking shall be permitted within a front yard when the parking lot is located in a Residential District or immediately abuts the front yard of a residential unit.
3. Driveways used for ingress and egress shall be confined to and shall not exceed twenty-five (25) feet in width, exclusive of curb returns.
4. All of the lot used for parking and driveway purposes shall be paved with a sealed surface pavement and maintained in such a manner that no dust will be produced by continued use.
5. Whenever lighting is provided, it shall be arranged so that all light is deflected from adjoining residential uses.
6. No sign of any kind shall be erected except information signs used to guide traffic and to state the condition and terms of the use of the lots. Only non-intermittent white lighting of signs shall be permitted. (Ord. 10112021-08, 10-11-2021; amd. Ord. 06132022-13, 6-13-2022)
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