(a) General Requirements. In all districts, in connection with every industrial, business, institutional, recreational, residential or any other use, there shall be provided at any time any building or structure is erected or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces for automobiles in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) A. Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than one hundred sixty (160) square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be graded for proper drainage and improved so as to provide a durable and dust free surface with an asphaltic or portland cement binder pavement. Except that in the case of dwellings, no parking area provided hereunder shall be less than one thousand (1,000) square feet in area.
B. There shall be only one curb cut (driveway) on any residential lot, with the exception of corner lots where there may be one curb cut per intersecting street.
(2) There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Where a lot does not abut on a public or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than eight (8) feet in width in the case of a dwelling and not less than eighteen (18) feet in width in all other cases, leading to the parking or storage areas or loading or unloading spaces required hereunder in such manner as to secure the most appropriate development of the property in question, but, except where provided in connection with a use permitted in an "R" district, such easement of access or access drive shall not be located in any "R" district.
(b) Number of Spaces to be Provided. In all districts there shall be provided at the time any building or structure is erected or structurally altered (except as provided in Section 1133.03) off-street parking spaces in accordance with the following requirements:
USE | PARKING SPACE REQUIRED * |
Dwellings, including one (1), two (2) and three (3) families, multiple dwellings, summer cottages and mobile homes | One (1) for each family except that one (1) additional space of proper size and construction shall be provided for each motor vehicle owned and/or continuously stored on a residential property by the resident or owner |
Rooming or boarding house, tourist home, bed and breakfast, hotel or motel | One (1) for each sleeping room or suite |
Private club, golf club or lodge | One (1) for each five (5) members |
Church or temple | One (1) for each five (5) seats in main auditorium |
School (except high school or college) | One (1) for each ten (10) seats in main auditorium or one (1) for classroom, whichever is greater |
College or high school | One (1) for each eight (8) seats in main auditorium or three (3) for each classroom, whichever is greater |
Community center or library | Ten (10) plus one (1) additional for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area in excess of two thousand (2,000) square feet |
Hospital, sanitarium, convalescent home, home for aged or similar institution | One (1) for each three (3) beds |
USE | PARKING SPACE REQUIRED * |
Theater or auditorium (except school auditorium) sports arena, stadium or gymnasium | One (1) for each five (5) seats of bench seating spaces |
Bowling alley | Four (4) for each alley |
Mortuary or funeral home | One (1) for each fifty (50) square feet of floor space in slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms |
Retail business or business service establishments except as otherwise specified herein | One (1) for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area |
Personal or professional services, restaurants, nightclubs, cafes or similar recreation or amusement establishments, dance halls, assembly or exhibition halls, with fixed seats | One (1) for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area |
Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment | Two (2) plus one (1) additional for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area over one thousand (1,000) square feet of sales and service area |
Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, dairy, bakery, warehouse or similar establishment | One (1) for each (2) employees on the maximum working shift plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith |
* Handicap Parking See ADA requirements.
(c) Rules Governing the Determination of the Number of Spaces. In computing the number of spaces required in subsection (b) hereof, the following rules shall govern:
(1) "Floor area" shall mean the gross floor area of the specified use.
(2) Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the nearest whole number.
(3) The parking spaces requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.
(4) Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this Ordinance 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, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use existing prior to the effective date of this Ordinance is enlarged to the extent of fifty percent (50%) or more in floor area or in the area used, said building or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking requirements set forth herein.
(Ord. 22-089. Passed 12-5-22.)