A. Generally: This section establishes the number of parking spaces to be provided for any building, structure, improvement or use hereafter constructed, reconstructed or enlarged. The abbreviation "GFA" means "gross floor area". Any fractional parking space requirement shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
B. Table Of Required Parking Spaces:
Use
| Parking Required
|
Use
| Parking Required
|
Automotive repair | 4 spaces per service bay |
Banks | 1 space per 400 square feet of GFA |
Barbershops and beauty shops | 1 space per 200 square feet of GFA |
Bowling alleys | 4.25 spaces per alley |
Car wash | 1 space per employee |
Churches | 1 space per 5 seats in chapel or assembly area; or 1 space per 100 square feet of assembly area with no fixed seating |
Convenience stores | 1 space per 150 square feet of GFA |
Daycare, nursery schools | 1 space per employee |
Dwellings: | |
General facilities for elderly persons not located within the senior housing overlay district | 11/2 spaces per unit (additional spaces may be required based on specific uses) |
Multiple-family: | |
1 bedroom | 11/2 spaces |
2 bedroom | 2 spaces |
3 bedroom | 21/2 spaces |
1 guest space per 4 units | |
One-family and two-family | 2 spaces per unit |
Senior housing overlay district: | |
Facilities where beds are provided for residents rather than dwelling units, such as convalescent care facility or mental health care facility for elderly persons: | |
Employee parking | 1 space per employee on the maximum shift |
Resident parking | 0.5 space per bed |
Multi-family: | |
Employee parking | 1 space per employee on the maximum shift |
Guest parking | 1 space per 8 units |
Resident parking | 1.25 spaces per unit |
Single-family, detached or attached and two-family: | |
Employee parking | 1 space per employee on the maximum shift |
Resident parking | 2 spaces per unit |
Fire stations: | 2 spaces for each firefighter on the highest employment shift |
For stations which include administrative offices | 1 additional space per 400 square feet of GFA devoted to offices |
For stations with meeting or training rooms intended to be used by the general public or personnel from other fire stations | 1 additional space per 50 square feet of the area of the meeting room |
Fitness center, health clubs and gyms | 1 space per 150 square feet of GFA |
Funeral homes, mortuaries | 1 space per 50 square feet of assembly rooms |
Furniture and appliance stores | 1 space per 600 square feet of GFA |
General assembly, including stadiums, sports arenas, auditoriums, stage theaters, convention or meeting rooms | 1 space per 3 seats; and 1 space per 100 square feet of assembly area without fixed seats |
Golf course driving range | 1 space per station if a primary use; or 2/5 of 1 space per station if accessory to a golf course |
Golf courses (regulation and miniature) | 40 spaces per 9 holes |
Home improvement, lumber and hardware stores | 1 space per 400 square feet of GFA |
Hospitals | 1 space per 4 beds; and 1 space per 2 employees; and 1 space per doctor on staff |
Hotels, motels, bed and breakfast facility | 1 space per sleeping unit (including caretaker unit) |
Indoor animal training | 1 parking space per 200 square feet of GFA devoted to the use |
Indoor recreation and entertainment, or athletic field | 70 parking spaces for every playing field 1 space per 100 square feet of GFA |
Kennel | 1 space per 250 square feet of gross floor area devoted to the use |
Large machine repair | 1 space per 800 square feet; or 1 space per employee, whichever is greater |
Large truck or recreation vehicle repair | 1 space per 800 square feet, or 1 space per employee, whichever is greater |
Libraries, museums, art galleries and similar cultural facilities | 1 space per 300 square feet of GFA |
Lodges and fraternal clubs | 1 space per 3 seats; and 1 space per 100 square feet of assembly area without fixed seats |
Manufacturing uses and research facilities | 1 space per 800 square feet of GFA |
Medical, dental and veterinary offices and clinics | 1 space per 150 square feet for first 5,000 square feet of GFA 1 space per 200 square feet for next 10,000 square feet of GFA 1 space per 250 square feet for area over 15,000 square feet of GFA |
Ministorage facilities | 2 spaces per 50,000 square feet of gross storage area 1 space per resident manager or other employee |
Mixed use structure or development | As per individual uses and modified allowances permitted under this title |
Motor vehicle sales | 1 space per employee; and 1 space per 1,200 square feet of gross sales area |
Movie theaters | 1 space per 6 seats up to 800 seats; and 1 space per 8 seats over 800 seats |
Nursing homes and similar facilities | 1 space per 3 beds; and 1 space per employee |
Personal instruction services | 1 space per 200 square feet of GFA |
Plant nurseries | 1 space per employee; and 1 space per 1,500 square feet for outside plant area |
Professional office - multi-story buildings or buildings or complexes of more than 100,000 square feet | 1 space per 350 square feet for the first floor 1 space per 400 square feet for the basement and floors 2 through 5 1 space per 500 square feet for floors 6 and above |
Professional offices and services | 1 space per 400 square feet of GFA |
Recreation centers, swimming pools, skating rinks and similar uses | 1 space per 6 persons based on capacity load |
Restaurants | 1 space per 4 seats, including counter seating; or, 1 space per 100 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater. For accessory outdoor dining, 1 space per 200 square feet of outdoor dining area, except that where the outdoor dining is less than or equal to 25 percent of the indoor GFA of the restaurant, no additional parking is required |
Retail, general use | 1 space per 200 square feet of sales area 1 space per 800 square feet of storage or other area |
Schools | 1 space per employee; and 1 space per 3 students of driving age; and 1 space per 10 seats for school auditoriums, arenas or stadiums (nonelementary school) |
Shopping centers | See section 13-12-4 of this chapter |
Telemarketing services | 0.8 space per employee |
Warehouse and wholesale storage | 1 space per employee on the maximum shift or 1 space per 4,000 square feet, whichever is greater |
Other uses not listed | As determined by the zoning administrator based on the most similar use listed herein or on standards typical for other cities in the region |
C. Handicap Accessible Spaces: Spaces for disabled persons shall be provided as specified in the table below. All accessible spaces shall be located as near as possible to the main public or primary entrance of a single building or centrally located, where practical, in parking lots that serve more than one building.
Total Required Parking | Required Number Of Accessible Spaces
|
Total Required Parking | Required Number Of Accessible Spaces
|
1 to 25 | 1 |
26 to 50 | 2 |
51 to 75 | 3 |
76 to 100 | 4 |
101 to 150 | 5 |
151 to 200 | 6 |
201 to 300 | 7 |
301 to 400 | 8 |
401 to 500 | 9 |
501 to 1,000 | 2 percent of total |
1,001 and over | 20, plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000 |
D. Stacking: Stacking or queuing spaces shall be provided as follows:
Bank drive-through | 4 spaces per outdoor teller |
Car wash: | |
Automatic wash (accessory use) | 6 spaces per bay |
Automatic wash (primary use) | 15 spaces per bay |
Self-wash facility | 3 spaces per bay |
Restaurant drive-through | 6 spaces per drive-through lane |
E. Standing And Passenger Loading: Daycares, hotels, schools, convention centers, and other places for public assembly shall provide at least one safe, properly signed off street passenger loading area. Such passenger loading areas shall be located at the point of primary pedestrian access from the parking area to the adjacent building, or buildings, and shall be designed in such a manner that vehicles waiting in the loading area do not impede vehicular circulation in the parking area.
F. Off Street Loading: Spaces for off street loading shall be required as follows for all buildings exceeding twenty five thousand (25,000) square feet and used for retail, office, industrial, hospital, storage warehousing (not self-service warehouses), and similar uses:
GFA Of Building (Square Feet) | Number Of Berths
| |
GFA Of Building (Square Feet) | Number Of Berths
| |
25,000 to 40,000 | 1 | |
40,001 to 100,000 | 2 | |
100,001 to 160,000 | 3 | |
160,001 to 240,000 | 4 | |
240,001 to 320,000 | 5 | |
320,001 to 400,000 | 6 | |
For each additional 90,000 | Add 1 berth | |
G. Tandem Parking: Although permitted for parking that is not required, tandem parking spaces may only be counted as required parking spaces where approved by the planning commission in the following instances:
1. Multiple-family dwellings with garages.
2. Where valet parking services are approved by the planning commission.
H. Recreational Vehicle Parking: Except as otherwise provided in this title with respect to a TSOD, each multiple-family, condominium, and attached or detached, single-family residential development with lots less than six thousand (6,000) square feet shall provide recreational vehicle storage areas for one recreational vehicle for every twenty (20) units or lots within the development, unless the premises is subject to restrictive covenants or other acceptable means of limiting the parking of such vehicles. Such area shall be lighted, fully enclosed and screened with a solid decorative masonry enclosure with an opaque gate, paved, constructed with an all weather surface and include perimeter landscaping.
I. Parking In Nondesignated Areas Prohibited:
1. Parking in nondesignated areas including, but not limited to, park strips, and landscaped areas is prohibited. (2001 Code § 89-6-603; amd. 2009 Code; Ord. 09-12, 4-14-2009; Ord. 10-20, 7-28-2010; Ord. 11-03, 2-9-2011; Ord. 11-35, 11-22-2011; Ord. 13-17, 4-24-2013; Ord. 16-13, 3-9-2016)