(a) The number of off-street parking spaces to be provided shall not be less than as follows:
TYPE OF USE | FORMULA FOR MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES |
TYPE OF USE | FORMULA FOR MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES |
(1) Animal Hospitals and Clinics | 1 for each 250 square feet of floor area. |
(2) Auditoriums | 1 for each 4 people based on maximum design capacity. |
(3) Automobile Repairs | 2 spaces for each repair bay. |
(4) Automobile Sales | 1 for each 250 square feet of floor area. |
(5) Barber Shops/Beauty Shops | 3 for each operator. |
(6) Bars and Taverns | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area. |
(7) Broadcasting Studios and Offices | 1 for each 250 square feet of floor area. |
(8) Bowling Alleys | 5 for each lane. |
(9) Churches | 1 for every 4 permanently attached seats. |
TYPE OF USE | FORMULA FOR MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES |
TYPE OF USE | FORMULA FOR MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES |
(10) Day Care Centers/Nursery Schools | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area. |
(11) Financial Institutions | 1 for each 250 square feet of floor area. |
(12) Funeral Homes and Mortuaries | 1 for each 75 square feet of floor area. |
(13) Gas Stations | 1 for each island. |
(14) Governmental Offices | 1 for each 250 square feet of floor area. |
(15) Hospitals | 1 for each bed. |
(16) Hotels, Motels and Tourist Homes | 1 per rental unit plus 1 for each 2 employees. |
(17) Industrial Uses | 2 for each 3 employees. |
(18) Libraries | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area. |
(19) Lodges and Fraternal Organizations | 1 for each 3 members. |
TYPE OF USE | FORMULA FOR MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES |
TYPE OF USE | FORMULA FOR MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES |
(20) Medical Offices (including dental and clinics) | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area. |
(21) Nursing Homes, Rest Homes and Homes for the Aged | 1 for each 2 beds. |
(22) Office (professional and business) | 1 for each 250 square feet of floor area. |
(23) Personal Service Businesses (other than barber/beauty shops) | 1 for each 250 square feet of floor area. |
(24) Recreational Clubs (private) | 1 for each 200 feet of floor area. |
(25) Residential, Single-Family | 2 per house. |
(26) Residential, Multiple-Family | 2 per unit. |
(27) Residential, Senior Citizen | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area. |
(28) Restaurants | 1 for each 2 seats or 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area. |
(29) Retail Stores | 1 for each 250 square feet of floor area. |
TYPE OF USE | FORMULA FOR MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES |
TYPE OF USE | FORMULA FOR MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES |
(30) Rooming or Boarding Houses | 1 for each unit and 1 for each 2 employees. |
(31) Schools, Elementary | 1 per room plus 1 per employee. |
(32) Schools, High School and Colleges | 6 per room plus 1 per 2 employees. |
(33) Schools, Business and Technical | 1 for each 2 students plus 1 per 2 employees. |
(34) Shopping Centers | 1 for each 250 square feet of floor area. |
(35) Theaters | 1 for each 4 seats. |
(36) Warehouses | 1 for each employee. |
(37) Wholesale Sales and Displays | 1 for each 300 square feet of floor area. |
(b) The following rules shall govern the determination of spaces required:
(1) "Floor area" means the gross floor area of the specified use.
(2) Fractional numbers shall be increased to the next whole number.
(3) Expansion or change of use in any building shall result in an increase in the number of spaces required. The increase in the spaces required shall be based on the increased number of employees, beds or seats, the increase in floor area, or the increased number of residential units, as applicable, and not on the total existing usage. In the event the expansion or change of use involves existing parking spaces, such change shall not reduce parking available for the existing use below the minimum requirements established by this chapter.
(4) Where more than one use is located in the same building, each individual use shall be in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(5) Up to one percent of the required spaces may be substituted with motorcycle parking spaces, and up to five percent may be substituted with compact car parking spaces.
(c) Two or more nonresidential uses may jointly provide and use parking space when their hours of operation do not normally overlap, provided that a written agreement, approved by the Law Director and accepted by the Building and Zoning Board of Appeals, shall be filed with the application for a zoning certificate.
(d) Parking spaces may be located on a lot other than that containing the principal use, with the approval of the Building and Zoning Board of Appeals.
(e) Driveways may be computed as part of the required parking spaces for a residential use, provided that the driveway serves an individual single-family unit or a two-family unit.
(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-15-93; Ord. 4903, passed 4-16-01.)