(a) General Requirements. In all districts, in connection with every industrial, commercial, institutional, recreational, residential or 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) Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 180 square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be of usable shape and condition.
(2) There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Where a lot does abut on a public or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than eight feet in width in the case of a dwelling, and not less than twenty feet in width in all other cases, leading to the parking or storage or loading or unloading spaces required hereunder.
(3) Where the access drive for ingress and egress for adjacent lots is either shared between owners or is adjoining to another drive, no party shall erect or place a fence, screen, or other obstruction upon their property that prevents or impedes vehicular access to the property and/or dwelling of another.
(Ord. 23-2013. Passed 11-25-13.)
(Ord. 23-2013. Passed 11-25-13.)
(b) Creation of an Additional Parking Lot. The creation of an additional parking lot, the expansion of an existing parking lot, or the realignment of parking spaces when not in conjunction with any other activity shall also require a zoning certificate.
(c) Parking Spaces Location. Parking spaces located within a garage structure, but not including sidewalks, driving lanes and driveway apron(s), may be computed as off-street parking spaces.
(d) Open Off-Street Parking. Except in residential districts, all open off-street parking areas shall be separated from public right of way by a space of at least four feet in width, and a six inch high curb shall be provided on the parking lot side of the four foot width. All open off-street parking areas shall be separated from the principal building by a six inch curb so as to maintain unobstructed a three foot corridor between the building and in front of the parked vehicle.
(e) Where there exist two principal uses on the same lot, the parking requirements of each use shall be totaled to determine the number of spaces required.
(f) In any district, required off-street automobile parking spaces shall be provided on a buildable portion of the same lot with the building on which spaces are incidental, but shall not be permitted within the front yard required, except that a driveway shall constitute one off-street parking space.
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(g) Number of Spaces Required. The number of off-street parking spaces to be provided shall not be less than the following:
USE | PARKING SPACES REQUIRED |
One-family units | 2 for each dwelling |
Two-family, three-family, multiple dwellings and mobile homes | 2 for each dwelling unit |
(Ord. 29-2001. Passed 8-20-01.) | |
Rooming or boarding house, tourist home, hotel or motel or dormitory | 1 for each sleeping room or suite |
Private club, golf club or lodge | 1 for each four members |
Church or temple | 1 for each five seats in main auditorium |
School (except high school or college) | 1 for each five seats in auditorium or main assembly room, or two for each classroom, whichever is greater |
College or high school | 1 for each four seats in main auditorium or four for each classroom, whichever is greater |
Community center, library, museum or art gallery | 10 plus one additional for each 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet |
Commercial golf course | 40 for each nine holes plus one for each employee |
Hospital | 1 for each bed |
Sanitarium, convalescent home, home for the aged or similar institution | 1 for each two beds |
Theater or auditorium (except school auditorium), sport arena, stadium or gymnasium | 1 for each five seats or each ten lineal feet of bench seating spaces |
Bowling alley | 5 for each lane, plus one additional space for each 200 square feet of area used for eating, drinking or other recreation |
Mortuary or funeral home | 1 for each fifty square feet of floor space in slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms |
Personal or professional services, restaurants, night clubs, cafes or similar recreation or amusement establishments, dance halls, assembly or exhibition halls, without fixed seats | 1 for each seventy-five square feet of floor area |
Retail business or business service establishment except as otherwise specified herein | 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area plus one for each two employees on the maximum work shift |
Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service | 2 plus one additional for each 200 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet |
Printing or plumbing shop or similar service establishment | 1 for each person employed therein |
Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, dairy processing, bakery, bottling plant, warehouse or similar establishment | 1 for each two employees on the maximum working shift plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith |
(h) Interpretation. The following rules shall govern the determination of spaces required:
(1) "Floor area" means the gross floor area of the specified use. Outside wall dimension shall be used in determining the area of the structure.
(2) Fractional numbers shall be increased to the next whole number.
(3) The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of a similar nature.
(4) Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this Zoning 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 Zoning Ordinance is enlarged to the extent of fifty percent (50%) or more in floor area or in the area used, such building or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking requirements set forth herein.
(5) One additional space of proper size and construction over and above the parking space requirements of this section shall be provided for each additional operational motor vehicle owned and/or continuously stored on a residential property by the resident or owner.
(i) Special Provisions for Destroyed Buildings. In the event that an existing business structure is destroyed by fire or other peril, then the owner shall have the option of rebuilding, on the property, a structure not to exceed in square footage the structure that was totally destroyed, in such a manner as to not decrease the number of parking spaces available, or to change the character or use of the properties so as to unduly burden the parking available to that property and adjoining properties.
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)