(a) General Requirements. In all districts in connection with every industrial, business, institutional, recreational, residential or other use, there shall be provided, at any time any building or structure is erected, 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 not less than 171 square feet, and shall be of usable shape and condition, exclusive of drives or aisles. Vehicle overhang over any curbing or parking blocks may be included in parking space area, provided that the overhang does not interfere with the adequate provision of pedestrian access to or from buildings or impair the maintenance or good condition of landscaped areas.
(2) There shall be adequate provisions 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 single-family dwelling, and not less than twenty-two feet in width in all other cases, leading to the parking or storage areas or loading or unloading spaces required hereunder. One-way access drives not less than fourteen feet in width will be permitted in commercial and industrial districts provided that parking spaces adjoining the drives are arranged diagonally. The number of access drives shall be determined by a study of traffic conditions in the vicinity of the drive together with the volume of cars per hour estimated to use such drives.
(Ord. 22-87. Passed 5-11-87.)
(b) Except in the C-5 District, the number of off-street parking spaces to be provided shall not be less than the following:
Use | Parking Spaces Required |
One-family and two-family dwellings
| 2 for each dwelling unit including private drive and garage space.
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Multi-family dwellings
| 2 for each dwelling unit.
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Rooming or boarding house, tourist home, hotel, motel or dormitory
| 1 for each sleeping room or suite.
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Private club, golf club or lodge
| 1 for each 4 members.
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Church or temple
| 1 for each 4 seats in the main auditorium.
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School (except high school or college)
| 1 for each 5 seats in auditorium or main assembly room, or 1 for each classroom, whichever is greater.
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College or high school
| 1 for each teacher and employee, and 1 for each 5 students.
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Community center, library, museum or art gallery
| 10 plus 1 additional for each 200 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet.
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Gasoline/convenience store station
| (Not at the Fueling Station) 1 for each 2 dispensing/fueling station plus 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area devoted to retail/convenience items and goods plus 2 for each service bay.
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Hospital, sanitarium, convalescent home, home for the aged, nursing home or similar institution
| 1 for each 3 beds, plus 1 for each employee and staff member.
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Theater or auditorium (except school auditorium), sports arena, stadium or gymnasium
| 1 for each 4 seats or each 10 lineal feet of bench seating spaces.
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Bowling alley
| 5 for each lane, plus 1 additional space for each 200 square feet of area used for eating, drinking or other recreation.
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Mortuary or funeral home
| 1 for each 50 square feet of floor space in slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms.
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Retail commercial or business service except as otherwise specified herein and personal services.
| 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area.
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Recreation or amusement establishment, assembly or exhibition hall without fixed seats.
| 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area.
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Restaurants, nightclubs or cafes
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(1) With bar area
| 1 for each 50 square feet of gross floor area devoted to the bar area, and 1 for each 100 square feet of gross floor area for the remaining floor area.
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(2) Without bar area
| 1 for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.
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Fast food restaurants
| 1 for each 75 square feet of gross floor area.
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Drive-in financial institutions, professional services, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service.
| 1 for each 250 square feet of gross floor area.
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Administrative and business office
| 1 for each 250 square feet of gross floor area.
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Medical/dental office or clinic
| 1 for each 250 square feet of gross floor area.
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Personal services
| 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area.
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Dense-pack-open-plan
| 1 for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.
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Warehouse
| 1 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
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Wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service.
| 1 for each 400 square feet of gross floor area.
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Printing or plumbing shop or similar service establishment
| 1 for each 2 persons employed therein.
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Automobile service station
| 1 for each 2 pumps plus 2 for each service bay.
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Automobile repairs, car washes
| 1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
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Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, dairy processing, bakery, bottling plant, or similar establishment
| The sum of the following: (a) 1 for each 2 employees on the maximum working shift for which the facility is designed; (b) 1 for each motor vehicle used in the business and based, for operational purposes, upon the premises.
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Senior citizen assisted
| 1 space for each 2 dwelling units.
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Senior citizen residential
| 1 space for each bedroom and/or studio.
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Resident manager’s residence | Not less than 2. |
Unit storage facility
| 1 for each 10,000 square feet of storage area.
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(Ord. 75-92. Passed 7-27-92; Ord. 95-94. Passed 10-11-94; Ord. 46-97. Passed 9-22-97; Ord. 17-99. Passed 4-12-99; Ord. 10-2001. Passed 4-2-01.)
(c) Interpretation. 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) The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature as determined by the Municipal Planning Commission.
(4) Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 51-71), passed December 13, 1971, is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, such as to create a requirement under this chapter 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 in floor area or in the area used, the building or use shall then and thereafter be made to comply with the parking requirements set forth herein.
(Ord. 22-87. Passed 5-11-87.)