ARTICLE
XIV: OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
Section
14.01 Intent of Parking Provisions
It is the intent of this
Ordinance that parking spaces shall be provided and adequately maintained by
each property owner in every zoning district for the off-street storage of
motor vehicles for the use of occupants, employees and patrons of each building
and premise constructed, altered or enlarged under the provisions of this
Ordinance. All vehicles shall be stored on the lot occupied by the principal
building.
A. Fractional
Space: When units of measurement determining the number of required parking
spaces result in a fractional space, any fraction to and including one-half (½)
shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half (½) shall require one (1)
parking space.
B. Requirements
for a Use Not Mentioned: In the case of a use not specifically mentioned,
the requirements of off-street parking for a use which is mentioned and which
is most similar to the use not listed shall apply. The Planning Commission
shall make this determination and a record of the rationale applied documented
in a file established for that purpose. An appeal may be taken to the Zoning
Board of Appeals.
C. Use
of Parking Areas: No commercial repair work, servicing or selling of any
kind shall be conducted in any parking area or parking garage. Parking spaces
shall be used only for the parking of vehicles used to service the
establishment to which it is accessory and by its patrons.
1. No
sign shall be erected in parking areas other than not more than one (1)
directional sign at each point of ingress or egress, which sign may also bear
the name of the enterprise, the lot is intended to serve and signs identifying
reserved parking spaces. Such signs shall not exceed twenty (20) square feet in
area and shall not project beyond the property line of the premises.
D. Building
Additions or Other Increases in Floor Area: Whenever a use requiring
off-street parking is increased in floor area, or when interior building
modifications result in an increase in capacity for any premise use, additional
parking shall be provided and maintained in the proper ratio to the increased
floor area or capacity.
E. Joint
Use of Parking Areas: The joint use of parking facilities by two or more
uses may be granted by the Planning Commission whenever such use is practical
and satisfactory to each of the uses intended to be served, and when all
requirements for location, design, and construction are met.
1. Computing
Capacities: In computing capacities of any joint use, the total space
requirement is the sum of the individual requirements that will occur at the
same time. If space requirements for individual uses occur at distinctly
different times, the total of such off-street parking facilities required for
joint or collective use may be reduced below the sum total of the individual
space requirements.
2. Record
of Agreement: A copy of an agreement between joint users shall be filed
with the application for a land use permit, the building permit, and recorded
with the Register of Deeds of the County. The agreement shall include a
guarantee for continued use of the parking facility by each party.
Section
14.02 Parking Space Requirements
The number of required
off-street parking spaces in the RR, SR,
|
Type of
Use |
Required
Number of Spaces |
|
A.
Single and Two-Family Dwellings |
Two (2) spaces for each
dwelling unit. |
|
B.
Multiple-Family Dwellings |
Two
(2) spaces for each multiple-family dwelling unit, plus one space per five
(5) units for guest parking. |
|
C.
Adult Foster Care Facilities |
One
(1) space per employee on the largest work shift, plus the spaces required
for the dwelling unit. |
|
D.
Auditoriums (incidental to schools), Churches, Stadiums, Gyms, Theaters, and
Buildings of Similar Use with Fixed Seats |
One
(1) space for each four (4) seats, plus one (1) space for each two (2)
employees. |
|
E. Automobile Service and
Repair Stations |
Two
(2) spaces for each repair and service stall (a service stall is not
considered a parking space), plus one space for each two (2) employees. |
|
F.
Barber Shops and Beauty Parlors |
Two
(2) spaces for each beauty and/or barber chair. |
|
G.
Boarding and Lodging Houses |
One
(1) space for each bedroom or each two (2) occupants of the structure,
whichever is greater, plus one (1) additional space for the owner or
operator. |
|
H.
Bowling Alleys |
Two
(2) spaces for each alley, plus one (1) space for each employee on the
largest shift. |
|
I. Clinics |
Two
(2) spaces for each examination or treatment room, plus one (1) space for
each doctor or dentist and other employees. |
|
J.
Commercial and Institutional Recreational Facilities |
One
space per three (3) patrons to the maximum capacity of the facility. |
|
K. Convalescent Homes or
Similar Uses |
One
(1) space for each six (6) beds, plus one (1) space for each employee on the
largest working shift. |
|
L. Dance Halls, Pool and
Billiard Rooms |
One
(1) space for each three (3) persons allowed within maximum capacity load. |
|
M. Day care facilities |
One
(1) space for each employee, plus a paved, unobstructed stacking space for
pick-up and drop-off, plus one (1) space per eight (8) children of licensed
capacity. |
|
N.
Drive-In Banks, Cleaners, Car Laundries, and Similar Businesses |
Stacking
space for five (5) cars between the sidewalk area and the drive-up window and
one (1) space for each employee on the largest shift. |
|
O.
Drive-in Restaurants or Fast-Food Restaurants |
One
(1) space for each four (4) seats, plus one (1) space for each employee on
the largest shift; plus sufficient area for eight (8) stacking spaces for
drive-in windows. |
|
P.
Elementary and Middle Schools |
One
(1) space for each two (2) employees, plus one (1) space for each four (4)
seats where the school contains an auditorium and/or stadium or gym. |
|
Q.
Funeral Homes and Mortuaries |
One
(1) space for each twenty-five (25) square feet of gross floor area of
chapels and assembly rooms. |
|
R.
Golf Clubs, Swimming Pool Clubs, Tennis Clubs or Other similar Uses |
Four
(4) spaces for each green, plus one (1) space for every two (2) employees on
the largest shift, plus fifty (50) percent of the spaces otherwise required
for any accessory uses (e.g. restaurant, pro shop, etc.). |
|
S.
High Schools and Colleges |
One
(1) space for each employee, plus one (1) space for each five (5) students
(based on the capacity of the facility as determined by the fire marshal),
plus one (1) space for every four (4) seats where the school contains an
auditorium and/or stadium or gym. |
|
T. Hospitals, Sanitariums |
One
(1) space for each three (3) patient beds, plus one (1) space for each two
(2) employees on the largest shift, plus one (1) space for each visiting
doctor. |
|
U.
Industrial or Manufacturing Establishments |
One
(1) space for each employee in largest working shift. |
|
V.
Junk Yards |
One
(1) space for each two (2) employees. |
|
W.
Excavation Operations and Asphalt Batching Plants |
One
(1) space for each employee on the largest shift. |
|
X.
Laundromat |
One
(1) space for each three (3) washing or drying machines. |
|
Y.
Libraries, Museums, Post Offices |
One
(1) space for each eight hundred (800) square feet of floor area, plus one
(1) space for every two (2) employees on the largest shift. |
|
Z.
Miniature or Par-3 Golf Courses |
Three
(3) spaces for each hole, plus one (1) space for each employee. |
|
AA.
Motels, Hotels, Bed and Breakfasts |
One
(1) space for each sleeping unit, plus two (2) spaces for each employee on
the largest shift. |
|
BB.
Private Recreational Facilities |
One
(1) space for each six (6) potential members based on the capacity of the
facility. |
|
CC.
Professional Offices and Banks |
One
(1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area. |
|
DD.
Standard Restaurants, Cafeterias, Taverns, Bars |
One
(1) space for each three (3) seats up to the capacity of the facility as
determined by the fire marshal. |
|
EE.
Retail Stores, including furniture, appliance, automobile sales, machinery
sales, and personal services (other than beauty and barber shops), except as
otherwise specified herein. |
One
(1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area. |
|
FF.
Supermarket, Self-Service Food Store |
One
(1) space for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area. |
|
GG.
Warehouses, Wholesale Stores |
One
(1) space for each eight hundred (800) square feet of floor area. |
|
|
|
Section 14.03 Location
of Parking Areas
All off-street parking areas
shall be located on the same lot, or on the adjacent premises in the same
district as the use they are intended to serve.
Section
14.04 Site Development Requirements
All off-street parking areas
shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following
standards and requirements.
A. Marking
and Designation: Parking areas shall be so designed and marked as to
provide for orderly and safe movement and storage of vehicles.
B. Driveways:
Adequate ingress and egress to the parking area by means of clearly limited and
defined drives shall be provided.
1. Except
for parking spaces provided for single-family and two-family residential lots,
drives for ingress and egress to the parking area shall be not less than thirty
(30) feet wide and so located as to secure the most appropriate development of
the individual property.
2. Each
entrance to and exit from an off-street parking area shall be at least
twenty-five (25) feet from any adjacent lot within a residential district.
C. Site Maneuverability: Each parking space, within an off-street parking
area, shall be provided with adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes.
Backing directly onto a street shall be prohibited. The width of required
maneuvering lanes may vary depending upon the proposed parking pattern, as
follows. (See Figure 14-1.)
|
Parking Pattern |
Maneuvering Lane Width |
Parking Space Width |
Parking Space Length |
|
0
degrees (parallel parking |
12
feet |
8
feet |
23 feet |
|
30
to 53 degrees |
12
feet |
8
feet 6 inches |
20 feet |
|
54
to 75 degrees |
15
feet |
8
feet 6 inches |
20 feet |
|
75 to 90 degrees |
20 feet |
9 feet |
20 feet |
All maneuvering lane widths
shall permit one-way traffic movement, except for the 90 degree pattern, which
may provide for two-way traffic movement.
Figure 14-1 Parking Graphic
D. Surface: Parking areas with a capacity of four (4) or
more vehicles shall be surfaced with a
material
that shall provide a durable, smooth, and dustless surface and shall be graded
and provided with adequate drainage.
E. Lighting:
Except for single-family and two-family residential lots, adequate lighting
shall be provided throughout the hours when the parking area is in operation.
1. Lighting
shall be designed and constructed in such a manner to ensure that:
a. direct
or directly reflected light is confined to the development site.
b. all
light sources and light lenses are shielded and are not directly visible beyond
the boundary of the site.
2. Unless
otherwise approved by the Planning Commission, light sources shall be
high-pressure sodium. Approved exceptions shall use warm white or natural lamp
colors.
3. Specifications
for lights, poles, fixtures, light sources, and lenses shall be reviewed and
approved by the Planning Commission.
F. Buffering: Where a parking