Alpha City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 410-43 Off-street parking.
A.
Provision shall be made for at least two off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit hereafter erected. For all other new buildings and uses, there shall be provided the number of parking spaces as set forth in the following schedule:
Use | Minimum Number of Parking Spaces Required | |
|---|---|---|
Assembly halls, community buildings, social clubs, institutions | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area | |
Banks, retail stores, shops or similar establishments | 1 for each 200 square feet of retail merchandising or commercial floor area | |
Business, professional and executive offices | 1 for each 200 square feet of office area | |
Churches, auditoriums, theaters, including school auditoriums | 1 for each 3 seating spaces or equivalent accommodation provided | |
Funeral homes, mortuaries | 10 for each slumber room | |
Furniture and appliance stores, motor vehicle sales, wholesale stores, building materials stores and similar hard-goods sales | 1 for each 400 square feet of floor area | |
Hospitals, nursing homes, medical institutions | 2 for each bed | |
Hotels, motels | 12 for each 10 sleeping rooms | |
Medical offices | 1 for each 150 square feet of floor area | |
Manufacturing plants, research laboratories, industries | 1 for each 500 square feet of floor area | |
Restaurants, eating and drinking places | 1 for each 50 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use | |
Warehouses, storage buildings | 1 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area |
B.
Any building containing more than one use shall meet the combined parking space requirements for all uses in the building. Any change in use within a building shall be required to meet the minimum parking requirements for the new use.
C.
If it can be clearly demonstrated that because of the peculiar nature of any use all of the required parking is not necessary, the Land Use Board may permit a reduction in the amount of parking area to be paved; provided, however, that the entire required parking area shall be shown on the site plan so that it will be available in the event future conditions should so require.
D.
Any use not listed above shall provide parking at the ratio of one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
§ 410-44 Off-street loading.
A.
For any building or premises used for commercial or industrial purposes, indoor or outdoor space for loading and unloading of goods and materials shall be provided on the premises whenever the aggregate floor area used for such purposes is 4,000 square feet or more, in accordance with the following schedule:
Aggregate Floor Area (square feet) | Number of Required Spaces | |
|---|---|---|
4,000 to 20,000 | 1 | |
20,000 to 40,000 | 2 | |
Over 40,000 | 3 |
B.
Loading spaces for uses such as offices or individual small stores within a shopping center which do not normally receive bulk shipments requiring unloading of trucks larger that a step-type van may designate a space within the parking area for such use. Such space shall be at a location which will encourage the parking use by the delivery vehicle.
§ 410-45 One-family and two-family residence parking.
A.
Off-street parking facilities shall be located on the same lot with the principal building.
B.
Off-street parking facilities shall be graded, paved, drained, lighted and maintained by the owners, and such facilities shall be arranged for convenient access and safety of pedestrians and vehicles. In the interest of safety, such facilities shall have adequate means of access to and egress from a street.
C.
Driveway areas may be used for the required parking spaces.
D.
Driveways shall be at least eight feet in width.
§ 410-46 Requirements for off-street parking and loading.
All off-street parking and loading areas shall meet the following requirements:
A.
Except as hereinafter provided, off-street parking as necessary to any use shall be provided on the same lot with said use.
B.
Off-street parking areas shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles, and no commercial repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted on the parking lot, nor shall such lots be used for the parking of disabled, dismantled, inoperable or unregistered vehicles.
C.
No signs other than "entrance," "exit" or "conditions of use" signs shall be maintained.
D.
All portions of the property not used for off-street parking shall be attractively landscaped with grass lawns, trees and shrubs as approved by the Land Use Board.