Ashland City Zoning Code
OFF-STREET PARKING
REQUIREMENTS
§ 157.105 PURPOSE.
Off-street parking requirements are established in order to assure the proper and uniform development of parking areas throughout the city to relieve traffic congestion in the streets, and to minimize detrimental effects of off-street parking areas on adjacent properties.
(Prior Code, § 157.095) (Ord. 101-1986, passed 10-7-1986)
§ 157.106 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
(A) The requirements of this subchapter shall apply to off-street parking lots provided for five or more vehicles, as determined by § 157.110. Lesser areas are exempt from the provisions of this subchapter except that the off-street parking spaces required by § 157.110 shall be provided for all land uses.
(C) Each application for a building permit or certificate of occupancy shall include plans and other information of sufficient detail to enable the Zoning Administrator to determine whether or not the requirements of this section have been met. Parking plans shall include information as to (not required for one- and two-family dwellings):
(1) The location and dimensions of driveway entrances, access aisles and parking spaces;
(2) The provisions of vehicular and pedestrian circulation;
(3) The location of sidewalks and curbs;
(4) The location of signs;
(5) Typical cross-section of pavement;
(6) Storm drainage facilities, utilities and such other information or plans as circumstances may warrant; and
(D) The building permit or certificate of occupancy for the construction or use of any building, structure or land where off-street parking space is required shall be withheld by the Zoning Administrator until the provisions of this subchapter have been met. If at any time such compliance ceases, any certificate of occupancy which shall have been issued for the use of property shall become void.
(Prior Code, § 157.096) (Ord. 101-1986, passed 10-7-1986) Penalty, see § 157.999
§ 157.107 LOCATION OF OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE.
The off-street parking space required by this subchapter shall be located on the same lot with the uses served. Where off-street parking required in the connection with a use cannot be located on the lot with the use, such parking may be provided off the lot, subject to the following standards.
(A) The off-street spaces shall be within 500 feet of the main entrance of the use for which the parking is required. The distance shall be measured along routes generally available to the pedestrians.
(B) Off-lot spaces shall be located only in those zoning districts in which similar off-street parking is permitted.
(C) The off-lot parking area shall be held in fee simple by the same owner as the use requiring the off-street parking spaces; or under lease, rental or other form of agreement satisfactory to the city as assuring continuing availability of required off-street parking for the use.
(D) In the event that the lease or agreement expires, or that the off-lot area is used for other than parking space for the use for which it is required, the use and/or structure shall not be continued or occupied until the requirements of this section have been met.
(Prior Code, § 157.097) (Ord. 101-1986, passed 10-7-1986) Penalty, see § 157.999
§ 157.108 INTERPRETATION AND MODIFICATION.
Where uncertainty exists as to the application of the requirements of this subchapter, or where the applicant for a permit for a building or use finds that the required off-street parking is in excess of the needs of the use or building proposed, the following rules shall apply.
(A) Where other sections of this chapter impose additional or greater requirements than those set forth in § 157.110, the more restrictive shall apply.
(B) Parking requirements for a use not listed in § 157.110 shall be the same as for a listed use of the same general characteristics of traffic generation.
(C) When more than one use occupies a building or premises, the parking requirements shall be equal to the sum of the requirements of each use.
(D) If the applicant for a building permit or certificate of occupancy finds that the off-street parking requirements are in excess of the needs of the proposed building or use, the Board of Adjustment may reduce the number of spaces required and the extent of parking area to be improved, upon finding that any proposed modification shall be sufficient to serve the traffic generated, and that no hazard or traffic congestion shall result. If the building or premises for which the modification is requested is thereafter occupied by a use which requires a greater number of off-street parking spaces, the use and/or building shall not be continued or occupied until the requirements of this subchapter have been met.
(E) Up to 50% of the required parking for a theater, auditorium, night club or similar use not normally open during regular business hours, and up to 100% of the required space for a church, may be provided and used jointly by banks, offices, retail stores and similar uses not normally open or operated during the same hours, provided that a formal agreement between the parties concerned is properly executed and filed with the Zoning Administrator.
(Prior Code, § 157.098) (Ord. 101-1986, passed 10-7-1986) Penalty, see § 157.999
§ 157.109 DESIGN STANDARDS.
All regulated off-street parking areas shall conform with the following design standards:
(A) All parking spaces shall have minimum dimensions of nine feet in width and 18 feet in length. All access or backup aisles shall conform to the following minimum dimensions:
Parking Angle (Degree) | Aisle Dimension (Feet) |
Parallel | 12
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(B) Where off-street parking is provided for ten or more vehicles, 30% of the stalls may be designated for compact cars. The dimensions for compact car stalls shall be at least eight feet in width and 16 feet in length. A majority of such compact car stalls shall be located closer to the main entrance of the use for which the parking is provided than the majority of other parking stalls. Such compact car stalls shall be readily identified as such by some form of signage.
(C) The use of streets, sidewalks or other public rights-or-way for parking or maneuvering to and from off-street parking spaces is prohibited. All off-street parking areas shall be so arranged that ingress and egress is by forward motion of the vehicle. One- and two-family dwellings are exempt from this provision. Improved alleys are likewise exempt from this provision.
(D) Parking structures on more than one level shall be designed in accordance with the standards set forth herein for grade level parking facilities insofar as they are reasonably applied.
(E) Required off-street parking areas, including drives and access ways, shall be paved with an all-weather hard surface material.
(F) Parking area edges shall be protected by suitable curbing to prevent vehicular encroachment on a public right-of-way or on adjacent property, and to protect the public right-of-way and adjoining properties from the damaging effects from surface drainage from parking lots.
(G) Where parking or loading areas are provided adjacent to a public street, ingress or egress thereto shall be made only through driveways not exceeding 30 feet in width at the curb line of said street, except where the Zoning Administrator finds that a greater width is necessary to accommodate the vehicles customarily using the driveway.
(H) Where two or more driveways are located on the same lot, the minimum distance between such drives shall be 30 feet or one-third of the lot frontage, whichever is greater.
(I) Businesses integrated into a unified shopping center or cluster of commercial facilities shall use the common access with other business establishments in that center.
(J) No driveway shall be located closer than 25 feet to any street intersection.
(K) Nonresidential facilities for ten or more spaces shall be lighted, and any lighting of parking areas shall be shielded so as to cast no glare upon adjacent properties and streets.
(Prior Code, § 157.099) (Ord. 101-1986, passed 10-7-1986) Penalty, see § 157.999
§ 157.110 SCHEDULE OF OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
Off-street parking shall be provided and maintained as specified in the following schedule. These requirements shall apply to all new buildings and uses and to expansion of existing buildings and uses (where such are expanded by 30% or greater, and to the extent of such expansion), in all districts except the B-3 Downtown Business District.
Use | Parking Requirements |
Use | Parking Requirements |
Residential | |
Dwellings (includes mobile homes) | 1 space per unit |
Multi-family designed for elderly | 2 space per 2 units |
Institutional (nursing home, orphanage, group home) | 2 spaces per 5 beds, 1 space per employee |
All nonresidential | 1 space per company owned/inventoried vehicle, in addition to below requirements |
Automobile service station, repairs | 3 spaces per bay |
Bowling alley | 4 spaces per lane |
Day care center | 1 space per employee, 1 space per 5 children |
Drive in/up facility (bank, dry cleaning, car wash, restaurant and the like) | 5 stacking spaces per window/bay (in addition to other requirements) |
Flea market | 2 spaces per booth |
Hospital | 2 spaces per 3 employees (largest shift), 1 space per resident doctor, 1 space per 2 beds |
Industrial manufacturing, and warehousing | 2 spaces per 3 employees (largest shift), 1 visitor space per 10 employees |
Medical, dental and veterinary care | 6 visitor spaces per doctor, 2 spaces per 3 employees |
Motel, boarding house | 1 space per each room, plus 1 additional space per 5 rooms |
Offices | 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area |
Open air uses (building materials; salvage yards; car, trailer and boat lots with less than 1,000 square feet of enclosed display and sales area; markets) | 1 space per 1,500 square feet of gross lot area |
Public/private assembly (auditorium, theater, church, museum, recreation, funeral home, and the like) | 1 space per 50 square feet gross club, floor area, or 1 indoor space per 4 persons at maximum capacity (whichever is more) |
Restaurant, lounge | 1 space per 75 square feet gross floor area |
Retailing and personal service | 1 space per 200 square feet gross floor area |
Retailing of bulk items (vehicles, furniture, and the like) | 1 space per 500 square feet gross floor area |
Schools, all | 2 spaces per 3 employees, 1 space per 10 seats in gymnasium or auditorium (largest one) |
Senior high, college | Additionally, 5 spaces per classroom |
Self service laundry | 1 space per 2 washing machines |
Trade, vocational school | 1 space per 200 square feet gross floor area |
(Prior Code, § 157.100) (Ord. 101-1986, passed 10-7-1986)