Avon City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations
§ 255-8.1 Off-street parking and loading requirements.
In any district, if any structure is constructed, enlarged, or extended, and any use of land established, or any existing use is changed, after the effective date of this bylaw, parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations and the Table of Off-Street Loading Regulations. An existing structure which is enlarged or an existing use which is extended after the effective date of the bylaw shall be required to provide parking and loading spaces in accordance with the following tables for the entire structure or use, unless the increase in units or measurements amounts to less than 25%, whether such increase occurs at one time or in successive stages.
§ 255-8.2 Existing spaces.
Parking or loading spaces being maintained in any district in connection with any existing use on the effective date of this bylaw shall not be decreased so long as said use remains, unless a number of parking or loading spaces is constructed elsewhere such that the total number of spaces conforms to the requirements of the tables of this article; provided this regulation shall not require the maintenance of more parking or loading spaces than are required according to the tables.
§ 255-8.3 Computation of spaces.
When the computation of required parking or loading spaces results in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction over 1/2 shall require one space.
§ 255-8.4 Combined facilities.
Parking required for two or more buildings or uses may be provided in combined facilities on the same or adjacent lots, subject to approval by the Zoning Officer, where it is evident that such facilities will continue to be available for the several buildings or uses.
§ 255-8.5 Location of parking spaces.
Required off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot as the principal use they are required to serve; or when practical difficulties, as determined by the Board (of Appeals), prevent their establishment upon the same lot, they shall be established no further than 200 feet from the premises to which they are appurtenant.
§ 255-8.6 Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations.
Use | Number of Parking Spaces per Unit | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | One single- or two-family dwelling | 2 for each dwelling unit | |
2. | Multifamily dwelling apartments | 2 for each dwelling unit | |
3. | Lodging unit | 1 for each bedroom in a lodging unit | |
4. | Theater, restaurant, auditorium, church, or similar place of public assembly with seating facilities | 1 for each 4 seats of total seating capacity | |
5. | New and used car sales and automotive service establishments utilizing extensive display areas, either indoor or outdoor, which are unusually extensive in relation to customer traffic | 1 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor space; in the case of outdoor display areas, 1 for each 1,000 square feet of lot area in such use | |
6. | Other retail, service, finance, insurance or real estate establishment | 1 per each 300 square feet of gross floor space | |
7. | Hotel, motel, tourist court | 1 for each sleeping room, plus 1 for each 400 square feet of public meeting room and restaurant space | |
8. | Wholesale establishment, warehouse or storage establishment | 1 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor space | |
9. | Manufacturing or industrial establishment | 1 per each 600 square feet of gross floor space or 0.75 per each employee of the combined employment of the 2 largest successive shifts, whichever is larger | |
10. | Hospital | 2 per bed at design capacity | |
11. | Nursing Home | 1 per bed at design capacity | |
12. | Business, trade or industrial school or college | 1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area in classrooms | |
13. | Other school | 2 per classroom in an elementary and junior high school; 4 per classroom in a senior high school, plus 1 space for every 10 seats of total seating capacity in auditorium or gymnasium, whichever has the larger capacity | |
14. | Community facility (Town building, recreation, etc.) | 1 per each 400 square feet of gross floor space | |
15. | Dormitory, fraternity, sorority, YMCA or similar use | 1 for each sleeping room | |
16. | Public utility | 1 for each 400 square feet of gross floor area devoted to official use | |
17. | Transportation terminal establishment | 1 for each 600 square feet of gross floor area | |
18. | Mixed use | Minimum of 2 spaces per dwelling unit and 1 space per 300 square feet of gross business space | |
19. | Any use permitted by this bylaw not interpreted to be covered by this schedule | Closest similar use as shall be determined by the Zoning Officer | |
20. | Development under the Village Overlay District (VOD): | 10% guest parking | |
Multifamily dwelling apartments | 1.5 for each dwelling unit | ||
Retail, service, or office use | 1 per 500 square feet of gross floor space | ||
Restaurant establishment | 1 for each 4 seats of total seating capacity | ||
§ 255-8.7 Table of Off-Street Loading Regulations.
Table of Off-Street Loading Regulations | ||
|---|---|---|
1. | Retail trade, manufacturing and hospital establishment with over 5,000 square feet of gross floor area | 1 per 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor area up to 2 spaces; 1 additional space for each 60,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor area over 40,000 square feet. Space used for ambulance receiving at a hospital is not to be used to meet these loading requirements. |
2. | Business services, other services, community facility (school, church, Town building, recreation, etc.) or public utility establishment with over 5,000 square feet of gross floor area | 1 per 75,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor area up to 2 spaces; 1 additional space for each 200,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor area over 150,000 square feet |
§ 255-8.8 Location of loading spaces.
The loading spaces required for the uses listed in the Table of Off-Street Loading Requirements shall in all cases be on the same lot as the use they are intended to serve; in no case shall the required loading spaces be part of the area used to satisfy the parking requirements of this bylaw.
§ 255-8.9 Parking and loading space standards.
All parking and loading areas containing over five spaces, including automotive and drive-in establishments of all types, shall be either contained within structures or subject to the following:
A.
The area shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces the front, side or rear lot line of a lot situated in any "R" District.
(1)
Where the line of General Business or Mixed Use Zone abuts a residential zone, the parking, loading or delivery area must be screened from the abutting residential zone by an opaque fence or barrier of a minimum height of 10 feet above the average grade at the demarcation line of the zoning districts.
B.
The area and access driveways thereto shall be surfaced with bituminous or Portland cement concrete material and shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulation.
C.
A substantial bumper of masonry, steel or heavy timber, or a concrete curb or berm curb which is backed, shall be placed at the edge of surfaced areas except driveways in order to protect abutting structures, properties and sidewalks.
D.
Any fixture used to illuminate any area shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from the street and away from adjoining premises used for residential purposes.
E.
There shall not be any vehicle repair for profit or gasoline or oil service facilities or any repair made to any motor vehicle, except on a lot occupied by a permitted automotive use. Any gasoline or oil facilities shall be at least 25 feet from any lot line.
F.
There shall not be any storage of materials or equipment or display of merchandise within required parking area except as part of the approved building operations.
G.
Parking spaces shall not be located within the required front yard area except in residential districts.
H.
Parking and loading spaces shall be so arranged as not to permit backing of vehicles onto any street, except in residential districts.
I.
Any portion of any entrance or exit driveway shall not be closer than 50 feet to the curbline of an intersecting street.
J.
Any two driveways leading to or from a street, to or from a single lot shall not be within 30 feet of each other at their intersections with the front lot line for an interior lot and 40 feet for a corner lot.
K.
Any entrance or exit driveway shall not exceed 24 feet in width at its intersection with the front lot line. Curb cuts shall not exceed 25 feet in width.
L.
Any open-air parking space in districts GEN BUS and IND shall be at least five feet from any sidewalk or street line.
M.
In districts GEN BUS and IND, all off-street parking and loading spaces, access ways and maneuvering area shall be laid out so as to provide for adequate drainage, snow removal, maneuverability, and curb cuts.
N.
Entrance to parking or loading area must be within the same zoning district.