Bedford City Zoning Code
VEHICLE ACCESS
AND REGULATIONS
§ 154.045 OFF-STREET PARKING.
(A) General parking regulations.
(1) Off-street parking facilities shall be provided to lessen congestion in the streets. The facilities required herein shall be available to patrons throughout the hours of operation of the particular business or use for which such facilities are provided. As used herein, the term PARKING SPACE includes either covered garage space or uncovered parking lot space located off the public right-of-way.
(2) (a) Each parking space shall consist of not less than an average of 325 square feet of usable area for each motor vehicle, including interior driveways and connecting the garage or parking space with a street or alley.
(b) Notwithstanding the above, all parking spaces shall be ample in size for the vehicles for which use is intended. The net parking space per vehicle shall be not less than nine feet wide and 20 feet long.
(c) Outdoor parking spaces, and the approaches thereto, shall be paved or covered with gravel or crushed limestone. Such outdoor parking space shall be deemed to be part of the open space of the lot on which it is located.
(3) A garage or carport may be located wholly or partly inside the walls of the principal building, or attached to the outer walls. If separated from the principal building, the garage (enclosed or unenclosed) shall conform to all accessory building requirements. The garage may be constructed under a yard or court. The space above an underground garage shall be deemed to be part of the open space of the lot on which it is located.
(B) Facilities required. Any of the following buildings hereafter erected and any building hereafter converted into one of the following buildings and any open area hereafter used for commercial purposes shall be provided with not less than minimum parking spaces as set forth below, which spaces shall be readily accessible to, and within a reasonable distance from, the buildings served thereby. Such spaces shall be on the same lot as the principal building or open area, except when otherwise authorized as a special exception. The C-1 Central Commercial District and properties located in the RLC Residential and Light Commercial District used for nonresidential purposes shall be exempt from these requirements:
(1) Dwellings other than townhouse units: two parking spaces for each dwelling unit;
(2) Townhouse unit: a minimum of two garage parking spaces, each of sufficient size to accommodate a full-size van or pick-up truck and located wholly inside the walls of the townhouse unit, shall be provided at each townhouse unit;
(3) Apartment houses and apartment hotels: the total number of parking or garage spaces shall be not less than two times the number of apartments in the building. A garage accessory to an apartment house or apartment hotel shall provide only for the storage of vehicles of the owner, tenants, and employees. No parking space shall be provided nor parking permitted in front yard areas of apartment houses and apartment hotels, unless authorized as a special exception;
(4) Boarding or lodging houses, hotels, motels, and tourist houses: at least one parking space for each guest room. If a restaurant in connection with the above is open to the public, the off-street parking facilities shall be not less than those required for restaurants, in addition to those required for guest rooms;
(5) Theaters, auditoriums, churches, schools, stadiums, or any other place of public or private assembly: at least one parking space for each five seats provided for public or private assembly;
(6) Retail stores, restaurants, and bar rooms: at least one parking space for each 60 square feet of gross floor area, exclusive of areas not used for sale or display of merchandise;
(7) Office building: at least one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof;
(8) Industrial or wholesale establishments: at least one parking space for each two employees;
(9) Public garages or automobile service stations: at least one parking space for each 400 square feet of floor or ground area, or fraction thereof, devoted to repair or service facilities, which shall be in addition to the space allocated for the normal storage of motor vehicles;
(10) Hospitals and sanitariums: at least one parking space for each five patients for which accommodations are provided. Such spaces shall be in addition to those necessary for doctors and other administrative personnel;
(11) Open areas used for commercial purposes: at least one parking space for each 1,500 square feet of area, or fraction thereof;
(12) Dance halls, bowling alleys, swimming pools, roller rinks, clubs, lodges and other similar places, and other commercial buildings: at least one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area; and
(13) Bed and breakfast: one parking space for each guest room and two parking spaces for resident owner or employees.
(C) Loading and unloading space.
(1) In addition to the off-street parking space required above, all commercial and industrial establishments, hospitals or sanitariums and other similar uses shall provide adequate off-street area for loading and unloading of supplies to and from vehicles.
(2) At least one loading berth shall be provided; however, should the gross floor area of the main building and buildings accessory thereto used for commercial and/or industrial purposes exceed 10,000 square feet, one additional loading berth shall be provided for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor area. The off-street loading berth shall be not less than ten feet by 25 feet in size.
(3) Hotels shall have at least one loading berth, with an additional loading berth when the gross floor area exceeds 50,000 square feet.
(Ord. 2010-03, passed 3-1-2010)
§ 154.046 SIGNS.
§ 154.047 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCESS.
Wherever motor vehicle access is provided from the street (or private road) onto the lot, the following regulations shall apply.
(A) Driveways and curbs. Access to the lot shall comply with the following regulations.
(1) Access shall be by not more than two driveways for each 100 feet frontage on any street.
(2) No two of said driveways shall be closer to each other than 12 feet, and no flare shall cross an extended side property line.
(3) In all cases but townhouses units, each driveway shall be not more than 35 feet in width, measured at right angles to the centerline of the driveway, except as increased by permissible curb return radii. The entire flare of any return radius shall fall within the right-of-way.
(4) (a) For townhouse units, each driveway shall be not more than 16 feet in width, measured at right angles to the centerline of the driveway.
(b) The entire flare of any return radius shall fall within the right-of-way.
(c) Driveways of adjoining townhouse units shall be separated by a lawn and/or planting bed measuring at least four feet in width; however this area may contain an approach to the main occupant entryway, constructed of concrete, brick, or another impervious material, that consumes no more than 30% of the said lawn and/or planting bed.
(5) Driveways shall be no closer than ten feet to the point of intersection of two property lines at any corner as measured along the property line, and shall not extend across such extended property line.
(6) (a) For non-dwelling uses, where there is an existing curb and gutter or sidewalk on the street (or private road), a safety island along the entire frontage of the property shall be provided, except for the permitted driveways.
(b) On the two ends and street (or private road) side of each such island shall be constructed a concrete curb, the height, location, and structural specifications of which shall be approved by the Borough Engineer.
(c) Maximum and minimum curb return radii permitted and minimum driveway approach angles to the centerline of the street (or private road) are required as shown on Plate No. 11 attached to this chapter and made by this reference as much a part of this chapter as if fully described and detailed herein.
(7) For non-dwelling uses, where there is no existing curb and gutter or sidewalk, a curb, fence, or pipe rail not exceeding two feet or less than eight inches in height as shown on Plate No. 11 attached to this chapter shall be constructed along the entire length of the property line, except in front of the permitted driveways.
(B) Location of gasoline pumps. Gasoline pumps and all other service equipment shall be set back not less than 20 feet from any lot line, and shall be so located that vehicles stopped for service will not extend over the property line.
(Ord. 2010-03, passed 3-1-2010)