This chapter establishes the standards for the amount, location, and development of motor vehicle parking, and standards for on-site loading areas.

(Ord. 7-2015, 2-3-2016)

The regulations in this chapter apply to all parking and loading areas in all zoning districts, except the Central Commercial District. Any new construction, new uses, or substantial improvements of buildings or developments within the City of Belle Fourche shall comply with this chapter.

(Ord. 7-2015, 2-3-2016)

Off-street parking for any use shall be located on either the same lot or within two hundred (200) feet of the building it is intended to serve, measured from the nearest point of the building to the nearest point of the off-street parking lot, without crossing an arterial street. However, religious institutions may establish joint parking facilities not to exceed fifty (50) percent of the required spaces, with institutions and agencies that do not have a time conflict in parking demand. The joint parking facilities shall be located no further than four hundred (400) feet from the religious institution.

(Ord. 7-2015, 2-3-2016)

Table 20-1 identifies the number of off-street parking spaces required by use. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall issue a determination of the required number of parking spaces for uses not identified in Table 20-1.

Table 20-1. Off-street parking spaces required

(Ord. 7-2015, 2-3-2016)

A.

Residential off-street parking spaces shall consist of a parking lot, driveway, garage, or combination thereof with a minimum of two hundred (200) square feet per parking space and shall be located on the lot they are intended to serve.

B.

Driveways used for access to a public street from an off-street parking space shall not exceed twenty-five (25) feet in width, exclusive of curb returns, unless otherwise authorized by the Engineering Department.

C.

All off-street parking spaces and driveways shall be of sealed-surface construction and shall be maintained in such a manner in order to reduce dust, mud and other unsightly conditions, unless otherwise authorized by the Engineering Department.

(Ord. 7-2015, 2-3-2016; Ord. No. 6-2018, 8-20-2018)

Two (2) or more buildings or uses may collectively provide the required off-street parking, in which case the required number of parking spaces shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the several individual uses computed separately.

(Ord. 7-2015, 2-3-2016)

The required off-street parking shall be for occupants, employees, visitors, and patrons and shall be limited in use to motor vehicles. The storage of merchandise, motor vehicles for sale, or the repair of vehicles within such parking areas is prohibited. Company cars, trucks, tractors, or trailers normally stored at a work site shall be provided with off-street parking spaces in an area reserved for the use.

In all districts, except the Central Commercial District, and on the same premises with every building, structure, or part thereof, erected and occupied for manufacturing, storage of warehouse goods, display, a department store, a wholesale store, market, a hotel, a hospital, or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distributions of vehicles or materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services adjacent to the opening used for loading and unloading in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets or alleys.

A.

Spaces required. Off-street loading and unloading spaces shall be provided as follows:

1.

One off-street loading and unloading space shall be provided for buildings up to and including twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of floor area, plus one additional off-street loading and unloading space for each additional twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of floor area up to and including one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet.

2.

There shall be provided an additional off-street loading and unloading space for each additional forty thousand (40,000) square feet of floor area in excess over one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet.

3.

Where trailer trucks are involved, such loading and unloading space shall be an area twelve (12) feet by forty (40) feet with a fourteen (14) foot height clearance and shall be designed with appropriate means of truck access to a street or alley as well as adequate maneuvering area.

4.

Family day cares and day care centers shall maintain at least one off-street loading and unloading space.

5.

All areas devoted to permanent off-street loading and unloading as required under this chapter shall be of a seal-surface construction and maintained in such a manner that no dust will result from continuous use.

(Ord. 7-2015, 2-3-2016)