Bennettsville City Zoning Code
OFF-STREET REGULATIONS
§ 152.065 REQUIREMENTS.
(A) Off-street automobile storage or parking spaces shall be provided on every lot on which any of the following uses are hereafter established except in the C-1, central commercial district. The number of parking spaces provided shall be at least as great as the number specified below for the particular uses. When application of the provisions results in a fractional space requirement, the next larger requirements shall prevail.
(1) Single-family residential dwellings shall have one space.
(2) Two- or more family residential dwellings shall have three spaces for each two units.
(3) Tourist courts, hotels and motels shall have one space for each unit.
(4) Trailer parks or courts shall have one space for each unit.
(5) Hospital and clinics shall have one space for each two patient beds, plus one space for each staff or visiting doctor, plus one space for each four employees, including nurses.
(6) Funeral parlors shall have one space for each 50 square feet of service area.
(7) Churches, spiritual institutions and places of public assembly with fixed seats shall have one space for each four seats in the principal assembly room.
(8) Places of public or private assembly or recreation without fixed seats shall have one space for each 200 feet of gross floor space directed to patron use.
(9) Schools, elementary and junior high, shall have one for each 15 seats in the main assembly room.
(10) Schools, senior high, shall have one space for each eight seats in the main assembly room.
(11) Doctor and dentist offices shall have five spaces per each doctor or dentist.
(12) Professional and business offices shall have one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor space.
(13) Banks shall have one space for each 150 square feet of gross floor space.
(14) Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, lodges, and the like, with no sleeping facilities shall have one space for each five active members.
(15) Public libraries, museums or art galleries shall have ten spaces for each use.
(16) Sanitariums, convalescent homes, homes for the aged or similar institutions shall have one space for each five patient beds.
(17) Animal hospitals shall have one space for each 400 square feet of gross floor space.
(18) Bus terminals shall have one space for each 100 square feet of gross floor space.
(19) Bowling alleys shall have five spaces per alley.
(20) Retail stores and shops of all kinds, including barber and shoe and similar service outlets, shall have one space for each 250 square feet of gross floor space.
(21) Car sales, house and truck trailer sales, outdoor equipment and machinery sales and commercial nurseries shall have four spaces for each salesperson, plus one space for each two other employees.
(22) Restaurants shall have one space for each three seating accommodations, plus one space for each two employees on shift of greatest employment.
(23) General service or repair establishments, printing, publishing, plumbing, heating, and the like, shall have one space for each three employees.
(24) Wholesaling and industrial uses shall have one space for each two employees at maximum employment on a single shift, plus one space for each company vehicle operating from the premises.
(B) The parking space requirements for a use not specifically listed above shall be the same as for a listed use of similar characteristics of parking demand generation.
(C) In the case of mixed uses, uses with different parking requirements occupying the same building or premises, or in the case of joint use of a building or premises by more than one use having the same parking requirements, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately.
(D) Whenever a building or use, constructed or established after the effective date of these regulations, is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, to create a need for an increase of 10% or more in the number of existing parking spaces, the spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change.
(Ord. 94-06-01, passed 6-14-94; Am. Ord. 12-11-003, passed 11-20-12)
§ 152.066 LOCATION ON OTHER PROPERTY.
If the required automobile parking spaces cannot reasonably be provided on the same lot on which the principal use is conducted, the spaces may be provided on other off-street property provided the property lies within 200 feet of the main entrance to the principal use. The automobile parking space shall be associated with the principal use and shall not thereafter be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.
(Ord. 94-06-01, passed 6-14-94)
§ 152.067 EXTENSIONS INTO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
Required off-street parking space may extend up to 120 feet into a residential zoning district, provided that:
(A) The parking space adjoins a commercial or industrial district;
(B) Has its only access to or fronts upon the same street as the property in the commercial or industrial district for which it provides the required parking space; and
(C) Is separated from abutting properties in the residential district by a ten-foot wide evergreen buffer strip.
(Ord. 94-06-01, passed 6-14-94)
§ 152.068 JOINT USE OF OFF-SITE FACILITIES.
(A) Up to 50% of the parking spaces required for theaters, public auditoriums, bowling alleys, dance halls and clubs, and up to 100% of the parking spaces required for a church auditorium may be provided and used jointly by bands, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as those listed. Written agreement thereto must be properly executed and filed as specified below.
(B) In any case, where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where the spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement thereby assuring their retention for the purposes shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form by the City Attorney and shall be filed with the application for a permit.
(Ord. 94-06-01, passed 6-14-94)
§ 152.069 DESIGN STANDARDS.
(A) Minimum area. For the purpose of these regulations, an off-street parking space is an all-weather surfaced area not in a street or alley and having an area of not less than 180 square feet, exclusive of driveways, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one automobile and connected with a street or alley by an all-weather surfaced driveway which affords ingress and egress for an automobile without requiring another automobile to be moved.
(B) Drainage and maintenance.
(1) Off-street parking facilities shall be drained to prevent damage to abutting property and/or public streets or alleys and surfaced with erosion-resistant material.
(2) Off-street parking areas shall be maintained in a clean, orderly and dust-free condition as the expense of the owner or lessee and not used for the sale, repair or dismantling or servicing of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.
(C) Separation from walkways and streets. Off-street parking spaces shall be separated from walkways, sidewalks, streets or alleys by a wall, fence or curbing or other approved protective device.
(D) Entrances and exits. Landscaping, curbing or other approved barriers shall be provided along lot boundaries to control entrance and exit of vehicles or pedestrians.
(E) Marking.
(1) Parking spaces in lots of more than ten spaces shall be marked, by painted lines or curbs or other means to indicate individual spaces.
(2) Signs or markers shall be used as necessary to ensure efficient traffic operation of the lot.
(F) Lighting. Adequate lighting shall be provided if off-street parking spaces are to be used at night. The lighting shall be arranged and installed to minimize glare on property in a residential district.
(G) Screening. When off-street parking areas for ten or more automobiles are located closer than 50 feet to a lot in a residential district, or to any lot upon which there is a dwelling as a permitted use under these regulations, and where the parking areas are not entirely screened visually from the lot by an intervening building or structure, there shall be provided along the lot line a continuous, visual screen with a minimum height of six feet, the screen may consist of a compact evergreen hedge or foliage screening or a louvered wall or fence.
(Ord. 94-06-01, passed 6-14-94)
§ 152.070 LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
There shall be provided at the time any building is erected or structurally altered off-street loading space in accordance with the following requirements:
(A) Retail, restaurant, wholesale, warehouse, general service, manufacturing or industrial establishments shall have the following number of parking spaces.
(1) For up to 10,000 square feet of floor area, one.
(2) For 10,000 to 20,000 square feet of floor area, two.
(3) For 20,000 to 40,000 square feet of floor area, three.
(4) For 40,000 to 60,000 square feet of floor area, four.
(5) For each 50,000 over 60,000, one additional.
(B) Apartment buildings, hotels, motels, offices, office buildings, hospitals or similar institutions or places of public assembly shall have the following number of parking spaces.
(1) For up to 10,000, one.
(2) For 10,000 to 100,000, two.
(3) For 100,000 to 200,000, three.
(4) For each 100,000 over 200,000, one additional.
(C) Funeral homes or mortuaries shall have the following number of parking spaces.
(1) For up to 4,000, one.
(2) For 4,000 to 6,000, two.
(3) For each 10,000 over 6,000, one additional.
(Ord. 94-06-01, passed 6-14-94)