Blooming Grove City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 7
PARKING
Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered or converted for any use permitted in the District in which it is located unless there shall be provided within one hundred fifty (150) feet of such building or structure, vehicle parking in the following ratio of vehicle spaces for the uses specified in the designated districts. No existing vehicle parking in connection with said use at the effective date of this ordinance may be reduced below the minimum number of spaces required. On local (non-state highway) streets that are at least 24 feet wide, spaces along the curb adjacent to the property line may be counted towards the required parking. Each consecutive 22 feet of curb counts as one space.
§ 1 Parking Table.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, parking spaces shall be provided as follows:
Land Use | Requirements |
|---|---|
Residential | |
Single-Family Attached & Detached Units, including duplex and HUD-Code Manufactured Home units | 1/unit |
Multifamily Apartments | 1/unit |
Boarding or Rooming House, Hotel or Motel/Residence Motel or Inn | 1/residential unit |
Institutional | |
Community Center | 1/4 persons |
Schools | 1/4 students |
Day Care or Day Nursery | 1/5 pupils |
Church | 1/4 seats in the sanctuary or auditorium |
Recreational | |
Outdoor amusement, including parks, swimming pools, etc. | 1/500 sq. ft. of site area exclusive of building |
Lodge or Fraternal Organization | 1/115 sq. ft. of floor area |
Personal Services & Retail | |
Personal service shop (e.g. barber) or retail store (e.g. hardware, furniture) | 1/250 sq. ft. of floor area up to 5000 sq. ft., then 1/200 sq. ft. |
Eating or Drinking Establishment (no drive-through service) | 1/2.5 seats |
Eating or Drinking Establishment (with drive-through service and all others) | 1/150 sq. ft. |
Business Services | |
Bank, law firm, real estate agent, veterinary clinic, doctor’s office or similar office use | 1/300 sq. ft. of floor area |
Automotive & Equipment | |
Service Station | Minimum of 6 |
Auto Repair Garage or Shop | 1/350 sq. ft. of floor area |
Auto Repair Accessory Sales | 1/300 sq. ft. of floor area |
Vehicle or Machinery Sales | 1/500 sq. ft. of floor area |
Storage, Wholesale and Manufacturing | |
Construction yard, manufacturing, or warehousing | The greater of 1/3 employees or 1/1,000 sq. ft. of floor area |
Outside Storage | 1/5,000 sq. ft. of floor area |
Mini-warehouse | 1/3,000 sq. ft. of floor area |
Repackaging | 1/500 sq. ft. of floor area |
(Ordinance 348 adopted 6/19/18)
§ 2 Drive Lane Widths and Parking Space Sizes.
Off-street drive lanes and parking space sizes shall be required as shown in the following illustration.
A.
A driveway for access to any nonresidential, single parking space or to a parking lot shall not measure less than that shown in the parking layout illustration.
B.
All drive approach widths shall be no less than 15'.
C.
All two-way drive lanes shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width.
D.
Parking spaces shall be nine (9) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet deep for all 90-degree parking spaces. Angled spaces shall be as shown in the illustration.
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(Ordinance 348 adopted 6/19/18)
§ 3 Handicapped Parking Spaces.
In each parking facility other than single-family residential, a portion of the total parking shall be specifically designed, located, and reserved for vehicles licensed by the State of Texas for use by the handicapped. These spaces will be provided according to the following schedule:
Total Spaces in Parking Lot | Required Handicapped Spaces |
|---|---|
1 to 100 | 1 per 25 spaces |
101 to 200 | Additional 1 per 50 spaces |
A.
Each parking space designated for use by the handicapped shall consist of a rectangular area not less than thirteen feet (13') wide by eighteen feet (18') long with a vertical clearance of seven and one-half feet (7-1/2'). Van accessible spaces must be 8' wide with an 8' wide accessible space adjacent for a total of 16' wide.
B.
Each designated handicapped parking space shall be located in an area not exceeding two (2) percent slope, and shall be located near and convenient to a level or ramped entrance accessible to handicapped persons.
C.
Parking spaces for the handicapped shall be signed in accordance with State law and restricted for use by the handicapped only.
D.
Care in planning shall be exercised so that individuals in wheelchairs and individuals using braces and crutches are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars.
E.
All applicable ADA requirements for parking spaces must be met.
(Ordinance 348 adopted 6/19/18)
§ 4 Special Parking Regulations. [1]
A.
In computing the parking requirements for any building or development, the total parking requirements shall be the sum of the specific parking space requirements for each class of use included in the building or development.
(Ordinance 348 adopted 6/19/18)
[1]
Original has this as Section 3.