In all districts, at any time any building or structure is erected or enlarged, altered or increased in capacity, there shall be provided hard-surfaced off-street parking spaces for automobiles in accordance with the following requirements:

1. All church structures existing at the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived shall be allowed to increase their present seating capacity by 25 percent without increasing their present off-street parking facilities.
2. Off-street parking for other than residential use shall be either on the same lot or within six hundred (600) 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; provided, however, churches may establish joint parking facilities not to exceed 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 farther than four hundred (400) feet from the church sanctuary.
3. Residential off-street parking space shall consist of a hard-surfaced parking area, driveway, garage or combination thereof, and shall be located on the lot it is intended to serve. The minimum number of parking spaces required in the driveway must be hard-surfaced. Supplemental parking areas beyond the required driveway may be surfaced with gravel or other suitable materials, provided they are not located in the front yard. Parking on lawns is prohibited in the front yard.
4. For uses not specifically mentioned herein, off-street parking requirements shall be interpreted by the Planning Director.
5. Any area once designated as required off-street parking shall not be changed to any other use unless and until equal facilities are provided elsewhere.
6. Off-street parking in connection with the operation of an existing building or use, which existed at the effective date of this ordinance shall not be reduced to an amount less than hereinafter required for a similar new building or use.
7. Two or more buildings or uses may collectively provide the required off-street parking, in which case the required number of parking spaces shall be not less than the sum of the requirements for the several individual uses computed separately.
8. 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 on such parking area is prohibited unless otherwise permitted by the zoning district.
9. Every company car, truck, tractor and trailer normally stored at commercial and industrial sites shall be provided with off-street parking space in an area reserved for the use as determined by the City Council.
10. In cases of dual functioning of off-street parking where operating hours do not overlap, the City Council may grant an exception.
11. The minimum number of off-street parking spaces shall be determined in accordance with the following:
    
    Table 153.102(A) Table of Parking Spaces
    
    

    Required Uses	Parking Spaces Required
    Adult foster care home; community living home; care home	One (1) space for each (2) two patient beds, plus five (5) additional spaces for every twenty five (25) beds or fraction thereof over a minimum of twenty five (25) beds.
    Amusement and recreation business	One (1) space for every five (5) people up to the maximum number of people to be accommodated by the facility.
    Automobile repair services; repair garage; automobile wrecking/junkyards; junkyard/salvage yards	One (1) space for every two (2) employees, plus one (1) space for each 10,000 square feet of lot area, or two (2) spaces for each 100 square feet of floor area, whichever is the greater.
    Automobile service station	One (1) space for each employee, plus two (2) spaces for each service/wash bay or one (1) space for each 200 square feet of floor space.
    Banks; office; charitable and philanthropic institution	One (1) space per 200 square feet of floor area
    Personal services;	Two (2) spaces per barber or beauty shop chair.
    Boardinghouse; bed and breakfast	One space (1) for every two guests.
    Cannabis testing facility; contractor shop or storage yard; leather and hide tanning and finishing; industry, light; industry, medium, milk plant, mining operations; surface mining; research laboratory	One (1) space for every five hundred (500) feet of gross floor area.
    Church	One (1) space per three seats; or one (1) space per 72 inches of pew space, or one (1) space per thirty (30) square feet of floor area of auditorium, whichever is greater.
    Clinics; animal clinic; body piercing establishment; tattoo establishment	Three (3) patient parking spaces per staff doctor, plus one (1) space per three (3) other employees.
    Clubhouse, private clubs or lodge; commercial gathering places for smoking, such as hookah lounges, vape lounges or similar gathering establishments	One (1) space per three (3) members based on the design capacity of the facility.
    Community facility; recreation facility	One (1) space per three (3) patrons, based on the design capacity of the facility.
    College/University	One (1) space per three (3) students plus two (2) spaces per three (3) employees.
    Day care center	Two (2) parking spaces per three (3) teachers and employees normally engaged in or about the building or grounds. One (1) additional space per ten (10) children for drop-off/pick up traffic management.
    Dormitories	One (1) space per every three (3) residents.
    Dwelling (detached, single-family); clergy residence	Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit.
    Dwelling unit, accessory (internal, detached); tiny home	One (1) space per dwelling unit.
    Dwelling (attached, multifamily); condominium	One and one-fourth (1 1/4) spaces per dwelling unit for the first twenty (20) units, plus one and one half (1 1/2) space for each dwelling unit exceeding twenty (20) units.
    Educational institutions	Serving ages 15 and below, two (2) spaces per classroom. Serving ages 16 and above, ten (10) spaces per classroom. Auditoriums: in addition to above requirements one (1) space per three (3) seats.
    Handicap parking spaces (all establishments)	One (1) space for every twenty (20) parking spaces or as per Federal ADA regulations, whichever is greater. At a minimum, one (1) space shall be provided.
    Hospital; freestanding emergency medical care facility; chemical dependency treatment facility; inpatient psychiatric facility	One (1) space per three (3) patient beds, exclusive of bassinets, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees, including nurses, on the maximum working shift, plus adequate area for parking emergency vehicles.
    Hotels; motel; motor court; motor hotel; motor lodge	1 space per each room or suite
    Mortuaries or funeral parlors	Five (5) spaces per parlor or chapel unit, or one (1) space per four (4) seats, whichever is greater.
    Neighborhood shopping centers; retail cluster shopping center; shopping center	There shall be a ratio of four (4) square feet of parking (including driveways required for ingress and egress and circulation) to each one (1) square foot of store area.
    Offices	One (1) space per 200 square feet of office space.
    Nursery, retail; building material display and sales; medical cannabis dispensary; laundromat; pharmacy, retail or service establishment, supermarket	One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of retail floor space
    Public Building	One (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area, plus one (1) space per each three (3) employees. Every governmental vehicle shall be provided with a reserved off-street parking space.
    Public libraries	One (1) space for each four hundred (400) square feet of floor space.
    Restaurant; tavern - Sit Down	One (1) space per 150 square feet of floor area that accommodates the dining and service needs.
    Restaurant - Takeout/Quick-Service/Counter-Service	One (1) space per 300 square feet of floor area.
    Retail Stores	One (1) space per 200 square feet of retail floor space.
    Retail (Large-format)	Three (3) spaces per 1,000 square feet or floor area.
    Wholesale trade; business service; business service type, heavy; nursery wholesale; public grain warehouse; medical cultivation facility; radio or television broadcasting station; cannabis product manufacturing facility; lumberyard; sawmill; self storage facility; warehouse, public storage	One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of building office space plus one (1) space per one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of additional gross floor area.

Ord. No. 560, § 153.102(AB), 4-5-2016)

1. Where the parking requirements for a use are not specifically defined herein, the parking requirements for such use shall be determined by the Planning Director. Such determination may be based upon Parking Generation published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).
2. Where new construction is proposed in a commercial or industrial district, but no definite use is specified, parking requirements shall be calculated as follows:
   1. In any commercial district: five (5) parking spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet gross floor area.
   2. Industrial district: One and three quarters (1 3/4) parking spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet gross floor area.
3. When a use is to be initiated or changed in any vacant or occupied building or portion thereof, the parking required for the combined uses shall be reviewed by the Planning Department, based upon this chapter and "Parking Generation," published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). The determination of the Planning Department shall establish the total number of parking spaces required.

(Ord. No. 560, § 153.102(AB), 4-5-2016)

Wherever the required off-street parking requires the building of a parking lot, and wherever a parking lot is built, such parking lot shall be laid out, constructed of approved hard-surfaced materials and maintained in accordance with the following regulations:

1. Except for parcels of land devoted to one- and two-family uses, all areas devoted to off-street parking shall be so designed and be of such size that no vehicle is required to back into a public street to obtain egress.
2. Each parking space shall be not less than two hundred (200) square feet in area and shall be a definitely designated stall adequate for one motor vehicle.
3. In any determination of parking requirements as set forth in this section, where the resultant figure contains a fraction, any fraction less than one-half may be dropped and any fraction one-half or more shall be counted as one parking space.
4. Clearly defined driveways used for ingress and egress shall adhere to the City of Box Elder Construction Standards.
5. All areas devoted to permanent off-street parking as required under this section shall be of an approved hard-surface construction and maintained in such a manner that no dust will result from continuous use.
6. The parking lot shall be properly drained to eliminate surface water, and where required have the proper storm drainage system installed or a retention area if storm drainage is not accessible.
7. Where the parking lot abuts side lot lines of a residential district, there shall be established a setback line ten feet (10) from such side lot line.
8. Where the parking lot is contiguous to a residential district which has common frontage in the same block with the parking lot, there shall be established a setback line of twenty five (25) feet from the right-of-way lot line. The ground in the front buffer strip shall be prepared and shall be planted with trees, shrubs and grass.
9. Where the parking lot lies across the street and opposite a residential district, wherein the lots front on such street, there shall be established a setback line twenty five (25) feet from the right-of-way lot line. The ground in the front buffer strip shall be prepared and shall be planted with trees, shrubs and grass.
10. Where the parking lot abuts rear property lines of a residential district, there shall be established a setback line twenty five (25) feet from the rear lot line. The ground in the front buffer strip shall be prepared and shall be planted with trees, shrubs and grass.
11. Where parking is to be provided in the front yard of a multiple-family dwelling, there shall be established a setback line fifteen (15 )feet from the right-of-way lot line. The land between the setback line and the lot line in a parking lot is for the purpose of this article called a buffer strip. The ground in the front buffer strip shall be prepared and shall be planted with trees, shrubs and grass.
12. Plans for the layout of a parking lot containing more than twenty (20) parking spaces, must be approved by the Planning Commission.
13. The City Council shall have the authority to approve off-street parking in any district which is more restrictive than that required for the major land use it is intended to serve subject to the preceding conditions.

(Ord. No. 560, § 153.102(AB), 4-5-2016)

1. General provisions and purpose. The following regulations are established to allow flexibility for property owners in the parking of trailers and commercial vehicles while achieving public safety goals.
2. Parking standards in residential districts.
   
   

   Type of Vehicle	Storage Location	Minimum Distance from the Front of the Lot Line	Minimum Distance from the Back of the Sidewalk	Minimum Distance from the Back of the Curb	If No Curb or Sidewalk, Minimum Distance from Right Of Way
   Camper (5th Wheel & Travel Trailer)	Side or rear yard.	10 feet	5 feet	15 feet	15 feet
   Pop-up Camper (When Fully Stowed)	Side, rear yard, or driveway.	No minimum	5 feet	15 feet	15 feet
   Enclosed Cargo Trailer	Side, rear yard.	10 feet	5 feet	15 feet	15 feet
   Open Trailer	Side, rear yard, or driveway.	No minimum	5 feet	15 feet	15 feet
   Semi-Tractor or Motorhome	Side or rear yard.	10 feet	5 feet	15 feet	15 feet
   Food, Box, Dump, or Straight Trucks	Side or rear yard.	10 feet	5 feet	15 feet	15 feet
   Boat on a Trailer	Side or rear yard.	10 feet	5 feet	15 feet	15 feet

3. For the purpose of measurements, accessories, and materials fixed or carried upon such vehicles or trailers, including boats, shall be considered part of the vehicle or trailer.
4. On corner lots, distances apply to both street frontages. Sight triangles shall not be impeded.
5. In no case shall a commercial vehicle used for hauling gasoline, liquified petroleum, hazardous materials, explosives or similar products be permitted for storage and parking in a residential zoning district.

(Ord. No. 560, § 153.102(AB), 4-5-2016)

1. In all districts and on the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof, erected and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse goods, display, a department store, a wholesale store, a 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 service adjacent to the opening used for loading and unloading in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets or alleys.
2. Off-street loading and unloading spaces shall be provided as follows:
   1. One (1) off-street loading and unloading space shall be provided for buildings up to and including 10,000 square feet of floor area, plus one (1) additional off-street loading and unloading space for each additional 20,000 square feet of floor area up to and including 100,000 square feet.
   2. There shall be provided an additional off-street loading and unloading space for each additional 40,000 square feet of floor area in excess over 100,000 square feet.
   3. Where trailer trucks are involved, such loading and unloading space shall be an area not less than 12 feet by 100 feet with a 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. All areas devoted to permanent off-street loading and unloading as required under this section shall be of a sealed hard-surfaced construction, and shall be maintained in such a manner that no dust will result from continuous use.

(Ord. No. 560, § 153.102(AB), 4-5-2016)

1. Carports as an Accessory Use
   1. Carports are allowed in the front yard setback as an accessory use to a Single-Family Detached Dwelling or a Two-Family Dwelling within the following zoning districts;
      1. Residential 1
      2. Residential 2
      3. Residential 4
      4. Other Districts - See Land Use Matrix Table
   2. No permit is required to place a carport in a front yard setback, provided the carport meets the standards and review criteria below.
   3. Front Yard Carport Standards & Review Criteria
      1. Shall not exceed 500 square feet
      2. Shall not exceed 12 Feet at the highest point.
      3. Shall be set back at least eight (8) feet from the near edge of the adjacent sidewalk, if any, and at least ten (10) feet from the near edge of the curb or roadway.
      4. Shall meet the same side setbacks as the principle use.
      5. Shall not impede the sight triangle
      6. Shall not be attached to another structure.