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Burley City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 12

OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING

5-12-1: OFF STREET PARKING:

No building permit shall be issued until the applicant has presented satisfactory evidence to the building inspector that he owns or has otherwise available for his use sufficient property to provide the parking required in subsection (A) of this section. A "parking space" is an area of not less than one hundred eighty (180) square feet, net, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, or ramps or columns, etc., to be used exclusively as a temporary storage space for one private vehicle.
   (A)   Parking Requirements: Automobile parking space shall be provided according to the following schedule and subject to the following conditions in any district in which any of the following uses shall be established. (Ord. 853, 7-2-1973)
1. Each family dwelling unit
Parking spaces for 2 vehicles.
 
Parking space shall be provided for the vehicles to be parked side by side and not in tandem
2. Places of public assembly including lodges and fraternal buildings not providing overnight accommodations, assembly halls, auditoriums, skating rinks, bowling alleys, theaters, fairgrounds, funeral homes, community centers, libraries and similar type public assembly areas
At least 1 off street parking space for each 5 seats provided for patron use and/or at least 1 off street parking space for each 75 square feet of floor area used for public assembly, but not containing fixed seats. This space may be provided at a point not farther than 300 feet distance in a direct line from the nearest part of the building or structure used for public assembly to the nearest part of the parking area except in the case of parks and fairgrounds such space may be provided at a point not farther than 300 feet distance in a direct line from the nearest part of such land used for public assembly to the nearest part of the parking area.
3. Churches
At least 1 off street parking space for each 5 seats and/or 1 off street parking space for each 90 linear inches of pew space in any church, such parking to be located on the same lot or on contiguous lots with the church unless such church be located in an R-1 through R-3 district, such parking space may be located at a point not farther than 300 feet from the nearest part of such church building.
4. Restaurants, bars, nightclubs and other similar dining or refreshment establishments
Off street parking space for at least 1 space for each 50 square feet of floor space exclusive of kitchen, restroom and storage rooms.
5. Motels, tourist courts, tourist homes and trailer parks
1 off street parking space for each guestroom or suite of guestrooms shall be required. 1 off street parking space for each trailer space in a trailer court, providing only overnight parking, but if the court is for permanent parking, then 2 off street parking spaces shall be provided. Such space shall be provided on the lot or lots on which such motel, tourist court, tourist home or trailer court is located.
6. Hotels
Parking space for 1 vehicle for each 3 beds, such parking may be provided at a point not farther than 300 feet distance in a direct line from the nearest part of such hotel building.
7. Hospitals
Parking space for 1 vehicle for each 3 patient beds, plus at least 1 off street parking space for each staff doctor, plus at least 1 additional off street parking space for each 6 employees.
8. Doctors' offices, dentist offices, medical clinics, medical centers
1 off street parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area and 1 space for each employee in the office.
9. Schools, including elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools and all other similar institutions of learning
At least 1 off street parking space for each 3 employees, including administrators, teachers and building maintenance personnel and at least 1 off street parking space for each 10 high school or above students predicted upon the designated capacity of the physical plant.
10. Retail establishments, office buildings and commercial establishments not specified in this section
1 off street parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area and an additional parking space for 1 vehicle for each 800 square feet of floor area on the upper floor or floors of any commercial building not otherwise specified herein; such space may be provided at a point not farther than 300 feet distance in a direct line from the nearest point of such commercial building.
11. Wholesale manufacturing and industrial plant, including warehousing and storage building and yards, public utility buildings, contractor equipment and lumberyards, business service establishments and all other structures devoted to similar mercantile and industrial pursuits
At least 1 off street parking space for each 3 employees.
12. For any and all uses or structures not specifically provided for in the foregoing enumerations, such parking space as the planning and zoning commission shall determine to be necessary, considering all the parking generating factors involved.
 
13. Fast food restaurants
In addition to the requirements of subsection (A)4 of this section, 3 off street parking spaces for each 3 booths, tables, or other facilities accommodating on premises customers.
14. Townhouse developments
Townhouse developments shall provide a minimum of two and three tenths (2.3) parking spaces per townhouse unit. Garages shall not be included for meeting the required number of parking spaces. Recreational vehicles shall be prohibited from parking within townhouse subdivisions except for spaces specifically designed for recreational vehicle parking as indicated on the final plat. Recreational vehicle parking spaces shall not be included for meeting the required number of parking spaces.
 
   (B)   Design Standards:
      1.   All off street automobile parking facilities shall be designated with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley as well as maneuvering areas. No driveway or curb cuts in any district shall exceed twenty five feet (25') in width except as otherwise regulated by governmental authority, and detailed plans shall be submitted to the proper official for approval of all curb cuts or driveway openings before a permit may be obtained therefor.
      2.   The parking area shall be paved with an asphaltic or concrete surfacing, afford adequate drainage and shall have bumper guards where needed.
      3.   The parking areas shall be used for automobile parking only, with no sales, storage, repair work or servicing of any kind conducted thereon, except where the lot is constructed to accommodate trucks with adequate space.
      4.   If lighting is provided, it shall be arranged to reflect away from any residential area, also from any public street or highway. (Ord. 853, 7-2-1973; amd. Ord. 961, 2-17-1981; Ord. 1200, 5-2-2006; Ord. 1371, 3-17-2020)

5-12-2: OFF STREET LOADING:

On the same premises with every building devoted to retail trade, retail and wholesale food markets, wholesale supply houses, wholesale or manufacturing trade, hotels, hospitals, laundry, dry cleaning establishments or other buildings where large amounts of goods are received or shipped, erected in any district after the effective date hereof there shall be provided loading and unloading space as follows:
   (A)   Buildings: Buildings of ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area or less, one off street loading space, plus an additional off street loading and unloading space for each additional twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of floor area.
   (B)   Loading Spaces: Each loading space shall be not less than twelve feet (12') in width, sixty feet (60') in length, provided that any building bordering on any public access, i.e., street or alley, shall be deemed in compliance with the foregoing requirements of this section so long as the free passage is permitted on the public way during the unloading process and provided further that such unloading does not interfere with normal parking conditions and pedestrian traffic on the public way.
   (C)   Drive-Up Window: Any restaurant, bank or other commercial enterprise providing a drive-up window shall provide ingress and egress thereto from a street or alley except that no ingress or egress to a drive-up window shall be from or to the following streets in the city:
      1.   Overland Avenue;
      2.   Main Street;
      3.   16th Street;
      4.   East 5th Street;
      5.   West 5th Street. (Ord. 853, 7-2-1973; amd. Ord 961, 2-17-1981)

5-12-3: BURLEY CORE AREA EXEMPT:

   (A)   The "Burley core area" is hereby defined to be that area bounded by 11th Street on the north, the alley west of Oakley Avenue on the west, the alley east of Albion Avenue on the east, and 15th Street on the south.
   (B)   The Burley core area shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 1233, 5-20-2008)