Zoneomics Logo
search icon

Carefree City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

PARKING REQUIREMENTS

Section 7.01 Parking Requirement Table

The table below shows the parking requirements (columns labeled Minimum Number of Parking Spaces) for the various land uses listed in the left hand column. If there is a number in parentheses ( ) in the Minimum Number of Parking Spaces column, there are additional conditions, provisions, and/or clarifications that apply to that parking requirement. These conditions, provisions, and/or clarifications will be found in the corresponding numbered paragraphs listed in Section 7.02 of this Article. A definitions legend is located immediately below the Table.
Table 7.1: Parking Standards.
USE
MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED
USE
MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED
Single Family Home
2 PS/DU(1)
Multiple-Family Dwelling
2 PS/DU(2) (4)
Church (Places of Worship)
1 PS/3 Seats(3) (4)
School and Educational Institutions
1 PS/3 Employees + 1 PS/5 Students(4)
Theater and Auditorium
1 PS/3 Seats(4)
Funeral Home, Community Building, Other public assembly
1 PS/300 GROSS SQ. FT.(4)
Hotel, Motel, Guest Ranch, Resort Hotel (see parking requirement for restaurants & offices)
1 PS/Guest Room(4)
Boarding House, Group Home
1 PS/1 bed AND
1 PS/Employee (including contract Employee)
Assisted Care Facility, Supervisory Care Facility
.5 PS/1 bed
Office Building
1 PS/250 GROSS SQ. FT.(4)
Restaurant, Night Club, and Bar
1 PS/100 GROSS SQ. FT.(4) (5)
Retail and other Commercial Buildings
1 PS/250 GROSS SQ. FT.(4)
Bowling Alley and similar recreational uses
1 PS/300 GROSS SQ. FT.(4)
Private Club, Organization, Library and Museum
1 PS/500 GROSS SQ. FT.(4)
LEGEND:   PS = Parking Space
      DU = Dwelling Unit
      GP = Guest Parking
      SQ.FT. = Square feet of gross floor area
      STUDENT = Students predicted upon the design capacity of the physical plant
 

Section 7.02 Additional Requirements and Clarifications

   (1)   Single Family Home
      (A)   A minimum of two covered and enclosed parking spaces in a private garage (with doors) shall be provided for each principal building.
      (B)   No open carports will be allowed in single family rural or residential zoning districts.
   (2)   One of the required parking spaces must be covered. In addition, one (1) additional parking space designated "Guest Parking" shall be provided for every four (4) units or fraction thereof located in the same project.
   (3)   Parking spaces are calculated based on the seating in the main auditorium exclusive of the seating capacity of Sunday School and other special rooms.
   (4)   All covered or partially covered parking spaces must be approved by the Development Review Board.
   (5)   Square footage shall include gross square footage of the building including any area designated for outdoor dining that has been approved by the Development Review Board, except the gross square footage of public restrooms and kitchens may be subtracted from parking calculations.

Section 7.03 General Requirements

   (1)   No addition or enlargement of an existing building or use shall be permitted unless the parking requirements of this Ordinance are met for the entire building or use.

Section 7.04 Location of Required Parking Spaces

   (1)   The required parking spaces shall be located as follows:
      (A)   On the same lot as the use they are intended to serve, or
      (B)   Within four hundred (400) feet of the use they are intended to serve, if legally located on property under permanent ownership, easement, or lease by the owner or tenant.

Section 7.05 Joint Use Parking

   (1)   Joint use of parking spaces for two (2) or more buildings or uses is allowed if the total is not less than the spaces required for all of the individual buildings or uses.

Section 7.06 Design Standards for Required Parking

   (1)   For perpendicular parking, each space shall be at least nine (9) feet wide and twenty (20) feet deep with a minimum aisle width of twenty-two (22) feet.
   (2)   For other than perpendicular parking, the design shall be approved by the Zoning Administrator.
   (3)   Parking, maneuvering, ingress and egress areas at developments other than residential buildings with four or fewer units shall be maintained with one or more of the following dustproof paving methods: (Ord. #2015-02)
      (A)   Asphaltic concrete.
      (B)   Cement concrete.
      (C)   Stabilized decomposed granite.
      (D)   Paving blocks.
      (E)   Other paved surface as approved by the Development Review Board.
   (4)   Parking, maneuvering, ingress and egress areas 3,000 square feet or more in size at residential buildings with four or fewer units shall be maintained with one or more of the following dustproof paving methods: (Ord. #2015-02)
      (A)   Asphaltic concrete.
      (B)   Cement concrete.
      (C)   Stabilized decomposed granite.
      (D)   Paving blocks.
      (E)   Other paved surface as approved by the Development Review Board.
   (5)   Driveways shall be designed so that access to a street is by forward motion.
   (6)   For Commercial, Garden Office, and Multi-Family uses, except when a wall is required, a minimum six (6) inch high curb or bumper guard shall be utilized or employed so that no part of the vehicle shall extend over or beyond any property line.
   (7)   For Commercial, Garden Office, and Multi-Family uses, required parking spaces shall be striped and the striping shall be maintained in good condition.
   (8)   All Commercial, Garden Office, or Multi-Family uses shall screen off-street parking from view of any adjacent single family residential use by using landscaping and three (3) foot high earth berming and/or a three (3) foot high screen wall that blends into the building architecture as approved by the Development Review Board.
   (9)   All Commercial, Garden Office, or Multi-Family uses shall contain a minimum eight (8) foot wide landscape area between off-street parking areas and abutting rights-of-ways. A minimum fifteen (15) foot wide landscape area shall be provided between off-street parking and abutting residential uses.

Section 7.07 Mixed Uses

   (1)   The required parking spaces for mixed uses shall be the sum of the required parking spaces for the various uses computed separately. Spaces for one (1) use shall not be considered as providing required parking for any other use.

Section 7.08 Loading and Unloading Regulations

   (1)   For all commercial buildings there shall be one (1) loading and unloading space of not less than fifteen (15) feet in width, thirty (30) feet in length, and fourteen (14) feet in height for each fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof, which is devoted to the building, or as otherwise approved by the Development Review Board.
   (2)   The required loading and unloading spaces shall be on the same lot as the use they are intended to serve.
   (3)   In no case shall required loading and unloading spaces be part of the area used to satisfy the parking requirement.

Section 7.09 Joint Use

   (1)   Joint use of loading spaces for two (2) or more buildings or uses is allowed if the total is not less than the spaces required for all of the individual buildings or uses.