Concordia City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVIII
General Provisions
Section 405.690 Off-Street Parking.
[Ord. No. 649 §1, 3-4-2002]
A.
General. There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building or at the time such buildings are altered, enlarged, converted or increased in capacity minimum off-street parking space with adequate provision for ingress and egress by standard-sized vehicles in accordance with the requirements of this Code.
B.
Parking Space Requirements.
1.
Required number. The off-street parking spaces required for each use permitted by this Code shall not be less than that found in Table 801.2.1, provided that any fractional parking space over one-half (½) shall be computed as a whole space.
2.
Combination of uses. Where there is a combination of uses on a lot, the required number of parking spaces shall be the sum of that found for each use.
3.
Location of lot. The parking spaces required by this Code shall be provided on the same lot as the use or where the exclusive use of such is provided on another lot not more than one thousand (1,000) feet radially from the front door of the parking space generator and within the same or less-restrictive zoning district.
C.
Parking Stall Dimension.
1.
Width. A minimum width of nine (9) feet shall be provided for each parking stall as measured from the center of dividing line to center of dividing line or front edge of curb. Exceptions: Parallel parking stalls shall be permitted to be eight (8) feet wide.
2.
Length. A minimum length of twenty (20) feet shall be provided for each parking stall as measured from front edge of wheel stop (or edge of pavement) to extremity of markings. Exceptions: Parallel parking stalls shall be a minimum twenty-two (22) feet in length.
D.
Design Of Parking Facilities.
1.
Driveway width. Every parking facility shall be provided with one (1) or more access driveways, the width of which shall be the following:
2.
Driveway and ramp slopes. The maximum slope of any driveway or ramp slope shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%), except parking stalls shall not be allowed on side slopes exceeding eight percent (8%).
3.
Stall accessibility. Each required parking stall shall be individually and easily accessible. No automobile shall be required to back into any public street or sidewalk to leave any parking stall when such stall serves more than two (2) dwelling units or other than residential uses. All portions of a public lot or garage shall be accessible to other portions thereof without the use of any public street.
4.
Striping. All parking stalls shall be striped. Exception: A private parking area for the exclusive use of a single-family or two-family dwelling.
5.
Lighting. All lights illuminating a parking area shall be designed and located so as to reflect away from any street and adjacent residential property. Only industrial and commercial parking areas intended for night use need to be lighted.
Section 405.700 Location of Accessory Buildings in Residential Zones.
[Ord. No. 649 §1, 3-4-2002]
A.
General. Accessory buildings shall occupy the same lot as the main use or building.
B.
Separation From Main Building. All accessory buildings shall be separated from the main building by ten (10) feet.
C.
Private Detached Garages. An accessory building used as a garage shall be permitted to be located within the rear yard provided that a setback of a minimum of six (6) feet is maintained from the lot line and the structures do not encroach into any recorded easements. No encroachment shall be allowed into the side yards.
D.
Storage Buildings. All accessory buildings, permanent in nature, used for storage or other similar uses, shall be permitted to be located in any portion of the yard, so long as a rear yard setback of at least six (6) feet is maintained. No encroachment shall be allowed into the side yard. No storage shed shall be located in the front yard.
Table 801.2 Off-Street Parking Schedule | |||
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Use | Number Of Parking Spaces Required | ||
One-family dwelling | Two (2) per unit with no more than one (1) space located in front or side yard. | ||
Two-family dwelling unit | Two (2) per unit with no more than one (1) space/unit located in front yard with no parking closer than six (6) feet to side yard lot line. | ||
Three or more family dwelling unit | One (1) per unit with two (2) bedrooms or less. Two (2) per unit with three (3) bedrooms or more. No spaces to be located in front yard. No parking closer than six (6) feet to side or rear lot lines. | ||
Motels | One (1) space per rental room plus two (2) spaces for first twenty (20) units plus one (1) space for each additional twenty (20) units. | ||
Professional/Business Office | One (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of total office area. | ||
Medical Office/Clinic | One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of total office area. | ||
Banks/Financial Institutions | One (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of total bank area plus three (3) stacking spaces for each drive-through lane. | ||
Retail Sales (including food shops) | One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of sales space. | ||
Convenience Store | One (1) space per four hundred (400) square feet of sales space. Parking at pumps may count as required spaces. | ||
Furniture, Appliance Stores, Home Furnishings, Hardware and Garden Supplies and Building Materials | One (1) space per four hundred (400) square feet plus one (1) space per one thousand (1,000) square feet of outside storage/sales. | ||
Restaurants, Fast-Food Restaurants, Taverns and Bars | One (1) space per one hundred (100) square feet of dining/lounging area plus drive-through to have three (3) stacking spaces per window. | ||
Shopping Centers | First two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of gross floor area — one (1) space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet. Over two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of gross floor area — one (1) space per four hundred (400) square feet. | ||
Health Club/Fitness Center | One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area. | ||
Auditoriums/Assembly Halls Churches | One (1) space per fifty-five (55) seats. | ||
Day Care | One (1) space per employee plus one (1) space per ten (10) patrons or any fraction thereof. | ||
Schools | |||
Elementary to Junior High | One (1) space per employee plus one (1) space per twenty (20) auditorium seats. | ||
High School | One (1) space per employee plus one (1) space per five (5) auditorium seats. | ||
Service Business Uses | |||
Barber/Beauty Shop | Two (2) spaces per operator station or chair. | ||
Dry Cleaning/Laundry | One (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of area. | ||
Funeral Home | One (1) space per five (5) seats in chapel plus one (1) space per employee plus one (1) space per facility vehicle. | ||
Animal Hospital | One (1) space per four hundred (400) square feet of receiving and treating area plus one (1) space per employee. | ||
Recreational Uses | |||
Bowling Alley | Five (5) spaces per lane plus bar/restaurant at seventy-five percent (75%) of regular requirement. | ||
Miniature Golf | One (1) space per hole. | ||
All Other Recreational Uses | One (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of area or one (1) space per four (4) seats, whichever may apply. | ||
Industrial Uses | |||
Warehouses | One (1) space per two thousand (2,000) square feet of floor area. | ||
Industrial Uses | One (1) space per six hundred (600) square feet of floor area. | ||
Section 405.710 Allowable Projections Into Yards For Residential Zones.
[Ord. No. 649 §1, 3-4-2002]
A.
General. Eaves, cornices, windows or other similar architectural features shall be permitted to project into a required front or side yard no more than twelve (12) inches. Foundation footings or wingwalls shall not be allowed to protrude into the required yards. Chimneys shall be permitted to project no more than two (2) feet, provided the width of any side yard is not reduced to less than eight (8) feet with the total area of encroachment not exceeding twelve (12) square feet.
B.
Front Yards. Open, unenclosed ramps, porches, platforms or landings not covered by a roof shall be permitted to extend no more than six (6) feet into the required front yard, provided such porch does not extend above the first (1st) level and is no more than six (6) feet above grade at any point.
C.
Rear Yards. Windows shall be permitted to project into a required rear yard no more than six (6) inches. Open porches, decks, platforms not covered by a roof shall be permitted to extend no more than six (6) feet into the required rear yard. No encroachment shall be allowed in the side yard.
Section 405.720 Landscaping Requirements.
[Ord. No. 649 §1, 3-4-2002]
A.
General. Landscaping is required for all new buildings and additions over five hundred (500) square feet as defined in this Section. Said landscaping shall be completed before the occupancy of the building.
B.
Front Yards. Front yards required by this Code shall be completely landscaped, except for those areas occupied by access driveways, walls and structures.
C.
Streetside Side Yards. All flanking streetside side yards shall be completely landscaped, except for those areas occupied by utilities, access driveways, paved walks, walls and structures. The site triangle on the intersection corner having a size to be determined by the Code Official shall not be landscaped such that the vehicular line-of-site is obscured.
D.
Maintenance. All live landscaping required by this Code shall be properly maintained. All dead or dying landscaping shall be replaced immediately and all sodded areas mowed on a regular basis.
Section 405.730 Loading Spaces.
[Ord. No. 649 §1, 3-4-2002]
A.
General. Loading spaces shall be provided on the same lot for every building in the B or I zones. No loading space is required if prevented by an existing lawful building. The Code Official shall be authorized to waive this requirement on unusual lots.
B.
Size. Each loading space shall have a clear height of fourteen (14) feet and shall be directly accessible through a useable door not less than three (3) feet in width and six (6) feet, eight (8) inches high. The minimum area of a loading space shall be four hundred (400) square feet and the minimum dimensions shall be twenty (20) feet long and ten (10) feet wide.
Section 405.735 Grading and Excavation Regulations.
[Ord. No. 649 §1, 3-4-2002]
A.
General. This Section is intended to provide the community with fair and equitable grading practices and shall not supersede the requirements of any other ordinance.
B.
Grading Responsibilities.
1.
Protection of utilities. Public utilities or services shall be protected from damage due to grading or excavation operations.
2.
Protection of adjacent property. Adjacent properties shall be protected from damage due to grading operations. No person shall excavate on land sufficiently close to the property line to endanger any adjoining public street, sidewalk, alley or other public or private property without supporting and protecting such property from any damage that might result or as may be agreed with the public entity or adjoining property owner.
3.
Inspection notice. The Code Official shall be notified at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the start of work.
4.
Temporary erosion control. Precautionary measures necessary to protect adjacent watercourses and public or private property from damage by soil erosion, flooding or disposition of mud or debris originating from the site shall be in effect. Precautionary measures shall include properly designed and installed/constructed sediment control facilities so that downstream properties are not affected by upstream erosion.
5.
Traffic control and protection of streets. Flaggers, signs, barricades and other safety devices to ensure adequate safety when working in or near public streets shall be provided.
6.
Hazard from existing grading. Whenever any existing excavation, embankment or fill has become a hazard to life, which endangers structures or which may adversely affect the safety, use or stability of a public way or drainage channel, such excavation, embankment or fill shall be changed or adjusted to address or correct the undesirable situation.
7.
Tracking of dirt onto public streets. Adequate cleaning of equipment to prevent the tracking of dirt and debris onto public streets shall be provided. The offender shall remove any material tracked onto the public streets. Failure to properly address the situation immediately shall be considered a nuisance and will be treated as a nuisance condition by enforcement officials.
8.
Maintenance of waterway. Precautionary measures to protect and maintain the flow of waterways shall be taken.
9.
Revegetation. The loss of trees, ground cover and topsoil shall be minimized on any grading project. In addition to mechanical methods of erosion control, planting grass or ground cover plants and/or trees shall protect graded areas to the extent practical from damage. Such plantings shall provide for rapid, short-term coverage of the slopes as well as long-term permanent coverage. A plan by a registered design professional shall be provided when required by the Code Official.
10.
Additional yard requirements. In all districts, a triangular space shall be maintained at the street corner of a corner lot, free from any kind of obstruction to vision, between the heights of two (2) feet and twelve (12) feet above the established street grade. The street grade is measured at the intersection of the centerlines of the intersecting street pavements. The triangular space is determined by measuring twenty (20) feet along the point of intersection of the limits of the street pavements.
Section 405.740 Passageways.
[Ord. No. 649 §1, 3-4-2002]
A.
Residential Entrances. There shall be a passageway (sidewalk) leading from the public way to the exterior entrance of each dwelling unit in every residential building of not less than four (4) feet in width. The passageway shall be increased by two (2) feet when the number of living units equals four (4) or more.
B.
Separation Between Buildings. There shall be at least ten (10) feet of clear space between every main building and accessory building having one hundred (100) square feet or more of floor area on a lot. There shall be at least twenty (20) feet of clear space between every residential building and another main building on the same lot.
C.
Location Of Passageways. Passageways shall be permitted to be located in that space set aside for required yards. Passageways shall be open and unobstructed to the sky and shall be permitted to have such projections as allowed for yards, provided that the users of said passageways have a clear walkway to the public way. Any space between buildings or passageways that has less than that prescribed herein shall not be further reduced.
Section 405.745 Approval For and Availability of Essential Services.
[Ord. No. 649 §1, 3-4-2002]
A.
General. All projects that require the additional use of new facilities or essential services such as sewers, storm drains, fire hydrants, potable water, public streets, street lighting and similar services shall be approved by the agency providing such services prior to project approvals. These approvals may be required in written form by the Code Official. If this is the case, these approvals shall be submitted with the application for building permits.
B.
Non-availability of essential services shall be permitted to be grounds for denying permits for additional development until such services are available. The jurisdiction is not obligated to extend or supply essential services if capacity is not available. If capacity is available, the extension of services shall be by and at the cost of the developer, unless the jurisdiction agrees otherwise. All services shall be designed and installed in full conformance with this jurisdiction's minimum standards for such service and shall be subject to review, permit and inspections as required by other policies or ordinances of this jurisdiction.