Cranston City Zoning Code
Chapter 17.64 OFF
STREET PARKING
§ 17.64.010 Off-street parking.
A.
Applicability.
No land shall be used or occupied and no structure shall be erected
or used unless the off-street parking spaces required herein are provided.
Such parking spaces are not required for any structure or use existing
at the time of enactment of this chapter; provided, however, that
parking spaces as specified in this chapter shall be provided for
any enlargement or alteration to any such existing structures or use.
B.
Location.
The off-street parking spaces required by this chapter shall be on
the same lot as the structure or use they are intended to serve. The
zoning board of review may grant exceptions to allow provision of
the required spaces on a separate lot or lots within a radius of two
hundred (200) feet in C-1, C-2 and C-3 districts; and a radius of
eight hundred (800) feet in C-5, M-l and M-2 districts, measured from
the lot line of the principal use.
C.
Extension
of Parking Across District Boundaries in Residential, Commercial and
Industrial Districts. It is the intent of the zoning ordinance to
encourage proper off-street parking areas so as to protect public
safety, alleviate traffic congestion and encourage economic development
that is in harmony with surrounding land use.
The off-street parking, loading and unloading spaces may be
provided for a conforming use in any commercial and industrial district
on the same or adjoining parcel of land to a distance of two hundred
(200) feet from the boundary of any such district in the manner provided
in this section, including residential zoning districts or other commercial
or industrial zoning districts.
Any such extension into a residential zone shall have ingress
and egress only via the lot(s) in the zoning district on which the
conforming use is located and shall not substantially increase traffic
in the adjoining zoning district.
D.
Continuation
of Facilities. Required parking spaces associated with a permitted
use shall not be reduced or encroached upon in any manner unless a
change in the parking requirements of the associated permitted use
occurs to permit a corresponding change in the area of the associated
parking space.
F.
Street
Access.
1.
Each
parking space shall have vehicular access to a street. Driveways,
aisles and spaces in all multifamily, commercial and industrial developments
shall be so arranged that vehicles will leave and enter the street
with a forward motion.
2.
Curb
openings shall conform to the following design standards:
Residential Construction: | |
Minimum Width | 10 Feet |
Maximum Width | 20 Feet |
Multi-Family, Commercial and Industrial Construction: | |
Minimum Width | 12 Feet |
Maximum Width | 35 Feet |
3.
Curb
Openings at Corner Lots. On a corner lot, no curb opening shall be
located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to the end of the radius
curb.
G.
Parking
Spaces Reserved for One Structure or Use. No part of an off-street
parking area required for any building or use for the purposes of
complying with the provisions of this section shall be included as
part of an off-street parking area similarly required for another
building or use; provided however, that where the zoning board of
review finds that such required off-street parking will not be used
simultaneously by more than one building or use, it may reduce the
required parking space to an area adequate for the combined uses at
the time when the parking area will be in greatest use.
H.
Construction
Requirements.
1.
Every
parcel of land which, after the effective date of this chapter is
changed to a parking area for more than five vehicles or to a drive-in
business or motor vehicle sales or service establishment or any parcel
of land hereafter developed in a C-4 district, shall be developed
as follows, subject to the approval of the plans thereof by the inspector
of buildings.
2.
Such
area, where subject to wheeled traffic shall be treated with bituminous
or other all weather, hard surfacing and shall have appropriate bumper
or wheel guards where needed.
3.
Where
such area adjoins, faces or extends into a residential district in
the rear or on the side of the principal building, a wall or fence
or solid appearance or a tight evergreen hedge having a height of
no less than five feet shall be erected and maintained between such
area and the property in the residential district. No such wall, fence
or hedge need be erected in or adjacent to any front yard or corner
side yards.
4.
Any
light used to illuminate such parking area shall be so arranged as
to reflect light away from adjoining premises and streets.
I.
Off-Street
Parking Space Requirements. The following numbers of amounts of off-street
parking spaces or areas shall be required for the following uses:
1.
Accessory
family apartment: one additional parking space.
2.
Bowling
alleys: three spaces for every two alleys.
3.
Churches:
one space for each ten (10) seats in main room or area in which services
are held.
4.
Congregate
retirement living facilities: one space for each two units, plus one
for each employee.
5.
Dance
halls and nightclubs, hall include all of the following three requirements.
6.
Eating
and drinking establishments: one space for each three seats provided
for patron use.
7.
Funeral
homes: one space for each company vehicle, plus one space for each
three seats in meeting rooms.
8.
Game
room: one space for every three amusement machines or devices or higher
fraction thereof.
9.
Hospitals
and sanitariums: one space for each two beds.
10.
Hotels, motels: one space for each room to rent.
11.
Marinas: where marinas are included as an accessory use, the parking
spaces otherwise required shall be increased by one parking space
for each boat mooring space in excess of five boat moorings.
12.
Medical or dental clinics: four spaces for each one thousand (1,000)
square feet of floor area.
13.
Multi-family dwelling structures: for residential structures or groups
of structures with three or more dwelling units, two spaces for each
dwelling unit, excepting that for multi-family structures designed
for the elderly, ninety (90) percent or more of whose units are to
be occupied by persons at least sixty (60) years of age, the number
of parking spaces shall be one for each dwelling unit.
14.
Nursing homes: one space for each two beds.
15.
Offices: four spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of
floor area.
16.
Retail business and service establishments except eating and drinking
establishments: one space for each three hundred (300) square feet
of gross floor area of buildings or groups of buildings having a gross
floor area of zero to five thousand (5,000) square feet, excluding
basement storage area.
One space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor
area of buildings or groups of buildings having a gross floor area
greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet, excluding basement
storage.
Four spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross
floor area of buildings or groups of buildings located within a State
Enterprise Zone having a gross floor area greater than one hundred
ninety thousand (190,000) square feet, excluding basement storage.
17.
Schools: one space for each two employees, including teachers and
administrators, but excluding members of religious orders, plus sufficient
off-street space for safe and convenient loading and unloading of
students.
18.
Single and two-family dwellings: one space for each dwelling unit.
19.
Theaters, auditoriums, stadiums: one space for each four seats, plus
one additional space for each two employees.
20.
Welfare institutions (asylums orphanages and so forth): one space
for each doctor (staff or visiting) associated with the institution,
plus additional spaces equal to three-fourths of the number of employees,
plus such additional space for business and social visitors as shall
be determined necessary by the inspector of buildings in light of
the needs of the particular institution.
21.
Wholesale establishments, establishments processing for direct consumption
and industrial district uses: one space for each employee-used vehicle
or one space for each four employees employed at maximum employment,
whichever is greater; plus space for every company owned and operated
vehicle plus spaces for customers' vehicles as determined appropriate
by the inspector of buildings.
(Prior code § 30-18(p); Ord. 2010-28, § 2, 9/27/2010)