Crosby City Zoning Code
PARKING AND
LOADING REQUIREMENTS
§ 154.160 INTENT.
In all zoning districts, with the exception of allowed uses in the B-1 District, off-street parking facilities for the storage of motor vehicles for the use of occupants, employees, and patrons of the buildings or structures erected, altered, or extended after the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter derives, shall be provided and maintained as prescribed in this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 13.47)
§ 154.161 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
(A) A loading space shall not be construed as supplying off-street parking space.
(B) When units or measurements used in determining the number of required parking spaces result in requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half shall require one parking space.
(C) Whenever a use requiring off-street parking is increased in floor area and such use is located in a building existing on or before the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter derives, additional parking space for the additional floor area shall be provided and maintained in amounts hereafter specified for that use.
(D) For the purpose of this section, FLOOR AREA, in the case of offices, merchandising, or service types of uses, shall mean the gross floor area used or intended to be used for services to the public as customers, patrons, clients, or patients as tenants, including areas occupied for fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise, less 10%.
(E) Off-street parking facilities for dwellings shall be provided and located on the same lot or parcel of land or within 300 feet of the property.
(F) The location of required off-street parking facilities for other than dwellings shall be within 300 feet of the building they are intended to serve, measured from the nearest point of the off-street parking facilities and the nearest point of the building or structure.
(G) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent collective provisions of off-street parking facilities for two or more buildings or uses provided, collectively, such facilities shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses computed separately in accordance with the table. The Planning Commission and City Council may allow shared parking facilities by conditional use permit.
(H) Nothing in this section shall prevent the extension of or an addition to a building or structure into an existing parking area which is required for the original building or structure when the same amount of space taken by the extension or addition is provided by an enlargement of the existing parking area, or an additional area within 300 feet of such building.
(I) The amount of required off-street parking space for new uses or buildings, additions to new uses or buildings, and additions to existing buildings shall be determined in accordance with the following section and the space so required and shall be irrevocably reserved for such use.
(J) All parking spaces shall consist of a minimum of 180 square feet in area (either ten by 18 feet or nine feet by 20 feet). Handicapped spaces shall be sized and located according to the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.
(K) Surface parking shall not exceed 125% of the minimum parking requirement for the subject land use(s).
(Prior Code, § 13.48) (Ord. 2014-02, passed - -)
§ 154.162 PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
(A) Single-family, two-family, and townhouse units: two spaces per unit.
(B) Multiple-family dwellings: two spaces per unit.
(C) Motels, motor hotels, hotels: one space for each rental unit plus one additional space for each ten units and one space for each employee on any shift. See also bed and breakfast provisions in § 154.131(F).
(D) Hospitals: two spaces for each bed and in addition one space for each employee on any maximum shift.
(E) Medical, dental, or hospital out-patient clinics: one space for each 110 square feet of net floor area or seven and one-half spaces per doctor, whichever number of parking spaces is greater.
(F) Office buildings and professional offices: one space for each 250 square feet of floor area.
(G) Manufacturing, fabricating, or processing of a product or material; warehouse, storage, handling of bulk goods, post offices: at least eight spaces, plus one space for every two employees on each shift based on maximum planned employment or at a minimum one space for each 500 square feet of floor area.
(Prior Code, § 13.49) (Ord. 2019-04, passed 8-26-2019)
§ 154.163 MINIMUM STANDARDS.
In all districts where off-street parking is required, the following minimum standards shall apply.
(A) Adequate ingress and egress shall be provided.
(B) Such parking lots shall be maintained in a dust-proof condition, such as concrete, blacktop or Class V material, or some other permanent surface, and kept graded and drained to dispose of surface water.
(C) Whenever such a parking lot is located on a property zoned for residential use, a setback of eight feet from the lot line shall be required.
(D) Necessary curbs or other protections against damage to adjoining properties, streets, and sidewalks shall be provided and maintained.
(E) Plans for the construction of any such parking lot must be approved by the city before construction is started. No such land shall be used for parking until approved by the city.
(Prior Code, § 13.50)
§ 154.164 LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
For required loading berths in connection with any structure which is to be erected or substantially altered and which requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or similar vehicles, with a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more, there shall be off-street loading provided on the basis of the following.
Gross Floor Area (square feet) | Minimum Required Loading Berths |
10,000 to 16,000 | 1 |
16,001 to 40,000 | 2 |
40,001 to 70,000 | 3 |
70,001 to 100,000 | 4 |
Each additional 40,000 | 1 |
(Prior Code, § 13.51)
§ 154.165 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
In all Residential Districts, detached accessory buildings shall be located in the rear or side yard. When located within ten feet of the rear wall of the principal building, they shall comply with all yard requirements applicable to the principal building in the district. Where accessory buildings are to be located more than ten feet from a rear wall of the principal building, they shall not be located closer than five feet from an adjoining side or rear lot line. All accessory buildings shall sit back a minimum of 20 feet from all street right-of-way lines.
(Prior Code, § 13.52) (Ord. 2021-04, passed 7-26-2021)
§ 154.166 GARAGES.
All garages shall, if the vehicle entrance backs upon a public alley, be set back at least ten feet from the public alley right-of-way.
(Prior Code, § 13.53)
§ 154.167 LIMITATION OF DOOR EXTENSIONS.
In no case shall the door of any structure, building, or improvement, except a fence, be erected or constructed so as to extend beyond any lot line.
(Prior Code, § 13.54)
§ 154.168 BUSINESS AND MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.
In Business and Manufacturing Districts, accessory buildings and uses may occupy any of the ground area which the principal building is permitted to occupy. Accessory buildings such as buildings for parking attendants, guard shelters, gate houses, and transformer buildings, may be located in the front or side yard in Industrial Districts. Parking of automobiles and other motor vehicles is permitted in the front and side yards in Industrial Districts if screened by a landscaped buffer five feet in width.
(Prior Code, § 13.55)