Daphne City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVI.

PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DISTRICTS

16-1 - General.

(a)

Off-street automobile storage or parking space shall be provided with vehicular access to a street or alley and shall be equal to the minimum requirements for the specific land use set forth as otherwise provided herein.

(b)

In the case of fractional results in calculating parking requirements, the required number shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.

(c)

Except as otherwise provided herein, building gross floor area shall be used to calculate parking space requirements.

(d)

The required number of parking spaces for any number of separate uses may be combined in one (1) lot, but the required space assigned to one (1) use may not be assigned to another use at the same time, except that portion of the parking space required for an existing church whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sunday, may be assigned to a use which will be closed at night or on Sunday.

(e)

Areas reserved for off-street parking in accordance with the requirements of this Ordinance shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use unless the permitted use which it serves is discontinued or modified, except where equivalent parking space is provided to the satisfaction of the planning commission.

(f)

Off-street parking in existence prior to the enactment of this Ordinance in connection with the operation of an existing building or use shall not be reduced to an amount less than hereinafter required for a similar new building or use.

(g)

For existing commercial uses in any business district and other similar areas desiring to expand, but unable for good and sufficient reason to provide parking at the standard required in the following schedule, the board of zoning adjustment may grant relaxation of the strict application of these requirements on appeal, subject to the regulations governing appeals and variances.

(h)

Where business and multi-family unit developments require large numbers of parking spaces, such spaces may be accommodated in parking decks provided that no such parking deck shall exceed three (3) levels above ground or twenty-five (25) percent of the height of the principal structure, whichever is greater.

(i)

A parking deck design shall be compatible with the design of the principal structure and shall be submitted as a part of the overall site plan. The parking deck shall comply with the minimum requirements of this Ordinance.

(j)

Off-site commercial parking lots shall be subject to the following provisions:

An off-site commercial parking lot may be constructed for the purpose of providing for employee and/or patron parking upon approval of the planning commission in certain zoning districts as per Article 35, Table of Permitted Uses and Conditions.

ii.

Site plan approval by the planning commission is required, except in a C/I, Commercial/Industrial district. In a C/I district an off-site commercial parking lot may be approved through the administrative site plan review process.

iii.

It shall be the responsibility of the owner to maintain in a neat and adequate manner, the parking spaces, access ways, striping, landscaping, and required walls or screening.

iv.

All off-site commercial parking lots shall be screened from street view by a fence, landscaping, landscape berm and/or wall with landscaping. Berms and/or walls (including retaining walls) shall be a minimum of three (3) feet in height on the parking lot side, and no higher than four and one-half (4.5) feet in height on the street side. For the purposes of this section, parking areas as used herein shall include all parking spaces, drive aisles and maneuvering areas.

Off-site commercial parking lots shall be connected to a public street by a paved driveway which affords safe and reasonably convenient ingress and egress. The permissible location and minimum width of driveways shall be as specified in Section 11-6, Minimum Street Requirements.

vi.

Required parking spaces for a given C/I use in a C/I district may be located on a different lot within the same commercial park/subdivision provided that a formal agreement between the land owners or with proof that both properties are under common ownership is submitted to the city.

(Ord. No. 2022-58, § 5(A), 9-6-22)

16-2 - Parking schedule.

LAND USE		PARKING REQUIREMENTS
(a)	Dwellings
	(1) One and two families:	Two (2) spaces for each dwelling unit.
	(2) Multiple families:	Two (2) spaces for each unit.
	(3) Hotels without restaurants, lounges, or banquet facilities:	One (1) space for each bedroom.
	(4) Hotels with in-house restaurants, banquet facilities, or convention/meeting capabilities:	One and one-half (1.5) spaces for each bedroom.
	(5) Motels, Tourist Courts, and Tourist Homes:	One and one-half (1.5) spaces for each guest bedroom.
	(6) Mobile Home Courts and Parks:	Two (2) spaces per unit.
	(7) Boarding, Rooming Houses and Dormitories:	One (1) space for each guest bedroom.
	(8) Multiple families, Senior Independent Living	One and one-half (1.5) spaces per unit plus required Visitor parking spaces (see 16-3j).
(b)	Public Assembly
	(1) Churches or Other Places of Worship:	One (1) space for each four (4) seats in the main auditorium or sanctuary.
	(2) Private Clubs, Lodges and Fraternal Buildings, (not providing overnight accommodations):	One (1) space for each hundred (100) square feet of building under roof.
	(3) Theaters, Auditoriums, Coliseums, Stadiums, and Similar Places of Assembly:	One (1) space for each four (4) seats.
	(4) Libraries, Museums:	One (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area.
	(5) Schools, including Kindergartens, Play-schools, and Day Care Centers:	One (1) space for each four (4) seats in assembly hall, or one (1) space for each employee, including teachers and administrators, whichever is greater, plus five (5) spaces per classroom for high school and colleges.
	(6) Skating Rinks, Dance Halls, Pool Rooms and Other Places of Amusement or Assembly without Fixed Seating Arrangements:	One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.
	(7) Bowling Alleys:	Four (4) spaces for each alley/lane.
(c)	Health Facilities
	Hospitals, Sanitariums, Nursing Homes for the Aged and Similar Institutional Uses:	One (1) space for each four (4) beds, plus one (1) space for each employee on the maximum shift.
	(1) Kennels and Animal Hospitals:	A parking area equal to thirty percent (30%) of the total enclosed or covered area.
	(2) Medical, Dental and Health Offices and Clinics:	One (1) space for each two hundred square feet (200 sq. ft.) of floor area used for offices and similar purposes.
	(3) Mortuaries and Funeral Parlors:	Ten (10) spaces per parlor chapel unit, or one (1) space per two (2) seats, whichever is greater.
(d)	Business
	(1) Commercial Establishments and Office (including but not limited to the following):
	Food Stores, Furniture Stores, General Business, (commercial or personal service establishments catering to the retail trade, but excluding food stores); and/or,	Four (4) parking spaces for up to four hundred square feet (400 sq. ft.) limited to the square feet of gross floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each additional four hundred square feet (400 sq. ft.) of gross floor area, up to five thousand square feet (5,000 sq. ft.), plus one (1) parking space for each additional two hundred square foot (200 sq. ft.) of gross floor area over five thousand square foot (5,000 sq. ft).
	Governmental Offices, Office Buildings, (including banks, businesses, commercial and professional offices and buildings but excluding medical, dental and health offices and clinics); and/or,
	Public Utilities, (such as telephone exchanges and substations, radio and TV stations).
	Restaurants, (including bars, bars grills, diners, cafes, taverns, night-clubs, lunch counters, and all similar dining and/or drinking establishments).	One and one-fourth (1.25) spaces for each four (4) seats.
(e)	Major Retail Establishments
	(1) Shopping Centers	One (1) space per each two hundred square feet (200 sq. ft.) of gross floor area.
	(2) Big Box Retail Store or Retail Warehouse	One (1) space per each three hundred square feet (300 sq. ft.) of gross floor area.
(f)	Marinas	Two (2) spaces per berth (also applies to dry storage).
(g)	Industries
	(1) Commercial, Manufacturing and Industrial establishments (not catering to the maximum retail trade):	One (1) space for each employee on the working shift, plus one (1) space for each vehicle operating from the premises.
	(2) Wholesale establishments:	One (1) space for every fifty square feet (50 sq. ft.) of customer service area, plus two (2) spaces for each three (3) employees on the maximum working shift, plus one (1) space for each company vehicle operating from the premises.
	(3) Electric Power and Gas Substation:	Twenty-five percent (25%) of the parcel on which located or four (4) spaces, whichever is smaller.
(h)	Any use not specified by these regulations:	One (1) parking space for each three hundred square feet (300 sq. ft.) of gross floor area in the building. Where the use is mixed, total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately.

(Ord. No. 2021-08, § I, 3-1-21; Ord. No. 2022-58, § 5(B), 9-6-22)

16-3 - Design standards.

(a)

Definition: An off-street parking space is an all-weather surfaced area not in a street or alley and having an area of not less than one hundred seventy-one (171) square feet and minimum dimensions of nine (9) feet by nineteen (19) feet, exclusive of driveways, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one (1) automobile and connected with a street or alley by an all-weather surfaced driveway which afford unobstructed ingress and egress to each space.

(b)

Permit: A site disturbance permit shall be required for any parking area with a design capacity for six (6) or more vehicles. Each person, firm, corporation, utility, entity or agent thereof engaged in any site preparation and/or construction activities shall acquire a site disturbance permit from the department of community development prior to commencement of such activities as established pursuant to the provisions of this article. Fees for said permit shall be as enumerated in Article XXXIV, Schedule of Fees.

(c)

Parking area dimensions: The design and dimensions of the parking area shall be in accordance with the following Dimension Table and provide for handicapped parking spaces and sidewalk accessibility in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

PARKING DIMENSION TABLE
Curb Angle of Parking	Length Per Car	Stall Depth	Access Driveway Width
0°	23'0"	9'0"	12'0"
20°	20'4"	15'0"	11'0"
30°	18'0"	17'4"	11'0"
40°	14'0"	19'2"	12'0"
45°	12'9"	19'10"	13'0"
50°	11'9"	20'5"	14'0"
55°	11'1"	20'3"	15'6"
60°	10'5"	21'0"	18'0"
70°	9'8"	21'0"	19'0"
80°	9'8"	20'4"	24'0"
90°	9'0"	19'0"	24'0"

(d)

Width of two-way access driveways: The minimum width of two-way access driveways within parking areas shall be twenty-four (24) feet.

(e)

Paving standards: Parking spaces and driveways shall be paved to the standards established by the City of Daphne.

(f)

Drainage: Off-street parking facilities shall be drained to prevent damage to abutting property and streets to prevent pollutants from draining onto the adjacent lots. Landscaped and perimeter areas shall be so graded as to receive a reasonable portion of the rainfall from the surrounding pavement. Protective curbing placed around landscaped areas shall leave openings for water to flow onto unpaved areas.

(g)

Off-street loading and unloading space: Off-street loading/unloading spaces shall be provided as hereinafter required by this Ordinance.

(1)

Size of spaces: Each off-street loading/unloading space shall have minimum dimensions of fourteen (14) feet in height, twelve (12) feet in width, and fifty-five (55) feet in length.

However, upon sufficient demonstration that a particular loading space will be used exclusively by shorter trucks, the planning commission may reduce the minimum length accordingly to as much as thirty-five (35) feet.

(2)

Connection to street or alley: Each required off-street loading and unloading space shall have direct access to a street or alley or have a driveway which offers satisfactory ingress and egress for trucks.

(3)

Floor area more than ten thousand square (10,000) feet: There shall be provided for each hospital, institution, hotel, commercial or industrial building, or similar use requiring the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise and having a floor area of more than ten thousand (10,000) square feet, at least one (1) off-street loading and unloading space for each ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor space or fraction thereof.

Such space shall be so located as not to hinder the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles over a sidewalk, street, or alley.

(4)

Floor area less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet: There shall be provided for each commercial or industrial building requiring the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise and having a floor area of less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet, sufficient off-street loading and unloading space, not necessarily a full space if shared by an adjacent establishment, so located as not to hinder the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles over a sidewalk, street, or alley.

(5)

Location: All required off-street loading and unloading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the building which they are intended to serve or on an adjacent lot when shared with the use occupying said adjacent lot.

(6)

Permanent reservation: Areas reserved for off-street loading and unloading in accordance with the requirements of this Ordinance shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use unless the permitted use which is served is discontinued or modified, except where equivalent loading and unloading space is provided and approved by the planning commission.

(h)

Off-street parking, loading/unloading spaces for mini-warehouses:

(1)

All one-way driveways shall provide for one (1) ten-foot travel lane. Traffic direction and parking shall be designated by signing or painting.

(2)

All two-way driveways shall provide for one (1) ten-foot parking lane and two (2) twelve-foot travel lanes.

(3)

Whenever applicable, two (2) parking spaces shall be provided for the manager's quarters plus one (1) additional space for every twenty-five (25) storage cubicles to be located at the project office for use of clients.

(i)

Storage and parking of trailers and vehicles:

(1)

No more than one commercial vehicle per dwelling shall be permitted. In no case shall a commercial vehicle be used for hauling explosives, gasoline, or liquefied petroleum products.

(2)

Travel trailers or motor homes, hauling trailers or boat trailers shall be permitted if parked or stored behind the front building setback line.

(3)

A travel trailer shall not be occupied either temporarily or permanently while it is parked or stored in any area, except in a recreational vehicle park as authorized in Article XXVII, Recreational Vehicle Park Provisions.

(4)

A wrecked or disabled vehicle which cannot be moved under its own power shall not be permitted on or near lots with dwelling units. The vehicles shall be classified as junked vehicles and shall be removed to a junk yard at the owner's expense.

(j)

Visitor and accessory parking provisions:

(1)

Number of spaces.

One (1) to ten (10) units: One-half (½) parking space per unit;

ii.

Eleven (11) or more units: Five (5) spaces plus one-fourth (¼) additional parking space for each unit over ten (10).

(2)

Placement within the development.

Visitor and accessory parking shall be placed in common areas within the development in clusters that are reasonably dispersed throughout the development.

(Ord. No. 2022-58, § 5(C), 9-6-22)

Daphne City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVI.

PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DISTRICTS

16-1 - General.

(a)

(b)

In the case of fractional results in calculating parking requirements, the required number shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.

(c)

Except as otherwise provided herein, building gross floor area shall be used to calculate parking space requirements.

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

Off-site commercial parking lots shall be subject to the following provisions:

ii.

iii.

It shall be the responsibility of the owner to maintain in a neat and adequate manner, the parking spaces, access ways, striping, landscaping, and required walls or screening.

iv.

vi.

(Ord. No. 2022-58, § 5(A), 9-6-22)

16-2 - Parking schedule.

LAND USE		PARKING REQUIREMENTS
(a)	Dwellings
	(1) One and two families:	Two (2) spaces for each dwelling unit.
	(2) Multiple families:	Two (2) spaces for each unit.
	(3) Hotels without restaurants, lounges, or banquet facilities:	One (1) space for each bedroom.
	(4) Hotels with in-house restaurants, banquet facilities, or convention/meeting capabilities:	One and one-half (1.5) spaces for each bedroom.
	(5) Motels, Tourist Courts, and Tourist Homes:	One and one-half (1.5) spaces for each guest bedroom.
	(6) Mobile Home Courts and Parks:	Two (2) spaces per unit.
	(7) Boarding, Rooming Houses and Dormitories:	One (1) space for each guest bedroom.
	(8) Multiple families, Senior Independent Living	One and one-half (1.5) spaces per unit plus required Visitor parking spaces (see 16-3j).
(b)	Public Assembly
	(1) Churches or Other Places of Worship:	One (1) space for each four (4) seats in the main auditorium or sanctuary.
	(2) Private Clubs, Lodges and Fraternal Buildings, (not providing overnight accommodations):	One (1) space for each hundred (100) square feet of building under roof.
	(3) Theaters, Auditoriums, Coliseums, Stadiums, and Similar Places of Assembly:	One (1) space for each four (4) seats.
	(4) Libraries, Museums:	One (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area.
	(5) Schools, including Kindergartens, Play-schools, and Day Care Centers:	One (1) space for each four (4) seats in assembly hall, or one (1) space for each employee, including teachers and administrators, whichever is greater, plus five (5) spaces per classroom for high school and colleges.
	(6) Skating Rinks, Dance Halls, Pool Rooms and Other Places of Amusement or Assembly without Fixed Seating Arrangements:	One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.
	(7) Bowling Alleys:	Four (4) spaces for each alley/lane.
(c)	Health Facilities
	Hospitals, Sanitariums, Nursing Homes for the Aged and Similar Institutional Uses:	One (1) space for each four (4) beds, plus one (1) space for each employee on the maximum shift.
	(1) Kennels and Animal Hospitals:	A parking area equal to thirty percent (30%) of the total enclosed or covered area.
	(2) Medical, Dental and Health Offices and Clinics:	One (1) space for each two hundred square feet (200 sq. ft.) of floor area used for offices and similar purposes.
	(3) Mortuaries and Funeral Parlors:	Ten (10) spaces per parlor chapel unit, or one (1) space per two (2) seats, whichever is greater.
(d)	Business
	(1) Commercial Establishments and Office (including but not limited to the following):
	Food Stores, Furniture Stores, General Business, (commercial or personal service establishments catering to the retail trade, but excluding food stores); and/or,	Four (4) parking spaces for up to four hundred square feet (400 sq. ft.) limited to the square feet of gross floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each additional four hundred square feet (400 sq. ft.) of gross floor area, up to five thousand square feet (5,000 sq. ft.), plus one (1) parking space for each additional two hundred square foot (200 sq. ft.) of gross floor area over five thousand square foot (5,000 sq. ft).
	Governmental Offices, Office Buildings, (including banks, businesses, commercial and professional offices and buildings but excluding medical, dental and health offices and clinics); and/or,
	Public Utilities, (such as telephone exchanges and substations, radio and TV stations).
	Restaurants, (including bars, bars grills, diners, cafes, taverns, night-clubs, lunch counters, and all similar dining and/or drinking establishments).	One and one-fourth (1.25) spaces for each four (4) seats.
(e)	Major Retail Establishments
	(1) Shopping Centers	One (1) space per each two hundred square feet (200 sq. ft.) of gross floor area.
	(2) Big Box Retail Store or Retail Warehouse	One (1) space per each three hundred square feet (300 sq. ft.) of gross floor area.
(f)	Marinas	Two (2) spaces per berth (also applies to dry storage).
(g)	Industries
	(1) Commercial, Manufacturing and Industrial establishments (not catering to the maximum retail trade):	One (1) space for each employee on the working shift, plus one (1) space for each vehicle operating from the premises.
	(2) Wholesale establishments:	One (1) space for every fifty square feet (50 sq. ft.) of customer service area, plus two (2) spaces for each three (3) employees on the maximum working shift, plus one (1) space for each company vehicle operating from the premises.
	(3) Electric Power and Gas Substation:	Twenty-five percent (25%) of the parcel on which located or four (4) spaces, whichever is smaller.
(h)	Any use not specified by these regulations:	One (1) parking space for each three hundred square feet (300 sq. ft.) of gross floor area in the building. Where the use is mixed, total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately.

(Ord. No. 2021-08, § I, 3-1-21; Ord. No. 2022-58, § 5(B), 9-6-22)

16-3 - Design standards.

(a)

(b)

(c)

PARKING DIMENSION TABLE
Curb Angle of Parking	Length Per Car	Stall Depth	Access Driveway Width
0°	23'0"	9'0"	12'0"
20°	20'4"	15'0"	11'0"
30°	18'0"	17'4"	11'0"
40°	14'0"	19'2"	12'0"
45°	12'9"	19'10"	13'0"
50°	11'9"	20'5"	14'0"
55°	11'1"	20'3"	15'6"
60°	10'5"	21'0"	18'0"
70°	9'8"	21'0"	19'0"
80°	9'8"	20'4"	24'0"
90°	9'0"	19'0"	24'0"

(d)

Width of two-way access driveways: The minimum width of two-way access driveways within parking areas shall be twenty-four (24) feet.

(e)

Paving standards: Parking spaces and driveways shall be paved to the standards established by the City of Daphne.

(f)

(g)

Off-street loading and unloading space: Off-street loading/unloading spaces shall be provided as hereinafter required by this Ordinance.

(1)

Size of spaces: Each off-street loading/unloading space shall have minimum dimensions of fourteen (14) feet in height, twelve (12) feet in width, and fifty-five (55) feet in length.

(2)

(3)

Such space shall be so located as not to hinder the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles over a sidewalk, street, or alley.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(h)

Off-street parking, loading/unloading spaces for mini-warehouses:

(1)

All one-way driveways shall provide for one (1) ten-foot travel lane. Traffic direction and parking shall be designated by signing or painting.

(2)

All two-way driveways shall provide for one (1) ten-foot parking lane and two (2) twelve-foot travel lanes.

(3)

(i)

Storage and parking of trailers and vehicles:

(1)

No more than one commercial vehicle per dwelling shall be permitted. In no case shall a commercial vehicle be used for hauling explosives, gasoline, or liquefied petroleum products.

(2)

Travel trailers or motor homes, hauling trailers or boat trailers shall be permitted if parked or stored behind the front building setback line.

(3)

(4)

(j)

Visitor and accessory parking provisions:

(1)

Number of spaces.

One (1) to ten (10) units: One-half (½) parking space per unit;

ii.

Eleven (11) or more units: Five (5) spaces plus one-fourth (¼) additional parking space for each unit over ten (10).

(2)

Placement within the development.

Visitor and accessory parking shall be placed in common areas within the development in clusters that are reasonably dispersed throughout the development.

(Ord. No. 2022-58, § 5(C), 9-6-22)

Daphne City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVI.

PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DISTRICTS

16-1 - General.

(a)

(b)

In the case of fractional results in calculating parking requirements, the required number shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.

(c)

Except as otherwise provided herein, building gross floor area shall be used to calculate parking space requirements.

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

Off-site commercial parking lots shall be subject to the following provisions:

ii.

iii.

It shall be the responsibility of the owner to maintain in a neat and adequate manner, the parking spaces, access ways, striping, landscaping, and required walls or screening.

iv.

vi.

(Ord. No. 2022-58, § 5(A), 9-6-22)

16-2 - Parking schedule.

LAND USE		PARKING REQUIREMENTS
(a)	Dwellings
	(1) One and two families:	Two (2) spaces for each dwelling unit.
	(2) Multiple families:	Two (2) spaces for each unit.
	(3) Hotels without restaurants, lounges, or banquet facilities:	One (1) space for each bedroom.
	(4) Hotels with in-house restaurants, banquet facilities, or convention/meeting capabilities:	One and one-half (1.5) spaces for each bedroom.
	(5) Motels, Tourist Courts, and Tourist Homes:	One and one-half (1.5) spaces for each guest bedroom.
	(6) Mobile Home Courts and Parks:	Two (2) spaces per unit.
	(7) Boarding, Rooming Houses and Dormitories:	One (1) space for each guest bedroom.
	(8) Multiple families, Senior Independent Living	One and one-half (1.5) spaces per unit plus required Visitor parking spaces (see 16-3j).
(b)	Public Assembly
	(1) Churches or Other Places of Worship:	One (1) space for each four (4) seats in the main auditorium or sanctuary.
	(2) Private Clubs, Lodges and Fraternal Buildings, (not providing overnight accommodations):	One (1) space for each hundred (100) square feet of building under roof.
	(3) Theaters, Auditoriums, Coliseums, Stadiums, and Similar Places of Assembly:	One (1) space for each four (4) seats.
	(4) Libraries, Museums:	One (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area.
	(5) Schools, including Kindergartens, Play-schools, and Day Care Centers:	One (1) space for each four (4) seats in assembly hall, or one (1) space for each employee, including teachers and administrators, whichever is greater, plus five (5) spaces per classroom for high school and colleges.
	(6) Skating Rinks, Dance Halls, Pool Rooms and Other Places of Amusement or Assembly without Fixed Seating Arrangements:	One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.
	(7) Bowling Alleys:	Four (4) spaces for each alley/lane.
(c)	Health Facilities
	Hospitals, Sanitariums, Nursing Homes for the Aged and Similar Institutional Uses:	One (1) space for each four (4) beds, plus one (1) space for each employee on the maximum shift.
	(1) Kennels and Animal Hospitals:	A parking area equal to thirty percent (30%) of the total enclosed or covered area.
	(2) Medical, Dental and Health Offices and Clinics:	One (1) space for each two hundred square feet (200 sq. ft.) of floor area used for offices and similar purposes.
	(3) Mortuaries and Funeral Parlors:	Ten (10) spaces per parlor chapel unit, or one (1) space per two (2) seats, whichever is greater.
(d)	Business
	(1) Commercial Establishments and Office (including but not limited to the following):
	Food Stores, Furniture Stores, General Business, (commercial or personal service establishments catering to the retail trade, but excluding food stores); and/or,	Four (4) parking spaces for up to four hundred square feet (400 sq. ft.) limited to the square feet of gross floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each additional four hundred square feet (400 sq. ft.) of gross floor area, up to five thousand square feet (5,000 sq. ft.), plus one (1) parking space for each additional two hundred square foot (200 sq. ft.) of gross floor area over five thousand square foot (5,000 sq. ft).
	Governmental Offices, Office Buildings, (including banks, businesses, commercial and professional offices and buildings but excluding medical, dental and health offices and clinics); and/or,
	Public Utilities, (such as telephone exchanges and substations, radio and TV stations).
	Restaurants, (including bars, bars grills, diners, cafes, taverns, night-clubs, lunch counters, and all similar dining and/or drinking establishments).	One and one-fourth (1.25) spaces for each four (4) seats.
(e)	Major Retail Establishments
	(1) Shopping Centers	One (1) space per each two hundred square feet (200 sq. ft.) of gross floor area.
	(2) Big Box Retail Store or Retail Warehouse	One (1) space per each three hundred square feet (300 sq. ft.) of gross floor area.
(f)	Marinas	Two (2) spaces per berth (also applies to dry storage).
(g)	Industries
	(1) Commercial, Manufacturing and Industrial establishments (not catering to the maximum retail trade):	One (1) space for each employee on the working shift, plus one (1) space for each vehicle operating from the premises.
	(2) Wholesale establishments:	One (1) space for every fifty square feet (50 sq. ft.) of customer service area, plus two (2) spaces for each three (3) employees on the maximum working shift, plus one (1) space for each company vehicle operating from the premises.
	(3) Electric Power and Gas Substation:	Twenty-five percent (25%) of the parcel on which located or four (4) spaces, whichever is smaller.
(h)	Any use not specified by these regulations:	One (1) parking space for each three hundred square feet (300 sq. ft.) of gross floor area in the building. Where the use is mixed, total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately.

(Ord. No. 2021-08, § I, 3-1-21; Ord. No. 2022-58, § 5(B), 9-6-22)

16-3 - Design standards.

(a)

(b)

(c)

PARKING DIMENSION TABLE
Curb Angle of Parking	Length Per Car	Stall Depth	Access Driveway Width
0°	23'0"	9'0"	12'0"
20°	20'4"	15'0"	11'0"
30°	18'0"	17'4"	11'0"
40°	14'0"	19'2"	12'0"
45°	12'9"	19'10"	13'0"
50°	11'9"	20'5"	14'0"
55°	11'1"	20'3"	15'6"
60°	10'5"	21'0"	18'0"
70°	9'8"	21'0"	19'0"
80°	9'8"	20'4"	24'0"
90°	9'0"	19'0"	24'0"

(d)

Width of two-way access driveways: The minimum width of two-way access driveways within parking areas shall be twenty-four (24) feet.

(e)

Paving standards: Parking spaces and driveways shall be paved to the standards established by the City of Daphne.

(f)

(g)

Off-street loading and unloading space: Off-street loading/unloading spaces shall be provided as hereinafter required by this Ordinance.

(1)

Size of spaces: Each off-street loading/unloading space shall have minimum dimensions of fourteen (14) feet in height, twelve (12) feet in width, and fifty-five (55) feet in length.

(2)

(3)

Such space shall be so located as not to hinder the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles over a sidewalk, street, or alley.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(h)

Off-street parking, loading/unloading spaces for mini-warehouses:

(1)

All one-way driveways shall provide for one (1) ten-foot travel lane. Traffic direction and parking shall be designated by signing or painting.

(2)

All two-way driveways shall provide for one (1) ten-foot parking lane and two (2) twelve-foot travel lanes.

(3)

(i)

Storage and parking of trailers and vehicles:

(1)

No more than one commercial vehicle per dwelling shall be permitted. In no case shall a commercial vehicle be used for hauling explosives, gasoline, or liquefied petroleum products.

(2)

Travel trailers or motor homes, hauling trailers or boat trailers shall be permitted if parked or stored behind the front building setback line.

(3)

(4)

(j)

Visitor and accessory parking provisions:

(1)

Number of spaces.

One (1) to ten (10) units: One-half (½) parking space per unit;

ii.

Eleven (11) or more units: Five (5) spaces plus one-fourth (¼) additional parking space for each unit over ten (10).

(2)

Placement within the development.

Visitor and accessory parking shall be placed in common areas within the development in clusters that are reasonably dispersed throughout the development.

(Ord. No. 2022-58, § 5(C), 9-6-22)