Duquesne City Zoning Code
SECTION 404
030 Off-Street Parking And Loading Spaces.
[R.O. 2004 § 404.030; Ord. No. 106 § 1, 7-21-2008]
A.
Required Off-Street Parking. The following off-street parking spaces shall be provided and satisfactorily maintained by the owner of the property for each building which is hereafter erected, enlarged or altered for use in any district for any of the following purposes:
1.
Class 1. Residential Units.
a.
For each dwelling unit there shall be one (1) permanently maintained parking space on the same lot or parcel.
b.
For any hotel, apartment hotel or similar use or establishment there shall be provided at least one (1) parking space for each three (3) guest sleeping accommodations.
c.
For any motel, tourist home or similar use or establishment there shall be provided one (1) parking space on the same parcel of land for each individual sleeping or living unit in addition to such unit.
2.
Class 2. Hospitals. For any hospital, sanitarium, convalescent home or other similar use or establishment there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each five (5) beds or any portion thereof.
3.
Class 3. Assembly And Entertainment Places.
a.
For any general auditorium, gymnasium, church, stadium, theater or other similar place of assembly there shall be provided at least one (1) parking space for each five (5) seats provided for its patrons, based on the maximum seating capacity.
b.
For any meeting, exhibition or entertainment hall; labor temple; lodge hall; or assembly hall without fixed seats there shall be provided one (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area.
c.
For any bowling alley there shall be provided four (4) parking spaces for each bowling lane thereof.
4.
Class 4. Offices. For any bank, clinic, funeral home, business or professional office, welfare institution or any similar use or establishment there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area or part thereof for the first four thousand (4,000) square feet of building. Any building which has a gross floor area greater than four thousand (4,000) square feet shall first provide ten (10) parking spaces for the first four thousand (4,000) square feet and then provide one (1) parking space for each additional five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area.
5.
Class 5. Food Serving Places. For any eating or drinking establishment or any similar use there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area thereof.
6.
Class 6. Retail Sales Use.
a.
For any retail store, except a food market, there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of gross floor area thereof for the first eighteen thousand (18,000) square feet or part thereof; any building in excess of eighteen thousand (18,000) square feet shall comply with the requirement up to eighteen thousand (18,000) square feet and then provide one (1) parking space for each additional one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor or part thereof.
b.
For any food market establishment or any similar use with a gross floor area of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area thereof. Each establishment having a gross floor area in excess of seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet shall comply with the requirement up to seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet and then shall provide one (1) parking space for each additional one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area thereof.
7.
Class 7. Laundromats. For any laundromat, launderette, washerette, washeteria or any similar use or establishment under a different name there shall be provided one (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area thereof.
8.
Class 8. Automotive Services.
a.
For any gasoline, oil or lubricating service station; motor vehicle service and repair establishment; or any similar use there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross plot-plan area thereof.
b.
For any automobile washing or cleaning establishment or any similar use there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space at the location of ingress and egress for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area thereof and in no case less than six (6) spaces.
9.
Class 9. Production, Processing And Storage Uses. For any manufacturing, processing, wholesaling or any other use or establishment, including any printing or engraving establishment or any warehouse or storage building, there shall be provided two (2) parking spaces plus one (1) parking space for each eight hundred (800) square feet of floor area above two thousand (2,000) square feet.
B.
Unlisted And Mixed Uses. In case of any use not listed herein, the number of parking spaces required for such use shall be the same as for a similar use which is listed. In the case of mixed uses in the same building or structure, the total requirement for off-street parking facilities shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately from the items set out in this Section and off-street parking facilities shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately from the items set out in this Section and off-street parking facilities for one (1) use shall not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any other use except as hereinafter specified for collective use.
C.
Collective Parking Facilities. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent collective provision of any off-street parking facility for two (2) or more buildings or uses, providing however, that the total number of off-street parking spaces shall not be less than the sum of requirements for the various individual uses computed separately in accordance with the items set out in this Section.
D.
General. All parking spaces provided pursuant to this Section shall be on the same lot with the building or within three hundred (300) feet thereof.
E.
Off-Street Loading. On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof hereafter erected, established or enlarged or occupied in such a way as to involve the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise in any district, there shall be provided and maintained adequate space for standing, loading and unloading in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the street or alley. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall include a twelve (12) foot by thirty-five (35) foot loading space with fourteen (14) foot height clearance for every twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or fraction thereof in excess of three thousand (3,000) square feet of floor and land area used for the above mentioned purposes.
F.
Remodeling Or Construction. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to the remodeling or construction for the same use of an existing structure.
G.
Parking Areas. Every parcel of land which, after November 1, 2015, is changed to a public parking area, or changed to an automobile, motor vehicle or trailer sales or storage area, or changed to an automobile or motor vehicle service station or garage, shall be developed as follows:
[Ord. No. 269 § 1, 10-12-2015]
1.
Such area, where subject to wheeled traffic, shall be paved with portland cement concrete or asphaltic concrete and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed.
2.
Where such area adjoins a lot in a residential zone, a solid wall, compact evergreen screen or uniformly painted board fence having a height of not less than four (4) feet shall be erected and maintained between such area and the property in residential zones.
3.
Any light used to illuminate said parking area shall be so arranged so as to reflect the light away from the adjoining premises in a residential zone.
4.
Public parking areas established prior to November 1, 2015, and driveways established or hereafter established for one-family and two-family dwellings, are exempt from the paving requirements set forth in this Subsection (G); provided, however, if the primary use of property upon which a public parking area established prior to November 1, 2015, exists, is hereafter substantially changed, such public parking area shall no longer be exempt from the paving requirements set forth in this Subsection (G).
5.
Provided, however, when the Board of Aldermen determines that strict application of the paving requirement will constitute unnecessary hardship on the property owner and will prevent the reasonable development of the property which is in the best interests of the City of Duquesne, and also determines that failure to strictly apply the paving requirement will not adversely affect the rights of adjacent property owners and will not adversely affect the public health, safety, quality of life, order, convenience, prosperity or general welfare, then, with the advice of the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Board of Aldermen may issue an exemption from the paving requirement for a period not to exceed five (5) years in duration.
H.
Permanency Of Spaces Provided. Any off-street parking or loading space established prior to the effective date of this Chapter and which is used or intended to be used in connection with any main building, structure or use or any spaces designed and intended to comply with the requirements of this Chapter for any such main building or structure erected after such effective date shall hereafter be maintained so long as said building or structure remains, unless the owner provides and maintains in another location an equivalent number of required spaces in conformance with the provisions of this Chapter.