Fairfield City Zoning Code

PARKING

§ 154.260 DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR). The ratio of the total gross floor area of a building to the size of the lot on which the building is located. This term may be referenced elsewhere in this chapter to regulate intensity of development.

GROSS FLOOR AREA (GFA). The total floor area within the exterior walls of all buildings on a lot, excluding unenclosed porches, terraces, garages or other areas not designed or intended for human occupancy. GROSS FLOOR AREA includes all floors (basement, mezzanine and upper stories) and shall include enclosed storage, service, mechanical and utility rooms.

LOADING BERTH. A designated off-street space or bay on the same lot as the principal building or use, intended for the temporary parking of delivery trucks or freight vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise, materials or passengers.

MANEUVERING SPACE. The area of a parking or loading lot required to enable vehicles to turn, back or drive forward into or out of parking or loading spaces, without encroaching on a public right-of-way.

OFF-STREET PARKING. Parking spaces provided outside of a public street right-of-way, designed and designated for vehicle storage to serve a specific use or site. This includes associated drive aisles, access ways and landscaped buffer areas.

PAVED SURFACE. A finished hard surface treatment including asphalt, concrete or approved pervious paving materials, designed to accommodate vehicle loading, parking and traffic and to control dust and erosion.

SCREENING. A method of reducing the visual and/or noise impacts of a land use or structure through the use of fences, walls, landscaping, berms or similar materials or techniques.

SHARED LOADING FACILITIES. A condition where multiple businesses or tenants on the same site or within the same building utilize one or more loading berths jointly, provided such arrangement meets the total number of required berths and operational demands as approved by the Planning Commission.

USE, PRINCIPAL (OR PRIMARY). The main or predominant use of a lot or structure, as distinguished from a secondary or accessory use.

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. The person designated by the town to administer the zoning and land use provisions of this code, or their authorized representative.

(Prior Code, § 10.23.60)

§ 154.261 RESIDENTIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

(A) Off-street parking requirements.

(1) The following minimum number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided and maintained by ownership, easement and/or lease for and during the life of the respective uses.

(2) Parking within the front yard of a single residence use shall be on or contiguous to a legal driveway.

(3) Grade/slope for residential driveways shall not exceed 8%. Anything higher shall require approval from the Town Engineer.

(B) Requirements by dwelling type.

Dwelling Type	Required Parking Space
Single-family	4 spaces/unit
Two-family	8 spaces/unit
Three-family	12 spaces/unit
Multi-family*
Efficiency/studio	3 spaces/unit
1 bedroom	3 spaces/unit
2 bedrooms	4 spaces/unit
3 bedrooms	6 spaces/unit
Notes to Table:
* In addition to the required spaces, 0.5 guest stalls per bedroom shall be included.

(Prior Code, § 10.23.10)

§ 154.262 NONRESIDENTIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

(A) Plan required. Applications for a building permit for new construction, additions, alterations or changes in use shall include a site plan at an appropriate scale that clearly shows proposed site improvements relating to parking as required by this section. All plans shall show the location, arrangement and dimensions of off-street parking area(s), parking spaces, parking lanes, points of ingress and egress, aisles/driveways, walls, landscaping and barriers. Sidewalks, pedestrian ways, bicycle facilities and their access shall also be shown. The access or driveway locations, width and spacing, as well as sight lines and distances, the arrangement of spaces, stall dimensions, surfacing, striping and lighting shall be in compliance with adopted town standards.

(B) Lots within 300 feet of roads. All parking lots located within 300 feet of an improved town road shall be hard-surfaced with asphalt or concrete. The material shall be approved by an engineer licensed by the state and be capable of handling the anticipated size and weight of vehicles, including public safety vehicles.

(C) Lots more than 300 feet from roads. All parking lots located more than 300 feet from an improved town road must be improved to the same standards as the rural road.

(D) Variances. The Town Council, with the recommendation of the Planning Commission, may make variances to these standards based on the following circumstances:

(1) Public safety;

(2) Traffic;

(3) Consistency of surrounding use; and

(4) Proposed use.

(E) Stormwater management. All stormwater must be maintained on-site. Parking lots and drive approaches may be required to be bordered with a curb and gutter.

(F) Backing avoided. Parking lots shall be designed to avoid backing onto a public street.

(G) Access. Except for approved on-street parking, access to any parking space within a parking area shall be from a drive aisle and not directly from a public street.

(H) Lots with more than one aisle. Parking areas with more than one aisle must be so arranged that a car need not enter the street to reach another aisle within the same parking area.

(I) Signage. Depending on circumstances, directional signs may be required to differentiate between entrance and exit access points to the street.

(J) Grouping of spaces. Parking lots shall be designed in groupings not larger than 200 spaces. Larger lots shall be divided by buildings, plazas or significant landscaped areas oriented for pedestrian use.

(K) Within structures. The off-street parking requirements may be furnished by providing spaces designed within the principle building or a parking structure. However, no building permit shall be used to convert said parking structures into a dwelling unit, living area or other activity until other adequate provisions are made to comply with the required off-street parking provisions of this section.

(L) Circulation between bays.

(1) Parking areas shall be designed so that circulation between parking bays occurs within the designated parking lot and does not depend upon a public street or alley.

(2) Parking area designs which require backing into a public street are prohibited except with one-, two- or three-family dwellings.

(M) Adjacent development. Parking lot design shall consider development on adjacent sites. The town may require cross-access connections/easements to improve traffic circulation and to enhance public safety.

(N) Striping. Except for one-, two- and three-family dwellings, all parking stalls shall be marked with painted lines not less than four inches wide.

(O) Lighting. Parking lots used during the hours of darkness shall be illuminated. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light down and/or away from adjoining property, abutting residential uses and public rights-of-way, and shall be a maximum of 25 feet in height above the surface of the parking lot for nonresidential uses and 16 feet for residential uses, and shall meet all other regulations of outdoor lightning for the town.

(P) Protruding vehicles. All on-site parking stalls shall be designed and constructed so that parked vehicles shall not protrude over a property line.

(Prior Code, § 10.23.20)

§ 154.263 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

(A) Space standards. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided according to the following provisions and standards.

(1) Floor area. The term FLOOR AREA, for the purpose of calculating the number of required parking spaces, shall be the GROSS FLOOR AREA of the structures plus defined exterior use areas except as may be provided or modified herein.

(2) Change of use or occupancy of buildings. Off-street parking and loading spaces as required herein shall be provided at the time of any new uses of land or construction of a new building. Any change of use or occupancy of any building or buildings, including additions thereto, requiring more parking shall not be permitted until such additional parking spaces as required by this section are provided.

(3) Accessibility.

(a) Accessible parking for nonresidential developments shall be provided in conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), being 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., the State Americans with Disabilities Act (State ADA), being U.C.A. Title 57, Chapter 21, and the International Building Code (IBC), as amended.

(b) Accessible parking for multiple-family residential developments shall be provided in conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Federal Fair Housing Act (FFHA), being 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq., and International Building Code (IBC), as amended.

(4) Parking stall dimensions. The following shall be the minimum parking stall size.

Type	Width	Length
Parallel	9 feet	25 feet
Standard	10 feet	20 feet

(B) Parking aisle dimensions. The following shall be the minimum parking aisle width.

Parking Angle	One-Way Aisle	Two-Way Aisle
30 degree	18 feet	20 feet
45 degree	18 feet	20 feet
60 degree	18 feet	22 feet
90 degree	24 feet	24 feet

(1) Requirements.

(a) All parking shall be provided on-site. No parking shall be permitted within any required setback or landscaped area.

(b) Each facility shall provide one parking space for each on-site employee, with an additional amount of parking for drivers and visitors as approved by the Planning Commission and Town Council.

(2) Minimum spaces. The minimum parking spaces required shall be two per 1,000 square feet of gross building floor area. The Planning Commission may require more parking spaces depending on building use.

Nonresidential Spaces
Use	Descriptions	Parking Ratio
Administrative and Financial
Financial services	Financial institutions with drive-through facilities	In addition to the following, 60 linear feet of stacking space per lane, exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces
Financial services	Institutions providing financial advice and services in a bank, or similar financial institution, to include accessory office buildings, automatic teller machines and similar uses	1 space per 150 square feet of floor area
Professional offices	Facilities for general office work providing professional, business administrative or informational services, or facilities that house governmental agencies and similar uses	1 space per 200 square feet of floor area
Unspecified office use		1 space per 200 square feet of floor area
Automobile Related
Automobile rentals or dealerships	Facilities for the sale or rental of new or used autos, boats, RVs, trucks, trailers, campers, motorhomes or motorcycles (outdoor vehicle display spaces are not required to meet dimensional requirements of this section)	1 space per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 space per 6,000 square feet of outdoor vehicle display area
Automobile services	Facilities providing fast or express service bays or lanes	In addition to the following, a queuing space of 100 linear feet, exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces
Automobile services	Facilities providing general vehicle service or repair and similar services	3 spaces per service bay, plus 1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area, excluding service bay(s)
Automobile towing and impound facilities	Facilities for towing, dismantling, recycling, impounding and storage of junk vehicles, to include sanitary landfills and similar uses	4 spaces or 1 space per 1,000 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater
Car washes	Facilities for the cleaning of vehicles	1 space per 300 square feet of office floor area, plus a queuing space of 100 linear feet, exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces
Car washes	Self-service facilities for the cleaning of vehicles	A minimum of 4 spaces and the requirements above
Eating and Drinking Establishments
Restaurants	Eating establishments and similar services	1 space per 100 square feet of floor area, including outdoor seating
Taverns, bars, pubs and lounges	Establishments licensed to sell alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises, often with limited food service	1 space per 50 square feet of serving area, plus 1 space per 200 square feet for preparation area
Entertainment and Recreation
Adult uses	Adult specialty shops for the purchase of adult books, videos and similar products	1 space per 300 square feet of floor area
Adult uses	Establishments for adult entertainment that emphasize adult-oriented uses and services in an adult motion picture theater, arcade, adult cabaret, adult motel, nude studio and similar facilities	1 space per 50 square feet of floor area
Indoor public assembly	Facilities providing a variety of indoor public assemblies in a convention or reception center, meeting hall, social or private club, music hall, theater and similar places, excluding taverns, bars, pubs, lounges and adult uses	1 space per 200 square feet of floor area or 1 space per 4 fixed seats of design capacity, whichever is greater
Indoor recreation	Bowling alleys	2 spaces per lane, plus 2 spaces per billiard table, plus 1 space per each 5 visitor gallery seats
Indoor recreation	Facilities providing a variety of indoor health and sports activities in a sporting complex, stadium, skating rink, pool hall, dance hall, tennis or racquet club, game room, video arcade, bingo hall, community center, fitness center and similar indoor facilities	1 space per 50 square feet of floor area
Outdoor amusement and recreations	Facilities providing a variety of outdoor amusement, entertainment and similar activities in an amusement park, fairground, zoo, auditorium and similar places, to include special outdoor events such as carnivals or outdoor concerts. Outdoor recreations include a variety of outdoor health and sport activities in a racetrack, stable, rodeo ground, outdoor shooting range, swimming and tennis club, miniature golf and similar places	1 space per 1,000 square feet of activity area
Outdoor amusement and recreations	Golf course and driving range	1 space per 200 square feet of main building floor area, plus 1 space per every 2 practice tees in driving range, plus 4 spaces per each green in the playing area
General Industrial and Manufacturing
Light industrial and manufacturing	Facilities providing manufacturing and assembly services	1 space per 750 square feet of warehouse area, plus 1 space per 300 square feet of office or retail floor area
Outdoor storage	Facilities providing exterior storage of construction equipment and materials, recyclable material and similar uses	A minimum of 4 spaces and 1 space per 5,000 square feet of designated outdoor area or 1 space per 300 square feet of office floor area, whichever is greater
Unspecified industrial use (shell building)		1 space per 750 square feet of warehouse area, plus 1 space per 300 square feet of office or retail floor area
Warehousing	Facilities providing warehousing of materials and goods and similar uses	1 space per 1,000 square feet of warehouse area, plus 1 space per 300 square feet of office floor area
Warehousing	Mini-storage facilities and similar uses	1 space per 50 units
Wholesale, distribution	Facilities providing wholesale or distribution of trucks, trailers, boats, new and used cars, bulk fuel, machines, appliances, equipment, building material, lumber, plant nurseries, produce and similar merchandise in indoor or outdoor storage areas, to include machine shops, lumberyards, import/export shops, moving, rental or storage companies, market sales yards and similar facilities	1 space per 500 square feet of sales or display area, plus 1 space per 1,000 square feet of indoor storage area, plus 1 space per 200 square feet of retail or office floor area
General Retail
Retail	Establishments providing drive-through services, including liquor stores, laundries and dry cleaners, pharmacies and similar services	In addition to the following, 100 linear feet of stacking space, exclusive of drive aisles and parking spaces
	Establishments providing general retail sales and services in a single store on a single lot, not part of a shopping center	1 space per 300 square feet of floor area
	Establishments providing general retail sales and services in shopping centers (a commercial establishment planned, developed, owned or managed as a unit)	1 space per 250 square feet of floor area. Note: For any center with more than 15% of floor area in public assembly uses, including theaters, restaurants, schools, health spas, bars or cocktail lounges, there shall be required, in addition to these standards, 10 spaces per 1,000 square feet of public area within these uses
Unspecified retail use (shell building)		1 space per 250 square feet of floor area
Institutional
Child care	Facilities providing daily care of children in a nursery, daycare or preschool center	1 space per 400 square feet of floor area
Public, social and cultural services	Facilities providing public, social, nonprofit or institutional services in a library, museum, art gallery, post office, treatment, detention or release center, halfway house, employment agency, shelter and similar civic/public, cultural and social institutions, excluding group homes	1 space per 200 square feet of floor area
Religious assembly	Facilities providing religious worship or study in a church, temple, synagogue and similar places	1 space per 4 seats in the main assembly area based on design capacity
School	Public, charter or private educational institutions for elementary and junior high	1 space per 3 fixed seats of the auditorium based on design capacity, plus a minimum of 10 spaces for visitor parking
School	Senior high	2 spaces per classroom, plus 1 space per employee, plus 1 space per 3 fixed seats of the auditorium based on design capacity, plus a minimum of 10 spaces for visitor parking
Secondary education	Public or private facilities providing education in a college, university, trade or vocational school and similar institutions	5 spaces per classroom, plus 1 space per 3 fixed seats of the auditorium based on design capacity, plus a minimum of 10 spaces for visitor parking
Senior care	Facilities providing long-term care for seniors in a nursing or convalescent home, hospice or similar care facility, excluding a group home	1 space per 3 beds
Utility	Structures, equipment or facilities providing for public/private utility and services, including radio, television, communication transmission, towers and similar structures	1 space per use
Lodging
Hotels or motels	Places for lodging with ancillary facilities, to include sleeping rooms, restaurants, lounges, resorts, meeting rooms and similar uses	1 space per room, plus 1 space per 100 square feet of restaurant and bar serving area, plus 1 space per 100 square feet of outdoor seating serving area, plus 10 minimum spaces for visitor parking, plus 1 space per 200 square feet of meeting room floor area
Lodging accommodations	Establishments providing accommodation in a bed and breakfast or lodge, to include fraternities, sororities and similar facilities	1 space per room
Recreational resorts	Facilities providing overnight stops in a recreational vehicle park, travel trailer park, overnight campground and similar places	1 space per 200 square feet of gross activity area, or 1 space per RV or trailer, whichever is greater
Medical
Hospitals	Facilities providing medical or surgical care, emergency medical and similar services	A minimum 30 spaces for emergency services or 2 spaces per bed, plus 1 space per employee, whichever is greater
Medical offices and clinics	Facilities providing medical, dental, optical care or preventative medicine and clinical research studies in a clinic or laboratory, including accessory offices	1 space per 200 square feet of floor area
Veterinarian hospitals or clinics	Establishments for medical, surgical and emergency care of animals, to include veterinary offices and clinics without animal boarding	1 space per 150 square feet of floor area
Personal Services
General professional services	Establishments providing general professional services such as cabinet and carpentry making, custom dressmaking and alteration, watch and clock repair, dry cleaning and laundry, pet care, messenger delivery, photographic developing and printing, blueprint production, travel information and similar professional services	1 space per 200 square feet of floor area
Personal improvement	Establishments providing personal services such as tanning, massage therapy, manicure, hair and beauty treatment, tattoo and body piercing, palm reading, fortune telling and similar services	1 space per 150 square feet of floor area
Other
Funeral services	Facilities providing burial preparation and/or funeral services in a cemetery, crematorium, mausoleum, funeral home and chapel, mortuary and similar facilities	1 space per 1/3 of the maximum occupancy

(Prior Code, § 10.23.30)

§ 154.264 OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS.

(A) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, loading spaces or berths shall be at least 45 feet in length, and all loading berths shall be at least 12 feet in width and 14 feet in height, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space and required parking space.

(B) Loading berths of 30 feet by ten feet for office use, motels and hotels, restaurants, daycare centers, long-term care facilities and other similar facilities may be provided for all or part of the required loading berths if approved through the site plan approval process.

(C) Such space may occupy all or any part of any required yard space, except front and corner side yards, and shall not be located closer than 50 feet to any residential zoning unless screened by a masonry wall not less than ten feet in height. Loading spaces located in side yards shall not be visible from a public street.

(D) Sufficient room for turning and maneuvering vehicles shall be provided on the site so that vehicles shall cross a property line only by driving forward.

(E) Each loading berth shall be accessible from a street or alley, or from an aisle or drive connecting with a street or alley, without traversing a residential zone.

(F) The loading area, aisles and access drives shall be paved so as to provide a durable dust-proof surface and shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water without damage to private or public properties, streets or alleys.

(G) Bumper rails shall be provided at locations where needed for safety or to protect property.

(H) If the loading area is illuminated, lighting shall be deflected down and/or away from abutting residential sites so as not to cause any annoying glare.

(I) No regular repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted in a loading area.

(J) Off-street loading facilities shall be located on the same site with the use for which the berths are required.

(K) If more than one use is located on a site, the number of loading berths provided shall be equal to the sum of the requirements prescribed in this section for each use. If more than one use is located on a site and the gross floor area of each use is less than the minimum for which loading berths are required, but the aggregate gross floor area is greater than the minimum for which loading berths are required, then off-street loading berths shall be provided as if the aggregate gross floor area were used for the use requiring the greatest number of loading berths.

(L) Off-street loading facilities for a single use shall not be considered as providing required off-street facilities for any other use.

(M) At the time of initial occupancy, major alterations or enlargement of a site, or of completion of construction of a structure or of a major alteration or enlargement of a structure, there shall be provided off-street loading berth requirements. The number of loading berths provided for a major alteration or enlargement of a site or structure shall be in addition to the number existing prior to the alteration or enlargement.

(N) Space allocated to any off-street loading berth shall not be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facility.

(Prior Code, § 10.23.40)

§ 154.265 NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRED.

Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, every office, hotel, restaurant, department store, freight terminal or railroad yard, hospital, industrial plant, manufacturing establishment, retail establishment, storage warehouse or wholesale establishments, and all other structures devoted to similar mercantile or industrial pursuits, which have an aggregate gross floor area of 5,000 square feet or more shall provide off-street truck loading or unloading berths in accordance with the following table.

Square Feet of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Such Use	Required Number of Berths
5,000 square feet up to and including 40,000 square feet	1
40,001 square feet up to and including 100,000 square feet	2
100,001 square feet up to and including 160,000 square feet	3
160,001 square feet up to and including 240,000 square feet	4
For each additional 100,000 square feet	1 additional

(Prior Code, § 10.23.50)

§ 154.999 PENALTY.

(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.

(B) Whosoever shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and, upon conviction of such violation, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months in the County Jail, or by both fine and imprisonment as allowed under U.C.A. § 10-3-703.

(Prior Code, § 10.1.25)

(2) A civil violation under § 154.085 shall amount to $100 each day a violation occurs, each being a new violation.

(D) (1) Criminal violation. Any person who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with any provision of § 154.110, or who knowingly permits or assists another in doing so, shall be deemed guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

(2) Civil remedy. The municipality may pursue civil remedies, including fines, injunctions, abatement or other equitable relief permitted under the town’s administrative code. The town’s enforcement officer is authorized to enforce § 154.110 by issuing notice of violation, stop work orders or other administrative actions, including recommending permit revocation when necessary.

(Prior Code, § 10.11.260)

(E) Any person or entity who violates any of the provisions of § 154.208 of this chapter or who fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order or directive made thereunder, shall, severally, for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, subject to penalty as provided in division (A) above. Furthermore, the imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue. All such persons or entities shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time and, when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.

(Prior Code, § 10.17.100)

(C) Any person or entity who violates any of the provisions of § 154.210 or who fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order or directive made thereunder, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, subject to penalty as provided in division (B) above. Furthermore, the imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue. All such persons or entities shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-11-2024; Ord. 2024-14, passed 12-18-2024; Ord. 2025-03, passed 5-21-2025; Ord. 2026-01, passed 3-25-2026)

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