Ferris City Zoning Code
PARKING REGULATIONS
§ 154.070 PARKING REGULATIONS.
Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered or converted for any use permitted in the district in which it is located unless there shall be provided on the lot or immediately adjacent lots within 150 feet of such building or structure, off-street vehicle parking in the following ratio of vehicle spaces for the uses specified in the designated districts and no existing vehicle parking in connection with the use at the effective date of this chapter may be reduced below the minimum number of spaces as hereinafter required.
(A) Parking table. Except as otherwise provided in this section, off-street parking spaces shall be provided as follows:
SCHEDULE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS
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Land Use | Requirements | Additional Requirements |
SCHEDULE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS
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Land Use | Requirements | Additional Requirements |
Residential | ||
Single-family attached and detached units | 2/ unit | Enclosed |
Duplex | 2/unit | 1 enclosed |
Townhouse, condominium, triplex, quadruplex or row house | 2/unit | 1 covered/unit |
Multi-family (“MF”) | 2/unit | 1 covered/ unit |
Mobile home unit | 2/unit | None |
Boarding or rooming house, hotel or motel/residence motel or inn | 1/residential unit | 1 additional space for 200 sq. ft. of exhibit or ballroom space, plus 1 space per 100 sq. ft. of meeting rooms, plus 1 space per 2.5 seats in restaurant and lounge |
Retirement housing: ambulatory independent residents | 1.5/unit | None |
Retirement housing: nursing home facilities | 1/2 beds | None |
Dormitory | 1.5/2 occupants for designed occupancy | None |
Fraternity, sorority, or lodge | 1/115 sq. ft. | None |
Institutional | ||
Community center | 1/4 persons | None |
Schools: Elementary Junior high or middle Senior high Trade | 1/25 students 1/18 students 1/5 students 1/4 students | None |
Public assembly hall | 1/3 seats | None |
College or university | 1/4 day students | None |
Church | 1/4 seats in the sanctuary or auditorium | None |
Day care or day nursery | 1/5 pupils | None |
Hospital | 1.5/bed | None |
Mortuary or funeral home | 1/4 seats in chapel | None |
Recreational | ||
Theater | 1/4 seats | None |
Bowling alley | 4/lane | None |
Pool hall, arcade, other indoor commercial amusement | 1/100 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Outdoor commercial amusement | 1/500 sq. ft. of site area exclusive of building | None |
Ballpark or stadium | 1/4 seats | None |
Lodge or fraternal organization | 1/115 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Driving range | 1/10 linear ft. of designated tee area | None |
Miniature golf | 1/tee | None |
Personal Services and Retail | ||
Personal service shop | 1/250 sq. ft. of floor area up to 5000 sq. ft., then 1/200 sq. ft. | None |
Indoor retail store or shop | 1/250 sq. ft. of floor area up to 5000 sq. ft., then 1/200 sq. ft. | None |
Outdoor retail sales | 1/500 sq. ft. of site area, exclusive of building | None |
Furniture, appliance sales or repair | 1/600 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Coin-operated or self-service laundry or dry cleaner | 1/200 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Shopping center, malls and multi-occupancy uses (3-50 acres) | 1/250 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Shopping centers, mall and multi- occupancy use (over 50 acres) | 1/300 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Food & Beverage Services | ||
Eating or drinking establishment (no drive-through service) | 1/2.5 seats | None |
Eating or drinking establishment (with drive-through service and all others) | 1/150 sq. ft. | None |
Business Services | ||
Bank and savings and loan or other similar institution | 1/300 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Medical, dental clinic or office | 1/150 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Veterinary clinic | 1/300 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Other office or professional business | 1/250 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Automotive & Equipment | ||
Service station | Minimum of 6 | None |
Auto repair garage or shop | 1/350 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Auto repair accessory sales | 1/300 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Vehicle or machinery sales (indoors) | 1/500 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Vehicle or machinery sales | 1/500 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Car wash (self-serve or automatic) | 2/wash bay | (Stacking spaces awaiting machine wash bay) |
Storage, Wholesale and Manufacturing | ||
Brick or lumber yard | 1/3 employees or 1/1,000 sq. ft. of floor area | (Whichever results in more spaces) |
Manufacturing or warehousing | 1/3 employees or 1/1,000 sq. ft. of floor area | (Whichever results in more spaces) |
Outside storage | 1/5,000 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Mini-warehouse | 1/3,000 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
Repackaging | 1/500 sq. ft. of floor area | None |
(B) Mixed use buildings. Where a building or a site contains 2 or more uses, the off-street parking requirement shall be computed as the sum of the required off-street parking spaces for each individual use with the exception of shopping centers and multi-use purposes.
(C) Drive lane widths and parking space sizes. Drive lanes and parking space sizes shall be required as shown in the following illustration.
(1) A driveway for access to any non-residential, single parking space or to a parking lot shall not measure less than that shown in the parking layout illustration.
(2) All drive approach widths shall be no less than 15 feet.
(3) All 2-way drive lanes shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width.
(4) Parking spaces shall be 9 feet wide by 18 feet deep for all 90 degree parking spaces. Angled spaces shall be as shown in the illustration.
(D) Handicapped parking spaces. In each parking facility in zones “MF-18,” “C-O,” “C-N,” “C-C,” “I-L” and “I-H,” a portion of the total parking shall be specifically designed, located, and reserved for vehicles licensed by the State of Texas for use by the handicapped. These spaces will be provided according to the following schedule:
Total Spaces in Parking Lot | Required Handicapped Spaces |
1 to 100 | 1 per 25 spaces |
101 to 200 | Additional 1 per 50 spaces |
201 to 500 | Additional 1 per 100 spaces |
Over 500 | 2% of total |
(1) Each parking space designated for use by the handicapped shall consist of a rectangular area not less than 13 feet wide by 18 feet long with a vertical clearance of 7-1/2 feet. Van accessible spaces must be 8 feet wide with an 8-foot wide accessible space adjacent for a total of 16 feet wide.
(2) Each designated handicapped parking space shall be located in an area not exceeding 2% slope, and shall be located near and convenient to a level or ramped entrance accessible to handicapped persons.
(3) Parking spaces for the handicapped shall be signed in accordance with state law and restricted for use by the handicapped only.
(4) Care in planning shall be exercised so that individuals in wheelchairs and individuals using braces and crutches are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars.
(5) All applicable ADA requirements for parking spaces must be met.
(E) Special off-street parking regulations.
(1) In computing the parking requirements for any building or development, the total parking requirements shall be the sum of the specific parking space requirements for each class of use included in the building or development.
(2) For hotels, office buildings, restaurants and establishments, off-street loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule:
Square Feet of Gross Floor Area in Structure | Maximum Required Loading Spaces |
0 to 10,000 | None |
10,000 to 50,000 | 1 |
50,000 to 100,000 | 2 |
100,000 to 200,000 | 3 |
Each additional 200,000 | 1 additional |
(F) Design standards.
(1) Parking surface. Minimum required parking spaces must be hard-surfaced and dust free, except in instances where the adjacent street is unpaved, in which case the drives and parking spaces shall be hard-surfaced within 1 year after all adjacent streets are paved. Fire lanes and ADA spaces may not be constructed with porous surfaces.
(a) Hard surface parking shall not be required for:
1. Non-passenger vehicles and tractor trailers for industrial uses, and
2. Motor vehicle inventory for sale.
(b) All parking must be, at a minimum, on a compacted gravel base.
(2) All driveways must be hard-surfaced and dust free. Driveways for 1- and 2- family uses, at a minimum consist of compacted gravel base. Any base product must be contained within a border and maintained, including circular and ribbon drives.
(3) No parking for 1- and 2-family uses shall be permitted within the front yard, as measured between the front property line and the closest location on the structure, other than as provided on the driveway. Driveway coverage, including ribbon drives, shall not exceed 50% of the front yard, and any additional parking on the property shall be provided on the driveway. Circular drives shall not exceed 65% maximum coverage. Parking pads are committed if they are attached to the primary driveway and constructed of the same material, and shall be included in the calculation of driveway coverage.
(4) Off-site auxiliary parking. If sufficient parking is not available on the premises, a private parking lot may be provided within 500 feet, either on property zoned for that purpose or on approval as a special exception by the Board of Adjustment subject to the following conditions:
(a) The parking must be subject to the front yard setback requirements of the district in which it is located.
(b) The parking area must be hard surfaced and dust free.
(c) A 6-foot screen fence and buffer yard must be provided on all sides adjacent to a residential district.
(d) Area lights must be directed away from adjacent properties.
(e) The lot, if adjacent to a residential district, must be chained and locked at night.
(Ord. O-12-743, passed 12-3-2012)