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Filer City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 10

OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING

9-10-1: PARKING AND LOADING SPACES:

The intent of this Chapter is to encourage the parking of vehicles off the public streets and highways so as to improve safety, reduce congestion and facilitate street maintenance and traffic circulation. (Ord. 379, 9-11-79)

9-10-2: OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIRED:

In all zones, there shall be constructed at the time of the erection of any building or at the time any main building is enlarged or increased in capacity, minimum off-street parking space of nine feet by twenty feet (9' x 20') with adequate provision for ingress and egress from the street to each parking space by standard size automobiles as follows:
TYPE OF USE
MINIMUM NUMBER OF
STREET PARKING SPACES
FOR EMPLOYEES/PATRONS
MINIMUM NUMBER OF
OFF-STREET PARKING
SPACES FOR CUSTOMERS
TYPE OF USE
MINIMUM NUMBER OF
STREET PARKING SPACES
FOR EMPLOYEES/PATRONS
MINIMUM NUMBER OF
OFF-STREET PARKING
SPACES FOR CUSTOMERS
Barber shops
 
1 for each employee
 
2 for each chair
Beauty shops
 
1 for each employee
 
2 for each chair
Churches
 
1 space for each 4 seats or each 80" of benches, plus 1 space for each church official resident on the premises, plus spaces equal in number to 50% of the number of employees
Collection offices
 
1 for each employee
 
2 spaces
Day care facilities
 
2 for each adult employee
 
 
Drive-ins
 
1 for each employee
 
12 spaces
Dwellings
 
2 spaces for each dwelling unit
 
 
Gift and flower shops
 
1 for each employee of sales area
 
1 for each 125 sq. ft.
Grocery stores, drugstores, bakers and similar retail establishment s
 
1 for each 2 employees
 
3 sq. ft. of parking lot area for each sq. ft. of building
Home occupations
 
2 spaces more than that required for each dwelling unit,
 
 
Hotels
 
 
 
Not less than the number of spaces equaling 60% of the number of rooms to be occupied by tenants or guests
Industrial
 
A minimum of 1 off-street parking space for each 2 employees
 
 
Lodge halls, club houses, institutions for philanthropic and eleemosynary purposes
 
Not less than 20% of the total membership
 
 
Mortuaries
 
1 space for each 4 seats or each 80" of benches in the chapel or auditorium, plus 1 space for each resident on the premises, plus 1 space for each 2 employees not resident on the premises
Motels and tourist courts
 
1 space for each unit
 
 
Plant nurseries where goods are sold on the premises
 
1 space for each employee
 
2 spaces
Professional offices
 
1 space for each employee
 
2 spaces for each professional person located in the building
Public parks
 
1 space for every
 
4 rated occupants
Public swimming pools
 
5 spaces for each rated occupant
 
 
Real Estate offices
 
1 space for each employee
 
2 spaces for each professional person located in the building
Restaurants
 
1 space for each employee
 
1 space for each 4 seats or 30" of seating capacity
Schools
 
2 spaces for each classroom
 
 
 
Off-street parking space for uses not mentioned shall be determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission under authority delegated to it as set forth in this Title. (Ord. 379, 9-11-79; 1994 Code)

9-10-3: COLLECTIVE PROVISIONS:

Parking space for two (2) or more buildings, as required in this Title, may be combined into one lot and may be located on a lot adjacent to the building, provided the number of parking spaces is at least equal to the number required when computed separately. (Ord. 379, 9-11-79)

9-10-4: OFF-STREET TRUCK LOADING SPACES:

Off-street loading and unloading space shall be provided on the same lot for every building used for manufacturing, storage, warehousing, goods display, department store, grocery, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other use similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicle or material or merchandise. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided, shall include a minimum ten foot by twenty five foot (10' x 25') loading space with a minimum fourteen feet (14') height clearance for every twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of floor space in the building, or fraction thereof. (Ord. 379, 9-11-79)