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Freedom City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VIII

Parking and Loading Requirements

§ 205-23 Parking requirements.

Off-street parking facilities shall be provided in individual zoning districts as specified herewith:
A. 
Residential districts (includes R-1, R-2 and R-3): a minimum of one off-street parking space per family living unit. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided as follows:
(1) 
Recreational uses: one per 300 feet of gross lot area.
(2) 
Home occupations: three units.
(3) 
Churches, auditoriums or other places of public assembly: one for each six seats.
(4) 
Professional offices and clinics: one per office, plus one for every 200 square feet of floor space.
B. 
Business and industrial districts (includes B, I-1 and I-2): to be determined by the Planning Commission. Prior to the issuance of a zoning permit, plans of the proposed commercial or industrial development shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for approval. Parking needs are to be based on the type and scope of activity proposed by the developer. Parking in these districts should preferably be developed in lots, integrating individual needs within a three-hundred-foot radius, and shall be limited by the following minimum provisions:
(1) 
B District. Off-street parking facilities for recreational uses and nursing and funeral homes shall be located a minimum of 15 feet from any lot line. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided as follows:
(a) 
Restaurants, etc.: one for each three seats.
(b) 
Retail sales and services: one per 100 square feet of net floor area.
(c) 
Automobile uses: one per 500 square feet of floor space.
(d) 
Bowling alleys: five per alley.
(e) 
Drive-in uses: 10 units.
(f) 
Recreational uses: one per 300 square feet of gross lot area.
(g) 
Churches, auditoriums, stadiums or other places of public assembly: one for each six seats.
(2) 
I-1 and I-2 Districts: one parking stall per every two employees for any two shifts.

§ 205-24 Loading requirements.

Off-street loading facilities shall be provided in the business and industrial districts as follows:
A. 
One loading unit shall consist of a space 12 feet wide, 15 feet high, if covered, and 45 feet long, exclusive of access and turning area.
B. 
Retail sales, wholesaling, merchandising, storage or processing: one unit for each 3,000 square feet of floor area.

§ 205-25 Loading and unloading.

In the business and industrial zoning districts covered by this chapter, the loading and unloading of trucks and all other vehicles shall be conducted in such a manner that no part of said truck or vehicle or the operations of the loading or unloading shall extend onto the adjacent sidewalk or roadway or in any other manner hinder or impede the use thereof.

§ 205-26 Purpose.

This section is not meant to regulate parking but is intended to regulate the provision of off-street parking facilities in the interest of the safety and general welfare of the community.