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Glennville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

- OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING5


Footnotes:
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Cross reference— Traffic and vehicles, Ch. 54.


Sec. 62-531.- Required off-street parking facilities.

(a)

Except with respect to lots in district C-1, there shall be provided off-street parking for motor vehicles, and the minimum number of parking spaces to be provided shall be shown in the following list:

Use Spaces Required
Single-family and two-family dwellings 2 per dwelling unit
Rooming house, fraternities, sororities, dormitories, convalescent homes 1.4 per each bed
Hotels 1.1 per room in addition to spaces required for restaurant
facilities
Apartments and townhouses 2 per dwelling unit plus 1 visitor space per every 10 units
Mobile home subdivisions and parks 2 per mobile home
Churches, theaters, facilities for spectator sports, auditoriums, concert halls 1 for each 4 seats
Barber shops and beauty parlors 2 plus 1.5 per chair
Bowling alleys 5 per lane in addition to spaces required for restaurant facilities
Fast food take-out establishments and drive-in restaurants 0.10 times floor area in square feet
Restaurants (except drive-ins) 1 space per every 2.5 seats plus 1 space per employee on largest shift
Furniture, appliance, household equipment, carpet and hardware stores, repair shops including shoe repair, contractor's
showrooms, museums and galleries 		1 per 800 square feet of floor area
Funeral parlors 1 per every 4 seats in chapel
Gas stations 1 per pump plus 2 per lift (in addition to stopping places adjacent to pumps)
Laundromats 1 per every 1000 square feet of customer service area
Doctor's and dentists' offices 1 per 300 square feet and 1 per doctor or dentist
Banks 1 per 300 square feet of floor space
Warehouses 1 per 500 square feet of floor space

 

(b)

For uses not specifically listed in subsection (a) of this section, the requirements listed as follows are applicable:

Use Spaces Required
Retail stores and service establishments 1 per 250 square feet of floor space and outdoor sales space
Offices 1 per 300 square feet of floor space
Other commercial and industrial uses 0.75 times maximum number of employees on premises at any one time.

 

(c)

Where calculation in accordance with the foregoing list results in requiring a fractional space, any fraction less than one-half shall be disregarded and any fraction of one-half or more shall be a required space.

(Res. No. 24-10, att., 9-19-2023)

Sec. 62-532. - Miscellaneous off-street parking rules.

The following rules shall be observed:

(1)

In districts R-1A, R-1B, R-2, and R-3, R-3A required off-street parking shall be provided on the lot on which is located the use to which the parking pertains. In other districts, such parking may be provided either on the same lot or on another lot in a residential district but only where the lot on which the parking spaces are located and the lot on which the use requiring them is located are not separated by more than 300 feet at their closest points, measured along a street.

(2)

Where off-street parking is located on a lot other than the lot occupied by the use which required it, site plan approval for both lots is required.

(3)

The use of any required parking space for the storage of any motor vehicle for sale, or for any other purpose other than the parking of motor vehicles, is prohibited.

(4)

The following minimum design standards shall be observed in laying out off-street parking facilities:

Parking Angle Stall Width Aisle Width Parking Stall Length Curb to Curb
0 degrees to 15
degrees 		9 ft. 12 ft. 23 ft. 30 ft.
16 degrees to 37 degrees 10 ft. 11 ft. 19 ft. 47 ft.
38 degrees to 57 degrees 10 ft. 13 ft. 19 ft. 54 ft.
58 degrees to 74 degrees 10 ft. 18 ft. 19 ft. 61 ft.
75 degrees to 90 degrees 10 ft. 24 ft. 19 ft. 63 ft.

 

(Res. No. 24-10, att., 9-19-2023)

Sec. 62-533. - Design requirements for commercial and industrial parking lots.

All parking lots in commercial and industrial districts shall be operated and maintained in accordance with all of the following conditions:

(1)

They shall not be used for the sale, repair or dismantling of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.

(2)

They shall be properly graded for drainage; surfaced with concrete, asphaltic concrete, asphalt, oil or any dust-free surfacing and maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, trash or debris.

(3)

They shall be provided with entrances and exits located to minimize traffic congestion and the effect of headlight glare.

(4)

They shall be provided with wheel or bumper guards located and arranged that no part of any parked vehicles will extend beyond the boundaries of the parking lot.

(5)

Lighting facilities shall be arranged that they neither unreasonably nor unnecessarily disturb occupants of adjacent residential properties nor interfere with traffic by either location or glare.

(Res. No. 24-10, att., 9-19-2023)

Sec. 62-534. - Reduction of facilities.

Off-street parking facilities existing at the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived shall not subsequently be reduced to an amount less than required hereunder for a similar new building or new use. Off-street parking facilities provided to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall not subsequently be reduced below the requirements of this chapter.

(Res. No. 24-10, att., 9-19-2023)

Sec. 62-535. - Required off-street loading spaces.

Loading spaces required under this article shall be at least 50 feet long and 12 feet wide. Every lot used for commercial or industrial purposes and having a building or buildings with a total floor area of at least 10,000 square feet and every lot used for office or research purposes on which there is a building or buildings having a total floor area of at least 20,000 square feet, shall be provided with an off-street loading space. An additional off-street loading space shall be required for lots used for commercial or industrial purposes where the floor area of all buildings exceeds 100,000 square feet.

(Res. No. 24-10, att., 9-19-2023)