Golden Meadow City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 18

52 - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING

Sections:

18.52.010 - Off-street parking—Location—Encumbrance—Surfacing material.

Off-street parking facilities for one-family and two-family dwellings shall be located on the same lot or plot of ground as the building to be served. The location of off-street parking facilities for other uses shall not be more than a distance of three hundred feet, which shall be measured along the nearest pedestrian walkway; provided, however, that the zoning classification of such land is the same or less restrictive than the classification of the lot upon which the main use is located.

Parking spaces to be used in conjunction with the principal use shall be reserved as such through an encumbrance of the title of the property to be designated as required parking space, and such encumbrance shall be valid for the total period that the use or uses, for which the parking is needed, are in existence. Such agreement or covenant shall be duly recorded in the office of the town clerk and town recorder and a certificate shall be furnished the building inspector.

Parking spaces for other uses shall be surfaced with a minimum of four inches of gravel, shell or similar all-weather surface, and their entrances shall be similarly surfaced.

(Ord. 77 § 4.1, 1961.)

18.52.020 - Off-street parking—Multiple uses—Common facility.

Parking requirements for two or more uses of the same or different type may be satisfied by the allocation of a common or collective parking facility. Such facility shall not be less than the same requirements for the individual uses computed separately.

(Ord. 77 § 4.101, 1961.)

18.52.030 - Off-street parking—Schedule.

Off-street automobile parking space shall be provided on any lot on which any of the following listed uses are established and in accordance with the schedule shown. When a use is increased in capacity by the addition of dwelling rooms, guestrooms, floor area or seats, the minimum off-street parking shall be provided for such increase.

Use	Parking Space Required
Automobile repair garage	One space per each employee
Boarding and lodging homes	One space for each three bedrooms, plus one additional space for the resident manager
Bowling alleys	Two spaces per alley
Business and professional offices	Two spaces for each five hundred square feet of gross floor area
Churches, temples and other places of worship, and mortuaries	One space for each five seats in the main auditorium, or each sixty-four square feet where there are no seats
Clinics	One space for each five hundred square feet of gross floor area
Clubs and lodges	One space for each eight members at the time of construction or structural alterations
Commercial, manufacturing and industrial establishments not catering to retail trade	One space for each five employees on the largest work shift, plus one space for each company vehicle operating from the premises
General business, commercial and personal services establishments but not including supermarkets	One space per each three hundred square feet of gross floor area
Hospitals	One space for every six beds, plus one space for each staff doctor, and one space for each six employees (including nurses)
Hotels, apartment hotels, transient	One space for two dwelling units; one space for each three guest bedrooms, plus one additional space for each four employees
Kennels and animal hospitals	Space equal to two times the enclosed area in such kennels
Libraries and museums	Space equal to fifty percent of the floor area devoted to public use
Motels and tourist homes	One space for each guest bedroom, plus one additional space for the resident manager
Multifamily dwellings:
One to twelve units	One space per dwelling unit
More than twelve units	Three spaces for each four dwelling units
Nursing and convalescence homes and institutions	One space for each eight beds
Restaurants, bars, and nightclubs	One space for each two hundred square feet of floor area devoted to patron use, plus one space for each four employees
Riding stables	Space equal to fifty percent of the covered area of such stable
Roadside stands	Five spaces for each such establishment
Schools, public and private:
Elementary	Two spaces per classroom, laboratory or manual training shop
Junior or senior high	Four spaces per classroom, lab or manual training shop
Colleges and universities and trade, industrial and business schools	Six spaces per classroom, lab, or other teaching room
Single-family dwelling	One space per dwelling unit
Skating rink, dancehalls, exhibit halls, gyms	Space equal to two times the floor area
Supermarkets	Two spaces per each three hundred square feet of gross floor area
Theaters, auditoriums, sports arenas and places of public assembly	One space for each five seats
Two-family dwelling	One space per dwelling unit

(Ord. 77 § 4.2, 1961.)

18.52.040 - Off-street loading—Gross floor area greater than seven thousand five hundred square feet.

Every hospital, institution, hotel, commercial or industrial building or use having a gross floor area in excess of seven thousand five hundred square feet of space and requiring the receipt of material and merchandise distributed by vehicle shall have at least one permanently maintained off-street loading space for each seven thousand five hundred square feet of gross floor area, or fraction thereof, which shall be so located as not to hinder the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles over sidewalks, streets or alleys.

(Ord. 77 § 4.301, 1961.)

18.52.050 - Off-street loading—Gross floor area less than seven thousand five hundred square feet.

Retail operations, wholesale operations and industrial operations with a gross floor area of less than seven thousand five hundred square feet shall provide sufficient off-street loading space (not necessarily a full berth if shared by an adjacent establishment) so as not to hinder the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles over a sidewalk, street or alley.

(Ord. 77 § 4.302, 1961.)

18.52.060 - Changes prohibited when.

Area reserved for off-street parking or loading in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use unless the permitted use which it serves is discontinued or modified, or where equivalent off-street parking or loading space is provided.

(Ord. 77 § 4.102, 1961.)

18.52.070 - Nonmentioned uses—Applicability of similar uses.

For uses not mentioned in this chapter, the requirements for off-street parking and loading facilities for a similar use specifically mentioned in this chapter shall apply.

(Ord. 77 § 4.103, 1961.)