Gresham Village City Zoning Code
§ 325-19
Traffic, parking and access.
A.
Loading requirements. In all business and industrial districts adequate loading areas shall be provided so that all vehicles loading, maneuvering or unloading are completely off the public ways and so that all vehicles need not back onto any public way.
B.
Parking requirements. In all districts and in connection with every use, except in the C-1 General Commercial District, there shall be provided, at the time any use or building is erected, enlarged, extended or increased, off-street parking stalls for all vehicles in accordance with the following:
(1)
Access. Adequate access to a public street shall be provided for each parking space, and driveways shall be at least 10 feet wide for one- and two-family dwellings and a minimum of 24 feet for all other uses.
(2)
Size. The size of each parking space shall be not less than 10 feet by 20 feet, exclusive of the space required for ingress and egress.
(3)
Location. The location is to be on the same lot as the principal use or not over 400 feet from the principal use. No parking stall or driveway, except in residential districts, shall be closer than 25 feet to a residential district lot line or a street line opposite a residential district.
(4)
Surfacing. All off-street parking areas shall be graded and surfaced so as to be dust-free and properly drained. Any parking area for more than five vehicles shall have the aisles and spaces clearly marked.
(5)
Curbs or barriers. Curbs or barriers shall be installed so as to prevent the parked vehicles from extending over any lot line.
(6)
Number of parking stalls required.
Single- and 2-family dwellings and mobile homes | 2 stalls/dwelling unit |
Multifamily dwellings | 2 stalls/dwelling unit |
Hotels and motels | 1 stall/guest room, plus 1 stall/3 employees |
Hospitals, clubs, lodges, sororities, dormitories, lodging and boardinghouses | 1 stall/2 beds, plus 1 stall/3 employees |
Sanitariums, institutions, rest and nursing homes | 1 stall/5 beds, plus 1 stall/3 employees |
Medical and dental clinics | 3 stalls/doctor, plus 1 stall/employee |
Churches, theaters, auditoriums, community centers, vocational and night schools and other places of public assembly | 1 stall/5 seats |
Colleges, secondary and elementary schools | 1 stall/2 employees, plus 1 stall/student auto permitted |
Restaurants, bars, places of entertainment, repair shops, retail and service stores | 1 stall/150 square feet of floor area |
Manufacturing and processing plants, laboratories and warehouses | 1 stall/2 employees |
Financial institutions and businesses, governmental and professional offices | 1 stall/200 square feet of floor area, plus 1 stall/2 employees |
Funeral homes | 1 stall/4 seats, plus 1 stall/vehicle used in the business |
Bowling alleys | 5 stalls/alley |
(a)
In the case of structures or uses not mentioned, the provision for a use which is similar shall apply.
(b)
Combinations of any of the above uses shall provide the total of the number of stalls required for each individual use.
(c)
Parking stalls are not required to be provided in the C-1 District, but when they are provided, they shall conform to requirements of size, access, surfacing and barriers, but not number of stalls or location, as specified above.
C.
Driveways. All driveways installed, altered, changed, replaced or extended after the effective date of this chapter shall meet the following requirements:
(1)
Openings for vehicular ingress and egress shall not exceed 24 feet at the street line and 30 feet at the roadway. This requirement shall not apply in the following zoning districts:
(a)
C-1 Commercial District.
(b)
I-1 Industrial District.
(2)
Vehicular entrances and exits to drive-in banks and restaurants; motels; funeral homes; vehicular sales, service, washing and repair stations; garages; or public parking lots shall be not less than 100 feet from any pedestrian entrance or exit to a school, church, hospital, park, playground, library or public emergency shelter.
D.
Highway access. No direct private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of any controlled access arterial street without permission of the highway agency that has access control jurisdiction.