Guadalupe City Zoning Code
OFF-STREET PARKING
AND LOADING
§ 154.120 PURPOSE.
This subchapter is designed to provide standards that ensure adequate parking areas for the various uses permitted in this subchapter.
(Zoning Code, Art. IV Part I)
§ 154.121 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FLOOR AREA. The cumulative floor areas of the several floors of a building and/or the open land area needed for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients, or patients, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. It shall not mean floors or parts of floors used principally for non-public purposes, such as storage, automobile parking, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise, show windows, or for office incidental to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings, or to rest rooms or powder rooms.
OFF-STREET BOAT OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SPACE. Space which is primarily utilized for the parking of one boat or recreational vehicle and measuring not less than ten feet by 24 feet.
OFF-STREET PARKING AREA. The area reserved for transient storage of motor vehicles, including parking spaces, maneuvering areas, aisles, and driveways completely located on the property it serves.
OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE. A paved and properly drained parking space for one vehicle, in the form of a rectangle not less than nine feet by 20 feet, excluding driveways or aisles, and with access to a public thoroughfare.
(Zoning Code, Art. IV Part I)
§ 154.122 GENERAL REGULATIONS.
(A) No building permit shall be issued until the applicant has presented satisfactory evidence to the Zoning Administrator that he or she owns or has otherwise available for his or her use, sufficient property to provide the parking required as specified in this section.
(B) The parking requirements of this subchapter are to be met for the addition or enlargement of an existing building or use.
(C) For any new buildings, building expansions, or conversions, plans must be submitted to show how the required parking spaces shall be arranged in the area supplied for that purpose and to indicate sufficient space for turning maneuvers, as well as adequate ingress and egress to the parking area before a permit is granted. All such parking plans shall be submitted, fully dimensioned, to the Zoning Administrator.
(D) Whenever a building permit has been granted and the plans so approved for off-street parking, any permanent use of such off-street parking areas for uses other than said purpose shall constitute a violation of this section. Should the owner or occupants of any building, to whom a permit has been granted containing off-street parking requirements change the use to which the building is put so as to increase the requirement for off-street parking, it shall constitute a violation of this section, until the parking requirements have been complied with.
(E) In the case of mixed uses permitted on a site, the total requirements for off-street parking space shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately.
(F) For residential districts, recreational vehicles, boats, trailers, house trailers, camp trailers, or campers not attached to a vehicle shall not be parked in the required front or street side yards. In addition, the parking of more than one commercial vehicle of not more than two-ton capacity, or the parking of any commercial vehicle of more than two-ton capacity, on any lot or street in any residential district shall be considered a commercial use and is prohibited.
(Zoning Code, Art. IV Part I) Penalty, see § 154.999
§ 154.123 PARKING DESIGN AND STANDARDS.
(A) For Multi-Family Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Planned Area Development Districts, the following shall apply.
(1) All off-street parking and loading areas shall be surfaced with a permanent pavement striped to requirements herein.
(2) Except where a wall is required, a minimum six-inch high curb or bumper guard shall be constructed so that no part of the vehicle shall extend over or beyond any property line.
(3) Parking spaces and driveways shall be arranged to require ingress and egress from the lot to a street by forward motion of the vehicle.
(B) All required off-street parking and loading spaces shall be connected with a public street by a paved driveway which affords safe and convenient ingress and egress.
(C) All required parking spaces shall be located on the lot, or a contiguous lot, upon which the use is located.
(Zoning Code, Art. IV Part II)
§ 154.124 PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
(A) Requirements for residential uses.
(1) There shall be at least two off-street parking spaces for each single-family residence or mobile home.
(2) For multiple-family dwellings, there shall be at least one space for each efficiency apartment, one and one-half spaces for each one- and two-bedroom unit, and two spaces for each dwelling unit containing more than two bedrooms.
(B) For places of public assembly.
(1) There shall be at least one parking space for every 400 square feet of floor area.
(2) Parking for restaurants, bars, and other dining establishments, there shall be one parking space for every 50 square feet of floor area.
(3) Parking for general office buildings, retail and other commercial uses, there shall be one parking space for every 300 square feet of floor area at each floor level.
(4) For industrial uses, there shall be two parking spaces for every three employees for the shift with the greatest number of employees.
(5) For warehousing, there shall be one parking space for every 1,000 square feet of the first 10,000 square feet and an additional one parking space for every 5,000 square feet remaining of building area.
(6) For clinics and doctor’s offices, there shall be one parking space for every 150 square feet of office area and one parking space for every physician.
(7) For institutions of religious, charitable or philanthropic nature, nursing homes, and convalescent homes, there shall be one parking space for every three beds, one parking space for every three employees, and one parking space for every physician.
(8) For schools, there shall be one parking space for every three students in senior high schools and educational institutions of higher grade level, and one parking space for every two employees and instructors. For elementary schools and junior high schools, there shall be one parking space for every two employees and instructors.
(9) For churches, there shall be one parking space for every ten seats. Where pews are used, 20 inches of pew space shall constitute one seat. Accessory church buildings shall be provided with parking as provided above for office, classroom, or other uses.
(10) For any uses not similar to those specifically listed, the Town Council shall determine the amount of parking spaces required.
(Zoning Code, Art. IV Part II)
§ 154.125 LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
(A) At least one loading space, ten feet in width and 35 feet in length, shall be required for each commercial and industrial use.
(B) Such loading spaces shall be located in the rear yards.
(Zoning Code, Art. IV Part II)