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Hanna City City Zoning Code

OFF-STREET PARKING

AND LOADING

§ 154.250 PURPOSE.

   It is the purpose of this subchapter to prevent added congestion of the public streets and so promote the safety and welfare of the people by requiring, in connection with any new construction, that off-street parking and loading be provided in accordance with the use to which the property is put and its location in the village.
(Ord. 13-05-02, passed 5-21-2013)

§ 154.251 PROCEDURE AND CONTROL.

   (A)   Procedure. An application for a building permit for a new or enlarged building, structure or use shall include therewith a plot plan in duplicate, drawn to scale, and fully dimensioned showing any parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
   (B)   Extent of control. The off-street parking and loading requirements of this chapter shall apply as follows.
      (1)   All buildings and structures erected and land uses initiated after the effective date of this chapter shall not be required to furnish parking or loading facilities, if construction is begun thereon within six months of the effective date of this chapter and diligently prosecuted to completion.
      (2)   When a building or structure erected prior to or after the effective date of this chapter, shall undergo any decrease in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities, and when said decrease would result in a requirement for fewer total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter, thereto, parking and loading facilities may be reduced accordingly; provided that, existing parking or loading facilities shall be so decreased only when the facilities remaining would at least equal or exceed the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.
      (3)   When a building or structure shall undergo any increase in the number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities, and when said increase would result in a requirements for additional total parking or loading spaces through application of the
provisions of this chapter, then parking and loading facilities shall be increased accordingly, so that the total shall at least equal the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provision of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.
   (C)   Existing parking and loading spaces. Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date of this chapter, may not be reduced in number, unless already exceeding the requirements of this section for equivalent new construction, in which event, said spaces shall not be reduced below the number required herein for such equivalent new construction.
   (D)   Additional parking and loading spaces. Nothing in this section shall prevent the establishment of off-street automobile parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or building, subject to full compliance with the provisions of this section; except that, off-street parking areas accessory to existing multiple-family structures cannot be located off the premises containing the main use, unless on a lot adjacent thereto, without authorization by the Village Board.
   (E)   Damage or destruction.
      (1)   Any building, structure or use which is in existence and is a non-conforming use on the effective date of this chapter and which subsequently shall be damaged or partially destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion of other cause, shall not be reconstructed, re-established or repaired unless off-street parking or loading facilities equivalent to any maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored and continued in operation.
      (2)   However, it shall not be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required by this chapter for equivalent new construction.
(Ord. 13-05-02, passed 5-21-2013)

§ 154.252 SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTS.

   (A)   Requirements governing the number of off-street, parking and loading spaces in relation to the use of property are as set forth in the following table and are deemed to be minimum requirements.
   (B)   The requirements for any use not specified thereon, shall be the same as for a similar specified use, as determined by the Board of Appeals.
   (C)   For the purposes of this section, a parking space, shall be deemed an area of not less than 170 square feet, at least eight feet six inches in width and not less than 20 feet in length.
Use
Minimum Required Parking Spaces
Minimum Required Loading Spaces
Use
Minimum Required Parking Spaces
Minimum Required Loading Spaces
Banks, business or professional offices
1/400 sq. ft. of floor area
1 space per 100,000 sq. ft. of floor area or major fraction thereof
Bowling alleys
5/alley
1 space per 100,000 sq. ft. of floor area or major fraction thereof
Churches, school auditoriums, stadiums, sports arenas, indoor theaters
1 space/5 individual seats
0
Dwellings
2 per dwelling unit
0
Establishments handling the sale and consumption on the premises of alcoholic beverages, food or refreshments
1/100 sq. ft. of floor area
1 space per 100,000 sq. ft. of floor area or major fraction thereof
Hospitals, sanitariums, convalescent homes, nursing homes
1 for each 4 beds, plus 1 for each staff and visiting doctor, plus 1 for each 3 other employees
1 space for 40,000 sq. ft. of floor area, Plus 1 space for each additional 100,000 sq. ft. of floor area
Hotels, motels, clubs
1 per 3 guests or 1/sleeping unit
0
Lodging, rooming, boarding houses
1/3 guests, plus 1 for manager
0
Manufacturing and industrial uses, warehousing, research and testing labs
1/2 employees/shift based upon the largest shift
1 for first 40,000 sq. ft. of floor area, plus 1 for each additional 100,000 sq. ft.
Medical, dental clinics
5 spaces per doctor engaged at the clinic
0
Mobile home courts
2/mobile home lot
0
Mortuaries, funeral parlors
1 space/50 sq. ft. of floor space in chapels and parlors
1
Other places of assembly without fixed seating
1 space/75 sq. ft. gross floor area
0
Private clubs (without sleeping rooms)
Parking space equal to 25% of total membership or 1 space for every 400 sq. ft. of floor area, whichever is greater
1
Retail stores and shops
1/300 sq. ft. of floor area
1 space per 100,000 sq. ft. of floor area or major fraction thereof
 
(Ord. 13-05-02, passed 5-21-2013)

§ 154.253 WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS.

   Notwithstanding the above requirements, the required off-street parking or loading may be waived for establishments in the B-1 Central Business District where the establishment participates in the development and maintenance of off-street parking in accordance with the plans for the Central Business District as adopted by the governing body, upon application to and approval of such waiver by the Planning Commission, upon it finding that the establishment is a cooperator in the Central Business District plan implementation.
(Ord. 13-05-02, passed 5-21-2013)

§ 154.254 LOT PLACEMENT.

   All required off-street parking and loading shall be on the same lot with the establishment or on an adjacent lot or one across a street therefrom.
(Ord. 13-05-02, passed 5-21-2013)