Hermiston City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XII
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
§ 157.175 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
(A)
At the time of erection of a new structure, or at the time of enlargement or change in use of an existing structure within any zone in the city, excepting those properties that have been assessed for public off-street parking facilities, off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter unless greater requirements are otherwise established.
(B)
If parking space has been provided in connection with an existing use, the parking space shall not be eliminated if elimination would result in less than is required by this section. Where square feet are specified, the area measured shall be the gross floor area of the functional use of the building but shall exclude space devoted to off-street parking or loading. Where employees are specified, persons counted shall be those working on the premises, including proprietors, during the largest shift at peak season. Fractional space requirements shall be counted as a whole space.
(Ord. 1840, passed 2-28-1994)
§ 157.176 USES AND SPACES.
Uses | Standard Number of Spaces |
|---|---|
Residential | |
Single-family and two-family dwellings | Two spaces, one of which may be located within any required yard |
Multi-family dwellings | Two spaces per dwelling unit with three or more bedrooms and 1.5 spaces per unit with less than three bedrooms |
Bed and breakfast, boarding, lodging or rooming house | Spaces equal to 80% of the number of guest accommodations plus one additional space for the owner or manager |
Commercial Residential | |
Hotel | 1.25 spaces per guest room |
Motel | One space per guest room or suite plus one additional space for the owner or manager |
Club, lodge | Spaces to meet the combined requirements of the uses being conducted such as hotel, restaurant, auditorium, etc. |
Institutional | |
Welfare or correctional institution | One space per five beds for patients or inmates |
Nursing home | One space per two beds for patients or residents |
Hospital | Spaces equal to 1.5 times the number of beds |
Place of Public Assembly | |
Church | One space per four seats or eight feet of bench length in the main auditorium |
Library, reading room | One space per 400 square feet of floor area plus one space per two employees |
Day care, preschool | 1.5 spaces per teacher |
Kindergarten | Two spaces per teacher |
Elementary or junior high school | 1.5 spaces per classroom or one space per four seats or eight feet of bench length in the auditorium or assembly room, whichever is greater |
High school | 1.5 spaces per classroom plus one space for each six students or one space per four seats or eight feet of bench length in the main auditorium, whichever is greater |
College, commercial school for adults | One space per five seats in classrooms |
Other auditorium, meeting room | One space per four seats or eight feet of bench length |
Physically handicapped | All public assembly parking lots shall provide one space for each 50 parking spaces or fractions thereof and shall be accessible and approximate to the entrance of the facility |
Commercial Amusement | |
Stadium, arena, theater | One space per four seats or eight feet of bench space |
Bowling alley | Five spaces per alley plus one space per two employees |
Dance hall | One space per 100 square feet of skating rink or floor area plus |
Commercial | |
Retail store | One space per 200 square feet of floor area |
Service or repair shop, retail store handling exclusively bulky merchandise such as automobiles and furniture | One space per 600 square feet of floor area |
Bank, office (except medical and dental) | One space per 333 square feet of floor area |
Medical and dental | One space per 300 square feet of floor area |
Eating or drinking establishment | One space per 100 square feet of floor area |
Mortuaries | One space per four seats or eight feet of bench length in chapels |
Industrial | |
Storage warehouse, manufacturing establishment, rail or trucking freight terminal or wholesale establishment | One space per 1,000 square feet |
(Ord. 1840, passed 2-28-94; Am. Ord. 2322, passed 6-14-21)
§ 157.177 OFF-STREET LOADING.
(A)
Passengers. A driveway designed for continuous forward flow of passenger vehicles for the purpose of loading and unloading children shall be located on the site of any school having a capacity greater than 25 students.
(B)
Merchandise, materials or supplies.
(1)
Buildings or structures to be built or substantially altered which receive and distribute material or merchandise shall provide and maintain off-street loading berths in sufficient numbers and size to adequately handle the needs of the particular use. If loading space has been provided in connection with an existing use or is added to an existing use, the loading space shall not be eliminated if elimination would result in less space than is required to adequately handle the needs of the particular use.
(2)
Off-street parking areas used to fulfill the requirements of this subchapter shall not be used for loading and unloading operations except during periods of the day when not required to take care of parking needs.
(Ord. 1840, passed 2-28-1994)
§ 157.178 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
(A)
Obligations and violations.
(1)
The provision and maintenance of off-street parking and loading spaces are continuous obligations of the property owner. No permit shall be issued until plans are presented that show property that is and will remain available for exclusive use as off-street parking and loading space. The subsequent use of property for which the permit is issued shall be conditional upon the unqualified continuance and availability of the amount of parking and loading space required by this subchapter.
(2)
Use of property in violation hereof shall be a violation of this subchapter. Should the owner or occupant of a lot or building change the use to which the lot or building is put, thereby increasing off-street parking or loading requirements, it shall be unlawful and in violation of this subchapter to begin or maintain the altered use until the required increase in off-street parking or loading is provided.
(B)
Additional requirements not listed. Requirements for types of buildings and uses not specifically listed herein shall be determined by the Planning Commission, based upon the requirements of comparable uses listed.
(C)
Sum of requirements. In the event several uses occupy a single structure or parcel of land concurrently, the total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements of all uses computed individually.
(D)
Joint parking and loading spaces. Owners of two or more uses, structures or parcels of land may agree to utilize jointly the same parking and loading spaces when the hours of operation do not overlap, provided that satisfactory legal evidence is presented to the city in the form of deeds, leases or contracts to establish the joint use.
(E)
Location of spaces. Off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot with the building. However, non-residential required parking spaces may be located not farther than 500 feet from the building or use they are required to serve, measured in a straight line from the building.
(F)
Storage of vehicles and material prohibited. Required parking spaces shall be available for the parking of operable passenger automobiles of residents, customers, patrons and employees only, and shall not be used for storage of vehicles or materials or for the parking of trucks used in conducting the business or use.
(G)
Vision clearance problems. Off-street parking of any vehicle, watercraft or parts designed to be affixed thereto, which creates a vision clearance problem or potential safety hazard, shall not be allowed in any required yard.
(H)
Plan submission. Plans shall be submitted as provided in 157.232.
(Ord. 1840, passed 2-28-1994)
§ 157.179 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
(A)
Hard surfaces required; maintenance. Areas used for standing and maneuvering of vehicles shall have a hard surface and be maintained adequately for all-weather use and so drained as to avoid flow of water across a property line.
(B)
Minimal resident disturbance. Except for parking to serve single-family or two-family residential uses, parking and loading areas adjacent to or within residential zones or adjacent to residential uses shall be designed to minimize disturbance of residents by the erection between the uses of a sight-obscuring fence of not less than five or more than six feet in height except where vision clearance is required.
(C)
Extension beyond property line prohibited. Parking spaces within a parking lot shall be designed and constructed so that no portion of a parked vehicle, including an opened door, will extend beyond the property line.
(D)
Glare from lighting prohibited. Artificial lighting which may be provided shall not create or reflect substantial glare in a residential zone or on any adjacent dwelling.
(E)
Access aisles. Access aisles shall be of sufficient width for all vehicle turning and maneuvering.
(F)
Driveways required. All parking spaces, except single-family and two-family residential, shall be served by a driveway so that no backing movements or other maneuvering within a street other than an alley will be required.
(G)
Safety for traffic and pedestrians required.
(1)
Off-street parking areas. Service drives to off-street parking areas shall be designed and constructed to facilitate the flow of traffic, provide maximum safety of traffic access and egress, and maximum safety of pedestrians and vehicular traffic on the site. The number of service drives shall be limited to the minimum that will allow the property to accommodate and service the traffic to be anticipated. Service drives shall be clearly and permanently marked and defined through use of rails, fences, walls or other barriers or markers on frontage not occupied by service drives.
(2)
Minimum vision clearance area. Service drives shall have a minimum vision clearance area formed by the intersection of the driveway center-line, the street right-of-way line and a straight line joining the lines through points of ten feet from their intersection.
(Ord. 1840, passed 2-28-1994; Am. Ord. 2322, passed 6-14-2021)
