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Hernando City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XV

- REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING

a.

When any building or structure is hereafter erected, structurally altered, or converted for any of the uses listed below, the following off-street parking spaces shall be provided:

i.

For single-family dwellings, two spaces per dwelling unit; for multifamily dwellings, two spaces per dwelling unit.

ii.

For cabins and camps, one space for each two beds, but not less than one space for each cabin or other habitable facility.

iii.

For places of public assembly including auditoriums, theaters, and music auditoriums of churches one space for each four seats provided.

iv.

For schools, two spaces for each classroom, plus one for each 10 seats in the auditorium or gymnasium.

v.

For institutions, clubs, lodges, and other public and semi-public buildings, one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.

vi.

For commercial uses:

(1)

Retail sales and services - 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area.

(2)

Office buildings, banks, business and professional services -1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area.

(3)

Commercial recreation facilities and restaurants - 1 space per 100 square feet of gross floor area.

(4)

Hotels and motels - 1 space per unit.

(5)

Warehouses - 1 space per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.

vii.

For industrial uses, one space for each 1.3 employees of the maximum number employed on the premises at any one time or on the combined shifts.

b.

The foregoing requirements are subject to the following general rules and exceptions:

i.

In the "R" District, no parking of motor vehicles shall be allowed in any front yard, except in a paved driveway.

ii.

No recreational equipment such as boats and boat trailers, travel trailers, pickup campers or coaches, motorized dwellings, tent trailers, or trailers of any kind or type over 20' in length, shall be parked or stored outside a building in any yard or on the adjacent street other than for service and delivery purposes in any "R" District. No more than one recreational vehicle may be stored outside an enclosed structure on any lot in an "R" District.

iii.

Junk vehicles shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property other than in completely enclosed buildings.

iv.

No truck rated more than one (1) ton, trailer (low-boy, flat bed or any other trailer of any kind or character), tractor or other machines or heavy equipment shall be parked upon any residential property in the yard, driveway, or on the adjacent street other than for service and delivery purposes. .

v.

If the existing use of a building or structure shall be increased by the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity or any other measure to increase intensity of use, the provisions of this Article shall only apply to the extent of such increase in use.

vi.

In computing the number of parking spaces required, the following rules shall govern:

(1)

Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be the next largest whole number.

(2)

In the case of mixed use, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately.

vii.

Entrance and exit areas to the required parking areas of industrial and commercial uses shall be of a hard surface, asphalt or concrete, and forty (40) feet from any existing paved road.

viii.

Off-street loading space will be provided for all commercial and industrial uses and any other use requiring bulk pickup or delivery. Such off-street loading space will be scaled to the loading demand created by the use of the property and the size of the delivery vehicles used. In no instances will loading or unloading of vehicles be allowed in a public right-of-way or in space provided to meet off-street parking requirements.

ix.

No building or part thereof heretofore erected, which is used for any of the purposes specified above, shall hereafter be enlarged or extended unless off-street loading space is provided in accordance with the provisions of this Article.