A. Off-street parking required.

1. Every building, use or structure instituted or erected after the effective date of this article, shall be provided with off-street parking facilities in accordance with the provisions of this article for the use of occupants, employees, visitors or patrons.

2. Such off-street parking facilities shall be maintained and continued as long as the main use is continued.

3. When a building is enlarged by more than 10% of floor area, volume, capacity or space occupied, then off-street parking facilities shall be provided for that portion of the building that was subject to the alteration or repair.

4. When a building is changed in use that results in more than a 25% increase in the required number of parking spaces, then off-street parking facilities shall be provided to meet the parking requirements for the new use. For the purposes of this section, a change of use shall mean a change from one category of off-street parking requirements to a different category.

5. It shall be unlawful for an owner or operator of any building, structure or use affected by this section to discontinue, change or dispense with, or cause the discontinuance or reduction of the required parking facilities. The sale or transfer of the required parking spaces without establishing alternative vehicle parking facilities in accordance with this article is prohibited.

6. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to utilize such building, structure or use without providing the off-street parking facilities to meet the requirements of and be in compliance with this article.

7. Aisles on parking lots shall be numbered.

B. Location, character and size of required parking spaces.

1. The off-street parking facilities required by this article shall be located on the same lot or parcel of land they are intended to serve or within 700 ft. from such lot. If the required parking facilities are not located on the same lot as the main permitted use, a Unity of Title or perpetual easement shall be prepared for the purpose of insuring that the required parking is provided. The Unity of Title or perpetual easement shall be executed by the owners of the properties concerned, approved as to form by the City Attorney and recorded in the public records of Broward County as a covenant running with the land. The covenant shall be filed with the Department of Planning and Development Services and attached to plans or permit applications that are filed with the city.

a. Exception. In instances where the development site is located within a Community Redevelopment District, the required number of parking spaces may be provided pursuant to a lease agreement with the city or a least agreement with a private entity in which the required number of parking spaces in a parking facility are specifically reserved for use by the applicant. Agreements regulating privately owned parking facilities shall be approved by the City Attorney, those relating to city-owned property shall be approved by the City Commission. All agreement pursuant to this section shall be recorded in the public records of Broward County, Florida.

2. Design of all required parking spaces.

a. As specified in Diagrams No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3.

b. Each parking space shall be directly accessible from a street or alley, or from an adequate aisle or driveway leading to a street or alley according to the minimum dimensions specified in Diagram No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 except for the following:

1. When all parking spaces required by the provisions of this article are provided with direct access to an alley or street.

2. Single family homes, duplexes and townhomes may have tandem spaces.

c. Minimum driveway width dimensions: 12 ft. for one way traffic and 24 ft. for two way traffic. For parking facilities that have less than 8 required parking spaces, the minimum width for two way traffic may be 12 ft., subject to the owner recording in the public records of Broward County a covenant running with the land that holds the city harmless against any claims arising from accidents. One way drive-through facilities may have 9 ft. wide driveways.

d. The required off-street parking facilities for all development excluding single family, shall be painted with paint strips in accordance with the City Engineer's requirements. The off-street parking facilities including access aisles and driveways shall be surfaced with a hard dustless material and maintained in a smooth well graded condition. (This does not include a rolled rock base, covered with a sand seal finish.)

e. Drainage for all off-street parking facilities shall be as required by the City Engineer.

f. Lighting shall be arranged and designed to prevent glare or excessive light on adjacent property.

g. A site plan shall be submitted with every application for a building permit for any use or structure which is required to provide off-street parking facilities. The site plan shall designate the required parking spaces, access aisles, driveways and the relation to uses or structures with the off-street parking facilities they are intended to serve.

h. No column shall be within 3 ft. of the entrance to a parking space.

i. The minimum required width of parking spaces which are adjacent to a wall or other solid obstruction shall be 10.5 ft.

j. Minimum ramp angles for driveway access to above grade and or below grade parking structures shall be subject to approval by the City Engineer.

k. All parking spaces shall have concrete car stops (6 ft. long) or curbing, except for tandem spaces and parking spaces in single family districts. Bollards shall be used in combination with flush curbing.

l. The use of angled parking spaces should be encouraged and reviewed as part of the Site Plan Review Process.

C. Head-in/back-out parking. Parking spaces shall not have direct access to or from a street or alley; except as provided below:

1. Detached single family homes shall be permitted parking spaces with direct access to or from a street or alley.

2. Multiple family residential buildings of 4 units or less (including duplex residences) may have parking spaces with direct access to a street or alley provided that:

a. There is an attached and enclosed garage facility.

b. The garage is setback as permitted in single family residences in accordance with § 4.1.D. of the Zoning and Land Development Regulations.

c. The area between the driveways is not less than 6 feet.

3. Parking spaces for a duplex residence may have direct access to or from an alley provided that sufficient back-out area is maintained.

D. Curb cuts. All curb cuts shall conform to the design and construction standards as required by the City Engineer.

E. Handicap parking spaces. These spaces may be counted towards the required parking calculation.

F. Joint use of parking facilities. Parking facilities for two or more buildings or uses by two or more owners or operators may be used within the required parking calculation provided that:

1. The total of such parking spaces shall not be less than the sum of the requirements of the several individual uses when computed separately.

2. A Unity of Title shall be prepared for the purpose of insuring that the required parking is provided and available at all times. The Unity of Title shall be executed by the owners of the properties concerned, approved as to form by the City Attorney, recorded in the public records of Broward County as a covenant running with the land and shall be filed with the Department of Planning and Development Services, City Engineer and attached to plans or permit applications that are filed with the city.

G. No part of an off-street parking area required for a building or use shall be included as part of an off-street parking area similarly required for another building or use.

H. Calculation of required off-street parking spaces.

1. The requirements for off-street parking for any use not specifically mentioned in § 7.2 shall be the same as provided in this Article for the use most similar to the one sought as determined by the Director.

2. Fractional measurements. Shall be calculated to the nearest whole number. A fraction of 1/2 shall be rounded to the highest whole number.

3. Mixed uses. The total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirement of the various uses computed separately, except where specific requirements are stipulated in this article. Off-street parking spaces for one use shall not be considered as providing the required off-street parking for any other use.

4. Method of measurement. For the purposes of this article, floor area shall mean the gross floor area inside of the exterior walls; in hospitals, bassinets shall not count as beds. In stadiums, sport arenas, churches and other places of assembly in which occupants utilize benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each 24 linear inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of computing off-street parking requirements.

I. Vertical and horizontal tandem parking. Vertical and horizontal tandem parking, including the use of mechanical parking lifts or similar mechanical systems, may be permitted with the following conditions:

1. The use of mechanical parking lifts or similar mechanical systems shall only be permitted within parking garages and on at-grade parking lots located under a building; and shall not increase the overall building massing;

2. All portions of parking lifts and automobiles stationed on such lifts shall be fully screened from public view;

3. The garage shall be fully operated by valet services at all times; and

4. Buildings with 10 units or less may be exempt from provision c. of this section, provided the tandem space (vertical or horizontal) is assigned to- and for the sole use of a single unit; not to include required guest spaces; and a covenant running with the land holds the City harmless against any claims arising from accidents as a result of the use of mechanical parking lifts, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, be submitted prior to the issuance of permits and recorded in the Broward County Public Records, by the City of Hollywood, prior to the issuance of Certificate of Occupancy (C/O) or Certificate of Completion (C/C).

5. Primarily residential buildings with less than 50 lifts may be exempt from provision 3 of this section, provided the vertical tandem space is assigned to and for the sole use of a single unit, not including required guest spaces, and a covenant running with the land that holds the city harmless against any claims arising from accidents as a result of the use of mechanical parking lifts, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, shall be submitted prior to the issuance of permits and recorded in the Public Records of Broward County by the city prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion.

(Ord. O-94-24, passed 7-6-94; Am. Ord. O-2000-25, passed 6-7-00; Am. Ord. O-2006-17, passed 5-17-06; Am. Ord. O-2011-14, passed 5-4-11; Am. Ord. O-2016-22, passed 10-19-16; Am. Ord. O-2013-23, passed 12-6- 17; Am. Ord. O-2019-05, passed 3-20-19)

A. The required off-street parking spaces shall be provided and maintained on the basis of the following minimum requirements listed in Article 7 except in the Regional Activity Center and Downtown and Beach Community Redevelopment Districts where each District shall have specific off-street parking requirements as identified in Article 4.

B. Off-Street loading spaces; general provisions.

1. Off-street loading spaces shall be provided on the same lot as the main permitted use. These spaces are not counted towards the required parking spaces as established in division A. above.

2. Where any structure is enlarged or any use is extended so that the size of the resulting occupancy comes within the scope of this article, the full amount of off-street loading space shall be supplied and maintained for the structure or use in its enlarged or extended size. Where the use of a structure or land or any part thereof is changed to a use requiring off-street loading space under this article, the full amount of off-street loading space shall be supplied and maintained to comply with this article.

3. For the purposes of this article, an off-street loading space shall be an area at the grade level at least 10 feet wide by 25 feet long with 14 feet vertical clearance. Each loading space shall be directly accessible from a street or alley without crossing or entering any other required off-street loading space, and arranged for convenient and safe ingress and egress by motor truck and/or trailer combination. Such loading space shall also be accessible from the interior of any building it is intended to serve.

4. Off-street loading facilities supplied to meet the needs of one use shall not be considered as meeting off-street loading needs of any other use.

5. No area or facilities supplied to meet the required off-street parking facilities for a use shall be utilized or be deemed to meet the requirements of this article for off-street loading facilities.

6. Joint User of Loading Facilities: See § 7.1.F.

7. Plans for Uses requiring off-street loading facilities under the provisions of this article shall clearly indicate the location, dimensions, clearance and access of all such required off-street loading facilities.

8. Multi-storied residential developments containing a minimum of 50 units: designated temporary loading spaces for loading and unloading of furniture shall be illustrated on submitted plans with good relationship to the building entrance in a manner which does not restrict the free movement of traffic during their utilization.

C. Off-street loading spaces shall be provided as follows:

1. For each retail store, industrial or manufacturing Use, market, restaurant, mortuary, laundry dry cleaning establishment or similar use which has an aggregate gross floor area of:

2. Multiple Family or Apt./Hotel Bldg: 50-100 Units - 1 space + 1 space for each additional 100 units or major fraction.

3. Places of assembly, museum, hotel, hospital, sports bldg, or institutional uses: 20,000-40,000 sq.ft. - 1 space + 1 space for each 60,000 sq. ft. over 40,000 sq. ft. or major fraction.

4. For any use not specifically mentioned in this section, the requirements for off-street loading for a use which is so mentioned and to which the unmentioned use is similar shall apply.

(Ord. O-94-24, passed 7-6-94; Am. Ord. O-95-26, passed 3-22-95; Am. Ord. O-97-28, passed 6-25-97; Am. Ord. O-2002-08, passed 2-6-2002; Am. Ord. O-2004-32, passed 12-15-2004; Am. Ord. O-2007-34, passed 12-18-2007; Am. Ord. O-2008-28, passed 11-19-2008; Am. Ord. O-2009- 40, passed 12-2-2009; Am. Ord. O-2016-22, passed 10-19-16; Am. Ord. O-2020-02, passed 1-15-20)

Any building or Use that lawfully exists on August 5, 1994, shall receive a parking space credit equal to the number of parking spaces required prior to the adoption of this article (based on the occupational license in effect on August 5, 1994, if not applicable then the last occupational license that was issued shall apply). The parking credit shall run with the land and shall be applied toward the required Parking as follows:

1. The Parking credit shall only be applied to the area within the existing shell of the Building.
2. Parking credits associated with a portion of a building that was demolished shall not be applied to the new construction.

(Ord. O-94-24, passed 7-6-94)

1. Applicability. Where there is inadequate area available on-site, or within 700 ft. of the site in areas set forth in § 7.4 (B), a proponent may formally request that the parking requirement for a given Use may be fulfilled by payment of a fee, as provided herein. However, in no instance shall the substitution of the fee result in a new residential development or improvement that provides less than one parking space per unit or hotel development that provides less than 0.5 spaces per hotel unit.
2. Eligibility. Only properties located within the Downtown and Beach districts of the Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") are eligible to request participation in this program, until the time sunset of the CRA, at which time the provisions of this section will continue to apply to the areas formerly recognized as CRA districts.
3. Application. The applicant shall obtain a Payment in Lieu of Parking (" PILOP") Application from the Parking Division during the Planning approval process or Permitting process. Such application(s) shall be filed on forms provided by the Division, signed by the owner(s) ofthe subject property, and submitted to the Parking Division. No application shall be accepted unless the actual legal and beneficial ownership of the subject property is indicated on the application.
4. Application Requirements. In addition to the application form, the Director of Parking may request technical studies to support the request.
5. Decision. An Administrative Decision on the application will be made by the Director of Parking or designee with consultation from the Technical Advisory Committee TAC").
6. Appeals. Applicants have the right to appeal Administrative Decisions made by the Director in accordance with § 5.7 of the City' s Zoning and Land Development Regulations.
7. Payment Calculation. Payments due under this program shall be calculated pursuant to the_ Comprehensive Schedule of Fees approved by resolution of the City Commission.
8. Fee collection. The Payment In Lieu of Parking Fee shall be paid in full at the time of application for the Building Permit; Building Permits will not be issued unless payment has been received.
9. Failure to pay. Any participant in this program who has failed to pay the required fee within three months of the date on which it is due shall be regarded as having withdrawn from the program and shall be required to provide all parking spaces required by this section or cease the Use for which said spaces were required. Failure to comply shall subject said participant to enforcement procedures by the city and may result in fines per day, pursuant to the Comprehensive Schedule of Fees approved by resolution of the City Commission, liens as provided by law, revocation of the Certificate of Completion or Occupancy, whichever is appropriate, or any combination of fines, liens, and revocation.
10. Use of Funds. Funds generated by this program, including interest on said funds, shall be designated for parking and related impacts in the vicinity of the subject property. The Director shall maintain a map that includes a listing of the districts. The Department of Financial Services shall keep an accounting of all funds generated by this program.
11. Recordation. Properties which participate in the Payment in Lieu of Providing Parking Spaces Program shall have a covenant recorded in the Public Records of Broward County, Florida on a form approved by the City Attorney.

(Am. Ord. O-94-24, passed 7-6-94; Am. Ord. O-95-26, passed 3-22-95; Am. Ord. O-2000-25, passed 6-7-00; Am. Ord. O-2011-14, passed 5-4-11; Ord. O-2024-04, passed 3-20-24)

Required parking for charter, tour, or sightseeing boats, or for a restaurant that exceeds 200 seats, may use the Valet Parking Lot and/or Garage regulations subject to the following regulations:

1. The perimeter setback and perimeter landscape requirements listed in Article 7 and 9 shall not be reduced, and shall at a minimum include a decorative perimeter wall and/or landscape buffer sufficient to screen vehicles from view. A variance to reduce these requirements is not permitted.
2. The Director shall determine the amount of landscaping, if any, that is required in the interior of the lot. The Director shall base this decision on the height, quality and quantity of landscaping in the perimeter of the site and drainage recommendations from the City Engineer. The amount of perimeter landscaping shall be increased for every square foot of landscaping that is reduced in the interior of the lot.

(Ord. O-97-28, passed 6-25-97; Am. Ord. O-2004-05, passed 1-21-2004; Am. Ord. O-2011-14, passed 5-4-11)

Drive-Thru Facilities and other facilities should provide inbound and outbound stacking spaces as follows. Any business not listed shall have the same requirements as the most similar use as described herein:

(Ord. O-2013-12, passed 6-19-13)

§ 1. Stall and Aisle Diagram.

(Ord. O-84-16, passed 2-15-84; Am. Ord. O-90-10, passed 2-21-90)

§ 2. Recommendation Stall and Aisle Dimensions.

(Ord. O-84-16, passed 2-15-84; Am. Ord. O-90-10, passed 2-21-90)

§ 3. Parallel Parking Diagram.

(Ord. O-84-16, passed 2-15-84; Am. Ord. O-90-10, passed 2-21-90)