Indiana City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Off-Street Parking and Servicing
§ 460-33 When required.
[Amended 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04; 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
All parking is required at the rear of the property. In all districts, except for commercial uses in the C-1 and C-2 Zones, there shall be provided, in connection with any business, institutional, recreational, residential or other use, off-street parking in accordance with the requirements of this article at the time the use is erected, enlarged or increased in capacity. When several businesses or other uses share the same property, a common parking area may be created, provided the total number of spaces in the common parking area is no less than required for all uses to be served and in the common parking area. No parking space required for one use shall be claimed as meeting the needs for a second use unless a variance is requested and the Zoning Hearing Board finds that the two uses wishing joint use of a parking area have substantially different times of parking demand. In the event that the principal structure is redeveloped, enlarged or increased in size, it shall conform to § 460-37 for the additional square footage that is added to the structure or use.
§ 460-34 Dimensional standards for parking spaces.
A.
Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide and 18 feet long.
[Amended 12-8-1998 by Ord. No. 1745]
B.
For every 25 parking spaces or fraction thereof, one handicapped space shall be provided. Each such space shall have a five-foot wide space separating it from adjacent spaces for wheelchair maneuvering; shall be the most accessible to an entrance to the use served; and shall have a step-free path from the parking space to the entrance of the use. This subsection shall not apply to single-family, two-family or townhouse dwellings.
C.
Each parking space in a parking lot intended to serve a business, institutional or multifamily residential use shall abut an access aisle. No spaces shall be accessible directly from a public street, except for the rear of the property that has a street right-of-way that is not more than 25 feet wide and the depth of the parking area on private property, measured at right angles to the street, is not less than 20 feet.
[Amended 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04]
D.
Ground level projections.
[Added 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04[1]]
(1)
Paved areas, including driveways and parking areas, may extend up to three feet from any side or rear property line. By written agreement between neighboring property owners, filed with the Borough, paved areas may extend to the common property line. Only a driveway, not more than 18 feet wide, and/or a walkway may cross a front yard or side yard abutting a street. Paved parking areas may abut a secondary access street with a right-of-way width not more than 25 feet at the rear or side of a property.
(2)
Any parking area for more than five vehicles in a residential zone district that is less than seven feet from a side or rear property line shall be bordered with a planted evergreen hedge screen or fence between the edge of the paving and the adjacent property line in accordance with § 460-23B.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(3)
In the case of a corner lot, no paved areas except driveways shall extend into the minimum yard areas abutting either street.
(4)
Additional setbacks on lots in the C-1, C-2, and M-1 Zones abutting any residential zone. Developers of lots in the C-1 or C-2 Zone Districts that abut the side or rear lines of properties in a residential zone shall set back buildings and paved areas along such common lines as required for side or rear yard setbacks in the abutting residential zone district.
(5)
Additional setbacks on lots with five or more parking spaces in the MU-1 Zone District along the peripheral edge of the district that is abutting, adjacent and/or directly across the street from any residential, park or historical structure shall have a brick or stone street wall set back a minimum of 10 feet at the rear of the property and require a well maintained grass planted buffer and vegetation design elements on the street side of the wall.
[Added 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(6)
Additional setbacks on corner lots with five or more parking spaces in the MU-1 Zone District along the peripheral edge of the district that is abutting, adjacent and/or directly across the street from any residential, park or historical structure shall have a brick or stone street wall set back a minimum of 10 feet at the rear and side of the property and require a well maintained grass planted buffer and vegetation design elements on the street side of the wall.
[Added 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(7)
All access to garages and parking areas in the R-1 and R-2 zoning districts must be paved where crossing the front yard area.
[Added 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
E.
Parking lots shall be laid out in accordance with the following table and diagram:
[Amended 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04]
Angle of parking | Curb length | Space depth | Aisle width (feet) | 1 row 1 aisle | 2 rows 1 aisle | 3 rows 2 aisles | 4 rows 2 aisles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Curb | 23 feet | 9 feet | 12 | 21 feet | 30 feet | 51 feet | 60 feet | |
45 | 12 feet - 9 inches | 19 feet - 10 inches | 11 | 28 feet - 4 inches | 45 feet - 8 inches | 66 feet - 2 inches | 83 feet - 6 inches | |
60 | 10 feet - 5 inches | 21 feet | 18 | 39 feet | 60 feet | 95 inches | 116 feet | |
90 | 9 feet | 18 feet | 24 | 42 feet | 60 feet | 102 feet | 120 feet | |
Angle of parking: angle in degrees relative to curb. | ||||||||
Curb length: length of space along curb in feet. | ||||||||
Space depth: depth at right angles to curb in feet. | ||||||||
Aisle width: width of aisle providing access to spaces in feet. | ||||||||
1 row, 1 aisle: width of one row of spaces plus the access aisle that abuts them in feet. | ||||||||
Parking Lot Layout |
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Parking Lot Layout Diagram Key |
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A. Angle of Parking |
B. Space Depth |
C. Access Aisle |
D. 9 foot Space Width |
E. Parking Space |
F. Curb Length |
G. 1 Row: 1 Aisle |
H. 2 Rows: 1 Aisle |
G. 1 Row: 1 Aisle |
H. 2 Rows: 1 Aisle |
I. 3 Rows: 2 Aisles |
J. 4 Rows: 2 Aisles |
F.
No parking spaces shall occur in the public street right-of-way if they are required to meet minimum off-street standards, and spaces shall be set back sufficiently on any property to allow drivers approaching and leaving the parking lot entrance a full view in all directions of traffic along the public street. Parking lots in residential zones shall be set back from property lines and streets by at least three feet with a planted buffer provided in the three-foot strip as stipulated by § 490-39.1.
[Amended 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04]
§ 460-35 Surfacing, lighting and screening.
A.
If a parking or truck servicing area will be developed on land that previously had a surface permitting passage of water through it into the ground below, such area shall be paved with an asphaltic or cement binder pavement if the area to be occupied by parking vehicles, including access and maneuvering space, exceeds 2,000 square feet. All paved surfaces shall be graded to assure positive drainage towards a storm sewer or surface stream, designated in accordance with the stormwater control standards in § 460-23D of this chapter.
[Amended 9-8-1998 by Ord. No. 1736]
A parking area will cover or partly cover an area formerly undeveloped or with a grass or vegetative surface. All designs will use the Soil Conservation Services technical release 55 "Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds" in the design of all stormwater control measures. |
B.
Paved surfaces shall be at least two inches thick over at least eight inches crushed stone, well choked and rolled. Surfaces shall slope not more than 4% in any direction or less than 1/2 of 1%. All stormwater falling on the paved surface shall be directed to a storm sewer or stream.
C.
The developer of a parking lot may request of the Zoning Officer that paving of his/her lot be postponed for not more than one year because of current financial problems or because future development of the site with buildings is imminent. The developer may apply for not more than one additional year of postponement to the Zoning Hearing Board near the conclusion of the first year. Postponement of paving shall not relieve the developer from providing the required crushed stone subbase and grading the area of the lot.
D.
Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles and off-street servicing areas shall be screened from view by observers on adjacent residentially zoned lots, including those directly across an intervening street. Screening may be a fence or hedging or a combination of each across the full width of the edge of the lot abutting the residential lot or street. A fence may be masonry, wood or metal, meeting the requirements of § 460-23B(3). Not less than 50% of the fence shall be opaque. If hedging is selected, it shall meet the standards of § 460-23B(4).
E.
Lighting is optional but, if used in a parking lot or truck servicing area, the light source shall not be visible from neighboring properties or streets. Lighting shall be focused so no light created by a fixture shines on surfaces not in the parking or servicing areas.
F.
Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles and off-street servicing areas shall be screened from view by observers along peripheral edge of the district that is abutting, adjacent and/or directly across the street from any residential, park or historical structure and require a brick or stone street wall with a well maintained grass planted buffer and vegetation design elements.
[Added 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
§ 460-36 Off-site parking facilities.
[Added 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04[1]]
A.
All required parking spaces and access to them shall be located on the same lot as the use they serve except for the following off-site options:
(1)
All or part of the off-street parking required for a use within all zones, except for the commercial C-1 and C-2 Zones, may find existing off-street parking within 250 feet within the edge of the property.
(2)
The lease binding the owner of the property containing the use and the leased property or leased parking spaces shall be initially for five years, but shall be reviewable and shall run with the life of the use and be irrevocable. Such lease shall be recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds.
(3)
Whenever a use relying in whole or in part upon leased off-site facilities ceases, and the premises are devoted to a new use, the owner shall provide the required off-street parking on his/her own property and/or on leased property bound by a deed or irrevocable document.
(5)
Development for private parking within the R-1 and R-2 Zones shall not be permitted for more than five spaces on any lot within these districts.
(6)
The Borough Solicitor shall approve the form and content of any deed or lease for off-street parking before it is recorded. Neither the off-site parking protected by deed or lease nor the use served by such parking shall be in operation until the deed or lease has been recorded.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former § 460-36, Parking, added 7-2-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02.
§ 460-37 Number of parking spaces required by use.
Where square footage is used as a measure for the minimum number of required parking spaces in the standards below, the area of corridors, rest room facilities, utility rooms and storage or shipping and receiving areas shall not be included.
A.
Residential uses.
(1)
Dwelling occupied by a family related by blood, marriage or adoption: one space per dwelling.
(2)
Dwelling occupied by unrelated individuals aged 16 and over, or dormitories, fraternities or sororities: one spaces for each two residents.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(3)
Convalescent or nursing home: one space for each four beds.
(4)
Retirement home: one space for each two dwelling units.
(5)
Group home: two spaces per dwelling unit.
(6)
Boarding or lodging home: one space for each two boarders or lodgers plus resident family spaces.
B.
Institutional uses.
(1)
Churches and similar places of enclosed public assembly: one space for each 50 square feet of floor area in the main assembly hall.
(2)
Schools, nonresident: one space for each of the maximum number of faculty members plus staff persons on the premises at any given time.
(3)
School, trade: one space for each two students plus one space for each of the maximum number of full-time faculty persons on the premises at any given time.
(4)
Libraries and museums: one space for each 1,000 square feet of floor area.
(5)
Clubs, lodges and social halls: one space for each 100 square feet in bar area, dining room and assembly room.
C.
Recreational uses.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(1)
Theaters: one space for each four seats.
(2)
Dance halls: one space for each 100 square feet of floor area in the hall.
(3)
Bowling alleys: three spaces for each lane.
(4)
Billiard halls: two spaces for each table.
(5)
Bingo halls: one space for each four persons at maximum capacity.
(6)
Swim clubs: one space for each 100 square feet of water surface in the pool.
(7)
Tennis clubs: two spaces for each court.
(8)
Health or fitness clubs: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
(9)
Amusement center: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
D.
Office uses.
(1)
Medical, dental or chiropractic office or clinic: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(2)
Offices with walk-in customer services, including banks, insurance sales, etc.: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
(3)
Offices not providing customer walk-in services: one space for each 600 square feet of floor area.
E.
Retail sales and services.
(1)
Retail sales and personal services stores without drive-through facilities: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
(2)
Retail sales outdoors, including auto sales: one space for each 600 square feet of enclosed floor area plus one space for each 2,000 square feet of outdoor display area.
(3)
Drive-through bank, carry away food, beer distributorship or car wash: five spaces approaching the service bays plus one space for each employee on the largest shift.
(4)
Convenience or take-out establishment: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
(5)
Restaurants and taverns: one space for each 3 1/2 persons who can be seated simultaneously.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(6)
Motels, hotels or bed-and-breakfasts: one space for each sleeping room.
(7)
Funeral home: 10 spaces for each reception parlor.
(8)
Automobile service station: two spaces for each service bay not including the bay itself plus one space approaching each pump island.
F.
Business and manufacturing.
(1)
Manufacturing, wholesale, warehousing or storage business, freight terminal, or research and development facility: two spaces for each three employees on the largest shift, plus one space for each company vehicle normally stored on the property.
(2)
Building materials sales or contractor's yard: one space for each 400 square feet of floor area in sales building, plus one space for each 1,000 square feet of area in the materials storage area, plus one space for each company vehicle normally stored on the property.
(3)
Public utilities: one space for each 400 square feet of office space, plus one space for each company vehicle normally stored on the property.
G.
The Code and Planning Directors may, when considering off-street parking needs for a use not addressed by Subsections A through F, make a reasonable determination based on square footage, vehicle dependence and similarity to a use for which parking standards are stated.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
§ 460-38 Off-street servicing.
A.
In connection with the development of any property for a retail sales, manufacturing or distribution business, where the building contains at least 5,000 square feet, or any expansion of a building so that its floor area exceeds 5,000 square feet, there shall be provided off-street loading or servicing areas in accordance with this section.
B.
Such servicing areas shall not contain any required off-street parking spaces and shall not be less than 10 feet wide, by 35 feet long, by 14 feet high. Servicing areas may be located on the lot anywhere available for off-street parking but shall be convenient to service entrances of the business. Servicing areas may be partly or wholly within the building.
C.
All the requirements for surfacing, lighting and screening contained in § 460-35 shall apply to servicing areas.
D.
One servicing space shall be provided for each business containing at least 5,000 square feet of floor area up to 25,000 square feet. For each additional 20,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof one additional servicing space shall be provided.
E.
Where several business buildings share the same property, servicing may occur at one location, provided the square footage of all the buildings is used to determine the number of servicing spaces required.
F.
Unpaved parking spaces are permitted on lots containing single-family or two-family dwellings. Such paved spaces shall be surfaced with shale, crushed limestone, or other material approved by the permit officer. The edges of the surfaced area shall be contained by railroad ties, concrete blocks, the side of a building, or other device that will prevent the scattering of the surfacing material beyond the parking spaces.
[Added 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
G.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle on private property unless an approved parking location, on a surface other than a grass surface, has been used continually prior to the enactment of Chapter 293 for parking. Grass areas shall not be considered an approved parking location.
[Added 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
§ 460-39 Automobile storage.
No motor vehicle or portion thereof shall be stored outdoors unless it bears a current inspection sticker, has a current registration and is in running order. If the vehicle is not in running order, but the parts have been ordered for the vehicle, it may be kept outdoors for a period not to exceed 60 days. If the vehicle has not been repaired within 60 days and does not have a current inspection sticker and current registration, it may be stored within a building or can be stored in an area completely surrounded by a solid fence not less than six feet in height.
§ 460-39.1 Lot development.
[Added 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04]
A.
Optional fencing, walls and perimeter planting.
(1)
A fence or wall may be built along a property line, but all parts of the wall or fence, including foundations, shall be on the property of the wall or fence owner unless adjacent owners agree, in writing, that the wall or fence may straddle the common property line. Any hedge plantings along property lines shall be installed entirely within the property of the owner installing the plant materials unless adjacent owners agree, in writing, to plantings on the common property line, in which both property owners would be responsible for the maintenance of the hedge line. This agreement shall be made in writing, notarized and be continued by each property owner and/or each successor for the life of the planting. The agreement shall be kept in a file at the Borough Planning and Code Office.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(2)
Fences, walls, and perimeter hedge plantings shall be no higher than eight feet above grade at any point within three feet of any rear or side property line, and no more than four feet above grade at any point within three feet of any front property line. Trees planted along, but inside, a property line are exempt from height restrictions. If any fence or wall has a finished or decorative side, such side shall face the adjacent property or street if the property is residentially zoned or the property across the street is residentially zoned. No fence, wall, or hedge shall be so high as to violate the provisions of § 460-19D(3) or to interfere with the vision of drivers backing out from a driveway.
(3)
Any retaining wall whose exposed face is over four feet high shall be designed or approved by a registered professional engineer. A building permit shall be required for the erection of such a wall.
(4)
Chain-link fencing shall not be used for buffering of parking in the Borough.
B.
Required fencing and perimeter planting.
(1)
Buffering by fencing or plantings shall be required wherever a parking lot for more than five vehicles, an off-street loading area, or a lot in a C-1, C-2, R-3, M-1 and MU-1 Zone District abuts a lot in a residential zone district.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(2)
Such buffering shall be installed by the developer of the parking lot, loading area or use in the C-1, C-2 or MU-1 Zone District on his property and at his expense and maintained thereafter by him and his successors in good condition. In the case of a fence, the decorative or finished side shall face the residential zone district. No advertising shall be placed on the fence.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(3)
Fences, if used, shall be no less than four feet nor more than eight feet high. Also, such fences shall effectively screen the property when viewed in elevation. The bottom rail shall be no more than four inches above ground level, topography permitting, and the fence supports shall be no more than eight feet apart. Chain-link fencing shall not be used for buffering of parking in the Borough; instead, vinyl or wood shall be used.
(4)
Perimeter planting, when selected instead of or in combination with fencing, shall be placed in a strip of land not less than three feet wide along the property line or lines abutting and/or directly across the street from any residential zone. Any hedge materials used shall be maintained when mature at a height of not less than four feet or more than eight feet. Within the planting strip, the following shall be placed for each 100 feet of strip length:
(a)
Three canopy (shade) trees selected from the Borough list titled "Trees Suitable for Urban Street Plantings, Medium Trees (30 feet to 45 feet).
(b)
Three understory (ornamental) trees selected from the Borough list for small trees (under 30 feet).
(c)
Nine shrubs, such as azaleas, forsythias, rhododendrons, etc.
(d)
Any portion of a perimeter strip more or less than 100 feet in length shall be planted proportionately.
(f)
Canopy trees shall have a diameter of at least 2 1/2 inches when planted, measured four feet above ground level. Understory trees shall have a diameter of at least 1 1/2 inches four feet above the ground. Shrubs shall be at least three feet high when planted, while evergreens shall be at least five feet high when planted.
§ 460-39.2 Special residential uses.
[Added 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04]
A.
Large-scale residential developments.
(1)
This subsection shall apply when several buildings containing dwelling units occupy the same lot, and assumes that nearly all such buildings will be rectangular in shape. Large-scale residential developments are possible as a special exception in the R-3, U-1, C-1, C-2 and MU-1 Zone Districts.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(2)
Parking lots on the property and access drives shall be separated from adjacent property by a planted strip at least three feet wide.
(3)
Parking lots must be constructed at the rear of the structure.
(4)
In the MU-1 District, parking areas must maintain a minimum distance of eight feet from any structure.
[Added 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
§ 460-39.3 Setback variations and yard encroachments.
[Added 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04]
A.
Permitted projections into minimum yard areas.
(1)
Ground level projections (in accordance with § 460-21).
(a)
Paved areas, including driveways and parking areas, may extend up to three feet from any side or rear property line. By written agreement between neighboring property owners, filed with the Borough, paved areas may extend to the common property line. Only a driveway, not more than 18 feet wide, and/or a walkway may cross a front yard or side yard abutting a street. Paved parking areas may abut a secondary access street with a right-of-way width not more than 25 feet at the rear of a property.
(b)
Any parking area in a residential zone district that is less than six feet from a side or rear property line shall be bordered with a planted evergreen hedge screen or fence between the edge of the paving and the adjacent property line in accordance with § 460-39.1.
(c)
In the case of a corner lot, no paved areas except driveways and a secondary access street with a right-of-way width not more than 25 feet at the rear of the property shall extend into the minimum yard areas abutting either street.
(d)
In the case of a corner lot, when a property cannot access parking from the front or rear of the property, it may, with written approval from the Planning and Zoning Department, access parking from a side street with a right-of-way width not more than 25 feet.
(e)
Additional setbacks on lots in the C-1, C-2, and M-1 Zones abutting any residential zone. Developers of lots in the C-1 or C-2 Zone Districts that abut the side or rear lines of properties in a residential zone shall set back buildings and paved areas along such common lines as required for side or rear yard setbacks in the abutting residential zone district.
(f)
In the MU-1 District parking areas must maintain a minimum distance of eight feet from any structure.
[Added 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
(g)
All access to garages and parking areas in the R-1 and R-2 Zoning Districts must be paved when crossing the front yard area.
[Added 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]