The purpose of this section is to ensure that an adequate, safe and convenient arrangement of pedestrian circulation facilities, roadways, driveways, off-street parking and loading spaces are provided on every site requiring site development plan approval, that they are designed as an integral part of an overall site design and shall be properly related to existing and proposed buildings and appropriate landscaping. Parking facilities shall be landscaped and screened to the extent necessary to eliminate unsightliness and monotony of large concentrations of parked cars. Parking facilities shall be designed with careful regard to orderly arrangement, topography, landscaping, ease of access and shall be developed as an integral part of an overall site design. Any above ground loading facilities shall be screened from public view to the extent necessary to eliminate unsightliness.

Off-street parking spaces shall be required for all uses in all zoning districts. Off-street loading facilities shall be provided as required by section 20.19.

Every site development plan application for the construction or improvement of a parking and/or loading facility shall include therewith, as specified further in section 20.8, a landscape plan, drawn to scale, showing any off-street parking or loading facilities, related site improvements and landscaping.

When a building, structure or site undergoes a decrease in the number of dwelling units, building floor area, seating capacity or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter as a means for determining required off-street parking and loading facilities, or when the application of the standards herein would result in a requirement for fewer off-street parking and/or loading spaces than are provided on the subject site, the available off-street parking and/or loading facilities may be so reduced accordingly; provided that the existing off-street parking and loading requirements remaining would equal or exceed the off-street parking and loading requirements resulting from application of this article to the entire building, structure or site as modified.

When a building, structure or site undergoes an increase in the number of dwelling units, building floor area, seating capacity or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter as a means for determining required off-street parking and loading facilities, or when the application of the standards herein would result in a requirement for additional off-street parking and/or loading facilities, no building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued until provision is made for the required increase in off-street parking.

20.5.1 Prohibition of repair, service or sales use, use of parking facilities. No required off-street parking or loading facilities shall be utilized for motor vehicle repair work, service, display or sales of any kind, (excluding permitted garage sales in a residential district) or for overnight parking, except as expressly permitted elsewhere in this article.

20.5.2 Prohibition of use of required parking as commercial or public lot. No area designated as a required parking area in connection with any designated building, structure, site or use shall be operated as a commercial or public parking facility providing parking spaces for the general public.

20.5.3 Egress and ingress. All entrances and exits to parking and loading areas from a public right-of-way shall be subject to specific approval by the City of Jennings Department of Public Works or the St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic as applicable, to ensure the smooth and safe circulation of vehicles to and from the public street system. The number of entrances and exits shall be limited to one (1) entrance and one (1) exit, or one (1) combined entrance and exit per three hundred (300) linear feet of street frontage unless additional entrances and/or exits are deemed necessary by the department of public works. Except for single-family and two-family residential dwellings, all parking access shall be designed to prevent the need to back directly onto a public road or right-of-way.

20.5.4 Location of parking or loading space. All required off-street parking or loading spaces shall be provided on the same lot of land occupied by the use or building to which it is appurtenant, provided, however, that where there are, in the judgment of the plan commission, practical difficulties in satisfying the requirement for parking spaces and/or if the public safety or convenience would be better served by another location, the plan commission may authorize an alternative location for any portion of the required parking for non-residential use which will adequately serve the public interest. Such parking, (hereinafter called accessory off-street parking), shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a)

Required accessory off-street parking facilities may be located other than on the lot on which the principal use is located and shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the total parking required for such principal use, provided that the property occupied as parking is in the same possession, either by deed, by easement or by long-term lease which has a term equal to or exceeding the projected life of the facility occupied by the principal use, and further provided that the owner shall be bound by covenants filed on record in the Office of the St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds, requiring the owner and his or her heirs and assigns, as well as subsequent owners, heirs or assigns, to maintain the required number of off-street parking spaces during the existence of such principal use.

(b)

In all districts all accessory off-street parking shall be available within a walking distance of not more than five hundred (500) feet measured from the nearest property line of the premises to the nearest part of the accessory parking.

(c)

Such accessory parking spaces provided on lots other than the lot where the principal use is located shall be usable without causing unreasonable traffic congestion, detriment to any residential neighborhood or hazard to pedestrians or vehicular traffic.

20.5.5 Zoning of accessory parking areas. All accessory off-street parking facilities, whether provided in fulfillment of, or in excess of the requirements of this article, shall be located on non-residentially zoned property.

20.5.6 Joint parking facilities. Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures or uses, or for mixed uses, may be provided and used collectively or jointly in any zoning district in which separate off-street parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted, subject to the following provisions:

(a)

The total number of spaces, collectively or jointly, is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use.

(b)

A legally sufficient written agreement assuring the perpetual joint usage of said common parking for the combination of uses or buildings is properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form and execution by the city attorney, and filed with and made part of the application for a building permit and/or a certificate of occupancy.

(c)

Up to fifty (50) percent of the parking spaces required for a theater, (with the exception of theaters containing six (6) or more motion picture screens), or other place of evening entertainment, for places of worship or for multi-family dwelling units may be provided collectively or jointly by banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally open, used or operated during evening hours if specifically approved by the plan commission. A written agreement assuring the retention for such purposes shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form and execution by the city attorney, and shall be filed and made part of the application for the building permit. Such approval may, with fifteen-day prior written notice, be rescinded by the city council and additional parking shall be obtained by the owners in the event that the city council determines that such joint use results in a public nuisance or is otherwise adversely affecting public safety, health or welfare.

(d)

Land uses which do not meet the criteria of paragraph (c) above but which can clearly demonstrate the ability to successfully provide joint parking facilities to the satisfaction of the plan commission may be permitted to share up to fifty (50) percent of their required parking spaces. A written agreement assuring the retention for such purposes shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form and execution by the city attorney, and shall be filed and made part of the application for a building permit. Such approval may, within fifteen (15) days prior written notice, be rescinded by the city council and additional parking shall be obtained by the owners in the event the city council determines that such joint use is resulting in a public nuisance or is otherwise adversely affecting the public health, safety and welfare.

There shall be a twenty (20) percent reduction in parking requirements for any private use in the C-2S Zoning District.

The design and maintenance criteria contained in this section shall apply to all off-street and accessory parking facilities, as well as all off-street loading facilities, and to motor vehicle and recreational vehicle parking facilities which are the principal use of the property.

20.7.1 Size of spaces and aisles. An off-street parking space for a full size automobile shall be nine (9) feet by nineteen (19) feet in size exclusive of aisles and driveways. Each parking space shall provide a minimum of seven (7) feet of vertical clearance.

(a)

Off-street parking for automobiles shall conform with the size required for full size automobiles; except that on facilities designed to accommodate a total of fifty (50) or more automobiles, not more than twenty (20) percent of the spaces for automobiles may be reduced to the size required for compact cars, (see 20.7.2) provided that all such smaller spaces are located in a single contiguous area that is clearly marked as being for small or compact cars only.

(b)

Off-street parking spaces for vehicles other than automobiles or large trucks shall be of a size (exclusive of aisles, drives and maneuvering space) to sufficiently accommodate the length and width of the vehicle, as well as the opening of vehicle doors for ingress and egress.

(c)

Aisles between rows of automobile parking spaces shall be a minimum of twelve and one-half (12.5) feet wide when providing access to spaces oriented at a forty-five (45°) degree angle to the to the centerline of the aisle, a minimum of seventeen and one-half (17.5) feet wide when providing access to spaces oriented at a sixty (60°) degree angle to such centerline and a minimum of twenty-two (22) feet wide when providing access to spaces oriented at a ninety (90°) degree angle to such centerline. Aisles adjacent to parallel parking shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet wide.

1.

Aisles used to gain access to parking spaces in the rear of buildings or other non-contiguous parking facilities shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet wide.

2.

Parking areas, other than those required for particular uses, may be determined by the developer. These include, but are not limited to parking areas for vehicular sales. Such parking areas must be designated on a site plan.

3.

Curbed islands are required at the ends of aisles where necessary for traffic control and/or drainage.

(d)

Parking areas shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic. Entrance is defined as the area between the property line and the edge of the street, and shall be constructed of a minimum of six (6) inches of Portland Cement concrete pavement or two (2) inches of type C asphaltic concrete wearing surface over seven and one-half (7.5) inches of rolled stone base course. No driveway or entrance providing access to a single-family dwelling shall exceed twenty-five (25) feet in width at the right-of-way line, and shall have a standard two and one-half-foot flare to the edge of the street. No more than one (1) such entrance for lots less than one hundred (100) feet in width shall be permitted. No more than two (2) such entrances shall be permitted for lots one hundred feet or more in width. For all other entrances the St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic - Design Criteria for the Preparation of Improvement Plans shall be followed. However, any entrances providing access to a road or street on which the width of entrances is regulated by the Missouri State Department of Transportation or St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic shall be at least the minimum width required by that department.

20.7.2 Compact automobiles. An off-street parking space for a compact automobile shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet by eighteen (18) feet in size, exclusive of aisles and driveways.

20.7.3 Trucks. An off-street parking space for a commercially operated and licensed trucks, as well as an off-street loading space, shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet by forty (40) feet in size exclusive of aisles, driveways and maneuvering space, and shall have a minimum vertical clearance of fourteen (14) feet.

20.7.4 Parking requirements for the disabled. Off-street parking for the disabled shall be provided in the number and size of spaces as required by the City of Jennings Municipal Building Code and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, including provisions of the Act which were effective as of January 26, 1992. The number of spaces for the disabled that are provided shall be counted toward meeting the requirements of section 20.11.

(a)

Except for access driveways providing connection to the street, no portion of any off-street parking facility or off-street loading area shall be located any closer than fifteen (15) feet to any street right-of-way line. However, on property located in the L-1 Industrial District, an off-street parking facility may be located no closer than twenty (20) feet to such lines. Any wall, fence or hedge developed around any such facility or area shall be subject to the same setback requirement as the facility or area itself.

(b)

All off-street parking facilities shall be screened by a wall, solid fence or densely compacted planting strip along any side which adjoins property in any residential district or planned unit development. Such wall, fence or planting strip shall be at least six (6) feet, but not more than eight (8) feet in height, and shall be maintained in good condition. The height of such wall, fence or planting strip shall not exceed three and one-half (3½) feet with fifteen (15) feet of a public right-of-way.

(c)

All off-street parking shall be graded and landscaped in accordance with Article 19 of this appendix.

(d)

No off-street parking space for commercially operated and licensed trucks shall be closer than one hundred fifty (150) feet to any residential district or planned unit development.

(e)

No off-street loading area shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to any property in a residential district or planned unit development unless completely enclosed by building walls, a solid fence or wall a minimum of six (6) feet in height.

(a)

All off-street parking facilities shall be improved with a compacted rolled stone base not less than six (6) inches thick and a wearing surface of asphaltic concrete not less than two (2) inches thick, or with such other material and thickness as may be approved by the director of public works, as being equivalent construction.

(b)

Any off-street parking or loading area used between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. shall contain a system of lighting to provide an adequate standard of at least one (1) foot candle of illumination over the parking area being used. All lighting shall be arranged to deflect, shade and focus lights away from adjacent properties and shall be designed so as not to create more than one (1) foot candle of illumination at any property boundary abutting a residential district or planned unit development which contains residential uses.

(c)

Parking, directional and regulation signs may be provided in accordance with section 21.9, showing the ownership of any parking facility and the permitted use thereof. If the lot is so operated that a charge is made for the use of the parking facilities, the rates for parking shall be legibly shown on the parking regulation sign.

20.9.1 Attendant shelter. A shelter for the use of a parking facility attendant may be maintained on the lot provided the location, design and construction of same shall be first approved by the plan commission.

Any person operating or owning a parking facility shall keep it free, as may be practical, of trash, debris, dust and loose particles and shall promptly remove any accumulation of snow and ice from all parking, driving and pedestrian surfaces. Such person shall also keep all abutting side-walks free of trash, ice, sleet and snow and shall keep the sidewalks in a safe condition for use by pedestrians. All signs, markers or any other methods used to indicate direction of traffic movement and location of parking spaces shall be maintained in a neat and legible condition. Also, any walls, fences, landscaping, including trees and shrubbery, as well as parking surfaces and curbing, shall be maintained in good condition. The city council shall have the authority to prohibit the use of the area for parking purposes, after fifteen (15) days written notice, unless and until all required maintenance repair or rehabilitation is completed, including the replacement of any landscaping material which may die from time to time, or the failure of the landscape irrigation or surface drainage system.

20.10.1 Pavement marking. All parking spaces shall be marked by durable painted lines at least four (4) inches wide and extending the length of the space or by other means to indicate individual spaces, as approved by the department of public works. Parking spaces for the disabled shall be identified through the use of light blue painted lines and per section 20.7.4 of this article.

20.10.2 Locations and times of on- and off-street parking.

(1)

On-street parking.

(a)

All licensed self-propelled vehicles shall park parallel to the edge of the pavement or curb, and on an approved paved surface.

(b)

Parking of commercially licensed vehicles, over twelve thousand (12,000) lbs. G.V.W. which are used commercially, licensed motor homes, trailers, recreational vehicles and boats shall be prohibited from parking on any residential city street.

(2)

Off-street parking.

(a)

All licensed self-propelled vehicles and trailers shall be parked on a driveway or other paved surface constructed for that purpose. Said driveway or other paved surface shall be approved for use by the city and constructed of either concrete or asphaltic concrete, depending upon the composition of the adjoining street.

(b)

All licensed self-propelled recreational vehicles and all non-self-propelled vehicles (including, but not limited to, boats, recreational, trailers, campers, utility trailers) shall be parked on an approved paved surface located behind the front of the building.

(Ord. No. 2098, § 1, 3-5-07)

Open space and agricultural uses shall provide off-street parking and loading facilities as follows:

Residential uses shall provide off-street parking and loading facilities as follows:

(Ord. No. 2308, § 1(A)(5), 1-27-14)

Cultural, entertainment and recreational uses shall provide off-street parking and loading facilities as follows:

Retail sales, business, personal and professional services, and office and research services facilities shall provide off-street parking and loading facilities as follows:

(Ord. No. 2387, § 1, 11-23-15)

Institutional uses shall provide off-street parking and loading facilities as follows:

Transportation and communication uses and utilities shall provide off-street parking and loading facilities as follows:

Industrial uses shall provide off-street parking and loading facilities as follows:

When required in conjunction with uses specified elsewhere in this article, loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following tables:

TABLE A

*Each 10' × 40' loading space shall have a clear height of not less than 14 feet

TABLE B

*Each 10' × 40' loading space shall have a clear height of not less than 14 feet.

The regulations of this section shall govern the dimensions of off-street parking spaces, including those provided in developments approved in planned districts or by special procedure prior to the enactment hereof, anything in such planned district or special procedure approval to the contrary notwithstanding.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided for in this section, the requirements for off-street parking of the City of Jennings Zoning Ordinance shall be implemented with regard to the minimum dimensions in the following table:

PARKING TABLE

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