Except as herein provided no building or structure shall be erected, altered or converted for or to any use unless there shall be provided on the lot or parcel vehicle parking of at least the following ratio of vehicle spaces for the uses specified in the designated districts and all roadways comply with the standards contained herein, except that an established use lawfully existing at the effective date of this article need not provide parking or roadways as herein set forth and that no existing vehicle parking or roadways may be reduced or further reduced below the minimum standards herein required. All required parking spaces shall be paved to suppress dust.

(1962 Code, § 11-4-1)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 15-6-999.

In all districts other than the Central Business District (C-3) for which no off-street parking is required, the following schedule shall apply:

(A)

House or apartment. Two spaces for each unit except as elsewhere provided.

(B)

Bowling alley. Four spaces for each lane.

(C)

Boarding houses, dormitories, fraternities or sororities. Two spaces per three individuals.

(D)

Clinics or doctor's office. Seven spaces per doctor provided a minimum of 10 spaces/clinic.

(E)

Hospitals. One space for each bed.

(F)

Hotel or motel. One and one-quarter space for each unit, room or guest accommodation.

(G)

Restaurant or cafeteria. One space for each four fixed seats and one space for each 50 square feet of floor area for moveable seats open to the public.

(H)

Storage or warehouse. One space for each 5,000 square feet of floor area.

(I)

Manufacturing, processing or repair. One space for each two employees working on the highest employment shift.

(J)

Office, general. One space for each 200 square feet.

(K)

Commercial, recreation and amusement (other than listed). One space for every 250 square feet in use.

(L)

Retail or personal service. One space for each 250 square feet of floor area.

(M)

Mortuaries. Thirty spaces for each chapel or area in which services are to be held.

(N)

Theaters, meeting rooms, churches and places of public assembly. One space for each four fixed seats and one space for 50 square feet of floor area for moveable seats under maximum seating arrangement in each main assembly room.

(O)

Terminal facilities, including airport, railroad, freight, bus depots and similar facilities. Spaces to be determined by special procedure.

(1962 Code, § 11-4-2)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 15-6-999.

(A)

In computing the parking requirements for any building or development, the total parking requirements shall be the sum of the specific parking space requirements for each class of use included in the building or development.

(B)

Parking in R1 and R2 Districts shall be provided only in areas properly located for a future garage.

(C)

Prior to the issuance of any building permit, a plan which clearly and accurately designates parking spaces, access aisles, driveways, and the relationship to the use to be served by the off-street parking shall be forwarded to the Department of Planning for approval. Approval will be based on:

(1)

Adequate number of spaces.

(2)

Relation of parking to use.

(3)

Parking stall to be nine feet by 18 feet paved surface.

(4)

All parking spaces must be usable and accessible by adequate roadway parking configuration to be approved by the City Planner.

(D)

In residential zones no driveway shall be wider than 22 feet. No residential lot may have more than two curb cuts or driveways per street frontage. Complexes which require more than the 22 foot maximum or more than two driveways must be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

(E)

Location of parking space. Parking space as required above shall be on the same lot with the main building, or in the case of nonresidential buildings, may be located not further than 300 feet therefrom.

(1962 Code, § 11-4-3)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 15-6-999.

(A)

Service stations, roadside stands, public parking lots, and all other businesses, requiring motor vehicles access shall meet the requirements as hereinafter provided or as prescribed in the Texas State Department of Highways Manual entitled Regulations for Access Driveways to State Highways (located in the appendix of Chapter IX, Article 10), or §§ 9-10-1 et seq. of this code.

(B)

Access to the station or other structure or parking lot shall be controlled as follows:

(1)

Access shall be by not more than two driveways for each 100 feet or fraction thereof frontage on any street. The Planning Director shall prohibit excessive driveways on parcels with the frontages in excess of 200 feet.

(2)

No two of the driveways shall be closer to each other than 20 feet on the same parcel, and no roadway shall be closer to a side property line than one and one-half feet, unless a driveway agreement for both properties exists.

(3)

Each driveway shall be not more than 35 feet in width measured at right angles to the center line of the street, except as increased by permissible curb return radius. The entire flare of any return radius shall fall within the right-of-way.

(4)

No driveway shall be closer than 20 feet to the point of intersection of two property lines at any corner as measured along the property line, and no roadway shall extend across such extended property line.

(5)

In all cases where there is an existing curb and gutter or sidewalk on the street, the applicant for a permit shall provide a safety island along the entire frontage of the property, except for the permitted roadways. On the two ends and street side of each such island shall be constructed a concrete curb, the height, location and structural specifications of which shall be approved by the City Engineer. Maximum and minimum curb return radius permitted and minimum roadway approach angles to the center line of the street are required as shown in the manual and made by this reference as much a part of this article as if fully described and detailed herein.

(6)

Where there is no existing curb and gutter or sidewalk, the applicant may at his option install such safety island and curb, or, in place thereof shall construct along the entire length of the property line, except in front of the permitted roadways, a curb, fence, or pipe rail not exceeding two feet or less than eight inches in height.

(7)

Private streets may be approved provided the designated engineering and construction fully comply with municipal standards.

(8)

Driveways onto U.S. 77 By-pass shall comply with the provisions of §§ 15-6-70 through 15-6-73 of this article.

(1962 Code, § 11-4-4)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 15-6-999.