Kouts City Zoning Code
OFF-STREET PARKING
AND OFF-STREET LOADING
§ 154.335 SCOPE.
The off-street parking and off-street loading provisions of this chapter shall apply as follows:
(A) Accessory off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided, as required by the regulations of this subchapter, for all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established in each zoning district after the effective date of this chapter. However, where a building permit has been issued prior to the effective date of this chapter, and construction is begun within six months of such effective date and diligently prosecuted to completion, parking and loading facilities in the amounts required for the issuance of said building permit may be provided in lieu of any different amounts required by this chapter.
(B) When the intensity of use of any building, structure or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity or other units of measurement in the amount specified herein requiring parking or loading facilities, such additional parking and loading facilities, as required herein, shall be provided.
(C) Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. However, if the building or structure was erected prior to the effective date of this chapter, additional parking or loading facilities are mandatory only in the amount by which the requirements for the new use would exceed those for the existing use, if the latter were subject to the parking and loading provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 1995-12, passed 7-6-95)
§ 154.336 EXISTING PARKING FACILITIES.
Accessory off-street parking facilities in existence on the effective date of this chapter and located on the same lot as the building or use served shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements for a similar new building or use under the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 1995-12, passed 7-6-95)
§ 154.337 PERMANENCY OF SPACES PROVIDED.
Any parking or loading space established prior to the effective date of this chapter which is used or intended to be used in connection with any building, structure or use, or any space designed and intended to comply with the requirements of this chapter for any such building or structure erected after such effective date shall hereafter be maintained in conformance with the provisions of this chapter so long as the building or structure remains, unless the owner provides in another location an equivalent number of spaces in conformance with the provisions of this chapter. The Plan Commission shall at all times be furnished proof of permanency of the parking area provided in compliance with this chapter.
(Ord. 1995-12, passed 7-6-95)
§ 154.338 OFF-STREET PARKING.
Off-street parking facilities for motor vehicles shall be provided in accordance with additional regulations set forth hereinafter.
(A) Use. Accessory off-street parking facilities required as accessory to uses listed herein shall be solely for the parking of passenger vehicles of patrons, occupants or employees.
(B) Exemption. When the application of the off- street parking regulations specified hereinafter results in a requirement of not more than three spaces on a single lot in any Commercial Zoning District, such parking spaces need not be provided. However, where two or more uses are located on a single lot, only one of these uses shall be eligible for the above exemption. This exemption shall not apply to dwelling units.
(C) Collective provisions. Off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each such use, and provided that all regulations governing location of accessory parking spaces, in relation to the use served, are adhered to. Further, no parking spaces or portion thereof shall require space for more than one use, unless otherwise authorized by the Board of Appeals.
(D) Area. A required off-street parking space shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and 18 feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns or office work areas. Enclosed parking spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet.
(E) Access. Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space. All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement. No driveway across public property at the right-of-way line shall exceed a width of 25 feet. The width may be increased to 35 feet to accommodate truck traffic.
(F) In yards. Off-street parking spaces, open to the sky, may be located in any yard, except a front yard and a side yard adjoining a street. Enclosed buildings and carports containing off-street parking spaces shall be subject to applicable yard requirements.
(G) Design and maintenance.
(1) Accessory parking spaces. Accessory parking spaces may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building.
(2) Surfacing. All open off-street parking spaces and access drives shall be surfaced with smooth and durable surface material so that they will remain free from dust or litter particles and be adequately drained so that they will not retain water, except all open off-street parking areas containing more than four parking spaces and access drives shall be improved with:
(a) Six inches of compacted base materials; 1 inches of binder material; and one inch of wearing surface;
(b) Eight inches of compacted base material; and two inches of wearing surface (hot mix);
(3) Screening, landscaping and barriers. All open off-street parking areas, containing more than four parking spaces, located less than 40 feet from the nearest property line of a lot in a Residential Zoning District shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on such property line by a wall, sound mound, ridge, fence or densely planted compact hedge, not less than five feet nor more than eight feet in height. The screening, landscaping and barriers shall be adequately maintained for aesthetic reasons. There shall be installed a substantial barrier on or adjacent to the lot line along all open off-street parking spaces and such barrier shall be so located that no portion of any vehicle parked on the lot shall extend over the lot line.
(4) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties in such a way as not to create a nuisance, and in a parking area containing four or more parking spaces, such lighting shall be extinguished hour after the close of business, except as may otherwise be permitted or required by the Zoning Board of Appeals for maintaining illumination after the time specified above.
(5) Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with any parking facilities. No gasoline or motor oil shall be sold in conjunction with any accessory parking facilities.
(6) Sidewalks. All sidewalks surrounding off-street parking spaces shall be kept free from dirt, ice, sleet and snow and maintained in a safe condition for pedestrian travel.
(H) Handicapped parking. Handicapped parking spaces will equal or exceed the area standards set forth previously with the addition of a five foot service aisle as part of the parking space. The location and any other requirements will meet any state or federal regulations. The following number of handicapped parking spaces per parking lot are recommended:
Lot Spaces Handicapped Spaces (Minimum)
100 or more Subject to review
(I) Required spaces. The minimum number of off-street parking spaces accessory to designated uses shall be provided as follows:
Designated use | Minimum number of off-street parking spaces |
Designated use | Minimum number of off-street parking spaces |
Dwelling and lodging uses | |
Boarding or rooming houses | Two parking spaces per building, plus one parking space for each three lodging rooms. |
Hotels, motels, tourist homes or the like | One parking space for each lodging room, plus spaces as required for any restaurant that is included. |
Multiple-family dwellings | Two parking spaces for each dwelling unit. |
Single-family dwellings | Two parking spaces for each dwelling, but not more than four parking spaces for each single family dwelling. |
Two-family dwellings | Two parking spaces per dwelling unit, but not more than four for each dwelling unit. |
School, institution, auditorium or other places of assembly uses | |
Arenas, stadiums and grandstands and the like | One parking space for each six seats or for each 108 inches of seating space. |
Churches | One parking space for each six seats or for each 108 inches of seating space used for the principal church service. |
Convalescent homes, nursing homes, rest homes, institutions for the care of the aged and for children | One parking space for each three beds, plus one parking space for each two employees and each doctor assigned to the staff. |
Hospitals | One parking space for each two hospital beds, plus one parking space for each two employees, plus one parking space for each doctor assigned to the staff. |
Libraries and museums | One parking space for each 800 square feet of floor area. |
Medical and dental clinics | Three parking spaces for each examining and treatment room, plus one parking space for each doctor and employee in the building. |
Meeting halls, convention halls and exhibition halls | The number of parking spaces equal to 30% of the maximum number of people that can be accommodated in accordance with such design capacity. |
Private clubs and lodges | One parking space for each lodging room and one parking space for each six seats in accordance with design seating capacity of the main meeting room. |
Schools: commercial or trade and music, dance or business | One parking space for each two employees, plus one space for each five students, based on the maximum number of students that can be accommodated in accordance with such design capacity. |
Schools: day care, nursery, elementary or junior high, public or private | One parking space for each faculty member and each other full-time employee. |
Schools: high, public or private | One parking space for each seven students, based on the maximum number of students that can be accommodated in accordance with such design capacity of the building. Two spaces for each employee. |
Recreational uses; commercial or noncommercial | |
Bowling alleys | Seven parking spaces for each lane, plus such additional spaces as may be required affiliated uses, such as restaurants and the like. |
Gymnasiums, health clubs, swimming pools, skating rinks and dance halls, commercial | One parking space for each three persons, based upon the maximum number of persons that can be accommodated at the same time, in accordance with such design capacity and one parking space for each two employees. |
Parks, recreation areas or community centers: private, semi-public or public | One parking space for each two employees, plus spaces in adequate number as determined by the Plan Commission to serve the visiting public. |
Commercial and manufacturing uses | |
All business and commercial establishments, except those specified hereafter | One parking space for each 250 square feet of floor area. |
Automobile laundries | One parking space for each two employees, plus one space for the owner or manager, and in addition, reservoir parking spaces to accommodate automobiles awaiting entrances to the automobile laundry equal in number to five times the maximum capacity of the automobile laundry. Maximum capacity, in this instance, shall mean the greatest possible number of automobiles undergoing some phase of laundering at the same time. |
Automobile service stations | One parking space for each employee, plus two for each service stall. |
Banks | One parking space for each 400 square feet of floor area. |
Business, professional and public administration or buildings | One parking space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area of the building. |
Cartage, express, parcel delivery and freight terminal establishments | One parking space for each employee employed on the premises and 1 parking space for each vehicle maintained on the premises. |
Drive-in business and commercial establishments | Reservoir parking spaces equal in number to 15% of the number of vehicle spaces used for serving customers. |
Establishments handling the sale and consumption on the premises of food and refreshment | One parking space for each 150 square feet of floor area. |
Furniture and appliance stores, motor vehicle sales, wholesale stores, stores for repair of household equipment or furniture | One parking space for each 400 square feet of floor area. |
Manufacturing establishments and establishments engaged in production, processing, assembly, disassembly, cleaning, servicing, testing or repairing of materials, goods or products | One parking space for each two employees or one parking space for each 1,200 square feet of floor area, whichever requires the greater number of parking spaces. |
Theaters | One parking space for each four seats. |
Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors | Eight parking spaces for each chapel or parlor, plus one parking space for each funeral vehicle maintained on the premises. |
Warehouse, storage | One parking space for each two employees and one parking space for each vehicle maintained on the premises. |
Wholesale and mail order establishments | One parking space for each 400 square feet of floor area in the building. |
Miscellaneous uses | |
Planned developments | The number of parking spaces in accordance with the required spaces for each individual use. |
Public utility and public service uses | One parking space for each two employees, plus spaces in adequate number as determined by the Plan Commission to serve the visiting public. |
Note: Parking spaces for other permitted or special uses not listed above shall be provided in accordance with requirements designated by the Plan Commission. | |
(Ord. 1995-12, passed 7-6-95)
§ 154.339 OFF-STREET LOADING.
Off-street loading spaces accessory to designated uses shall be provided as follows.
(A) Location. All required loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served. All motor vehicle loading spaces which abut a Residential Zoning District or intervening alley separating a Residential Zoning District from a Commercial Zoning or Industrial Zoning District shall be completely screened therefrom by a ridge or dirt mound, building walls or a uniformly painted solid fence, wall or door, or any combination thereof, not less than eight feet in height. No permitted or required loading space shall be located within 40 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets. No loading space shall be located in a required front or side yard, and any loading space located in a required rear yard shall be open to the sky.
(B) Area. Unless otherwise specified, a required off-street loading space shall be at least 12 feet in width by at least 35 feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and enclosed loading spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet.
(C) Access. Each required off-street loading space shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement.
(D) Surfacing. All open off-street loading spaces shall be improved with storm water drainage facilities and pavement surfacing in accordance with the Town of Kouts specifications.
(E) Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities.
(F) Utilization. Space allocated to any off- street loading space shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off- street parking facilities or portions thereof.
(G) Minimum facilities. Uses for which off- street loading facilities are required herein but which are located in buildings of less floor area than the minimum prescribed for such required facilities shall be provided with adequate receiving facilities, accessible by motor vehicle, off any adjacent alley, service drive or open space on the same lot.
(H) Off-street loading space requirements. On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof hereafter erected, established or enlarged and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse goods display, department store, wholesale store, market, hotel, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles or material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained adequate space for standing, loading and unloading in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the street or alley. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall include a 12 foot by 35 foot loading space with 14 foot height clearance for every 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof in excess of 3,000 square feet of floor area used for the above mentioned purposes of land used for the above mentioned purposes. These requirements may, upon appeal, be increased, modified or waived by the Board of Zoning Appeals where the conditions or circumstances justify such action.
(Ord. 1995-12, passed 7-6-95)