La Valley Township City Zoning Code
PARKING AND
LOADING REGULATIONS
§ 154.300 LOCATION.
All parking required by this section shall be located in conformance with the following requirements.
(A) The parking lot shall maintain a minimum setback of 15 feet from the front property line.
(B) Parking spaces for all structures shall be located on the same site as the structure such parking is intended to serve; except that by conditional use, parking may be located within 300 feet of the use it is intended to serve.
(Ord. 0904-05, passed 5-20-2009)
§ 154.301 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
Off-street parking for specific uses shall be required as follows:
(A) Single-family and two-family dwellings: one space for each dwelling unit;
(B) Multiple dwellings: one and one-half spaces for each dwelling unit of one bedroom or less. Two spaces for each dwelling unit of two bedrooms or more;
(C) Multiple dwellings for the elderly and handicapped: 0.75 spaces for each dwelling unit;
(D) Rooming and boarding houses, sororities, and fraternities: one space per two beds;
(E) Private club or lodge: one parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area;
(F) Church or temple: one parking space for each four seats in the main auditorium;
(G) School:
(1) Colleges and universities: because of the unique parking needs of colleges and universities, a permit application for new construction must include a parking study prepared by the applicant of the parking needs of the entire campus, including the new use and the study must address a plan to meet the parking needs of the staff and students;
(2) High schools: One parking space for each three students based on the building’s design capacity;
(3) Junior high school: 25 spaces plus one parking space for each teacher and staff member; and
(4) Elementary school: five spaces plus one parking space for each teacher and staff member.
(H) Hospital: one and one-half parking spaces for each bed;
(I) Sanitarium or institutional home: one parking space for each three beds;
(J) Mortuary: one space for each 50 square feet of floor area in slumber rooms or one for each four seats in chapel, whichever is greater;
(K) Auditoriums, theaters, other places of public assembly: one parking space for each four seats;
(L) Community center, library, museum, or similar public or semi-public buildings: ten parking spaces plus one additional space for each additional 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet;
(M) Hotel or motel: five parking spaces plus one space for each sleeping room or suite;
(N) Medical office building: buildings in which 20% or more of the gross area is occupied by members of healing profession. One parking space for each 200 square feet of the gross area used for medical purposes;
(O) Manufacturing or industrial establishments, research or testing laboratory, bottling plant, warehouse, or other similar establishments: two parking spaces for each three employees on the maximum shift, plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith;
(P) Restaurant, bar, café, or recreation or amusement establishment not specified herein: one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area or one parking space per three fixed seats, which ever is greater;
(Q) Bowling alley: three spaces per alley;
(R) Personal services: one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area;
(S) Retail stores selling furniture, appliance, or home improvement products (for example, carpet, paint, wall paper, and the like): one parking space for each 600 square feet of floor area;
(T) Other retail uses: one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area except for planned shopping centers of 100,000 square feet of floor area or more who may reduce their requirement to one space for each 400 square feet of floor area; and
(U) All non-residential buildings, except those specified above: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
(Ord. 0904-05, passed 5-20-2009)
§ 154.302 RULES FOR COMPUTING PARKING SPACES.
In computing the number of required off-street parking spaces, the floor area shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use, excluding any floor or portion thereof used for parking as herein defined. Additionally, where fractional spaces result, the number of parking spaces required shall be the nearest whole number.
(Ord. 0904-05, passed 5-20-2009)
§ 154.303 MINIMUM IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.
Driveways, parking lots, and loading/unloading areas shall conform with the following improvement and maintenance standards.
(A) If a driveway, parking lot, or loading/unloading area is not hard surfaced with concrete or asphalt, an aggregate surface shall be provided. The aggregate surface shall be maintained to a thickness of at least four inches.
(B) Adequate provisions shall be made for the disposal of storm water from a driveway, parking lot, or loading/unloading area and the owner shall insure that such water does not flow onto adjoining property in a quantity or manner that would be detrimental thereto.
(C) An opaque fence, wall, berm, or landscaping of a height and character necessary for adequate screening of the parking lot from adjacent residentially used property shall be provided. Where there is a difference in elevation between the property which needs the screening and the property receiving the benefit of the screening, the height of the screen barrier shall be measured on the high side.
(Ord. 0904-05, passed 5-20-2009; Ord. 2009-20, passed 9-1-2020)
§ 154.304 OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
(A) There shall be provided at the time any building is erected or structurally altered, off-street loading spaces in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) Office buildings:
5,000 to 25,000 square feet of GFA* | One 12 feet by 20 feet loading space |
25,001 to 50,000 square feet of GFA | One 14 feet by 35 feet loading space |
50,001 to 200,000 square feet of GFA | Two 14 feet by 35 feet loading spaces |
Add one additional 14 feet by 35 feet loading space for each 75,000 square feet of gross floor area above 200,000 square feet. *GFA means gross floor area. | |
(2) Retail or service establishment:
Less than 5,000 square feet of GFA | One 12 feet by 20 feet loading space |
5,001 to 20,000 square feet of GFA | One 14 feet by 35 feet loading space |
20,001 to 100,000 square feet of GFA | Two 14 feet by 35 feet loading spaces |
Add one additional space for each 75,000 square feet of gross floor area above 1,000,000 square feet | |
(3) Wholesale, commercial use:
2,000 to 20,000 square feet of GFA | One 14 feet by 35 feet loading space |
20,000 to 100,000 square feet of GFA | Two 14 feet by 35 feet loading spaces |
Add one additional space for each 75,000 square feet of gross floor area above 100,000 square feet. | |
(4) Manufacturing or industrial use: One 14 feet by 35 feet space for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor area plus one 14 feet by 35 feet space for each portion thereof in excess of 50,000 square feet.
(B) Loading spaces are to be provided on each lot in compliance with the following requirements.
(1) The loading space shall be completely contained on the lot it is intended to serve.
(2) The loading space shall be arranged on the lot in such a way as to allow normal movement of traffic in and around the loading area.
(3) No loading space shall be permitted to extend into any public right-of-way.
(Ord. 0904-05, passed 5-20-2009) Penalty, see § 154.999