Laketown City Zoning Code

10.11 Parking

And Loading Space

10.11.1 Off-Street Parking Required

There shall be provided at the time of erection of any building or at the time any main building is enlarged or increased in capacity, minimum off-street parking space with adequate provisions of ingress and egress by standard-sized automobiles as hereinafter provided.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

10.11.2 Parking Space For Dwellings

In all zones there shall be provided in a private garage, or in an area properly located for a future garage, a hard-surfaced space for the parking of one automobile for the first six hundred (600) square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor area in a new dwelling, plus one extra parking stall for each additional eight hundred (800) square feet or fraction thereof, plus one additional parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of such space added in the case of the enlargement of an existing building. In no case shall there be less than one such parking space nor more than three (3) such parking spaces for each dwelling unit. There shall be no change of use without the attendant space to accommodate the increased off-street parking needs. A minimum parking space shall be at least nine feet by twenty feet (9' x 20').

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

10.11.3 Parking Space For Buildings Or Uses Other Than Dwellings

For a new building, or for any enlargement or increase in seating capacity, floor area or guest rooms of any existing main building, there shall be at least one permanently maintained parking space of not less than one hundred eighty (180) square feet net area (9 feet by 20 feet) as follows:

Boarding houses

At least 1 parking space for every 1 ¹/ ₂ persons for whose accommodation the building is designed or used.

Church, school, college and university auditoriums and theaters, general auditoriums, stadiums and other similar places of assembly

At least 1 parking space for every 5 fixed seats provided in said buildings or structures.

Hospitals

At least 1 parking space for each 2 beds, including infant cribs and children's beds.

Hotels and/or motels

At least 1 parking space for each 2 sleeping rooms up to and including the first 20 sleeping rooms, and 1 parking space for each 3 sleeping rooms over 20 sleeping rooms.

Medical and dental clinics

At least 15 parking spaces; provided, that 3 additional parking spaces shall be provided for each doctor or dentist having offices in such clinic in excess of 3 doctors or dentists.

Mortuaries

At least 30 parking spaces.

Restaurants or establishments that serve meals, lunches or drinks to patrons either in their cars or in the building, for retail stores selling directly to the public and recreational places of assembly

At least 1 space for each 100 square feet of floor space in the building and 1 space for each 2 employees working on the highest employment shift or 5 parking spaces, whichever requirement is the greater.

For all business or industrial uses not listed above, not providing customer services on the premises

1 parking space for each 2 employees working on the highest employment shift.

In no case shall a building be constructed, altered or increased where, if the foregoing parking provisions are inadequate to provide sufficient spaces for all employees and customers combined, the provision of adequate parking spaces shall supersede any and all foregoing formulas.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981; amd. 2001 Code

10.11.4 Location Of Parking Space

Parking space as required above shall be on the same lot with the main building or, in the case of buildings other than dwellings, may be located not farther than five hundred feet (500') therefrom.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

10.11.5 Parking Lot Regulations

Every parcel of land hereafter used as a parking lot shall be paved with a surfacing material of oil, asphalt or concrete composition and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed as determined by the building inspector. Any lights used to illuminate the lot shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any residential zone.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

10.11.6 Off-Street Truck Loading Space

On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof, erected and occupied or increased in capacity after the effective date hereof, for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, department store, grocery, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other use similarly involving the receipt or distribution by vehicle of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of streets or alleys.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981