Lee City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Off-Street Parking
§ 199-8.1 Parking facilities required.
Parking facilities off the street or highway right-of-way shall be provided to serve any building erected, moved or enlarged and all premises otherwise developed after the adoption of this chapter. Such facilities shall be sufficient to accommodate the motor vehicles of all occupants, employees, customers and other persons normally visiting such building or premises at any one time.
§ 199-8.2 Location of required parking facilities.
Required parking facilities shall be located on the same lot as the building or other use which they serve, except that upon the approval of the Planning Board required parking facilities may be located elsewhere, but not more than 300 feet from such building or use, measured in a straight line to the nearest space for vehicular parking.
§ 199-8.3 Minimum area required: general.
Unless otherwise specifically set forth herein or approved by the Planning Board, required parking facilities shall contain not less than the minimum areas set forth below, exclusive of driveways and ramps necessary for access. Rooftop or indoor parking may be included in the required area. Where one building is used for more than one use, parking requirements shall be computed for each use.
A.
Dwellings: 200 square feet for each dwelling unit.
B.
Offices and permitted home occupations: an area equal to twice the floor area used for such purposes.
C.
Financial institutions, retail stores, personal service shops and similar business buildings: an area equal to three times the floor area used for business, excluding storage.
D.
Theaters, assembly halls or outdoor places of assembly: 200 square feet for every three seats, plus 250 square feet for every person normally employed.
E.
Restaurants: an area equal to 200 square feet for every three seats, plus 200 square feet for every person normally employed.
F.
Places of public assembly or public recreation not otherwise listed, nursing homes and convalescent homes: 300 square feet for every three legal occupants, plus 300 square feet for every person normally employed.
G.
Motels, hotels, lodging houses or boardinghouses and hospitals: 200 square feet for every guest or patient accommodated, plus 200 square feet for every person employed.
H.
Funeral homes: an area equal to three times the total floor space, exclusive of storage.
I.
Industrial plants, wholesale establishments and similar buildings: 300 square feet for every two persons normally employed.
§ 199-8.4 Minimum area required: Office Park/Light Industrial District.
§ 199-8.5 Supplemental parking standards for Planned Commercial Village Center District.
A.
A planned commercial village center or planned unit office or research center in the PCVC District must comply with the parking and off-street loading requirements in § 199-8.1 to § 199-8.3 and § 199-8.10 and the following standards:
(1)
Parking areas may be located to the side or rear of the structure. No parking shall be permitted within the front yard setback of a Planned Commercial Village Center.
(2)
To the extent feasible, parking areas may be shared with adjacent businesses.
(3)
A reduction in parking space requirements, based on industry standards, is permitted for a Planned Commercial Village Center with the approval of the Planning Board, provided that there are no fewer than four spaces per 1,000 square feet of retail space.
§ 199-8.6 Supplemental parking standards for Downtown Commercial Business Corridor District.
§ 199-8.7 Supplemental parking standards for Commercial Business Corridor (CBC) District.
A.
A 20% reduction in the number of required parking spaces is allowed in the CBC District when facilities are shared between two properties.
B.
Parking in the front yard setback will be permitted only by special permit of the Planning Board in the CBC District.
C.
In the CBC District, the size, location and screening of such parking spaces shall be approved by the Planning Board during the permitting process, giving due consideration to the neighborhood characteristic, emphasizing the need to concentrate parking in as unobtrusive a location on the side and rear of the property as possible. Surfacing of the drives and parking areas shall be all-weather surface. The parking area in a given property shall not exceed 50% of the area of the property not covered by buildings.
§ 199-8.8 Surfacing; landscaped strip.
Required minimum parking facilities shall have adequate all-weather surfacing capable of allowing free and safe movement of all vehicles customarily using the facility. Where an off-street parking facility is adjacent to a street line, there shall be a landscaped strip between such street line and the balance of the lot, which strip shall not be less than six feet wide in RA and RB Districts and not less than three feet wide in other districts.
§ 199-8.9 Common driveways.
Common driveways may be allowed with the approval of the Planning Board and review by the Board of Public Works. The common driveway length shall not exceed 750 feet. The minimum width shall be 18 feet. The common driveway shall be allowed to service two house lots which shall have legal access and frontage on an approved public way. The common driveway may never be used to satisfy zoning frontage to an approved road. A plan shall be recorded showing the easement, and the easement shall be recorded in the deed.
§ 199-8.10 Loading facilities.
Adequate off-street loading facilities and space must be provided to service all needs created by new construction or new use in Industrial and OPLI Districts.
§ 199-8.11 Supplemental parking and loading requirements for Smart Growth Overlay District.
See § 199-10.6H of this chapter for parking and loading requirements applicable to the Smart Growth Overlay District (SGOD).