Leroy Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXIII

PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 38-708.- Off-street parking.

In all districts, in connection with industrial, business, institutional, agricultural, recreational, residential or other use, there shall be provided at the time any building is erected, or uses established, enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces for automobiles with the requirements herein specified.

(1)

Plans and specifications showing required off-street parking spaces, including the means of access and interior circulation, for the above uses, shall be submitted to the building inspector for review at the time of application for a building permit. Required off-street parking facilities shall be located on the same lot as the principal building or on a lot within 300 feet thereof except that this distance shall not exceed 150 feet for single-family and two-family dwellings. This distance specified shall be measured from the nearest point of the parking facility to the nearest point of the lot occupied by the building or use that such facility is required to serve.

(2)

No parking area or parking space which exists at the time the ordinance from which this article is derived becomes effective or which subsequent thereto is provided for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this article shall thereafter be relinquished or reduced in any manner below the requirements established by this article, unless additional parking area or space is provided sufficient for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this article within 300 feet of the proposed or existing uses for which such parking will be available.

(3)

Parking of motor vehicles, in residential zones, shall be limited to passenger vehicles, one recreational vehicle as defined in article III of this chapter and not more than one commercial vehicle of the light delivery type, not to exceed three-fourths-ton shall be permitted per dwelling unit. The parking of any other commercial vehicle, or bus except for those parked on school or church property, is prohibited in a residential zone. Parking spaces for all types of uses may be provided either in garage or parking areas conforming to the provisions of this article.

(Ord. of 2-2008)

(4)

Each off-street parking space for automobiles shall not be less than 200 square feet in area, exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be of usable shape and condition. There shall be provided a minimum access drive of ten feet in width, and where a turning radius is necessary, it will be of such an arc as to reasonably allow an unobstructed flow of vehicles. Parking aisles for automobiles shall be of sufficient width to allow a minimum turning movement in and out of a parking space. The minimum width of such aisle shall be:

For 90-degree or perpendicular parking, the aisle shall not be less than 22 feet in width.

For 60-degree parking, the aisle shall not be less than 18 feet in width.

For 45-degree parking, the aisle shall not be less than 13 feet in width.

For parallel parking, the aisle shall not be less than ten feet in width.

(5)

Off-street parking facilities required for churches may be reduced by 50 percent where churches are located in nonresidential districts and within 300 feet of usable public or private off-street parking areas. Off-street parking facilities for trucks at restaurants, service stations and other similar and related uses shall be of sufficient size to adequately serve trucks and not interfere with other vehicles that use the same facilities. Such truck spaces shall not be less than ten feet in width and 55 feet in length.

(6)

Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:

All off-street parking spaces shall not be closer than five feet to any property line, except where a wall, fence or compact planting strip exists as a parking barrier along the property line.

All off-street parking areas shall be drained so as to prevent drainage to abutting properties and shall be constructed of materials which will have a dust-free surface resistant to erosion.

Any lighting fixtures used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any adjoining premises and streets.

Any off-street parking area providing space for five or more vehicles shall be effectively screened on any side which adjoins or faces property adjoining a residential lot or institution by a wall, fence or compact planting not less than four feet in height. Plantings shall be maintained in good condition and not encroach on adjoining property.

All off-street parking areas that make it necessary for vehicles to back out directly into a public road are prohibited, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to off-street parking areas of one- or two-family dwellings.

Combined parking facilities are allowed when two or more uses occur on one property or when a building on one property contains two or more uses, provided that the permanent allocation of the required number of parking spaces shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses and computed in accordance with this article. Parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing the required parking facilities for any other use, except churches.

(7)

Any sign intended to advertise parking or loading facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the regulations specified in article XXII of this chapter.

(8)

A business involving the repair, service, sale or display of vehicles is prohibited in areas used for parking or loading.

(9)

For the purposes of determining off-street parking requirements the following units of measurement shall apply:

Floor area. In the case of uses where floor area is the unit for determining the required number of off-street parking spaces, said unit shall mean the gross floor area, except that such floor area need not include any area used for incidental service storage installations of mechanical equipment, penthouses, housing ventilators and heating systems, and similar uses.

Places of assembly. In stadiums, sport arenas, churches and other places of assembly in which those in attendance occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each 18 inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat. In cases where a place of assembly has both fixed seats and open assembly area, requirements shall be computed separately for each type and added together.

Fractions. When units of measurement determining the number of required parking spaces result in requirement of a fractional space. Any fraction up to and including one-half shall require one parking space.

Minimum number of spaces. The minimum required off-street parking spaces shall be set forth as follows:

Use	Parking Space Requirements
Automobile or machinery sales service garages	One space for each 200 square feet of showroom floor area plus two spaces for each service bay plus one space for each two employees on the maximum shift
Banks, business and professional office	Two parking spaces for each 200 square feet of floor area plus one parking space for each employee working within the building
Barbershops and beauty parlors	Two spaces for each chair plus one space for each employee
Boardinghouses and lodginghouses, for fraternities	Two parking spaces for each three beds
Bowling alleys	Five parking spaces for each alley plus one space for each employee per shift.
Churches, auditoriums, stadiums, theaters, dance, halls other than schools	One space for each four sports arenas, four seats or for each four halls, assembly persons permitted in such edifice as stated by the fire marshal
Clinics	Four spaces for each doctor plus one space for each employee per shift
Convalescent home, orphanage or similar use	One parking space for each four beds plus one space for each two employees, including nurses, per shift
Drive-in banks, cleaners and similar businesses	Storage space for five cars between the sidewalk area and the service window and one parking space for each two employees
Drive-in eating establishments	Ten parking spaces, plus one parking space for each 20 square feet of floor area
Dwellings (single- and two-family)	Two parking spaces for each family dwelling unit
Dwellings (multiple family)	Two parking spaces per dwelling unit
Funeral homes and mortuaries	Four spaces for each slumber room or one space for each 50 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater, plus one space for each fleet vehicle
Furniture, appliance stores, household equipment and furniture repair shops	One space for each 400 square feet of floor area
Gasoline filling and service stations	One parking space for repair and service stall, one parking space for each employee per shift.
General office building	One parking space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area excluding auto parking within or on the building plus one parking space per two employees per shift
Home occupation	Five spaces plus one space for each 25 square feet of floor area (Ord. of 2-2008)
Hospitals	One space for each bed plus one space for each two employees
Hotels, motels, lodginghouses, boarding homes	One space for each living unit plus one space for each two employees per shift
Libraries, museums, post offices	One parking space for each 800 square feet of floor area plus one parking space for each two employees per shift
Livestock auction	Two square feet of parking area for each one square foot of buildings, pens, and all enclosed area on the premises of the auction facility
Manufacturing, fabricating, processing and bottling plants, research and testing laboratories	One space for each two employees on maximum shift
Restaurants, beer parlors, taverns, night clubs and private clubs	One parking space for each four patron seats, plus one parking space for each two employees per shift
Retail stores, except as otherwise specified herein	One parking space for each 150 square feet of floor area excluding auto parking space within or on the building
Roadside stands	Five parking spaces plus one parking space for each 25 square feet of floor area
Schools, private or public elementary and junior high schools	One space for each employee normally engaged in or about the building or grounds plus one space for each 30 students enrolled
Senior high school and institutions	One parking space for each employee (including high learning, private or public teachers and administrators) plus one for each ten students in addition to the requirement of the auditorium
Self-service laundry or dry cleaning stores	One space for each washing and/or dry cleaning machines
Supermarket, self-service food discount stores	Two spaces for each 200 square and feet of floor area plus one space for each two employees per shift
Wholesale establishments and warehouses	One space for each 400 square feet of floor area plus one space for each two employees

Where a use is not specifically mentioned, the parking requirements of a similar or related use shall apply.

Sec. 38-709. - Loading/unloading requirements.

In connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected, except single and two-family dwelling unit structures, there shall be on the same lot with such buildings, off-street loading and unloading spaces for uses which customarily receive or distribute material or merchandise by vehicle.

(1)

Plans and specifications showing required loading and unloading spaces, including the means of ingress and egress and interior circulation, shall be submitted to the building inspector for review at the time of application for a building permit for the erection or enlargement of a use or a building or structure.

(2)

Each off-street loading/unloading space shall not be less than the following:

In a residential district a loading/unloading space shall not be less than ten feet in width and 25 feet in length and if a roofed space, not less than 14 feet in height.

In any commercial or industrial district, a loading/unloading space shall not be less than ten feet in width and 55 feet in length, and if a roofed space not less than 15 feet in height.

(3)

Subject to the limitations of subsection (4) of this section, a loading/unloading space may occupy all or any part of any required side or rear yard; except the side yard along a side street in the case of a corner lot. In no event shall any part of a required front yard be occupied by such loading space.

(4)

Any loading/unloading space shall not be closer than 50 feet to any other lot located in any residential district unless wholly within a completely enclosed building or unless enclosed on all sides by a wall, fence or compact planting not less than six feet in height.

(5)

In the case of mixed uses, on one lot or parcel the total requirements for off-street loading/unloading facilities shall be the sum of the various uses computed separately.

(6)

All off-street loading/unloading facilities that make it necessary to back out directly into public road shall be prohibited.

(7)

Off-street loading space and access drives shall be paved, drained, lighted and shall have appropriate bumper or wheel guards where needed and any light used for illumination shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the adjoining premises and streets.

(8)

Off-street loading/unloading requirements for residential (excluding single-family dwellings), hotels, hospitals, mortuaries, public assembly, offices, retail, wholesale, industrial or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles, the uses having over 5,000 square feet of gross floor area shall be provided with at least one off-street loading/unloading space, and for every additional 20,000 square feet of gross floor space, or fraction thereof, one additional loading/unloading space, the size of such loading/unloading space subject to the provisions of this article.

(9)

Where a use is not specifically mentioned, the requirements of a similar or related use shall apply.

Leroy Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXIII

PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 38-708.- Off-street parking.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(Ord. of 2-2008)

(4)

For 90-degree or perpendicular parking, the aisle shall not be less than 22 feet in width.

For 60-degree parking, the aisle shall not be less than 18 feet in width.

For 45-degree parking, the aisle shall not be less than 13 feet in width.

For parallel parking, the aisle shall not be less than ten feet in width.

(5)

(6)

Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:

All off-street parking spaces shall not be closer than five feet to any property line, except where a wall, fence or compact planting strip exists as a parking barrier along the property line.

All off-street parking areas shall be drained so as to prevent drainage to abutting properties and shall be constructed of materials which will have a dust-free surface resistant to erosion.

Any lighting fixtures used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any adjoining premises and streets.

(7)

Any sign intended to advertise parking or loading facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the regulations specified in article XXII of this chapter.

(8)

A business involving the repair, service, sale or display of vehicles is prohibited in areas used for parking or loading.

(9)

For the purposes of determining off-street parking requirements the following units of measurement shall apply:

Minimum number of spaces. The minimum required off-street parking spaces shall be set forth as follows:

Use	Parking Space Requirements
Automobile or machinery sales service garages	One space for each 200 square feet of showroom floor area plus two spaces for each service bay plus one space for each two employees on the maximum shift
Banks, business and professional office	Two parking spaces for each 200 square feet of floor area plus one parking space for each employee working within the building
Barbershops and beauty parlors	Two spaces for each chair plus one space for each employee
Boardinghouses and lodginghouses, for fraternities	Two parking spaces for each three beds
Bowling alleys	Five parking spaces for each alley plus one space for each employee per shift.
Churches, auditoriums, stadiums, theaters, dance, halls other than schools	One space for each four sports arenas, four seats or for each four halls, assembly persons permitted in such edifice as stated by the fire marshal
Clinics	Four spaces for each doctor plus one space for each employee per shift
Convalescent home, orphanage or similar use	One parking space for each four beds plus one space for each two employees, including nurses, per shift
Drive-in banks, cleaners and similar businesses	Storage space for five cars between the sidewalk area and the service window and one parking space for each two employees
Drive-in eating establishments	Ten parking spaces, plus one parking space for each 20 square feet of floor area
Dwellings (single- and two-family)	Two parking spaces for each family dwelling unit
Dwellings (multiple family)	Two parking spaces per dwelling unit
Funeral homes and mortuaries	Four spaces for each slumber room or one space for each 50 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater, plus one space for each fleet vehicle
Furniture, appliance stores, household equipment and furniture repair shops	One space for each 400 square feet of floor area
Gasoline filling and service stations	One parking space for repair and service stall, one parking space for each employee per shift.
General office building	One parking space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area excluding auto parking within or on the building plus one parking space per two employees per shift
Home occupation	Five spaces plus one space for each 25 square feet of floor area (Ord. of 2-2008)
Hospitals	One space for each bed plus one space for each two employees
Hotels, motels, lodginghouses, boarding homes	One space for each living unit plus one space for each two employees per shift
Libraries, museums, post offices	One parking space for each 800 square feet of floor area plus one parking space for each two employees per shift
Livestock auction	Two square feet of parking area for each one square foot of buildings, pens, and all enclosed area on the premises of the auction facility
Manufacturing, fabricating, processing and bottling plants, research and testing laboratories	One space for each two employees on maximum shift
Restaurants, beer parlors, taverns, night clubs and private clubs	One parking space for each four patron seats, plus one parking space for each two employees per shift
Retail stores, except as otherwise specified herein	One parking space for each 150 square feet of floor area excluding auto parking space within or on the building
Roadside stands	Five parking spaces plus one parking space for each 25 square feet of floor area
Schools, private or public elementary and junior high schools	One space for each employee normally engaged in or about the building or grounds plus one space for each 30 students enrolled
Senior high school and institutions	One parking space for each employee (including high learning, private or public teachers and administrators) plus one for each ten students in addition to the requirement of the auditorium
Self-service laundry or dry cleaning stores	One space for each washing and/or dry cleaning machines
Supermarket, self-service food discount stores	Two spaces for each 200 square and feet of floor area plus one space for each two employees per shift
Wholesale establishments and warehouses	One space for each 400 square feet of floor area plus one space for each two employees

Where a use is not specifically mentioned, the parking requirements of a similar or related use shall apply.

Sec. 38-709. - Loading/unloading requirements.

(1)

(2)

Each off-street loading/unloading space shall not be less than the following:

In a residential district a loading/unloading space shall not be less than ten feet in width and 25 feet in length and if a roofed space, not less than 14 feet in height.

In any commercial or industrial district, a loading/unloading space shall not be less than ten feet in width and 55 feet in length, and if a roofed space not less than 15 feet in height.

(3)

(4)

(5)

In the case of mixed uses, on one lot or parcel the total requirements for off-street loading/unloading facilities shall be the sum of the various uses computed separately.

(6)

All off-street loading/unloading facilities that make it necessary to back out directly into public road shall be prohibited.

(7)

(8)

(9)

Where a use is not specifically mentioned, the requirements of a similar or related use shall apply.

Leroy Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXIII

PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 38-708.- Off-street parking.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(Ord. of 2-2008)

(4)

For 90-degree or perpendicular parking, the aisle shall not be less than 22 feet in width.

For 60-degree parking, the aisle shall not be less than 18 feet in width.

For 45-degree parking, the aisle shall not be less than 13 feet in width.

For parallel parking, the aisle shall not be less than ten feet in width.

(5)

(6)

Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:

All off-street parking spaces shall not be closer than five feet to any property line, except where a wall, fence or compact planting strip exists as a parking barrier along the property line.

All off-street parking areas shall be drained so as to prevent drainage to abutting properties and shall be constructed of materials which will have a dust-free surface resistant to erosion.

Any lighting fixtures used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any adjoining premises and streets.

(7)

Any sign intended to advertise parking or loading facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the regulations specified in article XXII of this chapter.

(8)

A business involving the repair, service, sale or display of vehicles is prohibited in areas used for parking or loading.

(9)

For the purposes of determining off-street parking requirements the following units of measurement shall apply:

Minimum number of spaces. The minimum required off-street parking spaces shall be set forth as follows:

Use	Parking Space Requirements
Automobile or machinery sales service garages	One space for each 200 square feet of showroom floor area plus two spaces for each service bay plus one space for each two employees on the maximum shift
Banks, business and professional office	Two parking spaces for each 200 square feet of floor area plus one parking space for each employee working within the building
Barbershops and beauty parlors	Two spaces for each chair plus one space for each employee
Boardinghouses and lodginghouses, for fraternities	Two parking spaces for each three beds
Bowling alleys	Five parking spaces for each alley plus one space for each employee per shift.
Churches, auditoriums, stadiums, theaters, dance, halls other than schools	One space for each four sports arenas, four seats or for each four halls, assembly persons permitted in such edifice as stated by the fire marshal
Clinics	Four spaces for each doctor plus one space for each employee per shift
Convalescent home, orphanage or similar use	One parking space for each four beds plus one space for each two employees, including nurses, per shift
Drive-in banks, cleaners and similar businesses	Storage space for five cars between the sidewalk area and the service window and one parking space for each two employees
Drive-in eating establishments	Ten parking spaces, plus one parking space for each 20 square feet of floor area
Dwellings (single- and two-family)	Two parking spaces for each family dwelling unit
Dwellings (multiple family)	Two parking spaces per dwelling unit
Funeral homes and mortuaries	Four spaces for each slumber room or one space for each 50 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater, plus one space for each fleet vehicle
Furniture, appliance stores, household equipment and furniture repair shops	One space for each 400 square feet of floor area
Gasoline filling and service stations	One parking space for repair and service stall, one parking space for each employee per shift.
General office building	One parking space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area excluding auto parking within or on the building plus one parking space per two employees per shift
Home occupation	Five spaces plus one space for each 25 square feet of floor area (Ord. of 2-2008)
Hospitals	One space for each bed plus one space for each two employees
Hotels, motels, lodginghouses, boarding homes	One space for each living unit plus one space for each two employees per shift
Libraries, museums, post offices	One parking space for each 800 square feet of floor area plus one parking space for each two employees per shift
Livestock auction	Two square feet of parking area for each one square foot of buildings, pens, and all enclosed area on the premises of the auction facility
Manufacturing, fabricating, processing and bottling plants, research and testing laboratories	One space for each two employees on maximum shift
Restaurants, beer parlors, taverns, night clubs and private clubs	One parking space for each four patron seats, plus one parking space for each two employees per shift
Retail stores, except as otherwise specified herein	One parking space for each 150 square feet of floor area excluding auto parking space within or on the building
Roadside stands	Five parking spaces plus one parking space for each 25 square feet of floor area
Schools, private or public elementary and junior high schools	One space for each employee normally engaged in or about the building or grounds plus one space for each 30 students enrolled
Senior high school and institutions	One parking space for each employee (including high learning, private or public teachers and administrators) plus one for each ten students in addition to the requirement of the auditorium
Self-service laundry or dry cleaning stores	One space for each washing and/or dry cleaning machines
Supermarket, self-service food discount stores	Two spaces for each 200 square and feet of floor area plus one space for each two employees per shift
Wholesale establishments and warehouses	One space for each 400 square feet of floor area plus one space for each two employees

Where a use is not specifically mentioned, the parking requirements of a similar or related use shall apply.

Sec. 38-709. - Loading/unloading requirements.

(1)

(2)

Each off-street loading/unloading space shall not be less than the following:

In a residential district a loading/unloading space shall not be less than ten feet in width and 25 feet in length and if a roofed space, not less than 14 feet in height.

In any commercial or industrial district, a loading/unloading space shall not be less than ten feet in width and 55 feet in length, and if a roofed space not less than 15 feet in height.

(3)

(4)

(5)

In the case of mixed uses, on one lot or parcel the total requirements for off-street loading/unloading facilities shall be the sum of the various uses computed separately.

(6)

All off-street loading/unloading facilities that make it necessary to back out directly into public road shall be prohibited.

(7)

(8)

(9)

Where a use is not specifically mentioned, the requirements of a similar or related use shall apply.