The parking space requirements for each use shall be as follows:

A.

Residential uses:

1.

For one-family dwellings and two-family dwellings with separate driveways, two spaces per dwelling unit (driveway and garage or carport areas defined as off-street parking space);

2.

For multifamily dwellings containing three or more dwelling units, two spaces per dwelling unit;

3.

For a residential hotel, roominghouse or boardinghouse, one space per guest accommodation;

4.

For housing restricted to the aged, disabled, etc., one-half space per unit;

5.

For dormitories and other lodging facilities and rooms for unmarried students, three spaces per four occupants;

B.

Commercial residential uses:

1.

For hotels and motels, one space per guest room plus one space per two employees;

2.

For a club or lodge, spaces to meet the combined requirements of the uses being conducted, such as hotel, restaurant, auditorium, etc.;

C.

Institutions:

1.

For a nursing home, rest home or home for the aged, one space per three beds;

2.

For a hospital, three spaces per two beds;

D.

Places of public assembly:

1.

For a church, one space per three seats;

2.

For a library or reading room, one space per 400 feet of floor area plus one space per two employees;

3.

For a preschool nursery, day care school, kindergarten, elementary school or intermediate school, 1½ spaces per teacher plus one space per administrative employee, in addition to any areas for loading and unloading of pupils;

4.

For a high school, one space per teacher, plus one space per administrative employee, plus one space for each three students or one space per three seats in the main auditorium;

5.

For a vocational or commercial school, one space per teacher, plus one space per administrative employee, plus one space per two students;

6.

For auditoriums and meeting rooms, one space per three seats;

7.

Where there is no fixed seating, the standard shall be one space per 21 square feet of seating area;

E.

Commercial amusements:

1.

For a stadium, arena or theater, one space per two seats;

2.

For a bowling alley, five spaces per alley plus one space per two employees;

3.

For dance halls and skating rinks, one space per 50 feet of floor area plus one space per two employees;

4.

For other commercial amusements where there is no fixed seating, the standard shall be one space per 21 square feet of seating area;

F.

Commercial:

1.

For a retail store, except as provided in subsection F.2 of this section, two spaces per 300 square feet of floor space;

2.

For a service or repair shop, or a retail store handling exclusively bulky merchandise such as automobiles and furniture, 1½ spaces per 300 square feet of floor area;

3.

For offices other than medical and dental, one space per 300 square feet of floor area;

4.

For medical and dental clinics, two spaces per 300 square feet of floor area plus one space per two employees;

5.

For an eating or drinking establishment, one space per three seats;

6.

For mortuaries, one space per three seats;

G.

Industrial:

1.

For a storage warehouse, manufacturing establishment, or an air, rail or trucking freight terminal, two spaces per three employees,

2.

For wholesale establishments, one space per employee plus one space per 500 square feet of patron serving area;

H.

For uses not specified, the number of required parking spaces shall be specified by the director of planning of the city with consent of the planning commission, based upon usage, square footage and other criteria as set forth in this chapter.

(Code 1962, § 25-5-101; Ord. No. 424-1973, § 1; Ord. No. 485-1976, § 16; Code 1977, § 17.20.020; Ord. No. 715-1981, § 11)