The following parking standards are intended to assure adequate off-street parking in Mabton, reduce on-street parking, increase traffic safety, maintain smooth traffic flow, and reduce the visual impact of parking lots.

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020.1. The off-street parking and loading facilities required by this section shall be provided as a part of any addition to the floor area of a structure or change in use. Required facilities shall be provided before the occupancy of any new or enlarged structure.

020.2. Required off-street parking spaces shall provide vehicle parking only for residents, customers, patrons, and employees. Off-street parking areas shall not be used for storage of materials in commercial and industrial districts, the parking of vehicles used in conducting the business, or for the sale, repair or servicing of any vehicle.

020.3. Any area once designated for required off-street parking shall not be used for other purposes until equal facilities are provided elsewhere or the use of the property is changed to a new use requiring less off-street parking.

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The following rules shall apply in the determination of the number of required off-street parking spaces:

020.1.  Fraction. If the number of off-street parking spaces contains a fraction greater than .3 (three-tenths), such number shall be changed to the next higher whole number.

020.2.  Mixed Uses . When different uses occupy a single structure or lot, the total required parking spaces shall be the sum of the requirements of the individual uses.

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030.3.  Shared Uses . Owners of two or more uses, structures, or parcels of land within three hundred feet of each other may share the same parking or loading area when the hours of operation do not overlap. The required number of spaces shall be computed from the use or uses requiring the greatest number of parking spaces during any one time period. Whenever shared parking is allowed under this section, the parking lot shall be signed so as to reasonably notify the public of the availability of use.

030.4.  Tandem Parking . Parking spaces in tandem, having a single means of ingress and egress, shall not be counted as two off-street parking spaces except for one or two family dwellings where tandem parking may be allowed.

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Off-street parking facilities shall be located according to the following:

040.1. For one and two family dwellings, parking facilities shall be located on the same lot or building site as the buildings they are required to serve.

040.2. For hospitals, convalescent, nursing or rest homes, parking facilities shall be located not more than one hundred fifty feet from the buildings they are required to serve.

040.3. For uses other than those specified above, parking facilities shall not be located over three hundred feet from the buildings they are required to serve.

040.4. Groups of five or more parking spaces shall be served by a driveway so that no vehicular backing or maneuvering movement will occur within a public right-of-way other than an alley.

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Lighting shall be hooded and arranged to reflect away from adjoining properties and streets.

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Every new lot or portion thereof having a capacity of five or more vehicles which is used for a public or private parking lot, including car sales lots, shall be constructed in the following manner.

060.1.  Surfacing . New off-street parking and car sales shall be surfaced with a minimum three inches crushed gravel.

060.2.  Grading and Drainage . All parking shall be graded and drained so all surface water is disposed of on-site. Grading and drainage facilities shall be designed so that no water drains across sidewalks or onto streets.

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All parking required by this title shall be installed prior to occupancy or commencement of use. Where compliance with this requirement is not possible because of seasonal limitations, the reviewing official shall grant an appropriate delay. However, no permanent certificate of occupancy shall be issued until all required parking improvements are completed.

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Off-street loading and unloading spaces shall be required for any use requiring frequent loading or unloading from trucks or other large vehicles.

080.1.   Loading Space Size . The required loading space shall be of adequate size to accommodate the maximum number and size of vehicles simultaneously loading or unloading at the structure. Each off-street loading space shall have the minimum dimensions of twelve feet in width and twenty-five feet in length.

080.2.  Loading Space Location . Required off-street loading and related maneuvering space shall be located only on or abutting the property served. No part of any vehicle using the loading space shall project into the right-of-way or public thoroughfare. (Ord. 635, 1984)

090.1. Any use which is nonconforming in terms of required off-street parking and/or loading facilities on the effective date of this section or when any amendments are made may continue to operate. However, the number of existing off-street parking spaces shall not be reduced.

090.2. When an existing structure with nonconforming parking and/or loading is expanded, or a nonconforming use is changed to another nonconforming use and additional parking/loading is required, the additional facilities shall be provided. However, the number of additional parking/loading spaces shall be computed only to the extent of the enlargement, regardless of whether or not the previous facilities satisfied the requirements of this chapter. This provision shall not apply in the commercial and industrial districts.

090.3. Uses within structures in the commercial and industrial districts which existed on the effective date of this section may be added or changed without the requirement of additional off-street parking/loading facilities. However, when new floor area is added to any structure in these districts off-street parking/loading facilities, computed only for the floor area being added, shall be provided.

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Handicapped parking shall be provided in accordance with federal and state regulations.

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Off-street parking spaces under standards set forth in this section shall be provided.

110.1.  Residential Uses .

110.1.1. One-family dwelling: Two spaces.

110.1.2. Duplex dwelling: Four spaces.

110.1.3. Multiple family dwelling with sixteen or fewer dwelling units: Two spaces for each dwelling unit.

110.1.4. Multiple family dwelling with more than sixteen dwelling units: Thirty-two spaces, plus one and one-half spaces for each dwelling unit in excess of sixteen.

110.1.5. Convalescent homes, homes for the aged or children, and similar residential institutions: One space for each three beds.

110.2.  Commercial Uses :

110.2.1. Food or drug stores with more than five thousand square feet or gross floor area: One space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area.

110.2.2. Other retail stores with more than five thousand square feet or gross floor area: One space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area.

110.2.3. Retail stores with five thousand or less square feet of gross floor area: One space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area minimum of two spaces for any use.

110.2.4. Medical and dental offices: One space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area with a minimum of three spaces for any use.

110.2.5. Offices other than medical or dental: One space for each four hundred square feet of gross floor area with a minimum of two spaces for any use.

110.2.6. Restaurants: One space for every three seats or stools.

110.2.7. Bowling alley: Four spaces for each alley.

110.2.8. Self-service laundry: One space for every three washing or drying machines.

110.2.9. Banks: One space for each four hundred square feet of gross floor area.

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110.2.10. Funeral parlors: One space for each one hundred square feet of chapel or auditorium area.

110.2.11. Barber or beauty shops: Two spaces for each operator station.

110.2.12. Personal service establishments not otherwise listed: One space for each four hundred square feet of gross floor area with a minimum of two spaces for any use.

110.2.13. Motel: One space for each sleeping unit.

110.2.14. Motor vehicle or machinery sales: One space for each two thousand square feet of gross floor area.

110.2.15. Wholesale establishments: One space for each two thousand square feet of gross floor area.

110.3.  Industrial Uses :

110.3.1. Manufacturing: One space for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area, provided that additional parking shall be provided for any retail sales or office space at the ratio required in Section 3.

110.3.2. Contractor's establishment: One space for each thousand square feet of gross floor area, provided that additional parking shall be provided for any retail sales or office space at the ratio required in Section 3.

110.3.3. Warehouses: One space for each two thousand square feet of gross floor area provided that additional parking shall be provided for any retail sales or office space at the ratio required in Section 3.

110.4.  Institutional Uses :

110.4.1. Schools: One space for each eight seats in auditorium, or one space for each two hundred square feet of public assembly area if such does not have fixed seating.

110.4.2. Auditoriums, theaters, churches, and community centers: One space for each four seats or for each eight feet of bench seating, or one space for each one hundred square feet of public assembly area if use does not have fixed seating.

110.4.3. Libraries, museums: One space for each four hundred square feet of gross floor area.

110.4.4. Hospitals: Two spaces for each three beds.

110.5. Unlisted Uses. A parking requirement for any use not listed in the preceding sections shall be established by the administrator, based on the requirement for that listed use deemed to be most comparable in terms of parking demand or on standards in the building code.

(Ord. 635 (part), 1984)