Mayfield City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1183
Off-Street Parking and Loading
1183.01 PURPOSES.
Off-street parking and loading requirements and regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To relieve congestion on streets, so that they can be utilized more fully for movement of traffic; and
(b) To promote the safety and convenience of employees, guests and shoppers by locating parking areas so as to lessen motor vehicle movements in areas of congestion; and
(c) To promote the general convenience, welfare and prosperity of institutional, residential, retail business and industrial developments, which depend upon off-street parking and off-street loading facilities.
(Ord. 2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)
1183.02 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of determining accessory off-street parking requirements, definitions and standards shall be as follows:
(a) "Accessory parking space" means an open or enclosed area accessible from a street for parking of motor vehicles of owners, occupants, employees, customers or tenants of the main building or use. Except for one and two-family dwellings, each space shall have a maximum square foot area of no more than 180 square feet or nine feet wide and twenty feet in length exclusive of access drives and aisles. The number of spaces shall be determined from an accurate plan of the area. In the event that the main building is used by one corporate entity, employing in excess of 1500 people at such site, then such space shall not be less than nine feet wide and 180 square feet in area.
(b) "Gross floor area"means the total area of all the floors in a building measured from the exterior faces of the building.
(c) "Seat" means the unit capacity of a building to accommodate people, and in a building including group assembly, such as a church or auditorium, the unit of measurement shall be seven square feet for the portion of the building utilized for seating accommodation.
(d) "Employees" means a unit of measurement representing the optimum employment capacity of a business or other use at one time or shift.
(e) "Required minimum parking spaces" as computed, means where the computation results in a fractional unit, one additional off-street parking space shall be provided.
(Ord. 2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)
1183.03 OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES; WHEN REQUIRED.
Accessory off-street parking facilities, including access driveways, shall be determined in conformance with the schedule, Section , for the various institutional, residential, business, office-laboratory and production-distribution buildings and uses, and provided in conformance with the other provisions of this chapter as a condition precedent to the occupancy and maintenance of such building or use. Facilities shall be provided for the entire building or use and shall be located on the same lot as the main building or use served:
(a) Whenever a building is constructed or a new use established.
(b) Whenever the use of an existing building is changed to a use requiring more parking facilities.
(c) Whenever an existing building is altered and there is an increase in the number of dwelling units, seating capacity, type of service or operation or floor areas of building. (Ord. 2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)
1183.04 CONTINUATION OF PARKING FACILITIES.
(a) All off-street parking facilities, or those required as necessary to a use of a proposed or altered building, shall continue unobstructed in operation, shall not be used for motor vehicle service or repair and shall not be reduced below the required size as long as the main use remains.
(b) In order to insure the continued use for motor vehicle parking purposes of any areas established therefore, the Planning and Zoning Commission may require before approval of same, evidence in writing that the owner or owners of the land to be included in such motor vehicle parking areas have by covenant agreed to continue the use of such land for off-street parking accessory to the residential, institutions, business or industrial use for which such parking areas are required, such covenant to be filed among the records of Cuyahoga County.
(Ord. 2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)
1183.05 SCHEDULE OF REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES.
Building or Use Residential | Parking Spaces Required | |
1. | One and two-family dwellings which shall include dwelling units which share common walls and access is not gained through an entrance used in common with other dwelling unit occupants | 2 enclosed spaces per dwelling unit |
2. | Apartments | |
1 Bedroom Unit | 1 space per unit of which shall be enclosed | |
2 Bedroom Unit | 1½ spaces per unit of which one space shall be enclosed | |
3 Bedroom Unit | 2 spaces per unit of which one space shall be enclosed | |
4 Bedroom Unit | 2½ spaces per unit of which one space shall be enclosed | |
Institutional | ||
3. | Public, private or parochial schools: | |
Elementary | 1 space per classroom plus 4 spaces per nonteaching employees, unless an auditorium, multi-purpose room or athletic stadium is included in the construction | |
High schools and trade schools | 1 space per 5 seats | |
4. | Clinics, health and medical centers for outpatient care | 1 space per 150 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
5. | Public administration buildings | 1 space per 300 sq. ft. of office floor area |
6. | Religious institutions | 1 space per 4 seats in main hall of assembly |
7. | Senior citizens’ homes | 1 space per suite |
8. | Hospitals | 1.5 spaces per bed plus 1 space per 2 employees |
Business | ||
9. | Medical and dental offices | 1 space per 150 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
10. | Business and professional offices, including banks | 1 space per 300 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
11. | Retail stores and service establishments, including banks | 1 space per 250 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
12. | Restaurants, bars, taverns | 1 space per 100 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
13. | Motels, hotels | 1 space per guest unit; plus 10 additional spaces per motel/hotel |
14. | Club, lodge or other assembly hall | 1 space per 100 sq. ft. of floor area |
15. | Funeral home or mortuary | 1 space per 4 seats |
16. | Indoor theater, arena, auditorium | 1 space per 3 seats |
17. | Dance hall, skating rink, swimming pool | 1 space per 100 sq. ft. of area in activity use |
18. | Bowling alley | 4 spaces per lane plus 1 space per 2 employees |
19. | Amusement areas | 25 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. gross area |
20. | Tennis, handball, squash or racquet ball facilities | 8 spaces per court |
21. | Warehouse and bulk storage manufacturing and service plants, production/distribution plants | 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross building area |
22. | Laboratories, and research offices | 1 space per 400 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
(Ord. 2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)
1183.06 LAND BANKING OF REQUIRED PARKING.
(a) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall determine the number of parking spaces to be constructed, as may be appropriate, based on the evidence submitted. Reduction in the number of parking spaces to actually be constructed may be authorized by the Planning and Zoning Commission when the applicant shows that the required number of parking spaces set forth in Section 1183.05 is substantially in excess of the parking needed to reasonably serve the employees, patrons, and other persons frequenting the subject property.
(b) The site plan shall indicate how the additional number of spaces otherwise required could subsequently be provided on the site, and in all cases, with review and approval by the Village Engineer, the storm water management systems must be designed and constructed to accommodate all land banked spaces as detailed in Chapter 1128 Comprehensive Storm Water Management.
(1) The additional parking area shall be designed to comply with all required yards, setbacks, and driveways for subject property and shall meet all requirements of this Code. The additional parking areas design may be a surface lot or parking garage, as determined in the site plan.
(2) Landscaping of the land banked area must be in full compliance of the zoning regulations and at a minimum, vegetation approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, shall substantially cover the land banked area. The Planning and Zoning Commission may require additional landscaping of the land banked area.
(c) The land banked area shall not be used for any other purpose and must be part of the same zoning lot and all under the same ownership.
(d) The Planning and Zoning Commission on the basis of increased parking demand, may require the conversion of all or part of the land banked area to off-street parking spaces.
(e) The reservation of said spaces and the purpose therefore, shall be shown upon the approved plans as "Land Banked Future Parking" and shall be a component of any future submittal involving the subject property. (Ord.2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)
1183.07 SEPARATE OR COMBINED USE OF FACILITIES.
(a) A building containing one use shall provide the off-street parking spaces as required for the specific use. A building or group of buildings containing two or more uses, operating normally during the same hours, and which have different off-street parking requirements shall provide spaces for not less than the sum of the spaces required for each use.
(b) Institutions and businesses, as set forth in the Schedule of Section 1183.05, may assume that up to, but not more than fifty percent of their requirements may be shared in adjacent parking areas which are accessory to institution or business establishments and which normally have different hours of operation. Provided, however, where there is a sharing of facilities by different owners, there shall be a contract covering a period of time as may be required by the Planning and Zoning Commission and provided further, that should any of the uses be changed or the facilities discontinued, then the required spaces for the use remaining shall be provided elsewhere as a condition precedent to the continued use of such building or buildings. The applicant must then provide written notification of the change to the Planning and Zoning Commission within 60 days of change, providing a remedy satisfactory to the Planning and Zoning Commission to ensure adequate parking.
(c) The Planning and Zoning Commission may require the applicant to provide a parking study with information deemed necessary to its review of a shared parking arrangement. This information includes but is not limited to:
(1) The type and hours of operation and parking demand, for each land use.
(2) A site plan displaying shared use spaces in the lot and walking distance to the uses sharing the lot.
(3) A description of the character of land use and parking patterns of adjacent land uses.
(4) An estimate of anticipated turnover in parking space use over the course of 12 to 24 hours at the site.
(5) Consideration of snow removal activities and snow storage capacity in lot.
(d) Parking spaces to be shared must not be reserved for individuals or groups on a 24-hour basis.
(e) Users sharing a parking facility shall provide for safe, convenient walking between land uses and parking, including safe, well-marked pedestrian crossings, signage and adequate lighting. (Ord.2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)
1183.08 ACCESS DRIVES TO PARKING AREAS.
(a) The location and width of entrance and exit driveways to parking facilities and "drive-in" businesses, shall be planned to interfere as little as possible with the use of nearby property and with pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the nearest streets and the streets to which they connect. Access to the streets shall be controlled in the interest of public safety and to maintain the designed capacity of the street system and to control access along State arterial highways adjacent to freeway interchanges. Therefore, the centerline of the access driveways on the frontage street shall be at least 100 feet from the right-of-way line of the nearest intersecting street and spaced at not less than 180 feet intervals measured from the center line of the driveways, provided, however, that driveways to serve gasoline service stations shall be in accord with "Regulations Governing Ingress and Egress at Gasoline Service Stations Fronting on Highways" Ohio Department of Highways, February 1, 1955, or amendments thereto. At least two separate driveways shall be provided, and whenever possible they shall be limited to either entrance or exit if deemed necessary by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(b) Entrances and exits shall be limited to two lanes and shall be so designed so that all vehicles can be driven forward into the street. The width of such entrances and exits shall conform to the following schedule:
Width Measured in Feet | ||
Lanes | Minimum | Maximum |
1 | 10 | 12 |
2 | 20 | 24 |
3 | 30 | 36 |
(1) Joint use driveways: A system of joint use driveways and cross access easements shall be established and used to the maximum extent practicable as determined by the Village. The system of joint use driveways shall incorporate the following:
A. Stub-outs and other design features to make it visually obvious that the abutting properties may be tied in to provide cross-access via a service drive.
B. A unified access and circulation plan for coordinated or shared parking areas.
C. An easement with the deed recorded by all participating property owners allowing cross access to and from other properties served by the joint use driveways.
(c) In all cases the radius of the edge of the apron shall be at least twenty feet so that a motor vehicle may enter or leave the curb lane without obstructing vehicles in other traffic lanes. The maximum curb cut shall be limited to the width of the entrance or exit plus the radius of the apron.
(d) For "drive-in" facilities such as, but not confined to auto washes, food service or pick-up and bank teller windows, adequate drives in addition to that specified herein shall be provided on the property for the lining up of motor vehicles awaiting the occupants turn. Such lines shall not be permitted to form on public ways.
(e) No entrance or exit driveway shall be constructed or maintained so as to lead to or from a local residential street abutting a local business district. The words "local residential street" mean a street used primarily for access to abutting residential properties. The angle of intersection between the driveway and the street shall be between seventy degrees and ninety degrees.
(f) The developments abutting Wilson Mills Road for a distance of 1200 feet from the nearest intersection of a freeway ramp shall be planned so that the first access street or driveway onto Wilson Mills shall be not less than 600 feet from the outermost ramp terminal right of way and the successive access point shall be spaced at intervals not less than 600 feet on center. These objectives may be accomplished by marginal service roads, parallel service roads, combining the access of several developments or their approved facilities. Whenever it is not feasible to provide such facilities at the time of the original development, the Commission may grant temporary access for use at lesser distances for a limited period of time, provided the developments and future control facilities are planned so as not to cause any substantial extra costs to the public or cause relocations or structures when the permanent facilities are constructed.
(g) To carry out the above purposes and objectives on sections of Wilson Mills Road or other major streets within the area of influence but more than 1200 feet from the interchange, the Commission may permit the spacing of accessways at lesser intervals but not less than 200 feet on center, if the projected volume of traffic warrants more frequent spacing.
(Ord. 2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)
1183.09 OFF-STREET LOADING FACILITIES.
Loading and/or unloading facilities shall be provided for all business, service, commercial and industrial buildings hereafter erected or altered for such uses. The facilities shall be maintained as long as such building is occupied, shall continue unobstructed and not be used for repair or servicing of motor vehicles. Space required and allocated for off-street parking shall not be allocated or used to satisfy the space requirements for off-street loading.
(a) Space Required. A required off-street loading space shall be at least twelve feet wide by at least twenty-five feet in length for buildings less than 15,000 square feet of gross floor area, and each required loading space for a building of 15,000 square feet or more of floor area shall be not less than fourteen feet wide by sixty feet in length. Each space shall have a vertical clearance of at least fourteen feet. The above areas shall be exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space. For manufacturing and service uses the maneuvering space or apron for off-street loading shall be at least sixty feet wide measured from the outermost part of any vehicle backed up to a loading dock or any other possible obstruction in the maneuvering area.
Uses which otherwise require off-street loading facilities but are located for buildings of less than 5,000 square feet of floor area shall be provided with a receiving platform or other facilities adjacent to a service drive or other open space on the same lot.
(b) Location and Design. Loading facilities shall not be located in a front yard or in a required side or rear yard. Off-street loading spaces shall be provided with surface improvements as required for parking areas. Each required off-street loading space shall be designed for direct vehicular access by means of a driveway or driveways to a public street in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements and lane encroachment. The access shall be located so that the driveway center line shall be not less than 100 feet from the nearest intersecting street line.
(c) Schedule of Requirements. Loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule:
Building or Use | Gross Floor Area of Building (Sq. Ft.) | Required Number of Spaces |
Retail stores of all types | 5,000 - 10,000 | 1 |
10,000 - 40,000 | 2 | |
40,000 - 100,000 | 3 | |
each additional 50,000 | 1 additional space | |
All manufacturing service and storage establishments | Up to 40,000 | 1 |
40,000 - 100,000 | 2 | |
each additional 50,000 | 1 additional space | |
(Ord. 2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)
1183.10 IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKING AND LOADING AREAS.
(a) All parking areas and driveways shall be surfaced with asphaltic concrete or Portland cement concrete, or other similar hard surface as shall be approved by Council and be as approved by the Village Engineer.
(b) All parking areas and driveways shall provide adequate drainage so that all water is contained within the lot on which the parking area or driveway is located in such manner that water shall not drain across other private or public property.
(c) Portland cement concrete at least six (6) inches above the levels of the surface of the parking area and at least twelve (12) inches below the surface shall be provided to define the limits of the parking area except at exits and entrances. Such curbs shall be at least six inches thick. The following design parameters apply to curb installation:
(1) Curbs shall be arranged so that no part of a parked vehicle shall project into that portion of a required yard in which off-street parking is prohibited.
(2) Curbs separating landscaped areas from parking areas shall allow storm water runoff to pass through them where appropriate and approved by the Village Engineer. Curbs may be:
A. Perforated with gaps or breaks,
B. When applicable, removed from the perimeter of paved areas, or installed flush with the pavement surface to allowing sheet flow from storm water runoff into bioretention cells or filter strips. Wheel stops may be required in place of curbs or where a flush curb is used.
(d) Planted islands shall be developed and distributed so as to interrupt the expanse of paved area. Such islands shall have a minimum dimension of ten (10) feet.
(e) The Planning and Zoning Commission may require landscape features and a wall or a fence between a parking and loading area and a side or rear lot line of a residential district.
(f) Parking spaces shall be defined by painted single solid lines.
(g) An approved barrier shall be provided to establish the limits of each parking area on each lot.
(h) All required off-street parking spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least six (6) feet and six (6) inches.
(i) Handicapped off-street parking spaces shall be provided in size and number as specified in the Ohio Building Code.
(j) Required off-street parking spaces shall have a maximum square foot area of no more than 180 square feet or nine (9) feet wide and twenty (20) feet in length exclusive of access drives and aisles.
(k) If a column or other obstruction is adjacent to a parking space and would interfere with car door openings, then the maximum stall width of that space shall be increased by one (1) foot. The inner face of the column or other obstruction shall form the actual boundary of the space when measuring the width or length of the spaces.
(l) Parking areas shall be designed to permit each motor vehicle to proceed to and from the parking space provided without requiring the moving of any other motor vehicle.
(m) Parking areas designed to hold 100 parking spaces or more shall:
(1) Dedicate at least ten percent (10%) of the spaces to compact cars.
A. The maximum layout dimensions for compact car parking spaces shall have a maximum square footage of no more than 144 square feet or eight (8) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet in length.
B. The owner of the parking area shall designate compact car spaces by signs approved by Planning and Zoning Commission with a minimum of one (1) sign per every four (4) compact car spaces.
C. Compact car parking spaces shall be grouped to promote better use.
(2) Include interior landscaping to cover not less than ten percent (10%) of the parking and maneuvering area, in addition to any parking lot perimeter landscaping and screening requirements. This landscaping requirement can include bioretention cells, enhanced swales or filter strips for storm water management where appropriate and approved by the Village Engineer. Review and approval by the Village Engineer shall be as detailed in Chapter 1128 Comprehensive Storm Water Management and include the required inspection and maintenance agreements.
(Ord. 2021-05. Passed 6-21-21.)
1183.11 ILLUMINATION OF PARKING AND LOADING AREAS.
Parking and loading areas shall be illuminated whenever necessary to protect the public safety. Such illumination shall be so designed and located that light sources are shielded from adjoining residential districts and streets, and shall not be of excessive brightness or cause a glare hazardous to pedestrians or drivers.
(a) In no case shall such lighting cause more than 0.2 foot candle, on average, of light to fall on adjacent properties measured horizontally at the lot line, without any shadowing effect from parked vehicles or trees at points of measurement. For the purposes of this Section, all light readings shall be taken from ground level with a direct reading portable light meter.
(b) Shields shall be used where necessary to prevent exposure of adjacent properties.
(Ord. 2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)
1183.12 APPROVAL OF PARKING AND LOADING PLANS.
Prior to the issuance of a building permit or certificate of compliance, detailed drawings of off-street parking and loading areas (except for one and two-family dwellings) shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for approval in accord with the requirements hereinbefore stated and as follows:
(a) A site plan showing the location of proposed and existing buildings, the locations and use of buildings on adjoining lots within 100 feet of all property lines.
(b) Plot plan and/or drawing shall have appropriate legend showing:
(1) Lot number.
(2) Name of business.
(3) Builder or construction firm.
(4) Date.
(5) Square footage of lot area.
(6) Square footage of building floor area.
(7) Maximum number of employees on any two successive shifts.
(8) Required minimum parking spaces.
(9) Number of planned parking spaces.
(c) All drawings, plot or site plans shall be drawn to scale on paper eighteen by thirty inches or larger in size. Such scale shall be shown on each drawing or plan.
(d) All plats, site plans and drawings shall be first submitted to the Building Commissioner for his review and signature.
(e) All plats, site plans and drawings shall then be reviewed by the Village Engineer for his approval and signature before such plan, site plans and drawings are submitted to the Commission.
(f) The above conditions and requirements shall be accomplished by the applicant before being placed in the agenda of the Commission. The cutoff date for inclusion on the agenda shall be Friday noon preceding the meeting of the Commission.
(Ord. 2010-41. Passed 1-18-11.)