To alleviate or prevent congestion of the public streets and so promote the health, safety and welfare of the public, minimum standards for the off-street parking and loading of motor vehicles are hereby established in accordance with the use of property as permitted in the individual use districts.

(a)

For a single tract of five (5) acres or more, only the drive approach and first ten (10) feet of driveway must have an all weather surface.

(b)

For a single tract of five (5) acres or more, the surface beyond the first ten (10) feet of a driveway must be covered at a minimum with gravel or road base.

(Ord. No. O-8-14, § 2, 7-14-2014)

1.

This part of the ordinance shall not apply to the "CBD", Central Business District.

2.

Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided as required herein for all buildings and structures erected, altered, or enlarged and all uses of land established in each district after the effective date of this ordinance; except that where a building permit has been issued prior to the effective date of this ordinance, and provided that construction is begun within six (6) weeks of such effective date and diligently prosecuted to completion, parking and loading facilities in the amounts required by the ordinance in effect at the date of issuance of the building permit shall govern.

3.

When the intensity of use of any building, structure, or premises is increased through the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement, such increase shall be permitted only if all the required parking and loading facilities for the use are provided.

4.

Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use.

5.

Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of off-street parking and loading facilities in excess of the minimum requirements to serve any existing use of land or buildings; provided, that all regulations herein governing the location, design, and operation of such facilities are adhered to, except that no off-street parking or loading facilities accessory to a nonconforming use shall be expanded.

6.

Off-street parking and loading facilities in existence on the effective date of this ordinance and located on the same lot as the building or use served shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than required, shall not be further reduced below, the requirements for such building or use under the provision of this section.

1.

Off-street parking facilities shall be provided for the parking of motor vehicles of the employees, patrons, occupants, or guests of the use. Off-street loading facilities shall be used only for loading or unloading of goods for the use. Loading facilities shall not be used for the storage or repair of vehicles.

2.

Use of land or structure as a commercial parking facility which provides off-street parking for a fee shall be considered a principal use rather than an accessory use and shall not be considered as satisfying off-street parking requirements for any other principal use. Any use of land or structure for off-street parking which is not accessory to a principal use on the same lot shall be considered a vehicle storage facility.

3.

Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures, or uses, or for mixed uses on the same lot or parcel, may be provided collectively; provided that the total number of spaces so located together shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use, and that such facilities are maintained in the same ownership as the use or uses served.

1.

Offsite parking shall be on the same lot(s) as the use served.

2.

Additional accessory parking may be located on any lot where;

a.

The lot(s) used for offsite parking is located within 300 feet of the property on which the main use is located, and

b.

The lot(s) used for offsite parking is in the same zoning district or a less restrictive zoning district as the main use, and

c.

The offsite parking lot(s) is not separated from the lot(s) where the main use is located by right of ways dedicated to the State of Texas for State Highway 84 or State Highway 317, and

d.

The parking use does not violate any section of this ordinance or any other ordinance of the city of McGregor.

3.

Where parking facilities are permitted on a lot other than the lot on which the structure or use served is located, the owner of record of the lot occupied by the structure or use to which the parking facilities are accessory shall be the same as the owner of record of the lot on which the parking facilities are permitted or shall be the lessee in a lease agreement concerning the lot on which the parking facilities are permitted. Copies of the lease agreement shall be deposited with the office of the zoning administrator. The owner of record of the lot on which the parking facilities are permitted shall not change or the lease agreement shall not be terminated until such time as any one (as appropriate) of the following conditions occur:

a.

The structure or use being served is terminated; or

b.

The new owner of record of the lot on which the parking facilities are permitted is the same as the owner of record of the lot occupied by the structure or use to which the parking facilities are accessory; or

c.

Another lot is properly developed and used for the required accessory off-street parking in place of the initial lot used for accessory off-street parking, subject to the same requirements and conditions attaching to such substitute lot, and said substitution shall be approved by the Board of Adjustment.

4.

Except as provided below, no off-street parking facilities shall be located in any required yard:

a.

In all districts parking facilities and driveways in required front and street side yards and all drive approaches shall be on an impervious surface. Existing parking facilities driveways and drive approaches on an improved surface at the adoption of this Ordinance shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this Ordinance except that for new construction or construction that is 60% or more than the tax value of a structure will be required to meet this Ordinance.

b.

In an "MD" District, one required off-street parking space may be located in a required front yard, provided such space is located on a driveway improved with an impervious surface.

c.

In the commercial and industrial zoning districts extra off-street parking spaces, open to the sky, may be provided in any yard except within fifty (50) feet of a Residential District. The first 50 foot of driveways and their approaches must be on an impervious surface.

d.

Off-street parking spaces located within an accessory structure may be located in a required side or rear yard subject to the provisions of the side yard setbacks for an accessory structure in the particular district.

e.

In the residential districts open to the sky off street parking may be located in any required yard.

5.

Residential parking garages entered directly from a street must maintain a 25 foot setback from the property line at the street.

(Ord. No. 05-03, 6-13-2005; Ord. No. 05-09, 7-11-2005; Ord. No. 05-09, 7-11-2005; Ord. No. O-3-18, § 1(Exh. A), 3-12-2018; Ord. No. O-19-19, § 1, 10-14-2019)

1.

In determining the number of required off-street parking spaces based upon floor area of a specific use, floor area shall mean the total floor area by such use on all stories of a structure, except for:

a.

Areas within the structure occupied by off-street parking and loading facilities.

b.

Areas occupied exclusively by mechanical equipment used for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning of the structure.

c.

Uninhabitable basements or cellars used for accessory storage.

2.

When the computation of off-street parking requirements results in a fractional space required, any fraction less than one-half may be disregarded while a fraction of one-half or greater shall be counted as one space.

3.

In the case of a mixed use, the off-street parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the requirements of the individual uses computed separately.

Off-street parking spaces for permitted uses and uses allowed by special permit shall be provided in accordance with the following requirements:

Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements

Off-street parking facilities shall be designed and maintained in accordance with the following standards:

1.

All drive approaches and driveways or parking spaces in required front or side street side yards in any district shall have an impervious surface except that drive approaches, driveways and parking spaces having an improved surface at the time of adoption of this ordinance shall be deemed to meet this ordinance. All new construction, or additions, repairs and remodels that exceed 10% of the taxable value of the structure(s) as shown on the McLennan County tax roll shall be required to meet the full requirements of this ordinance.

(a)

For a single tract of five (5) acres or more, the drive approach and first ten (10) feet of any driveway must have an impervious surface.

(b)

For a single tract of five (5) acres or more, the surface beyond the first ten (10) feet of a driveway must be covered at a minimum with gravel or road base.

2.

All areas from City right of way to parking area must also be covered with an impervious surface.

3.

Drive lanes and parking space sizes shall be required as shown in the following illustration. A driveway for access to any non-residential single parking space or to a parking lot shall not measure less than that shown in the parking layout illustration. All drive approach widths shall be no less than fifteen (15) feet wide. All two-way drive lanes shall be a minimum of twenty-four (24) feet in width.

4.

Parking spaces shall be nine (9) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet deep for all ninety (90) degree parking spaces. Angled spaces shall be as shown in the illustration.

5.

Impervious surfaces on approaches, driveways and parking spaces (addressed in Section 5.7(1) and 5.7(2)) are not required within The Industrial Park if the roadway owned by the City of McGregor providing access to the property upon which the approach, driveway or parking spaces is located is not itself covered with an impervious surface. When such access road within The Industrial Park is covered with an impervious surface, the approaches, driveways and parking spaces on any tract of property served by such access road must themselves be covered with an impervious surface and brought into compliance with Section 5.7(1) and 5.7(2) within 180 days of the date that the access road is covered with an impervious surface.

(Ord. No. 01-12, § 1, 2-13-2012; Ord. No. 0-2-13, § 2, 3, 5-13-2013; Ord. No. O-2-13, §§ 2, 3, 5-13-2013; Ord. No. O-3-18, § 1(Exh. A), 3-12-2018)

1.

Accessory off-street loading spaces, when required by the provisions of Section 5.9, shall be located on the same lot as the principal use served.

2.

No off-street loading spaces are in "NC" and zoning districts.

3.

No off-street loading space shall be located within forty (40) feet of the closest point of intersection of two (2) or more public rights-of-way.

4.

No loading space shall be located in a required front or side yard, and any loading space located in a required rear yard shall be open to the sky. Access lanes to enclosed loading docks within the building are permitted in all yards except the required front yard.

The minimum number of off-street loading spaces accessory to any structure hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged shall be:

^* Where more than one structure is located on a lot, the loading space requirement shall be calculated for each structure separately.

^** Where a use is not required to have a loading space, provisions shall be made for deliveries and refuse pickup shall not interfere with on site traffic movements.

(Ord. No. O-3-18, § 1(Exh. A), 3-12-2018)

1.

A loading space shall consist of an area of a minimum of twelve feet (12') by thirty feet (30').

2.

All drives and approaches shall provide adequate space and clearances to allow for the maneuvering of trucks on-site. Each site shall provide a designated maneuvering area for trucks.

3.

No portion of a loading facility may extend into a public right-of-way or into an off-street parking facility elsewhere herein required.

4.

Areas designated for off-street loading shall be used only for the loading and unloading of passengers, equipment, supplies or merchandise.

In all districts when screening of loading areas facing a street is required, screening shall be provided not less than six (6) feet in height adjacent to the loading area at the property line. Said screening shall be required along all streets except where such use was in existence at the date of adoption of this ordinance.