Michiana City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 360-59 Purpose.
It is the purpose of this article to establish standards and requirements to ensure that parking spaces shall be adequately provided and maintained by each property owner in every zoning district for the off-street parking of motor vehicles to prevent undue interference and hazards to the public. (See Article XIV for the definitions of "off-street parking" and "on-street parking.")
§ 360-60 Single-family dwellings.
A single-family dwelling shall be provided with a minimum of two off-street parking spaces on the same lot as the dwelling.
§ 360-61 Nonresidential uses.
Design. All off-street parking areas for nonresidential uses shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and requirements:
A.
Marking and designation. Parking areas shall be so designed and marked as to provide for orderly and safe movement and parking of vehicles. Paved parking spaces shall be marked with striping.
B.
Driveways. Adequate ingress and egress to the parking area by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided. Two-way drives for ingress and egress to a parking area shall be not less than 25 feet wide, and all turning radii shall comfortably accommodate vehicle turning patterns.
C.
Surface. Off-street parking areas shall be of a gravel or paved surface. The site plan approval body may require such areas to be paved with concrete, bituminous asphalt or similar material, in the case where it is determined that the amount or type of vehicular traffic warrants such surfacing, to minimize noise or dust nuisances or ensure safe pedestrian or emergency vehicle access.
D.
Drainage. All required off-street parking areas shall provide adequate surface drainage facilities to collect and properly manage stormwater runoff. Off-street parking areas shall be drained so as to prevent direct drainage onto abutting properties and public streets.
E.
Location; setback.
(1)
Off-street parking areas and access drives shall comply with the required yard setbacks for principal buildings in the respective district.
(2)
Off-street parking areas shall be designed and arranged to prohibit a parked vehicle from being closer than five feet to a building, including any bumper overhang.
F.
Use of off-street parking areas. Off-street parking areas shall be reserved for the parking of vehicles used to service the establishment to which it is accessory and by its patrons. No commercial repair work, servicing, storage, selling or any other activity shall be conducted in an off-street parking area.
G.
Parking spaces and maneuvering lanes. Each parking space within an off-street parking area shall be provided with adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. The layout of off-street parking areas shall comply with the following minimum standards:
Maneuvering Lane Width | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parking Pattern (degrees) | One-Way (feet) | Two-Way (feet) | Parking Space Width (feet) | Parking Space Length (feet) | |
0° (parallel) | 11 | 18 | 9 | 23 | |
30° to 53° | 13 | 22 | 9 | 20 | |
54° to 74° | 14 | 22 | 9 | 20 | |
75° to 90° | 15 | 23 | 9 | 20 | |
(1)
Where a parking space is curbed, the vehicle overhang off the curb may be credited as two feet if adjacent to landscaping or adjoining a sidewalk at least seven feet wide.
H.
Landscaping and screening. See Article IX.
I.
Required number of spaces. The number of off-street parking spaces required for a nonresidential use, that shall be located on the same lot, shall be within the range of suggested spaces as published from time to time by the American Planning Association, Institute of Transportation Engineers, or other nationally recognized association, and based upon the particular operational characteristics of the use in question.
(1)
Exceptions. The designated site plan review body may waive a portion or all of the number of required off-street parking spaces for a nonresidential use if, after review, it finds the following conditions to be true:
(a)
There are adequate public parking facilities nearby to accommodate the increased parking demand, including on-street parking.
(b)
The waiving of the off-street parking requirements will not result in a visible increase in the use of nearby residential neighborhoods for off-street parking purposes.
(c)
The waiving of the off-street parking requirements will not result in a visible increase in traffic congestion or traffic hazards.
(d)
Significant practical limitations exist that effectively prohibit providing the required parking spaces on the development site.
(2)
Building additions or other increases in floor area. Whenever a use requiring off-street parking is increased in area or when interior building modifications result in an increase in capacity for any premises use, additional parking spaces shall be provided and maintained in the proper ratio to the increased floor area or capacity.
(3)
Decrease in parking areas. No off-street parking area which exists at the time this chapter becomes effective, or which subsequent thereto is provided for the purpose of complying with this chapter, shall thereafter be relinquished or reduced in any manner below the number required unless additional parking area or space is provided sufficient to meet the requirements of this chapter.
§ 360-62 Loading and unloading spaces.
There shall be provided adequate space and circulation for standing, loading and unloading services where the operational characteristics of a nonresidential use necessitate such services. Such service areas shall be located and screened to minimize visual and other nuisances upon adjacent land uses.