Milan City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
Parking And Loading Areas Required
Section 405.570 Off-Street Loading Spaces Required.
[Ord. No. 2802, 12-6-2021]
In any district in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected, having a gross floor area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet or more, which is occupied by manufacturing, storage, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, hotel, hospital or other use similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same lot with such building, at least one (1) off-street loading space plus one (1) additional such loading space for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area so used. Each loading space shall not be less than ten (10) feet in width and twenty-five (25) feet in length. Such space may occupy any part of the required yard or court space.
Section 405.580 Off-Street Parking Area Required.
[Ord. No. 2802, 12-6-2021]
A.
In all districts, in connection with every industrial, business, institutional, recreational, or dwelling use and for similar uses, space for parking and storage of vehicles shall be provided of sufficient area to care for the normal parking demands of the building involved. However, in no case shall the parking area provided be less than that shown on the following schedule:
1.
Automobile sales and service garages, banks, business and professional offices, retail stores: fifty percent (50%) of the floor area.
2.
Bowling alleys: five (5) spaces for each alley.
3.
Churches and schools: one (1) space of each five (5) seats in the principal auditorium, one (1) space for each office and each classroom.
4.
Dance halls, assembly halls, restaurants: two hundred percent (200%) of the floor area.
5.
Dwelling: one (1) parking space for each family or dwelling unit.
6.
Hospitals: one (1) space for each four (4) beds.
7.
Manufacturing plants: one (1) space for each employee on the maximum working shift.
8.
Theaters or assembly halls with fixed seats: one (1) parking space for each four (4) seats.
9.
Wholesale establishments or warehouses: one (1) space for each employee.
10.
In case of any building, structure, or premises, the use of which is not specifically mentioned herein, the provisions for a use which is mentioned and to which said use is similar, shall apply.
B.
Where a lot does not abut on a public or private alley or easement or access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than eight (8) feet in width in the case of a dwelling, and not less than sixteen (16) feet in width in all leading to the loading or unloading spaces and parking or storage areas required hereunder.
C.
Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public parking area, including a commercial parking lot, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
1.
No part of any parking space shall be closer than five (5) feet to any established street right-of-way or alley line.
D.
Any off-street parking area, including any commercial parking lot, for more than two (2) vehicles, shall be surfaced with a material approved by the Board of Aldermen, so as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area; and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe loading or unloading and parking and storage of self-propelled vehicles.
E.
Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area, including any commercial parking lot, shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any residential district.