Milan City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1173
Off-Street Parking and Loading
1173.01 OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES REQUIRED.
In all Zoning Districts, in connection with every new building unit hereafter erected or two-family unit created, off-street parking facilities shall be provided as prescribed in this chapter.
(Ord. 261-11-66. Passed 10-11-66.)
1173.02 MINIMUM NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRED.
(a) Auditorium, stadium and similar uses | One for each four seats based on maximum seating capacity |
(b) Bed and breakfasts | One for each guest room Two for the resident family One for every 100 sq. ft. of floor area for any restaurant operation |
(c) Business and professional offices and banks | One for each 200 square feet of floor area |
(d) Bowling alleys | Four for each alley plus one space for each two employees |
(e) Churches and school auditoriums | One for each four seats in principal auditorium, based on maximum seating capacity |
(f) Clubs and lodges | One per 200 square feet of floor area or one per four seating spaces in assembly room |
(g) Dance halls and skating rinks | One per 100 square feet of floor area |
(h) Dwellings, one- and two-family | Two parking spaces for each dwelling unit |
(i) Dwelling, multi-family | 1.3 spaces for each dwelling unit |
(j) Funeral homes and mortuaries | Two per chapel room or parlor or one per 100 square feet of floor area of rooms used for services, whichever is greater. |
(k) Hospitals, health or medical centers of clinics | |
Bed establishments | One parking space for each three beds |
Non-bed establishments | One parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area. |
(l) Hotels | One parking space for each sleeping room |
(m) Medical and dental offices clinics | Five for each physician or dentist plus one for each two other employees. |
(n) Manufacturing plants | Two spaces per three employees with the total number being the total number of employees on any two consecutive shifts having the largest number of employees |
(o) Restaurants | One per every 100 sq. ft. of floor area |
(p) Retail stores, supermarkets, etc. | One for each 200 square feet of floor area |
(q) Theaters | One for each four seats |
(Ord. 270-09-02. Passed 9-10-02.)
1173.03 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS.
(a) Off-street accessory parking areas shall provide parking spaces, each of which shall not be less than 200 square feet in area exclusive of access drives or aisles.
(b) Such parking areas shall be of usable shape, and so graded and drained and provided with adequate drainage facilities so that the adjacent properties and rights-of-way shall not be subjected to flooding by run-off water from the proposed parking area. All lighting used to illuminate such parking areas shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from adjoining premises or streets and no open light sources such as the stringing of light bulbs shall be permitted. All parking spaces, except those provided in conjunction with one and two-family dwellings, shall be improved with bituminous, concrete or equivalent surfacing.
(c) Driveways and parking areas in residential districts shall be setback a minimum of three (3) feet from any side or rear lot line.
(d) Wheel guards, including bumper guards as may be necessary, shall be provided in connection with any off-street parking area of five cars or more, to contain the cars on sloping surfaces; to prevent bumper over hang or other encroachment into the required or specified setback spaces.
(e) Entrances and exits shall be located to minimize traffic congestion and avoid undue interference with pedestrian access at street intersection corners. There shall not be more than two access ways abutting any streets. Such access ways shall be not less than twenty feet in width at the sidewalk line nor more than thirty feet at the curb cut line of the street. Residential uses may have access ways of not less than eight feet.
(f) No off-street parking facilities shall be located in front yard as required by the Zoning Ordinance, except:
(1) In commercial districts, off-street parking facilities may be located in front and side yards providing that points of access and related landscaping has been approved by the Planning Commission.
(2) In industrial district, off-street parking facilities may be located in front and side yards provided that points of access and landscaping have been approved by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 270-09-02. Passed 9-10-02.)
1173.04 MINIMUM SPACES REQUIRED FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING.
Every building or part thereof erected or occupied for commercial purposes, service, manufacturing, storage, warehousing, hotel, mortuary, or any other use similarly involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, shall provide and maintain on the same premises at least one loading space or unloading space for the first 5,000 to 15,000 square feet of floor area in building, and one additional loading space for each 15,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, of floor area in excess of 15,000 square feet. Each such loading space shall have a minimum dimension of twelve by thirty-five feet and a vertical clearance of fourteen feet.
(Ord. 261-11-66. Passed 10-11-66.)