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Monroe City Zoning Code

13.8 Parking

Regulations

13.8.0 Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to reduce street congestion and traffic hazards in the City by incorporating adequate facilities for off-street parking and loading.

HISTORY:

Ord. 3-1-2024, 4/9/2024

13.8.1 Business And Other Off-Street Parking Required

At the time any non-residential building is erected or enlarged or increased in capacity or any new use is established, it shall be provided with off-street parking spaces for automobiles according to the standards set forth in Section 13.8.2. For uses not specifically listed below, the amount and size of the parking spaces required shall be determined on a case by case basis by the Land Use Authority.

HISTORY:

Ord. 3-1-2024, 4/9/2024

13.8.2 Dwellings; Off-Street Parking Required

For each new residential unit  erected in the City, at least one (1) off-street parking space will be provided. All other uses will meet the applicable parking standards as described below.

Use

Parking Standards

Churches and Auditoriums

One Space per three (3) seats.

Schools

  • Schools serving ages fifteen (15) and below require two (2) spaces per classroom. 
  • Schools serving ages sixteen (16) and above require ten (10) spaces per classroom. 
  • Auditoriums require one (1) space per three (3) seats.

Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Sanitariums or Convalescent Homes

One (1) space per every two (2) beds, plus five (5) additional spaces for every twenty-five (25) beds or fraction thereof over a minimum of twenty-five (25) beds.

Hotels, Motels, Boarding and Rooming Houses, Short-Term Rentals

One (1)space per designated sleeping unit.

Restaurants

One (1) space per one hundred (100) square feet of building.

Offices

One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of building.

Retail Sales

One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of building.

Warehouses and Wholesale

One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of building office space plus one (1) space per one thousand (1,000) square feet of additional gross floor area.

Recreational and Amusement Uses

One (1) space for every five (5) people up to the maximum number of people to be accommodated by the facility.

Manufacturing, Assembly, Packing, Preparation, Research Facilities or Similar Uses

One (1) space for every three hundred fifty (350) feet of gross floor area.

All Other Land Uses

Probably estimates of need determined by the Land Use Authority or by their designated representative. Estimates shall be based on evidence from other similarly situated properties and uses or by the parking standard above that is determined to be most similar to the use.

HISTORY:

Ord. 3-1-2024, 4/9/2024

13.8.3 Parking Lot Design And Maintenance

  1. Parking Lot Locations.  Off-street parking spaces required in this chapter shall be located on the same lot as the main building or, in the case of buildings used for purposes other than dwellings, may be located no farther than five hundred feet (500’). 
  2. Parking Lot Standards.  Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public parking area shall be paved with an asphalt or concrete surface and shall have appropriate bumper guards or curbs where needed, as determined by the City’s Engineer to protect adjacent property owners or persons using a sidewalk.  Catch basins and drains shall be provided to collect surface drainage of all paved areas according to the City’s design standards.  Surface drainage is not allowed across pedestrian walkways.
  3. Connection Of Interior Parking Lots Required.  Parking lots within any development shall be required to provide interior access to adjacent parking lots and interior private roadways.  Whenever new developments are being constructed adjacent to existing businesses or developments the proposed development shall be required to join existing drives and parking lots at property lines.  Whenever new developments are proposed adjacent to undeveloped lands or underdeveloped businesses or developments the proposed development shall be required to construct connections, which will allow the future joining of future roads or parking lots.  All access between interior lots and roads shall be open to the public for customer parking and access.
  4. Additional Provisions.  The design and maintenance of off-street parking facilities shall be subject to the following provisions:
  5. Each parking space shall encompass not less than one hundred and eight (180) square feet of area.  Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet (9’) wide by twenty feet (20’) in length, the width being measured at a right angle to the side lines of the parking space.
  6. All parking lot lighting and signs shall conform to the requirements set forth in this title.

HISTORY:

Ord. 3-1-2024, 4/9/2024

13.8.4 Refuse Collection; Off-Street Truck Loading Space

  1. On the same premises with every building or use involved in the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of streets or alleys.  Public roads shall not be used directly for loading, unloading, or refuse collection.
  2. Such loading space(s), unless otherwise adequately provided, shall be included at a minimum rate of one (1) ten foot by twenty-five foot (10’ x 25’) space with a minimum of fourteen feet (14’) in overhead height clearance for every twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or fraction thereof in excess of three thousand (3,000) square feet of land use for above-mentioned purposes.
  3. Loading space(s), areas, and refuse collection areas shall not be permitted to front onto public streets and shall be screened from view of public roads.

HISTORY:

Ord. 3-1-2024, 4/9/2024