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Mount Olive City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IX

OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING

Sec. 59-292.- Off-street parking.

(a)

Required off-street parking shall be provided on every lot or within a distance of 500 feet from the lot if such parking space cannot be reasonably provided on that lot. Each application for a certificate of occupancy/compliance shall include information as to:

(1)

Location and dimensions of off-street parking and loading spaces;

(2)

Distance between that parking/loading space and the street or alley; and

(3)

Ingress to and egress from the property.

(b)

An off-street parking space shall not be less than the size required for the angle parking shown on the table set forth on the following page:

CURB LENGTH
Angle Stall Width Per Car Stall Depth
8 ft. 23 ft. 8 ft.
20° 8 ft. 23.6 ft. 14 ft.
30° 8 ft. 16 ft. 16.6 ft.
45° 8 ft. 11.4 ft. 19.2 ft.
60° 8 ft. 9.4 ft. 20.6 ft.
70° 8 ft. 8.6 ft. 20.10 ft.
90° 8 ft. 8 ft. 19 ft.

 

(c)

The following off-street parking spaces shall be provided:

Use Required Off-Street Parking
Auditoriums, stadiums, and theaters One space for every five seats
Churches One space for every four seating spaces in principal sanctuary
Community or private swimming clubs One space for every three memberships
Convenience store/gas stations 0.5 spaces for every 100 square feet of gross floor area (one space minimum)
Day care center One space for each adult attendant and one space for every ten children or fraction thereof
Dwelling unit having home beauty shop or
barbershop
Two additional spaces
Elementary or junior high school Three spaces for each room used for administrative offices or classroom instruction, or one space for each six seats in auditoriums and other places of assembly or facilities available for the public, whichever is greater
Hospitals and nursing homes One space for every bed space
Industries One space for every 1.5 employees during maximum employment and one space for every truck to be stored or stopped simultaneously
Institutions and clubs One space for every five seats in principal assembly room
Medical clinic Four spaces for each doctor plus one space for each employee
Motels, tourist homes, and boarding-
houses
One space fore every rental room
Offices One space for every 250 feet of gross floor area
Public buildings One space for every 200 square feet of gross floor area
Residence, duplex Four spaces
Residence, multifamily 2 spaces per unit
Residence, single-family Two spaces
Restaurant or other eating places One space for each four seats
Retail business 0.7 of a space for every 200 square feet of gross floor area (one space minimum)
Senior high school One space per school employee and one space per four students
Wholesale establishment, warehouse, and
other businesses not catering to retail or
package trade
One space for every two employees during maximum employment and one space for every truck to be stored or stopped simultaneously

 

(d)

Special situations shall be handled by the board of adjustment. The board of adjustment shall make the final determination as to the number of spaces to be required, but shall in all cases give due consideration to the needs of the use.

(Code 1995, § 155.125; Ord. of 6-1-1992; Ord. of 2-6-2006; Ord. of 4-29-2019(1))

Sec. 59-293. - Supplementary regulations for storage of certain vehicles, off-street parking and loading.

(a)

Manufactured and mobile homes.

(1)

The off-street parking or storage of any manufactured or mobile home shall be prohibited in any district, except an area established for sales, servicing, maintenance and/or manufacturing of mobile or manufactured homes.

(2)

No manufactured or mobile home, trailer, house trailer, shall be parked within the corporate limits of the town or its extraterritorial jurisdiction and used for any purpose unless otherwise specified in the permitted uses in this chapter and complies with all of the requirements and guidelines within this article and such zoning district.

(b)

Commercial trailers. One commercial trailer or semitrailer over 30 feet maximum in length displaying a current license plate and not over 30 percent damaged and/or dismantled and able to be propelled may be parked or stored in any residential or O and I district (with the exception of the AR agricultural-residential district), with a principle building, provided the trailer is used by a resident and owner of the premises and the premises is of adequate size to allow the trailer to be parked off the public right-of-way. Such regulation shall not be interpreted to prohibit the loading and unloading of commercial trailers in any such district.

(c)

Commercial vehicles. One commercial vehicle with a manufacturer's rating of not more than one 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight displaying a current license plate and not over 30 percent damaged and/or dismantled and able to be self propelled may be parked on any lot containing a principal building, provided that such vehicle is parked off the right-of-way and is used by a resident and owner of the premises. In all other cases, the parking of more than one commercial self-propelled vehicle in any residential district is prohibited with the exception of the AR agricultural-residential district. Such regulation shall not be interpreted to prohibit commercial vehicles from loading or unloading in any residential district.

(d)

Recreational vehicles. Parking or storage of major recreational equipment may be permitted in accordance with the following conditions:

(1)

Such equipment shall be parked or stored in the side or rear yard of the principal building unless it is stored in a garage, carport or accessory building; provided, however, that parking shall be permitted any place on the premises or on adjacent streets, if otherwise lawful, not to exceed 24 hours during loading and unloading.

(2)

No such equipment parked or stored on a residential lot shall be in such location for living, sleeping, housekeeping or business purposes. Exception to this may be granted by the town's chief building inspector in emergency situations or for a dwelling rehabilitation for a period not to exceed 90 days. One extension to this rehabilitation period may be granted by the chief building inspector.

(Ord. of 1-7-2008(1), § 155.125.1)

Sec. 59-294. - Off-street loading.

The duty to provide the off-street loading space herein required shall be the joint responsibility of the owner and operator of the structure or structures for which off-street loading space is required. The space shall be provided in accordance with the table below, and all off-street loading spaces shall be designed so that the vehicle loading and unloading shall not set upon or cross any public street or alley right-of-way. All off-street loading spaces shall be at least 12 feet wide, 30 feet long, and have an overhead clearance of 14 feet.

Use Classification Space Requirements
Retail operation with a total usable floor
area of 20,000 square feet or more devoted to
such purposes.
One for each 20,000 square feet of floor area. In stores having over 20,000 square feet of floor area, the maximum requirements shall be two spaces per store.
Retail operations and all first floor nonresi-
dential uses with a gross floor area of less
than 20,000 square feet and all wholesale
and light industrial operations with a gross
floor area of less than 10,000 square feet.
One space
Office buildings and hotels with a total us-
able floor area of 100,00 square feet or more
devoted to such purposes.
One space for each 100,000 square feet of floor area
Industrial and wholesale operations with a
gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or over,
and as follows:
Minimum number of loading berths required:
10,000—40,000 sq. ft. 1
40,000—100,000 sq. ft. 2
100,000—160,000 sq. ft. 3
160,000—240,000 sq. ft. 4
240, 000—320,000 sq. ft. 5
320,000—400,000 sq. ft. 6
Each 90,000 above 400,000 sq. ft. 1

 

(Code 1995, § 155.126; Ord. of 6-1-1992)