Mount Union City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 330-44 Purpose.
This article contains general regulations which are applicable to several or all districts as stated.
§ 330-45 Off-street parking.
A.
In all districts, off-street parking spaces shall be provided as set forth in the following table whenever any building is erected or enlarged. Such spaces shall have an area of at least 180 square feet and shall have adequate and well-designed ingress and egress and shall be located on the same lot as the use to which they are accessory. Off-street parking area does not include the public right-of-way.
B.
As a conditional use, the provision of required parking in any district may be located on another lot which is reasonably convenient and accessible to the principal use.
C.
In the Central Business District, parking requirements may be provided by public or private commercial parking facilities within 1,000 feet of the principal entrance to the use involved.
D.
Regulations for off-street parking spaces.(a)
Type of Use | One Space for Each: | |
|---|---|---|
Offices, retail businesses and service establishments | 300.0 square feet of floor area | |
Restaurants, taverns, nightclubs | 2.5 seats | |
Professional offices or clinics | 0.2 professional persons, unless the applicant can satisfactorily demonstrate a need for fewer spaces, but in no case less than 5 spaces | |
Motels | Sleeping room and 1 for each employee | |
Hotels | Sleeping room and 1 for each employee | |
Theaters, auditoriums | 3.5 seats | |
Elementary and secondary public and parochial schools | 15.0 classroom seats and 1 for each employee | |
Colleges, universities and commercial schools | 5.0 classroom seats and 1 for each employee | |
Social halls, clubs and lodges | 200.0 square feet of floor area | |
Bowling alleys | 0.5 alley | |
Hospitals | 2.0 beds | |
Residential dwellings | 0.5 dwelling unit | |
Funeral homes | 5.0 seats based on maximum capacity | |
Rooming houses and dormitories | 2.0 beds | |
Manufacturing plants and laboratories | 3.0 employees(b) (c) | |
Wholesale establishments and warehouses | 2.0 employees(b) | |
Nursing homes | 4.0 beds | |
Churches | 10.0 seats |
NOTES: | ||
|---|---|---|
(a) | The table setting forth regulations for off-street parking spaces applies only to new construction and to the enlarged sections to any additions. | |
(b) | Plus one additional space for each 1,000 square feet of floor area. | |
(c) | In no case shall the total parking area be less than 24% of the floor area. | |
§ 330-46 Off-street loading and unloading space.
A.
All commercial and industrial establishments shall provide loading and unloading and commercial vehicle storage space adequate for their needs. This required space will be provided in addition to established requirements for patron and employee parking. In no case where a building is erected, converted or enlarged for commercial, manufacturing, or business purposes shall the public right-of-way be used for loading or unloading of materials.
B.
The minimum size loading space shall be 50 feet in depth, 12 feet in width, with an overhead clearance of 14 feet.
§ 330-47 Development of parking and loading spaces.
All off-street parking and loading areas shall conform to the following:
A.
Off-street parking and loading areas may be developed on any required side, front or rear yard, but not closer than five feet to any street pavement unless provided with screening as described in § 330-47E.
B.
They shall be provided with a durable dust-free surface such as a bituminous-treated, bituminous or concrete paving material and shall be properly graded and drained to dispose of all surface water.
C.
They shall be arranged and marked for the orderly and safe movement, loading, parking and storage of vehicles and shall be adequately illuminated if designed for use by more than three cars after dusk.
D.
Exit and entrance driveways or access points shall be at least 20 feet wide and shall not exceed 40 feet in width and, wherever practical, shall not occupy the full width of the streets, alleys or other rights-of-way from which they derive their access, but shall be limited to well-defined points and shall be so designed to provide maximum safety for other adjoining or nearby uses.
E.
All off-street parking areas which provide more than five parking spaces shall be considered parking lots and shall be screened from any abutting property zoned residential or used for residential purposes. Screening may be accomplished by the placement of adequate buildings, a solid fence high enough to provide screening, and/or provision and maintenance of solid planting in the form of contiguous evergreen shrubs. Evergreen trees or shrubs shall be at least two feet from any property line. Where off-street parking lots face a public right-of-way at least 16 feet in width, a landscaping strip no less than 10 feet wide and planted in sufficient and acceptable trees or shrubs may be provided in lieu of a solid fence or shrub hedge.
F.
Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises and public rights-of-way.
§ 330-48 Private parking areas and garages.
Accessory off-street parking areas or garages serving the residential or nonresidential parking demand created by the principal building are permitted in accordance with § 330-45. Said parking areas may be located in any required front, side or rear yard, although persons are encouraged to use side or rear parking facilities wherever possible.