New Whiteland City Zoning Code
OFF-STREET PARKING
§ 156.315 OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS.
Off-street parking facilities for motor vehicles shall be provided for all uses in the non-residential districts in accordance with the following regulations, in addition to the requirements of this subchapter.
(2004 Code, § 7-1100)
§ 156.316 MINIMUM PARKING SPACE DIMENSIONS.
A required off street parking space shall be at least ten feet in width and at least 22 feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns or office or work areas.
(2004 Code, § 7-1101)
§ 156.317 ACCESS TO AND FROM PARKING AREAS.
(A) Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space.
(B) All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as to minimize interference with traffic movement.
(C) No driveway extending into the street right-of-way (between the lot line and street pavement) shall exceed a width of 25 feet; provided, however, two driveways, not exceeding 25 feet in width each, may constitute a single entrance-exit.
(D) In any manufacturing (M) district, each industrial use which is so located that it fronts upon and provides access to a parkway, secondary or primary thoroughfare, or expressway shall provide a frontage lane paralleling and adjoining the improved part of the right-of-way and at least 11 feet in width for right turn traffic entering the lot. The access point(s) shall be located so the frontage lane shall be a minimum of 100 feet in length, exclusive of the entrance way; provided, however, if the lot frontage is too small to provide such 100 feet of frontage, the entrance shall be so located that the frontage shall extend the entire width of the lot (except for the side yard 20-foot setback requirement of § 156.216(H) of this chapter for access drives in the case of lots abutting a residential district), except when regulated by division (E) below.
(E) Off-street parking and loading entrances shall be located a minimum distance of 50 feet from the nearest point of two intersecting street right-of-way lines. Such access cuts shall further conform to all requirements of Ch. 155 of this code of ordinances.
(2004 Code, § 7-1102)
§ 156.318 LOCATION AND SETBACK.
(A) General. All parking spaces required to serve buildings or uses erected or established after the effective date of this chapter shall be located on the same lot as the building or use served. Buildings or uses existing on the effective date of this chapter which are subsequently altered or enlarged so as to require the provision of additional parking spaces under the requirements of this chapter may be served by parking facilities located on land other than the lot on which the building or use served is located; provided, such facilities are within 200 feet of a lot line of the use served. (See § 156.300 of this chapter.)
(B) Front yards.
(1) Off-street parking may be located in minimum required front yards of manufacturing districts; provided, the total parking area does not occupy more than 10% of the total area of the minimum required front yard.
(2) In any manufactured district off-street parking may be located in front of the building; provided, the parking area is located between the required front the building setback line and the building.
(C) Side and rear yards. Off-street parking may be located in required side and rear yards; provided that, it does not extend within 20 feet of any lot line abutting a residential district.
(2004 Code, § 7-1103)
§ 156.319 SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING.
The ground area between the required off-street parking area setback and any lot line abutting a residential district shall be screened and landscaped in accordance with the non-residential district’s transitional yard requirements.
(2004 Code, § 7-1104)
§ 156.320 USE OF PARKING AREA.
(A) The parking area shall not be used for the storage, display, advertisement, sale, repair, dismantling or wrecking of any vehicle, equipment or materials, and shall be for the sole use of the occupants and visitors of the premises.
(B) The required parking area shall not be used for the storage of any commercial vehicles.
(C) Buildings or structures shall be permitted for shelters for guards, attendants or watchmen; however, any such structure shall not occupy required off-street parking space.
(2004 Code, § 7-1105)
§ 156.321 SURFACE OF PARKING AREA.
(A) Off-street parking spaces may be open to the sky, covered or enclosed in a building. In any instance where a building is constructed or used for parking, it shall be treated as any major structure and subject to all requirements thereof.
(B) All open off-street parking areas shall be paved with concrete or improved with a compacted macadam base, and surfaced with an asphaltic pavement to adequately provide a durable and dust-free surface which shall be maintained in good condition free of weeds, dirt, trash and debris; except that:
(1) A gravel surface may be used for a period not exceeding one year after the parking area is opened for use where ground conditions are not immediately suitable for permanent surfacing as specified above; and
(2) A gravel surface in the area of storage or handling may be used permanently in association with industries that handle liquids or chemicals which create a potential hazard if containment should be lost and where absorption into the ground through a loose surface material would eliminate or alleviate such hazard.
(C) The surface shall be graded and drained in such a manner that there will be no free flow of water onto either adjacent properties or public sidewalks.
(D) The parking area(s) shall be so lined or designated where abutting a required yard that no part of the parked vehicles shall extend beyond the boundary of the established parking area into any minimum required yard or into adjoining property.
(E) When lighting facilities are used to illuminate the parking area(s) they shall be so located, shielded and directed upon the parking area that they do not create glare or reflect onto adjacent properties or interfere with street traffic. In no instance shall bare incandescent bulbs be used for such illumination.
(2004 Code, § 7-1106)
§ 156.322 AMOUNT OF PARKING AREA REQUIRED.
For any use not specified in this subchapter, the requirements for off-street parking for a specified use to which said use is most similar, as determined by the Plan Commission, shall apply. The parking space requirements set out in this subchapter may be modified or waived by the Plan Commission.
Uses | Required Parking Spaces |
Uses | Required Parking Spaces |
Automobile or trailer sales area | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. of retail area |
Automobile sales and repair (indoor) | 1 per 200 sq. ft. of floor area |
Banks, business offices, professional services and similar service uses | 1 per 300 sq. ft. of floor area |
Boarding or lodging house, sorority, fraternity or student housing | 1 per 3 occupants |
Bowling alley | 3 per lane, plus 1 per 6 spectator seats |
Clinic, medical or dental | 1 per 100 sq. ft. of floor area |
Commercial recreational use | 1 per 1 employee, plus 1 per 200 sq. ft. of floor area |
Home occupation | 1 in addition to residence requirement |
Hospital, nursing or convalescent homes or homes for aged | 1 per 3 beds, plus 1 per 2 staff doctors plus 1 per employee, plus 1 per institutional vehicle on largest work shift |
Hotels, motels or motor hotels | 1 per employee, plus 1 per sleeping room |
House of worship/church | 1 for every 3 seating spaces in the largest gathering room. If the seating is in the form of pews of benches, every 2 feet of linear pew or bench seating shall be considered 1 seat. |
Industrial park, research and manufacturing | 1 per person estimated on premises at peak period during day or night |
Industrial uses generally | 1 per person estimated on premises at peak period during day or night |
Kindergarten or day nursery | 1 per employee, plus 1 per 5 children |
Manufactured or mobile home community (park) | 1 per 1 employee, plus 2 per manufactured or mobile home space |
Mortuary or mausoleum | 1 per 50 sq. ft. of floor area of parlors or assembly rooms |
Police or fire station | 1 per 1 employee on a shift |
Private club or lodge | 1 per 6 active members |
Private recreational development | 1 per customer, plus 1 per employee per shift |
Public library or town building | 1 per 200 sq. ft. of floor area |
Radio or television tower | 1 per employee per shift, plus 1 for a service vehicle |
Residential use, including apartments | 2 per dwelling unit |
Retail stores - heavy traffic generators, including, but not limited to, supermarkets and other food stores, restaurants, bars, night clubs, ice cream parlors, bakery, drug stores, beauty and barber shops, discount stores | 1 per 150 sq. ft. of floor area for an individual use or a combination of 2 or more uses in 1 structure or a shopping center of comparably integrated uses where all uses included do not exceed 50,000 sq. ft. of floor area |
Retail stores - light traffic generators, including, but not limited to, furniture, jewelry, gifts, hardware, appliance stores and the like, personal service shops, household or equipment repair shops, clothing and shoe repair shops, wearing apparel | 1 per 300 sq. ft. of floor area for an individual use or a combination of 2 or more uses in 1 structure or a shopping center of comparably integrated uses where all uses included do not exceed 50,000 sq. ft. of floor area. |
School | 1 per staff member, plus 1 per 6 auditorium seats |
Shopping center (over 50,000 sq. ft.) | 1 per 160 sq. ft. of floor area |
Theater | 1 per 3 seats |
Trade, vocational or business school | 1 per 3 students and 1 per staff member |
Truck freight terminal | 1 per employee, plus 4 for customers, plus truck capacity |
Veterinary hospital for small animals kennel | 1 per 3 animal spaces (cages or pens) |
Wholesaling, distributing, warehousing, storage, transfer firms, contractors, custom fabricators | 1 per 2 persons estimated on premises at peak period during day or night. Retail space in establishment shall require additional space specified for that type of retail establishment |
(2004 Code, § 7-1107) (Ord. 2022-08, passed 5-25-2022)