{These regulations also recognize that stormwater runoff from impervious areas, including off-street parking and loading areas can result in increased flooding and property damage, degradation of streams, less groundwater recharge, impaired water quality, increased water temperatures in streams, loss of habitat, and decreased recreational opportunities. The impact of stormwater runoff from off-street parking and loading areas shall be addressed as a part of this Article.⍋

It is a further purpose of this Article to ensure that parking is not excessive for the associated use, and that the design and construction of parking areas minimizes their impact on the City’s water resources by utilizing “Low Impact Development (LID)” to manage stormwater and reduce the urban heat island effect.} ORD. #22-06-13 ⍋

Effective on: 9/24/2013

Effective on: 9/24/2013

To use the table determine the gross square footage of the kitchen area and divide that number by the gross square footage of the building in which it is located. The resulting number may be converted to a percentage. Reference that percentage in the first column of the table, and follow the row across. If, for example, the percentage of the kitchen area is 25%, then 50% of the public floor area in the building is calculated as a bar and 50% as a restaurant. Reference Table 10.0.3.B to determine the required parking ratio for each use.

5. Determining Parking Requirements for Unlisted Uses
   For uses not specified in Table 10.0.3.B, the number of parking spaces shall be determined by the Director of Planning and Development, on the basis of requirements for similar uses, the gross square footage of the use, and the relationship between the size of the use and the number of persons served or employed.

Effective on: 9/24/2013

NOTES: No two-way aisle shall be less than 24’ in width. All measurements are in feet.

3. Location and Access of Off-street Parking and Loading Areas
   1. Right-of-Way Access
      1. All off-street parking or loading facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alleys in a manner, which will least, interfere with traffic movement.
      2. Acceleration and deceleration lanes shall be provided along arterials and major collectors where necessary, as determined through site plan review. Such accel/decel lanes shall parallel and adjoin the improved part of the right-of-way and shall measure at least eleven (11) feet in width. Accel/decel lanes shall be at least one-hundred (100) feet in length, exclusive of the entrance way and taper area. However, if the lot frontage is too small to meet such requirement, the accel/decel lane shall extend the entire width of the lot.
      3. Each use that fronts upon an arterial shall provide an easement for the purpose of a frontage lane to reduce the number of curbs cuts and traffic conflicts along said arterial. The applicant shall bear the cost of constructing the frontage road across his or her own property and such frontage road shall be constructed prior to the granting of a certificate of occupancy for the use, except as otherwise provided in Section 4. F.2, Certificates of Occupancy.
   2. Driveways
      1. {Non-residential driveway entrances or exits shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet from an adjoining residential property line; ten (10) feet from an adjoining non-residential property line; or forty-five (45) feet from an intersection.} ORD. #12-3-98
      2. Owners of adjoining properties shall provide combined driveways wherever practical. In conjunction with approval of a development, the City may require a property owner to provide an access and circulation easement to an abutting owner where joint access is reasonable to serve future development. Such entrances or exits shall be designed in such a manner as to interfere least with traffic movement.
      3. {No single non-residential {or multi-family} driveway shall exceed a width of thirty (30) feet at the right-of-way line. However, a driveway thirty-six (36) feet in width at the right-of-way line shall be permitted provided pavement markings indicate three separate lanes, one for ingress and two for egress. An entrance/exit divider not to exceed ten (10) feet in width shall not be counted towards the width limit. Non-residential driveways are limited to one (1) per street frontage and shall be approved by the Engineer having jurisdiction thereof.} ORD. #7-1-98, ORD. #56-11-07
      4. {Driveways for {single-family or two family} residential uses shall be {shall be subject to the minimum and maximum widths at the property line shown in Table 10.0.4.C.2.d below and to one (1) per street frontage. Such residential driveways shall be setback at least seven and a half (7.5) feet from the property line.  Residential driveways located on property fronting more than one public street, shall {have the leading edge of the driveway at least twenty-five (25) feet} from the intersection, or in a location approved by the Engineer of Jurisdiction. Upon installation of the driveway, there shall be installed a "No Parking Here to Corner" sign between the driveway and the intersection.} ORD. #12-3-98, ORD. #56-11-07, ORD #46-07-16, ORD #26-05-22

         Table 10.0.4.C.2.d
         Min. Width at R/W Line	Max. Width at R/W Line	Max Width at back of curb including flare
         12'	24'	30'	Single car garage OR building setback 40'+ from R/W
         16'	24'	30'	Two OR Three car garage with lot width less than 80'
         24'	30'	30'	Three car garage with a lot width of 80' or more

          

   3. Location of Accessory Parking and Loading on Same Lot
      Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided on the same lot as the use served, except as otherwise provided in this ordinance, and may be situated as one or more individual areas.
   4. Location of Parking and Loading Behind Required Setback
      Accessory off-street parking and loading areas shall not be located in any required yard, except as specified otherwise by this ordinance. When permitted within required yards, a landscape buffer shall be provided along the property-line of the yard in which it is located, pursuant to Article 12. Section 6, Landscape Buffers Between Incompatible Uses.
   5. Design Requires Interior Circulation
      Required off-street parking spaces shall be so designed, arranged, and regulated as to have individual spaces marked, be unobstructed and have access to an aisle or driveway so that any automobile may be moved without moving another, and so that no maneuvering directly incidental to entering or leaving a parking space shall be on any public right-of-way or walkway.
4. Improvement Standards for Parking Lots
   1. Paving Required ⍋
      Parking and driveway areas shall be paved with {asphalt or constructed of concrete} or permeable pavement and be curbed with {rigid or roll-type curb as per the Noblesville Standards.} {As an alternative to continuous curb, wheel stops or strategic breaks in the barrier curb shall be provided in order to allow for drainage into LID Stormwater BMP’s.} ORD. #56-11-07, ORD. #22-06-13
   2. Drainage of Runoff
      Such parking areas shall be graded and properly drained in such a manner that there will be no free flow of water onto either adjacent property or public sidewalks. Any runoff generated by such improved areas shall be disposed of in appropriate drainage facilities {as per the Noblesville Standards and the Stormwater Technical Standards.} ORD. #10-03-13
   3. Marking of Parking
      Such parking areas shall be so lined or designated as to ensure the most efficient use of the parking spaces and provided with bumper guards or wheel guards so located that no part of the parked vehicle will extend beyond the boundary of the established parking area into any minimum required yard on onto adjoining property.
   4. Parking Lot Lighting
      A minimum of one (1) foot-candle of illumination shall be provided throughout the parking lot. Illumination of off-street parking areas shall {utilize fully-shielded lighting fixtures so as not to reflect direct rays of light onto adjacent properties or streets, and prevent excessive uplighting} pursuant to Article 13 (Environmental Performance Standards). ORD #53-10-15
5. Landscaping
   All off-street parking areas shall be landscaped pursuant to Article 12. Section 5, Parking Lot Landscaping.
6. Special Regulations for Parking Garages and Attendant Buildings
   1. Buildings Used for Parking Garages
      Parking Garages, whether Principal or Accessory uses, shall be treated as any structure and shall be subject to all requirements thereof.
   2. Attendant Buildings
      Parking areas may be provided with one (1) one-story shelter or guard building which shall not exceed one-hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area and which shall conform to all the standards of the district in which it is located.

Effective on: 5/24/2022

1. Required Accessible Spaces
   Accessible parking spaces shall be provided according to Table 10.0.5, below. In addition, accessible patient parking at outpatient facilities must equal no less than ten percent (10%) of the total required parking spaces, and facilities that specialize in treatment or services for persons with mobility impairments must provide for patient use accessible parking equaling no less than twenty percent (20%) of the total required parking spaces.

ORD. #10-03-13

2. Calculating Required Accessible Spaces 
   The required number of mobility impaired accessible parking spaces shall be calculated prior to any applied reduction in parking requirements otherwise approved by the Director of and Development or provided pursuant to Table 10.0.3.B.
3. Design and Layout of Accessible Parking Lots
   1. Access Aisles. Access aisles shall be provided next to each accessible parking space and shall measure at least five (5) feet in width when adjacent to an automobile accessible space and at least eight (8) feet in width when adjacent to a van accessible space. For each access aisle which is eight (8) feet or wider, bollards shall be placed at the driveway end of the aisle so as to prevent vehicles from parking in the aisle illegally.
   2. Accessible Routes. Each access aisle shall abut an accessible route to the building entrance. The minimum width of said accessible route shall be three (3) feet.
   3. Maximum Slope. Accessible parking spaces, access aisles, and accessible routes shall not exceed a slope of 1:50, and the ramp from the access aisle to the sidewalk or other transition to the principal use shall not exceed a slope of 1:12.
4. Signage And Marking
   All accessible spaces shall be designated by the international access symbol. Van accessible spaces will be labeled by both the international access symbol and an additional sign indicating that the space is accessible for vans.
   
   Signs shall be placed a minimum of five and one half (5.5) feet above ground level so as not to be obscured by parked vehicles. The mobility impaired symbol shall also be painted on the ground to the rear of the parking space.

Effective on: 9/24/2013

1. Location
   ​All new development containing 25 parking stalls or more, except detached single-family and duplex uses, shall comply with the following pedestrian access requirements pursuant to the standards in Article 10.6.B.1.
   1. Between Buildings on Subject Property
      ​Provide pedestrian walkways between the primary entrances to all businesses, uses, and/or buildings on the subject property pursuant to the applicable standard in Article 10.6.B.1 (See Graphic 10.0.6.A).
   2. Between Properties
      ​Provide pedestrian walkways connecting to existing or future walkways on adjacent properties pursuant to the applicable standards in Article 10.6.B.1 (See Graphic 10.0.6.A). Exceptions Pedestrian connections to industrial uses are not required. The location for the access points at property edges and to adjacent lots shall be coordinated with existing development to provide convenient pedestrian links between the developments. Where there are topographic changes in elevation, stairs or ramps may be provided to make a pedestrian connection.
   3. Along Building Facades Not Adjacent to a Public Sidewalk
      ​For buildings that do not front on a public sidewalk, a pedestrian walkway shall be provided along the entire façade of all building facades containing a primary entrance (See Graphic 10.0.6.B ). The walkways should meet the pedestrian walkway standards in Article 10.6.B.2. Exceptions may be approved as part of Site Plan Review in the following circumstances: where new development is less than 2,000 square feet of gross floor area, features a landscaped front yard area and parking is located to the side or rear, only direct pedestrian access shall be provided from the abutting sidewalk to the primary entrance to all buildings.
   4. Through Parking Areas
      All parking lots must include pedestrian walkways through the parking lot to the main building entrance or a central location. The pedestrian walkway must connect the building entrance to the public sidewalk. The pedestrian walkway must meet the development standards pursuant to Article 10.6.B.3. (See Graphic 10.0.6.C ).
2. Pedestrian Access - Required Improvements
   1. Pedestrian Walkway Standards - Between Buildings on Subject Property and Between Properties
      1. The applicant shall install pedestrian walkways between buildings and properties pursuant to the following standards:
      2. Easements to provide rights of access between adjacent properties shall be recorded prior to occupancy.
      3. Barriers which limit future pedestrian access between the subject property and adjacent properties are not permitted;
      4. Must be accessible;
      5. Must be centrally located on the subject property;
      6. Must have adequate lighting for security and safety. Lights must be non-glare and mounted no more than 20 feet above the ground;
      7. Must be distinguishable from traffic lanes by painted markings, pavement material, texture, or raised in elevation;
      8. Must be at least five (5) feet wide;

Graphic 10.0.6.A. Example of Internal Walkways Between Buildings and Properties

2. Pedestrian Walkway Standards - Along Facades Not Adjacent to Sidewalks
   The applicant shall install pedestrian walkways along facades not adjacent to public sidewalks pursuant to the following standards (See Table 10.0.6.B):
   1. Must be provided along the entire façade of all building facades containing a primary entrance;
   2. Must have a minimum unobstructed width of eight (8) feet, paved with decorative concrete. A minimum of five (5) feet may be approved for residential uses;
   3. Trees placed at an average of 30 feet on-center between the pathway and any parking or vehicular access area. The required trees must be placed in planning strips at least 4.5 feet in width or within planting grates. Exceptions:
      1. To increase business visibility and accessibility, the City may allow modifications in the required tree coverage adjacent to the primary building entries; however, no less than one (1) tree per 60 lineal feet of required pathway shall be provided.
   4. Must be distinguishable from traffic lanes by painted markings, pavement material, texture, or raised in elevation;
   5. Must have adequate lighting for security and safety. Lights must be non-glare and mounted no more than 20 feet above the ground;
   6. Must be accessible.

Graphic 10.0.6.B Example of a Section of the Pathway Adjacent to Building

1. 3. Pedestrian Walkway Standards- Through Parking Areas
      The applicant shall install pedestrian walkways through parking areas, connecting the main building entrance to parking areas and public sidewalks pursuant to the following standards (See Graphic 10.0.6.C):
      1. All parking lots that contain more than 25,000 square feet of paved area, including access lanes and driveways, must include clearly identified pedestrian routes from the parking stalls to the main building entrance or central location (see Graphic 10.0.6.C.). At a minimum, walkways must be provided for every three (3) driving aisles or at a distance of not more than 150 foot intervals, whichever is less, and meet the standards of Article 10.6.B.1.
      2. Must have a minimum unobstructed pavement width of eight (8) feet, paved with decorative concrete. A minimum of five (5) feet may be approved for residential uses;
      3. Trees placed at an average of 30 feet on-center between the pathway and any parking or vehicular access area. The required trees must be placed in planting strips at least 4.5 feet in width or within planting grates. Exception:
         1. To increase business visibility and accessibility, the City may allow modifications in the required treed coverage adjacent to the primary building entries; however, no less than one (1) tree per 60 lineal feet of required pathway shall be provided
      4. Walkway shall not use vehicle entrance or exit driveways from the public right-of-way;
      5. Must connect from the parking spaces and public sidewalks to the pedestrian entrance of the building served by the parking;
      6. Must be distinguishable from traffic lanes by painted markings, pavement material, texture, or raised elevation;
      7. Must have adequate lighting for security and safety. Lights must be non-glare and mounted no more than 20 feet above the ground;
      8. Must be accessible.

Graphic 10.0.6.C. Example Parking Lot with Pathways

ORD. # 30-08-13

Effective on: 9/24/2013

1. Development Plan Required
   A development plan for Parking as a Principal Use shall be filed with the Board of Zoning Appeals as a required exhibit accompanying the Conditional Use application and shall be made part of the conditions of any approval therefore. The development plan shall demonstrate compliance with all applicable standards of this development Ordinance and shall indicate:
   1. adjacent streets, alleys, and lots;
   2. all individual primary uses to be served, including the location, use, and number of parking spaces required for each such use;
   3. a layout drawn to scale of aisles and driveways, entrances, exits and turn-off lanes, parking spaces, setbacks, drainage facilities, and landscaping and buffer screening;
   4. type of lighting, pavement, and signs proposed including location, size, and design thereof.
2. Setbacks and Access
   Parking as a Principal Use shall be provided with the setback requirements of the zoning district in which they are located, and ingress and egress points shall be limited to protect the function of adjoining streets.
3. Parking as a Principal Use Requires Legal Encumbrance
   Parking as a Principal Use shall be encumbered by any instrument duly executed and acknowledged, which link such parking facilities to the use(s) served. Said instrument shall specify and bind the time period to the anticipated life of the building or use which the parking facilities serve. Said instrument shall be filed in the applicable Improvement Location Permit files of the Department of Planning and Development, and placed on public record in the office of the Hamilton County Recorder.
4. Design of Principal Use Parking Areas
   Principal Use parking facilities shall be developed in accordance with all of the provisions of this Article. Further, said facilities shall be developed under such conditions imposed by the Board of Zoning Appeals as to protect residential districts and maintain at a minimum the disturbance to nearby residential uses.
5. Changes to Development Plans for Parking as a Principal Use
   Development Plans for Parking as a Primary Use shall be amended by the applicant to indicate any change or other modification of uses served, or number of parking spaces provided therefore. Such amended plans shall require re-approval by the Board.

Effective on: 9/24/2013

1. Credit For On-Street Parking
   ​Wherever on-street parallel parking is provided in the improvement of a street, credit toward off-street parking requirements shall be granted at the rate of one (1) off-street space per every twenty-five (25) feet of frontage. However, parallel parking shall not be permitted in the following areas:
   1. Frontage on an expressway or arterial street.
   2. Frontage on a street that is less than thirty-two (32) feet wide curb-to-curb {or closest edge of of the traveled lane.} ORD. #22-06-13 ⍋
   3. Frontage within twenty (20) feet of a corner.
   4. Frontage within ten (10) feet of each side of a driveway or alley.
   5. Frontage within a fire hydrant zone or other emergency access zone.
2. Shared Parking
   1. Purpose and Applicability
      {Generally, a group of non-residential uses may provide a joint parking area if the number of spaces in the area at least equals the aggregate of the spaces required for the several uses subject to the requirements for location of parking and off-site parking in this Article. However, uses that require parking areas at times when nearby uses do not need their parking facilities may, by agreement approved by the Director, use those facilities instead of providing their own.} ORD. #12-3-98
   2. Requirements
      {The Director may approve shared parking facilities located on adjoining separate properties or on a single site according to the following requirements:} ORD. #12-3-98
      1. Facilities located on adjoining separate properties must be within 600 feet of each other.
      2. A convenient pedestrian connection shall be provided between the properties.
      3. The availability of parking for all affected properties or uses is indicated by directional signs.
      4. The number of spaces proposed meets the following restriction:
         1. Where the uses to be served by shared parking have overlapping hours of operation, the property owner or owners shall provide spaces equal to the total of the individual parking requirements for the uses served, reduced by ten percent (10%) of that total number. The director may approve a further reduction of that number if the property owner(s) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director that the resulting provision of parking will be adequate for the proposed uses.
         2. Where the uses to be served by shared parking do not overlap their hours of operation, the property owner or owners may provide parking stalls equal to the greater of the applicable individual parking requirements.
   3. Written Agreement Required
      Prior to establishing shared use of parking, the property owner or owners shall file with the Department of Planning and Development a written agreement approved by the Director of Planning and Development providing for the shared parking use. The agreement shall also be recorded on the title records of each affected property.
3. Mixed-Use Parking
   1. Purpose
      A Mixed-use Parking Program is presented as an option to reduce the total required parking in large mixed-use facilities in which the uses operate at different times from one another throughout the day. The city recognizes that strict application of the required parking ratios may result in the provision of excessive numbers of parking spaces and, therefore, excessive pavement and impermeable surfaces. A Mixed-use Parking Program allows the property developer to use parking spaces more efficiently by allowing the same spaces to be “shared” by various land uses.
   2. Applicability
      The Mixed-use Shared Parking Program may be applied for wherever mixed uses are proposed.
   3. Procedure
      1. ​The Director of Planning and Development may authorize a reduction in the total number of required parking spaces for two (2) or more uses jointly providing on-site parking if the respective hours of operation of the uses do not overlap, as demonstrated by the application of Table 10.0.7.B, Schedule of Shared Parking Calculations.
      2. If one (1) or more of the land uses proposing to use joint parking facilities do not conform to one of the general land use classifications in Table 10.0.7.B, Schedule of Shared Parking Calculations; the applicant shall submit sufficient data to indicate that there is not substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the uses. Such data may include information from a professional publication such as those published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) or the Urban Land Institute (ULI), or by a professionally prepared parking study.
      3. For changes of use in mixed-use projects the applicant must demonstrate that parking necessary for the new mix of uses does not exceed the amount which was required by the previous mix of uses.
      4. The total number of parking spaces required per Table 10.0.3.B, Schedule of Parking Requirements, shall not be reduced by more than twenty percent (20%).

         Table 10.0.8.B Schedule of Mixed Use Parking Calculations
         General Land Use Classification	Mid - 7 am	Weekdays 7am- 6 pm	6pm- Mid	Mid - 7am	Weekends 7am - 6 pm	6pm- Mid.
         Office/Industrial	5%	100%	5%	0%	60%	10%
         Retail	0%	100%	80%	0%	100%	60%
         Residential	100%	55%	85%	100%	65%	75%
         Restaurant	50%	70%	100%	45%	70%	100%
         Hotel	100%	65%	90%	100%	65%	80%
         Cinema/Theater	0%	70%	100%	5%	70%	100%

         How to use the Schedule of Mixed Use Parking:
         Calculate the number of spaces required for each use if it were free-standing (refer to the Schedule of Minimum On-site Parking Requirements). Applying the applicable general land use category to each proposed use, use the percentages to calculate the number of spaces required for each time period, (six (6) time periods per use). Add the number of spaces required for all applicable land uses to obtain a total parking requirement for each time period. Select the time period with the highest total parking requirement and use that total as your mixed use parking requirement.

Effective on: 9/24/2013

NOTE: Gross Floor Areas refer to all buildings or structures on premises.

Effective on: 9/24/2013