(A)

Number of Spaces All developments in all zoning districts shall provide a sufficient number of parking spaces to accommodate the number of vehicles that ordinarily are likely to be attracted to the development in question. Handicap spaces shall be provided in accordance with F.S. § 316.1955.

(B)

Presumptions The presumptions established by this article are that a development must comply with the parking standards set forth in Section 13.1, Subsection (E) to satisfy the requirement stated in Section 13.1, Subsection (A), and that any development that does meet these standards is in compliance. However, the Table of Parking Requirements is only intended to establish a presumption and should be flexibly administered.

(C)

Fraction of Spaces Uses in the Table of Parking Requirements Subsection (E), are indicated by a numerical reference keyed to Table 4.1, the Table of Permissible Land Uses in Article IV. When determination of the number of parking spaces required by this table results in a requirements of a fractional space, any fraction of one-half (½) or less may be disregarded, while a fraction in excess of one-half (½) shall be counted as one (1) parking space. Up to twenty-five (25) percent of the total number of required parking spaces may be designated as compact spaces as defined in Section 14.2, Subsection (A).

(D)

Uses Not Listed in the Table of Parking Requirements The City Council recognizes that the Table of Parking Requirements set forth below cannot and does not cover every possible situation that may arise. Therefore, in cases not specifically covered, the order approving authority is authorized to determine the parking requirements using this table as a guide.

TABLE 13.1: TABLE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS

Notes:

1. Additional parking standards are located in Article VIII.

(Ord. No. 1647 , § 7, 2-20-17; Ord. No. 1677 , § 6, 11-5-18)

(A)

Parking Space Size Subject to Subsection (B) below, each parking space shall contain a rectangular area at least twenty (20) feet long and ten (10) feet wide. Notwithstanding, parking spaces for compact cars shall require an area at least eighteen (18) feet long and nine (9) feet wide. Lines demarcating parking spaces may be drawn at various angles in relation to curbs or aisles, so long as the parking spaces so created contain within them the rectangular area required by this section. Parking spaces for single-family and duplexes shall not be demarcated. Parking areas shall be composed of a surface material approved by the Land Use Administrator.

(B)

Handicap Spaces Handicap spaces shall be provided and sized in accordance with F.S. §§ 316.1955, 316.1956, 316.1958, 320.0842, 320.0843, 320.0845 and 320.0848.

All uses with drive-in windows, tellers or services shall provide vehicle stacking area based on the following criteria, unless otherwise approved by the order approving authority:

(A)

Size of Space Stacking area shall be designed based on a ten-foot by twenty-two-foot space per required vehicle.

(B)

Design of Stacking Area The stacking area recommended below shall be designed so as to operate independently of other required parking and circulation areas.

(C)

Recommended Stacking Area (includes vehicles being serviced)

(1)

Financial Institutions. Five (5) vehicles per service lane.

(2)

Restaurants. Six (6) vehicles per service lane, minimum three (3) spaces behind order station.

(3)

Utility Business Office. Eight (8) vehicles per service lane.

(4)

Car Wash (Self-Service). Three (3) vehicles per service lane.

(5)

Car Wash (attendant service) or Drive-Thru Auto Service. Eight (8) vehicles per service lane.

(6)

Service Stations. Four (4) vehicles per service lane.

(7)

All Other Drive-Thru Facilities. Three (3) vehicles per service lane.

Adequate interior driveways shall connect parking spaces with public right-of-way. Suggested design layouts and interior driveway widths are included in The Engineering Standards Manual.

(A)

Backing onto Public Streets Discouraged Unless no other practicable alternative is available, vehicle accommodation areas shall be designed so that, without resorting to extraordinary movements, vehicles may exit such areas without backing onto a public street. This requirement does not apply to parking areas consisting of driveways that serve one (1) or two (2) dwelling units, although backing onto arterial streets is discouraged.

(B)

Emergency Vehicles Vehicle accommodation areas of all developments shall be designed so that sanitation, emergency, and other public service vehicles can serve such developments, without the necessity of backing unreasonable distances or making other dangerous or hazardous turning movements.

(C)

Parking On-Site Only Every vehicle accommodation area shall be designed so that vehicles cannot extend beyond the perimeter of such area onto adjacent properties or public rights-of-way. Such areas shall also be designed so that vehicles do not extend over sidewalks or tend to bump against or damage any wall, vegetation, or other obstruction.

(D)

Circulation Areas Circulation areas shall be designed so that vehicles can proceed safely without posing a danger to pedestrians or other vehicles and without interfering with parking areas. Vehicle accommodation areas shall be designed to ensure pedestrian safety by providing crosswalks at the ends of each parking area aisle, as well as between the vehicle accommodation area and the building. Further, a five-foot wide walkway between aisles shall be required if either side of aisle contains more than twenty (20) spaces and shall be located equidistant from the ends of the aisle.

(E)

Alternatives Designers are encouraged to reduce paved areas by shortening standard parking spaces to eighteen (18) feet of pavement with two (2) feet of grassed overhang area. Continuous curbing or wheel-stops must be used at the end of the eighteen-foot dimension. Where wheel-stops are used, one (1) shall be provided for each space.

(F)

Overflow Parking Designers are also encouraged to provide grassed overflow parking areas where the number of spaces desired is greater than the code minimums. Additionally, those uses that anticipate less parking demand than the code minimum requires may utilize grassed overflow parking areas for up to twenty-five (25) percent of requirements for general office, commercial, and industrial uses, and up to fifty (50) percent for recreational or institutional uses with weekly or less frequent peak demand. However, if overflow areas under the code minimum number of spaces are regularly used so as to become un-maintained and unsightly, the City may require that those spaces be paved as specified in the Engineering Standards Manual.

(G)

Fire Lane Designation Every vehicle accommodation area that abuts a building or a fire protection device shall be provided with a fire lane designed per the Engineering Standards Manual.

(H)

Lighting Lighting shall be provided consistent with Section 17.5, except as otherwise provided in this article.

(A)

Vehicle Accommodation Areas to be Paved Vehicle accommodation areas that include lanes for drive-in windows or contain parking areas that are required to have more than five (5) parking spaces and that are used regularly at least five (5) days per week shall be graded and surfaced with asphalt, concrete or other material that will provide equivalent protection against potholes, erosion, and dust. Specifications for surfaces meeting the standard set forth in this subsection are contained in the Engineering Standards Manual.

(B)

Alternatives Vehicle accommodation areas that are not provided with the type of surface specified in Subsection (A) above shall be graded and surfaced with crushed stone, gravel, or other suitable material to provide a surface that is stable and will help to reduce dust and erosion. The perimeter of such parking areas shall be defined by bricks, stones, railroad ties, or other similar devices. In addition, whenever such a vehicle accommodation area abuts a paved street, the driveway leading from such street to such area (or, if there is no driveway, the portion of the vehicle accommodation area that opens onto such streets) shall be paved as provided in Subsection (A) for a distance of fifteen (15) feet back from the edge of the paved street. This subsection shall not apply to single-family or two-family residences.

(C)

Parking Demarcation Parking spaces in areas surfaced in accordance with Subsection (A), vehicle accommodation areas to be paved, shall be appropriately demarcated with painted lines or other markings. Parking spaces in areas surfaced in accordance with Subsection (B), alternatives, shall be demarcated whenever practicable.

(D)

Maintenance of Vehicle Accommodation Areas Vehicle accommodation areas shall be properly maintained in all respects. In particular, and without limiting the foregoing, vehicle accommodation area surfaces shall be kept in good condition (free from potholes, etc.) and parking space lines or markings shall be kept clearly visible and distinct.

(E)

Flexibility Subsection (A), vehicle accommodation areas to be paved, is only a guideline for determining pavement requirements. Based on environmental and developmental conditions, the City Council may require more or less compliance.

(A)

Joint Use of Parking Allowed One parking area may contain required spaces for several different uses, but except as otherwise provided in this section, the required space assigned to one (1) use may not be credited to any other use.

(B)

Use of Parking at Different Times To the extent that developments that wish to make joint use of the same parking spaces operate at different times, the same spaces may be credited to both uses. For example, if a parking lot is used in connection with an office building on Monday through Friday but is generally ninety (90) percent vacant on weekends, another development that operates only on weekends could be credited with ninety (90) percent of the spaces on that lot. Or, if a church parking lot is generally occupied only to fifty (50) percent of capacity on days other than Sunday, another development could make use of fifty (50) percent of the church lot's spaces on those other days.

(C)

Use of Satellite Parking If the joint use of the same parking spaces by two (2) or more principal uses involves satellite parking spaces, then the provisions of Section 13.8, are also applicable.

(A)

Use of Satellite or Off-Site Parking If the number of off-street parking spaces required by this article cannot reasonably be provided on the same lot where the principal use associated with these parking spaces is located, then spaces may be provided on adjacent or nearby lots in accordance with the provisions of this Section upon approval of the order approving authority. These off-site spaces are referred to in this section as satellite parking spaces.

(B)

Distance to Parking All such satellite parking spaces (except spaces intended for employee use) must be located within four hundred (400) feet of a public entrance of a principal building housing the use associated with such parking, or within four hundred (400) feet of the lot on which the use associated with such parking is located if the use is not housed within any principal building. Satellite parking spaces intended for employee use may be located within any reasonable distance.

(C)

Permission to Use Satellite Parking The developer wishing to take advantage of the provisions of this section must present satisfactory written evidence that he has the permission of the owner or other person in charge of the satellite parking spaces to use such spaces. The developer must also sign an acknowledgment that the continuing validity of his development order depends upon his continuing ability to provide the requisite number of parking spaces.

(A)

Loading and Unloading Areas Required Subject to Subsection (E), Location, whenever the normal operation of any development requires that goods, merchandise, or equipment be routinely delivered to or shipped from that development, sufficient off-street loading and unloading areas must be provided in accordance with this section to accommodate the delivery or shipment operations in a safe and convenient manner.

(B)

Must Meet Need The loading and unloading area must be of sufficient size to accommodate the numbers and types of vehicles that are likely to use this area, given the nature of the development in question. The following table indicates the number and size of spaces that, presumptively, satisfy the standard set forth in this subsection. However, the order approving authority may require more or less loading and unloading area if reasonably necessary to satisfy the foregoing standard.

Plus one (1) space for each additional 72,000 square feet or fraction thereof.

*Loading docks and zones for commercial and office uses shall be designed to meet the needs of the use, but shall have a minimum size of eighteen (18) feet by twelve (12) feet when utilizing a curb or wheel stop, and an overhead clearance of fourteen point five (14.5) feet from street grade required.

(C)

Design Loading and unloading areas shall be so located and designed that the vehicles intended to use them can maneuver safely and conveniently to and from a public right-of-way, and complete the loading and unloading operations without obstructing or interfering with any public right-of-way or any parking space or parking lot aisle.

(D)

Distinct and Separate from Parking No area allocated to loading and unloading facilities may be used to satisfy the area requirements for off-street parking, nor shall any portion of any off-street parking area be used to satisfy the area requirements for loading and unloading facilities.

(E)

Location Loading and unloading areas shall be located and designed so they are not visible from adjacent streets, nor adjacent to residential areas.

(A)

Width and Radii of Access Drives Width and radii requirements for access drives are located in the Engineering Standards Manual.

(B)

Parking Design The Engineering Standards Manual contains the guidelines for parking lot design and layout.

(C)

Fire Lanes Fire lane requirements are found in the Engineering Standards Manual.

Specific requirements for parking and vehicle accommodation area surfaces are contained in the Engineering Standards Manual.