Owen County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
OFF STREET
PARKING AND LOADING
§ 155.135 PURPOSE AND SCOPE.
The provisions of this subchapter are established to relieve and/or prevent traffic congestion in the streets, to minimize any detrimental effects of off-street parking areas on adjacent properties, and to ensure the proper and uniform development of parking areas throughout the county jurisdictional area.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)
§ 155.136 PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENT.
The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to situations detailed in this section:
(A) All buildings or structures erected or substantially altered and all uses of land or buildings and structures established or changed after the adoption of this subchapter.
(B) Whenever a building or structure constructed before the effective date of this subchapter is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of housing units, seating capacity or otherwise, and such change or enlargement creates a need for additional parking spaces. In these cases, the number of additional spaces to be provided shall be based on the extent of the enlargement or change, provided that whenever a building or structure existing prior to the effective date of this subchapter is enlarged to the extent of 50% or more in floor area, number of employees, number of housing units, seating capacity or otherwise, said building or structure shall then and thereafter comply with the full parking requirements set forth in this subchapter.
(C) Accessory off-street parking facilities in existence on the effective date of this subchapter and located on the same parcel as the building, structure or use served shall not hereafter be reduced below or, if already less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements for a similar building, structure or use under this subchapter.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)
§ 155.137 GENERAL PARKING REGULATIONS.
(A) The required off-street parking spaces for any number of separate buildings, structures or uses may be provided collectively on one lot, provided that total number of such spaces shall be not less than the sum of requirements for the various individual buildings, structures or uses computed separately in accordance with this subchapter.
(B) When two or more uses are located within the same building or structure, off-street parking spaces equal in number to the sum of the separate requirements for each use shall be provided.
(C) Divisions (A) and (B) above notwithstanding, two or more non-residential uses may jointly provide and use off-street parking spaces when their hours of operation do not normally overlap, subject to the other requirements of this subchapter.
(D) All off-street parking spaces required by this subchapter shall be used only for the parking of vehicles of occupants, patrons, visitors, or employees and shall not be used for any kind of loading, sales or servicing, or for the continuous storage of a vehicle for more than 48 hours.
(E) Any parking area to be used by employees or visitors shall provide parking spaces and associated access aisles designated, marked, and located to adequately accommodate the disabled. Accessible spaces shall be provided in sufficient numbers and to the specifications of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Indiana Building Code (IBC). Each accessible or van accessible parking space shall be located adjacent to an access aisle and in close proximity to the entrance(s) most accessible for the disabled. The required number and sizes of such spaces shall be provided regardless of any other provisions of these regulations or of any reduction in parking requirements otherwise approved by the Commission or the Board.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)
§ 155.138 PARKING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
(A) Locational standards.
(1) Off-street parking spaces for all residential uses shall be located on the same lot as the residential structure or on a lot adjacent to the lot on which the residential structure is located.
(2) Off-street parking spaces for commercial, industrial or institutional uses shall be located not more than 700 feet from the principal use building.
(3) Off-street parking spaces may be located in any yard, subject to applicable setback standards. However, parking spaces may not be located on the shared portions of shared driveways.
(4) Off-street parking areas, except those serving single-family detached dwelling units, shall be set back from all public rights-of-way lines a minimum of ten feet. Any such areas abutting a zone or use with a more restrictive setback shall comply with the more restrictive setback.
(B) Parking space dimensions. Off-street parking spaces shall have minimum rectangular dimensions of not less than nine feet in width and 18 feet in length, except that parallel parking spaces shall be at least 24 feet in length. Not more than 10% of the required parking spaces may be compact stalls with minimum rectangular dimensions of not less than eight feet in width and 16 feet in length. Each such space shall have vertical clearance of at least seven feet. All dimensions shall be exclusive of obstructions and of driveways, aisles, and other circulation areas.
(C) Parking space access.
(1) Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or a driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space. The following minimum aisle or driveway width standards shall apply: 25 feet wide for 90 degree parking; 20 feet wide for 60 degree parking; 20 feet wide for 45 degree parking; and 15 feet wide for parallel parking.
(2) Clearly defined driveways shall be provided for ingress and egress to off-street parking areas.
(3) All areas devoted to off-street parking shall be designed to prevent traffic congestion on adjacent streets. Whenever possible, the number of traffic access points for uses fronting on arterial streets shall not exceed one per 300 feet. Where direct access to an off-street parking area is provided by an arterial or federal and secondary road, acceleration and deceleration lanes shall be provided on both sides of the access road in accordance with AASHTO standards.
(4) All areas devoted to off-street parking shall be designed so that no vehicle is required to back into a street. Off-street parking areas that exclusively serve single-family detached and two-family dwelling units shall be exempted from this requirement unless direct access to the dwelling unit is provided by an arterial street.
(D) Surfacing requirement.
(1) Off-street parking areas (including parking spaces, aisles and driveways) may use crushed stone except for commercial or industrial uses in which case the off-street parking shall consist of plant mix asphalt or concrete.
(2) Poured-in-place concrete curbs shall be installed to separate off-street parking areas from the front and sides of any abutting building or structure, otherwise barrier curbs may be installed as necessary to safely and efficiently direct the movement and parking of motor vehicles. Single-family detaches and two-family dwellings are exempted from this requirement.
(3) The off-street parking area shall be drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulated in the parking area in such a way as to preclude channeled or concentrated drainage of water onto adjacent property or toward buildings.
(4) No part of any off-street parking area, excluding drives that do not provide direct access to abutting parking spaces, shall have a slope of greater than 5%.
(5) The surface of off-street parking areas shall be maintained and kept in good repair, free from refuse and debris.
(E) Screening and landscaping. The Director may condition the approval of an off-street parking area or for a building or structure that will use an existing, on-site parking area on: the establishment of buffer landscaping between the parking area and adjoining or nearby residential districts or uses; and/or the establishment of a lawn on unpaved portions of the parking area.
(F) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate a required off-street parking area shall be shielded with appropriate light fixtures directing the light away from adjacent properties in order that the illumination at any property line shall not exceed one foot candle.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003) Penalty, see § 155.999
§ 155.139 MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND CALCULATION METHOD.
(A) Off-street parking spaces accessory to principal uses shall be provided in accordance with the off-street parking requirements table in § 155.143 of this subchapter, which is incorporated into this section. Parking space requirements for other uses will be determined by the Board based upon data supplied by the applicant in response to requests for traffic and parking data to be furnished with the application for site plan and/or improvement location permit in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter.
(B) When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this subchapter results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of one-half or less may be disregarded, while a fraction in excess of one-half shall be counted as one parking space.
(C) In the event a specific use is not listed in the table, the planning staff shall determine the number of spaces required. In making this determination, the planning staff shall consider the following criteria:
(1) The number of parking spaces required for a use list in the table in § 155.143 of this subchapter that is most similar to the proposed use in terms of the parked motor vehicles that are anticipated to be generated;
(2) The square footage to be occupied by the proposed use; and
(3) The number of employees and patrons that are anticipated for the proposed use.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003) Penalty, see § 155.999
§ 155.140 SHARED PARKING.
Parking which is to be shared among two or more businesses or land use activities may be permitted subject to the following requirements:
(A) No more than 50% of the parking spaces required for a building or use may be supplied by parking facilities required for any other building or use.
(B) Total parking provided shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of the greatest combined peak parking demands. Evidence in the form of parking generation studies or calculations shall be provided upon request of the Director.
(C) The owners of the properties shall submit a written commitment guaranteeing that the parking spaces shall be provided and maintained as stipulated in the approved site plan, so long as parking is required for the properties in question or until the required parking is provided by other means. Such commitment shall be recorded by the property owners in the County Recorder’s Office and a copy filed with the Planning Department.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)
§ 155.141 LOADING AREA DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
(A) Location and screening. Where loading berths are provided, they shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. Loading berths shall be screened by either building walls, a solid fence, densely planted shrubbery, or any combination thereof, none of which may be less than six feet in height at maturity. Loading berths may not be located in a front setback in any zoning district.
(B) Loading berth access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement.
(C) Utilization. Loading activities may not utilize required off-street parking spaces or access thereto.
(D) Plan required. The location of loading activities must be shown on any site plan submitted for review.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)
§ 155.142 MINIMUM LOADING AREA REQUIREMENTS.
Off-street loading berths shall be provided as follows:
(A) Business and professional offices, medical facilities, schools, motels/hotels, clubs and similar business uses: one loading berth for each 100,000 square feet of space or additional fraction thereof.;
(B) Industrial, manufacturing and warehousing: one loading berth for each 40,000 square feet of space or additional fraction thereof.
(C) Other commercial uses: one loading berth for businesses with 5,000 to 10,000 square feet of space and two loading berths for businesses with 10,001 to 25,000 square feet of space, plus one additional berth for each additional 25,000 square feet of space or fraction thereof.
(D) Loading berths may not be counted as parking spaces, driveways or aisles for purposes of meeting the off-street parking requirements of this subchapter.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)
§ 155.143 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS TABLE.
Use | Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirement |
Use | Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirement |
Agricultural Uses | |
Agricultural uses - land animal related | Dwelling unit requirements only |
Agricultural uses - non-animal related | Dwelling unit requirements only |
Aquaculture | Dwelling unit requirements only |
Commercial non-farm animals | Dwelling unit requirements only |
Confined feeding operation | 1/employee |
Equine services | 1/4 stalls + 1/employee |
Feed lot | 1/employee |
Feed mill | 2/1,000 GFA |
Stockyard | 1/employee on largest shift |
Amusement and Recreational Services | |
Amphitheater | 1/4 persons at maximum capacity |
Club or lodge | 1/4 persons at maximum capacity |
Indoor theater | 1/4 seats |
Outdoor drive-in theater | 1/employee |
Park and recreational services | 1/10,000 square feet outdoor + 1/1,000 square feet indoor |
Private recreational facility | 5/1,000 GFA |
Resorts | ½ members + spaces required each accessory use |
Rodeo | 1/4 seats |
Transient amusement enterprises | 5/1,000 GFA enclosed area + 1/3 persons that outdoor facilities designed for at maximum capacity |
Automotive and Transportation Services | |
Automotive paint shop | 1/service bay + 1/employee |
Automotive rentals | 2/1,000 GFA |
Automotive repair shop | 1/service bay + 1/employee on largest shift |
Automotive tire repair | 2/1,000 GFA |
Bus terminal | 10/1,000 GFA waiting area |
Car wash, self-serve | 3 stacking spaces/bay |
Car wash, full-serve | 6 stacking spaces + ½ employees |
Cold storage plant | 1/employee on largest shift |
Gasoline service station | 1.5/fuel nozzle + 20/1,000 GFA enclosed area |
Grain elevator | 1/employee on largest shift |
Taxicab stand | 1/employee + 1/vehicle used in operation |
Transfer or storage terminal | 1/employee on largest shift |
Trucking terminal | 1/employee + 1/vehicle used in operation |
Wrecker service | 1/employee +1/vehicle used in operation |
Business and Personal Services | |
Air cargo and package service | 3.3/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Aircraft charter service | 1/employee + 1/4 seats in waiting area |
Airport transportation service | 1/employee + 1/4 seats in waiting area |
Appliance repair | 2/1,000 GFA+ 1/employee |
Auction house | 1/4 seats |
Barber service | 10/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Beauty service | 10/1,000 GFA + 1 /employee |
Bed and breakfast | 1/guest room + dwelling unit requirements |
Bottled gas storage and distribution | 2/1,000 GFA |
Central garbage/rubbish collection facility | 2/1,000 GFA (minimum 5 spaces required) |
Coin-operated cleaning/laundry | 5/1,000 GFA |
Composting operation | 1/employee |
Convenience storage | 1/1,000 GFA |
Copy service | 4/1,000 GFA |
Dry cleaning and laundry pickup | 1/employee |
Dry cleaning and laundry service | 3 + 1/1,000 GFA |
Electrical repair | 2/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Employment agency | 4/1,000 GFA |
Equipment rental | 3/1,000 GFA |
Estate services | 1.5/1,000 GFA |
Exterminating service | 1.25/1,000 GFA |
Financial service | 5/1,000 GFA + 4 stacking spaces/drive-in lane |
Gunsmith | 13/1,000 GFA |
Hotel (and motel) | 1/room or suite + 1/3 employees on largest shift + 1/3 persons to the maximum capacity of each meeting/banquet room |
Insurance agency | 2.5/1,000 GFA |
Interior decorating | 2.5/1,000 GFA |
Legal service | 2.5/1,000 GFA |
Locksmith | 3/1,000 GFA |
Office equipment repair | 2/1,000 GFA |
Pet services | 3/1,000 GFA |
Photographic services | 2.5/1,000 GFA |
Real estate agency | 3.3/1,000 GFA |
Remote garbage/rubbish removal facility | 2/1,000 GFA (minimum 5 spaces required) |
Shoe repair | 2/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Small engine and motor repair | 2/1,000 GFA |
Tailoring | 5/1,000 GFA |
Taxidermist | 2/1,000 GFA |
Travel agency | 4/1,000 GFA |
Upholstery service | 3.3/1,000 GFA |
Veterinary service (indoor) | 2/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Veterinary service (outdoor) | 1/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Manufacturing, Mining, Construction and Industrial Uses | |
All uses | 1/employee on largest shift + 1/vehicle used in operation of industry |
Public, Semipublic and Office Facilities | |
Airport | 1/employee + 1/vehicle used in operation + 1/number of vehicles at peak hour |
Camping facility | 1/unit + 1/employee |
Cemetery | 1/employee + space on private drives |
Charitable, fraternal or social organization | 1/4 persons at capacity |
Community center | 3/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Cultural facility | 2.5/1,000 GFA |
Day care facility | 1/4 clients + 1/employee |
Funeral home | 1/4 seats |
Governmental facility | 3/1,000 GFA |
Group home | 1/employee on largest shift + 1/5 clients or 1.7/1,000 GFA |
Hospital | 1/4 beds + ½ employees on largest shift |
Medical clinic | 3/doctor + 1/employee |
Nursing home | 14 beds + 1/employee on largest shift |
Office | 1.3/1,000 GFA |
Office showroom | 2/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Postsecondary educational institution | 1/5 students + 1/employee |
Religious facilities | 1/4 seats |
Retirement center | 4/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
School (K - 8) | 1/classroom + 1/employee |
School (9 - 12) | 1/4 students + 1/employee |
Utility service facility | 1/employee on largest shift |
Wastewater treatment facility | 1/employee on largest shift |
Water treatment facility | 1/employee on largest shift |
Residential Uses | |
Boarding house | 1/rented room + dwelling unit requirements |
Elderly housing | 0.8/unit |
Home occupation | |
Class I | Dwelling unit requirements |
Class II | 1/employee + dwelling unit requirements |
Home based business | 1/employee + dwelling unit requirements |
Manufactured home park | 2 spaces/unit |
Multi-family dwelling | |
1 bedroom | 1 space/unit |
2 bedroom | 1.6 spaces/unit |
3 bedroom | 1.8 spaces/unit |
4 bedroom | 2 spaces/unit |
Each additional bedroom | Add 0.5 spaces |
Single-family dwelling | 2 spaces/unit |
Two-family dwelling | 2 spaces/unit |
Retail and Wholesale Trade | |
Agricultural sale barn | 1/4 seats |
Agricultural supply | 2/1,000 GFA |
Apparel shop | 3/1,000 GFA |
Appliance sales | 2/1,000 GFA |
Automotive sales | 2/1,000 GFA enclosed sales area + 1/2,500 GFA open sales area + 2/service bay + 1/employee (minimum 5 spaces required) |
Automotive supply | 2.5/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Bakery (retail) | 5/1,000 GFA |
Bakery (wholesale) | 5/1,000 GFA sales area + 1/employee |
Bookstore | 3/1,000 GFA |
Building materials | 5/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Cabinet sales | 2/1,000 GFA |
Camera and photographic supply | 3/1,000 GFA |
Caterer | 2/1,000 GFA |
Confectionery | 2/1,000 GFA |
Convenience store | 3/1,000 GFA + 1/employee on largest shift |
Department store <25,000 GLA | 4/1,000 GFA |
Department store 25,001 - 400,000 GLA | 3.3/1,000 GFA |
Department store 400,001 - 600,000 GLA | 3.6/1,000 GFA |
Department store >600,001 GLA | 4/1,000 GFA |
Drapery sales | 2/1,000 GFA |
Drugstore | 2.5/1,000 GFA |
Fertilizer sales (bulk) | 1/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Fertilizer sales (packaged) | 2/1,000 GFA |
Florist (retail) | 5/1,000 GFA |
Florist (wholesale) | 5/1,000 GFA sales area + 1/employee |
Fruit market | 4/stand |
Furniture sales | 1.5/1,000 GFA |
Garden center | 2.5/1,000 GFA |
General flooring sales | 3/1,000 GFA + 1/employee on largest shift |
Gift shop | 3/1,000 GFA |
Grocery store | 5/1,000 GFA |
Handicrafts | 2/1,000 GFA |
Hardware | 2/1,000 GFA |
Heavy machinery sales | 2/1,000 GFA enclosed sale area + 1/2,500 GFA open sales area + 1/employee |
Industrial supplies | 2/1,000 GFA + 1/employee |
Jewelry | 3/1,000 GFA |
Liquor store | 2.5/1,000 GFA |
Marine supply | 1/2,000 GFA sales area |
Manufactured housing sales | 1/2,000 GFA sales area |
Meat market | 5/1,000 GFA |
Motorcycle sales | 1/1,000 GFA display area |
Music store | 3/1,000 GFA |
Office supplies | 2.5/1,000 GFA |
Optical goods | 2.5/1,000 GFA |
Pet shop | 3.3/1,000 GFA |
Petroleum bulk sales and storage | 2/1,000 GFA |
Restaurant | 1/3 seats + ½ employees on largest shift |
Restaurant (drive-in) | 16.7/1,000 GFA (minimum 4 spaces) |
Sporting goods | 3/1,000 GFA |
Tavern | 1/4 seats |
Used merchandise (antiques) | 2/1,000 GFA |
Used merchandise (flea market) | 3/1,000 GFA |
Used merchandise (general) | 2/1,000 GFA |
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)