Palm Shores City Zoning Code
OFF-STREET PARKING
AND LOADING
§ 157.515 DEFINITION.
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE. A minimum rectangular parking area measuring nine feet by 20 feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles.
(2000 Code, § 66-941) (Ord. 75-01, passed 7-14-1975; Ord. 96-08, passed 10-22-1996; Ord. 2021-03, passed - -2021)
§ 157.516 REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING.
There shall be provided at the time of the erection of any main building or structure, or at the time any main building or structure is enlarged or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, guest rooms, floor area of seats, minimum off-street automobile parking space with adequate provisions for ingress or egress in accordance with the following requirements.
Function | Minimum Off-Street Parking Space |
Function | Minimum Off-Street Parking Space |
Auditorium, theaters or other places of assembly | |
For each four seats or seating places | 1 |
For every 120 square feet of floor area of the main assembly hall | 1 |
Whichever requirement is greater | |
Business or commercial buildings, for each 300 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof | 1 |
Churches, temples or places of worship | |
For each five seats or seating places | 1 |
For each 150 square feet of floor area of the main assembly hall | 1 |
Whichever is greater | |
Clubs or lodges | |
For each five seats or seating places | 1 |
For each 150 square feet of floor area of the main assembly hall | 1 |
Colleges and universities | |
Dormitories, fraternity houses, sororities, for each two sleeping spaces | 1 |
Classrooms, planetarium, for each three seats or seating places | 1 |
Gymnasium, natatorium, auditorium, theater, amphitheater and other places of public assembly, for each three seats or seating spaces | 1 |
Stadium, for each two seats | 1 |
Minus campus parking required elsewhere; except parking required for dormitories, fraternities or sororities may not be subtracted | |
Field sports other than stadium | No new parking required |
Infirmary | |
For each bed | 0.5 |
For each 300 square feet if there are no beds | 1 |
Libraries, museums, for each 300 square feet of floor area | 1 |
Computer center, laboratories, greenhouses, radio/T.V. stations, for each 300 square feet of floor area | 1 |
Student union, cafeteria, restaurant, automats, other eating facilities, bookstore, retail facilities, post office, for each 300 square feet of floor space | 1 |
Student military building, for each 300 square feet of floor area | 1 |
Power plant, other mechanical equipment structures, for each 1,000 square feet of floor area | 1 |
Administrative offices, teacher’s offices and the like, for each 300 square feet of floor area | 1 |
Hospitals and sanitariums, for each four patient beds | 1 |
Plus, for every two employees on the largest working shift, exclusive of spaces required for doctors | 1 |
Libraries, museums | Equal in area to 50% of the floor area open to the public |
Manufacturing and industrial uses, for each two employees on the largest working shift | 1 |
Medical and dental clinics, per doctor or dentist | 5 |
Mortuaries, for each five seats or seating places, exclusive of areas needed for funeral vehicles | 1 |
Nursing or convalescent homes and sanitariums, for each three patient beds | 1 |
Office and professional buildings, for each 300 square feet of gross floor area | 1 |
Residential uses | |
Single-family and duplex residential uses | 2 |
Townhouse and multiple-family residential uses | 2.35 per unit |
Restaurants or other eating places, for each three seats or seating places | 1 |
Roominghouses, boardinghouses, for each two beds | 1 |
Junior high and elementary schools | |
Per classroom | 1 |
For each administrative office | 1 |
High school, for each four students | 1 |
Transient lodging facilities | |
For each sleeping unit | 1 |
For the owner or manager | 1 |
For each three employees | 1 |
All other uses shall be determined by the official agency of the town charged with approving plans for the uses to be constructed | |
(2000 Code, § 66-942) (Ord. 75-01, passed 7-14-1975; Ord. 2008-01, passed 1-22-2008; Ord. 2022-05, passed 11-22-2022) Penalty, see §
157.999
§ 157.517 LOCATION OF OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES.
(A) Parking spaces for all dwellings shall be located on the same property with the main building to be served where feasible, unless otherwise stipulated elsewhere in this subchapter; except that half the total number of required spaces for multiple-family dwellings, townhouses and mobile homes may be located in a common parking facility not more than 200 feet distant from the nearest boundary of the site.
(B) Required off-street parking areas for three or more automobiles shall have individual spaces marked and shall be so designed, maintained and regulated in a manner that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on any area, public street, walk or alley, and so that any automobile may be parked and unparked without moving another.
(2000 Code, § 66-943) (Ord. 75-01, passed 7-14-1975) Penalty, see § 157.999
§ 157.518 REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF-STREET LOADING SPACES.
(A) Every single-occupancy permitted use having a floor area of 10,000 square feet or more requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials and merchandise shall have at least one permanently maintained off-street loading space for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(B) Single-occupancy retail operations, wholesale and industrial operations with a gross floor area of less than 10,000 square feet shall provide sufficient receiving space on the property so as not to hinder the fast movement of vehicles and pedestrians over a sidewalk, street or alley.
(2000 Code, § 66-944) (Ord. 75-01, passed 7-14-1975) Penalty, see § 157.999
§ 157.519 LOCATION AND DIMENSION OF OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE.
(A) Each loading space shall have direct access to an alley or street and shall have the following minimum dimensions:
Length | 45 feet |
Width | 14 feet |
Height | 14 feet |
(B) Sufficient maneuvering area shall be provided where it is anticipated that trucks and/or trailers exceeding 45 feet in length will be utilized in loading or unloading. Loading spaces shall be within the confines of the property.
(2000 Code, § 66-945) (Ord. 75-01, passed 7-14-1975) Penalty, see § 157.999