Palmer City Zoning Code
Division 11
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 9.03.321 Off-street parking requirements.
(a)
Purpose.
To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to lessen congestion in the streets; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation; to conserve the value of buildings; and to encourage the most appropriate use of land, minimum off-street parking and loading areas shall be provided as set forth in the following schedules and provisions.
(b)
General provisions.
(1)
Parking facilities required herein shall have an all-weather surfacing, enclosed or unenclosed, and shall be connected by an all-weather surfaced driveway to a street or alley. An all-weather surface parking facility shall be of asphalt or concrete construction.
(2)
No parking space shall be less than eighteen feet (18') in length and nine feet (9') in width. Exception: parking spaces may be reduced in length when a tire-stop curb is installed sixteen feet (16') from the maneuvering lane and a clear space of two feet (2') is provided for a vehicle overhang. The overhang is not permitted over public property or a setback in which parking is not permitted. Such reduction is permitted only when the width of the maneuvering lane is maintained at twenty-six feet (26').
(3)
Required off-street parking for residential uses shall be provided on the lot or tract occupied by the principal use. Required off-street parking for permitted nonresidential uses shall be provided on the lot or tract occupied by the principal use, upon a portion of said lot or tract which is contained in the same zoning district as the principal use. The city council may permit a parking facility to accommodate either required or additional off-premises parking, as a special exception, under such regulations and conditions as the city council may deem advisable, when the proposed parking facility is on a planed [platted] lot within one hundred fifty feet (150') of the principal use property. The city council shall approve the location of entrances and exits to these parking facilities and may require screening devices along the parking facility boundaries.
(4)
In determining the required number of parking spaces, fractional spaces shall be counted to the nearest whole space. Parking spaces located in buildings used for repair garages or car washes shall not be counted as meeting the required minimum parking.
(5)
The floor area of structures devoted to off-street parking of vehicles shall be excluded in computing the floor area for off-street parking requirements.
(6)
Where a lot or tract of land is used for a combination of uses, the off-street parking requirements shall be the composite or sum of the requirements for each type of use and no off-street parking space provided for one type use or building shall be included in calculation of the off-street parking requirements for any other use or building except as prescribed by this article.
(7)
Head-in parking.
The following provisions shall apply to all head-in parking adjacent to a public thoroughfare:
(A)
Head-in parking spaces so situated that the maneuvering of a vehicle in entering or leaving such spaces is done on a public street or within public right-of-way shall not be classified as off-street parking in computing any parking requirements herein; and
(B)
The construction of head-in parking as described in subsection (A) hereof shall be prohibited hereafter. All such head-in parking facilities in existence at the time of the enactment of this section are hereby declared to be a nonconforming use of land subject to the provisions of section 24 [section 9.03.382] of this article.
Editor’s note—Ordinance 999, sec. 12-11-1, contained a scrivener’s error citing nonexistent section 24.
(8)
No off-street parking facility shall be located, either in whole or in part, in a public street or sidewalk, parkway, alley or other public right-of-way.
(9)
No off-street parking or loading space shall be located, either in whole or in part, within any fire lane required by the city or within aisles, driveways or maneuvering areas necessary to provide reasonable access to any parking space. Tandem parking is prohibited, unless specifically authorized by this article.
(10)
No required off-street parking facility shall be used for sales, non-vehicular storage, repair or service activities.
(11)
Lighting facilities, if provided, shall be so arranged as to be reflected away from property zoned or used for residential purposes.
(12)
No asphalt or concrete paving shall be permitted in the city rights-of-way or in any required setback where parking facilities are prohibited unless such paving is intended for use as a drive approach approved for access to property or such paving is required to meet minimum city sidewalk standards.
(13)
For all multi-family and nonresidential uses, parking spaces shall be striped or otherwise clearly designated on the parking facility surface, and shall not include any fire lane or other area necessary for aisles or maneuvering of vehicles.
(c)
Minimum off-street parking standards.
Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered or converted for any use permitted in the district in which it is located unless there shall be provided on the lot or tract or on an immediately contiguous lot or tract, or on a lot or tract within one hundred fifty feet (150') of such building or structure, vehicle parking in the following ratio of vehicle spaces for the uses specified in the designated districts, except that an established use lawfully existing at the effective date of this article need not provide vehicle parking as hereinafter set forth, provided such use is not expanded and that no existing vehicle parking in connection with said uses at the effective date of this article may be reduced below the minimum number of spaces as hereinafter required. The minimum off-street parking spaces shall be provided as follows:
Number of Parking Spaces Required | |
|---|---|
(1) Residential | |
Single-family residence | 2 per dwelling unit |
Duplex | 2 per dwelling unit |
Multi-family dwelling | 2 per dwelling unit |
Mobile home | 2 per dwelling unit |
Mobile home park | 2 per lot plus 150 square feet for each 2 lots |
Condominium or townhouse | 2 per dwelling unit |
Boarding or rooming house | 1 per rooming unit |
Garage apartment | 1 per apt. unit |
Tourist court | 1 per rooming unit |
Dormitory (private) | 1 per rooming unit |
(2) Institutional | |
Community or recreation center | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area |
School | |
Elementary | 1 per 20 students |
Junior high | 1 per 18 students |
Senior high | 1 per 1.75 students |
Trade/vocational | 1 per 1.75 students |
College/university | 1 per 4 day students |
Auditorium or public assembly hall | 1 for each 4 seats |
Church | 1 for each 4 seats in sanctuary |
Kindergarten, day nursery or day care center | 1 for each 8 pupils |
Hospital | |
Chronic care | 1 for each 6 beds |
Acute care | 1 for each 2 beds |
Convalescent home | 1 for each 6 beds |
Library or museum | 10 plus 1 for each 600 square feet of floor area |
Fraternity or sorority house or lodge | 1 for each 2 members |
Mortuary, funeral chapel | 1 for each 4 seats in chapel |
Sanitarium | 1 for each 6 beds |
Post office | 10 plus 1 for each employee |
(3) Commercial and entertainment | |
Retail store or shop | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area |
Furniture and appliance stores | 1 per 400 square feet of floor area |
Restaurant, cafe or cafeteria | 1 for each 3 seats |
Private or night club | 1 per 100 square feet of floor area |
Theater | 1 for each 4 seats |
Bowling alley | 4 per lane |
Ballpark, stadium or rodeo | 1 for each 8 seats |
Hotel and motel | 1 per guest room |
Offices general | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area |
Bank, savings and loan association and other financial institution | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area |
Medical or dental clinic | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area |
Car wash | 3 tandem spaces per wash bay |
Vehicle or machinery repair garage or shop | 2-1/2 per work bay |
Automobile service station | 2 per work bay |
Skating rink | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area |
Arcade, pool hall or domino parlor | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area |
Golf course including miniature | 3 per hole |
Personal services shop | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area |
Shopping center | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area |
Driving range | 1 per tee |
Grocery store or market | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area |
(4) Manufacturing, industrial and warehouse | |
Mini-warehouse | 1 for each employee plus 3 visitor parking spaces |
Manufacturing and industrial operations | 1 per employee plus 1 per business vehicle on premises plus 3 visitor spaces |
Wholesale storage and jobbing | I per employee plus 1 per business vehicle on premises plus 3 visitor spaces |
Brick or lumber yard | 1 per 1,000 square feet of site area |
Extractive operations, including sand and gravel mining and processing | 1 for each employee plus 2 visitor [spaces] |
Motor freight terminal | 1 for each employee plus 1 per business vehicle on premises plus 2 visitor spaces |
Junk, salvage or wrecking yard | 1 for each 2,000 square feet of site area |
Flea or farmers’ market | 3 per stall or booth |
(Ordinance 999, sec. 12-11-1, adopted 1/18/11)
§ 9.03.322 Off-street loading requirements.
(a)
All retail, commercial and industrial uses shall be provided with off-street facilities for receiving and loading merchandise, supplies and materials within a building or on the lot or tract. Such off-street loading space may be adjacent to a public alley or private service drive or may consist of a truck berth within the structure. Such off-street loading space or truck berth shall consist of a minimum area of ten by forty-five feet (10' x 45') and such spaces or berths shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule:
Square Feet of Gross Floor Area in Structure | Minimum Required Spaces or Berths |
|---|---|
0 to 5,000 | None |
5,000 to 25,000 | 1 |
25,000 to 45,000 | 2 |
45,000 to 65,000 | 3 |
65,000 to 100,000 | 4 |
Except in the “C-1” downtown business area that has developed with no area of setback and off-street parking. |
(b)
The existence of twenty foot (20') alley adjacent to the property shall be construed as equivalent to one (1) berth. All off-street loading spaces shall have an all-weather surface of asphalt or concrete construction and shall be accessible by a street, driveway or alley.
(c)
No loading docks shall be constructed facing on any public street or highway unless said loading dock is at least seventy-five feet (75') inside the right-of-way line of the street or highway on which said loading dock fronts.
(Ordinance 999, sec. 12-11-2, adopted 1/18/11)