The purpose of the requirements in this chapter is to further the appropriate provision and design of off-street parking and loading areas that will:

A.

Provide access to land uses generating large traffic volumes in a community dependent on automobile and truck transportation;

B.

Foster safe and efficient circulation of vehicles and pedestrians both on private property and on adjacent public;

C.

Minimize nuisance in residential areas from on-street parking of large numbers of vehicles.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

The requirements in this section apply to any provision, removal, enlargement or alteration of any off-street parking or loading spaces or areas accessory to any building or structure existing as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title or any new spaces or areas required to be provided under this title or voluntarily provided in excess of the requirements in this title. These provisions shall likewise apply to parking that is the principal use of a parcel.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

Numbers and sizes of off street parking and loading spaces shall be provided for all new uses and existing uses that are enlarged, expanded or changed, in conformance with the standards of Tales 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Sections 17.53.250 through 17.53.280.

No additional spaces shall be required for expansion or change of an existing use if the standards herein would require an increase over the spaces already provided on the site of less than fifteen percent.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

No off-street parking or loading spaces either provided in conformity with the provisions of the ordinance codified in this title or a previous ordinance or voluntarily provided in excess of what such provisions require, shall be reduced in size or number below the requirements herein, or further below such requirements, so long as the use they serve continues in operation.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

A.

A site plan showing off-street parking and loading facilities shall accompany an application for any of the following for any use required to provide over four off-street parking spaces or one or more off-street loading spaces:

1.

Building permit or certificate of occupancy;

2.

Conditional use permit;

3.

Rezoning;

4.

Preliminary or final plat approval as provided in the subdivision ordinance;

5.

Variance from off-street parking or loading requirements.

B.

The city council may wave or defer this requirement in any instance in which the specific use of the premises, and therefore the specific parking and loading requirements applicable, are not yet determined, such as in the case of rezoning for an industrial subdivision. The site plan shall meet the following requirements:

1.

Twenty copies of site plan showing:

a.

Scale: One hundred feet to one inch (or such other scale as the code enforcement official or zoning board shall require);

b.

Numeric and graphic scales, north arrow and date of preparation;

c.

Boundaries of the development and of each phase thereof;

d.

Lot lines and dimensions and areas of lots;

e.

Easements and encroachments;

f.

Drainage: Existing and proposed drainage patterns;

g.

Structures: Location, type, shape, dimensions, floor space, orientation, height in feet, finished grade elevations at all entrances and corners, and number of stories of all existing and proposed structures, including buildings, signs, fences, walls, screening bridges, culverts, exterior lighting fixtures, and entrance features;

h.

Parking, loading and service: Location, shape, dimensions and area of off-street parking and loading spaces and areas, including aisles, curbing, surface type, driveways and curb cuts;

i.

Subsurface conditions: Data on subsurface soil, rock and groundwater conditions (required upon request of the zoning board or code enforcement official).

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

No storage of any kind, nor motor vehicle repair work except for emergency services, is permitted in any open off-street parking or loading area.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

Each required off-street parking space and loading space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide a safe and efficient means of vehicular access, and shall have vehicular access to a public thoroughfare in a manner that will least interfere with traffic movement thereupon. Dimensions of aisles and driveways shall be as provided in Table 3 in Section 17.53.250.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

All parking and loading areas shall be graded for proper drainage, and the volume of storm water runoff that exceeds that existing prior to the installation of such areas shall discharge into an approved drainage system.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

All parking and loading areas shall be maintained free of dust, trash and debris. The surfacing, curbing, lighting fixtures, signage and related appurtenances shall be maintained in good condition so long as such areas are used for parking or loading purposes.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

All parking and loading areas shall be landscaped or screened by a landscaping plan approved by the city council. As a minimum the plan must meet the following requirements:

A.

New Uses Providing Over Twenty-five Off-street Parking Spaces. A minimum of ten percent of the parking area shall consist of landscaping (open sales lots for motor vehicles shall not be considered as parking spaces). The landscape strip may include a solid fence, wall or landscape screen and shall be located along the length of front and corner side lot lines (excluding the width of access ways) in front or corner side yards that accommodate parking areas. The strip shall be a minimum of five feet wide and 3.5 feet high (at time of installation). Trees must have a maximum average spacing of fifty lineal feet of strip, a minimum trunk diameter of 2.5 inches at six inches above grade, a minimum height of eight feet, and a minimum spread of crow of fifteen feet at maturity. The minimum opacity shall be fifty percent continuous opacity when viewed horizontally beginning at grade level up to required minimum height starting no later than twelve months after installation.

B.

New Uses Providing Over Forty-five Off-street Parking Spaces. The requirements for subsection A of this section for twenty-five spaces plus a landscaped strip in the interior of the off-street parking area. The island strip shall have a minimum width of five feet, a minimum area of one hundred square feet, a minimum of one tree meeting the size requirements in subsection A of this section and a maximum of fifteen parking spaces between strips.

C.

Any One or More Open Off-street Loading Spaces. A solid fence, wall, berm, hedge or landscape screen of sufficient height to conceal a use from view from the ground floor level on adjoining properties and with a continuous opacity of fifty percent when viewed horizontally from grade level to the top of the screen starting no later than twelve months after installation. The screen shall be a minimum of six feet high.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

Except as otherwise provided in this title, required off-street parking shall be used solely for parking for patrons, occupants, guests, visitors or employees of the premises on the same lot.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

Required parking spaces for different uses may be provided collectively. Except as provided herein for shopping centers, the total number of spaces so provided shall not be less than the sum of the spaces required for each separate use. No space shall serve as the required space for more than one use.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

The number of parking spaces required for retail and personal service uses located in a shopping center shall be as provided for shopping centers in Table 6 of Section 17.53.280 rather than the sum of the spaces required for the individual uses. Except that the number of spaces for restaurants, taverns and drive-in facilities located in a shopping center, and for any establishment occupying over fifty percent of the gross leasable area of the center, shall be as provided in Table 6 of Section 17.53.280 for these individual uses and shall be added to the number of spaces required under the provisions for shopping centers for the balance of the uses in the center.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

All open off-street parking areas and related vehicular access drives and aisles shall be surfaces with a blacktop, sealcoat, brick or concrete all-weather pavement. Any expansions or extension shall be surfaced with the same such materials as the original installation.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

Where more than four spaces are provided, wheel guards, bumper guards or curbs shall be installed so as to prevent parked vehicles from extending beyond the parking surface.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

Fuel or motor oil may be sold in an off-street parking area only to users thereof and only within a completely enclosed building with no advertising sign visible from the outside and with all fuel pumps screened from the view of the street. No fuel or oil shall be sold in a parking area in a residential district.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

A.

On Same Lot. Required off-street parking for single-family detached and attached dwellings shall be provided on the same lot as the use served. Required parking for other uses may also be provided on a separate lot that is in the same possession, by deed or lease, so long as the nearest point of the parking area thereupon is within three hundred feet walking distance of the nearest entrance to the use served.

B.

In Yards.

1.

Required off-street parking for single-family detached and attached and townhouse dwellings may be located in front, side and rear yards.

2.

It may be located forward of the actual building line opposite a front or corner side lot line the front of the dwelling faces, only if the parking is located entirely on a driveway.

3.

Required off-street parking for other uses may be located in required front, side and rear yards in all districts subject to the requirements for landscaping and screening contained in this title.

4.

No off-street parking for any nonsingle-family residential use is permitted within any required yard abutting property in a A (family residence) district. No parking for any nonresidential use is permitted within any required yard abutting property in A (family residence), B (apartment house), B-2 (high rise apartment) or C (mobile home) district.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

A.

In residential districts (A, B, B-2 and C). A single recreational vehicle as defined in this chapter per dwelling unit may be parked or stored in a residential district; provided that:

1.

It is at no time occupied for living or sleeping purposes except as may be allowed by the city council on a temporary basis;

2.

It is not connected to natural gas, water or sanitary sewer service;

3.

It is stored in its collapsed position if it is a vehicle of the collapsible type not stored in a garage;

4.

It is parked or stored in a location determined by the following:

a.

The vehicle shall be parked in a garage, carport or covered parking space, where one is available on the premises large enough to accommodate the vehicle,

b.

Otherwise, the vehicle shall be parked in the driveway to the rear of the actual building line of the principal building that is opposite the street to which the driveway has access where this is possible to do,

c.

Otherwise, the vehicle shall be parked in the driveway ahead of said building line but not encroaching upon any public sidewalk,

d.

Otherwise, where the dwelling unit does not have its own driveway, the vehicle shall be parked in an open off-street parking space.

B.

In Other Districts. There shall be no restrictions on parking recreational vehicles in nonresidential districts, other than those concerning outdoor storage.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

A.

In residential districts (R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, and R-5) no commercial vehicle as defined in this chapter may be parked or stored in a residential district other than in a completely enclosed garage except for loading or unloading of household belongings between six a.m. and midnight for the purpose of moving a personal residence or for deliveries, repairs, construction, maintenance or service calls.

B.

In commercial districts (C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, and C-5) no commercial vehicle as defined in this chapter may be parked or stored in a commercial district other than in a completely enclosed garage unless it is used in a business located on the same premises or is being parked temporarily by a customer, supplier, contractor or visitor or for loading, unloading, moving or construction, maintenance or repair of the premises.

(Amended by Ord. No. 2004-20-01 Doc. No. 8420)

All uses providing over twenty-five parking spaces shall mark at least one space as reserved for the handicapped. One space shall be so marked for the first fifty spaces and one additional space shall be marked for every one hundred spaces thereafter. All such spaces shall be as close as possible to a building entrance accessible to the handicapped and shall offer barrier-free access thereto. Such spaces shall have sufficient width to allow for wheelchair access to a passenger car or passenger van parked therein.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

All uses providing over twenty-five spaces shall provide space and facilities for bicycle parking.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

All required loading spaces shall be located:

A.

On the same lot as the use to be served, except when collectively provided as central loading facilities in conformance with the requirements herein;

B.

Twenty-five feet or more from the right-of-way lines of the nearest point of intersection of any streets;

C.

Outside of required front and side yards;

D.

In such a manner that no portion of a vehicle shall project into a street.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

All open off-street loading spaces and related vehicular access drives and aisles shall be surfaced with a hard-surfaced all-weather pavement capable of bearing a live load of two hundred pounds per square foot.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

Loading spaces required for individual lots may be collectively provided in central facilities; provided, that all of the following requirements are met:

A.

The number of spaces provided is not less than that required by the total floor space for each category of use served.

B.

Each lot served has direct access to the central facilities without crossing streets at grade.

C.

The central facilities are not more than five hundred feet from any lot they serve.

D.

Any tunnel or ramp between the central facilities and any lot served is at least seven feet wide and has a vertical clearance of at least seven feet.

E.

Written covenants and easements approved by the city council and recorded with the county provide for the retention, maintenance and use of such facilities.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

(a)

Parallel parking spaces shall be twenty-two feet deep.

(b)

Permitted for uses not normally serviced by tractor-trailers.

(c)

Zero degree parking refers to parallel parking.

(d)

Measured at outer edge of sidewalk.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

* Building size measured by net floor area, as defined in this chapter.

** One additional space shall be provided for every one hundred thousand square feet over one hundred thousand square feet, with fractional spaces rounded to the nearest integer.

No space shall at the same time fully or partially serve to meet the requirement for both off-street parking and loading facilities.

Uses smaller that the smallest values given for each category, shall be provided with other receiving facilities for motor vehicles judged adequate by the city council.

Requirements of this table shall not apply to D-4 downtown commercial district.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

See also Table 6 of Section 17.53.280 for required spaces for other uses.

Fractional spaces shall be rounded to the nearest integer.

Requirements of this table shall not apply to D-4 downtown commercial district.

(a)

Includes single-family detached or attached, townhouses, apartments and manufactured homes. Required spaces include 0.25 spaces per unit for visitor parking but shall be increased by one space for each roomer or lodger. No more than four spaces shall be provided per dwelling unit.

(b)

Plus one parking spaces per employee on largest shift.

(c)

Plus spaces for restaurant, retail, and meeting rooms, if any, as provided in Table 6 of Section 17.53.280.

(d)

One space for each truck or business vehicle employed by an establishment on the premises shall be provided in addition to the number of spaces indicated in this table.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

Minimum Number of Spaces Required (a)

Notes on Table 6:

See also Table 5 of Section 17.53.270 for required spaces for residential and lodging uses.

Parking for uses not listed shall be as provided for the most similar listed use.

Requirements of this table do not apply to D-4 downtown commercial district.

Floor area shall be net floor area, as defined in this chapter.

All required spaces shall be prorated for each establishment.

Fractional spaces shall be rounded to the nearest integer.

(a)

One space for each truck or business vehicle employed by an establishment on the premises shall be provided in addition to the number of spaces specified in this table.

(b)

Maximum number of full-time and part-time employees on duty on the premises at any one time.

(c)

The greater of the per seat in main auditorium or meeting room or per person of design capacity of the facility. Eighteen inches of seating space shall be considered a seat for purposes of this requirement where individual seats are not discernible.

(d)

Design capacity in students.

(e)

Plus one space for every two beds.

(f)

Plus one space for every four beds.

(g)

Plus five stacking spaces per drive-in window.

(h)

Seven spaces per bowling lane.

(i)

Plus stacking spaces equal to five times the capacity of the car wash. The capacity shall be calculated as the number of vehicles that can be accommodated at any one time in any phase of the washing or waxing process.

(j)

Use employment standard or floor space standard, whichever is greater. If employment is not known when plans are drawn, floor space standard may be used. If upon occupancy the employment standard yields a greater number of required spaces, the city council may require the provision of additional parking before granting a certificate of occupancy.

(k)

Plus two spaces per service bay.

(l)

Employee spaces exclude employees resident on premises.

(m)

A minimum of four parking spaces per one thousand square feet of floor area and as many additional spaces as determined by the city council to meet the parking demand of the facility is required, and a designated parking space for delivery of cannabis product, as approved by the Park City Police Chief.

(n)

A minimum of one parking space for each employee and as many additional spaces as determined by the city council to meet the parking demand of the facility is required. A minimum of one fully enclosed delivery bay capable of accommodating delivery vehicles is also required.

(o)

A minimum of 0.33 parking spaces per person of design capacity shall be required or four parking space for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area, whichever is higher, or as many spaces as determined by the city council to be necessary to meet the parking demand of the adult use based on the conditional use review process.

(Ord. No. 89-ZO-1 § 4(part), 1989)

(Ord. No. 2014-ZO-02, § 6, 8-7-2014; Ord. No. 2018-ZO-01, § V, 12-6-2018; Ord. No. 2022-ZO-01, § IX, 1-20-2022)