Pinal County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 2

140.- OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING - PUBLIC GARAGES AND GAS STATIONS

2.140.010.- Minimum parking space dimensions and circulation.

Each parking space that is perpendicular to an aisle shall be at least ten feet in width and 20 feet in length.

Each parking space that is parallel to an aisle shall be at least ten feet in width and 23 feet in length.

Parking area aisle widths shall conform to the following table, which varies the width requirement according to the angle of parking.

	Parking Angle
Req. Aisle Width	45°	60°	90°
One-way traffic	16'	18'	24'
Two-way traffic	24'	24'	24'

Entrances and exits to parking lots and other parking facilities shall be provided only at defined entry and exit locations approved by the Pinal County public works department.

The minimum width of one-way driveways to a street shall be 16 feet. The minimum width of two-way driveways shall be 24 feet.

Passenger drop-off points. Drop-off points separated from street traffic and readily accessible without hazardous maneuvering shall be provided in conjunction with the following uses: hotels, motels, hospitals and clinics, and educational facilities with 50 or more guests, patients or pupils; daycare centers; religious facilities with 100 or more seats; transit terminals, major recreational facilities; commercial airports; public buildings and offices and financial services greater than 5,000 square feet of gross floor area.

(Ord. No. PZ-C-004-10, § 2)

2.140.020. - Parking space requirements.

Minimum number of off-street parking spaces. The minimum number of off-street motor vehicle parking spaces shall be provided according to the following schedule and subject to the conditions in any zone in which any of the following uses shall hereafter be established:

Uses	Minimum Parking Spaces
Residential
Single residence	Two per dwelling unit
Multiple residence
Efficiencies/studios	One per dwelling
One bedroom	1½ per dwelling unit
Two or more bedrooms	Two per dwelling unit
Guest spaces	One per ten dwelling units
Manufactured home park/park model (PM) and recreational vehicle (RV) park	One per dwelling unit; plus one visitor parking space per four dwelling units and parking spaces to meet the needs of any commercial, office or public assembly
Boarding, rooming and lodging houses, fraternities, sororities, dormitories and other student housing	One per three roomers; plus one per two employees on the largest working shift
Bed and breakfast	One per guest unit; plus two for resident family and one per employee
Educational Institutions
Day care or nursery school	One per employee plus one for every five children
Elementary or middle school	One for every 1.5 employees including administrators, teachers and nonteaching personnel; plus one for every four auditorium seats
High school	One for every two employees including administrators, teachers and nonteaching personnel and one for every five students
College, university, trade or vocation school	One for every two employees including administrators, teachers and nonteaching personnel and for every two students
Professional and semi-professional offices	One per 300 square feet of total indoor floor area
Commercial, sales/services	One per 250 square feet of total indoor floor area; plus one per 5,000 square feet of outside display area
Golf course	One per 250 square feet of total indoor floor area; plus one per 250 square feet of outdoor seating area; plus one for every two employees; and plus three per golf green. Ten percent of required parking spaces may be sized for golf carts
Hotels, motels, resorts and guest ranches	One per room or suite and one for every two employees
Public Assembly Facilities
Churches	One per four seats
Theaters, stadiums and auditoriums	One per five seats; plus one per two employees on the largest working shift
Commercial roping arenas	One per three seats
Fairgrounds and amusement parks	One per 500 square feet of indoor and outdoor public area
Assembly halls, community centers, clubs, lodges, community service agencies and all other public facilities	One per every 50 square feet of total floor area used for public assembly or one per three seats in the main assembly room, whichever is greater
Jails, prisons, offender rehabilitation facilities	One for every 25 inmates of design capacity plus one per employee in the largest working shift
Hospitals	Two per three beds; plus one for each doctor and one per two employees on the largest working shift
Assisted living facility	One per two bedrooms plus one per employee in the largest working shift
Group homes	One parking space for each three roomers that the group home is intended or designed to accommodate; such space shall be provided on the building site on which said building is located or on a lot owned by the same property owner as the building site, immediately adjacent thereto
Mortuary, funeral homes, or crematory	One per 50 square feet of total floor area
Cemetery	One space per employee (minimum six) plus ten spaces if no internal drives exist which can accommodate two passing vehicles
Industrial/Other
Manufacture, wholesale, warehouse, distribution and storage of goods	One per 1,000 square feet of total floor area or one per three employees in the largest working shift, whichever is greater
Restaurants, cocktail lounge, and bars	One per 150 square feet of total indoor floor area. One per 250 square feet of total outdoor floor area, excluding the first 250 square feet of total outdoor floor area

Location.

Parking spaces required for residential dwelling units shall be located within the same parcel as it serves and shall be within 300 feet from the dwelling unit.

Parking spaces shall be located such that each space has access to the use to be served without crossing a public or private street or a railroad right-of-way.

Queuing lanes. Queuing lanes for all drive-through establishments shall be provided on site. Queuing lanes shall be calculated as a queuing space at a minimum of nine feet in width and 20 feet in length. The queuing lane shall be measured from the front of the stopped vehicle located at the point of service and/or pick-up window to the rear of the queuing lane. One additional queuing space shall also be provided to allow motor vehicles to pull beyond the point of service and/or pick-up window for all uses. Queuing lanes shall be in addition to required off-street parking and shall be designed so as not to interfere with the operation of driveways and maneuvering areas for off-street parking areas. The following requirements are additional requirements:

Banks, savings and loan establishments, and other similar financial institutions: Minimum of six queuing spaces for the first queuing lane plus four queuing spaces per additional queuing lane.

Drive-through restaurant: Minimum five queuing spaces measured from pick-up window plus an additional two queuing spaces measured from menu board.

All other drive-through establishments not addressed shall have a minimum of five queuing spaces from the point of service and/or pick-up window.

Establishments providing multiple points of service shall provide a minimum of two approach lanes.

Full service car wash: Minimum three queuing spaces per bay.

Shared parking. In business and industrial zones, shared parking may be provided subject to the following requirements:

Shared parking shall be for two or more uses located on adjacent or contiguous parcels.

All shared parking facilities shall be located within 500 feet of the uses served.

Submit a site plan with required parking calculations of parking spaces intended for shared parking and legal description of the property boundaries describing all parcels.

Submit a pedestrian circulation plan that shows connections and walkways between shared parking areas and uses. Paths should be as direct and short as possible.

An association shall be established to manage the shared parking area.

The association shall record a shared parking agreement for the described parking areas. The recorded agreement shall provide information on shared access and shared drainage. A copy of the shared parking agreement shall be submitted to the planning and development department upon submittal of all formal site plan applications.

The association shall be the responsible party to submit all formal site plans to the county for any new site approvals, amendments to an approved site plan or changes in shared parking. All owners and proposed owners shall be notified of any changes by the association.

The county shall be notified by the association of any changes regarding association contact information.

Use not specified. For a use not specifically listed, requirements shall be the same as those for the most similar use listed as determined by the planning director.

Fractional measurements. When calculation of parking requirements results in a fractional amount, any fraction of less than one-half shall be disregarded and any fraction of one-half or more shall require an additional parking space.

Accessible parking.

Accessible parking space size shall be a minimum of ten feet in width and 20 feet in length in addition to a five-foot access aisle located on the right side. For a double space, the size shall be 20 feet in width and 20 feet in length in addition to a five-foot access aisle between the spaces.

All off-street parking areas shall comply with ADA (American with Disabilities Act) standards for accessible design.

Parking spaces shall be functionally located as near as possible to the main entrance of the establishment served, with a barrier-free path.

Parking space identification signs shall include the international symbol of accessibility on pavement markings and signs.

Compact parking spaces.

Compact parking spaces shall be at least nine feet in width and 20 feet in length.

Parking facilities providing ten or more required off-street parking spaces for a retail use may provide up to 30 percent of the required spaces as compact car parking spaces. Each parking space shall be signed as "COMPACT" on the pavement.

Parking spaces shall be located in groups and no more than ten in a row.

Signs. Signage and markings for parking facilities shall conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).

(Ord. No. PZ-C-004-10, § 3; Ord. No. 012010-SEO, § 2; Ord. No. 61862, § 2102)

2.140.030. - Development of parking area.

Where parking space is required, the surface of such space shall be paved as specified by the Pinal County public works department.

Where a parking area for a business or industrial use adjoins or is within a residential zone, there shall be a solid wall of masonry or other approved fireproof material, at least four feet in height, along the boundaries adjoining residence lots, except that adjoining the front yard of a residence lot, said wall shall be three feet, six inches in height.

Anywhere a wall is required, a minimum landscaped yard of five feet shall be provided between the wall and the parking area.

Any lights used to illuminate said parking space shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining lots in residential zones and be installed in accordance with the county lighting regulations.

All parking spaces shall be designed so that motor vehicles exiting will not be required to back out across any sidewalk or into any street.

(Ord. No. 011812-ZO-PZ-C-007-10, § 10; Ord. No. PZ-C-004-10, § 4; Ord. No. 61862, § 2103)

2.140.040. - Loading space defined.

For the purpose of this chapter, one loading space shall be not less than ten feet in width, 30 feet in length, and 14 feet in height.

(Ord. No. 61862, § 2104)

2.140.050. - Loading space requirements.

On any lot, at least one off-street loading space shall be provided and maintained for every building or part thereof occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, mortuary, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning establishment, or other use similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise; and one additional loading space shall be provided for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor space so used in excess of 10,000 square feet. Such space may occupy all or any part of any required yard. No such space shall be located closer than 50 feet to any other lot in any residential zone unless wholly within a completely enclosed building or enclosed on three sides by a solid fence or wall at least six feet in height.

(Ord. No. PZ-C-004-10, § 6; Ord. No. 61862, § 2105)

2.140.060. - Building over loading space.

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent building over the top of a loading area within the buildable area prescribed in this title, provided a clear height of 14 feet is maintained.

(Ord. No. 61862, § 2106)

2.140.070. - Public garage, parking lots and gas stations.

No gas station, motor vehicle repair shop, public garage or parking lot shall have an entrance or exit for vehicles on the same side of the street within 30 feet of a residence zone, nor shall any part of a gas station, public garage or motor vehicle repair shop be built within 50 feet of the ground of any school, public playground, church, hospital, sanatorium, or public library.

No gas station or public garage shall have any oil draining pit or visible appliance for such purpose, other than filling caps, located within 12 feet of any street lot line or within 50 feet of any residential zone, unless such appliance or pit is within a building and located at least 12 feet from any vehicular entrance or exit of such building.

(Ord. No. PZ-C-004-10, § 8; Ord. No. 61862, § 2107)