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Pleasant Valley City Zoning Code

SECTION 400

230 Computation of Specific Off-Street Parking Regulations.

[Ord. No. 284 §21, 9-21-1964; Ord. No. 1487 §II, 3-19-1990]
A. 
Off-street parking shall be provided in the amount as enumerated below the following uses unless the zoning district requires a different amount. For method of computing, see Subsection (B) below:
Use
Number of Parking Spaces
1.
For dwelling or apartments
Not less than two (2) per dwelling, or apartment unit. In Districts "R-3" and "R-4" there shall be provided not less than three (3) per each two (2) units in a multiple dwelling of three (3) or more units.
2.
For buildings having roomers or boarders.
One (1) per each two (2) roomers or boarders.
3.
For clubs, lodges or similar organizations.
One (1) per each three (3) members, plus one (1) per each employee.
4.
For churches
One (1) per each five (5) persons.
5.
For elementary schools and junior high schools.
One (1) for each employee.
6.
For senior high schools
One (1) per each employee, plus one (1) per each ten (10) students.
7.
Educational institutions including colleges, universities, business, commercial or trade schools or any other schools.
One (1) per each employee, plus one (1) per each ten (10) students.
8.
For hotels or motels
One (1) per each guest room or suite up to twenty (20) rooms or suites; one (1) for each four (4) guest rooms or suites in excess of twenty (20); but not exceeding forty (40) rooms or suites; one (1) for each six (6) rooms or suites in excess of forty (40) rooms or suites.
9.
For hospitals.
One (1) per each three (3) beds (less bassinets) plus one (1) per each employee, including staff doctors.
10.
For convalescent homes.
One (1) per each four (4) patients, plus one (1) per each employee.
11.
For all places of public assembly, including, but not limited to theaters, arenas, stadiums, dance halls and funeral homes.
One (1) per each four (4) persons, plus one (1) per each employee.
12.
For bowling alleys.
Ten (10) per each lane, plus one (1) per each employee.
13.
For medical offices.
Five (5) per each doctor practicing in building, but not less than one (1) per each five (5) hundred five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area.
14.
For offices other than medical offices.
One (1) per each one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area.
15.
For businesses engaged in sale of retail goods or services excluding establishments serving food or drink.
One (1) per each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area.
16.
For restaurants or any establishment serving food or drink (the serving of alcoholic beverages as an incidental accessory use is subject to definition for restaurants as contained in Chapter 600 of this Code).
One (1) per each seventy-five (75) square of gross floor area.
17.
For bars, taverns, "carry-out-liquor" and all other liquor-by-drink restaurant (subject to definition by Chapter 600 of this Code).
One (1) per each fifty (50) square feet of floor area devoted to patron use. Combination restaurant and bar must be provided for on a cumulative basis by calculating square footage of restaurant and area separately and providing parking accordingly.
18.
For industrial buildings including wholesale businesses and warehouses.
One (1) per each employee.
B. 
The following computations shall be used in determining the maximum amount of off-street parking required for uses enumerated in Subsection (A), above.
1. 
Where buildings or land are occupied by a combination of uses as enumerated in Subsection (A), above, the off-street parking required shall be the total as required under the method of computation for each of the several uses located within the building or on the land.
2. 
Gross floor area shall be determined by the outside dimensions of the building less any area within the building devoted to off-street parking.
3. 
The number of persons or employees shall be based upon the total persons and employees present or on duty at any one time when the maximum functional use of the building or land is being made.
4. 
The number of persons in assembly areas with fixed seating or a designated functional seating capacity shall be based upon the maximum functional seating capacity.
5. 
The number of persons in assembly areas without fixed seating or without a designated functional seating capacity shall be based upon the total number of square feet of net floor area actually used for public assembly, divided by fifteen (15).
6. 
If more than one (1) assembly area within a building is used simultaneously by different adult persons, then the capacity of all such assembly areas shall be computed.
7. 
If several assembly areas within a building are not used simultaneously but are used by the same group of persons separately at different times, then the computation shall be made for assembly areas comprising the maximum simultaneous occupancy.