Port Vue City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VII
Parking Facilities
§ 310-22 Automobile parking space.
A.
There shall be provided at the time of the erection of any main structure or at the time any main structure is enlarged or increased in capacity, minimum off-street automobile parking space including required number of parking stalls, plus adequate provisions of ingress and egress. Such provisions shall be made in all districts for each separate use as follows:
(1)
Dwelling. One parking stall for each dwelling unit.
(2)
Apartment or multiple dwelling. One and one-half parking stalls for each dwelling unit.
(3)
Church, cathedral or temple. One parking stall for every 10 seats provided in the sanctuary.
(4)
Day nursery, kindergarten, institutional home. One parking stall for every employee.
(5)
Funeral home or mortuary. Four parking stalls for each chapel.
(6)
General auditorium, theater, stadium, and other similar place of assembly other than high school athletic field. One parking stall for every five seats provided.
(7)
Hospital (other than animal hospital). One parking stall for each 600 square feet of floor area.
(8)
Hotel, rooming house, boarding house, fraternity or sorority, nurses home when located other than on same zoning lot or tract with a hospital or sanitarium. One parking stall for each dwelling unit and one parking stall for every two guest rooms or suites for the first 20, and one for every four guest rooms or suites in excess of 20.
(9)
Educational or philanthropic or religious institution, library, museum, community club, research building, art gallery, clinic, medical center group building. One parking stall for every 800 square feet of floor area.
(10)
Swimming pool (exceeding 5,000 square feet of water surface). One parking stall for every 125 square feet of water surface.
(11)
Retail store (primarily for the sale of food — with over 10,000 square feet of floor area and self-service facilities and more than four checkout booths). One parking stall for every 100 square feet of floor area.
(12)
Restaurant and/or bar, skating rink, dance or assembly hall. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(13)
Retail business (other than specified above). One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(14)
Bowling alley. Four parking stalls for each alley.
(15)
Bank, professional, or business office. One parking stall for every 100 square feet of floor area.
(16)
Wholesale business. One parking stall for every 1,000 square feet of floor area.
(17)
Automobile sales establishment, flower or plant nursery, landscape gardeners' business. One parking stall for every 1,000 square feet of business lot area.
(18)
Telephone exchange building. One parking stall for every 2,000 square feet of floor area (exclusive of basement) used to house telephone equipment, plus one parking stall for every 300 square feet of floor area used for public business facilities.
(19)
Group home. One off-street parking stall for each of the following: one parking stall for each employee per shift and one parking stall for every two residents who can reasonably be expected or are able to drive a motor vehicle.
[Added 9-6-2005 by Ord. No. 538]
B.
Any use permitted in a Commercial District other than:
(1)
Those with requirements specifically listed above.
(2)
Automobile and gasoline service. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(3)
Automobile repair shop. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(4)
Community garage. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(5)
Major garage. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(6)
Mass transportation company. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(7)
Shelter or comfort station. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(8)
Park and/or playground. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(9)
Public utility structure. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(10)
Storage warehouse. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(11)
Temporary building. One parking stall for every 200 square feet of floor area.
D.
Wherever the unit of measurement (number of dwelling units or seats, or square foot area, or number of employees, etc.) is any fraction of the unit number specified in relation to the number of parking stalls to be provided, said fraction shall be considered as being the next unit number; for example, a church sanctuary or school auditorium of more than 10 but less than 21 seats shall be required to provide two parking stalls.
E.
For the purpose of this chapter, "floor area," in the case of offices, merchandising or service types of uses, shall mean the gross floor area used or intended to be used for service to the people as customers, patrons, clients, or patients, or as tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. It shall not mean floors or parts of floors used principally for nonpublic purposes such as storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise for show windows, or for offices incidental to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings when these areas are in separate rooms from the main use of the building. Floors or parts of floors used principally for toilet or rest rooms or for utilities or for fitting rooms, dressing rooms, and alteration rooms, shall also be excluded from the definition of "floor area" for the purpose of this chapter.
F.
In stadiums, sports arenas, churches, and other places of assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews, or other similar seating facilities, each 20 inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining requirements for automobile parking facilities under this chapter.
§ 310-23 Parking; facility type.
[Amended 11-9-1993 by Ord. No. 446]
Automobile parking space as required in § 310-22 above may be provided according to district and facility as follows:
A.
"A" or "B" Residence Districts. In a minor garage or minor parking area, or when the parking spaces required herein cannot be accommodated on the same zoning lot with the main structure, parking may be provided in a community garage or community parking area located as otherwise prescribed in this article and not more than 500 feet from the use it is proposed to serve.
B.
Commercial or Industrial Districts. In a minor garage or minor parking area, or major garage, or major parking area located as otherwise prescribed in this article and not more than 1,000 feet from the use it is proposed to serve.
§ 310-24 Location and regulation of parking facilities.
[Amended 11-9-1993 by Ord. No. 446]
Automobile parking space and facilities may be located as follows, and shall conform with the regulations applicable in the district in which they are located, except as otherwise prescribed herein.
A.
In any district.
(1)
Attached minor garage. In or attached to the main structure and subject to the same yard regulations, except that when in an "A" Residence District, if unenclosed, no portion of such garage shall be within five feet of any lot line.
(2)
Detached enclosed minor garage. Within the buildable area of the lot and not closer to the main building than eight feet.
B.
In any district.
(1)
Detached unenclosed minor garage (sometimes called "carport"), or minor parking area: within the buildable area of the lot and when in an "A" Residence District, not closer to a lot line than five feet.
(2)
Community garage. Permitted as a use exception, subject to the following provisions:
(a)
The garage shall be limited in use according to district location as follows:
[1]
When in a "B" Residence District, used exclusively by residents of the neighborhood for the parking of noncommercial automobiles.
[2]
When in a Commercial or Industrial District, used exclusively by persons engaged in conduct of establishments in the immediate vicinity of its location, or those for whom such establishments are conducted.
(b)
The garage shall be located within the buildable area of the lot when in a "B" Residence District, not closer to the street than 20 feet.
(c)
A permit shall not be issued unless there are filed with the application for permit, the written consents of the owners in interest according to lot area and number of 60% of all the property in a "B" Residence District within 200 feet of the proposed structure and not separated therefrom by more than one street, 40 feet or more in width. In computing the percentage of consents required under this provision, so much property as is already used for community garages or community parking areas or major garages or major parking areas shall be counted as consenting. Property owned by the applicant and any property containing a nonconforming use shall not be included in such consent area.
(3)
Community parking area. Permitted as a use exception, subject to the following provisions:
(a)
The parking area shall be limited in use according to district location as follows:
[1]
When in a "B" Residence District, used exclusively by residents of the neighborhood for the parking of noncommercial automobiles.
[2]
When in a Commercial or Industrial District, used exclusively by persons engaged in conduct of establishments in the immediate vicinity of its location, or those for whom such establishments are conducted.
(b)
The paved area for parking shall be located within the buildable area of the lot and when in a "B" Residence District, no closer to a lot line not abutting a street than five feet.
(c)
The paved area for the parking shall extend not nearer than 20 feet to an intersecting or intercepting street.
(d)
Ingress and egress between the parking area and the adjoining street shall have the approval of the Planning Commission.
(f)
A permit shall not be issued unless:
[1]
The parking area is on a zoning lot designated as a community parking area in a plan of land subdivision approved by the Planning Commission.
[2]
There are filed with the application for permit, the written consents of the owners in interest according to lot area and number, 60% of all property in a "B" Residence District within 200 feet of the proposed parking area and not separated therefrom by more than one street 40 feet or more in width. In computing the percentage of consents required under this provision, so much property as is already used for community garage or community parking area or major garages or major parking areas, shall be counted as consenting. Property owned by the applicant and any property containing a nonconforming use shall not be included in such consent area.
(4)
Major parking area permitted as a use exception when in any district, excepting "A" Residence, subject to the following provisions:
(a)
The paved area for parking shall be located within the buildable area of the lot, but no closer to a lot line not abutting a street than five feet.
(b)
The paved area for parking shall not extend nearer than 20 feet to an intersecting or intercepting street.
(c)
Ingress and egress between the parking area and the adjoining street shall have the approval of the Planning Commission.
(5)
Minor parking area, located in any yard or yards abutting a street is permitted as an area exception in any district, excepting "A" Residence, subject to the following provisions:
§ 310-25 Private parking for dwellings.
[Amended 11-9-1993 by Ord. No. 446]
A.
In all "A" Residence Districts, there shall not be less than one stall per dwelling unit for passenger automobiles. Additional parking stalls may be provided for each dwelling, but in no event, to be more than two parking stalls for any one dwelling. Not more than two parking stalls per dwelling unit may be rented to persons who are not occupants of such zoning lot, whether or not any additional stalls above the required number are provided.
B.
In any district, a garage located in a separate building, if on a corner lot, shall be so located that no wall of the garage shall be closer than three feet to the rear and side lot lines of an interior, non-through lot and not closer.
§ 310-26 Improvement of parking and sales areas.
Every parcel of land hereafter used as a major parking area; as an automobile and trailer sales area; as a community parking area; or as a minor parking area serving other than a one-family dwelling or a two-family dwelling, shall be developed as follows:
A.
Such parking or sales area shall be paved with an asphaltic or concrete surfacing, shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed, and shall be properly enclosed with an ornamental fence or wall or compact evergreen hedge having a height not less than two feet and not more than five feet. Such fence or wall or hedge shall be maintained in good condition and shall not be within the required front yard, the required side yard abutting the street side of a corner lot, and the required rear yard abutting the rear street of a through lot for the district to which it is located.
B.
Where a major parking or automobile and trailer sales area abuts a lot in an "A" or "B" Residence District, a five-foot masonry wall shall be erected and maintained at least five feet from such lot, and suitable landscaping shall be provided and maintained in the space between the parking or sales area and the adjoining property; providing, however, that such wall shall not extend into the required front yard (or rear yard in the case of a through lot) of the zoning lot on which it is located.
C.
All lights used to illuminate such parking or sales area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from properties in an "A" Residence or "B" Residence District.