Princeton City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 1369
Off-Street Parking and Loading
1369.01 OFF-STREET PARKING.
In all districts, except the C-1 District, off-street parking spaces shall be provided as set forth in the following table, whenever any building is erected or enlarged. Such spaces shall have an area of at least 180 square feet and shall have adequate and well designed ingress and egress, and shall be located on the same lot as the use to which they are accessory or within a radius of 400 feet. (12-17- 79)
REGULATIONS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES
Type of Use | Number of Spaces Required |
Offices, retail business and customer service establishments | 1 for every 300 sq. ft. of total floor area |
Restaurants, taverns and night clubs | 1 for every 2.5 seats |
Medical and dental clinics | 5 for every doctor or dentist |
Motel or tourist homes | 4 for every 3 sleeping rooms |
Hotels | 4 for every 3 sleeping rooms |
Churches, theaters, auditoriums and places of assembly | 1 for every 3.5 seats |
Elementary schools | 1 for every 15 classroom seats |
Secondary schools | 1 for each 2 teachers and employees plus 1 for each 10 students |
Colleges, universities and commercial schools | 1 for every 5 classroom seats |
Social halls, clubs and lodges | 1 for every 200 sq. ft. of total floor area |
Bowling alleys | 5 for each alley |
Hospitals | 1 for every 2 beds |
Single and two-family dwellings | 2 for every dwelling unit |
Multi-family dwellings | 4 for every 3 dwelling units |
Funeral Homes | 20 for each viewing room |
Rooming house and dormitories | 1 ½ for each occupant |
Manufacturing plants | 1 for every 3 employees (a, b) |
Wholesale establishments and warehouses | 1 for every 2 employees (a, b) |
Nursing and convalescent homes | 1 for every 4 beds |
Beauty shop | 2 for each operator |
Barber shop | 2 for each barber |
Home occupations | 5 spaces per occupation |
Outdoor recreational uses | 1 per 300 sq. ft. of gross lot area |
(a) Plus one additional space for each 1,000 sq. ft. of floor area.
(b) In no case shall the total parking area be less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the floor area.
(12-17-79)
1369.02 OFF-STREET LOADING.
Every commercial, industrial or other building which requires the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise shall provide one off-street loading space for each 10,000 to 25,000 square feet of gross building floor area, and additional space for each additional 25,000 square feet or part thereof; and each such space shall be at least 300 square feet in area, with a minimum height clearance of fourteen feet.
1369.03 DEVELOPMENT OF PARKING AND LOADING SPACES.
All off-street parking and loading areas which serve nonresidential uses shall conform with the following:
(a) Off-street parking and loading facilities may be developed on any required side, front, or rear yard, not closer than fifteen feet to any cartway, as an accessory to a commercial or industrial activity upon the same premises.
(b) Parking and loading facilities shall be surfaced with a durable bituminous or concrete paving material within one year, and shall be properly graded and drained to dispose of all surface water.
(c) They shall be arranged and marked for the orderly and safe movement, loading, parking and storage of vehicles, and shall be adequately illuminated with luminaires which shall not be located more than ten feet above ground level, if designed for use by more than three cars after dusk.
(d) Exit and entrance driveways or access points shall be at least twenty feet wide, and shall not exceed forty feet in width, and wherever practical shall not occupy the full width of the streets, alleys or other rights of way from which they derive their access, but shall be so designed as to provide maximum safety for other adjoining or nearby uses.
(e) No ingress or egress shall be permitted within thirty feet of an intersection measured at the property line.
(f) No commercial or industrial truck loading, storage or parking activities are allowed in any residential district. (12-17-79)
(g) (1) No person shall stand or park a vehicle:
A. Upon a public or private street, any commercial parking lot open to the public, or any other public property, for the purpose of displaying such vehicle thereon for sale, hire or rental; provided, however, there shall be an exception for properly licensed dealers on property set aside for that specific purpose only.
B. Upon any public or private street, any parking lot open to the public, or any other public property, for the purpose of displaying advertising.
C. Upon any public or private street, any parking lot open to the public, or any other public property, for the purpose of selling merchandise from the motor vehicle, except in a duly established marketplace or when so authorized or licensed under the applicable provisions of the City Code.
D. Nothing contained in the present subsection shall prevent any person from displaying a motor vehicle for sale on such person’s privately owned property or such person’s yard, so long as all other applicable regulations with the State of West Virginia and the City of Princeton are complied with.
(Passed 2-8-99.)
(2) No person shall park a vehicle at any place or upon any property, where an official sign or marking prohibits parking.
(Passed 2-8-99.)
(3) A. For the purpose of this section, the term “trailer” shall mean and include any vehicle or device, with or without motive power, designed for carrying persons, property, or merchandise of any type and for being drawn by a motor vehicle. The term shall include, but not be limited to, semi-tractors, buses or similar motor vehicles; or a dwelling place, living abode, or sleeping place (either permanently or temporarily) and equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways.
B. No person shall park a trailer, except in compliance with the directions of a police officer, in any of the following places:
1. On any sidewalk;
2. On any public street or public right of way;
3. On any commercial parking lot open to the public, or any other public property where specifically prohibited by sign or marking.
(Passed 2-8-99.)
1369.04 PROHIBITED PARKING ACTIVITIES; PERMIT; EXEMPTIONS; PENALTY.
(a) No person, group of persons, organization, or other entity shall park any of the following identified vehicles or motor vehicles overnight in any zone designated as residential within the City.
(2) Any vehicle with more than two axles;
(3) Any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of over 8,001 pounds, registration weight; or
(4) Any vehicle with an overall length of over twenty-five feet.
(b) A permit may be obtained from the City to allow one vehicle or motor vehicle as otherwise prohibited herein to be parked in a residential zone overnight. Only one permit may be issued to any household or any business and the vehicle or motor vehicle permitted to be parked overnight in such residential home must be parked at or near the residence of the permit applicant. There shall be a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each permit issued and once issued the permit shall be kept in the vehicle or motor vehicle to which the permit applies. Any permit issued under the provisions of this subsection shall be valid for one year from the date it is issued to coincide with the fiscal year of the City and may be renewed each year for a fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
(c) Vehicles or motor vehicles owned by registered in the name of the United States Government or any agency thereof, the State of West Virginia, or any agency thereof, and all political subdivisions of the State of West Virginia shall be exempt from the provisions of this section. Vehicles and motor vehicles owned by and registered in the name of bona fide churches shall also be exempt from the provisions of this section; provided, however, that vehicles and motor vehicles owned by and registered to churches shall be only parked overnight in any residential zone on church real estate so long as the church has an area sufficient in size to accommodate the vehicle or motor vehicle to be so parked.
(d) Whoever violates any provisions of this section shall be subject to the general penalty provided in Section 101.99 General Penalty of this Code.
(Passed 4-13-98.)