Purpose: To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to lessen congestion in the streets; to facilitate the adequate provisions of transportation; to conserve the value of buildings; and to encourage the most appropriate use of land, minimum off-street parking and loading shall be provided as set forth in the following schedules and provisions.
22.1 Special Off-Street Parking Provisions - All Districts:
A. All required parking spaces shall be located behind the required front setback line in the residential districts.
B. Required off-street parking shall be provided on the same site as the use it is to serve.
C. All required parking for new developments in “SF-1”, “MF”, “C”, “I-1”, and “I-2” Districts shall be paved with concrete or asphalt paving. All required parking for existing developments in these same districts may utilize crushed rock or aggregate for paving purposes. Crushed rock or aggregate may also be used in lieu of concrete or asphalt in “A”, “SF-2”, “MH”, and “FP” Districts.
22.2 Size of Parking Spaces - All Districts:
A. Head-in Parking:
1. Each parking space shall measure not less than nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles.
2. Each parking space located in a garage shall measure not less than nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles.
3. Each small car parking space shall measure not less than eight and one-half (8.5) feet by sixteen (16) feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles. A maximum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the required parking may be permitted as small car parking. Signage shall identify the small car spaces.
B. Parallel Parking:
1. Each parking space (on-street or off-street) designed for parallel parking shall have a minimum dimension of eight (8) feet by twenty-two (22) feet.
22.3 Handicap Parking - Multifamily, Commercial, & Industrial Districts Only:
A. Requirements For Handicap Parking Spaces:
1) One (1) handicap space required - Up to Ten (10) required parking spaces.
2) Two (2) handicap spaces required - For eleven (11) to forty (40) required parking spaces.
3) Three (3) handicap spaces required - From forty-one (41) to eighty (80) required parking spaces.
4) Four (4) handicap spaces required - Greater than eighty (80) required parking spaces.
(All handicap parking shall be included as part of the required spacing) |
B. Size:
All handicap parking shall be of the head-in type and shall measure not less than twelve (12) feet by eighteen (18) feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles.
22.4 Off-Street Loading Space - All Districts:
A. All retail, commercial and industrial structures having three thousand (3000) square feet or more of gross floor area, either in the building or lot, shall provide and maintain off-street parking facilities for the loading and unloading of merchandise and goods at a ratio of at least one (1) space for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area. A loading space shall consist of an area of a minimum of ten (10) by twenty-five (25) feet. All drives and approaches shall provide adequate space and clearances to allow for the maneuvering of trucks off-street.
B. Kindergartens, day schools, and similar child training and care establishments shall provide at least one (1) off-street loading and unloading space on a private drive to adequately accommodate students or children cared for by the establishment.
C. All off-street loading spaces shall be constructed of concrete or asphalt paving.
D. Loading docks and areas shall be located within the building or on the lot adjacent to a public alley or private service drive.
22.5 Schedule of Parking Requirements Based on Use:
In all Districts there shall be provided at the time any building or structure is erected or structurally altered off-street parking spaces in accordance with the following requirements:
A. Bank, savings and loan: One (1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.
B. Bowling alley: Four (4) parking spaces for each alley or lane.
C. Business or professional office (general): One (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area.
D. Church or other place of worship: One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in the main auditorium.
E. Commercial amusement: Thirty (30) spaces; plus one (1) space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area over two thousand (2,000) square feet.
F. Day nursery: One and one-half (1.5) spaces per teacher.
G. Dwelling, single-family: Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit.
H. Dwelling, two-family: Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit.
I. Dwelling, multifamily: One and one-half (1.5) spaces per bedroom in each standard unit, or for each efficiency unit.
J. Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery, or equipment sales and service, clothing or shoe repair or service: One (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of floor area, or a minimum of four (4) spaces.
K. Gasoline Station: Minimum of four (4) spaces.
L. High school, college or university: One (1) space per each three (3) students accommodated in the institution.
M. Hospital: One and one-half (1.5) spaces per each bed.
N. Hotel: One (1) parking space for each sleeping room or suite plus one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of commercial floor area contained therein.
O. Library, museum or art gallery: One (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.
P. Lodge or fraternal organization: One and one-fourth (1.25) spaces per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.
Q. Manufacturing or industrial establishment, processing or repairing: One (1) parking space for each two (2) employees or one (1) space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area, whichever is greater.
R. Medical or dental office: One (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area, or a minimum of four (4) spaces.
S. Mini-warehouse: Four (4) spaces per complex; plus one (1) space per five thousand (5,000) square feet of storage area.
T. Manufactured housing (HUD-Code) park: Two (2) spaces for each lot, plus additional spaces as required herein for accessory uses.
U. Manufactured housing (HUD-Code) subdivision: Two (2) spaces per lot.
V. Mortuary or funeral home: One (1) parking space for each two (2) persons normally accommodated in service.
W. Motel: One (1) parking space for each sleeping room or suite; plus one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of commercial floor area contained therein.
X. Motor vehicle salesrooms and used car lots: One (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of sales floor for indoor uses, or one (1) parking space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot area for outdoor uses.
Y. Nursing home: One (1) space per four (4) beds.
Z. Private club, country club or golf courses: One (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor area or for every five (5) members, whichever is greater (or a minimum of thirty (30) spaces).
AA. Restaurant, cafe or similar recreation or amusement establishment: One (1) parking space for every three (3) seats under maximum seating arrangement.
BB. Retail store or personal service establishment, except as otherwise specified herein: One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area, or a minimum of four (4) spaces.
CC. Rooming or boarding house: One (1) parking space for each sleeping room.
DD. Sanitarium, convalescent home, home for the aged or similar institution: One (1) parking space for each six (6) beds.
EE. School, elementary or junior: One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in the auditorium or main assembly room and one and one-half (1.5) spaces for each classroom.
FF. Theater, auditorium (except school), sports arena, stadium or gymnasiums: One (1) parking space for each three (3) seats or bench seating spaces.
GG. Warehouse, wholesale, manufacturing and other industrial type uses: One (1) space for one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area or one (1) space per two (2) employees.
HH. Uses not listed in this Section shall provide required off-street parking according to the most similar use listed, or as determined by the City Council.
22.6 Rules for Computing Number of Parking Spaces - All Districts:
In computing the number of parking spaces required for each of the above uses the following rules shall govern:
A. “Floor Area” shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use.
B. Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be constructed to be the nearest whole number.
C. The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.
D. In the case of mixed uses, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately.
22.7 Location of Parking Spaces:
All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot with the building or use served, except as follows:
A. Where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use or where such spaces are provided collectively or used jointly by two (2) or more buildings or establishments, the required spaces may be located not more than three hundred (300) feet from an institutional building served and not more than three hundred (300) feet from any other nonresidential building served.
B. Not more than fifty (50) percent of the parking spaces required for theaters, bowling alleys, cafes or similar uses and not more than eighty (80) percent of the parking spaces required for a church or school auditorium or similar uses may be provided and used jointly by similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as those listed; provided, however, that written agreement thereto is properly executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form by the City Attorney and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.
22.8 Use of Parking Spaces - All Districts:
Required off-street parking and loading spaces shall be used only for these respective purposes and shall not be used for storage or display of boats, trailers, campers, motor vehicles or other goods, materials, [or] products for sale.
(Ordinance 299-000, sec. 21, adopted 9/18/91; Ordinance 201-002 adopted 12/9/91; Ordinance 269-002 adopted 2/12/07; Ordinance 07-753-00, sec. 22, adopted 6/11/07)