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Rayne City Zoning Code

PART 4

- OFF-STREET AUTOMOBILE PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS3


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Cross reference— Traffic and vehicles, ch. 74.


Section 4.1. - General requirements.

Off-street parking facilities for one-family and two-family dwellings shall be located on the same lot or plot of ground as the building to be served. The location of off-street parking facilities for other uses shall not be more than 300 feet distance measured along the nearest pedestrian walkway; provided, however, that the zoning classification of such land is the same as or less than the classification of the lot upon which the main use is located. Such parking space to be used in conjunction with the principal use shall be reserved as such through an encumbrance of the title of the property to be designated as a required parking space, such encumbrance to be valid for the total period of the use or uses for which the parking is needed are in existence. Such agreement or covenant shall be duly recorded in the office of the clerk and recorder and a certificate furnished the building inspector [official]. Such parking space shall be surfaced with a minimum of four inches of gravel, shell or similar all-weather surface, and such entrances shall be similarly surfaced.

4.101. Parking requirements for two or more uses of the same or different type may be satisfied by the allocation of a common or collective parking facility. Such facility shall not be less than the same requirements for the individual uses computed separately.

4.102. Area reserved for off-street parking or loading in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use unless the permitted use which it serves is discontinued or modified except where equivalent off-street parking or loading space is provided.

4.103. For uses not mentioned in this section the requirements for off-street parking and loading facilities for a similar use specifically mentioned in this section shall apply.

Section 4.2. - Off-street parking requirements.

Off-street automobile parking space shall be provided on any lot on which any of the following listed uses are hereafter established and in accordance with the schedule shown. When a use is increased in capacity by the addition of dwelling rooms, guestrooms, floor area or seats, the minimum off-street parking shall be provided for such increase.

Use Parking Space Required
4.201. Single-family dwelling 2 spaces per dwelling unit
4.202. Two-family dwelling 2 spaces per dwelling unit
4.203. Multifamily dwellings 1½ spaces per dwelling unit; 3 spaces for each 4 dwelling units
4.204. Hotels, apartment hotels, transient 1 space for 2 dwelling units; 1 space for each 3 guest bedrooms, plus 1 additional space for each 4 employees
4.205. Motels and tourist homes 1 space for each guest bedroom, plus 1 additional space for resident manager
4.206. Boardinghouses and lodginghomes 1 space for each bedroom, plus 1 additional space for resident manager
4.207. Clinics 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
4.208. Clubs and lodges 1 space for each 8 members at time of construction or structural alterations
4.209. Hospitals 1 space for every 2 beds, plus 1 space for each staff doctor, plus 1 space for each 3 employees, including nurses
4.210. Nursing and convalescence homes and institutions 1 space for each 4 beds
4.211. Churches, temples, and other places of worship and mortuaries 1 space for each 3 seats in the main auditorium, or each 64 square feet where there are no seats
4.212. Theaters, auditoriums, sports arenas and places of public assembly 1 space for each 3 seats
4.213. Skating rink, dancehalls, exhibit halls, gyms 1 space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area
4.214. Kennels and animal hospitals 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
4.215. Bowling alleys 2 spaces per alley
4.216. Schools, public and private Elementary — 2 spaces per classroom, laboratory or manual training shop
Junior or senior high — 6 spaces per classroom, lab or manual training shop
Colleges, universities, trade, industrial and business schools — 6 spaces per classroom, lab, or other teaching room
4.217. Business and professional offices 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
4.218. Restaurants, bars, nightclubs 1 space for each 100 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use, plus 1 space for each 4 employees
4.219. Automobile repair garage 1 space per each employee
4.220. General business, commercial and personal service establishments but not including supermarkets 1 space per each 200 square feet of gross floor area
4.221. Supermarkets 2 spaces per each 300 square feet of gross floor area
4.222. Riding stables Space equal to 50 percent of the covered area of such stable
4.223. Libraries and museums Space equal to 50 percent of the floor area devoted to public use
4.224. Roadside stands 5 spaces for each such establishment
4.225. Commercial, manufacturing and industrial establishments not catering to retail trade 1 space for each 5 employees on the largest work shift, plus 1 space for each company vehicle operating from the premises

 

Section 4.3. - Off-street loading requirements.

4.301. Every hospital, institution, hotel, commercial and industrial building or use having a gross floor area in excess of 7,500 square feet of space and requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicle of material and merchandise shall have at least one permanently maintained off-street loading space for each 7,500 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof and so located as not to hinder the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles over sidewalks, streets or alleys.

4.302. Retail operations, wholesale operations and industrial operations with a gross floor area of less than 7,500 square feet shall provide sufficient off-street loading space (not necessarily a full berth if shared by an adjacent establishment) so as not to hinder the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles over a sidewalk, street or alley.