Seminole City Zoning Code

OFF-STREET PARKING

AND LOADING

§ 156.065 GENERAL RULES.

(A) It is the intent of these requirements that adequate parking and loading facilities be provided off the street for each use of land within the city.

(B) Requirements are intended to be based on the demand created by each use. These requirements shall apply to all uses in all districts.

(Prior Code, § 12-2D-1)

§ 156.066 REQUIRED OPEN SPACE.

(A) General requirement. Off-street parking or loading space shall be a part of the required open space associated with the permitted use and shall not be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.

(B) Uncovered parking area. The area required for off-street parking shall be in addition to the yard areas herein required, except that the front yard required in a C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District or an I-2 Restricted Light Industrial District may be used for uncovered parking area, and the front yard of a residential district may be used for the uncovered parking area for four or less vehicles associated with a residential use when the area is surfaced with a pavement adequate to prevent the occurrence of mud and dust with continued use, and may be used for uncovered parking area for more than four vehicles in accordance with the provisions of § 156.071.

(Prior Code, § 12-2D-2)

§ 156.067 PARKING LOT LOCATION.

The off-street parking lot shall be located within 200 feet, exclusive of street and alley widths, of the principal use and shall have direct access to a street or alley.

(Prior Code, § 12-2D-3)

§ 156.068 LAND OWNERSHIP.

The ownership of land upon which the off-street parking is provided shall be the same as the ownership of land on which the principal use is located.

(Prior Code, § 12-2D-4)

§ 156.069 PARKING SPACE SIZE.

The size of a parking space for one vehicle shall consist of a rectangular area having dimensions outlined in the definition of parking space found in § 156.003.

(Prior Code, § 12-2D-5) (Ord. 998, passed 8-23-2005; Ord. 1174, passed 5-12-2015)

§ 156.070 NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRED.

Off-street parking facilities shall be provided in all districts. For uses not specifically covered, the Director of Community Services shall make a determination of the parking demand to be created by the proposed use, and the amount of parking thus determined shall be the off-street parking requirements for the permitted use. This decision can be appealed to the Planning Commission and the City Council.

Amount of Off-Street Parking Required
Uses	Parking Spaces
Agricultural implements	1 per 600 square feet of floor area, plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of open air display storage or service area
Airport	1 per each 400 square feet of enclosed passenger terminal area
Antique and furniture store	1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area
Aquarium, art gallery, museum, planetarium and cultural facility	1 per 700 square feet of gross floor area
Auction	1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area
Automobile rental	1 per 500 square feet of gross floor area
Automobile sales, service	1 per 600 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of outside storage
Automotive and equipment repair, heavy	1 per 500 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of outside storage
Bar, club	1 per 150 square feet of gross floor area
Bowling alley	3 per each lane, plus 1 per each employee
Camper sales and service	1 per 600 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of outside storage or service area
Care home, nursing	1 per each 5 beds, plus 1 for each employee
Children’s nursery	1 per each 8 children, plus 1 for each employee
Church, temples, synagogues	1 per 4 seats in chapel
College, university	1 per 500 square feet of classroom, 1 per 4 dorm beds, plus 1 per 4 stadium seats
Commercial amusement establishments	1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area
Commercial recreation facilities	1 per 300 square feet of building or site area
Community center	1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area
Daycare center	1 per each 6 children, plus 1 per employee
Drive-in restaurant	1 per 200 square feet, minimum of 12
Duplex dwelling	2 per dwelling unit
Eating places, fast food	1 per 150 square feet of gross floor area
Eating places, sit down	1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area
Family daycare home	1 per each 5 children, plus 1 per employee
Foster homes	1 per sleeping room
Fraternity or sorority house	1 per each 2 beds
Funeral homes	1 per 40 square feet of assembly floor area, plus 1 per 300 square feet of other floor area
Golf course	5 per green, plus 1 per 300 square feet of club gross floor area
Golf driving range	1 per each tee, plus 1 per employee
Golf, miniature	2 spaces per 3 holes
Group home	1 per sleeping unit
Group residential	1 per 2 occupants
Halfway house	1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area
Hospital	1 per bed, plus 1 per 500 square feet of gross floor area of emergency and outpatient care, plus 1 per employee
Hotel	1 per sleeping room, plus 1 per 200 square feet of accessory area including restaurant and club
Industrial	1 space per employee based on maximum employment, plus adequate spaces for customer parking, loading and unloading
Lumberyards	1 per 500 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of open display area
Medical clinics and laboratories	5 per each doctor; 1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area
Mobile home	2 per each mobile home site
Mobile home sales	1 per 600 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of storage and service area
Motel	1 per sleeping room, plus 1 per 200 square feet of accessory area including restaurant and club
Motorcycle sales	1 per 500 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of storage and service area
Multi-family dwelling	1.5 per efficiency or 1 bedroom dwelling unit; 2 per 2 or more bedrooms
Office and studios	1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area
Private club	1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area
Public park	1 per 4 stadium seats, plus 1 per 500 square feet of community center or recreation building, plus 1 per 300 square feet of pool area
Retail establishments	1 per 225 square feet of gross floor area
Rooming/boarding house	1 per 2 beds
Sanitarium	1 per 600 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per each employee
Schools:
Elementary, Jr. high	1 per 10 classroom seats
High school	1 per 3.5 classroom seats
Vo-tech	1 per 2 classroom seats
Service establishments	1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area
Shopping center	5 per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area
Single-family detached dwelling	2 per dwelling unit
Skating rink	1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area
Swimming pool	1 per 150 square feet of pool area
Three-/four-family residential	2 per dwelling unit
Townhouses	1.5 per efficiency or 1 bedroom; 2 per 2 and 3 bedroom
Trade establishments	1 per 500 square feet of gross floor area
Truck sales	1 per 500 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of storage and service area
Two-family residential	2 per dwelling unit
Uses providing spectator seating such as stadiums, arenas, rodeo grounds	1 per 4 seats
Vehicle repair	1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per 800 square feet of storage
Warehousing, storage, wholesaling and trucking	1 per 2,000 square feet of gross floor area
Notes to Table:
1. For mixed uses containing any combination of retail, office, manufacturing and industrial or warehousing activity, parking requirements shall be tabulated separately for each use within the development using the list of specific standards. When types of uses are not known at the time of development, the Director of Community Services shall make the determination as to the type of parking, i.e., retail, which will be required. Mixed uses regulated under separate parking requirements shall not be combined to achieve a larger square footage total than would result in a reduced parking requirement. Where any part of a mixed use is converted to another use category, then the parking requirement shall be recalculated based on the new square footage figure.
2. Where a manufacturing and industrial use has more than 1 working shift of employees, parking facilities shall be adequate to accommodate overlap requirements during transition period.
3. Where a multiple purpose retail or industrial building is proposed to be occupied by a use which can be demonstrated by the occupant to require less parking than the standards contained herein, the Director of Community Services may permit paving of a smaller parking area to meet the established need; provided, however, that the balance of the land required by these regulations shall be held in reserve as an unpaved area to meet future needs generated by an expansion of the business or change in land use.

(Prior Code, § 12-2D-6) (Ord. 932, passed 10-10-2000; Ord. 1221, passed 6-12-2018)

§ 156.071 PARKING SURFACE IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.

All of the lot used for the parking of vehicles, for the storage and display of merchandise, and all driveways used for vehicle ingress and egress in C-1, C-2 and C-3 Zoned Districts shall be paved with a sealed surface pavement (asphalt or concrete) and maintained in such a manner that no dust will be produced by continued use. In addition, small businesses in C-1, C-2 and C-3 Zoned Districts may use limestone rock (top layer must be limestone screenings) for parking lot surface in sufficient quantity to prevent tracking or washing of mud and clay onto public roadways and maintained in such a manner that no dust will be produced by continued use.

(Prior Code, § 12-2D-7) (Ord. 1075, passed 3-11-2008)

§ 156.072 LOTS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

Whenever off-street parking lots for more than four vehicles are to be located within or adjacent to a residential district, the following provisions shall apply.

(A) Fencing of sides of lots. All sides of the lot abutting the residential district shall be enclosed with an opaque ornamental fence, wall or dense evergreen hedge having a height of not less than five feet nor more than six feet. Such fence, wall or hedge shall be maintained in good condition.

(B) Front yard setback; sight triangle. No parking shall be permitted within a front yard setback line established ten feet back of the property line of interior and corner lots wherever the parking lot is located in a residential district or immediately abuts the front yard of a residential unit. In all other cases, no setback shall be required; provided, however, that on any corner lot formed by two intersecting streets, no parking shall be permitted, and no wall, fence, sign, structure or plant growth having a height in excess of three feet above the elevation of the crown of the adjacent roadway surface shall be maintained in a triangle formed by measuring a distance of 30 feet along the front and side lot lines from their point of intersection and connecting the points so established to form a triangle on the area of the lot adjacent to the street intersection.

(C) Landscaping. All yards shall be landscaped with grass, shrubs and evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition the year round.

(D) Paving. All of the lot used for parking and driveway purposes shall be paved with a sealed surface pavement and maintained in such a manner that no dust will be produced by continued use.

(E) Driveways. Driveways used for ingress and egress shall be confined to and shall not exceed 25 feet in width, exclusive of curb returns.

(F) Light and reflectors. The intensity of light and arrangement of reflectors shall be such as not to interfere with residential district uses.

(G) Signs. No sign of any kind shall be erected except information signs used to guide traffic and to state the conditions and terms of the use of the lot. Only non-intermittent incandescent lighting of signs shall be permitted.

(Prior Code, § 12-2D-8)