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Sheridan City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XX

PARKING REGULATIONS

Sec. 56-461.- Off-street parking requirements.

The table below sets forth the minimum required amount of off-street vehicle parking spaces.

Use Off-Street Parking Requirement
Residential one- and two-household dwelling unit, attached or detached 2 spaces per each dwelling unit
Residential multi-household dwelling not within the applicable transit service area
(as defined by C.R.S. § 29-36-102) 		1.5 spaces per one-bedroom unit       2 spaces for each unit with two bedrooms or more
Residential multi-household dwelling development with 19 or fewer units, adaptive re-use mixed-use purposes (at least 50% residential use), within an applicable transit service area
(as defined by C.R.S. § 29-36-102) 		No off-street parking requirement
Residential multi-household dwelling development with 20 or more units or regulated affordable housing Subject to the criteria set forth in C.R.S. § 29-36-104, the city may impose the following minimum off-street parking requirements:
1 space per dwelling unit or less
Senior independent living facility .75 spaces for each unit plus one guest space for each 5 units
Assisted living facility .5 spaces for each unit, plus 1 guest space for each 5 units
Skilled nursing facility 1 space for 4 resident beds, plus 1 space for each 3 employees
Hospital 1.5 space per bed
Day care center 2 spaces per teacher, plus student loading and unloading area
Hotel/motel/tourist home 1 space for each guest unit, plus 1 additional space for each 2 employees
Church/synagogue 1 space for each 4 seats in the principal auditorium. When individual seats are not provided, twenty-two (22) inches of undivided seating shall constitute 1 seat.
Assembly hall For auditoriums, arenas, exhibition halls, banquet halls, theaters, convention centers, and other similar public gathering places, at least 1 space per 100 square feet of usable floor area or 1 space for each 4 seats, whichever is greater. When individual seats are not provided, 22 inches of undivided seating shall constitute 1 seat.
Health club/recreation center 1 space per 3 persons maximum occupancy plus 1 space per 100 square feet of gross floor area for office/administrative space
Schools, elementary, primary, and junior high 2 spaces for every classroom
Schools, high school and college 1 space for every 4 persons in the faculty and student body
Retail sales and service 1 space for each 250 square feet of building gross floor area
Service and repair shops 1 space for each 300 square feet of building gross floor area
Office 1 space for each 300 square feet of building gross floor area
Medical and dental clinics 1 space for each 250 square feet of building gross floor area
Restaurant, sit-down with full service 1 space for each 65 square feet of building gross floor area, or 1 space for each 3 seats, whichever is greater
Restaurant, carry-out with limited seating 1 space for each 140 square feet of building gross floor area
Industrial, manufacturing, processing and
fabrication 		1 space for each 800 square feet of building gross floor area, or 1 space for each 2 employees, whichever is greater
Warehouse 1 space for each 700 square feet of building gross floor area
Mini-warehouse or self-storage facility 1 space for each 1.5 employees plus three spaces at the registration area
Any use not described above Parking determinations shall be made by the zoning administrator according to the use category above that most closely approximates the proposed use, or as approved during the site development plan process if applicable.

 

(Ord. No. 7-2009, § 1, 10-28-2009; Ord. No. 7-2019, § 37, 9-23-2019; Ord. No. 12-2025, § 2, 6-23-2025)

Sec. 56-462. - Parking lot dimensions.

Parking stalls shall meet the following standards. All dimensions represent the minimum requirements for any required parking space.

PARKING STALL DIMENSIONS
Parking Angle (A) Stall Width (B) Stall to Curb (C) Aisle Width (D) Curb Length (E) Overhang (F)
45 degrees 9′ 19′ 13′ 12′ 8″ 1′ 5″
60 degrees 9′ 20′ 13′ 10′ 5″ 1′ 8″
90 degrees 9′ 18′ 24′ 9′ 2′
O degrees (parallel) 8′ 8′ 12′ 24′ 0′

 

(Ord. No. 7-2009, § 1, 10-28-2009)

Sec. 56-463. - Handicapped parking requirements.

(a)

Parking spaces required.

(1)

Handicapped parking spaces shall be required for all retail, office, business, industrial, and institutional uses, as well as multi-family units.

(2)

Handicapped parking spaces shall be designated as being for the handicapped with a freestanding sign and pavement markings using the standard uniform words, symbols and colors that signify that the space is for accessible parking only.

(3)

Handicapped parking spaces shall be located as close as possible to the nearest accessible building entrance and shall be designed so that pedestrian access between the parking space and the building shall not involve crossing an area used for vehicular circulation.

(4)

Handicapped spaces required by this section shall count toward fulfilling off-street parking requirements.

(5)

Number of handicapped parking spaces:

Total Parking Spaces in Lot Minimum Required Number of
Handicap Parking Spaces
1-25 1
26-50 2
51-75 3
76-100 4
101-150 5
151-200 6
201-300 7
301-400 8
401-500 9
501-1000 2% of total
1000 and over 20 plus 1 for every 100 over 1000

 

For every eight handicap parking spaces there shall be a least one van-accessible space. If there is only one handicap parking space, that space must be van accessible.

(b)

Handicap parking space dimensions.

(1)

Parking spaces must be eight feet by 18 feet with a five-foot wide access aisle.

(2)

Van-accessible spaces must be eight feet by 18 feet with an eight-foot wide access aisle.

(Ord. No. 7-2009, § 1, 10-28-2009)

Sec. 56-464. - General provisions.

(a)

Responsibility. The duty to provide and maintain off-street parking areas shall be the joint responsibility of the operator and owner of the land use(s) and the land for which the off-street driveways and parking areas are required to be provided and maintained. For one- and two-household dwelling units, off-street parking shall be hard surfaced with concrete, asphalt, crushed asphalt or other similar material. All other off-street parking shall be hard surfaced with concrete or asphalt and maintained free of holes.

(b)

New structure uses. For structures and/or uses established or placed into operation after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article was derived, there shall be provided the amount or number of off-street parking spaces set forth herein.

(c)

Alteration or additions to existing structures or uses. All structures or uses meeting the parking requirements of the ordinance from which this article was derived, but that are subsequently moved, converted, extended, enlarged, or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, guest rooms, floor area or seats shall maintain the existing amount of parking spaces plus an increment for any increase, and at least the amount or number of off-street parking spaces that would be required hereunder if the increment use or structural use is converted to a different use.

(d)

Location. All required off-street parking shall be provided within 400 feet of the structure or use generating the parking need. This distance will be measured from the most remote parking space to the entry door along the travel path available to pedestrian traffic.

(e)

Combined off-street parking areas. Off-street parking spaces may be provided in the areas that jointly serve two or more structures or uses provided that the total number of off-street parking spaces shall not be less than that required for the total combined number of structures and/or uses. When two or more businesses, structures and/or uses or a single business operating on shift hours whose peak parking requirements occur at different periods of the day, application may be made for special parking review, subject to the recommendation of the planning commission and approval of the city council.

(f)

Back-out parking. For all uses other than one- and two-household dwellings, parking areas shall be designed so that vehicles are not permitted to back out of the parking area onto a public street.

(g)

Obstructions. All required off-street parking spaces shall be unobstructed and free of other uses.

(Ord. No. 7-2009, § 1, 10-28-2009)

Sec. 56-465. - Off-street loading provisions.

For the purpose of providing space off the street for loading and unloading of goods of any type, off-street loading space shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule.

(a)

Residential:

(1)

Structures with one to ten dwelling units—No off-street loading space shall be required.

(2)

Structures with 11 to and including 30 dwelling units—One off-street loading space shall be provided.

(3)

Structures with more than 30 dwelling units—One off-street loading space shall be provided for the first 30 units; two off-street loading spaces shall be provided for 31 to 100 units; three off-street loading spaces shall be provided for structures with more than 100 units.

(b)

Nonresidential:

(1)

No off-street loading space shall be required for the following uses: automobile parking garages, churches, lodging places, professional clinics, public offices, real estate offices, utility facilities, recreation facilities, and schools.

(2)

No off-street loading space shall be required for the following uses when they occupy less than 10,000 square feet of usable floor area: convention facilities, financial institutions, personal service establishments, and professional and technical offices.

(3)

One off-street loading space shall be provided for the following uses: eating and drinking establishments.

(4)

One off-street loading space shall be provided for each 5,000 square feet of usable floor area or major fraction thereof for the following uses: appliance, radio and television sales and repair, automobile sales and service garages, markets, retail bakeries, grocery stores, delicatessen and liquor stores. Retail commercial establishments, wholesale sales and service uses, and other retail or wholesale sales or service use.

(5)

Off-street loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule for convention facilities, financial institutions, personal service establishments, and professional and technical office uses when they occupy more than 10,000 square feet of usable floor area.

Square Feet of Usable Floor Area Required Number of Off-Street
Loading Spaces
10,000 up to and including 40,000 1
40,001 up to an including 100,000 2
For each additional 100,000 or major portion thereof over 100,000 1 additional

 

(6)

Size. Each off-street loading space shall be a minimum of 14 feet high by 45 feet long by 14 feet wide.

(Ord. No. 7-2009, § 1, 10-28-2009)