Skiatook City Zoning Code

The off street parking and off street loading facilities, whether they are principal uses, accessory uses, or a minimum requirement for the initiation, enlargement, or change of use, shall meet the requirements of this chapter as follows:

   A.   Pursuant To Applicable Use Unit: For all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established after the effective date hereof, parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required by the applicable use unit.

   B.   Increase In Intensity Of Use: When the intensity of use of any building, structure, or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement specified herein for required parking or loading facilities, parking and loading facilities as required herein shall be provided for such increase in intensity of use.

   C.   Existing Use Changed To New Use: Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. However, if the building or structure is erected prior to the effective date hereof, additional parking or loading facilities are mandatory only in the amount by which the requirements for the new use would exceed those for the existing use, if the latter were subject to the parking and loading provisions of this title.

   D.   Accessory Facilities: Accessory off street parking and loading facilities in existence on the effective date hereof and located on the same lot as the building or use served shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements for a similar new building or use under the provisions of this title. (1991 Code § 16-21-1100)

   A.   Occupancy Of Appropriate Space: Off street parking and off street loading facilities shall not occupy required livability space. Space allocated to any required off street loading berth shall not be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off street parking facilities. Space allocated to any required off street parking shall not be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off street loading facilities.

   B.   Front And Exterior Side Yards: Within the front and exterior side yards in the RM-1 and RM-2 districts, not more than one vehicle shall be parked for each six hundred (600) square feet of area contained in the front or exterior side yards.

   C.   Storage, Sale Or Dismantling Prohibited: Required off street parking spaces and required off street loading berths shall not be used for the storage, sale, dismantling, or servicing of any vehicle, equipment, materials, or supplies.

   D.   Location Of Parking Or Loading Areas: Required off street parking spaces and required off street loading berths shall be located on the lot containing the use for which the required spaces or berths are to be provided.

   E.   Bulk And Area Requirements: Required enclosed off street parking and loading areas shall meet the bulk and area requirements of the use district in which located, except that enclosed off street parking and loading areas which are required shall not be included in the computation of permitted floor area.

   F.   Parking Area Capacity: The capacity of an off street parking area shall be the number of parking spaces having minimum dimensions of ten feet by twenty two feet (10' x 22') that are located thereon in such a manner that each space can be entered without passing through another space, except in RE and RS districts, where access may be obtained through another parking space. (1991 Code § 16-21-1110)

   A.   Location Restriction Near R Districts: Off street loading areas shall not be located within fifty feet (50') of any abutting property which is within an R district unless it is wholly within an enclosed building or screened on all sides abutting the R district by a screening wall or fence.

   B.   Table 1, Requirements: Unenclosed off street parking and loading areas shall be set back from abutting streets as set forth in table 1 of this section.

      TABLE 1

      OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING AREA SETBACK

      FROM CENTERLINE OF ABUTTING STREETS1

 

 

   Note:

      1.    If the right of way width designated on the major street plan exceeds 50 feet, add 1/2 of the amount by which the designated right of way exceeds 50 feet.

(1991 Code § 16-21-1120)

   A.   Space Size And Clearance: A required off street parking space shall be at least ten feet (10') in width and at least twenty two feet (22') in length exclusive of access drives or aisles. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least six feet six inches (6'6").

   B.   Accessible From Public Street: Each required parking space shall be accessible from a public street without passing through another required space, except in the RE and RS districts.

   C.   Lighting: Lighting used to illuminate an off street parking area, if any, shall be by constant light and shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from properties within an R district which do not contain uses for which the parking is being provided. (1991 Code § 16-21-1130)

   D.   Surfacing: Unenclosed off street parking areas, including the access and approach thereto from a road or street, shall be surfaced from the edge of the street or road with a minimum of six inches (6") of stabilized aggregate base on compacted subgrade, with a minimum of three inches (3") of asphaltic concrete surfacing or a minimum six inches (6") of portland cement surfacing. (Ord. 2014-03, 2-11-2014)

   E.   Screening: Unenclosed off street parking areas which are principal uses shall be screened by the erection of a screening wall or fence on the lot line or lines in common with an R district. Unenclosed off street parking areas, containing six (6) or more spaces, which are accessory to uses not required to provide screening shall be screened by the erection of a screening wall or fence on the lot line or lines in common with an RE or RS district; provided, that if the parking lot area is located more than fifty feet (50') from the RE or RS lot line or lines, the screening requirement shall not apply. (1991 Code § 16-21-1130)

   A.   Berth Size And Clearance: Unless otherwise specified, a required off street loading berth shall be at least ten feet (10') in width and thirty feet (30') in length, exclusive of aisles, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least fourteen feet (14'). However, every off street loading berth shall be of sufficient size and design to permit the safe and efficient loading and unloading of merchandise and materials without obstructing or impeding aisles, driveways, alleys, public streets and rights of way and public walkways.

   B.   Access From Public Street: Required off street loading berths shall be provided access to and from a public street or alley by an access drive of at least fifteen feet (15') in width designed to permit convenient access to the berth by semitrailer trucks.

   C.   Surfacing: Unenclosed off street loading areas shall be surfaced with a dust free all weather material.

   D.   Screening: Unenclosed off street loading berths shall not be located within fifty feet (50') of any property in an R district unless it is screened on all sides abutting the R district by a screening wall or fence.

   E.   Lighting: Lighting used to illuminate an off street loading area, if any, shall be by constant light and shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from properties within an R district which do not contain uses for which the loading area is being provided. (1991 Code § 16-21-1140)