Strongsville City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1270

Off-Street Parking and Loading

1270.01 INTENT.

Off-street parking and loading requirements and regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:

(a) To relieve congestion so the streets can be utilized more fully for movement of vehicular traffic;

(b) To promote the safety and convenience of pedestrians and shoppers by locating parking areas so as to lessen car movements in the vicinity of intensive pedestrian traffic;

(d) To promote the general convenience, welfare and prosperity of business, service, research, production and manufacturing developments which depend upon off-street parking facilities; and

(e) To provide regulations and standards for the development of accessory off-street parking and loading facilities in accordance with the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan of the City.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.02 SCOPE OF REGULATIONS.

Accessory off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as a condition precedent to occupancy of all residential, institutional, business, office, research, production, service and industrial uses in conformity with the provisions of this chapter:

(a) Whenever a building is constructed or a new use established;

(b) Whenever an existing building is altered and there is an increase in the number of dwelling units, seating capacity or floor area of the building; and

(c) Whenever the use of an existing building is changed to a more intensive use which requires more off-street parking facilities, except that certain nonconforming uses may continue as provided in Section 1274.09.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.03 DEFINITIONS; STANDARDS.

For the purpose of determining the off-street parking and loading facilities required as accessory to a use, definitions and standards are established as follows:

(a) "Off-street parking space" means an open or enclosed area directly accessible from a public street for parking of automobiles of owners, occupants, employees, customers or tenants of the main use. Each space shall be directly accessible from a drive or aisle, and not less than nine feet wide by twenty feet long, exclusive of all drives, aisles, ramps and turning space.

(b) "Floor area," as used in determining parking requirements, means the total area of all the floors of the building used by the principal activity as specified in the schedule in Section 1270.05, measured from the exterior faces of the building. The areas used for storage or otherwise not occupied by people may be excluded from the floor area calculation if approved by the Planning Commission.

(c) "Gross floor area," as used in determining loading requirements, means the total floor area used for the main and accessory activities and storage areas of the building served.

(d) "Seating capacity" means the number of seating units installed or indicated on plans for places of assembly. Where not indicated on plans, it shall be assumed that a seating unit will occupy six square feet of floor area exclusive of all aisles.

(e) "Employees," wherever the parking requirement is based on employees, means the maximum number of employees on duty on the premises at one time or on any two successive shifts, whichever is the greater.

(f) "Off-street loading space" means an open space or enclosed area as part of a building, directly accessible to a public street and available whenever needed for the loading or unloading of goods and products to the main use.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.04 APPLICATION AND DESIGN.

(a) Application for Providing Facilities. Any application for a permit to construct a building or parking area, or for a certificate of occupancy for a change in use of land or a building, shall include a site plan drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing the proposed design of the parking area and loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Determination of Required Parking Facilities. The Planning Commission shall determine the minimum number of spaces required for accessory off-street parking by applying the measurement units in Section 1270.03, the parking area design standards in subsection (c) hereof, the schedule of parking requirements for the various uses in Section 1270.05 and any other applicable provisions of this Zoning Code. Where the computation results in a fractional space, it shall be counted as one additional space required.

The Planning Commission may vary the parking requirements of this chapter where it finds that due to the nature of the particular use, such requirements will not be adequate to provide sufficient parking or where the strict application of the requirements will result in an excessive amount of parking related to the particular use.

(c) Parking Area Design Standards. The plan for parking spaces of a parking area included with an application to construct a building or parking area, or change in use, shall be designed and dimensioned in accordance with the drawing in Appendix III, Parking Area Design Standards, which is a part of this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.05 SCHEDULE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

Accessory off-street parking facilities shall be provided in quantities not less than set forth in the following schedule:

Building Use		Minimum Spaces Required
(a)	Residential
	(1) One-family dwellings	2 per dwelling unit
	(2) Two-family dwellings	2 per dwelling unit
	(3) Townhouse cluster*	2 per dwelling unit
	(4) Multi-Family/Apartment*	2-1/2 per dwelling unit
	(5) Rented rooms	1 per rented room, plus 2 for each resident family
	* Additional guest off-street parking may be required as determined by the Planning Commission.
(b)	Community Facilities.
	(1) Governmental: Municipal, County, State and Federal buildings, principally administrative functions	1 per 300 sq. ft. of floor area used by the public, plus 1 for each 2 employees
	(2) Civic: Art galleries, libraries, museums, churches, club and community centers	1 per 500 sq. ft. (*)
	(3) Educational: Primary and secondary public; private schools	1 per 1,000 sq. ft. (*)
	(4) Places of assembly: Auditoriums, lodge halls, gymnasiums and stadiums	1 per 4 seats
	(5) Health and welfare:
	A. General and special hospitals	1 per 500 sq. ft.
	B. Institutions for children and for aged, nursing homes, sanitariums	1 per bed or dwelling unit plus 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. of administrative space
	C. Medical centers	7 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor areas
	(6) Recreation: Skating rink, swimming pools	1 per 50 sq. ft. of area devoted to the activity or 1 per 2 members

* For the assembly parts of the building, one space per each four seats, or one space for each forty-eight square feet of assembly floor area, shall be added.

(c)	Business and Offices.
	(1) Retail stores, services and offices other than community and regional shopping centers, as defined in Section 1258.15:
	A. Without food services	4.5 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross building floor area
	B. With food services	4.5 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross building floor area used for retail uses. Parking for food service uses shall be provided in accordance with subsections (4) and/or (5) hereof.
	(2) Neighborhood Community and regional shopping centers, as defined in Section 1258.15.	4 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross leasable retail area (GLRA) Gross leasable retail area is the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including the retail areas of mezzanines and upper floors, but not including basements and other areas used solely for storage, if any, expressed in square feet, measured from center lines of joint partitions and the exterior of outside walls. This does not include office buildings in which medical, dental, research and other kinds of special organizations are housed. It does include banks, restaurants, and other similar activities which may be part of a shopping center. Parking for office space usage at or immediately adjacent to community and regional shopping centers shall be provided at the rate of 2.5 spaces for each 1,000 sq. ft. of office floor area. For hotels within a Regional Shopping Center, parking requirements will be 1 per guest room (there will not be additional parking required for employees). For a Regional Shopping Center, the minimum required parking spaces may be modified by the Planning Commission based on the mixture of uses and the ability to utilize shared parking. For all uses within the Regional Shopping Center, the required parking shall be determined only by the requirements set forth in Section 1207.05(c)(2) and (c)(7) and the parking requirements for other uses set forth in Section 1207.05(c) are not applicable.

	(3) Hotels, motels, tourist home	1 per guest room, plus 1 for each employee
	(4) Carry-out restaurant without seating	10 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
	(5) Sit down restaurant	1 space for every 2 interior seats plus 1 space for every 4 outdoor or patio seats.
	(6) Food stores	5 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
	(7) Offices:
	A. Medical and dental	1 per 200 sq. ft.
	B. Other	1 per 250 sq. ft.
	(8) Mortuaries	40 plus 1 space per 200 sq. ft.
	(9) Places of assembly, theaters, halls, arenas	1 per 4 seats
	(10) Commercial recreation:
	A. Open commercial amusement	1 per 500 sq. ft.
	B. Bowling alleys	7 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
	C. Indoor tennis facility	5-1/2 spaces per court
(d)	Service and Manufacturing.
	(1) Wholesale, distribution, laboratories, general services, machine shops and similar establishments	1 per employee on the two largest successive shifts.
	(2) Manufacturing plants	1 per employee on the two largest successive shifts.
(e)	Sexually Oriented Businesses.	18 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area.

(f) For specific buildings or uses not scheduled above, the Planning Commission shall apply the unit of measurement set forth in the above schedule which is deemed to be most similar to the proposed building or use. (Ord. 2024-006. Passed 4-15-24.)

1270.06 MODIFICATIONS OF REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Public Facilities Available. The required spaces as determined by the above schedule and standards may be modified by the Planning Commission in the Strongsville Center general business area where free parking areas or publicly owned parking areas are readily accessible, where land is not available for development of accessory off-street parking as required herein, and where public transportation is used extensively.

(b) Parking for Single and Mixed Uses. A building occupied by one use shall provide the off-street parking spaces as required for the specific use. A building or group of buildings occupied by two or more uses operating normally during the same hours shall provide spaces for not less than the sum of the spaces required for each use. For a large unit development of business uses, such as a shopping center, spaces shall be provided for the total area of the building or buildings as set forth in such schedule, instead of the requirements based on each separate use.

(c) Joint Use of Parking Facilities. Churches, civic clubs, community centers, auditoriums, lodge halls, gymnasiums and stadiums may make arrangements with business establishments which normally have different hours of operation for sharing up to, but not more than, fifty percent of their requirements in adjacent parking areas which are accessory to such business uses. However, where there is a sharing of facilities by different owners or tenants, there shall be an agreement covering a period of time as may be required by the Planning Commission, provided that should any of the uses be changed or the facilities discontinued, then the required spaces for the use or uses remaining shall be provided elsewhere as a condition precedent to the continued use of such building or buildings.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.07 CONTINUATION OF FACILITIES.

Off-street parking and loading facilities accessory to an existing use on the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 1978-165, passed October 16, 1978), and those required as accessory to a use created or a building constructed or altered thereafter, shall be continued and maintained in operation, shall not be used for automobile sales or service or repair of motor vehicles and shall not be reduced below the requirements of this Zoning Code during the period that the main use is maintained, unless an equivalent number of spaces is provided for such use in another approved location.

Whenever parking facilities are permitted on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served is located, such facilities shall be in the same ownership as the zoning lot occupied by the building or use to which the parking facilities are accessory. Such ownership shall be by deed or a long-term lease agreement, whereby the owner of the land on which the parking facilities are to be located shall be bound by a covenant filed and recorded in the office of the County Recorder, requiring each such owner, his heirs or assigns, to maintain the required number of parking facilities for the duration of the use served as a precedent to the continuation of such use.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.08 LOCATION OF FACILITIES.

Accessory parking facilities shall be provided at locations as set forth herein except as may be modified by Sections 1270.06 and 1270.07.

(a) Residential Districts and Uses. Accessory, enclosed or open parking facilities as required shall be provided on the same lot as the dwelling unit served.

Each apartment development shall have on the premises a private garage or garages sufficient in capacity for the enclosed storage at one time of at least two passenger vehicles for each dwelling unit on the premises and additional parking space, which may be surface parking, for at least one-half of a passenger vehicle for each such dwelling unit.

Any apartment garage serving an apartment building over three stories in height shall form part of the main apartment building, and the yard regulations of Sections 1252.06 shall apply to such apartment building and garage as one building, provided that if such garage does not exceed a height of over five feet above the finished grade and the entire roof is landscaped, it may occupy any side or rear yard, but shall be located not closer than five feet to a side or rear lot line and twelve feet to any main or end wall of a building.

In the RMF-1 District, required enclosed garage space may be detached from the main building and each enclosed garage shall contain not more than twelve parking spaces.

In One and Two-Family Residential Districts, one truck, which is used solely by the occupant and does not exceed three-quarter tons in reted capacity, may be stored on the lot, but only in an enclosed garage.

(b) Civic Uses and Places of Assembly. Where churches, civic clubs, community centers, auditoriums, lodge halls, gymnasiums and stadiums share parking facilities with adjacent business establishments, such parking facilities shall be located within a walking distance of not more than 250 feet from the entrance of the main building of such use.

Parking serving the uses covered in this subsection shall be further regulated in relation to any adjoining Residential District lines as set forth in Section 1256.04 of this Zoning Code.

(c) Business and Office Uses. Accessory parking facilities shall be provided on the same lot as the main use served in Local Business, General Business, Shopping Center, Office Building, Restaurant-Recreational Services and Motorist Service Districts, except where modified by the Planning Commission in accordance with the provisions of Section 1270.06(a). In such cases the nearest point of the parking lot shall be located within a walking distance of not more than 250 feet from the main entrance of the building served.

A parking area serving the uses covered in this subsection shall be further regulated in relation to any adjoining Residential District lines as set forth in Section 1258.11.
(Ord. 2012-085. Passed 9-17-12.)

1270.09 PARKING LIMITATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STATIONS.

Unenclosed parking of motor vehicles at automotive service stations shall be limited to four vehicles and no vehicle shall remain so parked for any period exceeding twenty-four hours.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.10 PARKING AREA IMPROVEMENTS.

Parking areas and access driveways shall be designed, graded, constructed, altered and maintained as follows:

(a) Grading and Pavement. Parking areas and access driveways shall be graded and drained so that surface water shall not be allowed to flow onto adjacent properties. Parking areas and driveways shall be improved with asphaltic concrete or Portland cement pavement and concrete curbs, in accordance with the standards established in the Subdivision Regulations.

(b) Design of Areas. Parking areas shall be so arranged and marked to provide for orderly and safe parking and storage of vehicles in accordance with the aforesaid parking area design standards, and shall be improved with a poured concrete curb to define the limits of paved areas, except at entrances and exits. The Planning Commission may also require landscape features, such as a compact evergreen hedge, shrubs or screening by a substantially solid fence, between such parking areas and a side or rear lot line of a Residential District in accordance with standards established in other sections of this Zoning Code.

(c) Signs. Signs located on or related to parking areas shall be limited to those indicating the operator, purpose or business served, or instructions for parking.
(Ord. 1978- 165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.11 ILLUMINATION OF PARKING AREAS.

Parking areas shall be illuminated wherever the Planning Commission determines that such illumination is necessary to ensure the public safety. Lighting fixtures shall be designed and located so as not to cast direct rays of excessive brightness upon adjoining Residential Districts or cause a glare hazardous to pedestrians or auto drivers on adjacent public streets.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.12 DRIVEWAYS TO PARKING AREAS.

The location, width and number of entrance and exit driveways serving accessory parking facilities, drive-in businesses, fee parking lots and public parking lots shall be planned in such a manner as to interfere as little as possible with the use of adjacent property and the flow of traffic on the streets to which they connect.

Parking areas, of up to twenty spaces, shall have at least one single-lane driveway located at least 100 feet from the right-of-way line of the nearest intersecting street.

Parking areas of more than twenty spaces should, if possible, have two one lane driveways, or at least one two-lane driveway, located not less than 100 feet from the right-of-way line of the nearest intersecting street.

Entrance or exit driveways shall not exceed three lanes in width and shall be designed so that all cars can be driven forward into the street. The width of such driveways, measured at the street right-of-way line, shall conform with the following schedule:

	Width of Driveway
Number of Lanes	Minimum (ft.)	Maximum (ft.)
One	10	12
Two	18	24
Three	27	35

The angle of intersection between the driveway and the street shall be between seventy degrees and ninety degrees. The radii of the edge of the driveway apron shall be at least twenty feet.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.13 LOADING FACILITIES.

Accessory loading and unloading facilities shall be provided as a condition precedent to occupancy of all business, service and industrial buildings hereafter erected and altered, and shall be maintained as long as such building is occupied or unless equivalent facilities are provided in conformity with the regulations of this chapter.

(a) Allocation of Use. Space required and allocated for any off-street loading facility shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for off-street parking. An off-street loading space shall not be used for repairing or servicing of motor vehicles.

(b) Location of Facility. All required accessory loading facilities shall be related to the building and use to be served to provide for loading and off-loading of delivery trucks and other service vehicles and shall be so arranged that they may be used without blocking or otherwise interfering with the use of accessways, parking facilities, public streets or sidewalks. A required loading space shall not face or be visible from the frontage street, and shall not be located in a required front yard, or in a required side or rear yard if adjoining a Residential District. If a loading space is entirely enclosed, it may be located in such side or rear yard if approved by the Planning Commission.

(c) Access Driveways. Each required off-street loading space shall be designed for direct vehicular access by means of a driveway or driveways to a public street in a manner which will least interfere with adjacent traffic movements and interior circulation. The access drive of an off-street loading facility shall be located so that the driveway center line shall be not less than 100 feet from the nearest intersecting street right-of-way line.

(d) Improvements. All accessory off-street loading spaces shall be improved as required for parking areas as set forth in Section 1270.10.

(e) Minimum size Criteria. A required off-street loading space shall be at least twelve feet wide by at least forty feet in length. The above area shall be exclusive of the maneuvering space, and each loading facility shall have a vertical clearance of at least fourteen feet. Buildings of less than 5,000 square feet of floor area shall be provided with receiving platforms or other commensurate facilities.

(f) Schedule of Required Loading Facilities. Accessory off-street loading spaces shall be provided as required herein for the following uses:

Use	Gross Floor Area of Building (sq. ft.)	Required Number of Spaces
Retail stores, all types	Under 20,000	1
	20,000 to 50,000	2
	50,001 to 100,000	3

Printing, publishing warehouses, storage establishments	Under 40,000	1
	40,000 to 100,000	2

Servicing, cleaning, repairing, testing or manufacturing establishments	Under 40,000	1
	40,000 to 100,000	2
	Each additional 100,000	1 additional space

(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.14 APPROVAL OF FACILITIES.

Detailed drawings of accessory off-street parking and loading facilities shall be submitted in accordance with all the provisions of this chapter for review by the Planning Commission.

The Planning Commission may require structural or landscape features, such as bumper guards, curbs, walls, fences, shrubs, ground cover or hedges, to further carry out the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan and this Zoning Code before an application is approved and before a building permit or certificate of occupancy may be issued.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

Strongsville City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1270

Off-Street Parking and Loading

1270.01 INTENT.

Off-street parking and loading requirements and regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:

(a) To relieve congestion so the streets can be utilized more fully for movement of vehicular traffic;

(b) To promote the safety and convenience of pedestrians and shoppers by locating parking areas so as to lessen car movements in the vicinity of intensive pedestrian traffic;

(d) To promote the general convenience, welfare and prosperity of business, service, research, production and manufacturing developments which depend upon off-street parking facilities; and

1270.02 SCOPE OF REGULATIONS.

(a) Whenever a building is constructed or a new use established;

(b) Whenever an existing building is altered and there is an increase in the number of dwelling units, seating capacity or floor area of the building; and

1270.03 DEFINITIONS; STANDARDS.

For the purpose of determining the off-street parking and loading facilities required as accessory to a use, definitions and standards are established as follows:

(c) "Gross floor area," as used in determining loading requirements, means the total floor area used for the main and accessory activities and storage areas of the building served.

1270.04 APPLICATION AND DESIGN.

1270.05 SCHEDULE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

Accessory off-street parking facilities shall be provided in quantities not less than set forth in the following schedule:

Building Use		Minimum Spaces Required
(a)	Residential
	(1) One-family dwellings	2 per dwelling unit
	(2) Two-family dwellings	2 per dwelling unit
	(3) Townhouse cluster*	2 per dwelling unit
	(4) Multi-Family/Apartment*	2-1/2 per dwelling unit
	(5) Rented rooms	1 per rented room, plus 2 for each resident family
	* Additional guest off-street parking may be required as determined by the Planning Commission.
(b)	Community Facilities.
	(1) Governmental: Municipal, County, State and Federal buildings, principally administrative functions	1 per 300 sq. ft. of floor area used by the public, plus 1 for each 2 employees
	(2) Civic: Art galleries, libraries, museums, churches, club and community centers	1 per 500 sq. ft. (*)
	(3) Educational: Primary and secondary public; private schools	1 per 1,000 sq. ft. (*)
	(4) Places of assembly: Auditoriums, lodge halls, gymnasiums and stadiums	1 per 4 seats
	(5) Health and welfare:
	A. General and special hospitals	1 per 500 sq. ft.
	B. Institutions for children and for aged, nursing homes, sanitariums	1 per bed or dwelling unit plus 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. of administrative space
	C. Medical centers	7 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor areas
	(6) Recreation: Skating rink, swimming pools	1 per 50 sq. ft. of area devoted to the activity or 1 per 2 members

* For the assembly parts of the building, one space per each four seats, or one space for each forty-eight square feet of assembly floor area, shall be added.

(c)	Business and Offices.
	(1) Retail stores, services and offices other than community and regional shopping centers, as defined in Section 1258.15:
	A. Without food services	4.5 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross building floor area
	B. With food services	4.5 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross building floor area used for retail uses. Parking for food service uses shall be provided in accordance with subsections (4) and/or (5) hereof.
	(2) Neighborhood Community and regional shopping centers, as defined in Section 1258.15.	4 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross leasable retail area (GLRA) Gross leasable retail area is the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including the retail areas of mezzanines and upper floors, but not including basements and other areas used solely for storage, if any, expressed in square feet, measured from center lines of joint partitions and the exterior of outside walls. This does not include office buildings in which medical, dental, research and other kinds of special organizations are housed. It does include banks, restaurants, and other similar activities which may be part of a shopping center. Parking for office space usage at or immediately adjacent to community and regional shopping centers shall be provided at the rate of 2.5 spaces for each 1,000 sq. ft. of office floor area. For hotels within a Regional Shopping Center, parking requirements will be 1 per guest room (there will not be additional parking required for employees). For a Regional Shopping Center, the minimum required parking spaces may be modified by the Planning Commission based on the mixture of uses and the ability to utilize shared parking. For all uses within the Regional Shopping Center, the required parking shall be determined only by the requirements set forth in Section 1207.05(c)(2) and (c)(7) and the parking requirements for other uses set forth in Section 1207.05(c) are not applicable.

	(3) Hotels, motels, tourist home	1 per guest room, plus 1 for each employee
	(4) Carry-out restaurant without seating	10 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
	(5) Sit down restaurant	1 space for every 2 interior seats plus 1 space for every 4 outdoor or patio seats.
	(6) Food stores	5 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
	(7) Offices:
	A. Medical and dental	1 per 200 sq. ft.
	B. Other	1 per 250 sq. ft.
	(8) Mortuaries	40 plus 1 space per 200 sq. ft.
	(9) Places of assembly, theaters, halls, arenas	1 per 4 seats
	(10) Commercial recreation:
	A. Open commercial amusement	1 per 500 sq. ft.
	B. Bowling alleys	7 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
	C. Indoor tennis facility	5-1/2 spaces per court
(d)	Service and Manufacturing.
	(1) Wholesale, distribution, laboratories, general services, machine shops and similar establishments	1 per employee on the two largest successive shifts.
	(2) Manufacturing plants	1 per employee on the two largest successive shifts.
(e)	Sexually Oriented Businesses.	18 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area.

1270.06 MODIFICATIONS OF REQUIREMENTS.

1270.07 CONTINUATION OF FACILITIES.

1270.08 LOCATION OF FACILITIES.

Accessory parking facilities shall be provided at locations as set forth herein except as may be modified by Sections 1270.06 and 1270.07.

(a) Residential Districts and Uses. Accessory, enclosed or open parking facilities as required shall be provided on the same lot as the dwelling unit served.

In the RMF-1 District, required enclosed garage space may be detached from the main building and each enclosed garage shall contain not more than twelve parking spaces.

Parking serving the uses covered in this subsection shall be further regulated in relation to any adjoining Residential District lines as set forth in Section 1256.04 of this Zoning Code.

1270.09 PARKING LIMITATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STATIONS.

1270.10 PARKING AREA IMPROVEMENTS.

Parking areas and access driveways shall be designed, graded, constructed, altered and maintained as follows:

(c) Signs. Signs located on or related to parking areas shall be limited to those indicating the operator, purpose or business served, or instructions for parking.
(Ord. 1978- 165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.11 ILLUMINATION OF PARKING AREAS.

1270.12 DRIVEWAYS TO PARKING AREAS.

Parking areas, of up to twenty spaces, shall have at least one single-lane driveway located at least 100 feet from the right-of-way line of the nearest intersecting street.

	Width of Driveway
Number of Lanes	Minimum (ft.)	Maximum (ft.)
One	10	12
Two	18	24
Three	27	35

1270.13 LOADING FACILITIES.

(d) Improvements. All accessory off-street loading spaces shall be improved as required for parking areas as set forth in Section 1270.10.

(f) Schedule of Required Loading Facilities. Accessory off-street loading spaces shall be provided as required herein for the following uses:

Use	Gross Floor Area of Building (sq. ft.)	Required Number of Spaces
Retail stores, all types	Under 20,000	1
	20,000 to 50,000	2
	50,001 to 100,000	3

Printing, publishing warehouses, storage establishments	Under 40,000	1
	40,000 to 100,000	2

Servicing, cleaning, repairing, testing or manufacturing establishments	Under 40,000	1
	40,000 to 100,000	2
	Each additional 100,000	1 additional space

(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.14 APPROVAL OF FACILITIES.

Detailed drawings of accessory off-street parking and loading facilities shall be submitted in accordance with all the provisions of this chapter for review by the Planning Commission.

Strongsville City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1270

Off-Street Parking and Loading

1270.01 INTENT.

Off-street parking and loading requirements and regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:

(a) To relieve congestion so the streets can be utilized more fully for movement of vehicular traffic;

(b) To promote the safety and convenience of pedestrians and shoppers by locating parking areas so as to lessen car movements in the vicinity of intensive pedestrian traffic;

(d) To promote the general convenience, welfare and prosperity of business, service, research, production and manufacturing developments which depend upon off-street parking facilities; and

1270.02 SCOPE OF REGULATIONS.

(a) Whenever a building is constructed or a new use established;

(b) Whenever an existing building is altered and there is an increase in the number of dwelling units, seating capacity or floor area of the building; and

1270.03 DEFINITIONS; STANDARDS.

For the purpose of determining the off-street parking and loading facilities required as accessory to a use, definitions and standards are established as follows:

(c) "Gross floor area," as used in determining loading requirements, means the total floor area used for the main and accessory activities and storage areas of the building served.

1270.04 APPLICATION AND DESIGN.

1270.05 SCHEDULE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

Accessory off-street parking facilities shall be provided in quantities not less than set forth in the following schedule:

Building Use		Minimum Spaces Required
(a)	Residential
	(1) One-family dwellings	2 per dwelling unit
	(2) Two-family dwellings	2 per dwelling unit
	(3) Townhouse cluster*	2 per dwelling unit
	(4) Multi-Family/Apartment*	2-1/2 per dwelling unit
	(5) Rented rooms	1 per rented room, plus 2 for each resident family
	* Additional guest off-street parking may be required as determined by the Planning Commission.
(b)	Community Facilities.
	(1) Governmental: Municipal, County, State and Federal buildings, principally administrative functions	1 per 300 sq. ft. of floor area used by the public, plus 1 for each 2 employees
	(2) Civic: Art galleries, libraries, museums, churches, club and community centers	1 per 500 sq. ft. (*)
	(3) Educational: Primary and secondary public; private schools	1 per 1,000 sq. ft. (*)
	(4) Places of assembly: Auditoriums, lodge halls, gymnasiums and stadiums	1 per 4 seats
	(5) Health and welfare:
	A. General and special hospitals	1 per 500 sq. ft.
	B. Institutions for children and for aged, nursing homes, sanitariums	1 per bed or dwelling unit plus 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. of administrative space
	C. Medical centers	7 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor areas
	(6) Recreation: Skating rink, swimming pools	1 per 50 sq. ft. of area devoted to the activity or 1 per 2 members

* For the assembly parts of the building, one space per each four seats, or one space for each forty-eight square feet of assembly floor area, shall be added.

(c)	Business and Offices.
	(1) Retail stores, services and offices other than community and regional shopping centers, as defined in Section 1258.15:
	A. Without food services	4.5 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross building floor area
	B. With food services	4.5 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross building floor area used for retail uses. Parking for food service uses shall be provided in accordance with subsections (4) and/or (5) hereof.
	(2) Neighborhood Community and regional shopping centers, as defined in Section 1258.15.	4 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross leasable retail area (GLRA) Gross leasable retail area is the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including the retail areas of mezzanines and upper floors, but not including basements and other areas used solely for storage, if any, expressed in square feet, measured from center lines of joint partitions and the exterior of outside walls. This does not include office buildings in which medical, dental, research and other kinds of special organizations are housed. It does include banks, restaurants, and other similar activities which may be part of a shopping center. Parking for office space usage at or immediately adjacent to community and regional shopping centers shall be provided at the rate of 2.5 spaces for each 1,000 sq. ft. of office floor area. For hotels within a Regional Shopping Center, parking requirements will be 1 per guest room (there will not be additional parking required for employees). For a Regional Shopping Center, the minimum required parking spaces may be modified by the Planning Commission based on the mixture of uses and the ability to utilize shared parking. For all uses within the Regional Shopping Center, the required parking shall be determined only by the requirements set forth in Section 1207.05(c)(2) and (c)(7) and the parking requirements for other uses set forth in Section 1207.05(c) are not applicable.

	(3) Hotels, motels, tourist home	1 per guest room, plus 1 for each employee
	(4) Carry-out restaurant without seating	10 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
	(5) Sit down restaurant	1 space for every 2 interior seats plus 1 space for every 4 outdoor or patio seats.
	(6) Food stores	5 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
	(7) Offices:
	A. Medical and dental	1 per 200 sq. ft.
	B. Other	1 per 250 sq. ft.
	(8) Mortuaries	40 plus 1 space per 200 sq. ft.
	(9) Places of assembly, theaters, halls, arenas	1 per 4 seats
	(10) Commercial recreation:
	A. Open commercial amusement	1 per 500 sq. ft.
	B. Bowling alleys	7 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
	C. Indoor tennis facility	5-1/2 spaces per court
(d)	Service and Manufacturing.
	(1) Wholesale, distribution, laboratories, general services, machine shops and similar establishments	1 per employee on the two largest successive shifts.
	(2) Manufacturing plants	1 per employee on the two largest successive shifts.
(e)	Sexually Oriented Businesses.	18 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area.

1270.06 MODIFICATIONS OF REQUIREMENTS.

1270.07 CONTINUATION OF FACILITIES.

1270.08 LOCATION OF FACILITIES.

Accessory parking facilities shall be provided at locations as set forth herein except as may be modified by Sections 1270.06 and 1270.07.

(a) Residential Districts and Uses. Accessory, enclosed or open parking facilities as required shall be provided on the same lot as the dwelling unit served.

In the RMF-1 District, required enclosed garage space may be detached from the main building and each enclosed garage shall contain not more than twelve parking spaces.

Parking serving the uses covered in this subsection shall be further regulated in relation to any adjoining Residential District lines as set forth in Section 1256.04 of this Zoning Code.

1270.09 PARKING LIMITATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STATIONS.

1270.10 PARKING AREA IMPROVEMENTS.

Parking areas and access driveways shall be designed, graded, constructed, altered and maintained as follows:

(c) Signs. Signs located on or related to parking areas shall be limited to those indicating the operator, purpose or business served, or instructions for parking.
(Ord. 1978- 165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.11 ILLUMINATION OF PARKING AREAS.

1270.12 DRIVEWAYS TO PARKING AREAS.

Parking areas, of up to twenty spaces, shall have at least one single-lane driveway located at least 100 feet from the right-of-way line of the nearest intersecting street.

	Width of Driveway
Number of Lanes	Minimum (ft.)	Maximum (ft.)
One	10	12
Two	18	24
Three	27	35

1270.13 LOADING FACILITIES.

(d) Improvements. All accessory off-street loading spaces shall be improved as required for parking areas as set forth in Section 1270.10.

(f) Schedule of Required Loading Facilities. Accessory off-street loading spaces shall be provided as required herein for the following uses:

Use	Gross Floor Area of Building (sq. ft.)	Required Number of Spaces
Retail stores, all types	Under 20,000	1
	20,000 to 50,000	2
	50,001 to 100,000	3

Printing, publishing warehouses, storage establishments	Under 40,000	1
	40,000 to 100,000	2

Servicing, cleaning, repairing, testing or manufacturing establishments	Under 40,000	1
	40,000 to 100,000	2
	Each additional 100,000	1 additional space

(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)

1270.14 APPROVAL OF FACILITIES.

Detailed drawings of accessory off-street parking and loading facilities shall be submitted in accordance with all the provisions of this chapter for review by the Planning Commission.