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Weiser City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 12

OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING

10-12-1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

In any district where required, space for the parking, storage and loading of vehicles shall be subject to the following regulations:
   A.   Plot Plans: Plot plans showing the proposed development and use of the property shall be submitted to the building inspector who may disapprove such plans if he finds that they are inconsistent with the parking requirements as provided for in this chapter.
   B.   Parking Area Limitations: A required parking area shall be used exclusively for vehicle parking in conjunction with a permitted land use and shall not be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.
   C.   Parking Area Dimensions: A plot plan shall be submitted showing a detailed functional parking arrangement which indicates the dimensions of spaces and adequate access thereto.
   D.   Combined Parking Area: Parking facilities may be provided collectively for two (2) or more buildings or uses, provided that the total area of such facilities shall not be less than the combined requirements for the individual uses. A written agreement covering such collective uses shall be filed with the building inspector.
   E.   Ownership Of Parking Area: Property on which required parking is established shall be under the same ownership as the use it is intended to serve. Any joint ownership resulting from the establishment of collective parking facilities, as provided in subsection D of this section, will be construed as complying with this provision.
   F.   Nuisance Clause: The parking facilities shall be so designed and maintained as not to constitute a nuisance at any time and shall be used in such a manner that no hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic will result. (1971 Code; amd. Ord. 883, 1-8-1979)

10-12-2: PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS:

The parking spaces required for each type of use shall be as follows:
Residential uses:
Dwellings, one and two-family
2 parking spaces per dwelling unit
Dwellings, multi-family
11/2 parking spaces per single bedroom dwelling unit
2 parking spaces per dwelling unit with 2 or more bedrooms
Dwellings, multi-family, senior citizens
3/4 parking space per single bedroom dwelling unit for exclusive occupancy by persons 60 years of age or older
Hotels, clubs and similar structures using sleeping rooms
1 parking space for each 160 square feet of living area. In addition to the foregoing, 1 additional space shall be provided for each regular employee
Motels
1 space for each unit, plus 1 space for resident manager
Trailer parks
11/2 parking spaces per trailer space
Commercial uses:
Bowling alleys
4 spaces for each alley
Business, general
1 space for each 300 square feet of total floor area up to a maximum of 15,000 square feet. The number of parking spaces for commercial use buildings exceeding 15,000 total square feet shall be determined by the city council after reviewing site plan, proposed building use and parking needs on a case by case basis
Medical and dental clinics
At least 5 parking spaces for each staff member or visiting doctor, plus 1 space for each employee
Mortuaries, skating rinks and gymnasiums
1 parking space for each 4 seats plus 1 parking space for each 35 square feet of seating area where there are no fixed seats, plus 1 parking space for each 250 square feet of floor area not used for seating
Office, professional
1 parking space for each 300 square feet of office space
Open commercial uses, other than specifically designated herein
1 parking space for each 300 square feet of open area devoted to sales or display, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Restaurants, cafes, nightclubs, bars and other similar places dispensing food or refreshment
1 parking space for each 2 fixed seats or for every 25 square feet of seating area where there are no fixed seats, plus 1 parking space for each 2 employees on the largest shift
Theaters, auditoriums, stadiums, recreation centers or similar places of public assembly
1 parking space for each 4 fixed seats plus 1 parking space for every 35 square feet where there are no fixed seats
Industrial uses:
Industrial uses of all types
1 parking space for each 2 employees on the largest shift or for each 500 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater, except for area used exclusively for warehouse purposes, plus 1 parking space for each vehicle used in connection with the use
Public utility facilities, including, but not limited to, electrical substations, power booster or conversion plants, telegraph offices and telephone exchanges
1 parking space for each 300 square feet of office space or 1 parking space for each 2 employees on the largest shift, whichever is greater, plus 1 parking space for each vehicle used in connection with the use. A minimum of 2 parking spaces for each such use shall be provided regardless of the building area or the number of employees
Other uses:
Churches
1 parking space for each 4 fixed seats or for every 35 square feet of seating area where there are no fixed seats
Golf courses
10 parking spaces per hole and 1 parking space for each 35 square feet of building floor area used for public assembly and for each 250 square feet of building floor area used for other commercial uses
Hospitals
11/2 parking spaces per patient bed
Public buildings
1 parking space for each 300 square feet of office space or 1 parking space for each 2 employees, whichever is greater
Special uses including airports, jails, racetracks, shooting ranges and all other uses where parking requirements have not been designated herein
As determined by the planning and zoning commission or other authorized body
 
(Ord. 925, 10-11-1982)

10-12-3: LOCATION OF REQUIRED PARKING FACILITIES:

Parking for residential uses shall be located on the same lot or premises or within three hundred feet (300') of the nearest point of the principal structure; provided, however, that no off street facilities for a business or industrial use shall be located in a residential district. In the residential districts, no more than two (2) permanent parking spaces may be located in front of the setback line, except on access driveways. (1971 Code; amd. Ord. 883, 1-8-1979)

10-12-4: DIMENSIONS OF PARKING AND ACCESS AREAS:

These dimensions shall conform to the following:
   A.   Minimum Size Parking Spaces:
      1.   Minimum size parking space, nine feet by twenty feet (9' x 20').
      2.   Minimum size parking space exclusively for the handicapped as defined in American National Standard specifications, thirteen feet by twenty feet (13' x 20').
   B.   Minimum Aisle Widths:
      1.   Thirty degree (30°) parking twelve feet (12').
      2.   Forty five degree (45°) parking fifteen feet (15').
      3.   Sixty degree (60°) parking eighteen feet (18').
      4.   Ninety degree (90°) parking twenty four feet (24').
   C.   Driveway Entrances And Exits, Minimum Requirements: (1971 Code; amd. Ord. 883, 1-8-1979)
      1.   One Dwelling Unit: Driveways used to serve no more than one dwelling unit, fifteen feet (15').
      2.   Two Or More Dwelling Units: Driveways used to serve two (2) or more dwelling units, twenty feet (20'). (1971 Code; amd. Ord. 883, 1-8-1979; 1987 Code)
      3.   Single Lane Entrance And Exit Driveways: Single lane entrance and exit driveways, for all uses except residential, fourteen feet (14') except that entrance and exit driveways for commercial drive-in uses shall be a minimum of nine feet (9').
      4.   Combined Entrance And Exit Driveways: Combined entrance and exit driveways, for all uses except for residential, twenty six feet (26') and not to exceed forty feet (40') without approval of the city council.
      5.   Curb Cuts:
 
    (1971 Code; amd. Ord. 883, 1-8-1979)

10-12-5: CIRCULATION:

Circulation within the parking lot shall be such that a car entering the parking lot need not enter the street to reach another aisle, and a car need not enter a public street backwards. If circulation is not possible otherwise, a twenty four foot (24') turnaround will suffice. Directional signs are required in lots using more than one aisle. (1971 Code; amd. Ord. 883, 1-8-1979)

10-12-6: MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION:

Parking areas shall be hard surfaced and graded so as to drain off all surface water to storm sewer inlets.
   A.   Bumpers: Bumper guards are required, wherever needed, to protect adjacent property or vehicles.
   B.   Fences, Walls And Screens: When such parking areas or lots abut upon adjacent residential properties, there shall be provided a masonry wall, solid screen planting of appropriate shrubs or an opaque wooden fence of a height of not less than four feet (4') along the entire boundary common to both the residential and parking areas.
   C.   Landscaping:
      1.   All open area between a required wall and the property line shall be landscaped.
      2.   A minimum of two percent (2%) of the parking lot shall be landscaped where more than ten (10) parking spaces are provided on the premises.
   D.   Lighting: Lights used to illuminate parking shall be reflected away from any residence.
   E.   Marking: All required spaces shall be marked on the paving surface. (1971 Code; amd. Ord. 883, 1-8-1979)

10-12-7: OFF STREET LOADING SPACES:

In any commercial or industrial district, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected on a lot which abuts an alley, having a gross floor area of five thousand (5,000) square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same lot with such building at least one off street loading space subject to the following conditions:
   A.   The required loading space shall have the following minimum area:
      1.   Five hundred (500) square feet when the gross floor area of building is between ten thousand (10,000) and fifty thousand (50,000) square feet.
      2.   Six hundred (600) square feet when the gross floor area of a building is between fifty thousand (50,000) and one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet.
      3.   Eight hundred (800) square feet when the gross floor area of the building is between one hundred thousand (100,000) and two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet.
      4.   The area shall be increased by an additional two hundred (200) square feet for each additional two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of gross building space.
   B.   The required loading space on lots less than forty feet (40') in width shall extend across the full width of the lot at the alley line, but need not exceed ten feet (10') in depth.
   C.   Such loading space may occupy all or any part of any required yard or court space. (1971 Code; amd. Ord. 883, 1-8-1979)

10-12-8: OFF STREET LOADING BERTHS:

   A.   Auditoriums, Gymnasiums, Theaters And Other Buildings For Public Assembly: For such a building containing ten thousand (10,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in such a building, one additional loading berth. Each required loading berth for a building having more than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of floor area shall be not less than ten feet wide by fifty feet in length (10' x 50').
   B.   Office Building: For such a building containing ten thousand (10,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For each additional two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof, one additional loading berth.
   C.   Schools, Hospitals, Sanatoriums Or Other Similar Institutional Buildings And Multiple-Family Dwellings: For such building having twenty thousand (20,000) to two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For each additional two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet or fraction thereof, one additional loading berth.
   D.   Establishments For The Manufacturing, Production, Processing, Assembly, Disassembly, Cleaning, Servicing, Testing Or Repairing Of Materials, Goods Or Products: For such a building containing five thousand (5,000) to forty thousand (40,000) square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For such a building containing forty thousand one (40,001) to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, two (2) loading berths, plus one additional loading berth for each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof. Each required loading berth for such a building in excess of ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area shall be not less than ten feet in width by fifty feet in length (10' x 50').
   E.   Retail Stores, Including Furniture And Appliance Stores; Repair Shops Or Restaurants; Warehouse Establishments: For such a building, loading berths shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule:
 
Square Feet Of Floor Area
Minimum Number And
Size Of Each Berth
Under 5,000
No requirements
5,001 to 10,000
1-10 x 25 feet
10,001 to 25,000
2-10 x 25 feet
25,001 to 40,000
2-10 x 50 feet
40,001 to 100,000
3-10 x 50 feet
100,001 to 250,000
4-10 x 50 feet
 
   F.   Mortuaries: For such a building containing eight thousand (8,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in such a building, one additional loading berth.
   G.   Other Uses Not Listed: All uses not specifically listed greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet in floor area which shall require the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or similar vehicles shall have off street loading berths in accordance with subsection E of this section. (1971 Code; amd. Ord. 883, 1-8-1979)

10-12-9: STANDARDS:

   A.   Location: All required loading berths shall be off street and shall be located on the same lot as the building to be served. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within a required front or side yard.
   B.   Area: Unless otherwise specified in this title, a required loading berth shall be at least ten feet (10') in width by at least twenty five feet (25') in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space and shall have vertical clearance of at least fourteen feet (14').
   C.   Access: Each required loading berth shall be served by appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will not unreasonably interfere with traffic movement.
   D.   Surfacing: All open loading berths and parking spaces shall be graded and paved or otherwise improved with bituminous concrete or portland cement concrete. The minimum specifications for parking lots and loading berths shall be as follows:
      1.   Base course: Six inches (6") of pit run gravel.
      2.   Leveling course: Two inches (2") of crushed rock, graded uniformly to zero inches (0").
      3.   Finish with a minimum of two inches (2") mat of bituminous concrete or portland cement concrete.
All loading berths and parking areas shall be graded so as to drain all surface water to the storm sewer inlets or other means of drainage.
   E.   Storage, Repair And Service: No storage of any kind, nor motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted within any required loading berth.
   F.   Drainage: All loading berths shall be provided with adequate drainage facilities to carry surface and storm waters into storm sewers or drainage ditches.
   G.   Space Allocated: Space allocated to a required loading berth shall not be used to satisfy any requirement of this title for off street parking requirements. (1971 Code; amd. Ord. 883, 1-8-1979)