Williams City Zoning Code
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
§ 158.215 PARKING REQUIREMENTS BY USE.
Use | Minimum Number of Parking Spaces | Use | Minimum Number of Parking Spaces |
Use | Minimum Number of Parking Spaces | Use | Minimum Number of Parking Spaces |
RESIDENTIAL | AGRICULTURE | ||
Accessory dwelling unit (ADU) | 1 PS/BR | Retail sales on-site | 2 AW PS/ST |
Boarding house | 2 PS + 3 PS/BR | Riding, training, boarding stable | 1 PS/EA 2 horse stalls |
Mobile home | 2 PS/DU | OTHER | |
Mobile home park | 2 PS/DU + l/PS/3 DU | Airport | 2 + 1 PS/200 sq. ft. |
Modular home | 2 PS/DU | Assembly | 1 PS/200 sq. ft. |
Multi-family, studio units | 1 PS/DU | Cemetery | 30 PS - AW on-site |
Multi-family, other units | 2 PS/DU | Church | 1 PS/200 sq. ft. |
One-family | 2 PS/DU | Congregate care | 1 PS/3 beds |
Two-family | 2 PS/DU | Day care center | 1 PS/EM |
COMMERCIAL | Golf course | 5 PS/hole | |
Business schools | 1 PS/150 sq. ft. | Group home | 1 PS/bed |
Charitable | 1 PS/200 sq. ft. | Hospital | 1 PS/bed |
Eating and drinking | 1 PS/150 sq. ft. | Kennel | 2 PS + 1 PS/EM |
Financial | 1 PS/300 sq. ft. | Lodges | 1 PS/400 sq. ft. |
Governmental | 1 PS/200 sq. ft. | Plant nursery | 1 PS/400 sq. ft. OF |
Hotels/motels | 1 PS/GR | Public uses | 1 PS/200 sq. ft. |
Office | 1 PS/200 sq. ft. | Shelter care | 1 PS/bed |
Second hand store | 1 PS/300 sq. ft. | INDUSTRIAL | |
Personal services | 1 PS/300 sq. ft. | All industrial | 1 PS/EM |
Private recreation | 3 PS/400 sq. ft. | ||
Retail | 1 PS/300 sq. ft. | SUBDIVISIONS | |
Self storage | 3 PS | With no on street parking | 1 PS/per 5 residential lots |
Vehicle leasing | 1 PS/200 sq. ft. | ||
Vehicle services | 1 PS/400 sq. ft. | ||
NOTES TO TABLE: AW means all-weather GR means guest room BR means bedroom OF means office DU means dwelling unit PS means parking space EA means each sq. ft. means square feet EM means employee ST means structure | |||
(A) In the Central Business District (Historic Preservation Overlay Zone), the required off-street parking and loading requirements for existing buildings are limited to the existing off-street parking and loading spaces.
(B) No new spaces are required unless a new building is constructed, in which case the required number of parking spaces shall be determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission at public hearing.
(Prior Code, § 12-14.01) (Ord. 747, passed - -1995; Ord. 754, passed - -; Ord. 892, passed - -2008; Ord. 968, passed 6-28-2018)
§ 158.216 PURPOSE.
(A) Prevent congestion of the public streets;
(B) Establish minimum requirements for off-street parking and loading and unloading of vehicles;
(C) Relieve public streets of the burden of on-street parking;
(D) To provide adequate parking to meet the needs of residents, employees and business patrons; and
(E) To reduce the scale of parking areas through landscaping and by breaking them into smaller areas.
(Prior Code, § 12-14.02) (Ord. 747, passed - -1995; Ord. 892, passed - -2008)
§ 158.217 GENERAL REGULATIONS.
(A) It is the duty of the property owner to plan the use of his or her property such that the public streets are not required to satisfy parking or loading needs; curb cuts will be minimized; curb cuts will be located and sized to minimize traffic disruption on public streets.
(B) Each parking space established shall be at least nine feet wide and 18 feet deep.
(C) Driveways and backup aisles shall be provided for all parking spaces and shall be a minimum of 24 feet wide. Curb cuts shall not exceed 30 feet in width.
(D) All required parking and loading areas shall be surfaced with concrete, asphalt or paving blocks and clearly striped with permanent paint.
(E) Required parking shall be located onsite or on contiguous sites, but no further than 300 feet from the entrance to the principal use on the site.
(F) Square feet shall mean the gross floor area of the building or use.
(G) No part of any vehicle may overhang into a public right-of-way and no event closer than five feet to a sidewalk or street curb.
(H) All parked vehicles must comply with unobstructed view easement and sight distance requirements at street intersections as determined by the city.
(I) Parking lots shall be designed in groupings no larger than 200 spaces. Larger lots shall be divided by buildings, plazas or significant landscaped area oriented for pedestrian use.
(J) The standards of this section shall apply to all development on the site, both existing and planned, at the time that any building permit is required.
(Prior Code, § 12-14.03) (Ord. 747, passed - -1995) Penalty, see § 158.999
§ 158.218 SCREEN WALL REQUIRED.
All parking lots abutting a residential zoning district shall be screened from view by the placement of a solid six-foot wall between the parking lot and the residential zone.
(Prior Code, § 12-14.04) (Ord. 747, passed - -1995; Ord. 892, passed - -2008) Penalty, see § 158.999
§ 158.219 LANDSCAPING REQUIRED.
Ten percent of the total parking lot area shall be landscaped as approved by the city.
(Prior Code, § 12-14.05) (Ord. 747, passed - -1995; Ord. 892, passed - -2008) Penalty, see § 158.999