To achieve the purposes of the ULDR and of the Code of the City of Wilton Manors, Florida, and provide for the safety of pedestrians and motorists, the orderly movement of people, vehicles and goods and maintaining the public ways, it is necessary that regulations be established requiring facilities and space for the off-street parking of vehicles in the City. The off-street parking regulations specific to any zoning or overlay zoning district shall supersede the corresponding regulations of this article. All other provisions of this article shall apply.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05)

Off-street parking areas shall be designed to ensure safe and efficient traffic circulation, with consideration given to the surrounding street plan, traffic volumes, proposed street improvements, vehicular street capacities, pedestrian movements and safety. The parking facilities shall be of sufficient size and configuration to allow necessary functions for loading, unloading and parking maneuvers to be carried out on private property, and completely off the street right-of-way, unless otherwise specifically permitted.

(A)

Parking space definition. An off-street parking space is an all-weather surfaced area not in a street or alley and having a width of not less than nine (9) feet and a length of not less than twenty (20) feet, except as otherwise provided below, exclusive of driveways, which space is permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one private passenger motor vehicle and is connected with a street or alley by an all-weather surfaced driveway which affords ingress and egress for an automobile without requiring another automobile to be moved or otherwise requiring access over or through any other parking space, except as provided below.

(1)

A driveway, as well as a garage or carport that meet the dimensional requirements of this provision may be counted as off-street parking spaces for detached single-family homes, irregardless of the need to move one automobile in order to afford ingress and egress for another automobile.

(2)

A garage or carport, and a driveway servicing a garage or carport, that meet the dimensional requirements of this provision, may be counted as off-street parking spaces for attached single-family homes, duplex and townhome units to which the garage or carport is attached, regardless of the need to move one automobile in order to afford ingress and egress for another automobile. For a duplex providing on-street parking for one unit pursuant to section 135-050, on-street parking credit, a driveway with stacked spaces may be utilized to provide parking for the second unit.

(3)

Handicap parking spaces shall measure twelve (12) feet by twenty (20) feet with a five (5) foot paved accessway, except that where two (2) handicap spaces abut each other, they may jointly use the paved accessway.

(4)

The length of a parking space may be reduced to eighteen (18) feet, provided the vehicle overhang area forward of the wheelstop or curb required under subsection 135-120(B) comprising the otherwise required twenty (20) foot parking space length is covered with grass or an approved ground cover. The overhang area shall not count towards the minimum width requirement for median landscape islands or perimeter landscape buffers for vehicular use areas, nor shall it count towards required landscape area, or for required pervious area.

(5)

Standard off-street parallel parking space shall measure ten (10) feet by twenty-three (23) feet. Handicap parallel parking spaces shall measure twelve (12) feet by twenty-three (23) feet with a five (5) foot paved accessway.

(B)

Siting of parking facilities. Parking areas shall be located so as to minimize conflicting movements between vehicles maneuvering in parking aisles and those vehicles traveling into, out of, or through the site. Unless specifically excepted in this article, individual parking spaces shall not have direct access to streets. Off-street parking spaces shall be located to the greatest extent possible in side and rear yard locations.

(C)

Entrances and exits. Location and design of entrances and exits shall be located and designed in accordance with City specifications, as set forth in the minimum engineering standards adopted by the City Commission to prevent congestion, confusion and conflicts between vehicles and to prevent conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles. Improvements not addressed in the City's adopted specifications must conform to "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets," published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ("AASHTO Geometric Highway Design") or a "Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices," published by the US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, as determined by the City Manager.

(D)

Parking aisles.

(1)

Parking aisles shall be of adequate width to serve a particular design arrangement of parking spaces in accordance with the following table, and shall also comply with the minimum dimensions of the subsections following the table:

Note: Dimensions are for one lane, one-way direction movement except for ninety (90) degree parking, which may be two-way direction movement.

(2)

Two-way directional and two (2) lane, one-way directional movement require a minimum aisle of twenty-four (24) feet regardless of parking angle.

(3)

If a parking aisle requires access for emergency vehicles, garbage trucks or trucks moving to or from a loading area, that parking aisle shall be at least twenty-four (24) feet wide.

(4)

Parking stalls abutting the same continuous parking aisle shall have the same angle and orientation. Parking aisles less than twenty-four (24) feet wide and aisles abutting parking stalls with angles of less than ninety (90) degrees, shall be one-way only. Parking stall angles and parking aisle direction of flow may change only when the parking aisle is interrupted by a circulation drive, structure, or landscape median or similar feature.

(5)

All required parking stalls shall have direct and unobstructed access from a parking aisle.

(6)

When a row of parking stalls is immediately adjacent to a driveway, a minimum stacking area of twenty-five (25) feet is required between the property line and the entrance to the first stall.

(7)

Dead-end parking aisles are prohibited, except where a double-loaded dead-end aisle serves fewer than twenty-one (21) parking spaces and a turnaround area is provided that will accommodate a three (3) point turnaround, or where the number of parking spaces in the double-loaded dead-end aisle is ten (10) or fewer (AASHTO "P" Design Vehicle).

(E)

Interior drives. On-site access drives that do not directly abut parking spaces shall be provided as follows:

(1)

For two-way travel: A minimum of twenty (20) feet in width shall be provided.

(2)

For one-way travel: A minimum of twelve (12) feet in width shall be provided unless a greater width is required by the Fire Marshal where needed for emergency vehicle access.

(3)

Every off-street parking facility shall have either driveway approaches of sufficient width to allow for two-way traffic, or one-way driveways connected to aisles, parking areas or maneuvering areas in such a manner as to permit traffic to both enter and leave the property, facing forward, at the same time. A driveway which is only wide enough for one-way traffic shall not be used for two-way access.

(4)

For both one and two-way driveways, required widths shall be increased if necessary to accommodate vehicle types that will utilize the driveways pursuant to subsection (F), access, or if the number of parking stalls connected or the number of trips generated justifies such an increase in width.

(5)

Minimum access width dimensions at the street:

a.

Minimum (one-way): Fifteen (15) feet.

b.

Minimum (two-way): Twenty-five (25) feet.

c.

Maximum: Thirty-five (35) feet, unless otherwise required under subparagraph (4), above.

(6)

Turn radii shall be determined according to (F), below based upon access requirements for specific user vehicle types. The minimum acceptable turn radius shall be ten (10) feet, and the maximum acceptable turn radius shall be thirty (30) feet, provided that the Fire Marshal may determine that a greater radius than ten (10) feet is required where necessary for emergency vehicle access.

(F)

Access.

(1)

All required parking areas shall be directly accessible from a street, or for small parking facilities, an alley.

(2)

Access for vehicles other than automobiles. Parking facilities shall be made accessible to the following type of vehicles, definitions of and required specifications of which, shall be those found in AASHTO Geometric Highway Design.

a.

Residential uses, other than single family: Single unit truck (SU)

b.

Commercial uses: Single unit truck and semi-trailer (WB-40) combination intermediate

c.

Industrial use: Single unit truck (SU) and semi-trailer—Full trailer combination (WB-60)

(3)

Emergency vehicle access requirements. When necessary for adequate accessibility for fire protection purposes, emergency access for fire rescue apparatus, equipment and operations shall conform to the requirements of the Florida Fire Prevention Code.

(G)

Circulation.

(1)

Vehicular circulation. A parking lot abutting a collector or arterial roadway shall be designed for full on-site circulation. A parking lot abutting any other street or alley may be designed for partial circulation. Parking facility design shall provide for a clearly defined vehicular circulation system, which allows free movement within the proposed site while discouraging excessive speed, and allows efficient and orderly circulation that minimizes congestion.

(2)

Pedestrian and vehicular circulation systems shall be adequately separated for pedestrian safety (see also section 155-080, pedestrian circulation).

(3)

For nonresidential and mixed-use development on collector and arterial roadways, driveways, accessways and access aisles shall be interconnected with existing driveways, accessways, and access aisles in parking areas on abutting developed properties, and a cross-access easement shall be provided for this purpose. Where abutting properties are developed in such a manner that such interconnection is physically impossible, or where such connection would compromise safe and adequate circulation or cause an existing property to become nonconforming due to loss of parking or landscaped area, no connection shall be required.

(H)

Minimum separations. Residential and nonresidential driveways and parking aisles shall be at least five (5) feet from any building, structure and property line, provided that other requirements including landscape buffers and on-site drainage may require additional setback.

(I)

Attendant parking. In the case of buildings wherein the owner's supply and maintain the services of attendants to receive, park and deliver the automobile of occupants, tenants, customers and visitors, with or without charge, the required minimum width of each parking space shall be eight and one-half (8½) feet, except that wherever a supporting column of a building falls within a proposed parking space, there shall be a minimum clearance of eight (8) feet measured from the supporting column to the furthest edge of the parking space. All spaces need not be directly accessible provided the parking spaces are arranged that for any parking space to be accessible, no more than two (2) spaces may be crossed into when parking a motor vehicle. Such reductions in parking space width and change in accessibility shall be authorized under the following conditions, to wit:

(1)

Permission for such attendant parking shall be evidenced by an attendant off-street parking agreement recorded in the Public Records of Broward County, Florida, showing the required attendant parking spaces to be maintained, which restriction shall be deemed a covenant running with the land.

(2)

After completed construction based upon approved plans and specifications providing for such attendant parking, areas designated for attendant parking shall not be used without providing the service of attendants.

(J)

Backout parking.

(1)

No parking space, other than as specifically provided in subsection 135-020(A) for stacked parking, shall be designed to permit backout parking onto a public right-of-way or private street, other than a dedicated alley, except residential uses under the following circumstances:

a.

The backout parking is on a roadway not classified as an arterial or collector roadway, as defined in the adopted Comprehensive Plan; and

b.

A minimum five (5) foot wide sidewalk is installed parallel to the street where the backout parking is located, which sidewalk meets City standards. The sidewalk requirement may be eliminated or a sidewalk wider than five (5) feet may be required by the City Manager if necessary for consistency with sidewalk improvements on adjacent properties, City Capital Improvement or Redevelopment Plans, superceding Code provisions, or to meet engineering standards; and

c.

The material used for the entire parking space and driveway apron surface shall be brick-type pavers, or stamped and colored, or painted, concrete designed to imitate brick-type pavers. Each property owner shall be responsible for maintaining, repairing and replacing, as necessary, all portions of the backout parking facility, including that portion located within the public right-of-way; and

d.

The backout parking spaces must meet geometric, drainage and site clearance standards and such other standards determined to be necessary to provide adequate and safe parking as determined by the City Manager; and

e.

Every backout parking facility shall provide curbed landscape areas in accordance with subsection 150-060(G), Landscaping requirements for residential backout parking; and

f.

Off-street parking spaces shall be designed so as not to require backing out onto or across a pedestrian way or area designed or used for high pedestrian concentration.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05)

(A)

All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot with the building or use served, or for nonresidential uses, within a distance not to exceed seven hundred fifty (750) feet measured as the shortest distance between the two (2) properties, along the most direct route of sidewalk access between the properties, provided that the two (2) properties are completely connected by sidewalks and are not separated by a collector or arterial roadway, and that appropriate directional signage is provided to advise patrons of the off-site parking and to reserve the off-site parking for the building or use it serves. The seven hundred fifty (750) foot limitation shall not apply where the City provides centralized public parking facilities within the Wilton Drive Arts and Entertainment Overlay District area.

(B)

Parking facilities required for:

(1)

Theatres, public auditoriums, bowling alleys, and nightclubs, places of worship or assembly, may be provided and used jointly as off-site parking pursuant to subparagraph (A), or

(2)

Banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as those listed in [subsection] (1) and vice-versa; provided, however, that written agreement thereto is properly executed and filed as specified below and subject to the procedures and requirements of subparagraph (C), below. Mixed uses within the same building or development site are subject to section 135-080(F), mixed uses.

(C)

In any case, where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written off-site facility parking agreement thereby assuring their retention for such purposes, shall be drawn by the parties concerned and shall be submitted with the local business tax receipt application to the Community Development Services Director or their designee for review and approval. The written off-site facility parking agreement shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(1)

Off-site facility parking agreement to be signed and notarized by both parties;

(2)

Off-site facility parking agreement shall include an effective date and an expiration date;

(3)

Number of parking spaces to be utilized;

(4)

Address of location of parking spaces;

(5)

Hours those parking spaces are to be utilized;

(6)

Name of business renting the parking spaces;

(7)

Name of business needing the parking spaces;

(8)

Sketch or drawing of location of parking spaces that is to be used as part of the off-site facility parking agreement; and

(9)

A provision requiring notification to the Community Development Services Director in the event that the agreement is terminated.

Any change(s) to the written agreement shall be submitted to the Community Development Services Director or their designee within five (5) business days for review and approval.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05; Ord. No. 2018-011, § 2, 7-10-18)

(A)

The Director may approve a parking and/or stacking space needs analysis justifying an alternative parking generation rate(s) or stacking space requirement provided by a petitioner for development approval or change of use, if such alternate rate or requirement is the result of unique operating characteristics of the proposed use or mix of uses, if there are distinctions between the parking and/or stacking space demand generated by the proposed use(s) and the parking and/or stacking space standard(s) for the most similar use(s) contained in this article, or where the petitioner produces recent, professionally acceptable data and analysis demonstrating that an alternate parking generation rate and/or stacking space requirement is more appropriate for a class of use than that contained in this article.

(B)

A parking and/or stacking space needs analysis shall include one or more of the following, as applicable, to support the needs analysis:

(1)

Estimates of parking and/or stacking space needs based on recommendations in studies such as those from the Urban Land Institute, Institute of Traffic Engineers, or industry standards based on data collected from geographic areas and uses or combinations of uses that are similar to the proposed uses(s). The analysis shall document the source of the data used to develop particular recommendations.

(2)

Actual parking and/or stacking space counts for the development indicating that the full complement of parking spaces and/or stacking spaces is not required. Such parking and/or stacking counts shall be taken during peak demand parking and drive-thru hours.

(3)

An analysis of the extent to which other parking options exist that would lessen on-site parking requirements.

(4)

An operational procedure indicating that the full complement of parking and/or stacking spaces is not required and a guarantee of continuity of such operational procedure.

(C)

The parking and/or stacking needs analysis shall include a statement of remedies in the event the City makes a future determination that the full complement of parking and/or stacking is required. If for any reason a traffic impact statement is required, the parking needs analysis shall be prepared by the registered professional engineer who prepared the traffic impact statement. In the event that a needs analysis is approved and the City makes a future determination that insufficient parking and/or stacking spaces exist, the property owner shall be notified by certified mail that a remedy shall be implemented within sixty (60) days. A determination of insufficiency shall be made using one or more of the following methods: monitoring of the parking/stacking; increased parking/stacking in the rights-of-way caused by insufficient off-street parking and/or stacking on the site; or, verified complaints of parking on neighboring properties by employees or visitors of the property in question.

(D)

The petitioner shall execute a parking agreement with the City pursuant to the procedures specified in subsection 135-030(C), setting forth the terms of the alternative parking and/or stacking generation standard, which may require recalculation based upon changes to the business operation, and/or other terms and conditions the City deems necessary to ensure the alternative parking and/or stacking calculation will remain appropriate.

(E)

In order for any development to qualify for an alternative standard, the development must comply with all applicable architectural and urban design guidelines, and shall provide an additional twenty (20) percent landscaping material on site, to be comprised of materials approved by the City.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05)

For City streets upon which chapter 19, article II permits on-street parking, the City may reduce the number of required off-street parking spaces for a site abutting such a street by the number of on-street spaces a developer provides under lease agreement with the City, subject to all of the following requirements:

(A)

No on-street parking credit is permitted for single-family detached residences.

(B)

Lot frontage must be a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet.

(C)

The provision of parking spaces within any front yard shall be avoided to the maximum extent possible, as determined by the City, when an alley exists behind the lot, and when on-street parking is provided.

(D)

All driveways and off-street parking spaces shall be constructed of stamped and painted concrete, or brick pavers.

(E)

The principal structure shall comply with all urban and architectural guidelines adopted for the applicable area, or, in the absence of any such guidelines, one of the architectural themes required in the Wilton Drive Arts and Entertainment Overlay District, section 030-090, building design provisions.

(F)

Additional landscaping shall be required in the front yard adjacent to the on-street parking spaces pursuant to subsection 150-060(B), landscaping in, or adjacent to, street right-of-way; landscape requirements for on-street parking.

(G)

On-street spaces shall count toward fulfilling the parking requirement of the abutting lot. In residential zoning districts, no part of an on-street parking space shall extend past a side property line of the lot it serves, unless the on-street parking is planned to serve multiple properties, as approved by the City. A parking space abutting two (2) lots by more than twenty-five (25) percent of its length on either lot shall count toward required parking for both lots in the case of business parking and planned residential parking serving multiple properties.

(H)

On-street parking spaces provided under this Section must be paved, striped and provide curb and gutter to City standards. Drainage improvements may be required per chapter 17, article II of the City of Wilton Manors Code of Ordinances.

(I)

On-street parking spaces adjacent to a driveway entrance or the property line of a lot that does not have on-street spaces in front of it shall be separated from such property line or driveway and terminated by a landscape island with minimum dimensions of five (5) feet by width of space. Landscape islands shall also be provided every five (5) spaces, inclusive of those required above where adjacent to driveways and property lines. Landscaping within the islands shall be provided pursuant to section 150-060, landscaping in, or adjacent to, street right-of-way.

(J)

Where the width of a swale on a local road, as defined in the adopted Comprehensive Plan, is not sufficient to accommodate the required width of a parallel parking space, up to two (2) feet of roadway surface on each side of the street may be used to accommodate parallel parking, provided the existing pavement width of the street is at least twenty-four (24) feet in width, providing a twenty (20) foot wide travel surface, and subject to City Manager approval.

(K)

The City shall annually assess the property receiving credit for on-street parking for its use of the public right-of-way as specified in the lease agreement, which shall be recorded in the Public Records of Broward County and run with the land receiving the parking credit. The City Commission shall determine the amount to be assessed for each parking space by resolution, and may adjust the fee for new leases as it deems appropriate from time to time. The lease agreement shall stipulate penalties for failure to pay the assessment.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05)

(A)

The parking required herein is in addition to space for storage of trucks or other vehicles used in connection with a business, commercial or industrial use.

(B)

Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the next highest number.

(C)

The parking space requirements for a use not specifically listed in the article shall be the same as for a listed use of similar characteristics of parking demand generation.

(D)

Whenever a building or use, is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of dwelling or rental sleeping units, seating capacity or otherwise, to create a requirement for an increase in the number of off-street parking spaces provided, off-street parking spaces as specified herein shall be provided for the additional floor area, dwelling units or capacity, except that when such change in use or increase in area or density would result in a requirement for more than a fifty (50) percent increase in parking spaces to the existing off-street parking facilities, the entire premises shall be brought into full compliance with the requirements of this article as a condition of the issuance of any site plan approval, permit or license required for the change in use or enlargement.

(E)

All parking facilities except those for single-family residences, shall be brought into compliance with the requirements of this article, to the extent physically possible without having to create or exacerbate nonconforming conditions upon the property, by the date(s) established by resolution of the City Commission pursuant to this provision. The City shall provide individual notice to each property owner that is affected by this provision at least one year before such resolution requires the property to comply with this provision.

(F)

All references to floor area are net floor area inside the exterior walls. In determining net floor area for required parking calculations, the following are excluded: basements, uninhabited attics, garages, carports, screen-enclosed areas, terraces, balconies, colonnades, porches, decks, patios, water tank and cooling tower areas, elevator shafts, mechanical equipment areas, walkways, steps, stairwells, and accessory storage areas. Such areas can be subtracted from gross floor area to determine required parking.

(G)

No parking stall which is situated in front of an overhead doorway shall count as required parking.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05)

Designated parking spaces and associated vehicular uses areas shall be used for vehicular parking only. No sales, rental, storage, repair, servicing of vehicles, equipment or materials, dismantling, or other activities shall be conducted or located in such areas.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05)

Accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided for all uses of land, building and structure, as follows:

(A)

Definitions:

(1)

Customer service area: An area devoted to a customer lobby, waiting area, customer line cueing, self-help computer terminals or form stations, information kiosk or counter, customer service counter including the support area behind the counter not otherwise classified as office, and other similar areas devoted to interface between general walk-in customers and employees, terminals or machines intended to serve the walk-in customers.

(B)

Residential and lodging.

(1)

Bed and breakfast: Two (2) spaces plus one space per guest room.

(2)

Hotel, motel: One and one-tenth (1.1) spaces per guest sleeping room.

(3)

Single-family dwelling: Two (2) spaces plus one additional space for every bedroom in excess of three (3) bedrooms.

(4)

Duplex, multi-family and townhouse dwellings: Two and one-half (2.5) spaces per dwelling unit up to ten (10) dwelling units and two and seven-tenths (2.7) spaces per dwelling unit for eleven (11) dwelling units or higher. Units that are nine hundred (900) square feet of gross living area or less, or any unit that qualifies under an approved affordable housing program, will provide a minimum of two (2) spaces per dwelling unit. For duplex, multi-family and townhouse dwellings, one additional space is required for every bedroom in excess of three (3) bedrooms. In addition to the required parking, an additional minimum of ten (10) percent of required parking shall be provided for guest parking for all duplex, multi-family and townhouse dwellings.

(C)

Community facilities.

(1)

Animal hospital: One space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

(2)

Bus or other mass transit station: One space per one hundred (100) square feet of waiting room area.

(3)

College, public or private, includes, vocational and technical schools: One-half (½) space per student and one space per four (4) seats in any auditorium.

(4)

Convalescent home, home for the aged or similar institution: One space per three (3) patient beds and one space per two (2) employees and staff members.

(5)

Day care center: One space per ten (10) children or adults receiving day care, based upon the maximum facility capacity permitted by state regulations, plus one employee required by state regulations based upon such maximum permitted capacity. An off-street pick-up and drop-off lane shall be provided with at least two (2) stacking spaces, plus one stacking space per twenty-five (25) persons maximum capacity.

(6)

Elementary school: One space per one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area.

(7)

High school: One space per five hundred (500) square feet of floor area.

(8)

Junior high school: One space per seven hundred fifty (750) square feet.

(9)

Hospital: Three-quarters (¾) of one space per patient bed and one space per two (2) staff members and employees.

(10)

Nursery school: One space per five hundred (500) square feet of floor area.

(11)

Post office: One space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

(12)

Public library, museum, art gallery or community center: Ten (10) spaces plus one additional space for each four hundred (400) square feet of floor area in excess of two thousand (2,000) square feet.

(D)

Places of assembly. Places of assembly, including but not limited to, auditoriums, places of worship, theatres, gymnasiums, stadiums, arenas, convention halls, or exhibition halls: One space per four (4) seats or bench seating spaces, and one space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area for assembly areas or portions thereof without fixed seating. Areas within places of assembly such as offices, classrooms and restaurants shall be calculated separately to the extent they may be used concurrently with the assembly area. Bench seating shall count as one seat per each twenty (20) inches or fraction thereof.

(E)

Other uses.

(1)

Banks, financial offices and institutions: One space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.

(2)

Bar, lounge or nightclub: One space per fifty (50) square feet of floor area.

(3)

Boat sales and service: One space per four hundred (400) square feet of floor area.

(4)

Boat or water vehicle storage: One space per ten (10) storage spaces.

(5)

Bowling alley: Four (4) spaces per alley, and if restaurant facilities provided, those requirements will also apply.

(6)

Broadcasting studio; radio or television station: One space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

(7)

Catering establishment for off-site consumption: One space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

(8)

Clinic, medical clinic: One space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.

(9)

Convenience store, including food service and banking services: One space per one hundred (100) square feet of floor area.

(10)

Blueprint and large or specialized graphics editing and/or reproduction: One space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

(11)

Copy shop: One space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.

(12)

Equipment and machinery sales and service: One space per four hundred (400) square feet of floor area.

(13)

Funeral home: One space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

(14)

Furniture: One space per four hundred (400) square feet of floor area.

(15)

Garden shop, greenhouse, nursery: One space per two hundred (200) square feet for principal enclosed retail and display, plus one space per five hundred (500) square feet for greenhouse and outdoor display up to twenty-five hundred (2,500) square feet, then one space per one thousand (1,000 square feet.

(16)

Laboratory, research or testing: One space per employee or one space per five hundred (500) square feet of floor area, whichever is greater.

(17)

Laundromat: One space per one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor area, or every three (3) machines, whichever results in a greater parking requirement.

(18)

Manufacturing or industrial establishment, creamery, printing/publishing plant, bottling plant, wholesale warehouse or similar establishment: One space per employee or one space per five hundred (500) square feet of floor area, whichever is greater.

(19)

Marina: One and two-tenths (1.2) spaces per boat berth.

(20)

Motion picture studio: One space per three hundred (300) square feet enclosed floor area.

(21)

Nightclub: See "bar, lounge."

(22)

Office, ticket agency, travel agency, insurance agency: One space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

(23)

Personal service establishment: One space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.

(24)

Place of assembly, including but not limited to, catering hall, amusement-place, dance hall, skating rink: One space per four (4) seats or bench seating spaces, and one space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area for assembly areas or portions thereof without fixed seating. Areas within places of assembly such as offices, classrooms and restaurants shall be calculated separately to the extent they may be used concurrently with the assembly area. Bench seating shall count as one seat per each twenty (20) inches or fraction thereof.

(25)

Private clubs, country clubs: One space per one hundred (100) square feet of floor area or one space per four (4) seats of table service, whichever is greater.

(26)

Restaurant, sit down or other establishment for consumption of food or beverages on the premises: One space per one hundred (100) square feet, including outdoor seating area.

(27)

Retail store: One space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.

(28)

Public utility or service facility: One space per one hundred (100) square feet of customer service area, associated uses calculated separately; one space per five hundred (500) square feet for all other floor area not categorized by other standards herein (ex: office, warehouse, etc.)

(29)

Service or repair establishment, general: One space per five hundred (500) square feet of floor area.

(30)

Storage:

(a)

One space per five hundred (500) square feet of floor area, including but not limited to storage accessory to wholesale, retail sales or office use.

(b)

Long-term warehouse storage classified as a principal use, having no other use, and in which no business of any type is conducted shall provide one space per fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet of floor area. Long-term storage, as indicated on a site plan, may be considered accessory to an industrial use if such storage satisfies the intent of this provision.

(c)

Self-storage: One space per two thousand (2,000) square feet of floor area plus spaces required for any other associated use including the management office.

(31)

Studio for music, dance, photography or art studio: One space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

(32)

Taxidermist: One space per four hundred (400) square feet of floor area.

(33)

Vehicle sales and service: One space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area for interior sales, display and offices; one space per five hundred (500) square feet of outdoor display area plus required spaces for vehicle repair and service.

(34)

Vehicle rental agency: One space per one hundred (100) square feet of floor area for customer service area plus spaces reserved for rental vehicles.

(35)

Vehicle repair and service: Two (2) spaces for each vehicle service position.

(36)

Warehouse: See storage.

(F)

Mixed uses. Parking requirements for uses with different parking requirements sharing the same building or premises (mixed uses) shall be the sum of the parking requirements for the individual uses, except as provided below.

(1)

To the extent that the hours of operation or days per week of operation of all uses do not overlap, Table 135-1 may be used to calculate required parking. The requirement for off-street parking spaces shall be the highest of the total requirement of the various uses computed for the following six (6) separate time periods. Execution of a shared (joint use) parking agreement is required pursuant to Subsection 135-030(C).

(2)

As an alternative to Table 135-1, a shared parking agreement may be based upon the specific individual circumstances of a given development and tenant or use mix, pursuant to the procedures and requirements of Section 135-040, alternative parking generation standards.

(3)

The parking requirements for permitted accessory uses within an apartment building or hotel containing one hundred (100) or more dwelling units and/or rental sleeping units shall be the lesser of the follows parking requirements, or as specified in Table 135-1. It is recognized that parking requirements of accessory uses that are both internalized within a hotel or apartment building and of appropriate scale so to be intended for use by the residents and their guests, with no outdoor signage, may be more appropriately determined through a parking needs analysis consistent with Section 135-040, Alternative parking generation standards.

a.

One space per six hundred (600) square feet of retail, personal services, and/or office floor space;

b.

One space per ten (10) seats of total, combined seating capacity in public eating and drinking facilities and assembly and meeting rooms for the first one thousand (1,000) seats; and

c.

One space per eighteen (18) seats of such seating capacity in excess of one thousand (1,000) seats.

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Table 135-1
Shared Parking Calculations

*Offices qualifying for this percentage must not be open to the public during weekend hours, and may be required to execute lease or deed restrictions to this effect.

**Includes attached restaurant and lounge.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05; Ord. No. 899, § 2, 5-23-06; Ord. No. 2016-003, § 2, 4-12-16; Ord. No. 2018-03, § 5, 2-13-18)

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Handicap parking spaces shall be provided in the quantity required by the Florida Building Code, subsection 11-4.1.2, as may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05)

(A)

A vehicular stacking space is a space measuring twenty (20) feet in length and at least ten (10) feet in width located within a VUA. Stacking spaces shall be specifically reserved and demarcated through curbing or pavement markings as one or more separate and distinct lane(s), for the temporary stopping of a vehicle awaiting service as provided in this Section, and shall not be designed or used for, nor interfere with, any other purpose including, but not limited to, site circulation, parking, and loading.

(B)

A separate and distinct on-site escape lane shall be provided to allow motorists to bypass the drive-thru service lane(s).

(C)

All inbound spaces are measured from the front of the first stopping point at a service position, and all outbound spaces are measured forward from the last stopping point at a service position.

(D)

Each stacking space shall be clearly defined on the site plan.

(E)

Stacking spaces are required as follows, noting that any use not listed below that utilizes drive-thru service shall provide the same number of required stacking spaces as the use below the Community Development Services Director determines is most similar. In the event the Community Development Services Director determines there is no similar use, the most restrictive standard below shall be utilized.

*For combined visitor/resident lanes, subtract one stacking space from the total combined requirement for separate lanes.

(F)

A vehicular queueing analysis may be required, if determined to be necessary by the Community Development Services Director and City Engineer for restaurants with drive throughs, drive through banks and any other use as determined by the Community Development Services Director and City Engineer. A vehicular queueing analysis is defined as a traffic analysis that demonstrates that the provided and proposed vehicular stacking is sufficient to accommodate expected vehicle queues within the designated drive through areas without extending into parking areas and public right-of-way prepared in accordance with the drive through queuing analysis guidelines outlined in the Institute of Transportation Engineers' Transportation and Development Second Edition, as may be amended from time to time, or by collecting drive-through queue and service time data at a comparable surrogate site approved by the Community Development Services Director and the City Engineer.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05; Ord. No. 2021-017, § 2, 11-23-21)

(A)

Parking facilities on more than one level shall be designed in accordance with the standards set forth in this article for grade-level parking facilities, insofar as they are applicable. Structured parking shall be considered an accessory use to a principal residential, commercial, industrial use or mixed use development. Construction of structured parking facilities may be phased, when such phasing is approved by the City. The City shall consider the following issues when reviewing an application for development approval which includes a structured parking facility, utilizing the standards and principles set forth in this article:

(1)

Vehicular and pedestrian orientation and circulation;

(2)

Safety and convenience of ingress and egress;

(3)

Effectiveness of landscaping proposed for the top and sides of the structure at reducing the perception of bulk, enhancing the facade, screening the view of parked cars and internal views of the structure; and tying in with other landscape materials used on site to the extent applicable;

(4)

Effectiveness of landscaping, screening and buffering from adjacent single-family and duplex residential zoning districts and uses;

(5)

Lighting;

(6)

Appearance and architectural treatments to minimize visual impacts, including the use of false facades, liner buildings, or opaque or substantially opaque screening along the perimeter of such structures to conceal parked vehicles from public view.

(7)

Compatibility with adjacent structures, including mass and bulk of structure.

(B)

All new structured parking facilities shall be constructed to be adaptable for re-use in the future for residential, non-residential or mixed-use development. Construction shall consider factors such as:

(1)

Flat floor plates;

(2)

Adequate floor heights;

(3)

Column placement;

(4)

Additional load potentials; and

(5)

Provisions for utilities, stairwells or other life safety needs.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05; Ord. No. 2020-005, § 5, 5-26-20)

Unless otherwise provided herein, single family and duplex dwelling units are exempt from the provisions of this Section.

(A)

Paving/composition. Except as provided in subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) below, off-street parking facilities and spaces, including aisles and driveways, shall at a minimum be surfaced with at least one inch thick asphaltic cement on at least six (6) inch natural compacted limerock base course compacted to an average density not less than ninety-eight (98) percent of the maximum density obtainable under the test provided pursuant to engineering standard (AASHTO T-180) or an equivalent test. The minimum density that will be acceptable at any location within the base shall be ninety-six (96) percent of such maximum density and, in the determination of average density, the maximum density that shall be used in the calculation shall be one hundred two (102) percent. All pavement systems shall be maintained in a smooth, well-graded condition.

(1)

Brick or interlocking pavers may be utilized as parking and driveway facilities for residential-office district developments, one-family and duplex dwellings, and townhouses with attached carports or garages. The City Manager may approve use of pavers for other development types if vehicle traffic generation, vehicle user types and site characteristics support the use of pavers.

(2)

The City Manager may approve other equivalent pavement systems that will support the intended use.

(3)

The area of a parking space forward of the wheel stop or continuous curbing may be grassed, but shall not apply towards the amount of required landscaped area, pervious area or open space.

(4)

The following uses may utilize grass over a compacted subsurface as a parking and access aisle surface, subject to limitations listed below by use. The driveway connection to the public right-of-way must be paved. Grass parking surfaces shall consist of at least a six (6) inch course of natural limerock, surfaced with a species of grass acceptable for high-traffic use, over four (4) inches of topsoil. The City Manager may approve other equivalent surfaces. The parking area shall have adequate drainage as provided herein. All requirements for landscaping vehicular use areas shall be met as well as all required interior-landscaping requirements for parking areas. Grass parking areas shall not count toward satisfying required landscape area, pervious area or open space.

a.

For the following specified uses up to twenty-five (25) percent of the required off-street parking facilities may be provided through the utilization of a grass or lawn alternate parking surface:

1.

Theaters and convention centers, other places of assembly not covered in (b), below

2.

Private clubs

3.

Governmental

4.

Assisted living facilities, nursing homes

5.

Hotels, motels

6.

Day care centers

b.

Up to seventy-five (75) percent of the required off-street parking facilities may be provided through the utilization of a grass or lawn parking surface area for the following uses, based upon the projected frequency and degree of use set forth in the site plan application. The City may require paving of all or a portion of the parking facility should the frequency and degree of use projections prove to be inaccurate or should frequency and type of operations change.

1.

Place of worship sanctuary

2.

Funeral home, mortuary, cemetery

3.

Stadium or other sports arena

4.

Public recreational uses when use of the full parking lot is generally limited to three (3) days of the week or fewer

5.

Fire and police protection facilities

(B)

Curbing, wheelstops.

(1)

Wheel stops, five and one-half (5½) inches high, shall be installed two (2) feet from the head (front) of a parking space.

(2)

The perimeter of a vehicular use area shall be constructed with a six (6) inch raised curb, which shall also be installed within interior vehicular use areas abutting landscape areas, walkways, sidewalks, streets, and alleys unless determined to be unnecessary by a finding that given the particular circumstances of the site, such curb can be eliminated in certain areas without creating safety hazards, damaging plant material, displacing topsoil and mulch, or otherwise having an undesirable impact or effect. The raised curb shall be constructed in such a manner as to facilitate proper drainage and prevent vehicles from crossing sidewalks or other pedestrian walkways other than by means of approved driveway approach.

(3)

Wheelstops shall be an acceptable substitute for curbing at the head (front) of a parking space when the parking space abuts a landscaped area.

(C)

Striping, signage and pavement markings.

(1)

All off-street parking areas shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly, safe loading, unloading, parking and storage of vehicles with individual parking stalls clearly defined with directional arrows and traffic signs provided as necessary for traffic control, including but not limited to, the clear demarcation of one-way traffic aisles or driveways.

(2)

Parking space designation. All required off-street parking spaces shall be clearly delineated by four (4) inch wide, white, painted striping wherever a hard-paved parking surface is required, except that striping shall not be required for.

(a)

Stacked parking, where permitted within residential driveways

(b)

Brick-pavered parking surfaces, in which case wheel stops and/or alternating paver colors shall be substituted for striping in order to clearly delineate parking space boundaries.

(3)

Other striping. All other striping, excluding parking stalls, shall be installed with thermoplastic materials.

(4)

Pavement markings for parking facilities shall be provided in conformance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, latest edition.

(5)

Identification of parking lots. All off-street parking areas required by this article shall be provided with identification as to purpose and location in the form of signage visible to vehicular traffic when such parking areas are not clearly evident from a street or alley. Signage shall comply with the requirements of article 70, "signs."

(D)

Drainage. All off-street parking facilities shall be drained so as not to cause any damage or nuisance on adjacent private or public property, including streets and alleys. Such drainage facilities shall be arranged for convenient access and safety of pedestrians and vehicles. On-site stormwater retention shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of the regulatory authority with jurisdiction over stormwater retention. Whenever the total pavement area in the swale area frontage on public right-of-way is fifty (50) percent or more of the total frontage on that public right-of-way, a french drain stormwater system in the swale area shall be constructed. When a licensed engineer can certify the adequacy of the existing storm drain facilities, the City Manager may waive this requirement.

(E)

Storage lots for vehicles, boats and equipment. All open-air storage lots for vehicles, boats or trucks located in a commercial zoning district shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete. All open air storage lots for commercial vehicles, heavy equipment or other motor-driven equipment in an industrial zoning district may be on a non-paved surface, provided same is compacted, stabilized and dust-free.

(F)

Maintenance.

(1)

Off-street parking areas shall be maintained in a clean, smooth and orderly condition, free of dust, trash and debris, at the expense of the owner or lessee.

(2)

Each owner electing the alternate parking surface as provided in subsection (A) shall maintain said surface in a healthy and viable condition, free of weeds, ruts, trash and debris.

(3)

The drainage system shall conform to approved grading and depth, with no obstructions within the system.

(4)

All painted lines, curbs, signs and markings shall be maintained in a legible, unfaded and uncracked condition.

(5)

The entire parking facility, including lighting, shall function to the standards under which permitted.

(G)

Lighting. Lighting shall be provided and maintained in accordance with section 155-090, outdoor lighting.

(Ord. No. 875, § 3(Exh. A), 8-23-05)