Winnsboro City Zoning Code
§ 23
Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements.
23.1
Purpose:
To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to lessen congestion in the streets; to facilitate the adequate provisions of transportation; to conserve the value of buildings; and to encourage the most appropriate use of land, minimum off-street parking and loading shall be provided as set forth in the following schedules and provisions.
23.1A
Special Off-Street Parking Provisions - Residential District:
1.
All required parking spaces shall be located behind the required front setback line in the MF district.
2.
Required off-street parking shall be provided on the same site as the use it is to serve.
3.
No parking shall be allowed except on a paved concrete or asphalt parking space or other impervious surface.
[1]
Editor’s note–Renumbered due to duplicate number.
23.2
Off-Street Loading Space - All Districts:
1.
All retail, commercial and industrial structures having three thousand (3,000) square feet or more of gross floor area, either in the building or lot shall provide and maintain off-street parking facilities for the loading and unloading of merchandise and goods at a ratio of at least one (1) space for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area. A loading space shall consist of an area of a minimum of ten (10) by twenty-five (25) feet. All drives and approaches shall provide adequate space and clearances to allow for the maneuvering of trucks off-street.
2.
Kindergartens, day schools and similar child training and care establishments shall provide paved off-street loading and unloading space on a private drive to accommodate one (1) motor vehicle for each ten (10) students or children cared for by the establishment.
3.
Uses not listed in Schedule 23.4 shall provide required off-street parking according to the most similar use listed in the schedule, as determined by the City Council.
4.
Loading docks and areas shall be located within the building or on the lot adjacent to a public alley or private service drive.
23.3
Parking Requirements Based on Use:
In all districts there shall be provided at the time any building or structure is erected or structurally altered, off-street parking spaces in accordance with the following requirements:
1.
Bowling alley:
Six (6) parking spaces for each alley or lane.
2.
Business or professional office, (general):
One (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area.
3.
Church or other place of worship:
One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in the main auditorium.
4.
High school, college or university:
One (1) space per each three (3) students accommodated in the institution.
5.
Library, museum or art gallery:
One (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.
6.
Commercial amusement:
Thirty (30) spaces plus one (1) space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area over two thousand (2000) square feet.
7.
Day nursery:
One and one-half (1-1/2) space per teacher.
8.
Bank, savings and loan:
One (1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.
9.
Dwelling, single family:
One (1) spaces per dwelling except in SF-1 which requires 2 spaces.
10.
Dwelling, two family:
One (1) space per dwelling.
11.
Dwellings, multi-family:
One (1) space per unit plus one for every eight (8) units.
12.
Dwelling, single family attached:
Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit.
13.
HUD Code Manufactured Home Parks and HUD Code Manufactured Home Subdivisions:
Two (2) spaces per stand or lot.
14.
Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service, clothing or shoe repair or service:
One (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of floor area.
15.
Gasoline station:
Minimum of four (4) spaces.
16.
Hospital:
One and one-half (1.5) spaces per each bed.
17.
Hotel:
One (1) parking space for each (1) sleeping room or suite plus one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of commercial floor area contained therein.
18.
Lodge or fraternal organization:
One and one-fourth (1.25) spaces per two hundred (200) square feet.
19.
Manufacturing or industrial establishment processing or repairing:
One (1) parking space for each two employees or one (1) space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area, whichever is greater.
20.
Medical or dental office:
One (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.
21.
Mini-warehouse:
Four (4) per complex plus one (1) per five thousand (5000) square feet of storage areas.
22.
Mortuary or funeral home:
One (1) parking space for each two (2) seats in the service areas.
23.
Motel:
One (1) parking space for each sleeping room or suite plus one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of commercial floor area contained therein.
24.
Motor-vehicle sales rooms and used car lots:
One (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of sales floor for indoor uses, or one (1) parking space for each one thousand (1000) square feet of lot area for outdoor uses.
25.
Nursing home:
One (1) space per four (4) beds.
26.
Private club, country club or golf club:
One parking space for each one hundred-fifty (150) square feet of floor area or for every five (5) members, whichever is greater.
27.
Retail store or personal service establishment except as otherwise specified herein:
One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.
28.
Restaurant, cafe or similar recreation or amusement establishment:
One (1) parking space for every three (3) seats under maximum seating arrangement.
29.
Rooming, bed and breakfast establishment, or boarding house:
One (1) parking space for each sleeping room.
30.
Sanitarium, convalescent home, home for the aged or similar institution:
One (1) parking space for each six (6) beds.
31.
School, elementary or junior:
One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in the auditorium or main assembly room and one (1) space for each classroom.
32.
Theater, auditorium (except school), sports arena, stadium or gymnasium:
One (1) parking space for each three (3) seats or bench seating spaces.
33.
Warehouse, wholesale, manufacturing and other industrial type uses:
One (1) space for one thousand (1000) square feet of gross floor area or one (1) space per two (2) employees.
34.
Golf course:
Minimum of thirty (30) parking spaces.
23.4
American[s] with Disabilities Act:
See federal and state guidelines.
23.5
Rules for Computing Number of Parking Spaces:
In computing the number of parking spaces required for each of the above uses the following rules shall govern:
1.
“Floor Area” shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use.
2.
Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be constructed to be the nearest whole number.
3.
The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.
4.
In the case of mixed uses, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately.
23.6
Location of Parking Spaces:
All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot with the building or use served, except as follows:
1.
Where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use or where such spaces are provided collectively or used jointly by two (2) or more buildings or establishments, the required spaces may be located not to exceed three hundred (300) feet from an institutional building served and not to exceed three hundred (300) feet from any other nonresidential building served.
2.
Not more than fifty (50) percent of the parking spaces required for theaters, bowling alleys, cafes, or similar uses and not more than eighty (80) percent of the parking spaces required for a church or school auditorium or similar uses may be provided and used jointly by similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as those listed; provided, however, that written agreement thereto is properly executed and filed as specified below.
In the event the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or if the spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement, approved as to form by the City Attorney, shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties, thereby assuring their retention for such purposes, and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.
3.
Irrespective of any other language contained in this ordinance to the contrary, the Board of Adjustment shall have the power to grant variances from the operation of any provisions of this ordinance except provisions relating to penalties and the enforcement of violations. A side drive which existed prior to implementation of this Ordinance and was used for vehicular parking shall be considered lawful nonconforming use as defined in Section 30, Paragraph 30.2 and, as such, continued parking on said drive shall be considered a lawful act.
23.7
Use of Parking Spaces - All Districts:
Required off-street parking and loading spaces shall be used only for these respective purposes and shall not be used for storage or display of boats, trailers, campers, motor vehicles or other goods, materials, or products for sale.
(Ordinance 773-2003 adopted 5/13/03; Ordinance 951-2016 adopted 1/12/16)