§ 10.4. Minimum off-street parking and loading requirements.  


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  • The following are the minimum number of off-street parking spaces and loading stalls required by type of permitted uses. For any use not listed the director of community development and general services department shall determine the proper requirements by classifying the proposed use among the uses specified herein so as to assure equal treatment follows the principles set forth. In making any such determination, the director of community development and general services department shall follow the principles set forth at the beginning of this article. All off-street parking shall be paved with curb and gutter.

    Use Parking Required Loading Space Required
    Apartments and other multiple-family uses Two spaces for each dwelling unit
    Automotive or machinery sales and service garages One for each 250 sq. ft. of gross floor area plus one for each employee One for each 5,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
    Banks, professional and general offices, beauty and barber shops One for each 200 sq. ft. of floor area. Three for each operator. None
    Boarding and rooming house One for each bedroom None
    Bowling lanes Five spaces for each lane One
    Churches One space for each three seats in main assembly area None
    Clubs or organization halls One space per 100 sq. ft. of assembly space, plus one space per two employees None
    Duplexes One for each bedroom None
    Fraternity and sorority houses Two for each bedroom plus one for each five active members None
    Funeral homes and mortuaries One for each three seats in chapel or one per 50 sq. ft. of public area, whichever is greater One for each hearse, ambulance, or other non-passenger vehicle
    Furniture and appliances One per each 500 sq. ft. of space plus one for each employee on the same shift One for first 5,000 sq. ft. plus one each additional 20,000 sq. ft. or fraction thereof
    Automobile service stations Three spaces for each service bay or similar facility plus one space for each attendant None
    Hospitals and rest homes One for each three beds, plus one space for each staff member plus one space for each employee on the largest shift One space for the first 5,000 sq. ft. of floor area plus one for each additional 50,000 sq. ft. or fraction thereof
    Hotels and motels fraction One per unit plus one per two employees on the same shift One space for the first 5,000 sq. ft. of floor area plus one for each additional 50,000 sq. ft. or thereof
    Libraries, museums and similar uses One space for each 400 sq. ft. of gross space to which the public has access One space for the first 5,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area plus one additional space for each additional 30,00 sq. ft. or fraction thereof
    Manufacturing, freight terminals Five spaces per each 10,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area or major fraction thereof plus one space for each employee on largest shift Sufficient to allow for off-street loading, but in no event less than required herein for a warehouse
    Manufactured home parks Two spaces per pad None
    Places of public assembly or amusement without fixed seats One space for each 200 sq. ft. of floor space devoted to public use None
    Places or public assembly (buildings and including theaters) One space per each three seats in main assembly area, or one space for each 50 sq. ft. where fixed seats are not provided None
    Real estate sales offices Two for first 200 sq. ft. plus one for each 100 sq. ft. of office and public space None
    Restaurants and taverns One per each three seats plus one for each full-time employee
    Retail stores One per each 200 sq. ft. of gross sales space One for first 5,000 sq. ft. plus one for each additional 30,000 sq. ft. or fraction thereof
    Schools One space for each teacher and employee plus one space for each 100 sq. ft. of seating space in auditoriums. Where spectator events are held (stadiums and gymnasiums) parking requirements include one space for each four seats. For senior high schools and colleges where students drive to and from school, there shall be an additional requirement of one space for each ten students for which the school was designed None
    Shopping centers One space per each 200 sq. ft. of 5,000 sq. ft. plus one for gross floor area each additional 30,000 sq. ft. or fraction thereof
    Single-family residence Two spaces (Side to side arrangement) None
    Small item service and repair shops One space for each 200 sq. ft. one of gross floor area. None
    Supermarkets and food stores One space for each 150 sq. ft. of floor area exclusive of storage area Two for the first 10,000 sq. ft. and each additional 20,000 sq. ft.
    Warehouses Four spaces for the first 5,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area plus one additional space for each 5,000 sq. ft. or fraction thereof plus one for each full-time employee Two spaces for the first 5,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area plus one space for each additional 10,000 sq. ft. or fraction thereof
    Wholesale stores One space for each 400 sq. ft. of gross floor area plus one space for each full-time employee One space for the first 6,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area plus one for each additional 20,000 sq. ft. or fraction thereof

     

(Ord. of 4-28-2008)