Platte City, MO Parking and Loading Regulations

Commercial Vehicle And/Or Truck Defined. The word "truck" shall be synonymous with "commercial vehicle" as used in this provision. "Commercial vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle designed or regularly used for carrying freight, delivering merchandise or providing services whether such commerce is service, retail, wholesale or manufacturing in nature.

Trucks Prohibited. Subject to the exceptions herein noted, no trucks shall be parked on any premises which are zoned "R1-40", "R1-16", "R1-8", "R-2", "R-3", "R-4" and "RCD" inclusive.

Deliveries. This Chapter shall not prohibit the making of bona fide deliveries if services or merchandise to premises zoned as indicated in Subsection (B) of this Section, but such trucks shall be identified by a placard or sign clearly visible and reading: "DELIVERY IN PROGRESS".

Exceptions. One (1) truck per address will be allowed to park in the districts identified in Subsection (B) of this Section under the following circumstances:

Trucks which are parked within an enclosed garage.

Construction trucks when construction work is actually in progress in connection with the premises where such truck is parked.

Trucks on the premises in connection with any emergency.

Trucks whose use is necessary in connection with an existing valid and legal non-conforming use so long as such use continues to be lawful.

Tow vehicles, emergency vehicles and public service vehicles which require the resident to be on call to respond to immediate/emergency needs of the general public and law enforcement agencies. Vehicles cannot exceed a thirty thousand (30,000) pound manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR).

Any truck which meets all of the following conditions:

Does not exceed a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds, and

Does not exceed ten (10) feet in height, measured at the vehicles tallest point inclusive of any attachments thereof, and

Does not exceed a length of twenty-five (25) feet, measured at the vehicle's longest point inclusive of any attachments thereof, and

Vehicle is maintained in such a manor as to be neat and clean in appearance, and

Is parked so as not to create a visual obstruction for pedestrian or vehicular traffic, and

Is parked in a legal parking space as defined by this regulation, and

No portion of the vehicle extends into the public right-of-way.

Section 405.520 Off-Street Parking Requirements.

[Zoning Regs. §16.020; Ord. No. 726 §5, 4-13-1994; Ord. No. 1014 §3, 6-12-1998; Ord. No. 1084 §1(16.020), 4-13-1999; Ord. No. 1124 §1(16.020), 10-18-1999]

For all buildings or structures hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, off-street parking in the form of garages or open areas made available exclusively for that purpose shall be provided. Such parking shall be located entirely on private property with no portion except the necessary drive extending into any street or other public way. To determine the minimum amount of parking spaces required, first check below to see if the use you need is listed. If the use needed is not listed, for general minimum requirements for parking spaces turn to:

Section 405.090 for "R1-40" District

Section 405.120 for "R1-16" District

Section 405.150 for "R1-8" District

Section 405.190 for "R-2" District

Section 405.220 for "R-3" District

Section 405.250 for "R-4" District

Section 405.285 for Residential Conservation District

Section 405.325 for "C-1" District

Section 405.375 for Commercial Conservation District

Section 405.415 for "C-2" District

Section 405.475 for "M-1" District

Section 405.505 for "M-2" District

Article XIV for Adult Entertainment Overlay District

Use	Parking Spaces Required
Apartment hotel	1 for each guest room or residence unit.
Armories	1 for each 3 seats of maximum seating capacity.
Assembly halls and auditoriums	1 for each 3 seats of maximum seating capacity of the main assembly room.
Assembly halls and exhibition halls without fixed seats	1 for each 100 square feet of usable floor area.
Athletic fields	1 for each 3 seats of maximum seating capacity.
Automobile service station	1 for each lubrication stall or area and 1 for each 2 gasoline pumps.
Auto wash (mechanical assembly line service)	Room for stacking of 3 vehicles in front of each automatic wash bay or line and 1 space for each employee on the largest shift.
Auto wash, self-service	Room for stacking 2 vehicles in front of each wash bay. 1 space per each employee on the largest shift.
Auto repair garage	1 for each 500 square feet of floor area minimum 5 spaces.
Banks or savings and loan office (for drive-in type — see drive-in establishments)	1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
Barber and beauty shops	2 for each shop operator.
Bowling alleys	5 for each alley plus required space for any bar, restaurant and/or assembly space which may be part of the bowling alley.
Children's homes	1 for each 6 beds.
Church	1 for each 3 seats in sanctuary or auditorium.
Clubs — night	1 for each 100 square feet of floor area.
Clubs — country, golf or private	If no golf is offered, 1 space for every 2 members. If golf is offered, 4 spaces for every playing hole on the course.
College — universities or other institutions of high learning above high school level	1 for every 3 students. If dormitories are not available, 1 for every 2 students.
Community center	1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
Dance halls or ballrooms	1 for each 100 square feet of floor area used for dancing.
Dance or music studios	1 for each 200 square feet of floor area.
Day camp	1 for each 10 persons.
Dormitories	1 for each 2 beds plus 1 for each 100 square feet of usable floor area.
Drive-in eating place without service to automobile	1 for each 100 square feet of floor area.
Drive-in establishment, general	1 for each 50 square feet of floor area.
Dry cleaning shops (automatic services)	1 for each 2 dry cleaning machines.
Fraternity or sorority houses	1 for each 2 members or residents.
Fraternal organizations	1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area with minimum of 10 spaces.
Frozen food lockers	1 for each 100 square feet of service floor area.
Funeral homes	5 for each room used as a slumber room or parlor or 1 for each 100 square feet of floor area of assembly rooms used for services, whichever is greater.
Furniture and appliance stores	1 for each 800 square feet of usable floor area.
Gymnasium	Determined by Planning Commission.
Health center	1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
Homes for the aged and nursing home	1.2 spaces for each bed.
Hospital — general acute care	1.2 spaces for each bed.
Hotel or motel	1 for each guest unit plus 1 space for each 10 guest units, plus required parking for any restaurant and/or assembly space in hotel.
Industrial establishment	1 for each employee, based on estimated maximum daily or maximum 8 hour shift requirements in a 24 hour period.
Institution of a charitable nature	1 for each 2 employees plus 1 for each 10 residents.
Laundromats	1 for each 2 washing machines.
Libraries and museums	1 for each 200 square feet of floor area.
Machinery sales, indoor	1 for each 500 square feet of floor area, minimum 5 spaces.
Maintenance shops	1 for each 400 square building feet of floor area.
Marinas	1 for each boat berth, not to include area required for winter boat storage.
Miniature golf courses	As determined by the Planning Commission.
Mobile home or house trailer	See Section 405.725
Motel or hotel	1 for each guest unit plus 1 space for each 10 guest units, plus required parking for any restaurant and/or assembly space in hotel.
Motor vehicle sales — indoors	1 for each 400 square feet of usable floor area of sales room and 1 for each auto service stall in the service area.
Nurseries — open or enclosed retail sales area	1 for each 600 square feet of sales area.
Nursery school	1 for each 10 pupils.
Office buildings and offices in general	1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area exclusive of basement or other interior space used for mechanical services and areas within the building used for parking cars.
Outdoor sales lot	1 for each 1,000 square feet of site area.
Personal services establishments (see also barber and beauty shops)	1 for each 200 square feet of floor area.
Professional medical offices	1 for each 200 square feet of floor area.
Pool and billiard halls	1 for each 100 square feet of floor area.
Refreshments — including alcoholic beverages and food establishments for the sale and consumption on the premises having less than 4,000 square feet of floor area.	1 for each 200 square feet of floor area.
Refreshments — including alcoholic beverages and food establishments for the sale and consumption on the premises having equal to or more than 4,000 square feet of floor area.	20 plus 1 for each 100 square feet of floor area in excess of 4,000 square feet.
Repair shop — in building	1 for each 400 square feet of floor area.
Research and testing laboratories	1 for each 2 employees computed on the basis of the greatest number of persons employed at any one (1) period during the day or night.
Retail shops	1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area exclusive of basement or other interior space used for mechanical services and areas within the building used for parking cars.
Rooming houses	1 for each guest room, but not less than 2 in any case.
Sanitariums	1 for each 6 beds.
Schools — elementary or junior high, public or parochial	1 for each teacher, employee or administrator in addition to the requirements of the auditorium or assembly hall. If no auditorium or assembly hall exists, then 2 spaces per classroom is required in addition to that required for each teacher, employee or administrator in the school.
Schools — business, vocational or trade	1 for each 3 students.
Schools — high school, public or parochial	1 for each teacher, employee and administrator and 1 for every 10 students in addition to the requirements of the auditorium or assembly hall.
Shopping centers: 1 acre or less in size More than 1 acre in size	250 square feet of off-street parking for each 100 square feet of building area. 150 square feet of off-street parking for each 100 square feet of building area.
Skating rinks	1 for each 100 square feet of floor area.
Sports arenas or stadium	1 for each 5 seats or 8 feet of bench length.
Storage of gravel, petroleum products	1 for each 2,000 square feet of total site area or 1 space for each employee, whichever is less.
Tennis courts	Determined by Planning Commission.
Theater	1 for each 3 seats.
Tourist homes	1 for each transient offered tourist accommodation, in addition to parking spaces required to permanent residents of the building.
Tourist cabins	1 for each lodging unit.
Town house	2½ for each town house.
Veterinary clinic	1 for each 300 square feet of floor area.
Warehouse and enclosed storage or wholesale operation	1 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area or 1 space for each 3 employees, whichever is greater.
Welfare center	1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

Section 405.525 Parking Spaces For Disabled Persons.

[Zoning Regs. §16.030; Ord. No. 1014 §3, 6-12-1998; Ord. No. 1084 §1(16.030), 4-13-1999]

For those buildings where such parking is required, parking areas servicing each building entrance shall have the number of level parking spaces for person(s) with disabilities set forth in the following "Accessible Parking Spaces Table".

	Accessible Parking Spaces Table
	Total Parking Area (spaces)	Required Number of Accessible Spaces
	1 to 25	1
	26 to 50	2
	51 to 75	3
	76 to 100	4
	101 to 150	5
	151 to 200	6
	201 to 300	7
	301 to 400	8
	401 to 500	9
	501 to 1,000	2% of total
	1,001 and over	20 plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000

Such parking spaces shall be in accordance with Federal Register, Volume 56, No. 144, 4.0 Accessible Elements and Spaces: Scope and Technical Requirements. In addition, in accordance with Federal Register, Volume 56, No. 144, all designated parking for disabled people shall be marked clearly by vertically mounted signs bearing the international symbol of access. One (1) in every eight (8) accessible spaces, but not less than one (1), shall be served by an access aisle ninety-six (96) inches wide minimum and shall be designated "van accessible". Parking for disabled people shall be designated adjacent to entrances of a building.

Section 405.530 Parking Lot Lighting.

[Zoning Regs. §16.040; Ord. No. 1014 §3, 6-12-1998; Ord. No. 1084 §1(16.040), 4-13-1999]

Illumination of parking areas shall be required for all parking areas with more than twenty (20) parking spaces. The illumination may be provided through the uses of light fixtures either on a pole or on a building. Lighting used to illuminate parking areas shall be arranged, located or screened to direct light away from any adjoining or abutting residential district or any street right-of-way.

Illumination for parking areas shall be provided as follows:

The minimum amount of maintained illuminations for open parking shall be as provided in the following table:

Uses	Foot-Candles	Uniformity Ratio
Low Activity	0.5	4.1
Medium Activity	1.0	3.1
High Activity	2.0	3.1

For purposes of interpreting the table in Subsection (B)(1), the following rules shall apply: high activity uses shall include major league athletic events, major cultural or civic events, major regional shopping centers and similar uses; medium activity uses include fast-food facilities, area shopping centers (fifteen (15) acres or more), hospitals, residential complex parking and similar uses; low activity uses include local merchant parking (less than fifteen (15) acre sites, industrial employee parking, educational parking and similar uses.

The light fixtures shall be arranged in order to provide uniform illumination throughout the parking lot as indicated by the uniformity ratio in Subsection (B)(1) of average illumination to minimum illumination.

The required illumination shall be measured on the pavement.

If poles are used for lighting, the maximum height of the pole, as measured from the pavement, shall not exceed twenty-five (25) feet.

Section 405.535 Off-Street Loading Schedule.

[Zoning Regs. §§16.050 — 16.050A; Ord. No. 1014 §3, 6-12-1998; Ord. No. 1084 §1(16.050 — 16.050A), 4-13-1999]

For purposes of this Section, there shall be considered two (2) sizes of off-street loading spaces. Each large space shall have an overhead clearance of at least fifteen (15) feet, shall be a least twelve (12) feet wide and shall be at least fifty (50) feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, platform and other appurtenances. Each small space shall have an overhead clearance of at least twelve (12) feet, shall be at least twelve (12) feet wide and shall be at least thirty (30) feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, platform and other appurtenances.

Off-street loading facilities shall be located on the same building site on which the structure for which they are provided is located. Access, maneuvering area, ramps and other appurtenances shall be furnished off the street right-of-way and so arranged that vehicles not be permitted to back from the property into the street. The number of required loading spaces which are adequate to serve the uses or categories of uses proposed shall be in accordance with Subsection (G).

Off-street loading facilities shall be constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with City standards and shall be surfaced with concrete, asphalt concrete or asphalt maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, trash and debris.

Where access and drives to off-street loading facilities occur in conjunction with off-street parking facilities that provide parking at street level for more than six hundred (600) cars, provisions shall be made to maintain separate circulation routes within such facilities.

Any off-street loading facility shall not be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.

For the purpose of determining the amount of off-street loading or if the number of berths to be provided by such use is not readily determinable, the number of loading areas shall be fixed by the Planning Commission.

Required Loading Spaces.

Parking Category		Gross Floor Area in Square Feet	Required Number
Institutional Uses
	Schools, health/medical, recreational, civic, social, religious	10,000 to 100,000 For each additional 200,000 or fraction thereof	1 1 — additional
Business Uses
	Retail	5,000 to 25,000 25,001 to 200,000 For each additional 200,000 or fraction thereof	1 1 1 — additional
	Retail services	5,000 to 10,000 10,001 to 100,000 For each additional 100,000 or fraction thereof	1 1 1 — additional
	Service/trade	10,000 to 200,000 For each additional 200,000 or fraction thereof	1 1
	Service/miscellaneous	5,000 to 25,000 25,001 to 200,000 200,001 to 400,000 For each additional 100,000 over 400,000 or fraction thereof	1 1 1 1
	Industrial uses	5,000 to 10,000 10,001 to 40,000 40,001 to 100,000 For each additional 100,000 or fraction thereof	1 1 1 1 — additional

Section 405.540 Drive-In and Drive-Through Stacking Distance Requirements.

[Zoning Regs. §16.060; Ord. No. 1014 §3, 6-12-1998; Ord. No. 1084 §1(16.060), 4-13-1999]

Drive-in and drive-through restaurant facilities shall provide a minimum stacking distance of one hundred twenty (120) feet, of which eighty (80) feet shall be provided to the menu board, exclusive of any aisle or parking space. Minimum pavement lane width shall be ten (10) feet. The following requirements shall be followed in determining minimum stacking length:

	Type of Operation	Minimum Number of Vehicles
	Financial Institution with drive-up teller	4 vehicle/window or kiosk
	Financial institution with drive-up ATM	2 vehicle/window or kiosk
	Car wash — self-service	2 vehicle/bay at entrance, 1 vehicle/bay at exit
	Car wash — automatic, conveyor	100 feet/bay at entrance, 1 vehicle/bay at exit
	Fast-food restaurant	4 car lengths behind menu board 2 car lengths behind first window
	Photo processing	2 vehicle/window
	Dry cleaning	2 vehicle/window
	Gas stations	2 vehicle/window
	Gated parking lot entrance	1 vehicle/gate
	Gated unit or overhead door	1 vehicle/door

These minimum vehicle storage requirements shall remain in force, unless the developer or applicant can present a traffic study from a professional traffic engineer which provides verifiable evidence to allow the reduction of these minimum stacking lengths. The City Traffic Engineer must approve deviations from these stacking lengths.