Any structure or building hereafter erected,
converted, or enlarged for any of the following uses, or any outdoor
storage area hereafter used for commercial purposes, shall be provided
with not less than the minimum number of parking spaces, as set forth
below, which spaces shall be readily accessible to the uses served
thereby. Fractional numbers of parking spaces shall be increased to
the next whole number.
A. Residential parking.
(1)
All dwelling units shall be provided with a
minimum of two off-street parking spaces, including those units in
planned residential developments. Parking on public streets in PRDs
is prohibited.
(2)
For the purpose of this chapter in a residential
district an attached or unattached garage on the premises may be considered
as a parking space.
B. Commercial parking. The following regulations shall
be applied to retail, office and highway services hereafter erected:
(1)
Bowling alley: five vehicle spaces for each
alley.
(2)
Business offices: at least one space per 200
square feet of net leasable area on the ground floor and one space
per 300 square feet of net leasable area in the basement areas and
on all floors above the first floor.
(3)
Commercial recreation: at least one parking
space for each two persons who can be accommodated at maximum utilization.
(4)
Drive-in restaurants: one space per each 75
square feet of gross floor area, plus one space for each two persons
employed on the largest shift. Under no conditions will parking on
the public right-of-way be permitted.
(5)
Hospitals and sanitariums: at least one parking
space for each three beds, plus one space for each two staff persons
on the largest shift, plus visitor parking at one space per six beds.
(6)
Mortuaries and funeral homes: at least one parking
space for every four persons who can be seated at one time. Such spaces
shall be in addition to a service area for vehicles such as hearses
and ambulances.
(7)
Office building: at least one parking space
for each 350 square feet of gross floor area.
(8)
Offices for professional services, including
but not limited to physicians, lawyers, architects, dentists, engineers,
realtors, surveyors, insurance agents and similar professionals; and
offices incidental to uses permitted in the district: at least one
parking space per 600 square feet of usable floor area, with a minimum
of four spaces, plus one space for each employee.
(9)
Public garages, automobile, and gasoline service
stations: at least one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor
or ground area, or fraction thereof, devoted to repair or service
facilities. This shall be in addition to the space allocated for the
normal storage of motor vehicles. In no event shall parking be permitted
in the public rights-of-way. In the case of service stations a minimum
of six spaces other than those designed for pump island access are
required.
(10)
Restaurants and cafeteria, including taverns
and night clubs: one vehicle space for each 150 square feet of gross
floor area, plus one space for each two employees on largest shift.
(11)
Retail stores and other places for trade or
business: one vehicle space for each 300 square feet of gross floor
area.
(12)
Self-storage facilities: at least one parking
space for every 50 individual storage spaces. Two parking spaces for
the manager and one parking space for each additional employee shall
also be provided. A minimum of three parking spaces shall be provided.
(13)
Specialty retail buildings: at least one parking
space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area, or fraction thereof,
except when otherwise authorized as a variance consistent with the
ratios set forth herein for comparable buildings.
(14)
Public or private recreation: at least one parking
space for each two persons accommodated at peak use; or at least one
parking space for each employee and three parking space for every
two acres of land available for use by the public.
(15)
Theaters, auditorium, churches, schools, stadiums
or any other place of public or private assembly: at least one parking
space for each four seats provided for public or private assembly.
C. Light industrial or manufacturing parking. Off-street
parking shall be provided on the premises in accordance with the following
schedule:
(1)
Industrial and manufacturing establishments:
one vehicle parking space for each two employees on the combined major
and next largest shift.
(2)
Truck terminals and wholesale warehouses: one
parking space for each two employees on the combined major and next
largest shift.
(3)
Auxiliary office use: Space shall be provided
in addition to the above parking requirements at a ratio of one space
per each 350 square feet of gross floor area denoted to said use.
(4)
Parking prohibited. Parking shall not be permitted
on the public rights-of-way.
D. Loading and unloading space. In addition to the off-street
parking space required above, any building erected, converted or enlarged
in any district for commercial, office building, manufacturing, wholesale,
hospital or similar uses shall provide adequate off-street area for
loading and unloading of vehicles. The minimum size loading space
shall be 65 feet in depth, 12 feet in width, with an overhead clearance
of 14 feet. In no case where a building is erected, converted or enlarged
for commercial, manufacturing, or business purposes shall the public
rights-of-way be used for loading and unloading of materials.