Any structure or building hereafter erected, converted or enlarged
for any of the following uses, or any open area hereafter used for
commercial purposes, shall be provided with not less than minimum
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) Dwelling. One-family, one-family detached and one-family semidetached:
two parking spaces for each family unit.
(2) Dwelling.
(a)
Two-family detached: two parking spaces for each family unit.
(b)
For the purpose of this chapter, in residence districts when
one or two parking spaces are required for dwellings, an attached
or unattached garage or carport on the premises may be considered
as parking space; driveways off the public right-of-way may also be
considered as parking space.
(3) Multiple dwellings; apartment houses and apartment hotels. The total
number of parking or garage spaces shall not be less than 1 1/2
times the number of apartments in the building. A garage accessory
to an apartment house or apartment hotel shall provide only for the
storage of vehicles of the owner, tenants and employees. No parking
space shall be provided nor parking permitted in front-yard areas
of apartment houses and apartment hotels, unless authorized as a conditional
use.
[Amended 11-20-2014 by Ord. No. 1798]
(4) Boardinghouses or rooming houses, hotels, motels and tourist houses:
at least one parking space for each guest room. If a restaurant in
connection with the above is open to the public, the off-street parking
facilities shall not be less than those required for restaurants,
in addition to those required for guest rooms.
B. Commercial parking.
(1) Theaters, auditoriums, churches, schools, stadiums or any other place
of public or private assembly: At least one parking space for each
three seats provided for public or private assembly.
(2) Retail stores and other places for trade or business: Parking shall
be required at a ratio of one parking space per 100 square feet of
gross floor area.
(3) Restaurant, tearooms and cafeteria, including taprooms, taverns and
nightclubs: one vehicle space for each 50 square feet of floor area
for public use.
(4) Bowling alley: five vehicle spaces for each alley.
(5) Office building: at least one parking space for each employee and
one parking space per 20 square feet of gross floor area, whichever
is greater.
(6) 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, which
shall be in addition to the space allocated for the normal storage
of motor vehicles. In no event shall parking be permitted on the public
rights-of-way.
(7) Parking garage. No parking space shall be required in yard areas;
however, no parking shall be permitted on the public rights-of-way.
(8) Hospitals and sanitariums: at least one parking space for each three
patients for which accommodations are provided; such spaces shall
be in addition to those necessary for doctors, administrative personnel
and other regular employees.
(9) Other commercial buildings: at least one parking space for each 300
square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof, except when otherwise
authorized as a conditional use consistent with the principles set
forth herein for comparable buildings.
[Amended 11-20-2014 by Ord. No. 1798]
(10)
Drive-in dairy and restaurants. Provisions for parking for drive-in
facilities must meet with the approval of the Zoning Hearing Board,
and under no conditions will parking on the public right-of-way be
permitted.
(11)
Dance halls, roller rink, clubs, lodges and other similar places:
at least one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area.
(12)
Public swimming pool: at least one parking space for each three
persons for whom facilities for dressing are provided or at least
one parking space for every 12 square feet of water surface, including
areas for swimming, wading and diving, whichever requirement is the
greater.
(13)
Open areas used for commercial purposes: at least one parking
space for each 1,500 square feet of area or fraction thereof.
(a)
Golf driving range: at least one parking space for each tee
provided.
(b)
Tom Thumb golf: at least one parking space for each two persons
for whom playing area is provided.
(c)
In all cases, the area proposed for parking purposes in commercially
used open areas is subject to the approval of the Zoning Hearing Board
as to the adequacy of the proposed parking area in relation to the
anticipated commercial demand.
(14)
Mortuaries, funeral homes and undertaking establishments. At
least one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area for
public use. Such space shall be in addition to: (a) employee parking
needs; and (b) a service area for mobile equipment, such as hearses
and ambulances.
C. Industrial 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 vehicle parking space
for each two employees on the combined major and next largest shift.
(3) Visitors and salesmen: space shall be provided in addition to the
above parking requirements according to specific needs.
(4) Parking prohibited: parking shall not be permitted on the public
rights-of-way.
D. Loading and unloading space.
(1) 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 and similar uses shall
provide adequate off-street area for loading and unloading of vehicles.
The minimum size loading space shall be 55 feet in depth, 15 feet
in width, with an overhead clearance of 14 feet, and shall be provided
according to the following schedule:
Use
|
Gross Floor Area
(square feet)
|
Number of Spaces
|
---|
Stores, manufacturing, wholesale, commercial, hospital, laundry,
mortuary, dry cleaning and similar uses.
|
Under 8,000
|
1
|
|
8,000 to 25,000
|
2
|
|
25,000 to 40,000
|
3
|
|
40,000 to 100,000
|
4
|
|
100,000 to 250,000
|
5
|
|
each additional 200,000
|
1
|
Office buildings, hotels
|
Under 100,000
|
1
|
|
100,000 to 300,000
|
2
|
|
Over 300,000
|
3
|
(2) 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 or unloading of materials.