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Editor’s Note: Former Art. XIV, Off-Street Parking and Loading, adopted or amended by Ord. No. 1590 § 1, 9-13-1998, and as further amended, was repealed 11-26-2019 by Ord. No. 2683.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
A. 
For every use hereafter established, there shall be provided sufficient space for access and off-street standing, parking and unloading of motor vehicles that may be expected to come to an establishment at any time under normal conditions for any purpose, whether as patrons, customers, employees, guests or otherwise; or when a use is expanded, accessory off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the following regulations for the area or capacity of such expansion.
B. 
The regulations contained in this Article shall be deemed minimum standards and shall apply to all off-street parking spaces and all off-street parking areas required under this Article. As used in this Article, the term "off-street parking area" shall mean any area used as required parking spaces, aisles or as the means of access from a street to a parking space if the total of such area contains one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet or more.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
No off-street parking area shall be constructed, installed or substantially altered until a permit has been issued by the Building Official. Written application for a permit shall be filed with the Building Official and shall be accompanied by plans of the off-street parking area drawn to a scale of not more than twenty (20) feet to the inch and fully dimensioned. Plans shall bear the seal of an architect, engineer or land surveyor licensed to practice in the State of Missouri. Plans required under this Section depicting proposed construction, installation or substantial alteration of an off-street parking area undertaken in conjunction with other development may be submitted therewith. All construction, installation or alteration of off-street parking areas serving multifamily residential, commercial, industrial or institutional uses and variations under Section 400.1440 shall be subject to site plan review, Article XI.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
A. 
The following general provisions shall apply to all parking, standing and loading space that is provided in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter:
1. 
Location Of Parking Or Loading Space. All required off-street parking or loading spaces shall be provided on the same parcel of land occupied by the use or building to which it is appurtenant; provided, however, that where there are practical difficulties in the way of such location of parking space and/or if the public safety or convenience would be better served by another location, the Commission may authorize an alternative location as will adequately serve the public interest, subject to the following conditions:
a. 
Such space shall be in the same ownership as the use to which it is appurtenant.
b. 
Pedestrian access to such space shall be located within a distance of three hundred (300) feet by the shortest route of effective pedestrian movement.
c. 
Such space shall be usable without causing unreasonable traffic congestion, detriment to any residential neighborhood or hazard to pedestrians or vehicular traffic.
2. 
Repair Or Service. It shall be unlawful to utilize any required off-street parking or loading facilities for motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind, except as expressly permitted herein.
3. 
Computation Of Parking Spaces. For the purpose of computing required off-street standing and parking or loading space in relation to floor area, the gross floor area shall be used.
a. 
In calculating the required parking for any given building or site, parking provisions shall be made for each use separately except as follows:
(1) 
Shopping center in excess of fifty thousand (50,000) square feet shall provide the combined total parking spaces for each use, less a fifteen percent (15%) reduction in the total number of parking spaces required.
A "shopping center" is hereby defined as a group of retail and other commercial establishments that is planned, developed, owned and managed as a single property, typically with on-site parking provided.
(2) 
As otherwise provided in this Code (accessory uses in "PRO," etc.) and below.
b. 
Fractions. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this Section results in a fraction of a space, the resulting fraction may be disregarded.
c. 
To translate gross parking area into parking space, a factor of three hundred fifty (350) square feet per gross automobile parking space shall be applied.
d. 
In calculating any required parking area, other than for detached or attached single-family dwellings, sufficient access and maneuver space shall be provided to permit the parking and removal of any vehicle without moving other vehicles.
e. 
Space allocated for any off-street loading berth shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.
f. 
If there is any uncertainty with respect to the amount of parking space required by the provisions of this Code as a result of any indefiniteness as to the proposed use of a building or of land, the maximum requirement for the general type of use that is involved shall govern.
4. 
Modification Of The Parking Required. The total amount of parking space required for a given lot or parcel may be reduced by site plan review as provided in Article XI, under the following circumstances:
a. 
In any development where a mixture of residential uses and office or retail uses is permitted, the combined total number of parking spaces required for such a combination of uses may be reduced up to twenty percent (20%) where same is justified to the satisfaction of the City by a parking analysis submitted by a competent traffic engineer or planner.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
A. 
The following shall be the minimum number of off-street parking spaces required for the various uses of a given lot, parcel or development area.
1. 
Public And Community Service Activities.
a. 
Nursery schools and day-care centers, public or private, other than child care provided as a home occupation per Section 400.020. One (1) space for each staff member or employee plus convenient and safe opportunities for the pickup and discharge of children from autos or buses.
b. 
Schools (except high school or college). One (1) parking space for each three (3) seats in the auditorium or main assembly room or four (4) spaces for each classroom, whichever is greater.
c. 
High school. One (1) parking space for each four (4) students based on the maximum student capacity of the facility.
d. 
Business, commercial or trade school, including secretarial or beautician school. one (1) space for each three (3) students based on the maximum student capacity of the facility.
e. 
Community center. One (1) space for each three (3) seats in the auditorium or general assembly room.
f. 
Churches and synagogues. One (1) space for each three (3) seats in the sanctuary [one (1) seat equals twenty (20) inches of bench length] plus one (1) space for every vehicle customarily used or stored on the premises and one (1) space for every full-time or part-time employee, whether paid or unpaid.
2. 
Residential.
a. 
Dwellings consisting of detached single-family, attached single-family, and two-family. Two (2) parking spaces per dwelling unit.
b. 
Multiple Dwelling.
(1) 
Two (2) parking spaces per dwelling unit for the first fifty (50) dwelling units;
(2) 
One and three-quarters (1 3/4) spaces per dwelling unit for the second fifty (50) dwelling units; and
(3) 
One and one-half (1 1/2) spaces per dwelling unit for all units in excess of one hundred (100) units.
c. 
Housing designed especially for and occupied exclusively by the elderly [over sixty (60) years of age] or by the severely disabled. One (1) parking space per four (4) dwelling units.
d. 
Hotel or motel. One (1) parking space for each sleeping room, plus additional spaces as required herein for affiliated uses (i.e., restaurants).
3. 
Business And Commercial Uses.
a. 
Automobile service station. One (1) parking space for each gas pump, three (3) working spaces for each service bay or wash rack plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees and parking space for each vehicle used directly in the conduct of the business.
b. 
Car wash. Five (5) standing spaces for each stall or wash rack in a self-service establishment.
c. 
Drive-in banking and any "drive-in service" establishment. Five (5) standing spaces for each teller or customer window.
d. 
New or used motor vehicle sales. One (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of enclosed floor area plus one (1) space for three thousand (3,000) square feet of open lot area devoted to the sale or display of new motor vehicles.
e. 
Restaurant, nightclub, bar, tavern, cocktail lounge, delicatessen, ice cream parlor or any other establishment that permits consumption of food products on the premises.
(1) 
Required parking is calculated as follows:
Average Non-Seating Area = Restaurant Area X 40%.
Seating Area = Restaurant Area - Average Non-Seating Area
Seating Capacity = Seating Area ÷ 20 square feet (square footage that will be allocated per person)
Required Parking = Seating Capacity ÷ 3 (number of seats per stall)
(2) 
Food, eating, and drinking establishments shall provide the combined total parking spaces for each restaurant use. In accordance with Section 400.1400, General Provisions, a shopping center fifty thousand (50,000) square feet or more, an additional fifteen-percent reduction in the combined required parking spaces shall be permitted.
f. 
Fast-food restaurant or other establishment that sells food for consumption off premises and drive-through or carry-out restaurants.
(1) 
Standalone and areas where the tenant space consists of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the overall building area.
(a) 
Required parking is calculated as follows:
Average Non-Seating Area = Restaurant Area X 40%
Seating Area = Restaurant Area - Average Non-Seating Area
Seating Capacity = Seating Area + 20 square feet (square footage that will be allocated per person)
Required Parking = Seating Capacity ÷ 3 (number of seats per stall)
(2) 
Tenant area space consists of less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the overall building area.
(a) 
Less Than Five Thousand (5,000) Square Feet. Five (5) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area;
(b) 
Five Thousand (5,000) To Fifteen Thousand (15,000) Square Feet. Four (4) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area;
(c) 
Fifteen Thousand (15,000) Square Feet Or Greater. Three and three-tenths (3.3) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area.
g. 
Retail store, personal service establishment or any other commercial use (except amusement or recreation) not otherwise provided for herein.
(1) 
Less Than Five Thousand (5,000) Square Feet. Five (5) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area;
(2) 
Five Thousand (5,000) To Fifteen Thousand (15,000) Square Feet. Four (4) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area;
(3) 
Fifteen Thousand (15,000) Square Feet Or Greater. Three and three-tenths (3.3) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area.
h. 
Bowling Alley.
(1) 
Three (3) spaces per lane, with restaurant uses calculated separately.
(2) 
Four (4) spaces per lane, with restaurant uses calculated separately.
(3) 
In the event that a restaurant, nightclub, cafe, bar, tavern, eating place or cocktail lounge is operated as part of or in conjunction with a bowling alley, additional parking area shall be provided as required herein for such restaurant, nightclub, cafe, bar, tavern, eating place or cocktail lounge.
i. 
Theater or auditorium (except school and community center). One (1) parking space for each three (3) seats, bench seating spaces or other seating space.
j. 
Amusement, recreation and all other uses not specified herein. One (1) parking space for each three (3) persons of the maximum number of persons who may be accommodated at any one time.
k. 
Office Usage, Other Than Medical Offices.
(1) 
Less Than Five Thousand (5,000) Square Feet. Four (4) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area;
(2) 
Five Thousand (5,000) Square Feet Or Greater. Three and three-tenths (3.3) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area.
l. 
Medical Offices.
(1) 
Less Than Five Thousand (5,000) Square Feet. Four (4) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area;
(2) 
Five Thousand (5,000) Square Feet Or Greater. Three and three-tenths (3.3) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area.
m. 
Storage facilities, mini warehouses. One (1) space for every one hundred (100) storage units and two (2) dedicated on-site parking spaces which may be located on either the interior or exterior of the building.
4. 
Industrial uses. Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, warehouse or similar establishment or any other industrial use not specifically provided for herein: One (1) parking space for every two (2) employees employed and working on the two (2) principal shifts at the maximum employment capacity, together with a parking space to accommodate each truck or other vehicle used in conjunction with the operation of the business, plus ten (10) parking spaces for customer parking.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
A. 
Single-Family Residential. Each off-street parking area exclusively serving a single-family residence use shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards:
1. 
Each such off-street parking area shall have a thoroughly compacted subgrade and shall be properly drained and surfaced with:
a. 
Portland cement concrete having a minimum compressive strength of three thousand (3,000) pounds per square inch when twenty-eight (28) days old and containing not less than six (6) sacks of Portland cement per cubic yard of concrete and having a minimum thickness of six (6) inches in a driveway apron area which intersects a street with sidewalk and a minimum thickness of four (4) inches in all other areas; or
b. 
Asphaltic concrete construction consisting of a minimum six-inch base of crushed rock well-compacted on a thoroughly compacted subgrade covered with a two-inch asphaltic hot-mix mat; or
c. 
Other materials, such as pavers, providing a continuous surface and strength and service characteristics equivalent to Subsection (A)(1)(a) and (b) above that provide for permeability and stormwater retention.
2. 
Driveways shall:
a. 
Provide a minimum of ten (10) feet in paved width;
b. 
Provide a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet of paved clearance from any vehicle exit door (See illustrations A and B below.);
c. 
Openings shall be located no closer than thirty (30) feet to any intersecting street right-of-way.
d. 
All paved driveway and turnaround areas shall be located at least five (5) feet from any adjacent property line; and
e. 
Width of a driveway opening shall not be less than sixteen (16) feet measured along the intersection with the adjacent street pavement.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
A. 
Minimum Standards. Each off-street parking area serving a use other than single-family residence shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards:
1. 
Parking Space, Size, Angle And Aisle Width. Minimum standards shall be as follows:
Angle of Parking
(Degree)
Depth of Stall Perpendicular to Aisle
(in feet)
Width of Stall Parallel to Aisle
(in feet)
Minimum Aisle Width
(in feet)
Parallel
8
23
12 one-way
21 two-way
30°
17.3
18
12
45°
19.8
12.7
13
60°
21
10.4
15
90°
18
9
21
NOTES:
Any off-street parking area designed for the parking of vehicles longer than nineteen (19) feet, bumper to bumper, shall have parking stall and maneuvering space areas of such size and dimensions as will accommodate the parking and maneuvering of such vehicles.
All off-street parking areas shall be so designed as to provide for vehicular ingress and egress in a forward motion.
2. 
Each such off-street parking area shall have a thoroughly compacted subgrade and shall be properly drained and surfaced with:
a. 
Portland cement concrete having a minimum compressive strength of three thousand (3,000) pounds per square inch when twenty-eight (28) days old and containing not less than six (6) sacks of Portland cement per cubic yard of concrete and having a minimum thickness of six (6) inches; or
b. 
Asphaltic concrete construction consisting of a minimum eight-inch base of crushed rock well-compacted on a thoroughly compacted subgrade covered with a two-inch asphaltic hot-mix mat.
c. 
Other materials, such as pavers, providing a continuous surface and strength and service characteristics equivalent to Subsection (A)(2)(a) and (b) above that provide for permeability and stormwater retention.
3. 
Each such off-street parking area shall be provided with a six-inch-high concrete curb or concrete wheel guards with a six-inch asphaltic curb around the perimeter of the parking area sufficient to protect all adjacent properties and plantings.
4. 
Parking Surface And Drainage. All off-street parking areas shall be constructed of concrete, asphalt or pavers. Parking and loading facilities shall be provided with adequate stormwater drainage facilities to prevent damage or inconvenience to abutting property and/or public streets and alleys.
5. 
Pavement Marking. All parking spaces shall be marked by durable painted lines at least four (4) inches wide and extending the length of the space or by curbs or other means to indicate individual spaces. Physically disabled parking spaces shall be identified through the use of light-blue painted lines. Signs or markers located on the surface within a parking facility shall be used as necessary to ensure efficient and safe traffic operation of the facility.
6. 
Driveway openings shall be located no closer than thirty (30) feet to any intersecting streets' rights-of-way. The width of a driveway opening shall be not less than thirty-two (32) feet nor greater than thirty-five (35) feet, measured at the intersection with the adjacent street pavement except that in industrial districts the width of a driveway opening shall be fifty (50) feet. Radii for curb cuts shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet. Entry and exit aisles shall be separated by a marked divider and provided with painted directional arrows. Entrances shall be marked with entrance and exit signs where deemed necessary by the Building Official to preserve public safety.
B. 
Other Design Criteria. All off-street parking areas not under Chapter 428[1] zoning overlay shall include the following:
1. 
Lighting. All lighting shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of the ordinances of the City and shall be located so as not to reflect directly on any adjacent residential structures and not to cause any nuisance or inconvenience to surrounding property.
2. 
Landscape Requirements.
a. 
A landscape strip shall be installed and maintained where off-street parking areas extend into required yards as follows:
(1) 
Front yard: ten (10) feet.
(2) 
Side and rear yards: five (5) feet.
b. 
A building face fronting on a street shall have a minimum six-foot landscaped area, pedestrian sidewalk or combination of both extending eight (8) feet adjacent to the building.
c. 
A landscape island shall be installed and maintained at the end of parking aisles.
d. 
Driveway openings serving off-street parking areas shall be separated by landscape strips of not less than twenty (20) feet in length.
e. 
The Commission shall review the type of planting materials proposed to be installed by the applicant for a permit and shall have the authority to reject any types of plantings not deemed suitable to the particular area.
f. 
Landscape requirements of this Subsection (d) shall not apply to single-family residence uses.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 428, Community Design — Olive Boulevard Corridor.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
When a property owner or other person, firm or association or corporation can show that the strict application of the minimum standards will impose practical difficulties or particular hardships, such owner or other person, firm, association or corporation may apply for a variation, and the Commission may consider and allow such variations to the strict application of the terms hereof as are in harmony with the purpose and intent of this Article to provide minimum standards for the design and construction of off-street parking areas so as to create conditions of safety for both pedestrian and vehicular traffic thereon when the Commission is satisfied and makes a finding, under the evidence presented to it, that the granting of a variation will alleviate some demonstrable hardship or difficulty so great as to warrant said variation and that the off-street parking area will meet all reasonable and necessary conditions for the safety of persons using same. Any applicant may appeal the denial of a variation to the City Council, and the City Council shall have the right to grant a variation under the standards hereinabove provided.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
No building or structure for which an off-street parking area subject to the provisions of this Article is being provided shall be used or occupied and no occupancy permit shall be issued for the occupancy or use of any such building or structure until and unless the parking area complies with all of the provisions of this Article and any other ordinance of the City relating thereto; provided, however, that a temporary permit not to exceed six (6) months in duration may be issued authorizing the use of a parking area hereunder if the Building Official finds that same is in substantial compliance with this Section and that the issuance of such temporary permit will not be contrary to the public health, welfare, safety and morals.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
All plantings shall be maintained at all times in accordance with the requirements of this Article and shall be replaced if not so maintained as designated by the Building Official. Off-street parking areas shall be maintained in compliance with all of the requirements of this Article and any other ordinance of the City relating thereto. Any off-street parking area may be closed in the event that it fails to comply with all of the requirements hereof, after the Building Official has given a sixty-day written notice to the property owner or other person, firm, association or corporation responsible for the parking area, which notice specifies the corrections required for compliance with the provisions hereof.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
A. 
Officers And Personal Or Community Service Establishments. One (1) loading space shall be provided for each such establishment, including schools, medical or dental clinics, auditoriums or clubs, etc., having greater than six thousand (6,000) square feet of gross floor area.
B. 
Residential Uses. Any residential building containing more than fifty (50) apartment dwelling units shall provide one (1) loading berth for each two hundred (200) units or fraction thereof.
C. 
Business Or Commercial Uses. Every building or use of land consisting of over three thousand (3,000) square feet of gross floor area designed or adaptable for retail business purposes shall be provided with loading space as follows:
Up to 15,000 square feet
1 space; Commission may exempt requirement if an alternative is provided
15,001 to 50,000 square feet
1 space
50,001 to 100,000 square feet
2 spaces
Each additional 100,000 square feet
1 additional space
D. 
Industrial Uses (Including Wholesaling And Warehousing). Every building or structure designed or adapted for wholesale, warehouse or manufacturing use shall be provided with loading space as follows:
Use
Loading Space for Truck Trailer
Loading Spaces for Single-Unit-Type Trucks
Freight or truck terminal
For each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof
1 space
Warehouse, wholesale business, storage, building, beverage and food distribution, space exclusive of freight or truck terminal
5,000 — 20,000 square feet
1 space
Up to 5,000 square feet
1 space
20,001 — 40,000 square feet
2 spaces
For each 10,000 square feet or fraction thereof
1 additional space
40,001 — 70,000 square feet
3 spaces
70,001 — 100,000 square feet
4 spaces
For each additional 50,000 square feet or fraction
1 additional space
Manufacturing establishments engaged in production, processing, assembly, compounding of materials, goods or products, exclusive of those uses designated above
10,000 — 25,000 square feet
1 space
1,000 — 5,000 square feet
1 space
25,001 — 50,000 square feet
2 spaces
5,001 — 10,000 square feet
2 spaces
50,001 — 80,000 square feet
3 spaces
80,001 — 120,000 square feet
4 spaces
For each additional 75,000 square feet or fraction thereof
1 additional space
Research centers and industrial laboratories
5,000 — 50,000 square feet
1 space
1,000 — 5,000 square feet
1 space
50,001 — 100,000 square feet
2 spaces
5,001 — 15,000 square feet
2 spaces
For each additional 100,000 square feet or fraction thereof
1 additional space
15,001 — 25,000 square feet
3 spaces
For each additional 25,000 square feet or fraction thereof
1 additional space
E. 
Other Uses. The Commission shall determine as to which of the above categories of loading regulation any specific use, including designated conditional uses, shall belong or determine other applicable standards whenever the above regulations prove inapplicable.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-26-2019]
A. 
The regulations contained in this Section shall be deemed minimum standards and shall apply to all off-street loading spaces and areas required under this Article.
1. 
Size Of Spaces.
a. 
A loading space for a truck-trailer vehicle shall be a minimum width of twelve (12) feet and a minimum length of fifty-five (55) feet. The Commission may reduce the minimum length to no less than thirty (30) feet.
b. 
A loading space for a single-unit-type truck shall be a minimum width of twelve (12) feet and a minimum length of thirty (30) feet. The Commission may reduce the minimum length to no less than eighteen (18) feet.
c. 
A vertical clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet shall be provided for each loading space.
2. 
Curb cuts for truck entrances shall have a minimum radius of ten (10) feet. The minimum width of a one-way drive shall be twenty (20) feet, and the minimum width of a two-way drive shall be thirty (30) feet.
3. 
Every loading space and area shall have a thoroughly compacted subgrade, be properly drained and surfaced with either Portland cement concrete, having a minimum thickness of six (6) inches and a minimum compressive strength of three thousand (3,000) pounds per square inch when twenty-eight (28) days old and containing not less than six (6) sacks of Portland cement per cubic yard of concrete or asphaltic concrete construction consisting of a minimum eight-inch base of crushed rock, well compacted on a thoroughly compact subgrade covered with a two-inch asphaltic hot-mix mat.
4. 
All parking, circulation and maneuvering areas shall be constructed in such manner that stormwater shall be channeled into drainageways without flowing onto adjacent property or walkways.
5. 
All parking, circulation and maneuvering areas shall be bordered by curbing which shall be not less than six (6) inches in height.
6. 
All spaces and direction of movement shall be indicated by painted markings on the pavement, which lines, arrows and markings shall be clearly visible and maintained at all times.
7. 
All lighting shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of City ordinances and shall be located so as not to reflect directly on any adjacent residential structures and so as not to cause any nuisance or inconvenience to surrounding property.