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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and as further amended, was repealed 11-26-2019 by Ord.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.
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:
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Average Non-Seating Area = Restaurant Area X 40%.
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Seating Area = Restaurant Area - Average Non-Seating Area
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Seating Capacity = Seating Area ÷ 20 square feet (square
footage that will be allocated per person)
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Required Parking = Seating Capacity ÷ 3 (number of seats
per stall)
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(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:
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Average Non-Seating Area = Restaurant Area X 40%
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Seating Area = Restaurant Area - Average Non-Seating Area
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Seating Capacity = Seating Area + 20 square feet (square footage
that will be allocated per person)
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Required Parking = Seating Capacity ÷ 3 (number of seats
per stall)
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(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.
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
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.);
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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:
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Angle of Parking
(Degree)
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Depth of Stall Perpendicular to Aisle
(in feet)
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Width of Stall Parallel to Aisle
(in feet)
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Minimum Aisle Width
(in feet)
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Parallel
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8
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23
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12 one-way
21 two-way
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30°
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17.3
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18
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12
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45°
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19.8
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12.7
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13
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60°
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21
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10.4
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15
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90°
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18
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9
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21
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NOTES:
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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.
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All off-street parking areas shall be so designed as to provide
for vehicular ingress and egress in a forward motion.
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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.
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.
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.
[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:
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Up to 15,000 square feet
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1 space; Commission may exempt requirement if an alternative
is provided
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15,001 to 50,000 square feet
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1 space
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50,001 to 100,000 square feet
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2 spaces
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Each additional 100,000 square feet
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1 additional space
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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:
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Use
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Loading Space for Truck Trailer
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Loading Spaces for Single-Unit-Type Trucks
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Freight or truck terminal
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For each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof
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1 space
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Warehouse, wholesale business, storage, building, beverage and
food distribution, space exclusive of freight or truck terminal
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5,000 — 20,000 square feet
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1 space
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Up to 5,000 square feet
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1 space
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20,001 — 40,000 square feet
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2 spaces
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For each 10,000 square feet or fraction thereof
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1 additional space
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40,001 — 70,000 square feet
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3 spaces
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70,001 — 100,000 square feet
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4 spaces
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For each additional 50,000 square feet or fraction
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1 additional space
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Manufacturing establishments engaged in production, processing,
assembly, compounding of materials, goods or products, exclusive of
those uses designated above
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10,000 — 25,000 square feet
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1 space
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1,000 — 5,000 square feet
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1 space
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25,001 — 50,000 square feet
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2 spaces
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5,001 — 10,000 square feet
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2 spaces
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50,001 — 80,000 square feet
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3 spaces
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80,001 — 120,000 square feet
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4 spaces
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For each additional 75,000 square feet or fraction thereof
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1 additional space
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Research centers and industrial laboratories
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5,000 — 50,000 square feet
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1 space
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1,000 — 5,000 square feet
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1 space
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50,001 — 100,000 square feet
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2 spaces
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5,001 — 15,000 square feet
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2 spaces
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For each additional 100,000 square feet or fraction thereof
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1 additional space
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15,001 — 25,000 square feet
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3 spaces
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For each additional 25,000 square feet or fraction thereof
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1 additional space
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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.
