[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(24-00), 4-10-2000]
Space for off-street loading and unloading of vehicles shall
be provided for every building used or designed for commercial, industrial,
manufacturing or warehousing purposes. One (1) such space shall be
provided for every ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area
or fraction thereof and such spaces shall be a minimum of ten (10)
feet in width, thirty-five (35) feet in length and fourteen (14) feet
in height.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(24-01), 4-10-2000]
A. Off-street
automobile parking or storage space shall be provided on every lot
on which any new structures are hereafter established. Such space
shall be provided with vehicular access to a street or alley and such
space shall be provided with a suitable area for vehicle turnaround
so as to be required open space associated with the permitted use
and shall not thereafter be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.
When a structure is enlarged, the required off-street parking space
shall be provided for the enlarged portion. If a use is changed to
a different use requiring more space, the additional amount of parking
area shall be provided. In addition, the following minimum standards
shall apply.
1. An off-street parking space shall comprise an area with minimum dimensions
of ten (10) feet by eighteen (18) feet plus necessary maneuvering
space; total area for parking and maneuvering shall not encroach upon
any public right-of-way.
2. Cosmetology/hair care. Two (2) parking spaces for
each chair.
3. Residential dwelling. Two (2) parking spaces for
each unit.
4. Day care and preschool operations in residential structures, provided
State of Missouri Statutes, regulations and licensing requirements
are met, must provide one (1) off-street parking space per employee
and one (1) off-street parking space for dropping off and picking
up children be provided.
5. Tourist accommodations. One (1) parking space for
each room or unit.
6. Theater, stadium, auditorium, church or other places of public
assembly. One (1) parking space for each five (5) seats,
based on maximum seating capacity.
7. Hotel and/or motel. One (1) parking space for each
two (2) guest sleeping rooms. Includes nursing homes.
8. Stores and other retail business establishments. One (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet
of total floor area.
9. Office buildings. One (1) parking space for each
two hundred (200) square feet of office floor area.
10. Industrial, manufacturing or wholesale establishments. One (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of
gross floor area or for each five (5) workers, based on peak employment
and adequate space for loading and unloading all vehicles used incidental
to the operation of the industrial or manufacturing establishment.
11. Restaurants, supper clubs, taverns and bars. One
(1) parking space for each five (5) seats, based on maximum seating
capacity.
12. Off-street parking areas, whether public or private, for more than
five (5) vehicles shall be effectively screened by a fence, wall or
evergreen plant material, if visible from a residential district.
All public or private parking areas shall be separated from the right-of-way
of any public road or street by means of a sod strip not less than
three (3) feet in width between the right-of-way and the parking area.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(24-02), 4-10-2000]
Such space shall be provided with vehicular access to street
or alley and shall be considered required open space associated with
the permitted use. It shall not be reduced or encroached upon in any
manner after the use is established. Where such space cannot be reasonably
provided on the same lot with the principal use, the Council, with
the approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission, may permit such
space to be located on other off-street property if the space is within
five hundred (500) feet of the permitted use measured along lines
of public access.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(24-03), 4-10-2000; Ord. No. 2012-79 §1, 11-7-2012]
A. In
any commercial or industrial district, space for parking and loading
vehicles shall be provided on the same lot for every building used
or designated to used for commercial purposes and any required yard
may be used for that purpose. One (1) loading space at least fourteen
(14) by thirty (30) feet shall be provided for each twenty thousand
(20,000) square feet of floor area in the building. Where such space
is completely enclosed within a building by walls and doors which
close, a height clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet shall be
provided. Where such space is located wholly or in part outside of
the building and is not completely enclosed, a height clearance of
at least fourteen (14) feet shall be provided. Where approach ramps
are sloped so as to necessitate clearance in addition to that herein
specified, this clearance shall be adequate to allow the free passage
of a semi-trailer fourteen (14) feet in height and with a wheel base
of twenty-one (21) feet. These requirements may be increased, modified,
or waived by variance where conditions or circumstances justify such
action.
1. Loading spaces shall not be considered a part of any area used for
off-street parking purposes.
2. No permitted or required loading space should be closer than fifty
(50) feet to any residential district, unless such space is completely
enclosed or adequate screening of a wall, fence, or shrubbery of at
least six (6) feet in height is provided.
3. Surfaces. All zones other than residential zones.
a. Unless otherwise required by law and subject to Subsections
(3)(d) and
(3)(i) below, all driveways, loading zones, and parking lots in any zone other than residential zones in existence on any lot as of the date of the passage of this Section are exempt from the building specifications requirements of this Section regarding driveways, loading zones, and parking lots surfaces, until (i) there is a building addition on the lot equal to twenty-five percent (25%) or greater of the size of the building as of the date of this Section, or (ii) there is any expansion of a parking lot, loading zone, or driveway on such lot, at which time all parts of the parking lot, loading zone, or driveway expanded shall comply with the building requirements of this Code.
b. Except (i) as provided in Subsections
(3)(d) and
(i) below, and (ii) if concrete or asphalt surfaces are required by the City Fire Department for public safety purposes, surfaces for driveways, loading zones, and parking lots may be constructed of gravel, pavers, concrete or asphalt. If driveways, loading zones, or parking lots are of gravel construction, the construction must have (a) a four (4) inch layer of base rock compacted, (b) one (1) inch or smaller surface rock, and (c) a barrier around the graveled area, which may be a low brick retaining wall, concrete curb, or a three (3) foot grass area. All parking lots are to be maintained to a smooth surface with ruts or pot holes no deeper than two (2) inches and are to be grass and weed free. On gravel lots, parking bumpers are to be installed to delineate parking spaces required by ordinance and shall be of sufficient number for the spaces required by ordinance.
c. Storage lots may be constructed of grass, gravel, pavers, concrete
or asphalt. If constructed of gravel, the construction must have (a)
a four (4) inch layer of base rock compacted, (b) one (1) inch or
smaller surface rock, and (c) a barrier around the graveled area,
which may be a low brick retaining wall, concrete curb, or a three
(3) foot grass area. All storage lots are to be maintained to a smooth
surface with ruts or pot holes no deeper than two (2) inches and are
to be grass and weed free.
d. All parking areas, loading zones, or driveway in any zone required
to be a hard smooth surface to meet ADA requirements will be surfaced
with concrete or asphalt.
e. All parking spaces are to be nine (9) feet in width and twenty (20)
feet in length.
f. Wheel stops shall be installed at least thirty (30) inches from an
adjacent sidewalk, fence, or walls for each parking space, unless
design features prohibit a vehicle from obstructing a sidewalk or
making contact with a fence or wall.
g. Surfaces of gravel parking lots which are not maintained as a smooth
surface with ruts or pot holes deeper than two (2) inches, and gravel
parking lots with grass or weeds, are hereby declared a nuisance and
shall be subject to the provisions of the Code for nuisance violations.
h. A lot owner or tenant of a lot with gravel parking areas, loading
zones, or driveways may store not more than ten (10) tons of gravel
on such lot for use in filling pot holes or ruts, provided that all
storage piles shall be located behind or on the side of the building
on such lot (not in front of building) and not within ten (10) feet
of any lot line.
i. Any access to any street across the public right-of-way shall be
paved from the lot line to edge of the street pavement with concrete,
at least six (6) inches in depth in residential zones, and at least
eight (8) inches in depth in all other zones.