[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 988 §1, 6-4-1991; Ord. No. 1020 §1, 4-21-1992; Ord.
No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord. No. 2559, 10-20-2020; Ord. No. 2712, 4-18-2023]
In every zoning district off-street parking spaces shall be
provided to the number calculated by use category, as follows:
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Use or Use Category
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Off-Street Parking Space(s) Required
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Residential, all dwelling units including seasonal camps and
cabins
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2 per dwelling unit
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Rooming, boardinghouses
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1 per occupant or unit, whichever is greater
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Trailer courts, mobile home parks
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2 per mobile home or unit
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Dormitories, private clubs, fraternities, sororities and lodges
with sleeping rooms
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1 per 2 beds
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Sanatoriums, homes for the aged, etc.
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1 per 5 beds
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Convent or monastery
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2 per 10 beds
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Motel, motor lodge or hotel, tourist court, etc.
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5 spaces plus 1 for each suite or sleeping room
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Campground or transient trailer park
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1 for each tent or trailer space
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Hospital
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2 per patient bed
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Community facilities (library, museum) and other public or private
recreational uses or exhibition halls without fixed seats
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1 per 100 square feet of floor area
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Auditorium, gymnasium, stadium, arena, convention hall or theater
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1 per 4 seats or equivalent seating area
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Elementary school, junior high
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1 per 10 students plus 1 per classroom or office
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High school
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1 per 6 students plus 1 per classroom or office
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Business or trade school
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1 per 2 students
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Nursery school or day care center
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1 for each 400 square feet of floor area, 5 spaces minimum
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Church, temple, synagogue or place of worship
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1 per 4 seats or equivalent bench seating
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Private clubs, lodges, fraternal organizations
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1 per 100 square feet of floor area
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Bowling alley
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4 per lane
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Golf course
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30 for each 9 holes
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Marina
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1 for each 2 leasable boat berths
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Miniature golf course
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20 for each 9 holes
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Playing field for baseball, football or soccer
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12 for each playing field
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Skating rink
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1 for each 50 square feet of rink floor space.
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Stable or riding academy
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1 for each 10 animals which can be stabled on the premises
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Swimming beach
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1 for each 5 feet of beach shoreline
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Swimming pool
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1 for each 40 square feet of pool area
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Tennis, squash or handball court
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3 for each 2 courts
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Retail stores or personal service establishment, and bank
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1 per 100 square feet of floor area under 2,000 square feet
of floor area; 1 per 150 square feet of floor area if greater than
2,000 square feet and less than 4,000 square feet of floor area; 1
per 200 square feet of floor area over 4,000 square feet of floor
area
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Office or office building, post office, studio
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1 per 200 square feet of floor area
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Manufacturing or industrial establishments
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1 for each 1,000 square feet of developed land area, or 1 per
2 employees on maximum working shift, whichever is greater; plus space
for storage of trucks or other vehicles used in connection with the
business which will be determined by the planning and zoning commission.
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General service or repair establishment, printing, plumbing,
broadcasting station, etc.
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1 per 200 square feet of floor area
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Furniture or appliance store, machinery, equipment automobile
and boat sales and services
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1 per 200 square feet of floor area, 4 spaces minimum
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Boat launching ramp
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12 spaces, each 40 feet by 9 feet and abutting two aisles at
an angle of no more than 60 degrees, for each single-lane ramp or
each full 15 feet of width for a multi-lane ramp
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Funeral home, mortuary
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1 per 100 square feet of floor area, excluding storage and work
areas, 30 spaces minimum
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Animal hospital or clinic
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1 per 300 square feet of floor area, 5 spaces minimum
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Mobile home or travel trailer sales, campers
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1 per 200 square feet of sales offices area, 6 spaces minimum
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Restaurants: Drive-in, drive-thru and carryout
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1 per 75 square feet of floor area, 10 spaces minimum
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Restaurant, bar, other establishment for consumption of food
or beverage inside the building on the premises.
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1 per 100 square feet of floor area, 10 spaces minimum
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Batting cages.
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2 per batting cage
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Golf driving ranges.
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1 per tee
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Recreation uses not otherwise listed
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1 square foot of parking area for each square foot of recreation
use
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Medical marijuana dispensary facilities; Comprehensive marijuana
dispensary facility
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1 per 75 square feet of floor area, in addition to 1 space for
each employee on-site during normal business hours as set forth in
the operating plan
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All other marijuana facilities
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1 per 100 square feet of floor area
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[Ord. No. 646 §2]
The parking requirements in section 23-150 are in addition to space for storage of trucks or other vehicles used in connection with any use.
The parking requirements in this article do not limit special
requirements which may be imposed with planned unit developments (PC,
PI and CUP), or special uses.
Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required
shall be construed to be the next highest whole number.
Except as otherwise provided, the number of employees shall
be compiled on the basis of the maximum number of persons employed
on the premises at one time on an average day or average night, whichever
is greater. Seasonal variations in employment may be recognized in
determining an average day.
The parking space requirements for a use not specifically listed in section 23-150 shall be determined by the planning and zoning commission. Parking space requirements shall be established by using accepted principles outlined in the American Society of Planning Officials Publications.
In the case of mixed uses, uses with different parking requirements
occupying the same building or premises or in the case of joint use
of a building or premises by more than one use having the same parking
requirements, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the
requirements of the various uses computed separately.
Whenever a building is enlarged in floor area, number of employees,
number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, to create
a need under the requirements of this article for an increase in parking
spaces of twenty-five percent or more, such additional spaces shall
be provided on the basis of the change or enlargement. No additional
spaces shall be required for the first change or enlargement which
would result in an increase of spaces of less than twenty-five percent
of those required before the change or enlargement. This exception
shall not apply to a series of changes or enlargements which together
result in a need for an increase in parking spaces of twenty-five
percent or more.
"Square feet" shall mean the floor area or space within the
outside line of walls and includes the sum of all floors of a building.
It shall not include porches, garages or space in a basement or cellar
when such basement or cellar space is used for storage or incidental
uses.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same
lot with the building or use served; except, that where an increase
in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of
use or for nonresidential uses, the required spaces may be located
and maintained not more than five hundred feet from the building served,
upon approval of the planning and zoning commission.
Up to fifty percent of the parking spaces required for (a) theaters,
public auditoriums, bowling alleys, dance halls and night clubs, and
up to one hundred percent of the parking spaces required for a church
auditorium may be provided and used jointly by (b) banks, offices,
retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses
not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as those
uses listed in (a) and up to one hundred percent of parking spaces
required for schools may be provided and used jointly by a church
auditorium; provided, that written agreement thereto is properly executed
and recorded as specified below.
In any case where the required parking spaces are not located
on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces
are collectively or jointly provided and used, such parking space
shall be established by a recorded covenant or agreement as parking
space to be in conjunction with the principal use and shall be reserved
as such through an encumbrance on the title of the property to be
designated as required parking space, such encumbrance to be valid
for the total period any use for which the parking is needed is in
existence.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 1030 §1, 7-21-1992; Ord. No. 1525 §2, 5-15-2001]
(a)
Minimum area. Minimum dimensions for each off-street
parking space shall be nine (9) feet wide and nineteen (19) feet long.
Such areas shall be permanently reserved for the temporary storage
of one vehicle and shall be connected with a street or alley by a
driveway which affords ingress and egress for one motor vehicle without
requiring another vehicle to be moved, except for single-family dwellings.
(b)
Surfacing.
(1)
All parking lots and driveways except those in the "LLRD" residential
district shall be paved with concrete or asphaltic materials.
(2)
Residential driveways constructed of concrete shall conform
to St. Louis County specifications on the right-of-way and a minimum
of four (4) inches on private property.
(3)
Residential driveways constructed of asphaltic materials shall
conform to St. Louis County specifications on the right-of-way and
a minimum of two (2) inches of Type "C" asphalt on six (6) inches
of compacted aggregate base on private property.
(4)
Commercial and industrial driveways and parking lots (including
three (3) units or more multi-family) constructed of concrete shall
conform to St. Louis County specifications on the right-of-way, and
a minimum of six (6) inches in depth on private property.
(5)
Commercial and industrial driveways and parking lots (including
three (3) units or more multi-family) constructed of asphaltic materials
shall conform to St. Louis County specifications on the right-of-way,
and a minimum of three (3) inches of Type "C" asphalt on six (6) inches
of compacted aggregate base on private property.
(c)
Drainage and Maintenance. Off-street parking facilities
shall be drained so as to eliminate standing water and not cause damage
to adjacent public and/or private property. All off-street parking
and loading shall be maintained as free as practicable from dust,
paper, other loose particles, snow, ice and sleet. All signs, markers
and parking location markings shall be maintained in a neat and legible
condition. The surfacing of all off-street parking and loading facilities
shall be maintained in good condition. All plantings, screenings and
structures shall be maintained in good condition. The city administrator
is hereby authorized to prohibit the use of off-street parking and
loading facilities after properly notifying the owner, agent or operator
of maintenance required and giving such owner, agent or operator thirty
days in which to comply with requirements contained in the notice.
(d)
Stormwater Detention. Off-street parking areas may
be required to provide for the detention of stormwater on parking
lot areas, as determined by the Stormwater Detention Criteria of the
City of Eureka, copies of which are on file with the City Clerk, City
Administrator and Building Commissioner.
(e)
Separation From Walkways and Streets. Off-street
spaces other than single-family residential shall be separated from
walkways, sidewalks, streets or alleys by a wall, fence or curbing
or other approved protective device, or by distance, so that vehicles
cannot protrude over public and/or private property.
(f)
Entrances and Exits. Location and design of entrances
and exits shall be in conformance with St. Louis County specifications.
In general, there shall not be more than one (1) entrance and one
(1) exit, or one (1) combined entrance and exit along any one (1)
street. Landscaping, curbing or approved barriers shall be provided
along lot boundaries to control the entrance and exit of vehicles
or pedestrians.
(g)
Interior Drives. Interior drives shall be in conformance
with St. Louis County specifications so as to be of adequate width
to serve a particular design arrangement of parking spaces.
(h)
Marking. Parking spaces in lots of more than ten
spaces shall be marked by painted lines or curbs or other means to
indicate individual spaces. Signs or markers shall be used as necessary
to ensure efficient traffic operation of the lot and to designate
handicapped parking spaces.
(i)
Lighting (excluding residential). Adequate lighting
shall be provided if off-street parking spaces are to be used at night.
The lighting shall be arranged and installed to eliminate glare on
property in a residential district and adjacent streets. Lighting
intensity shall be designed in accordance with the county Subdivision
Ordinance and as it may be amended.
(j)
Screening. When off-street parking areas for ten
or more automobiles are located closer than fifty feet to a lot in
a residential district, and where such parking areas are not entirely
screened visually from such lot by an intervening building or structure,
a continuous, visual screen with a height of four to six feet shall
be provided between the parking area and such lot in a residential
district. Such screen may consist of a compact evergreen hedge of
foliage screening, a solid fence or other acceptable screening.
(k)
Erosion Control. Adequate erosion control measures
shall be planned and undertaken during the construction period of
parking areas, as determined, reviewed and approved by the city administrator.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 707 §§1, 2; Ord.
No. 713 §§1, 2; Ord. No. 1940 §2, 9-19-2006]
Off-street parking facilities shall not be used for the sale,
repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicle, equipment, material
or supplies. However, the display and sale of one (1) vehicle, personally
owned by the resident/owner or occupant residing in a residential
zoning district, shall be permitted once per year.
Vehicles shall not be stored in required front yard areas, with
the exception of required, improved and designated parking spaces.
A maximum of five vehicles per residence, including motor homes
and recreational vehicles, shall be allowed to park in residential
off-street parking spaces.
The parking of one inoperative, damaged or unlicensed vehicle
in a residential off-street parking space shall be allowed; provided,
that the vehicle is within a garage or carport. This will allow residents
to repair their own vehicles.
Off-street parking on a residential lot of commercial motor
vehicles having a gross weight in excess of twelve thousand pounds
or licensed to haul in excess of twelve thousand pounds, or any tractor
or tractor-trailer truck unit, shall be prohibited, excepting motor
homes or recreational vehicles.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
Buildings and structures in existence prior to March 16, 1982,
shall not be required to provide off-street parking spaces.
Should the building or structure be enlarged twenty-five percent
or more, such enlargement shall be subject to the requirements contained
in this article.
Off-street parking facilities in existence on March 16, 1982,
shall be required to maintain such off-street parking facility in
a safe and usable manner and shall keep such off-street parking facility
as free as practicable from dust, paper, snow, ice and sleet.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
A variance from the requirements contained herein may be allowed
upon recommendation of the planning and zoning commission with the
approval of the board of aldermen. A public hearing shall not be required
in granting variances from the requirements of this article.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
Building and structures not meeting the requirements contained herein, for which application has been made for a building permit, shall not be granted a building permit unless a variance has been granted in accordance with section 23-156.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
(a)
It shall be the duty of the city administrator to carry out and enforce
the provisions of this article.
(b)
The city administrator may grant a conditional or temporary occupancy
permit for buildings or structures that have not completed construction
of the parking lot when, in the opinion of the city administrator,
substantial temporary hardship is shown, such as seasonal weather
conditions; provided, that the owner and/or occupant certifies in
writing that he will expeditiously complete construction within a
reasonable specified period of time, as determined by the city administrator.
