A.
Off-street parking facilities shall be provided to lessen congestion
in the streets. The facilities required herein shall be available
to patrons throughout the hours of operation of the particular business
or use for which such facilities are provided. As used herein, the
term "parking space" includes either covered garage space or uncovered
parking lot space located off the public right-of-way.
B.
Each parking space shall consist of not less than an average of 240
square feet of usable area for each motor vehicle, including interior
driveways and driveways connecting the garage, or parking space, with
a street or alley. Notwithstanding the above, all parking spaces shall
be ample in size for the vehicles for which use is intended. The net
parking space per vehicle shall be not less than nine feet wide and
20 feet long. Outdoor parking spaces, and the approaches thereto,
shall be paved or covered with gravel or cinders. Such outdoor parking
space shall be deemed to be part of the open space of the lot on which
it is located.
C.
A garage or carport may be located wholly or partly inside the walls
of the principal building or attached to the outer walls. If separated
from the principal building, the garage shall conform to all accessory
building requirements. The garage may be constructed under a yard
or court. The space above an underground garage shall be deemed to
be part of the open space of the lot on which it is located.
[Amended 1-20-1976 by Ord. No. 2]
Any of the following buildings hereafter erected, any building
hereafter converted into one of the following buildings and any open
area hereafter used for commercial purposes shall be provided with
not less than the minimum parking spaces as set forth below, which
spaces shall be readily accessible to and within 300 feet of the buildings
served thereby:
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.
(1)
Multiple dwellings, apartment houses and apartment hotels. The total
number of parking or garage spaces shall be not less than 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 special exception.
(2)
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.
C.
Commercial parking:
(1)
Theatres, auditoriums, churches, schools, stadiums or any other place
of public or private assembly: at least one parking space for each
four seats provided for public or private assembly.
(2)
Retail stores and other places for trade or business: one vehicle
space for each 200 square feet of floor area for public use.
(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: two vehicle spaces for each alley.
(5)
Office building: at least one parking space for each 200 square feet
of floor area, or fraction thereof.
(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 400
square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof, except when otherwise
authorized as a special exception consistent with the principles set
forth herein for comparable buildings.
(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 rinks, clubs, lodges and other similar places:
at least one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
(12)
Swimming pool: at least one parking space for each four 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 employee parking needs
and a service area for mobile equipment, such as hearses and ambulances.
(15)
Loading and unloading. In addition to the off-street parking required above, all commercial establishments (see Article VII, § 500-30), hospitals and sanitariums and other similar uses shall provide at least one adequate off-street area for loading and unloading of supplies to and from the vehicles.
D.
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.
(2)
Truck terminals and wholesale warehouses: one parking space for each
two employees.
(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.
(5)
Loading and unloading. In addition to the above required off-street
parking, all industrial establishments and similar uses must provide
adequate off-street area for the loading and unloading of supplies
to and from vehicles.
