The purpose of these regulations is to promote the public health,
safety and general welfare of the city’s residents and motorists.
These regulations are designed in accordance with the Transportation
Criteria Manual (TCM) to promote safe access to city streets, to reduce
road accidents, to protect public investment in streets, to establish
a safe and reasonable balance between street access and traffic mobility,
and to assure safe and convenient access to and circulation of emergency
and service vehicles within developments. Further, it establishes
minimum design standards for access and parking lots and minimum requirements
for off-street parking. Some sections in the article have been adopted
through local amendments.
(Ordinance CO41-07-07-12-3H adopted 7/12/07)
No person, firm or corporation shall construct, reconstruct,
alter or repair, remove or replace any sidewalk, drive approach or
any concrete work on any TxDOT right-of-way within the city without
first obtaining an approved TxDOT permit. A copy of the approved TxDOT
permit is required for any lot taking access to a state roadway before
the site development permit is issued.
(Ordinance CO41-07-07-12-3H adopted 7/12/07)
(a) Compliance with ordinances, regulations and plans.
Any
person seeking access to lands abutting the public street right-of-way
shall comply with the regulations of this Chapter and:
(1) The City’s subdivision ordinance;
(2) The City’s transportation ordinance;
(3) The City’s zoning ordinance;
(4) Other applicable City regulations, codes or ordinances;
(5) Comprehensive plans or plan components;
(6) Transportation criteria manual;
(7) State manual of uniform traffic-control devices.
(b) Downtown district.
See the downtown district urban code
for additional requirements.
(c) Sidewalk requirement.
Any site plan requiring a full
review by the Development Services Committee will require the design
and construction of typical concrete sidewalks in accordance with
the Transportation Criteria Manual and the transportation master plan
on all existing and proposed streets adjacent to or included in the
proposed site plan.
(d) Major corridor sidewalk requirement.
(1) All development along roadways designated as major corridors shall
dedicate a 25 foot wide landscape and pedestrian easement and have
a six-foot concrete sidewalk installed parallel to the designated
roadway (unless sidewalks already exist);
(2) Sidewalks shall be coordinated with landscape design to provide substantial
landscaping on both sides of the sidewalk. Pedestrian connections
shall be provided at street crossings as well as to businesses within
the corridor development;
(3) Sidewalks shall be set back a minimum of five (5) feet from the right-of-way
and from parking areas;
(4) Sidewalks shall meander within the twenty-five-foot front building
setback and landscape buffer in a manner that will create a desirable
pedestrian environment. Exceptions to this requirement are as follows:
(A) On roadways maintained by the state department of transportation,
sidewalks may encroach into the right-of-way with written approval
from TxDOT and the Director of Engineering; or
(B) On roadways maintained by the City, sidewalks may encroach into the
right-of-way with approval from the Director of Engineering and the
Director of Development Services, but shall be set back from the back
of curb a minimum of five (5) feet and shall be required to enter
into a license agreement with the City that shall require the landowner
to maintain and pay for any landscaping, sidewalks, landscape lighting,
irrigation and electric meters for irrigation within the right-of-way.
(Ordinance CO11-20-01-09-H1 adopted 1/9/20)
(a) General principles.
In addition to the regulations below, development shall also comply with section
12.12.015(c)(1) of the Subdivision Chapter, as amended.
(1) Parking areas shall be designed in accordance with Chapter
16 Transportation Regulations.
(2) Access to TxDOT roadways shall also comply with all TxDOT standards.
TxDOT standards may exceed City standards.
(3) A commercial site contiguous with another commercial site shall provide
drive aisle connections to the boundary of the site for connection
to such contiguous commercial site and shall provide an access easement
to that site boundary from a public street unless such connection
is inappropriate because of one or more of the following constraints:
topographic constraints, environmental constraints, and/or adjacent
uses that are incompatible for the purposes of mixing traffic, at
which time the director of planning or his/her designee may, after
considering all relevant factors, exempt the development from this
requirement.
(4) Prior to the issuance of a building permit, any developer who proposes
a street, driveway or pedestrian pathway that includes an at-grade
rail crossing shall provide the City with written approval from Capital
Metro stating that the at-grade rail crossing improvements were designed
and installed with adequate supplemental safety measures as required
by the Federal Railroad Administration to establish a quiet zone.
(5) Dead-end parking aisles/modules restricted.
(A) Circulation for each row of parking spaces within nonresidential
parking lots shall provide at least two points of ingress or egress
so as to prevent the creation of dead-end parking aisles or modules.
(B) The Director of Development Services or his/her designee may exempt
the development from this requirement if the Director of Development
Services or his/her designee finds that:
(i)
There are special conditions unique to the property, such as
lot size, shape, orientation, topography, or other physical features
that are not generally characteristic of other properties in the area;
and
(ii)
The undue hardship is not self-induced or created by the applicant,
nor is it strictly pecuniary/financial.
In granting the exemption, the Director of Development Services
of his/her designee may impose such additional conditions if necessary
and desirable in the public interest.
(b) Driveway types.
Development shall comply with section
12.12.015(c)(2) of the Subdivision Chapter.
(c) Driveway design.
Development shall comply with section
12.12.015(c)(3) of the Subdivision Chapter.
(Ordinance CO11-20-01-09-H1 adopted 1/9/20)
(a) General principles.
(1) In computing the parking requirements for any building or development,
the total parking requirements shall be the sum of the specific parking
space requirements for each class of use included in the building
for development. The minimum parking requirements herein specified
are considered minimum requirements and should be exceeded where usage,
experience or design information makes such increase appropriate.
(2) Required off-street parking areas shall not be used for the commercial
sale, repair, dismantling, servicing, storage or display of vehicles,
equipment, materials, supplies or merchandise.
(3) Where open land is used for manufacturing, storage, or other operations
in a manner similar to indoor operations, such open land shall be
added to floor space in determining the number of parking spaces required.
(4) All off-street parking spaces shall be accompanied by adequate automobile
maneuvering area permitting full and direct ingress and egress to
such parking spaces. The maneuvering area thereto shall be located
entirely upon private property.
(5) All off-street parking spaces, accompanying maneuvering areas and
driveways specifically designed for licensed vehicles shall be asphalt
or concrete. The asphalt or concrete surface shall be designed in
accordance with the Transportation Criteria Manual.
(6) All off-street parking areas shall be so graded and drained as to
dispose of all surface water accumulated within the area, and shall
be so arranged and marked as to provide the orderly and safe loading
or unloading, parking and storage of vehicles in accordance with stormwater,
detention and water quality requirements.
(7) No requirement set forth in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent
collective utilization of any off-street parking facility for two
(2) or more buildings or uses, providing, however, that the total
number of off-street parking spaces shall not be less than the sum
of the requirements for the particular individual uses computed separately
in accordance with the applicable regulations for off-street parking
spaces.
(8) All required off-street parking spaces shall be located entirely
on the same lot as the principal structure.
(9) Compact spaces.
A maximum of ten (10) percent of the
required number of parking spaces may be a compact size, measuring
eight (8) feet in width and sixteen (16) feet in depth. Such compact
parking spaces shall be located in groups of at least five (5) spaces
per group, shall not be located adjacent to a designated fire lane,
and shall be conspicuously identified by black painted curbs with
white lettering labeling each space as “compact.” Compact
parking spaces may only be proposed for sites requiring a minimum
of 50 parking spaces.
(10) All parking spaces abutting a wall or vertical structure that obstructs
vehicle overhang shall increase the length of those spaces by one
and one-half feet (1.5') to accommodate the overhang area lost.
(11) Major corridor parking requirements.
The following standards
apply to all roadways identified as major corridors.
(A)
Parking locations.
Parking is prohibited within
the required twenty-five-foot setback from the designated roadway.
(b) Parking area design.
All parking facilities shall be
designed and constructed as prescribed in the TCM:
PARKING LOT CRITERIA
|
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A
|
B
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C
|
D
|
E
|
F
|
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Angle of Parking
(Degrees)
|
Width of Stall
|
Depth of Stall 90° to Aisle
|
Width of Aisle
|
Width of Stall Parallel to Aisle
|
Module Width
|
---|
One Way
|
Two Way
|
One Way
|
Two Way
|
---|
Standard Parking Spaces
|
30
|
8.5
|
16.9
|
12.5
|
28
|
17.0
|
47
|
62
|
30
|
9.0
|
17.3
|
12.5
|
26
|
18.0
|
47
|
61
|
30
|
9.5
|
17.8
|
12.5
|
25
|
19.0
|
48
|
61
|
30
|
10.0
|
18.3
|
12.5
|
25
|
20.0
|
49
|
62
|
45
|
8.5
|
17.5
|
13.0
|
28
|
12.0
|
48
|
63
|
45
|
9.0
|
17.5
|
12.5
|
26
|
12.7
|
48
|
61
|
45
|
9.5
|
17.5
|
12.5
|
25
|
13.4
|
48
|
60
|
45
|
10.0
|
17.5
|
12.5
|
25
|
14.1
|
48
|
60
|
60
|
8.5
|
19.0
|
18.0
|
-
|
9.8
|
56
|
-
|
60
|
9.0
|
19.0
|
16.0
|
-
|
10.4
|
54
|
-
|
60
|
9.5
|
19.0
|
15.0
|
-
|
11.0
|
53
|
-
|
60
|
10.0
|
19.0
|
15.0
|
-
|
11.6
|
53
|
-
|
75
|
8.5
|
19.5
|
25.0
|
-
|
8.8
|
64
|
-
|
75
|
9.0
|
19.5
|
23.0
|
-
|
9.3
|
62
|
-
|
75
|
9.5
|
19.5
|
22.0
|
-
|
9.8
|
61
|
-
|
75
|
10.0
|
19.5
|
22.0
|
-
|
10.3
|
61
|
-
|
90
|
8.5
|
18.5
|
-
|
28
|
8.5
|
-
|
65
|
90
|
9.0
|
18.5
|
-
|
26
|
9.0
|
-
|
63
|
90
|
9.5
|
18.5
|
-
|
25
|
9.5
|
-
|
62
|
90
|
10.0
|
18.5
|
-
|
25
|
10.0
|
-
|
62
|
Compact Parking
|
30
|
7.5
|
14.0
|
12.5
|
18.0
|
15.0
|
41
|
46
|
45
|
7.5
|
15.9
|
13.0
|
18.0
|
10.6
|
45
|
50
|
60
|
7.5
|
16.7
|
18.0
|
-
|
8.7
|
52
|
-
|
75
|
7.5
|
16.4
|
18.0
|
-
|
7.8
|
51
|
-
|
90
|
8
|
16
|
-
|
18.0
|
8
|
-
|
48
|
Parallel Parking Spaces
|
0
|
8.5
|
8.5 (Width)
|
12.5
|
25
|
22.0 (Length)
|
30
|
42
|
(c) Queuing and vehicle stacking areas.
(1) Queue spaces or queuing areas may not interfere with required parking
spaces, parking aisles, loading areas, internal circulation or driveway
access.
(2) Each queue space shall consist of a rectangular area not less than
ten (10) feet wide and eighteen-and-a-half (18-1/2) feet long. Queue
spaces are not interchangeable with parking spaces unless specifically
provided for in this chapter.
(3) A minimum twelve-foot bypass shall be required adjacent to queue
lines to allow vehicles an opportunity to circumvent the drive-through
activity and exit the site.
(4) Although drive-through activities are not required to be completely
separated from other activities on site, the queuing areas should
be designed to enable the driver to readily identify and distinguish
queuing areas from other activities on site. It is strongly recommended
to locate queue line and service areas towards remote areas of a site
to avoid conflicts with parking and circulation areas. Queue areas
and drive-through activities shall be clearly identified with appropriate
signage and marking.
(5) Spaces within an automobile washing facility may be counted toward
the queuing requirement.
(d) Off-street stacking spaces shall be provided as indicated in the
following table.
Minimum Off-Street Stacking Spaces
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Activity Type
|
Minimum Spaces
|
Measured From
|
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Bank teller lane
|
3
|
Teller or window
|
Automated teller machine
|
3
|
Teller
|
Restaurant drive-through
|
10
|
Within a minimum 6 spaces from order box
|
Auto service facility stalls; vehicle repair and body shop stalls
|
1
|
Entrance to stall
|
Car wash tunnel
|
6
|
Entrance to wash tunnel
|
Car wash stall, self service
|
1
|
Entrance to wash bay
|
Gasoline pump island
|
1
|
Pump island
|
Other
|
Determined by the development services committee
|
(e) Striping and marking.
All striping for parking stalls
shall be a minimum of four (4) inches wide of white safety traffic
paint designated for such use. All other markings required to designate
crosswalks, directional arrows, fire lanes, ADA accessible spaces,
or service areas shall be in compliance with the state manual of uniform
traffic-control devices and/or the International Fire Code.
(f) ADA accessible parking and access.
All ADA accessible
parking spaces and access shall be in accordance with the state accessibility
standards.
(g) End islands (terminal islands).
Raised end islands shall be required at the end of each parking row. See the TCM for design requirements. See also section
14.07.006(b)(5).
(h) Traffic-control signs.
All traffic-control signs required
for the site shall meet the standards established in the state manual
on uniform traffic-control devices.
(i) Off-site parking.
All parking spaces required by this
chapter shall be located on the same property as the structure they
serve, except where an enlargement or change in use increases the
required number of spaces. In such cases, off-site parking may be
allowed and must conform to the following standards:
(1) The off-site parking area must be on adjacent property to the property
served or within one hundred (100) feet of the structure they serve
if not located on the property adjacent to the site.
(2) Access to off-site parking shall not interfere with the normal movement
of traffic along adjacent arterials or collectors, as specified in
the transportation master plan, nor as to endanger pedestrians moving
between the parking area and the structure served. Off-site parking
is not allowed in any area that would require a pedestrian to cross
an arterial or collector street.
(3) To discourage the use of thoroughfares by circulating vehicles, provisions
for circulation between adjacent parcels should be provided through
coordinated or joint parking systems.
(4) The off-site parking area shall remain in use as long as the parking
requirement exists or until such time that adequate on-site parking
is provided.
(5) In any case where required parking spaces are not located on the
same property with the activity or establishment, or where such spaces
are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement
thereby assuring their retention for such purposes shall be properly
drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form by
the city attorney, filed with Williamson and/or Travis County and
submitted with the application for site plan approval.
(6) Not more than fifty (50) percent of the off-street parking spaces
required for theaters, bowling alleys, night clubs, restaurants or
similar uses may be provided and used jointly by uses not normally
open, used or operated during the same hours; provided, however that
a written agreement thereto is properly drawn and executed by the
parties concerned, approved as to form by the city attorney, filed
with Williamson and/or Travis County and submitted with the application
for site plan approval.
(7) Not more than eighty (80) percent of the off-street parking spaces
required for a church, school auditorium or similar uses may be provided
and used jointly by uses not normally open, used or operated during
the same hours; provided, however that a written agreement thereto
is properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved
as to form by the City Attorney filed with Williamson and/or Travis
County and submitted with the application for site plan approval.
(j) Amount of parking required.
(1) Rules for computing the parking requirement.
(A) Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall
be construed to be the next largest whole number.
(B) If a use not specifically listed in the off-street parking table,
the development services committee shall have the authority to apply
the off-street parking standard specified for the list use that is
deemed most similar to the proposed use or require a parking study.
(C) A parking table shall be required for each development and shall
be a part of the site development submittal. It shall include the
number of employees, number of parking spaces provided, number of
spaces required with proper calculations, square footage of each structure
and the use of each structure
(2) Minimum parking requirements.
Residential
|
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Dwelling, single-family
|
2 off-street per dwelling unit, having a width of no less than
10 ft. and a depth no less than 20 ft.
|
Apartments
|
1 per unit for efficiency 1.5 for the first bedroom plus .5
parking space for each additional bedroom
|
Townhome
|
2 off-street per dwelling unit, having a width of no less than
10 ft. and a depth no less than 20 ft., guest parking shall be provided
at a ratio of 20 percent of the total number of units.
|
Amenity center
|
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area including outdoor
facilities (pool, seating areas, in addition sport courts area)
|
Community home
|
1 per 4 beds, plus 1 per each day staff member
|
Institutional and Special Uses
|
---|
Place of public assembly
|
1 per 4 seats of capacity in the main assembly area or 1 per
100 sf. gfa
|
College, university or vocational school
|
1 per faculty and staff, plus 1 per every 5 students
|
Civic club
|
1 per 4 seats of capacity in the main assembly area or 1 per
100 sf. gfa
|
Daycare center (public or private)
|
1 per 6 pupils, plus 1 per 2 staff members
|
Hospital services
|
2 for each bed, plus 1 for each 2 employees on the largest shift
at full design capacity.
|
Non-emergency transport service
|
2 for each ambulance vehicle
|
Assisted living, congregate or respite care
|
1 per 4 beds, plus 1 per each day staff member
|
School, elementary or middle
|
1 space per 300 sf. classroom and office
|
School, high
|
1 space per 200 sf. classroom and office
|
Hotel
|
1 per guest room, 1 for every 400 sf. of public meeting space
|
Food and Beverage Services
|
---|
Restaurant, dine-in, drive-in, drive through or take out
|
1 per 100 sf. of gfa
|
Mobile food establishment court
|
3 per mobile food establishment plus 1 per 100 sf. of seating
area
|
Office, Professional, or Financial Uses
|
---|
Bank or savings and loan office
|
1 per 300 sf. of gfa
|
Medical clinic or doctor's office
|
1 per 200 sf. of gfa
|
General office
|
1 per 300 sf. of gfa
|
Personal Service and Retail Uses
|
---|
Personal service
|
1 per 200 sf. of gfa
|
Retails stores
|
1 per 250 sf. of gfa
|
Recreation, Social, and Entertainment Uses
|
---|
Indoor commercial amusements
|
1 per 100 sf. of enclosed gfa
|
Bowling alley
|
4 per lane
|
Indoor arena or theater
|
1 per 4 seats plus 1 per employee
|
Night club
|
1 per 100 sf. of gfa up to 2,000 sf., then 1 per 50 sf. of gfa.
|
Indoor sport courts, tennis/racquetball, volleyball, basketball
or handball courts,
|
3 spaces per court +1 space per 4 persons at design capacity
|
Outdoor Uses
|
---|
Driving ranges
|
1 space per tee
|
Golf course
|
4 spaces per green, + 1 per 150 sf. of indoor facilities
|
Court (tennis, racquetball, etc.)
|
2 per court
|
Amusement park
|
1 per 3 persons at design capacity
|
Mini-golf
|
1.5 space per hole + 1 per 200 sf of gfa
|
Archery range/paintball course
|
1 per 200 sf of gfa, + 1 space per tee/target
|
Outdoor commercial amusement
|
1 per 200 sf of gfa + 1 space per 4 persons design capacity
of outdoor facilities; 9 spaces per sports field or court
|
Outdoor recreation (athletic fields/facilities)
|
1 per 4 seats of design capacity + 9 per field or court
|
Outdoor arenas, stadium or amphitheater
|
1 per 4 seats of design capacity
|
Motor Vehicle and Machinery Uses
|
---|
Carwash
|
1 per 200 sf. of gfa
|
Automobile sales
|
1 per 400 sf. enclosed space, 1 per 2,000 sf. outside display
area
|
Automobile repair major and minor
|
1 per 200 sf. of gfa
|
Machinery sales, repair - indoor
|
1 per 500 sf. of gfa
|
Machinery sales, repair - outdoor
|
1 per 2,000 sf. of gfa
|
Storage, Wholesale, and Manufacturing Uses
|
---|
Lumberyard, wholesale
|
1 per 2,000 sf. of site area
|
Outdoor storage/sales or display (primary use)
|
1 per 2,000 sf. of site area
|
Manufacturing and fabrication
|
1 per 1,000 sf. of gfa + 1 per each 2 employees on the larger
shift
|
Office/Showroom/Warehouse
|
1 per 400 sf. of gfa
|
Self-storage facility
|
1 per 50 storage units, + 5 spaces for customers, if renting
trucks/trailers include + 1 space for each vehicle/trailer
|
Warehouse and distribution
|
1 per 2,000 sf. of gfa
|
(Ordinance CO11-20-01-09-H1 adopted 1/9/20)
(a) Location.
(1) Loading and unloading areas shall be located so as not to restrict
or interfere with the normal movement of pedestrians and vehicles
along streets, sidewalks or in parking areas. Driveway placement should
be such that loading and unloading activities will in no way hinder
vehicle ingress or egress.
(2) Areas designated for the loading and unloading of people shall be
physically separate from areas designated for loading and unloading
of freight or goods not carried by people embarking/disembarking from
a vehicle. Such physical separation will preclude use of a loading/unloading
area by the other activity.
(b) Screening.
Loading zones shall be buffered from street view and from adjacent properties to the extent feasible as determined by the Development Services Committee. See section
14.07.006(b)(5)(A) and 11.03.154(B)(1)(g) for screening requirements.
(c) Off-street loading requirements.
(1) Any use that receives or distributes materials or merchandise by
vehicle shall provide off-street loading spaces in accordance with
the following requirements:
(A)
Industrial districts.
Use one (1) loading space
for each ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area.
(B)
Office and commercial districts.
Use one (1) loading
space for each five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area for
the first fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of floor area.
(2) The following rules shall apply when computing the number of off-street
loading spaces:
(A) Floor area shall mean the gross floor area of the use.
(B) Fractional spaces shall be rounded to the next highest whole space.
(C) Whenever a building or use, existing on the effective date of this
article, is enlarged by more than fifty (50) percent in floor area
or area use, the entire building or use shall then and thereafter
comply with the off-street loading requirements.
(3) The required off-street loading spaces shall be located on the same
lot as the building or use reserved.
(4) Each off-street loading space shall consist of a rectangular area
not less than twelve (12) feet wide and forty-five (45) feet long.
All off-street loading spaces shall be paved.
(d) Public/private school and child-care facilities.
Child-care
centers and other child-care facilities shall be required to provide
on-site loading/unloading area, separate from the parking area and
as close to the main entrance as possible. The loading/unloading area
shall have one-way movement.
(e) Solid waste disposal.
See section
14.07.009 and section 11.03.154(B)(1)(g) for screening requirements.
(Ordinance CO11-20-01-09-H1 adopted 1/9/20)
Development shall comply with section
12.12.018 of the Subdivision Chapter, as amended.
(Ordinance CO36-18-08-09-E2 adopted 8/9/18)
(a) A minimum of one (1) bicycle rack shall be required for each development/building
providing parking for at least three (3) bicycles. An additional rack
is required if the project exceeds fifteen thousand (15,000) square
feet for every additional fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of
building area or fraction thereof. Each bicycle rack shall be anchored
so that they cannot be easily removed.
(b) Bike racks shall be shown on the site plan.
(Ordinance CO41-07-12-3H adopted 7/12/07)
In the event a site undergoes a voluntary improvement, change
of use, partial replacement, expansion, or abandonment, the Development
Services Committee may require any or all sections of this Chapter
to apply, dependent upon the circumstances of the site.
(Ordinance CO41-07-12-3H adopted 7/12/07)