For the safe use of public streets and roads, all parking and
loading of automobiles, trucks and other motorized vehicles shall
be off of the public right-of-way, public street and public roads
unless a city permit has been authorized for on street parking.
(Ordinance 2018-03-02, sec. 9.1.8.1,
adopted 3/20/18)
(a) No
more than two (2) rows of parking with a combined maximum of sixty
(60) feet in width shall be allowed for nonresidential uses between
the principal building or use and the front yard. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the main street zoning district all parking shall
be to the side and rear of the principal building.
(b) Parking
shall be primarily to the side and rear of the principal use and shall
not be within the front yard or the side yard.
(c) Cross
access easements shall be required of retail developments to adjoining
retail or commercial zoned areas to ensure cross access to future
median breaks of public highways and streets and to reduce the number
of needed curb cuts for driveways.
(d) Shared
parking agreements shall be required at final platting where proposed
shared parking is approved as a way to reduce parking space requirements
otherwise required by this division or other city ordinance.
(e) Access/ingress/egress.
(1) Driveways from a public street to the required parking space shall
be constructed of reinforced concrete[.]
(2) Driveways serving all uses should be spaced a minimum of one hundred
(100) feet from the intersection of a public street or as required
by the Texas Department of Transportation on state maintained roads.
(3) All ingress and egress driveways shall have a minimum turning radius
of thirty (30) feet unless more is required for truck delivery.
(4) Driveways shall maintain the required sight distance triangle at
all perimeter entrances and exists.
(5) Nonresidential development main entrances shall be located at the
public street or road median breaks providing a left turn access to
and from the site.
(6) Cross access easements from adjoining commercial property shall be
required.
(7) Main entrance drives should connect to a “straightaway”
aisle that does not dead end or require an immediate turn to approach
the principal use.
(8) Parking aisles intersecting with entrance drives shall be spaced
at a minimum of twenty (20) feet from the property line to provide
for smooth turning movements.
(9) The standard required parking space shall be not less than one hundred
sixty-two (162) square feet - measuring approximately, in feet, nine
(9) feet by eighteen (18) feet.
(10) A compact car space shall be no less than one hundred twenty-eight
square feet (128') measuring approximately, eight (8) feet by sixteen
(16) feet.
(11) Bus or recreational vehicle parking shall not be less than six hundred
(600) square feet measuring approximately ten (10) feet by fifty (50)
feet.
(12) The surface of the area of a residential off-street parking area
shall be constructed of four (4) inches of reinforced concrete or
one and one-half (1-1/2) inches of hot mix asphalt, cobble stones
or bricks, on a stabilized base four (4) inches thick, or by special
permission of the city engineer or director of public works, other
suitable surfaces that complement the architectural style of the property
shall be allowed.
(13) Commercial parking areas and lots shall be constructed of six (6)
inches of reinforced concrete.
(f) Street/driveway intersection visibility/site triangles.
(1) All site plans shall show the required site triangle on both sides
of each proposed drive/street to the proposed principle use or proposed
development with the grades, curb, elevations, proposed street/drive
locations and all items (both natural and manmade) within the site
triangle. The plan for the site triangle shall show no visibility
restrictions either horizontal or vertical within the site triangle
area.
(2) No fence, wall, screen, sign face, tree or shrub, foliage, berm or
other item either manmade or natural shall be maintained, erected
or planted in the site triangle area; provided however, on non-residentially
zoned lots, a mounting of a single pole for a sign not exceeding twelve
(12) inches in diameter shall be allowed, provided every portion of
the sign other than the pole has a minimum height clearance of nine
(9) feet.
(3) Vision clearance, at all intersections, shall be clear at elevations
between twenty-four (24) inches and nine (9) feet above the top of
the curb elevation within a triangle area formed by extending the
two (2) curb lines from their point of intersection for the minimum
distances listed below for the applicable intersection, and connecting
these points with an imaginary line, thereby making [a] triangle.
If no curbs are proposed or exist, the triangle area shall be formed
by extending the property lines from their point of intersection for
a distance, as noted below and connecting these points with an imaginary
line, thereby making a triangle as shown below.
(A) Two (2) public streets - the minimum required distance along each
curb, from the curbs’ point of intersection shall be thirty
(30) feet, and the minimum required distance along each property line,
from the point of intersection of the property lines, within a curb,
shall be twenty (20) feet.
(B) Public street intersection with a private driveway - the minimum
required distance, along the curb, from the curb point of intersection
with the driveway shall be fifteen (15) feet, and the minimum required
distance along the property line from the property line intersection,
on streets without a curb, shall be ten (10) feet.
(C) Public street intersections with an alley - minimum required distance,
along the curb, from the curb intersection shall be twenty-five (25)
feet, and the minimum required distance along the property line, from
the property line intersection, on streets without a curb, shall be
15 feet.
(D) The required standards for both vertical and horizontal sight distance
requirements set forth in the latest edition of AASHTO green book
“policy on geometric design of highways and streets” for
the construction of both public street intersections and private drive
intersections shall be met unless otherwise approve[d] by the city
engineer. If in the opinion of the city engineer, a proposed street
or drive intersection may not meet these standards, additional engineering
information exhibiting how the standards have been addressed may be
required for submission and approval by the city engineer.
(g) Parking
lots shall be adequately lit and shall include pedestrian amenities
such as sidewalks and pedestrian ways perpendicular to the main building.
Trash receptacles shall be provided. Grocery cart parking shall be
placed in controlled areas throughout the parking lots when carts
are provided.
(h) Minimum
one (1) pedestrian walkway (minimum five (5) foot wide (beyond the
bumper overhang) through the parking lot to the building shall be
provided.
(i) Parking
lots shall be screened from view along sidewalks and roadways through
the combined use of free forming berms, low masonry walls and plantings.
(j) Trees
shall be placed in islands, medians, and perimeter areas adjacent
to the parking lots (excluding street trees).
(k) No
landscaped area within the parking lot shall be less than one hundred
(100) square feet.
(l) Landscape
islands, medians, perimeter curbs and sidewalks shall contain an eighteen
(18) inch wide concrete or decorative paver curb along the inside
of the feature that abuts parking stalls to allow patrons to avoid
treading over landscaping.
(Ordinance 2018-03-02, sec. 9.1.8.2,
adopted 3/20/18)
(a) In
all zoning districts, off-street parking, also known as on-site parking,
shall be provided for each of the uses identified herein-below at
the ratios specified herein at the time any building or structure
is (1) erected; or (2) structurally altered, or at such other time
when the use of an existing building is changed, except as otherwise
specified by this chapter. The ratios specified herein shall be considered
the minimum number of on-site vehicle parking spaces required by the
city and these minimum ratios are not intended to be reflective of
current market or industry trends.
(b) Parking
requirements:
(1) Alcohol: brewpub (on- and/or off-premises consumption) - one (1)
parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of retail or
event area for businesses including on-premises consumption, plus
one (1) parking space per employee on the largest shift.
(2) Alcohol: manufacturing and distribution (on- and/or off-premises
consumption) - one (1) parking space for every two hundred (200) square
feet of retail or event area for businesses including on-premises
consumption, plus one (1) parking space per employee on the largest
shift. Businesses within this use without on-premises consumption,
one (1) parking space per employee and one (1) space for each five
hundred (500) square feet of showroom space.
(3) Alcohol: mixed beverage package store/retailer (on- and/or off-premises
consumption) - one (1) parking space for every two hundred (200) square
feet of building floor area.
(4) Alcohol: mixed beverage sales (on-premises consumption) - one (1)
parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of building
floor area.
(5) Alcohol: wine and malt beverage package store/retailer (on- and/or
off-premises consumption) - one (1) parking space for every two hundred
(200) square feet of building floor area.
(6) Alcohol: wine and malt beverage sales (on-premises consumption) -
one (1) parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of building
floor area.
(7) Auditorium or similar gathering assembly - one (1) parking space
for every four (4) seats.
(8) Bank or financial institution - one (1) parking space for every three
hundred (300) square feet of floor area.
(9) Cemetery or mausoleum - cemetery parking requirement at a rate of
2.5 percent of the cemetery site dedicated to off street parking.
For a cemetery gathering building, room or public structure the parking
requirement shall be a minimum of one (1) parking space for each 300
(three hundred) square feet of building or structure space. The interior
roadways (non-public streets and roadways) of the cemetery may act
to meet the cemetery parking requirement except for the building parking
space requirement which shall be at a rate of 300 per square feet.
(10) Church - one (1) parking space for every three hundred (300) square
feet of floor area, except that for assembly areas one (1) space shall
be provided for every four (4) seats in an assembly area.
(11) Civic center - one (1) parking space for every three hundred (300)
square feet of floor area, except that for assembly areas one (1)
space shall be provided for every four (4) seats in an assembly area.
(12) Educational facility - one (1) parking space per each employee plus
one (1) parking space for every four (4) classrooms for elementary
levels, plus one (1) parking space for every four (4) students for
secondary and higher levels of education.
(13) General office - one (1) parking space for every three hundred (300)
square feet of floor space.
(14) Group home - four (4) parking spaces.
(15) Home based bed and breakfast business - one (1) parking space for
each sleeping room.
(16) Hospital or medical/health care facility - one (1) parking [space]
for every two (2) patient beds plus one (1) parking space for every
one and one-half (1-1/2) employees.
(17) Hotels and motels: one (1) parking space for each sleeping room plus
one (1) parking space for every three hundred (300) square feet of
meeting or commercial assembly floor area.
(18) Library - one (1) parking space for every four hundred (400) square
feet of floor area.
(19) Manufacturer home park development - two (2) parking spaces per single
residential unit and one (1) community parking space within a community
parking area for every two (2) residential units.
(20) Manufacturing and assembly - one and one half (1-1/2) parking spaces
for every one (1) employee for businesses with two (2) or more work
shifts, one (1) parking space per employee for businesses with one
(1) work shift.
(21) Medical office or clinic - one (1) parking space for every two hundred
(200) square feet of floor area.
(22) Multifamily dwellings.
(A) Two (2) parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
(B) A minimum thirty (30) percent of required off-street
parking spaces shall be enclosed in a garage. As part of the site
plan approval process, enclosed parking space requirement for multifamily
dwelling uses may be reduced from thirty (30) percent of the units
having an enclosed parking space to no less than twenty (20) percent
of the units having an enclosed parking space, if the proposed project
satisfies the following:
(i) Provide trees at a ratio of one tree per twenty
(20) feet in the street and adjacency buffers; and
(ii) Provide usable public open space (minimum 3,000
contiguous square feet, not encumbered by floodplain, and with pedestrian/recreation
amenities such as benches, water fountains, playground, etc.).
(C) No garage doors shall face a public street.
(D) No covered parking spaces and/or detached garages
may be placed between a multifamily building and a public street.
(E) Detached garages shall be a minimum of twenty (20)
feet from any residential building.
(F) Stacking spaces (tandem spaces between the garage
door and fire lane) shall not be counted towards required parking
spaces.
(G) A minimum twenty (20) percent of required off-street
parking spaces shall be covered using a canopy structure(s).
(H) Covered parking shall be designed to have decorative
posts and masonry accents, so they are architecturally compatible
with the home architecture.
(I) Areas dedicated for parking of boats, trailers,
and RVs shall be separated from vehicle parking and shall be located
in a designated area which is screened from the street and adjacent
residential property. Boats, trailers, and RVs may not be parked in
required parking spaces, and areas dedicated for these vehicles may
not be counted toward required off-street parking.
(23) Personal services including spas, beauty and barber shops, one (1)
parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.
(24) Recreational, amusement, health club, country clubs, and similar
membership uses - public or private:
(A) One (1) parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of
building floor area.
(B) Two (2) parking spaces for every outside or inside game court.
(C) One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats of outdoor assembly
bleachers or indoor seating.
(D) Seventy (70) spaces for every playing field used for league play.
(E) Two (2) parking spaces for every golf course green or driving range
tee.
(F) Five (5) parking spaces for every bowling alley.
(25) Retail sales uses, including general merchandise and/or grocery store
- one (1) parking space for every two hundred and fifty (250) square
feet of building floor area.
(26) Restaurants - one (1) parking space for every three (3) seats with
a minimum of eight (8) parking spaces provided and one and one-half
(1-1/2) parking spaces per employee.
(27) Service providers to the general public other than listed in this
division - one (1) parking space for every three hundred (300) square
feet of building floor area.
(28) Single dwelling unit including a manufactured home - two (2) covered
parking spaces for each dwelling unit located behind the front yard
building line and not within the side yard.
(29) Warehousing/distribution center - one (1) parking space per each
employee on one (1) shift and one and one half (1-1/2) parking spaces
per employee for two (2) or more work shifts.
(A) Mini-warehouses, self-storage - one (1) parking space per employee
and one (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet
of office and showroom space.
(B) Retail showroom/warehouse - one (1) parking space per employee and
one (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of showroom
space.
(30) Unclassified use - for uses not included above, one (1) parking space
for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.
(c) Rules
for computing number of parking spaces. In computing the number of
parking spaces required for each of the above uses the following rules
shall govern:
(1) The term “floor area” means the gross floor area of the
specific use.
(2) Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall
be constructed to be the next higher whole number.
(3) Whenever a building or use is changed or enlarged in floor area,
number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity, or
otherwise, to create a need for an increase in the number of existing
parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of the
enlargement or change. Whenever any building is enlarged to the extent
of 50 percent or more in floor area or in the area used, said building
or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking requirements
set forth herein.
(4) In the case of mixed uses, the parking spaces required shall equal
the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately.
(5) In the case of potential conflicts between parking requirements in
computation of requirements, the requirement resulting in the most
required spaces shall apply.
(Ordinance 2018-03-02, sec. 9.1.8.3,
adopted 3/20/18; Ordinance
2022-07-02 adopted 7/19/22)
(a)
Exterior loading space(s) shall be located to the rear or side
of the principal use and not within the front yard or side yard. A
minimum ten (10) foot screening wall of masonry or dense landscaping
shall be required to screen views of loading docks and loading spaces
from any public right-of-way or adjoining residential zone or residential
use. If masonry is utilized said masonry shall match the masonry used
on the principal building.
(b)
Driveways from the public street to the loading space shall
be constructed of reinforced concrete.
(c)
Drive-through service bays shall not be located adjacent to
a residential zone or residential property.
(d)
Exterior loading space(s) for commercial and multifamily dwelling
uses shall be a minimum dimension of twelve (12) feet by thirty-five
(35) feet.
(e)
Exterior loading space(s) for industrial uses and alcohol: manufacturing
and distribution without on-premises consumption uses shall be a minimum
dimension of twelve (12) feet by sixty (60) feet.
(f)
Any loading spaces not associated with a loading dock or structure
shall be set back a minimum distance of fifty (50) feet from any adjacent
residential use or zoning district, and there shall be no minimum
setback if the subject property abuts a nonresidential use or property
line.
(g)
Any loading dock or structure and its associated loading spaces
shall be:
(1)
Set back a minimum distance of 200 feet from any adjacent residential
use or zoning district;
(2)
Set back a minimum distance of 75 feet from any public street
or front property line; and
(3)
Oriented away from the street frontage.
(h)
In instances where a property has more than one street frontage,
the bay doors shall be oriented away from the street frontage with
the greatest width. If the streets are the same width, then the bay
doors shall be oriented away from the front property line.
(i)
Loading docks which customarily receives goods between the hours
of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and are adjacent to a residential use or
districts shall be designed and constructed to enclose the loading
operation on three sides to reduce noise, with the open end directed
away from residential property.
(Ordinance 2018-03-02, sec. 9.1.8.4,
adopted 3/20/18; Ordinance 2024-03-04 adopted 3/5/2024)
(a) For
alcohol- related uses — one (1) loading space.
(1) A minimum of one striped off-street loading space, not conflicting
with fire lanes, drive aisles, or off-street parking, shall be required
for alcohol-related uses as follows:
(2) Distance from property lines shall be as follows:
(A) Any loading dock or structure and its associated loading spaces shall
be:
(i)
Set back a minimum distance of 200 feet from any adjacent residential
use or zoning district;
(ii)
Set back a minimum distance of 75 feet from any public street
or front property line; and
(iii)
Oriented away from the street frontage.
(B) Any loading spaces not associated with a loading dock or structure
shall be set back a minimum distance of 50 feet from any adjacent
residential use or zoning district, and there shall be no minimum
setback if the subject property abuts a nonresidential use or lot
line.
(C) In instances where a property has more than one street frontage,
the bay doors shall be oriented away from the street frontage with
the greatest width. If the streets are the same width, then the bay
doors shall be oriented away from the property’s front lot line.
(3) Loading docks which customarily receives goods between the hours
of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and are adjacent to a residential use or
districts shall be designed and constructed to enclose the loading
operation on three sides to reduce noise, with the open end directed
away from residential property.
(b) Amusement,
health club and similiar uses - one (1) loading space plus one (1)
additional loading space for each twenty-five thousand (25,000) squart
feet of building space over twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet.
(c) Auditorium
or similar gathering assembly - one (1) loading space plus one (1)
additional loading space for each twenty-five thousand (25,000) square
feet of floor space over twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet.
(d) Bank
or similar financial institution - one (1) loading space plus one
(1) additional loading space for each twenty-five thousand (25,000)
square feet of floor space above twenty-five thousand (25,000) square
feet.
(e) Cemetery
or mausoleum - one (1) loading space.
(f) Civic
center - one (1) loading space plus one (1) additional loading space
for each twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of floor space
above twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet.
(g) Church
- one (1) loading space.
(h) Educational
- one supply loading space plus one additional loading space for each
twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet over twenty-five thousand
(25,000) square feet. For bus loading - one (1) loading space for
each bus scheduled at simultaneous loading and unloading times.
(i) General
office - one (1) loading space plus one additional loading space for
each ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor space above fifty
thousand (50,000) square feet.
(j) Hospital
or medical/health care facility - One (1) loading space plus one (1)
additional loading space for each ten thousand (10,000) square feet
of space above fifty thousand (50,000) square feet.
(k) Hotels
- one loading space plus one additional loading space for each ten
thousand (10,000) square feet of meeting space above twenty-five thousand
(25,000) square feet.
(l) Library
- one (1) loading space.
(m) Manufacturing
and assembly - one (1) loading space plus one (1) additional loading
space for each twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet over 25,000
square feet.
(n) Medical
office or clinic - one (1) loading space plus one additional loading
space for each ten thousand (10,000) square feet of space above fifty
thousand (50,000) square feet.
(o) Multifamily
dwellings, one (1) loading space plus one additional loading space
for every twenty-five (25) units over twenty-five (25) dwelling units.
(p) Retail
- one (1) loading space plus one additional loading space for each
twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of floor space over fifty-thousand
(50,000) square feet.
(q) Restaurants
- one (1) loading space.
(r) Single
detached dwelling - one (1) loading space, which is not located within
the rear yard or within the side or front yard, shall be required
for parking of any recreational vehicles other than a passenger automobile.
(s) Service
uses (business and personal) other than those categorized above -
one (1) loading space plus one (1) additional loading space for each
twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of floor space over fifty
thousand (50,000) square feet.
(t) Warehousing
- one (1) loading space plus one additional loading space for each
fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet over twenty-five thousand (25,000)
square feet.
(u) Unclassified
use - for uses not listed above, one (1) loading space plus one (1)
additional loading space for each fifteen (15,000) [sic] square feet
over twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet.
(Ordinance 2018-03-02, sec. 9.1.8.5,
adopted 3/20/18; Ordinance
2022-07-02 adopted 7/19/22; Ordinance 2024-03-04 adopted 3/5/2024)