(a) 
No building shall be erected, enlarged by an increase of floor area, or converted to a different use classification in any district, unless the minimum number of off-street parking spaces specified in the following schedule are provided. Adequate aisles and driveways shall also be provided to permit proper maneuvering within the parking area and for safe and orderly entry and exit. Parking area design is included as an integral part of the site plan development.
Use
Number of Spaces
Retail business and consumer service establishments
1 space for each 200 (250 in B-3) square feet of floor area
Business offices, banks, and other financial institutions
1 space for each 250 square feet of floor area
Churches, health facilities, or other places of assembly
1 space for each 4 seats of rated capacity, or if there are no seats, 1 space for each 4 people normally expected on the premises at the time of maximum use
Restaurants
1 space for each 2 seats of indoor and outdoor customer capacity, but not less than 1 space for each 100 square feet of dining floor area (indoor and outdoor), plus 1 space per 2 employees
Offices of professionals, semiprofessionals and administrative
1 space for each 300 square feet of floor area; 1 space/separate enterprise.
(b) 
Parking space requirements for uses not covered above shall be determined by the city inspector, with the advice of the zoning and planning commission.
(c) 
Handicap parking requirements are a minimum of one space for under 50 parking spaces, then one per 50 parking spaces, up to 100 and then one space per 100 spaces up to 500. Over 500 it is one percent of total parking spaces. Dimensional requirements are 12-foot width and 18-foot depth per handicap space.
(d) 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parking spaces pertaining to a lot within a B-3 zoning district shall meet the following requirements:
(1) 
The number of parking spaces will be computed based on one parking space per 250 square feet of retail space and one parking space per 3-1/2 theater seats.
(2) 
Other uses shall be computed according to this section.
(3) 
This number may be reduced upon presentation of evidence that the provided parking is adequate due to shared parking between facility users.
(Ordinance 361 adopted 3/28/18)
The following minimum dimensional standards shall be followed in designing parking areas:
If Angle of Parking
(In Degrees)
Width of Parking Space
Depth of Parking Space
Width of Maneuvering Aisle
61 to 90
8'6" (8' compact)
18' (16' compact)
24'
46 to 60
8'6" (8' compact)
18' (16' compact)
18'
45
8'6" (8' compact)
18' (16' compact)
13'
Parallel
8'
22' (16' compact)
12'
(Ordinance 361 adopted 3/28/18)
The intent of shared parking is to hold in reserve any reduction in parking requirement rather than allowing the construction of more leasable space. Shared parking would reduce impervious cover and increase permeable (green) space. Therefore, when shared parking is utilized, the reduction in number of parking spaces will be offset by an increase in landscape permeable area.
(Ordinance 361 adopted 3/28/18)
The location, width and layout of interior drives shall be appropriate for the proposed interior circulation. The location and layout of accessory off-street parking and loading spaces shall provide for efficient circulation and the safety of pedestrians and vehicles. Separate rows or aisles in parking areas shall be divided by a five-foot wide region of trees, shrubbery and other landscaping devices. The location of parking areas shall not detract from the design of proposed buildings and structures or from the appearance of the existing neighboring buildings, structures and landscape. Provision shall be made for access by police, fire and emergency vehicles. All parking facilities or structures shall be on one level unless otherwise authorized by the city council.
(Ordinance 361 adopted 3/28/18)
Every building constructed and used for a business involving the receiving or distribution of materials or merchandise shall be provided with adequate off-street space for loading and unloading vehicles.
(Ordinance 361 adopted 3/28/18)
Required parking and loading areas shall not be encroached upon, reduced in any manner, or devoted to any other use. A maximum of 25 percent of the parking spaces shall be allocated to compact cars.
(Ordinance 361 adopted 3/28/18)
All off-street driveway, parking and loading areas shall be well drained and maintained with a durable and dustless all-weather surface approved by the city inspector and shall be kept in a state of good repair. Material that are allowed are concrete, a asphalt, masonry pavers and/or other as approved by the city administrator. Gravel and loose rocks are not allowed.
(Ordinance 318 adopted 11/11/15)
No off-street driveway, parking or loading area may be drained onto or across a public right-of-way or walkway, or onto any adjacent property except into a natural watercourse or drainage easement. Drainage facilities for each parking area shall be designed and constructed to contain stormwater runoff on the premises.
(Ordinance 361 adopted 3/28/18)
(a) 
It is the policy of the city to encourage adjoining lot owners to share a common driveway. A variance to the side setback stipulations is required by both adjoining lot owners; however, variance fees may be waived by the city administrator or the board of adjustment.
(b) 
Off-street parking and loading shall be located no closer to the street right-of-way lines and to lot boundary lines than the applicable minimum distances prescribed in the following schedules:
(1) 
The minimum setback distance for driveways, parking areas, and loading areas from street right-of-way lines in nonresidential districts (O, B-1, B-2, B-3, GUI, MUB-4) shall be 30 feet.
(2) 
The minimum setback distance for driveways, parking areas, and loading areas from the boundary lines of the following lots (in feet) is as follows:
Boundary Lines of Lots Used For:
Driveway, parking or loading areas used in connection with the following uses:
One- or two-family dwelling use or vacant in R-1, R-2 or R-3 district
Uses permitted in B-1, B-2, O, GUI, MUB-4 district, or vacant in any such district
Commercial, office, governmental, utility or institutional uses (B-1, B-2, B-3, O, GUI, MUB-4 districts)
30
10
(3) 
The term “driveways” includes those areas used for required vehicle turnaround or other maneuvering. Where commercial driveways adjoin R-1, R-2 and R-3 districts, the ten-foot setback shall be landscaped as provided elsewhere in this article.
(4) 
All driveways are limited to undeveloped slopes below 25 percent gradient. They shall not exceed a maximum of 15 percent grade after construction. No part of a driveway shall rise more than 6' above natural ground grade directly below.
(Ordinance 2021-007, att. B, adopted 7/28/21)
(a) 
All entrance and exit driveways to public streets shall be located with due consideration for traffic flow and so as to afford maximum safety to traffic on the public streets. Wherever practicable, the city requires a single driveway on the property line between adjacent lots. All such entrances and exits shall be so located, designed, and restricted in number as to:
(1) 
Achieve maximum feasible distance from street intersections and from exiting and proposed access connections from adjacent properties;
(2) 
Minimize left-hand turns and other turning movements;
(3) 
Discourage the routing of vehicular traffic to and from nonresidential uses through local residential streets; and
(4) 
Minimize conflicts with vehicular traffic using Bee Cave Road.
(b) 
In designing and locating entrance and exit driveways the following regulations shall be observed:
(1) 
Entrance and exit driveways to Bee Cave Road or the Capital of Texas Highway shall be no less than 30 feet in width (one entrance and exit lane at 15 feet each) nor in excess of 45 feet (one entrance and two exit lanes at 12 feet each and a maximum nine-foot wide landscaped median or island) in width for lots used for nonresidential purposes. Shared driveways are permitted for nonresidential development, i.e., one common driveway serving two contiguous lots to Bee Cave Road or the Capital of Texas Highway and located at/about the common property corner, not exceeding 45 feet in width, including any proposed median up to nine feet wide. For all driveways other than to Bee Cave Road or the Capital of Texas Highway, entrance and exit driveways shall not exceed 24 feet in width for nonresidential lots. For Bee Cave Road or the Capital of Texas Highway access, all driveway pavement edge or curb returns shall be a minimum 25 feet and maximum 30 feet (for emergency vehicles). All access driveways to nonresidential lots shall be at 90 degrees, or within a limit of plus or minus ten degrees of 90 degrees, to the intersecting public street. Landscaped islands or medians beyond the property line are prohibited in the right-of-way without prior written approval of the state department of transportation.
(2) 
Access to Bee Cave Road or the Capital of Texas Highway will be limited to one point for each lot having frontage, irrespective of frontage width (see minimum lot frontage requirements in chapter 36 of this code). Access to all other public streets shall be by no more than two points of access for each 400 feet of lot frontage, or fraction thereof. Lots less than 100 feet in width shall have no more than one point of access to any one public street.
(3) 
The minimum separation between driveways along Bee Cave Road or the Capital of Texas Highway is 100 feet. To the greatest extent possible, proposed access to Bee Cave Road or the Capital of Texas Highway should align with existing driveways or public streets on the opposite side of the road. If this is not possible, then there shall be a minimum 120-foot offset, as measured from driveway edge to edge between such driveways. For all other roads or streets, the minimum distance between any two driveway entrances, whether on the same or different lots, shall be 35 feet, measured along the curbline, except for driveways on a cul-de-sac.
(4) 
Driveway entrances shall be set back at least 35 feet from the point of tangency of the curb at any intersecting street.
(5) 
Adequate culverts shall be provided under driveway entrances to prevent obstruction of drainage ways.
(6) 
All driveways shall be designed so as to provide safe vehicular entrance and exit without the necessity of backing out into a public street.
(7) 
Every driveway entrance and exit shall be at roadway grade level where the driveway intersects the city’s right-of-way. For access driveways to Bee Cave Road or the Capital of Texas Highway, the first 30 feet from the intersecting pavement edge or curb shall be sloped no greater than four percent.
(8) 
All direct ingress and egress for traffic from a lot constructed within a B-3 zoning district shall be onto RM 2244 (Bee Cave Road), Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway) or roads that are not within the city. All such ingress and egress shall be designed so as to minimize increases in traffic flow on other streets within the city. Mutual access agreements on parking lots, driveways and adjoining properties shall be encouraged. The specific number, width and location of ingress and egress points shall be established by a professional traffic engineer, subject to city council approval.
(c) 
Access roadways for fire apparatus shall be designed and adhere to the following regulations:
(1) 
Means of access for fire department apparatus shall consist of fire lanes, private or public streets, commercial driveways, alleys, parking lot lanes, or a combination thereof.
(2) 
Means of access for fire department apparatus shall be constructed of a hard, all-weather surface, concrete or asphalt, adequately designed to support the heaviest piece of fire apparatus likely to be operated on the roadway.
(3) 
Every cul-de-sac more than 150 feet in length shall be provided at the closed end with a turn-around, having a curb radius of not less than 50 feet.
(4) 
Turns or bends in streets shall maintain the minimum surface width for the designated category of street.
(5) 
Turns in publicly owned arterial or collector streets shall be constructed with a minimum turn radius of 100 feet to the centerline. Turns in other public or privately owned minor streets shall be constructed with a minimum radius of 25 feet at the inside curbline and a radius of 50 feet at the outside curbline.
(6) 
Street surfaces shall not be less than 18 feet wide, provided no parking is allowed; not less than 26 feet wide if parallel parking is allowed on one side; and not less than 30 feet wide if parallel parking is allowed on both sides.
(7) 
Fire lanes in commercial or governmental development shall not be less than 20 feet wide, with 18 feet surface minimum.
(8) 
Commercial and governmental driveways and alleys shall not be less than 15 feet in surface width. Residential driveways shall not be less than 12 feet in surface width, except in areas of 25 percent grade where ten feet surface width may be used.
(9) 
Finished grades of all driveways shall not be greater than 35 percent. City council approval is required to exceed finished grades of five percent for commercial and 20 percent for residential driveways.
(10) 
Fire lanes, driveways and alleys connecting to public or private streets shall be provided with flare curb cuts extending at least two feet beyond each edge of street surface.
(11) 
At least 13 feet six inches of nominal height clearance must be provided over the full width of public streets, private streets, fire lanes, commercial and governmental driveways.
(12) 
Bridges, when used for access, shall be the same surface width as for fire lanes, public or private streets, driveways, alleys or parking lot lanes, and shall be maintained in accordance with the applicable sections of the building code, using design loading sufficient to carry the imposed loads of the fire apparatus.
(13) 
Barriers defined as chains, gates, etc., may be provided at the entrance to residential driveways, provided they are installed according to the requirements of the city and fire district.
(14) 
The method of security for residential development is to be as agreed upon by the contractor and the city and shall be commensurate with the item or area needing security.
(Ordinance 361 adopted 3/28/18)
(a) 
Screening.
All off-street loading areas and off-street parking areas containing three or more parking spaces shall be screened from public streets or from adjacent properties. Screening shall conform to the provisions of section 22.03.008(b), (e) and (g).
(b) 
Trees.
All off-street parking areas that provide parking for ten or more vehicles shall have trees planted and maintained within the parking area in a ratio of at least one tree of four-inch diameter or greater for each ten parking spaces or fraction thereof in soil plots allowing no less than 40 square feet of unpaved soil area per tree.
(c) 
Landscaping.
Separate rows or aisles in parking areas shall be divided by trees, shrubbery, and other landscaping devices, as provided for in section 22.03.244.
(d) 
Buffer along Bee Cave Road and Capital of Texas Highway.
Along Bee Cave Road and Capital of Texas Highway the first 25 feet of highway right-of-way must be preserved as a landscaped buffer. In addition, 25 percent of the lot must remain in its natural state with one-half of that area located between the buildings and Bee Cave Road and Capital of Texas Highway.
(e) 
Buffer zone.
Except for the clearing necessary to provide utilities and access (driveway), no clearing of vegetation shall be permitted within 25 feet of the right-of-way of any public street or private access easement.
(f) 
Barriers.
To preserve the required mandatory areas of natural vegetation landscape from inadvertent damage during construction, a physical barrier shall be erected around the perimeter of these inviolate areas. The barriers will be in place and approved by the city inspector before any site clearance can commence. The barrier may consist of a temporary chainlink fence, wooden stake (snow) fence, plastic safety fence or other devices as approved by the city inspector. Minimum height for all types of barriers is four feet. Barriers shall remain in place until the final building and landscape site inspections are satisfactorily completed for the issuance of the certificate of occupancy. Only after this time can the barriers be removed.
(Ordinance 361 adopted 3/28/18)