To secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to lessen
congestion on public streets; to facilitate the adequate provision
of transportation; to conserve the value of buildings; and to encourage
the most appropriate use of land. Minimum off-street parking and loading
shall be provided as set forth in the following provisions.
A.
Required
off-street parking shall be provided on the same site as the use it
is to serve unless otherwise approved by the Director of Planning.
B.
All vehicle
parking shall be on a suitably paved parking surface, which shall
consist of concrete, asphalt, or a similar material. All driveways
and approaches to parking spaces shall be similarly paved.
C.
For residential
lots or tracts five acres and over, the following regulations apply.
1.
All vehicles
shall be on a suitably paved parking surface, which shall consist
of concrete or asphalt.
2.
Driveway
approaches shall be on concrete surface.
3.
For the
first fifty (50') feet of the driveway, immediately following the
driveway approach, a surface of concrete or asphalt at least 12 feet
wide is required.
4.
All of
the areas after the first fifty feet (50') of the driveway until the
beginning of the required off-street parking area shall be an approved,
hardened, all weather surface at least 12 feet wide.
D.
No required
parking space, garage, carport, or other automobile storage space
shall be used for the storage of any heavy load vehicle (see definitions
for heavy load vehicle).
(Ordinance 1494 adopted 2/22/11; Ordinance
1854 adopted 5/9/2023)
A.
To prevent
nuisance situations, all parking area lighting shall be designed and
operated so as not to reflect or shine on adjacent properties.
B.
All required
off-street parking, maneuvering, loading and storage areas shall be
paved with a hard surface such as asphalt, concrete, or other paving
material as approved by the Director of Planning (i.e., no parking
shall be permitted on grass, within landscaped areas, or on other
unimproved surfaces).
Parking spaces shall be permanently and clearly identified by
stripes, buttons, tiles, curbs, barriers, or other approved methods.
Nonpermanent type marking, such as paint, shall be regularly maintained
to ensure continuous clear identification of the space.
D.
Parking
shall not be permitted to encroach upon the public right-of-way in
any case. For new construction only, all vehicle maneuvering shall
take place on site.
No public right-of-way shall be used for backing or maneuvering
into or from a parking space, or for circulation within the parking
lot.
E.
Refuse storage
facilities placed in a parking lot shall not be located in a designated
parking or loading space. Each refuse facility shall be located so
as to facilitate pickup by refuse collection agencies.
F.
Handicap
parking space(s) shall be provided according to current building codes,
State laws, and requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA).
G.
In all nonresidential,
duplex and multifamily zoning categories, designated parking and loading
areas shall not be used for the repair, storage, dismantling or servicing
(except for normal maintenance of a private vehicle) of vehicles or
equipment, or for the storage of materials or supplies, or for any
other use in conflict with the designated parking and loading areas
(i.e., advertising or open storage of raw materials).
H.
To ensure
that all requirements set forth in this Section are carried forward,
it will be the responsibility of the owner of the parking area to
adequately maintain the facility. All off-street parking areas shall
be kept free of trash, debris, vehicle repair operation or display
and advertising uses. At no time after initial approval of the parking
area layout can changes be made in the location and number of provided
spaces without approval of the Director of Planning.
I.
Off-street
stacking requirements for drive-through facilities:
1.
A stacking
space shall be an area on a site measuring eight feet (8') by twenty
feet (20') with direct forward access to a service window or station
of a drive-through facility which does not constitute space for any
other circulation driveway, parking space, or maneuvering area. An
escape lane, of at least eight (8) feet in width and with negotiable
geometric design, must be provided to allow vehicles to get out of
stacking lane in the event of a stalled vehicle, emergency, accidental
entry, etc.
2.
For financial
institutions with drive-through facilities, each teller window or
station, human or mechanical, shall be provided with a minimum of
five (5) stacking spaces. One escape lane shall be provided.
3.
For each
service window of a drive-through restaurant, a minimum of six (6)
spaces shall be provided for the first vehicle stop (usually the menu/order
board), and two (2) spaces shall be provided for each additional vehicle
stop (order/pick-up windows, etc.). One escape lane shall be provided
from the beginning of the stacking lane to the first stop (e.g., menu/order
board).
4.
For retail
operations (other than restaurants, banks, etc.) and kiosks that provide
drive-up service (e.g., pharmacy, dry cleaners, etc.), a minimum of
three (3) stacking spaces for each service window shall be provided.
5.
For a
full-service carwash, each vacuum or gas pump lane shall be provided
with a minimum of four (4) stacking spaces. For the finish/drying
area, adequate vehicle stacking and storage space must be provided
to keep finished vehicles out of circulation aisles, access easements,
fire lanes, streets, etc.
6.
For each
automated self-service (drive-through/rollover) carwash bay, a minimum
of three (3) stacking spaces, in addition to the wash bay itself,
shall be provided. One stacking space shall be provided at the exit
end of each wash bay for window-drying and other detailing.
7.
For each
wand-type self-service (open) carwash bay, a minimum of two (2) stacking
spaces, in addition to the wash bay itself, shall be provided.
One stacking space shall be provided at the exit end of each
wash bay for window-drying and other detailing, unless a separate
area/shade structure is provided (outside of circulation aisles) for
these activities.
8.
For automobile
quick-lube type facilities, a minimum of three (3) stacking spaces
shall be provided for each service bay in addition to the service
bay(s) itself.
(Ordinance 1494 adopted 2/22/11)
A.
All retail,
commercial, industrial and service structures shall provide and maintain
off-street facilities for loading and unloading of merchandise and
goods within the building or on the lot. All drives and approaches
shall provide adequate space and clearances to allow for the maneuvering
of trucks on-site (i.e., no backing or maneuvering may occur on a
street or public alley). Each site shall provide a designated on-site
loading and maneuvering area for trucks. Such off-street loading space
may be adjacent to (but not any portion of) a public alley or private
service drive, or it may consist of a truck berth within the structure.
Such off-street loading space or truck berth shall consist of a minimum
area of ten feet by forty-five feet (10' x 45'), and such spaces or
berths shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule:
|
Total Square Feet of Gross Floor Area in Structure
|
Minimum Required Spaces or Berths
|
|---|---|
|
0 to 10,000 square feet
|
None
|
|
10,001 to 50,000 square feet
|
1
|
|
50,001 to 100,000 square feet
|
2
|
|
100,001 to 200,000 square feet
|
3
|
|
Each additional 100,000 square feet
|
1 additional
|
B.
Loading
docks for any establishment which customarily receives goods between
the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and is adjacent to a residential
use or district shall be designed and constructed so as to enclose
the loading operation on three sides, in order to reduce the effects
of the noise of the operation on adjacent residences.
C.
Kindergartens,
elementary schools, day schools, and similar child training and care
establishments shall provide one (1) paved off-street pedestrian loading
and unloading space for an automobile on a through, “circular’
drive for each thirty (30) students cared for (excluding child care
in a residence). An additional lane shall also be required to allow
passby or through traffic to move while automobiles waiting or parked
to pick up children occupy loading/unloading areas.
(Ordinance 1494 adopted 2/22/11)
A.
In the
approval of a detailed Site Plan, design consideration shall be given
to providing entrance/exit drives which extend into the site to provide
adequate queuing of vehicles on the site.
B.
In all
districts (except single-family and duplex zoning districts) building
plans shall provide for entrance/exit drive(s) appropriately designed
and located to minimize traffic congestion or conflict within the
site and with adjoining public streets as approved by the Director
of Planning.
(Ordinance 1494 adopted 2/22/11)
In computing the number of parking spaces required for each
of the above uses, the following rules shall govern:
A.
The parking
space requirements for a new or unlisted use not specifically mentioned
herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.
If the proposed use is not similar to any of the uses listed herein,
a determination shall be made by the Director of Planning, in accordance
with the requirements for the most closely related use specified in
this Section.
B.
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 of ten percent (10%) or more in the
number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on
the basis of the enlargement or change.
C.
Shared
parking may be allowed in the case of mixed uses (different buildings)
under the following conditions. Shared parking must be on the same
parking lot. Reduction due to shared parking shall be determined and
approved by the Director of Planning. To assure retention of the shared
parking spaces, each property owner shall properly draw and execute
a document expressing the same and shall file this agreement with
the City of Kilgore.
(Ordinance 1494 adopted 2/22/11)
All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same
lot with the building or uses served, except as follows:
A.
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, approval by the Planning Board and City
Council is required according to the following criteria:
1.
Off-site
parking may be permitted on an immediately contiguous lot or tract,
or on a lot or tract within one hundred fifty feet (150') of such
building or structure providing:
(Ordinance 1494 adopted 2/22/11)
The following off-street parking requirements are considered
minimum requirements and may not adequately reflect the specific needs
of a proposed business. The Downtown Core Zoning District and the
Downtown Entertainment District are exempt from these parking requirements.
A commercial building permit applicant shall analyze the parking
needs of the specific users being proposed and provide the amount
of parking required for such uses. When any building or structure
is erected, or an existing building is enlarged by fifty (50) percent
or more in floor area, off-street parking shall be provided in accordance
with the following requirements (Note: Any building enlargement is
required to add at least the amount of additional parking required
by the enlargement.)
|
LAND USE
|
SPACE REQUIREMENT
|
|---|---|
|
Single-Family, Two-Family
|
2 per dwelling unit
|
|
Townhouse/Rowhouse
|
2.5 per dwelling unit
|
|
Multifamily
|
1-1/2 for one bedroom plus 1/2 for each add. bdr.
|
|
Fraternity House, Sorority House, Dormitory, Rooming House,
Boardinghouse
|
1 per each two beds
|
|
Restaurant as a single use or comprising more than twenty percent
of a mixed retail center
|
1:100 sq. ft. of seating area
|
|
Hotel, Motel
|
1 per room plus 1:200 sq. ft. of Comm. Floor Area
|
|
Medical/Dental Clinic/Office, Personal Service Mixed-use Retail
Center less than 20,000 sq. ft.
|
1:200 sq. ft.
|
|
Mixed-Use Retail greater than 20,000 sq. ft.
|
1:225 sq. ft.
|
|
Studio, Bank, Retail
|
1:250 sq. ft.
|
|
Business/Professional Office
|
1:275 sq. ft.
|
|
Furniture, Appliance or Hardware Store Wholesale sales Establishment,
Machinery/Equipment Sales & Service, Clothing/Shoe Repair, Service
Shop, Comm. Center, Library, Museum, Art Gallery
|
1:300 sq. ft.
|
|
Manufacturing, Industrial, Research, Testing, Warehouse, Storage
Buildings and Yards, Lumberyard, Printing Shop, Plumbing Shop
|
1:275 square feet for office space plus employee parking. Maneuvering,
loading, employee parking and storage areas shall be paved with asphalt,
concrete or gravel
|
|
Church, Theater, Auditorium (except school), Sports Arena, Stadium,
Gymnasium, Funeral Home
|
1:4 seats
|
|
Hospital, Sanitarium, Convalescent Home
|
1:4 beds
|
|
Dance/Assembly/Exhibition Hall, Restaurant, Nightclub, Lodge
or Country Club
|
1:100 sq. ft.
|
|
Motor Vehicle Salesrooms and Used Car Lots
|
greater of 1:800 sq. ft. of sales floor or lot area
|
|
Vehicle Repair Garage
|
1:400 sq. ft.
|
|
Mini-Warehouse Self Storage
|
parking required only for office
|
|
Golf Courses
|
4:hole
|
|
Bowling Alleys
|
5:alley
|
|
Elementary Schools
|
greater of 1:4 seats in auditorium or 2:classroom
|
|
Secondary Schools, colleges
|
greater of 1:4 seats in auditorium or 10:classroom
|
(Ordinance 1494 adopted 2/22/11; Ordinance 1571 adopted 3/26/13)
1.
Street
systems and car parking
(a)
General
requirements.
All manufactured home parks shall be provided
with safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets
or roads to each manufactured home lot. Such access shall be provided
by streets, driveways and other means.
(b)
Park
entrance.
Entrances to manufactured home parks shall
be designed to minimize congestion and hazards and allow free movement
of traffic on adjacent streets. No parking shall be permitted on the
park entrance street for a distance of one hundred (100) feet from
its point of beginning, unless the park entrance is at least thirty-six
(36) feet wide.
(c)
Internal
streets.
Shall meet the following minimum requirements:
(1)
All streets, from back of curb to back of curb, twenty-five (25)
feet;
(2)
Dead-end streets shall be limited in length to one thousand (1,000)
feet and shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround having
an outside roadway diameter of at least sixty (60) feet.
(3)
All streets shall be constructed with asphalt or concrete and with
curb and gutter[.]
(4)
All construction plans shall be designed by a registered professional
engineer and shall be reviewed and approved by the City.
(d)
Car
parking.
All manufactured home lots shall be required
to provide a minimum of two off-street parking spaces constructed
of asphalt or concrete.
(e)
Illumination
of street systems.
All parks shall be furnished with
lighting units so spaced and equipped with luminaries placed at such
mounting heights as will provide illumination for the safe movement
of pedestrians and vehicles at night.
(Ordinance 1494 adopted 2/22/11; Ordinance 1783 adopted 11/10/20)
