It is the intent of these requirements that adequate automobile
parking and truck loading facilities be provided off the street easement
for each building constructed within the city. Requirements are intended
to be based on the demand created by each building use.
(Ordinance 61 adopted 9/13/83; 1982 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(A))
The off-street parking lot shall be located within two hundred
feet (200'), exclusive of street and alley widths, of the principal
building, and shall have direct access to a street or alley.
(Ordinance 61 adopted 9/13/83; 1982 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(B))
Whenever two (2) or more businesses are located together in
a common building, shopping center, or other integrated building complex,
the parking requirements may be complied with by providing a permanent
common parking facility, cooperatively established and operated, which
contains the requisite number of spaces for each business. The total
number of spaces provided shall not be less than the sum of the individual
requirements.
(Ordinance 61 adopted 9/13/83; 1982 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(C))
The size of a parking space for one (1) vehicle shall consist
of a rectangular area having dimensions of not less than eight feet
(8') by twenty feet (20') plus adequate area for ingress and egress.
(Ordinance 61 adopted 9/13/83; 1982 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(D))
Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided
in accordance with the following schedule:
(1)
Dwelling, single-family or duplex.
Two (2) parking spaces
for each separate dwelling unit within the structure.
(2)
Dwelling, multiple-family.
Two (2) parking spaces shall
be provided upon the lot for each one (1) bedroom dwelling unit and
two and one-half (2-1/2) parking spaces for each two (2) bedroom unit,
and three (3) parking spaces for each three (3) or more bedroom unit.
All parking spaces shall be so arranged as to permit vehicles to be
parked and removed without moving one car to facilitate the movement
of the other.
(3)
Boarding or rooming house or hotel.
One (1) parking
space for each two (2) guests provided overnight accommodations.
(4)
Hospital.
One (1) space for each four (4) patient beds,
exclusive of bassinets, plus one (1) space for each staff or visiting
doctor, plus one (1) space for each three (3) employees including
nurses, plus adequate area for the parking of emergency vehicles.
(5)
Medical or dental clinic or office.
Six (6) spaces per
doctor, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees.
(6)
Sanatorium or convalescent or nursing home.
One (1)
space for each six (6) patient beds, plus one (1) space for each staff
or visiting doctor, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees
including nurses.
(7)
Community center, theater, auditorium, or church sanctuary.
One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats, based on maximum
seating capacity.
(8)
Convention hall, lodge, club, library, museum, or place of amusement
or recreation.
One (1) parking space for each fifty (50)
square feet of floor area used for assembly or recreation in the building.
(9)
Office building.
One (1) parking space for each three
hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area in the building, exclusive
of the area used for storage, utilities, and building service.
(10)
Commercial establishments not otherwise classified.
One (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet
of floor space used for retail trade in the building and including
all areas used by the public.
(11)
Industrial establishments.
Adequate area to park all
employees’ and customers’ vehicles at all times and adequate
space for loading, unloading, and storing all vehicles used incidental
to or as a part of the primary operation of the establishment.
(Ordinance 61 adopted 9/13/83; 1982 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(E))
All parking spaces shall be paved with a sealed surface pavement
in accordance with city specifications and maintained in a manner
so that no dust, mud, or ponding water will result from continued
use.
(Ordinance 61 adopted 9/13/83; 1982 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(F))
