Off-street Parking Requirements
Sec. 6.15. Off-street Parking Requirements.
6.15.1. Any structure erected or use developed after the date of passage of this ordinance must provide off-street parking in accordance with the following minimum requirements:
Dwellings Single-family, two family dwelling - two (2) parking spaces per dwelling unit.
Multi-family dwellings: one and one half (1.5) parking spaces per dwelling unit.
Multi-family dwellings, elderly and assisted living: one half (0.5) parking space per dwelling unit.
Transient Lodging Bed and Breakfast – One (1) parking space per guestroom or suite.
Hotels, motels and transient lodging: one (1) parking space per bedroom, one (1) parking space per 1,000 square feet of non-guest room area, plus one (1) parking space per five (5) employees Commercial Uses Retail and service business less than 20,000 square feet: two (2) parking spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of use floor area.
Retail and service business 20,000 square feet or more: three (3) parking spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of use floor area Industrial, corporate offices, research, development, and warehouse uses: two (2) parking spaces per three (3) employees based on largest shift. 6-13 Office uses, including medical and out-patient: three (3) parking spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of use floor area.
Public Assembly Restaurants, theaters, churches and other places of public assembly – One (1) space per four (4) seats or places available at maximum legal capacity.
Institutions Educational institutions: five (5) spaces per pre-school, primary or middle school classroom; one (1) space per 5 high school students; one (1) space per 3 college or adult education students.
Hospitals: three (3) parking spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of use floor area.
Nursing homes: one (1) parking space per three (3) beds.
Mixed use:
Combined total of all uses Other All other uses, one parking space per 250 square feet of floor area 6.15.2. Plans and specifications for the required parking and its access drives other than single-family or two-family dwellings shall be submitted at the time of application for the zoning certificate for the main use.
6.15.2.1. In allocating space for off-street parking, each car space shall have a minimum width of nine (9) feet and a minimum length of eighteen (18) feet and except for attended commercial parking lots, shall be served by suitable aisles listed in the table below to permit access to all car spaces. Aisle widths: 90 degree angle............................................... 24 ft. 60 degree angle............................................... 16 ft. 45 degree angle............................................... 12 ft. 0 degree (parallel parking) .............................. 12 ft.
6.15.2.2. All parking areas provided under this section must be constructed on the same lot as the principal use.
6.15.2.3. The area shall have a hard surface and shall be provided with bumper guards where needed.
6.15.2.4. Where a non-residential parking area adjoins or lies within a residential district, or abuts a property on which a residential use is located, an opaque fence not less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height or a compact evergreen screen not less than four (4) feet in height shall be erected and maintained between such area and the adjoining residential property 6.15.2.5. Lighting fixtures used to illuminate the parking area shall reflect away from adjoining property and away from adjacent traffic arteries 6-14 6.15.2.6. Required off-street parking areas for three (3) or more automobiles shall have individual spaces marked, and shall be so designed, maintained, and regulated, so that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on any public street, walk, or alley, and so that any automobile may be parked and unparked without moving another.