§ XII. Minimum parking off-street requirements.

(A)

Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to establish the guidelines for off-street parking space consistent with the proposed land use to:

(1)

Eliminate occurrence on nonresident on-street parking in adjoining neighborhood;

(2)

Avoid the traffic congestion and public safety hazards caused by a failure to provide such parking space; and

(3)

Expedite the movement of traffic on public thoroughfares in a safe manner and thus increasing the carrying capacity of the streets, reducing the amount of land required for streets and the cost to both the property owner and the city.

(B)

Off-street parking spaces required. In all districts, for all uses, there shall be provided at the time any building or structure is erected or enlarged or increased in capacity, or at any time any other use is established, off-street parking spaces for motor vehicles in accordance with the requirements specified herein.

(C)

Dimensions and access. Each off-street parking space for automobiles shall have an area of not less than nine feet by 20 feet. Each off-street parking space for truck unloading shall have an adequate unloading area. Each parking space and the maneuvering area thereto shall be located entirely upon private property. There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces, and there shall be adequate maneuvering space to eliminate backing into public right-of-way on major streets.

(D)

Off-premises locations. For any new use, building or structure where the required off-street parking cannot be provided on the premises because of the size of the location of the lot, or building plot, such parking may be provided on other property under the same ownership not more than 200 feet distant from the building site and provided the proposed parking area is located in a district where parking lots are permitted.

(E)

Development and maintenance of parking area. Every parcel of land hereafter used as public parking area, including commercial parking lots, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements.

(F)

Surfacing. Except as provided, all off-street areas shall be all-weather surfaced, shall be installed, graded to drain, and maintained so as to dispose of surface water accumulated within the area. "All-weather surface" shall consist of paving with not less than five inches of reinforced Portland concrete or four inches of hot-mix asphaltic concrete with six inches of line treated sub-base or crushed concrete unless otherwise approved by the city manager or designee. Parking spaces shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe parking of vehicles as referred to in subsections (B) and (C) of this section. Surfaces shall be subject to approval by the chief building official.

(G)

Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be arranged so as to direct or shield the light away from the adjoining premises in any residential district.

(H)

Review by city engineer. Plans for off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles, and the provision for ingress and egress to all off-street parking areas, shall be reviewed by the city engineer prior to the issuance of a building permit, and the city engineer shall indicate his approval by notation on the drawing: "Parking Area and/or access approved" with signature and the date.

(I)

Number of off-street parking spaces required. The number of off-street parking spaces required shall be determined from the following table of off-street parking requirements. The classification of uses referred to shall be deemed to include and apply to all uses.

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MINIMUM OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS

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Type of Generator	Unit	Spaces per Unit	Plus/For
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Apartment	DU	2
Apartment hotel	DU	1.5
Airport			As determined by the commission
Automobile/automobile component	300 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee
Bakery	300 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Banks	1,000 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Barber/beauty shop	Station	1	1 per employee/shift
Boat sales/repair	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee
Bookstore	1,000 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Bus depot			As determined by the commission
Carpenter/cabinet shop	1,000 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Carpet cleaning			1 per employee/shift plus 1
Church	Seat	1/8	1 per employee/shift
Cleaning/pressing shop	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Clinic, other than veterinary	Treatment room	1	1 per employee/shift
Computer sales/repair	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Convalescent home	15 bed	1	1 per employee/shift
Drugstore/pharmacy	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Equipment rental	1,000 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Filling station	300 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Florist shop	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Freight station			As determined by the commission
Funeral parlor/mortuaries	Seat	¼	1 per employee/shift
Furniture store	1,000 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Garden center/nursery	1,000 sq. ft. Building/display area	1	1 per employee/shift
Grocery store	300 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Heating, A/C, plumbing/electrical supply and service	1,000 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Home for aged	4 beds	1.5	1 per employee/largest shift
Hospital	4 beds	3	1 per employee/largest shift 1 per staff doctor
Hotel	Guest room	1	1 per employee/largest shift
Ice manufacturer		1	1 per employee/shift plus 1
Ice retail distributing (only)	1,000 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Kindergarten	As required by state
Lumberyard (building materials)	1,000 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Motel	Unit	1	1 per employee/shift
New/used car lot	4,000 sq. ft. building/display area	1	1 per employee/shift
Office building	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift 1 loading space per 10,000 sq. ft.
Private club	Seat	1/8	1 per employee/shift
Radio/TV/small appliance repair and sales	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Radio/TV studio			1 per employee/shift plus 2
Real estate office	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Restaurant/cafeteria	Seat	1/3	1 per employee/shift
Retail store	300 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Row house	DU	2
Service station	300 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Sexually Oriented business	300 sq. ft.	1	1 per each additional 20 sq. ft.
Sheet metal shop			1 per employee/shift plus 2
Shoe repair	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Shopping center	300 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/largest shift 1 loading space per 10,000 sq. ft.
Single-family residence	DU	2
Skating rink	800 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift 1 per 300 sq. ft. of additional usage.
Stone monument works (retail)			1 per employee/shift plus 1
Studio (art, music, photo)	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Taxidermist			1 per employee/shift plus 1
Theater	Seat	½	1 per employee/shift
Townhouse	DU	2
Veterinary clinic or boarding kennel (small animals)	600 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Video tape sales/rental	300 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Washateria	100 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift
Wholesale commodities warehouse	1,000 sq. ft.	1	1 per employee/shift

 

Note: DU—Dwelling unit; sq. ft.—Square feet of floor space. Generators of traffic not listed above to conform to nearest classification listed.

(Ord. No. 79-22, § 1(21), 8-9-79; Ord. No. 92-17, § 2(o), 11-5-92; Ord. No. 2003-24, § 2, 8-28-03; Ord. No. 2010-27, § 2(4), 12-9-10)

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