- A parking space is an area for the parking of a
motor vehicle plus those additional areas to provide
access to and from said space.
- At the time of initial occupancy of construction
of major alteration or enlargement of a site, off-street
for autos shall be provided.
Residential District Uses:
- Single-family dwelling ( 2 spaces for each unit).
- 2,3, & multi-family dwellings (1 1/2 spaces
for each unit).
- Housing for the elderly ( 1 space for each unit).
Change of use may require more spaces.
- Private clubs, fraternity & sorority houses,
lodges, lodging & rooming houses ( 1 space for
each 2 beds).
- Hotels ( 1 space for each 2 beds).
- Motels ( 2 spaces for each guest room plus 1 space
for each 2 employees).
Administrative & Office District Uses:
- Banks ( 1 space for each 300 sq. ft. or floor area).
- Business & professional offices ( 1 space for
each 400 sq. ft. or floor area).
Central & Downtown Commercial District
Uses:
- Retail & personal service - as designated by
General Plan ( 1 space for each 800 sq. ft. or floor
area).
- Other uses within the district - as listed by uses
below.
Neighborhood & Community Commercial
District Uses:
- Shopping center - as designed by general plan,
developed as a single unit involving 3 or more retail
uses in CC District ( 3 spaces for each 1,000 sq.
ft. of gross leasable area).
- Uses not within an integrated shopping center -
as listed by the following uses.
Commercial & Industrial District Uses:
- Banks (1 space for each 300 sq. ft. of floor area).
- Business & professional offices ( 1 space for
each 400 sq. ft. of floor area).
- Retail food stores ( 1 space for each 150 sq. ft.
of floor area).
- Retail other than food & personal service establishments
( 1 space for each 600 sq. ft. of floor area.
- Retail stores handling bulky merchandise ( 1 space
for each 600 sq. ft. of floor area.
- Service commercial, repair shops & wholesale
establishments ( 1 space for each 600 sq. ft. of floor
area or 1 space for each 2 employees, which ever is
greater).
- Outdoor commercial & industrial ( 1 space for
each 2 employees of the maximum shift).
- Manufacturing plants & other industrial uses
( 1 space for each 2 employees of the maximum shift).
Health Uses:
- Medical & Dental offices or clinics ( 2 spaces
for each practitioner plus 1 space for each 400 sq.
ft. of floor area).
- Rest, nursing, convalescent home & homes for
aged ( 1 space for each 2 employees of day - time
shift plus 1 space for each 4 beds).
- Charitable & religious institutions providing
sleeping accommodations ( 1 space for each 4 beds)
- Hospitals ( 1 space for each 4 beds & 1 space
for each 2 employees of the maximum shift plus 1 space
for each staff doctor).
Places of Assembly:
- Cafe, restaurant or other on-sale food & beverage
establishments ( 1 space for each 4 seats)
- Drive-in restaurants ( 1 space for each 2 seats
plus additional required by the Planning Commission.
- Auditoriums ( except school), churches, mortuaries,
sports arenas and stadiums, dance halls, private clubs
& lodges ( 1 space for each 60 sq. ft. of floor
area of non-fixed seats or 1 space for each 5 seats).
- Theaters ( 1 space for each 5 seats).
- Bowling alleys ( 4 spaces for each alley plus 1
space for each 4 seats or restaurant/cocktail lounge.
- Other places without fixed seats ( 1 space for
each 60 sq. ft. of assembly floor area).
Educational Uses:
- Public & parochial elementary & junior
high schools ( 1 space for each employee plus space
for bus loading & unloading.
- High schools ( 1 space for each employee plus 1
space for each 10 students plus spaces for loading
& unloading.
- Colleges ( 1 space for each employee plus 1 space
for each 5 students).
- Nursery schools ( 1 space for each employee).
- Business, professional & trade schools &
colleges; art, craft, music, & dancing schools
( 1 space for each employee plus 1 space for each
adult students).
Public Uses:
- City, county, special district, state & federal
administration offices ( 1 space for each 2 employees).
- Public buildings & grounds other than administrative
offices & educational uses ( 1 space for each
2 employees of the maximum working shift plus any
additional requirements of the Planning Commission.
Utility Uses:
- Electric substations, gas regulator stations, public
utility pumping stations, reservoirs, water or gas
storage tank farms, sewage treatment plants &
other public utility building uses ( 1 space for each
3 employees of the maximum shift plus 1 space for
each vehicle). Unmanned facilities-no spaces needed.
Transportation, Terminals & Facilities:
- Airports, heliports, bus depots, railroad stations
& yards, truck terminals ( 1 space for each 2
employees of the maximum shift plus additional spaces
required by the Planning Commission.
- Miscellaneous Uses:
- Any use not listed above - as required by the Planning
Commission.
Standard for Off-Street Parking Facilities:
- All parking areas shall have adequate ingress &
egress with sufficient on-site room for turning and
maneuvering. Planning Commission may require bumper
rails or other kind of barriers.
- Entrances & exits to parking lots and facilities
at locations approved by the Planning Commission.
- Parking space dimensions are 20' x 9'.
- If illuminated, deflect away from abutting properties.
- No commercial repair work or servicing on-site.
- Parking lot shall be paved adequately & drained.
Off-Street Loading Facilities:
- Any building with 10,000 sq. ft. or more and occupied
by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display,
retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital,
mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning, or similar uses with
receiving or distribution by vehicles, shall be provided
and maintained ( 1 off-street loading space for each
20,000 sq. ft.).
Standards for Off-Street Loading Facilities:
- Length, width, & overhead clearance sufficient
to accommodate maximum size of vehicles used in loading
and unloading
- Sufficient on-site room for turning & maneuvering.
- Entrances and exits locations approved by the Planning
Commission.
- The loading area, access and aisles, paying and
grading to design standards and specifications of
the City Engineer.
- Protective bumper rails or other barriers as determined
by the City Engineer.
- If illuminated, not to cause annoying glare to
abutting sites.
- A loading area may not locate in required front
yard but my be located in side or rear yard.
- No commercial repair work or servicing in an off-street
loading area.
Location of Parking & Loading Facilities:
- Located on the same site or on a adjoining site
except within the Central Commercial District.
- Off-Street parking spaces may be located within
300' of the used measured by the shortest route of
pedestrian access.
Screening, Fencing & Landscaping:
- If parking in a "C" District adjoins
UR, RE, R, RM, or PO District, a solid wall or fence,
or other screening device required, except in front
yard and area within a diagonal line connecting 30'
along the street side of a corner lot.
- In PO, C or ML District, minimum 5% of the parking
area shall be landscaped.
Exceptions:
- Above stipulations shall not apply to any commercial
or industrial uses located within any vehicle parking
district.
- These provisions shall not apply to any use located
in the area bounded by 10th & 12th Streets and
first easterly and westerly alleys from "G"
Street.
Units of Measurement:
- Floor area means the area used or intended to be
used for services to the public, not areas used for
storage, offices of such.
- When computing parking required, one parking space
shall be provided for a fraction of one-half or more.
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