14-18-107 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED

A. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the number of off-street parking spaces for various uses will be as follows: 1. Automobile Service and Repair Center. Three (3) exterior parking spaces for each stall, service bay or work station. Such spaces shall be for customer parking only and are not intended for storage or parking of vehicles under repair. Adequate parking for vehicles under repair or impound must be provided in addition to the required customer parking spaces. 2. Banks, Business Offices or Professional Offices Providing Customer Services or Sales (Excluding Medical and Dental Offices). One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area. 3. Bowling Alleys. Four (4) spaces for each alley plus parking space for all accessory uses (i.e., coffee shop, restaurant, bar) as herein defined. 4. Car Wash. Three (3) spaces in approach lane to each hand wash bay, or 6 stacking spaces for each automated wash facility. 5. Churches. One (1) parking space for every four (4) seats for fixed, individual seating; one parking space for each six (6) feet of linear pew; or one (1) parking space for every twenty (20) square feet of floor area where temporary seating can be located. 6. Dwellings, Multiple Family. a. Parking for multiple family developments shall be based on the following standards: Bedrooms Required Spaces Visitor Spaces 1 2 3 or more 1.5/Unit 2.0/Unit 2.5/ Unit .25/unit .25/unit .25/unit At least one (1) of the required parking spaces above shall be a designated, covered parking stall for each dwelling unit. Visitor parking spaces shall be distributed throughout the project for convenient access from all units. b. Downtown Mixed-Use Zone parking for multiple family developments shall be based on the following standards: Bedrooms Studio Apartment 1 2 3 or more Required Spaces 1.0 / Unit 1.0 / Unit 1.75 / Unit 2.0 / Unit 7. Dwellings, Single Family. Four (4) parking spaces for each single family dwelling unit. At least two (2) spaces shall be in a garage. 8. Funeral Homes, Mortuaries. One (1) parking space for each forty (40) square feet of floor area located in the assembly chapel and viewing room(s). 9. Furniture and Appliance Stores, Hardware Stores or Other Similar Uses Which Require Large Display Areas But Generate Light Traffic Demands. One (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area. 10. General Business/Retail Not Specifically Described. One (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area. 11. Handicapped/Disabled Persons Parking. Parking spaces shall be provided in conformance with the following: Handicap Stall Calculation Table Number of Spaces in Lot Minimum # of Spaces for Disabled 1 to 25 26 to 50 51 to 75 76 to 100 101 to 150 151 to 200 201 to 300 301 to 400 401 to 500 501 to 1,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Two percent (2%) of total plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000 spaces In addition, one (1) in every eight (8) spaces for the disabled, but not less than one (1) shall be made accessible for vans. See Section 14-18-108 for special space requirements. All parking spaces for the disabled shall be designated as reserved by a sign showing the symbol of accessibility for the disabled. Spaces designated for accessibility for vans shall have an additional sign reading "Van Accessible" mounted below the symbol sign. 12. Hospitals. One (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of floor area. 13. Hotels, Motels and Motor Hotels. One (1) parking space for each living or sleeping unit, plus one (1) parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of assembly, banquet or restaurant area, and one (1) space for each employee on the highest employment shift. 14. Libraries. One (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area. 15. Manufacturing/Industrial Uses, Research and Testing Laboratories, Bottling Plants. One (1) parking space for every one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area, or one (1) space for each person employed on the highest employment shift, whichever is greater. 16. Medical/Dental Clinics. One (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area or five (5) spaces for each practitioner, whichever is greater. 17. Nursing, Convalescent and Other Similar Type Facilities. One (1) parking space for every three (3) persons the home is licensed or designed to care for, plus .25 stalls guest parking per bed or unit. 18. Offices not Providing Customer Services or Sales on the Premises. One (1) parking space for every three hundred (300) square feet of floor area. 19. Professional Offices for Attorneys, C.P.A.s, Architects, Engineers, etc. One (1) parking space for every three hundred (300) square feet of floor area. 20. Retirement Facility/Assisted Living Center (where occupants do not drive). Offstreet parking shall be provided at the rate of .50 parking stalls per living unit or per occupant at maximum occupancy, whichever is greater. 21. Retirement Facility/Independent Living Center (where some occupants may still drive). Off-street parking shall be provided at the rate of one (1) parking stall per living unit, plus .25 stalls guest parking per unit. Common use facility areas will not be used in calculating parking requirements. At least half of the off-street parking stalls must be covered. 22. Restaurants. One (1) parking space for each two and one half (2.5) seats. 23. Restaurants, Fast Food. One (1) parking space for each two (2) seats or one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area when the number of seats is unknown. 24. Schools. One (1) parking space for each administrator and faculty member, plus one (1) space for each four (4) seats in an auditorium or assembly area. 25. Shopping Centers. One (1) parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of net floor area or as determined by the approving authority. 26. Sports Arenas, Auditoriums, Theaters or Other Similar Places of Public Assembly. One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats of maximum of seating capacity. 27. Taverns, Private Clubs, Lodges, Fraternal Organizations and All Other Similar Dining and/or Drinking Establishments. As determined by Conditional Use Permit procedure by the Planning Commission, but not less than one (1) parking space for each two (2) seats or one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area when the number of seats is unknown. 28. Wholesale Establishments and Warehouses. One (1) parking space for every one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area or one (1) space for each person employed on the highest employment shift, whichever is greater. 29. All Other Uses Not Listed Above. As determined by the approving authority based on the recommendation of the City Planner, City Engineer, and/or nearest comparable use standards. B. In calculating the requirements of this Section, any fractional parking spaces shall be rounded up to the next whole number. C. Parking Spaces for the Disabled. All spaces for the disabled shall be located as near as possible to the main public or primary entrance of a single building. In parking lots that do not serve a single building, parking for the disabled shall be located on the shortest accessible route of travel to an entrance designed for the disabled. In building with multiple entrances for the disabled, such parking spaces shall be dispersed and located closest to those entrances. Said parking stalls shall be designated as reserved by a sign showing the symbol designating them for disabled persons. Such signs shall be located so they cannot be obscured by a vehicle parking in the space.