APPENDIX C – ZONING REGULATIONSAPPENDIX C – ZONING REGULATIONS\ARTICLE XIX. ADDITIONAL PARKING REGULATIONS

19-1.01 These additional parking regulations, as well as the parking regulations of each zoning district, are intended to ensure that all uses of land have a parking space component requiring adequate off-street parking for such use. Such parking spaces shall be located entirely on private property with no portion except the necessary drives extending into any street or other public way. Parking shall be provided in quantities stated in the various zoning district regulations, except that certain occupancies that may have unusual parking needs are listed below. The issuance of building permits shall require compliance with the following standards and the parking requirements of these zoning regulations are a minim um even though a conceptual plan may have been approved previously which included fewer parking spaces due to the unknown or changing status of occupants.

19-2.01 Except as otherwise provided in these regulations, when any building or structure is hereafter erected or structurally altered to the extent of increasing the floor area by 50 percent or more, or any building or structure hereafter erected is converted for the uses listed below, accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided as required in this section.

1.     Churches, temples, theaters, athletic fields and other seating facilities: One parking space per three seats.

2.     Libraries: One parking space per two employees, plus one parking space per 200 square feet of service floor area.

3.     Hotels and motels: One parking space per two employees, plus one parking space per guest room.

4.     Hospitals, sanitariums or homes for convalescent or aged: One parking space per three beds, plus one parking space per staff and visiting doctor.

5.     Restaurants and cafeterias: One parking space per 2 1h seats; provided, however, that drive-in restaurants shall have a minim um of at least ten parking spaces.

6.     Armories and assembly halls: One parking space per three seats.

7.     Mortuaries and funeral homes: One parking space per two employees, plus one parking space per three seats.

8.     Taverns or clubs serving alcoholic or cereal malt beverages: One parking space per employee, plus one parking space per each two seats of building capacity.

9.     Golf courses, miniature golf courses, driving ranges: determined by Planning Commission.

10.   Dormitories, fraternities and sororities: two parking spaces for each three occupants.

11.   Automobile, truck, trailer and manufactured home sales and rental lots: One parking space for each 3,000 square feet of open sales lot area devoted to the sale, display and rental of vehicles plus one parking space for each service bay and employee.

12.   Bowling alleys: Four parking spaces for each lane.

13.   Cartage, express, parcel delivery and freight terminal establishments: One parking space for each two employees plus one parking space for each vehicle maintained on the premises.

14.   Car wash: two holding spaces for each car washing stall plus one drying space for each car washing stall.

15.   Medical and dental clinics or offices: One parking space for each 100 square feet of floor plan.

16.   Service stations: One parking space for each employee plus two spaces for each service bay.

17.   Elementary and junior high schools: One space for each faculty and staff person plus for places of assembly.

18.   Secondary schools: One parking space for every four persons based on the maximum design capacity for pupils, faculty and staff plus for places of assembly.

19.   Laundromats: One space for each two washing machines.

20.   Child care centers and preschools: One parking space for each employee.

21.   Nursing and convalescent homes and retirement centers: One parking space per each five beds based on the designed maximum capacity of the building plus one parking space for each employee.

22.   Swimming pools and clubs: One parking space for each 38 square feet of water area.

19-2.02 Any use not included in the parking requirements of this section shall be determined by the Planning Commission.

19-3.01 Each parking space stall shall be a minimum of nine feet by 18 feet plus the necessary space for maneuvering into and out of the space. All lots under 25 spaces shall have one van accessible parking space meeting the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act. All lots over 25 spaces shall have two van accessible parking spaces meeting the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

19-3.02 All parking spaces shall be constructed, at a minimum, with an all-weather, gravel-surfaced area.

19-3.03 The Planning Commission, in its discretion, may require the landowner to provide fencing or landscaping to be used and maintained as screening for the protection of neighboring uses.

19-3.04 All off-street parking areas and access drives which serve such uses shall be planned and engineered to assure proper drainage of surface water.

19-3.05 The Planning Commission may require plans to be prepared and approved to assure proper design and construction of any off-street parking spaces and access drives if conditions of the site are such that compliance with these requirements may be difficult or may pose a potential problem with adjacent properties.

19-3.06 Any lights used to illuminate the parking area shall be arranged, located or screened to direct light away from any adjoining or abutting residential district and shall be focused toward the ground.

19-3.07 When a determination of the number of off-street parking spaces results in a requirement of a fractional space, the fraction of 112 or less may be disregarded and a fraction in excess of 1/2 shall be counted as one parking space.

19-3.08 Off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so furnished is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use and a conditional use permit is obtained under Section 15-1 et seq.

19-3.09 All parking spaces required to serve structures or uses shall be located on the same zoning lot as the structure or use served unless a conditional use permit is obtained under Section 15-1 et seq.