[CC 2001 §405.300; Ord. No. 856 §12.10(1), 6-11-1987]
For every use, activity or structure permitted by this code
and for all buildings or structures erected in accordance therewith,
there shall be provided sufficient space for access and off-street
standing, parking, circulation, unloading and loading of motor vehicles
that may be expected to transport its occupants, whether as patrons,
residents, customers, employees, guests or otherwise, to an establishment,
activity or place of residence at any time under normal conditions
for any purpose.
When a use is expanded, accessory off-street parking and loading
shall be provided in accordance with the regulations herein for the
area or capacity of such expansion in combination with the previously
existing uses, structures or activity.
[CC 2001 §405.310; Ord. No. 856 §12.10(2), 6-11-1987]
A.
Every
building permit application for a new, enlarged or remodeled building,
structure or use shall include therewith a parking site and landscape
plan. In addition, such parking site and landscape plan requirements
shall also apply to new, enlarged or remodeled parking facilities
serving existing buildings, structures or uses. Application for approval
of such a plan shall include for review and approval by the Planning
and Zoning Commission any and all existing parking facilities currently
serving said buildings, structures and uses for conformity with these
regulations as well.
B.
Parking Plan Requirements. In addition to the requirements of Article VIII, Site Plan Approval, the plan shall also specifically include the following:
1.
Delineation of individual parking and loading spaces by adequate
striping.
2.
Circulation area necessary to serve spaces.
3.
Access to streets and property to be served.
4.
Driveway and traffic aisle width, location of all curbs and curbing
materials.
5.
Dimensions, continuity, and substance of required screening.
6.
Grading, drainage, surfacing, and subgrading details.
7.
Delineation of obstacles to parking and circulation in finished parking
area.
8.
Specification as to signs and bumper guards.
9.
Landscaping and screening details (see Section for landscaping requirements
for parking lots).
10.
Lighting — other pertinent details.
11.
Critical dimensions indicating setback and parking lot design layout.
[CC 2001 §405.320; Ord. No. 856 §12.10(3), 6-11-1987]
A.
Surface Material.
1.
Areas used for standing, parking and maneuvering of vehicles shall
have concrete or asphalt concrete surfaces, maintained adequately
for all-weather use, and so drained as to avoid flow of water across
sidewalks.
2.
Exception. Vehicle storage lots for the overnight
storage or long-term warehousing of vehicles under one (1) ownership
with the approval of the Board of Aldermen.
B.
Access To Parking Areas. All off-street parking spaces that
make it necessary to back out directly into a public road are prohibited.
Also, no driveway or parking areas of a commercial or multiple-family
use that will lie adjacent to a one- or two-family use or zoning district
shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to the common property
line or as otherwise provided in this code.
C.
Access Near Street Corners. No entrance or exit for any
off-street parking area with over four (4) parking spaces, nor any
loading berth, shall be located within seventy-five (75) feet of the
intersection of any two (2) street right-of-way lines.
D.
Drainage. All off-street parking areas shall be drained
so as to prevent drainage to abutting properties and shall be constructed
of concrete or asphaltic materials approved by the City Engineer.
E.
Lighting. Any lighting fixtures used to illuminate any off-street
parking area shall be so arranged to reflect the light away from any
adjoining residential lot, institutional premises, or adjacent streets.
F.
Setback.
1.
Unless otherwise provided, all required parking spaces may be located in a required front yard, side yard or rear yard provided that a ten (10) foot setback be maintained from any property line under separate ownership. However, in no instance shall a parking lot be located in a required transition strip (see Section 405.330, Landscaping and Screening Regulations).
2.
Exception. Where the proposed parking area will
be located within the side yard or front yard adjacent to a similarly
zoned property and where internal access will be provided between
the two (2) properties, the ten (10) foot setback requirement shall
not apply.
G.
Striping Required. Open parking spaces for multiple-family dwellings (containing three (3) or more dwelling units) shall be delineated by pavement striping and must meet minimal parking stall sizes as described below in Subsection (H).
H.
Minimum Parking Space Dimensions.
1.
If 90° parking space:
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stall depth — 19' 0"
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stall width — 9' 0"
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aisle width — 25' 0"
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2.
If 60° parking space:
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stall depth — 19' 0"
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stall width — 9' 0"
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aisle width — 18' 6"
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3.
If 45° parking space:
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stall depth — 19' 6"
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stall width — 9' 0"
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aisle width — 13' 6"
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4.
If 30° parking space:
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stall depth — 19' 0"
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stall width — 9' 0"
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aisle width — 13' 0"
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5.
If parallel parking space:
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stall depth — 8' 0"
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curb length — 23' 0"
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aisle width — 12' 0", or if adjacent to angle parking,
use largest width.
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[CC 2001 §405.330; Ord. No. 856 §12.10(4), 6-11-1987]
A.
All
parking and loading areas shall be properly screened and landscaped
as hereinafter set forth. It is the purpose and intent of this Section
to require adequate protection for contiguous property against undesirable
effects from the creation and operation of parking or loading areas
and to protect and preserve the appearance and character of the surrounding
neighborhoods and of the City through the screening effects and aesthetic
qualities of such landscaping.
1.
The landscaping shall include, to the extent necessary to further
the intent of this Section, shrubs, bushes, hedges, trees, decorative
walls or fencing as set forth below.
2.
The frontage along the entire parking or loading area adjacent to
any public or private street shall be landscaped and protected so
as to separate and screen any parking area from the adjacent streets,
including the provision of deciduous, hardwood street trees at not
more than thirty-five (35) feet on center located either within the
right-of-way if approved by the appropriate public agency or parallel
to the right-of-way on the subject property.
3.
When off-street parking or loading areas and other areas zoned for
any use except single-family and two-family residential are located
adjacent to a residential district or to any lot upon which there
is a dwelling as a permitted use, there shall be provided along the
lot line a continuous, solid fence or a masonry wall to a height adequate
to prevent the direct light from automobile headlights being cast
on adjacent residential units but with a minimum height of six (6)
feet and not more than eight (8) feet except that the height of such
fence or wall shall not exceed three and one-half (3½) feet
within fifteen (15) feet of the public right-of-way.
4.
In addition to any landscaped front, back or side yard areas required
by this or any other Section, a minimum of ten (10) square feet of
interior landscaped area shall be provided within the parking lot
for each parking space. The landscaping shall be in one (1) or more
areas so as to minimize and reduce the apparent size of parking areas.
5.
All interior landscaped areas provided in accordance with the preceding
paragraph shall be raised and curbed and shall have a minimum area
of fifty (50) square feet and a minimum width of five (5) feet. Each
separate interior landscaped area shall include at least one (1) deciduous
shade tree of a type and size required herein, and there shall be
a minimum of two (2) trees within and up to every one hundred (100)
lineal feet of parking for each parking row. Such trees shall be spaced
evenly wherever possible and the ends of parking rows abutting a circulation
aisle shall be defined by interior landscaped areas whenever feasible.
6.
Deciduous shade trees shall have a minimum caliper of three (3) inches
in the trunk measured one (1) foot above the ground with a clear trunk
of at least five (5) feet where provided for screening, buffering
or aesthetic effect. Evergreen trees shall be a minimum of six (6)
feet in height at planting. All trees shall be properly planted and
staked. The number of such trees shall be determined by the application
of the above mentioned landscape standards; provided however, that
in no instance shall there be less than two (2) such trees in conjunction
with the development of any parking facility or lot.
7.
No landscaped hedge shall be less than two (2) feet in height and
three (3) feet in spread; however, no hedge, wall or berm shall exceed
three (3) feet in height within ten (10) feet of any driveway opening.
The individual plants used in the development of such a hedge shall
be placed so as to be not more than twenty-four (24) inches on center.
8.
The use of earth sculpting or berms may be required, provided these
are designed in any area of enough size so as to avoid erosion, drainage
or maintenance problems.
9.
Interior planting bed areas, which are used for the planting of trees
or which are used for landscaping treatment generally, may be treated
with either grass and/or other types of ground cover or open spaced
pavers on a sand and gravel base located beneath and surrounding trees
and shrubs.
10.
All landscaping shall be permanently maintained in good condition with at least the same quality and quantity of landscaping as initially approved. In order to present a healthy, neat and orderly appearance, landscaped areas shall be provided with adequate irrigation for the maintenance of grass, shrubs, ground covering and other landscaping by utilizing a sprinkler system, hose bibs and/or such other method of providing water. In the event that landscaping approved by the City as part of site plan review should die and is not replaced by the property owner in a timely fashion, taking into consideration the season of the year, it shall be deemed a violation of this Code and subject to the penalties outlined in Section 405.890.
11.
A perimeter landscaped buffer strip shall be provided and maintained
at a width of not less than five (5) feet between a parking lot or
driveway and the abutting property line at a side or rear yard. Said
landscaped strip shall be at least ten (10) feet in width along any
front or side property line abutting a public or private street. Other,
more restrictive standards for yards or buffering shall govern where
required by this Chapter.
12.
All landscaped areas in parking areas or adjacent to parking or loading
areas, or that can be encroached upon by a motor vehicle, shall be
provided with an adequate, permanent concrete curb as approved by
the City Engineer to restrict the destruction of the landscaped areas
by vehicles. Adequate scuppers and/or weep holes shall be provided
through the curbing to permit drainage.
[CC 2001 §405.340; Ord. No. 856 §12.10(5), 6-11-1987]
A.
Determination Of Required Number Of Spaces.
1.
Fractional spaces. When determination of the number
of off-street parking spaces required by this regulation results in
a requirement of a fractional space, the fraction of one-half (½)
or less may be disregarded, and a fraction in excess of one-half (½)
shall be counted as one (1) parking space.
2.
Floor area. "Floor area", when
used as a measurement for determining the number of parking spaces
for office, merchandising or service uses, shall mean the gross floor
area used or intended to be used for service to the public as patrons
or patients, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used
for display or sale of merchandise. It shall not include areas used
principally for non-public purposes such as storage, processing or
packaging of merchandise, show windows, or restrooms or utilities,
dressing, fitting or alteration rooms.
3.
Beds. Bassinets shall not be counted as beds in
determining the number of parking spaces based upon the number of
beds.
4.
Employees. Employees, when used as a measurement
for determining the number of parking spaces for a new or established
expanding business, shall be estimated in a manner approved by the
Board of Aldermen.
B.
Parking Exception For Churches. Off-street parking facilities
required for churches may be reduced by fifty percent (50%) where
churches are located in non-residential districts and within three
hundred (300) feet of usable public or private off-street parking
areas, and further provided that an agreement filed on record with
the County Recorder is provided reflecting that the use of such accessory
parking facilities by the church will be permitted by the property
owner.
C.
Parking For Multiple Use Buildings. The number of parking
spaces required for land or buildings used for two (2) or more purposes
shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed
in accordance with this Code. Parking facilities for one (1) use shall
not be considered as providing the required parking facilities for
any other use, except churches.
D.
Use Of Required Parking Spaces. Required accessory off-street
parking facilities provided for the uses hereinafter listed shall
be solely for the parking of motor vehicles in operating condition
of patrons, occupants or employees of such uses and shall not be used
for the storage of other vehicles, boats, motor homes, campers, mobile
homes or materials or for the parking of trucks used in conducting
the business or use.
E.
Overnight Parking Of Motor Vehicles. In residential zones,
the overnight parking of motor vehicles shall be limited to passenger
vehicles, and not more than one (1) commercial vehicle of the light
delivery type, not to exceed one (1) ton, shall be permitted per dwelling
unit.
Required off-street parking spaces stipulated in this code may
not overlap sidewalks or the street right-of-way.
No person, firm, corporation or partnership shall drive through,
park, or conduct any activity from a pickup truck rated more than
one (1) ton, four-wheel van, semi-tractor, or commercial vehicle upon
any street, highway or roadway within a residential area except for
local deliveries. "Delivery" shall mean the active
loading or unloading of the vehicle or part of the same and shall
not exceed fifteen (15) minutes. The parking of such vehicles upon
any private or public parking lot in any residential area is expressly
prohibited without the permission of the property owner or agent for
said property. The driver of any semi-tractor and trailer is hereby
prohibited from allowing any motor or motors which is a part of the
semi-tractor or trailer from running while parked in any residential
area regardless of location. Any officer of the City of Edmundson
may cause the removal of any vehicle or part thereof from any residential
area where found in violation of the requirements of this code. Any
expense incurred by said removal shall be at the expense of the driver,
operator or owner of the towed unit.
F.
Number Of Entrances And Exits. The Planning and Zoning Commission
shall recommend to the Board of Aldermen the location and width of
the entrance to and exits from every parking lot.
There shall be not more than one (1) entrance and one (1) exit
or one (1) combined entrance and exit along any street unless one
is deemed necessary by the Commission for the alleviation of traffic
congestion and interference of traffic movement along such street.
G.
Accessory Parking Lots. All required off-street parking
or loading spaces shall be provided on the same parcel of land occupied
by the use or building to which it is appurtenant; provided however,
that where there are, in the judgment of the Planning and Zoning Commission,
practical difficulties in satisfying the requirement for parking space
and/or if the public safety or convenience would be better served
by another location, the Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend
authorization of an alternate location for any portion of the required
parking for a non-residential use which will adequately serve the
public interest, subject to the following conditions.
1.
Required accessory off-street parking facilities may be provided
elsewhere than on the lot on which the principal use served is located,
provided that the property occupied as parking is in the same possession
either by deed, by easement, or by long-term lease which has a term
equal to or exceeding the projected life of the facility occupied
by the principal use, and further provided that the owner shall be
bound by covenants filed on record in the office of the County Recorder
requiring the owners, heirs or assigns to maintain the required number
of off-street parking spaces during the existence of such principal
use.
2.
Pedestrian access shall be available within a walking distance of
not more than three hundred (300) feet measured from the nearest point
of public access to the building to the nearest part of the accessory
parking area.
3.
Such separated parking space shall be usable without causing unreasonable
traffic congestion, detriment to any residential neighborhood, or
hazard to pedestrians or vehicular traffic.
4.
All accessory parking lots shall be located on property zoned within
the same, or similar, zoning district.
H.
Changes In Use. No off-street parking space required under
this Code shall be used for any other purpose. Where a change in use
creates greater parking requirements than the amount being provided,
an occupancy permit shall not be issued until provision is made for
the increased amount of required off-street parking.
I.
Additions To Structures, Buildings Or Uses. Where an addition
is made to an existing structure, building or use which does not comply
with the parking requirements cited for such structure, building or
use, the parking requirements supplied for the addition shall include
those spaces necessary to bring the structure, building or use as
a whole into conformance with the requirements of this Code.
J.
Existing Parking. No parking area or parking space which
exists at the time this code becomes effective or which subsequent
thereto is provided for the purpose of complying with the provisions
of this code shall thereafter be relinquished or reduced in any manner
below the requirements established by this code.
K.
Maintenance Of Parking Facilities. Any persons operating
or owning a parking lot shall keep it free, as may be practical, of
dust and loose particles and shall promptly remove the snow and ice
from the surface of the parking lot. Such persons shall also keep
all adjacent sidewalks free from dirt, ice, sleet and snow and shall
keep the sidewalks in a safe condition for use by pedestrians. All
signs, markers or any other methods used to indicate direction of
traffic movement and location of parking spaces shall be maintained
in a neat and legible condition. Likewise any walls, landscaping,
including trees and shrubbery, as well as surfacing and curbing of
the parking lot, shall be maintained in good condition throughout
its use for parking purposes, and the Board of Aldermen shall have
the authority to prohibit the use of the area for parking purposes
unless and until proper maintenance, repair or rehabilitation is completed,
including the replacement of any landscaping material which may die
from time to time, or the failure of the landscape irrigation or surface
drainage system within the parking area.
[CC 2001 §405.350; Ord. No. 856 §12.10(6), 6-11-1987]
A.
Residential And Lodging Uses.
1.
Dwellings (single-family, two-family, multi-family). Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit.
2.
Dormitories or group homes. One (1) space for every
two (2) beds, plus one (1) space for every one hundred (100) square
feet of floor area.
3.
Motel/hotel. One (1) space per guest room, plus
one (1) space per every two (2) employees.
B.
Commercial Uses.
1.
Indoor retail uses. Six (6) spaces for each one
thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area, except as otherwise herein
noted.
2.
Personal service uses. Five (5) spaces per one thousand
(1,000) square feet of floor area, except as otherwise herein noted.
3.
General offices. Five (5) spaces per one thousand
(1,000) square feet of floor area.
4.
Financial institutions. Four (4) spaces per one
thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area.
5.
Automobile, truck, recreational vehicle and equipment sales
and service. One (1) parking space per three thousand (3,000)
square feet of open sales lot area devoted to the sale, display, or
rental of said vehicles or equipment; or four (4) spaces for every
one thousand (1,000) square feet of interior showroom, whichever is
greater; plus three (3) spaces for every service bay in garage repair
areas.
6.
Automobile service station. One (1) space for each
fuel dispenser nozzle, plus three (3) spaces for each service bay
or similar facility, plus one (1) space for each vehicle used directly
in conduct of the business or stored on the premises.
7.
Car wash — mechanical. Ten (10) customer parking
spaces, plus stacking area five (5) times the capacity of the car
wash.
8.
Car wash — self-service. Five (5) stacking
spaces for each car washing stall and two (2) drying spaces for each
car washing stall.
9.
Clubs, lodges. Spaces equivalent to the combined
requirements of the uses being conducted such as hotel, restaurant,
auditorium, etc.
10.
Food markets under five thousand (5,000) square feet in floor
area. Four (4) spaces for every one thousand (1,000) square
feet of floor area.
11.
Food markets over five thousand (5,000) square feet in floor
area. Seven (7) spaces for every one thousand (1,000) square
feet of floor area.
12.
Funeral homes, mortuaries. One (1) space for every
four (4) seats in the auditorium or chapel with ten (10) total spaces
provided minimum.
13.
General contracting services. Four (4) spaces for
every one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area, plus two (2)
spaces for every three (3) employees on the maximum shift, plus one
(1) space for every vehicle customarily used in operation of the use
or stored upon the property.
14.
Research facilities and laboratories. Four (4) spaces
for every one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area up to fifty
thousand (50,000) square feet, plus two (2) spaces for every one thousand
(1,000) square feet of floor area over fifty thousand (50,000) square
feet.
15.
Restaurants, bars, taverns without drive-through or carry-out
facilities. Eighteen (18) spaces per one thousand (1,000)
square feet of floor area, plus two (2) spaces for every three (3)
employees on the maximum shift.
16.
Restaurants, bars, taverns with drive-through or carry-out
facilities. Thirty-two (32) spaces for every one thousand
(1,000) square feet, plus two (2) spaces for every three (3) employees
on the maximum shift.
17.
Vehicle storage lots. Two (2) spaces for every three
(3) employees on the maximum shift, plus one (1) space for every vehicle
customarily used in the conduct of the business or stored upon the
premises.
18.
Storage warehouses. One (1) space for every one
thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area within the warehouse, plus
four (4) spaces for every one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor
area in office use.
C.
Cultural And Recreational Uses.
1.
Auditoriums, theaters, meeting rooms and places for public
assembly (except as noted herein). One (1) space for every
four (4) seats or one (1) space for every fifty (50) square feet gross
floor area when there is no fixed seating.
2.
Bowling alleys. Five (5) spaces for every alley.
3.
Community centers and private, not-for-profit recreation
centers, including gymnasiums and indoor swimming pools. Four
(4) spaces for every one thousand (1,000) square feet gross floor
area.
4.
Gymnasium without bleachers or fixed seating (except as noted
herein). One (1) space for every one hundred (100) square
feet gross floor area.
5.
Handball, racquetball courts. Three (3) spaces for
every court.
6.
Ice and roller rinks. One (1) space for every one
hundred (100) square feet of skating area or playing surface.
7.
Indoor soccer. Fifty (50) spaces for every playing
field, plus one (1) space for every three (3) seats of spectator seating
(one (1) seat equals two (2) feet of bench length), plus two (2) spaces
for every three (3) employees on the maximum shift, but in no case
less than one hundred (100) spaces.
8.
Parks, playgrounds, picnic grounds. Space equivalent
to one percent (1%) of the total land area. Parking area available
along park roads or private drives internal to the use may be used
to fulfill this requirement.
9.
Swimming pools. Two (2) spaces for every one hundred
(100) square feet of water area.
10.
Tennis courts. Four (4) spaces for every court.
D.
Institutional Uses.
1.
Churches. One (1) space for every four (4) seats
(one (1) seat equals two (2) feet of bench length), plus one (1) space
for every vehicle customarily used in operation of the use or stored
on the premises.
2.
Fire stations. One (1) space for every employee
on the maximum shift.
3.
Foster homes. One (1) space for every five (5) beds,
plus one (1) space for every two (2) employees on the maximum shift.
4.
Libraries, reading rooms. Five (5) spaces for every
one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area, one (1) space
for every six (6) seats in an accessory auditorium, and two (2) spaces
for every three (3) employees on the maximum shift.
5.
Nursing homes. One (1) space for every five (5)
beds, one (1) space for every self-care unit, and one (1) space for
every two (2) employees on the maximum shift.
6.
Police stations. Two (2) spaces for every three
(3) employees on the maximum shift, plus one (1) space for every vehicle
customarily used in operation of the use or stored on the premises.
7.
Postal stations. Four (4) spaces for every customer
service station, two (2) spaces for every three (3) employees on the
maximum shift, plus one (1) space for every vehicle customarily used
in operation of the use or stored on the premises.
8.
Schools, public and private, all grades and vocational. One (1) space for every classroom and office, and one (1) space
for every four (4) students over sixteen (16) years of age.
9.
Schools, special. One (1) space for every classroom
and office.
