Article 700.2. REQUIRED PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES  

SECTION 700.2:1

Required off-street parking shall be for the use of occupants, employees, visitors, and patrons and shall be limited in use to motor vehicles.

(1)

All off-street parking for nonresidential uses, whether public or private, shall be either on the same lot or within 300 feet of the building it is intended to serve, measured from the nearest point of the building to the nearest point of the off-street parking lot.

SECTION 700.2:2

Parking or storage of motor vehicles shall be provided for in all districts in connection with all industrial, commercial, business, trade, institutional, recreational, or dwelling uses, and similar uses, in accordance with the following schedule and in compliance with Article 700.3.

(1)

Residential Uses:

a.

Dwellings - single, two and multiple families: Two (2) for each dwelling unit.

b.

Rooming Houses/Bed & Breakfast: One (1) for each guest room plus one (1) for the owner/occupant.

c.

Housing for the Elderly: One (1) for each three (3) units and one (1) for each employee on the largest shift.

d.

Group Day Care Home: One (1) for each employee on the largest shift.

(2)

Institutional:

a.

Churches, Temples or Places of Public Assembly (fixed seats): One (1) for each four (4) seats in the main hall/room.

b.

Hospitals: One (1) for each four (4) beds and one (1) additional space for each two (2) employees or members of the staff on the largest shift.

c.

Convalescent/Nursing Homes: One (1) for each six (6) beds and one (1) for each two (2) employees and/or staff members on the largest shift.

d.

Outpatient Clinics: One (1) for each 300 square feet of usable floor area.

e.

Elementary and Junior High Schools: One (1) for each staff member.

f.

Senior High Schools: One (1) for each staff member and one (1) for each 10 students.

g.

Private Clubs/Lodges: One (1) for each four (4) persons allowed within the maximum occupancy load as established by the City or State fire/health codes or one (1) for each one hundred (100) square feet of usable floor area, which ever is the greater.

h.

Places of outdoor assembly where seats or benches are used: One (1) for each six (6) seats or twelve (12) feet of benches.

i.

Theaters/Auditoriums: One (1) for each four (4) seats.

j.

Libraries, Museums, Galleries, Governmental Administrative Buildings: One (1) space for each four hundred (400) square feet of usable floor area.

(3)

Business and Commercial:

a.

Retail Sales and Services/Supermarkets: One (1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of usable floor area.

b.

Office Buildings, including Banking, Business and Professional Offices: One (1) space for each four hundred (400) square feet of usable floor area.

c.

Bowling Alleys: Four (4) for each bowling lane.

d.

Recreational Halls, including Billiard, Pool, Dance, Roller Rinks, etc.: One (1) for each four (4) persons allowed within the maximum occupancy load established by the City or State fire/health codes or for each one hundred (100) square feet of usable floor area, whichever is greater.

e.

Restaurants, Bars and Taverns and similar eating establishments: One (1) for each one hundred (100) square feet of usable floor area.

f.

Furniture, Appliance, Repair, Decorator and other similar uses: One (1) for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of usable floor area.

g.

Service Station, Garages: One (1) for each employee on the largest shift plus one (1) for each pump or service bay.

h.

Laundromats, Coin Operated Cleaners: One (1) for each three (3) washing machines or cleaner.

i.

Funeral Homes/Mortuaries: One (1) for each one hundred (100) square feet of usable floor area of assembly rooms.

j.

Motel, Hotel, Cabins and Tourist Home: One (1) for each rental unit plus one (1) for each employee on the largest shift, except housekeeping staff.

k.

Childcare: One (1) for each four hundred (400) square feet of usable floor area.

l.

Automobile and Equipment Sales: One (1) space per each five hundred (500) square feet of usable floor area.

m.

Beauty and Barber Shop: One (1) for each shop chair plus one (1) for each employee

n.

Marinas: One (1) for each boat slip for both seasonal and transient slips.

(4)

Industrial:

a.

Industrial or Research Establishments: Five (5) plus one (1) for every two (2) employees on largest shift.

b.

Warehouses or Wholesale Establishments: One (1) for every one (1) employee on the largest shift or one (1) for each two thousand (2,000) square feet of usable floor area.

SECTION 700.2:3

In the case of a building, structure, or premises, the use of which is not specifically mentioned herein, the provisions for a similar use shall apply.

SECTION 700.2:4

Where there is more than one use in a single structure, the following off-street parking regulations may apply:

(1)

For two uses: 95 percent of the otherwise combined required parking.

(2)

For three uses: 90 percent of the combined required spaces.

(3)

For four uses: 85 percent of the combined required spaces.