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Sec. 3. Required off-street parking.

In all districts in connection with every industrial, business, institutional, recreational, residential, or other use, there shall be provided at the time any building or structure is erected, enlarged or increased in capacity, or any open use is established or enlarged, off-street parking spaces conforming to the following requirements:

1. Size of parking spaces required. An off-street parking space shall consist of a nine (9) feet by nineteen (1) feet space located off the street right-of-way; adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening doors on both sides; together with properly related access to a public street or alley and maneuvering room.

Required off-street parking areas for all nonresidential use, and for multi-family residential uses with five or more required parking spaces, shall be so designed, maintained and regulated that no maneuvering incidental to parking or unparking shall be on any public street or street right-of-way, walk or alley, and so that any automobile may be parked and unparked without moving another.

Spaces for compact parking may be permitted for up to twenty (20) percent of total spaces in a parking lot which contains at least ten (10) parking spaces, which shall be clearly marked either on the pavement or by separate marker. The width and depth of each compact car space shall be eight (8) feet wide and sixteen (16) feet deep.

2. Number of off-street parking spaces required. The number of off-street parking spaces required for each use is set forth in section 4, hereof. Separate off-street parking space shall be provided for each use located on a lot but may be combined and used jointly provided the sum total of parking space requirements for all uses are provided.

3. Location of off street parking.

a. All parking spaces provided pursuant to this article shall be on the same lot with the building or within three hundred (300) feet thereof. The distance to any parking area as herein required shall be measured between the nearest point of the off-street parking facility and the nearest point of the building said parking area or facility is to serve. Off-site parking shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the total number of spaces required by this article. The board of adjustment may authorize variance from this limitation for cause, which shall be an identifiable hardship. All off-site parking shall be noted on the official zoning map so as to assure maintenance of the requirement.

b. When detached parking facilities or satellite parking lots are provided, they shall be located on property which is zoned to allow the principal use which this parking will serve or they must be approved by the board of adjustment. Parcels of land used as access to or from parking and/or loading areas for any land use shall conform to this requirement.

c. Minimum distance and setbacks.

(1) Except for permitted entrance and/or exit drives, every off-street parking areas shall be set back from the street right-of-way line a minimum of five (5) feet.

(2) No off-street parking area, exclusive of access drives, shall be located within three (3) feet of any other property.

4. Minimum stall and access aisle width.
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Parking angleTypeStall widthStall to curbAisle widthCurb length per carCenter-to-Center width of 2 row bin with access road between curb-to-curb/overlap c-c
30°Standard9'17.3'11.0'18.0'45.6'37.8'
Compact8'14.9'11.0'16.0'40.8'33.9'
45°Standard9'19.8'13.0'12.7'52.6'46.2'
Compact8'17.0'13.0'11.3'47.0'41.3'
60°Standard9'21.0'18.0'10.4'60.0'55.5'
Compact8'17.9'16.0'9.2'53.8'49.8'
90°Standard9'19.0'24.0'9.0'62.0'--
Compact8'16.0'22.0'8.0'56.0'--

All other consideration shall conform to acceptable published architectural/engineering standards, as approved by the planning and community development division director. 7-3-01>

5. Handicapped parking.

a. Where parking spaces are required for the physically disabled and/or handicapped in accordance with chapter V, section 508 (accessibility for the physically disabled and/or handicapped) of the Standard Building Code, the number of spaces to be reserved for the handicapped shall be as follows:
Total Number of Parking SpacesRequired Number to be Reserved for Handicapped
Up to 251
26 to 502
51 to 753
76 to 1004
101 to 1505
151 to 2006
201 to 3007
301 to 4008
401 to 5009
501 to 1,0002% of Total
Over 1,00020, plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000

b. Perpendicular parking spaces shall be at least eleven (11) feet wide and shall have an adjacent stripped access aisle a minimum of five (5) feet wide on one side of every such space. Two (2) parking spaces may share the same access aisle. If a sidewalk is located adjacent to the accessible parking space, a minimum of three (3) feet clear width, excluding vehicle overhangs is required as an accessible circulation route. The access aisle shall be connected to the curb by a curb cut or ramp at a maximum inclination ratio of 12:1. The access aisle cannot include a ramp or sloped area.

c. Parallel parking spaces next to curbs shall be separated from the space in front or behind by a minimum five (5) feet striped no parking area. This area shall be connected to the curb by a curb cut or ramp at a maximum inclination ratio of 12:1.

d. Passenger loading zones shall provide an access aisle at least five (5) feet wide and twenty (20) feet long adjacent and parallel to the vehicle pull-up space. If there are curbs between the access aisle and the vehicle pull-up space, then a curb cut or ramp at a maximum inclination ratio of 12:1 shall be provided.

e. Parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall be located as close as possible to elevators, ramps, walkways and entrances. Parking spaces should be located so that physically handicapped persons are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars to ramps, walkways and elevators.

6. Curb required along parking areas. In areas where a parking area is located ten (10) feet or less from the street right-of-way a continuous raised curb of not less than six (6) inches in height shall be constructed along the perimeter of the parking area and parallel with the abutting street right-of-way line, except for driveway openings. The perimeter of the parking area adjacent to the side or real lot line shall be provided with wheel guards, bumper guards or curbs when the parking area is located ten (10) feet or less from the lot line.

(Ord. No. 3307, 3-25-03)

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