§ 16-32.023. Minimum off-street parking requirements.

1.

The following parking requirements shall apply to all uses approved by special permits as well as permitted uses. (See also sections 16-28.013 and 16-28.014). Off-street surface parking shall be located in the rear or side yards and shall not be located between the principal structure and the street.

a)

Banks and similar institutions: One space for each 200 square feet of floor area.

b)

Child care centers: One space for each 600 square feet of floor area; in addition to providing required off-street parking, such centers shall provide safe and convenient facilities for loading and unloading children, as approved by the director of the bureau of traffic and transportation.

c)

Schools, churches, religious worship facilities, recreational or community centers and other places of assembly. One space for each four fixed seats with 18 inches of bench length counted as one seat, or one space for each 35 square feet of enclosed floor area for the accommodation of movable seats in the largest assembly room, whichever is greater:

i.

Public or private elementary or middle school: Two spaces for each classroom.

ii.

High school: Four spaces for each classroom.

d)

Clothing and tailor shops: One space for each 200 square feet of floor area.

e)

Clubs, lodges: One space for each 100 square feet of floor area.

f)

Commercial recreation uses including bowling alleys, poolrooms, billiard parlors, amusement arcades, game rooms and the like: One (1) space for each 100 square feet of floor area.

g)

Dwellings and lodgings: See section 16-08.007, Table 1, for required parking ratios according to the appropriate floor/area ratio.

h)

Eating and drinking establishments: One space for each 100 square feet of floor area and one space for each 200 square feet of outdoor dining area. Where an eating and drinking establishment derives more than 60 percent of its gross income from the sale of malt beverages, wine and/or distilled spirits, it shall be required to have one space for each 75 square feet of floor area and one space for each 150 square feet of outdoor dining area. Floor area shall include, in addition to those areas defined in section 16-29.001(13)(b), areas within the existing building footprint where walls have been removed and a permanent roof remains. Outdoor dining area less than or equal to 25 percent of the enclosed floor area shall have no parking requirement.

i)

Specific regulations for retail and eating and drinking establishments within 500 feet of a MARTA rail station entrance, as measured along public streets and pedestrian walkways: Establishments with a floor area of 500 square feet or less shall have no parking requirements.

j)

Hotels and motels: One space per rental unit plus one-half space per employee.

k)

Laundry and dry cleaning pick-up stations and coin operated laundromats: One space for each 200 square feet of floor area.

l)

Retail establishments, including catering, delicatessen and bakeries, but not other uses as provided below: One space for each 200 square feet of floor area.

m)

Sales and repair establishments for home appliances, bicycles, lawn mowers, shoes, clocks and watches, and the like: One space for each 200 square feet of floor area.

n)

Single room occupancy residence: One space for each two dwelling units plus one-half space for each employee; and one space for each 100 square feet of restaurant/lounge gross leasable area.

o)

Theaters: One space for each 100 square feet of floor area.

p)

Accessory uses: One space for each 300 square feet of floor area devoted to an otherwise permissible accessory use.

q)

For all other nonresidential uses: One space for each 300 square feet of floor area.

2.

Electric vehicle charging stations: A building, commercial establishment or other property which provides automobile parking facilities shall provide parking facilities in the ratio of at least one station for every 50 automobile parking spaces. No more than five such spaces shall be required for a parking facility.

3.

Variations to reduce parking requirements may be permitted by the director of the bureau of planning subject to a shared parking arrangement under the following criteria:

a)

The arrangement shall avoid conflicting parking demands and provide for safe pedestrian circulation and access;

b)

All shared parking spaces shall be clearly marked and signed as reserved during specified hours;

c)

An applicant shall submit the following information as part of the application to reduce parking requirements and avoid conflicting parking demands:

i.

A to-scale map indicating location of proposed parking spaces;

ii.

Indicate hours of business operation;

iii.

Written consent of property owners agreeing to the shared parking arrangement;

iv.

Copies of parking leases. Renewed leases shall be provided to the bureau of planning. Lapse of a required lease agreement shall terminate the permit.

(Ord. No. 2000-52, § 1, 9-26-00; Ord. No. 2005-41(06-O-0381), § 51, 7-12-05)