§ 16-09.011. Minimum off-street parking requirements.

The following parking requirements shall apply to all uses approved by special permit as well as permitted uses (see section 16-28.014 and also section 16-28.015 for off-street loading requirements):

(1)

Schools, colleges, churches, 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, plus the following:

(a)

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

(b)

High school: Four spaces for each classroom.

(c)

Colleges and universities: Eight spaces for each classroom.

(2)

Nursing homes are required to have one space for each four beds. Personal care homes, assisted living facilities, and rehabilitation centers with a residential component are required to have the amount of parking specified by the Land Use Intensity Ratios Table.

(3)

Child care centers, day care centers, prekindergartens, kindergartens, play and other special schools or day care centers for young children: One space per 600 square feet of floor area. In addition to providing off-street parking, such establishments shall provide safe and convenient facilities for loading and unloading children, as approved by the director, bureau of traffic and transportation.

(4)

Multi-family dwellings and lodgings: See section 16-08.007, table I, for applicable ratios according to appropriate floor area ratio.

(5)

Offices, studios, clinics, clinical laboratories: One (1) space for each 300 square feet of floor area.

(6)

Barbershops, beauty shops, and similar personal service establishments: One space for each 200 square feet of floor area.

(7)

Specialty shops: One space for each 300 square feet of floor area.

(8)

Accessory uses: All accessory uses shall provide one additional space per 300 square feet of floor area devoted to such space.

(9)

Other uses: One space for each 300 square feet of floor area.

(10)

Restaurants: One space for each 100 square feet of floor area. Where a restaurant 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. 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.

(11)

Accessory outdoor dining: Limited to 25 percent of the total gross floor area of the building or business with no parking requirements, unless a greater number of spaces are required as a condition for a special use permit: over 25 percent must provide one space per 200 s.f. of the total accessory outdoor dining area including the 25 percent non-exempt floor area.

(Code 1977, § 16-09.011; Ord. No. 1996-60, § 1, 8-26-96; Ord. No. 2002-26, § 3, 3-14-02; Ord. No. 2004-53, § 12D, 8-20-04; Ord. No. 2005-41(06-O-0381), § 4, 7-12-05)