§ 10-100. Off-street parking.  


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  • There must be off-street parking spaces for each occupied building space within the city, as set out below, and subject to the other provisions of this ordinance:

    Use of type of space Minimum number of parking spaces
    SFD use. The number of garage parking spaces required by Article 7 plus one additional space located between the required garage spaces(s) and the public roadway. The additional space may be on the building site or in the adjacent street area (or partly in each), but may not encroach upon any part of a public sidewalk (existing or proposed) or the roadway.
    Other residential space 2.5 (3.0 in PDD-TH1, PDD-TH2 and PDD-TH5) per DU. See Note 1.

     

    Use of type of space Minimum number of parking spaces
    Community center, library, school, place of worship, museum or similar institution, which may include mixed uses and types of space served by common parking spaces (including auditoria and any high-density occupancy spaces that are part of the institution) 10.0 plus 3.33 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet.
    Health care facility space (not including offices) Greater of 1.5 per bed or 1.5 per employee on the maximum work shift.
    Theater or auditorium space or space with any high-density occupancy (except as included in community center, library, school, place of worship, museum or similar institution) Greater of: (i) 1.0 for each four seats; or (ii) 1.5 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1.0 for each employee on the maximum shift.
    Office space used to provide medical services 6.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    Other office space 4.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    Physical fitness facility space 10.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    Studio and gallery space for visual arts 5.0 per 1,000 square feet of public area.
    Bank and financial services space (except space used for auto-intensive uses) 3.3 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    Space with auto-intensive uses 10.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    Retail space used for rental of personal property (except space used for auto-intensive uses) 10.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    Food service space with indoor or outdoor seating such as dine-in restaurant space, club, cafe and similar recreation or amusement space (except space used for auto-intensive uses) Greater of: (i) 1.0 for each three seats for the general public; or (ii) 10.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    Grocery store space 5.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    Convenience store space (without gasoline fueling facilities) 4.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    Retail space for the showroom display and sale of home furnishings and appliances 2.0 per 1,000 square feet of showroom and repair area.
    Other retail and personal service space, including carryout food service space with no indoor or outdoor seating, and studios for dance, martial arts, yoga and similar activity. 5.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    Utility service space, research or testing laboratory space, laboratories, warehouses 1.0 for each three employees on the maximum working shift, plus 1.0 space for each truck or vehicle used in connection therewith.
    Shopping centers 4.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus spaces required for office, theater, auditorium and food service space. See Note 2.
    Bar 13.3 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
    All other types of space and uses 10.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area used or occupied by people.
    All types of spaces and uses in the TCC District 4.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area for uses other than dine in food service with seating. 7.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area for food service with dine in seating. (Applies only to principal buildings constructed after the effective date of the TCC district. Other buildings in TCC are subject to the parking requirements for C, Commercial District, uses that applied prior to the effective date of the TCC district.)

     

    Note 1. Guest spaces. There must be guest parking spaces marked and kept always available for common use, not reserved for specific persons or classes of persons. Minimum number of guest spaces: 0.5 per DU (1.0 per DU in PDD-TH1, PDD-TH2 and PDD-TH5), rounded up. See Table 7-1, Note 7 regarding parking for "garden style use" in PDD-TH4. See Articles 7 and 10 regarding grouping and other requirements.

    Note 2. Additional spaces for shopping centers: (a) If office space exceeds 10% of the gross floor area of the center, add 3.0 spaces per 1,000 square feet of office space in excess of 10%. (b) If a theater or auditorium occupies 10% or less of the gross floor area of the center, add 3.0 spaces for each 100 seats in the theater or auditorium. (c) If a theater or auditorium occupies more than 10% of the center's gross floor area, the seats are apportioned on a square-foot basis, so that one portion corresponds to 10% of the gross floor area and the other portion corresponds to space in excess of 10%; for the 10% portion, add 3.0 spaces for each 100 seats, and for the portion in excess of 10%, add 25.0 spaces for each 100 seats. (d) If there is any dine-in food service space with indoor or outdoor seating, add 6.0 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area of food service.

(Ord. No. 1799, § 1(ex. A), 5-23-2005; Ord. No. 1879, § 1(ex. A), 8-25-2008; Ord. No. 1939, § 1(ex. A), 2-28-2011; Ord. No. 2005 , § 1(Exh. A), 3-9-2015; Ord. 2029 , § 1(Att. A), 2-27-17)