§ 9-34.050. Commercial and Industrial Use Parking Standards

A.

Location of parking.

1.

In commercial and industrial zoning districts, off-street parking shall be located on the same parcel, or, with a reciprocal parking, ingress, and egress agreement, on a parcel contiguous to the use or structure to be served.

2.

The required parking spaces shall not be located in the rear of commercial structures unless direct access for the customers to the facility is provided.

3.

Parking shall not be located across a street from the use or structure to be served.

B.

Allowable reduction for combined parking facilities.

1.

At the discretion of the applicable review authority, where two or more commercial or industrial uses in a planned commercial development are combining parking facilities and the business hours of the uses do not overlap, the minimum space requirement may be reduced by a maximum of 25 percent of the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately; provided, a minimum of 20 parking spaces shall be provided.

2.

The reduction shall be subject to the approval of the covenants, conditions, and restrictions for the subject project by the applicable review authority, through the planned development review process.

C.

Racks not counted as parking spaces. For auto repair shops or other similar uses, the racks and pump blocks shall not be considered in calculating required off-street parking spaces.

D.

Commercial uses not specified. Commercial parking requirements for uses not specified in Article 2 (Zoning Districts, Allowable Land Uses, and Zone-Specific Standards) shall be based upon a standard of one space for each 250 square feet of floor area, unless the applicable review authority approves a different parking requirement based on the most comparable use specified in Article 2.

E.

Retail shopping center parking. In shopping centers when:

1.

Medical office spaces exceed 10 percent of the total gross floor area, that portion in excess of 10 percent of the gross floor area shall be calculated at a ratio of one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area;

2.

Cinema spaces exceed 10 percent of the total gross floor area, that portion in excess of 10 percent of the gross floor area shall be calculated in compliance with Section 9-34.060 (Parking Space Requirements); and

3.

Restaurant, cafe, or other food and beverage service uses, or dance halls, health spas, skating rinks, and similar participatory uses exceed 10 percent of the total gross floor area including Residential Care Facilities, that portion in excess of 10 percent of the gross floor area shall be calculated at a ratio of one parking space for each 100 square feet gross floor area. For exact parking space requirements, consult Section 9-34.060 (Parking Space Requirements).

F.

Office buildings that exceed 25,000 gross square feet.

1.

Medical office space that exceeds 10 percent of the total gross floor area shall be calculated at a ratio of one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

2.

For multi-tenant office buildings, the internal corridors, hallways, restrooms, and lobbies used by all the tenants may be excluded from the square footage calculations in determining parking requirements.

G.

Rehabilitation of Existing Commercial or Industrial sites. Existing projects may apply to reduce parking in accordance with Section 9-44.120 [Rehabilitation Project Standards].

(§ 5, Ord. 1085, eff. January 6, 2006, as amended by Exh. A, Ord. 1147, eff. August 20, 2009; § 4 (Exh. A), Ord. No. 1207, eff. March 28, 2013 and § 4(Exh. A), Ord. No. 1270, eff. May 25, 2017)