|
|
|
Craig Martin/Mayor |
Adriana I Hieronymus/City
Secretary
STATE OF
CITY
OF
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
Whereas, the City Council of the City of
Whereas, the City Council of the City of Converse desires to prevent traffic congestion and parking violations that may result from inadequate off-street parking; and,
Whereas, the City Council of the City of
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF
SECTION I. PURPOSE: To ensure adequate off-street parking shall be provided at the time of construction or erection of any building or at the time such buildings are altered, enlarged, converted or increased in capacity with adequate provisions for ingress and egress by standard-sized vehicles in accordance with the requirements in this ordinance.
SECTION H. DEFINITIONS:
A. Parking Space: A "parking space" is a surface area enclosed or unenclosed,
sufficient in size to store one vehicle together with a surfaced driveway connecting the parking space with the street or alley and permitting ingress and egress. A parking space shall not occupy any public land, such as the right-of-way of a street or alley.
B. Vehicular Use Areas: All outside, surface area used for the parking, loading or unloading of passengers or merchandise, maneuvering, servicing, storage or circulation of all types of vehicles to include, without limitation, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, buses, boats, trailers, farm and construction equipment
whether such vehicles are self-propelled or not. Specifically included are service stations, vehicle washing establishments, and uses with drive-up facilities such as, but not limited to banks, restaurants, office buildings and convenience stores.
SECTION III. RESPONSIBILITY FOR OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES:
The construction and maintenance of off-street parking facilities required herein shall be the responsibility of the owner of the structure and/or land on which facilities are required.
SECTION IV. DESIGN OF PARKING FACILITIES:
A. Site Plan: A site plan must be submitted to the City with the application for a building permit.
B. Driveway Width: Every driveway, entrance or exit shall be Twelve (12) feet for one-way enter/exit and twenty-four (24) feet for two-way enter/exit.
C. Driveway and Ramp Slopes: The maximum slope of any driveway shall not exceed seven percent (7%) percent. Transition slopes in driveways and ramps shall not exceed eight and one-third percent (8 1/3%).
D. Slot Accessibility: Each required parking slot shall be individually and easily accessible based on good engineering practice. No automobiles shall be required to back onto any public street or sidewalk to leave any parking slot.
E. Striping: All parking slots shall be striped.
F. Handicapped Parking: In the "R-3",
"R-4", "B-l", "B-2", "B-3",
"B-4", "B-5", and "1-1" zones, any property owner
or person who controls property used for parking will designate and mark,
according to the provisions of State law, a minimum of one (1) parking space
for the exclusive use of vehicles transporting temporarily or permanently
disabled persons for each forty-nine (49) regular parking spaces or portion
thereof required for the building or property use. Parking space requirements of between twenty
(20) and forty-nine (49) spaces will include one space designated and marked as
required above. Property requiring fewer than twenty (20) parking spaces need
not establish handicapped parking spaces. For further laws on handicapped
parking requirement refer to the Americans with Disability Act and the laws
promulgated by the State of
SECTION V. SIZE AND LOCATION: Width and Length: Each off-street parking space shall not be less than nine (9) feet in width and shall be not less than twenty (20) feet
in length exclusive of access or maneuvering area, ramps and other appurtenances; except as follows:
A. Compact parking space may be eight (8) feet wide and sixteen (16) feet in length.
B. Parallel parking space may be eight (8) feet wide and twenty - two (22) feet in length.
C. The width of a parking space shall be increased ten (10) inches for obstructions located on either side of the space within fourteen (14) feet of the access aisle.
D. Area: Each off-street parking space shall be an area of not less than one hundred and eighty (180) square feet, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, ramps and other appurtenances, except as specific ally provided in other portions of this Ordinance.
E. Design: All parking areas containing three (3) or more parking spaces shall include a turnaround which is designed and located so that vehicles can enter and exit the parking area without backing into a public right-of-way.
F. Percent Assigned as Compact Parking: Up to thirty percent (30%) of required parking spaces may be designated for use by compact vehicles.
SECTION VI. CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION: Off-street parking facilities shall be constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the following specifications:
A. Wheel Stops: Boundary or perimeter areas shall be provided with wheel stops, bumper guards, concrete or asphalt curbs so located that no part of parked vehicles will extend beyond the property line of the parking area..
B. Lighting: Facilities shall be arranged so that the source of light is prevented from obstructing public view and from detracting from adjacent properties and does not interfere with traffic while providing adequate nighttime visual security.
C. Prohibition of Other Uses: Facilities shall not be used for the sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.
D. Drainage and Surfacing: Areas shall be properly graded for drainage, with an all-weather surface and maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dirt, trash, and debris. When installing parking spaces in the "B-l", "B-2", "B-3", "B-4", "B-5" or "1-1" District, the parking area should be graded and drained in such a manner that there will be no free flow of water onto adjacent properties. All drainage
provisions will be approved by the City Engineer. Every effort shall be made to retain trees as a hedge against erosion.
E. Entrances and Exits: Facilities shall be provided with entrances and exits so located as to minimize traffic congestion.
SECTION VII. LANDSCAPING:
A. Interior landscaping within vehicle use areas is required to provide visual and climatic relief from broad expanses of pavement and serves to channel and define logical areas for pedestrian and vehicular movement and safety. Five percent (5%) of the gross area of vehicle use area shall be devoted to interior landscaping.
B. Landscape areas shall be dispersed throughout each parking area. Distribution should also accommodate exiting trees and other natural features so long as the total requirement is satisfied.
C. Canopy trees are required within vehicle use areas to provide shade and relieve the adverse visual impact to large expanses of pavement and parked cars.
D. Interior landscaping shall include all areas within the boundaries of the paved parking lot. Perimeter buffers may not be used to meet the interior landscape requirements.
E. When existing improvements restrict the vehicle use area of a lot such that there is insufficient room for landscaping required by this article, the Planning & Zoning Commission may modify the landscaping requirements. To modify the requirements, the Planning & Zoning Commission shall determine all existing improvements where legally permitted, and that the applicant has made every effort to comply with the requirements. City Council will have final approval.
SECTION VIII. PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS:
A. Required Number: The off-street parking spaces required by this ordinance shall not be less than that prescribed for a given use and any fractional parking space shall be computed as a whole space.
B. Combination of Uses: Where there is a combination of uses on a lot, the required number of parking spaces shall be the sum of that found for each use.
C. Location of
another lot not more that five hundred (500) feet distant from the subject lot within the same or less restrictive zoning district.
SECTION IX. TABLE OF OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS: The
requirement for off-street parking facilities in all zones shall be governed by the following:
A. Residential Parking: Low-density Residential, both detached and medium density such as duplex, triplex, fourplex, townhouse, garden homes shall be provided off-street parking spaces on the lot to accommodate a minimum of two (2) motor cars for each dwelling unit. High-density Residential, Apartments, Condominiums shall be provided six spaces for each four (4) one-bedroom units, and six spaces for each three (3) two-bedroom (or greater) units.
B. Apartment Parking: Off-Street parking space shall be provided on the lot to accommodate a minimum of three (3) motor cars for each two (2) bedroom or efficiency apartment dwelling units or two (2) motor cars for each one (1) two bedroom or larger dwelling unit.
C. Church Parking: Off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the lot to
accommodate a minimum of three (3) spaces for each two hundred (200) square feet of net floor area or .one parking space per five sanctuary seats (including ministers and choir) whichever produces the greater number of spaces.
D. Office/Business Parking: For "B-l", "B-2", "B-3", "B-4", "B-5", or "1-1"
Districts, Off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the lot equal a minimum of one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area for those buildings having less than eight thousand (8,000) square feet. Buildings having more than eight thousand (8,000) square feet but less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet shall provide a minimum of one (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet. All buildings over twenty thousand (20,000) gross square feet shall provide a minimum of one (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet.
E. The above requirements notwithstanding, each business is responsible for providing sufficient parking for their employees.
F. Exceptions for Office and Commercial (Excluding Shopping Centers):
1, Commercial recreation and amusement, dance halls, nightclubs, and taverns:
One per four (4) seats or a minimum of one per 800 sq. ft. of specified outdoor recreational area. One per 100 sq. ft. gross floor area of indoor recreation area up to 20,000. One per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area of indoor recreation in excess of 20,000 sq. ft.
2. Drive-in eating establishments: One space per 100 sq. ft. gross floor area where food or drink is served to customers in their vehicles with a minimum of twenty spaces for on-premise consumption to be provided.
3. Hotel and Motel establishments: One space per guest room and one space per employees (associated or independent commercial contractor included.
4. Hospitals: One space for each two (2) beds plus, one space for each hospital or staff doctor plus, one space for each five (5) employees; parking for each enumerated user group is to be physically separated from the other and identified by user-group.
5. Libraries, museums, art galleries, clubs, lodges: One space per 300 sq. ft. gross floor area.
6. Lumber, nursery (plant), and affiliated activities: One space per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area for retail sales area or service floor area, and one space per 800 sq. ft. gross floor area of enclosed storage and/or display area, and one space per 250 sq. ft. of open sales/storage/display area.
7. Nursing Homes: One space per four beds.
8. Office and warehouses: One space per 800 sq. ft. gross floor area used
exclusively for storage, processing or related activities separate and apart from retail sales activity. If not separate from retail activities, one space per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area for the portion dedicated to office use; One space per 1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area for that portion dedicated to warehouse use.
9. Professional Offices and Studios: One space per 250 sq. ft. of gross floor area.
10. Restaurants, cafeterias, delicatessens and other food serving establishments (excluding drive-in eating establishments): One space per 100 sq. ft. gross floor area.
11. Theaters, health clubs, gymnasiums, convention halls, assembly halls, funeral homes, racquetball/ handball tennis facilities: One space per four seats or one per 100 sq. ft. gross floor area of indoor area up to 20,000. One per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area of indoor in excess of 20,000 sq. ft.
F. Exceptions for Office and Commercial in Shopping Centers: A shopping center developer, owner, user or tenant may request to have parking requirements determined by providing, for City inspection and review by the Planning and Zoning Commission, calculations based on the gross leased area (GLA) as opposed to the Gross Floor Area (GFA). If such a request is not made, parking requirements will be determined based on GFA. Gross Leased Area (GLA) is the
total floor area designed for both tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including both owned and leased areas. Shopping Centers shall require one parking space per 200 sq. ft. gross leased area. The exceptions are as follows:
1. Cinemas: For each one hundred (100) cinema seats, three (3) additional parking spaces shall be provided.
2. Food service stores, including both full service and fast-food restaurants as well as specialty stores such as ice cream parlors and doughnut shops:
a. For centers with less than 100,000 sq. ft. gross leased area, ten (10) additional parking spaces are required per 1,000 sq. ft. gross leased area of food service store tenant area.
b. For centers with 100,001 to 200,000 sq. ft. gross leased area, six (6) additional parking spaces are required per 1,000 sq. ft. gross leased area of food service store tenant area.
3. In cases where individual tenant uses require parking in excess of the requirements for the shopping center as a whole (such as nightclubs, gymnasiums, etc.) the more stringent requirement shall prevail and shall be a requirement for issuance of permits and certificates of the particular use. For example: A 30,000 sq. ft. gross leased area shopping center with a 5,000 sq. ft. gross leased area restaurant would thus require 170 parking spaces.
4. In recognition of the impact of compact cars on the space requirements for shopping center parking, as much as thirty (30) percent of the required parking spaces for shopping centers may be allocated for small-cars parking spaces. Such an allocation shall only be added according to the Compact Car System of Parking detailed below.
a. Small car parking spaces shall be no less than (8) feet in width and no less than sixteen (16) feet in length.
b. The Compact Car System of Parking may use ninety (90) degree angle spaces for small-car parking spaces which are in the same bay in which forty-five (45) degree angle standard space or sixty (60) degree angle standard parking spaces are provided for larger cars.
SECTION X. ENFORCEMENT:
A. The City shall withhold issuing any permanent Certificate of Occupancy until requirements have been fully met.
B. The City shall have the right to inspect the lands affected by this article and the City shall have the right to issue citations for violations
SECTION XL SEVERABILITY: If any section or part of any section or paragraph of this ordinance is declared invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force, or effect of any other section or sections or part of a section or paragraph of this Ordinance.
SECTION XII. PENALTIES: Any Lot owner, lessee, person,
firm, partnership, association of persons, or corporation, or any agent or
employee thereof, who shall violate any part of the rules, regulations or
provisions of this Ordinance, shall be given 10 days after written notice from
the City in which to comply with the violated provision as stated in the
written notice. If the violation is not brought into compliance during
the 10 day period mentioned above the party responsible and/or the lot owner
shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more
than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and each day that such violation
continues shall be considered a separate offense and punishable accordingly. In
addition to any fine imposed against lot owners and lessees such parties shall
reimburse the City for any and all costs of compliance incurred by the City on
the
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 21ST day of December, 1999.
|
|
|
Craig Martin/Mayor |
Adriana I Hieronymus/City
Secretary