Article XX, Sec. 70-354 through 70-362
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Parking
- Maximum off-premises parking distance500 ft
Such parking spaces shall be located within 500 feet, by normal pedestrian route, of a principal entrance
- Maximum shared parking percentage50 pct
not more than 50 percent of the off-street parking spaces required for churches, schools, theaters, auditoriums, stadiums, lodge halls, dance halls, clubs and restaurants may be provided by and shared with parking spaces provided for offices, banks, retail and service uses...
- Minimum parallel parking space length22 ft
spaces arranged parallel or nearly parallel to their means of access shall be not less than nine feet in width and 22 feet in length
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
Screening shall consist of opaque fences, walls or evergreen vegetative materials of not less than four feet in height
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way in non-residential districts10 ft
In districts other than residential districts, no parking area shall be located within ten feet of any street right-of-way line.
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. space depth18 ft
Required off-street parking spaces shall be not less than nine feet in width and 18 feet in depth
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. space width9 ft
Required off-street parking spaces shall be not less than nine feet in width and 18 feet in depth
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. parking increase rule
When any change is made in a building or use so that the number of spaces required by application of the provisions of section 70-354 increases by 50 percent or more, not less than the total number of spaces necessary to comply with the requirements of that section shall be provided.
- Parking area paving required
Parking areas containing five or more parking spaces and all entrances thereto and exits therefrom shall be paved with dust-free, all-weather, hard surface material
- Parking calculation method
Floor area shall include the gross area of the floor space devoted to the use... When computation of required number of spaces based on floor area, units, employees or seating capacity results in a fractional number of spaces, the required number shall be the nearest whole number.
- Parking prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in required front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. in residential districts
In residential districts, no parking area shall be located within any required front yard or required street side yard.
- Parking space access required
Each required off-street parking space shall be provided with a driveway or common access aisle
From the ordinance
The minimum number of off-street parking spaces required for particular uses located in any district other than the B-2 and R-4 Districts shall be as set forth in the following schedule.