Parking Requirements

Type of Use

Off Street Parking Spaces Required

Residential;

2

Assembly halls or rooms without fixed seats; exhibition halls;

1 for each 50 square feet of floor area used for assembly, dancing, or dining.

Clubs, lodges, fraternal, and similar organizations;

1 for each bedroom and 1 for each 50 square feet of floor area used for assembly, dancing or dining.

Hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes and non-profit independent living units for the elderly;

1 for each 2 beds or living units, and 1 for each day shift employee.

Elementary, and Junior High School (public, private or parochial);

1 for each 3 seats in an auditorium, or 1 for every 20 classroom seats, whichever is greater.

Senior High School (public, private, or parochial);

1 for each 3 seats in an auditorium, or 1 for each 10 classroom seats in all grades.

Libraries, museums, art galleries, and educational research centers;

1 for each 500 square feet of floor area.

Funeral homes and mortuaries;

1 for each 50 square feet of floor area.

Banks and similar financial institutions; medical and dental clinics; medical and dental offices;

1 for each 150 square feet of floor area on the first floor, and 1 for each 400 square feet on each other floor.

Business or insurance;

1 for each 125 square feet of professional offices and floor area.

Retail food stores, including delicatessens, grocery stores, meat-fruit-vegetable markets, and supermarkets;

5 for the first 2,000 square feet or less of floor area, and 1 for each 150 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet.

General retail, wholesale, and service establishments of all kinds, other than retail food stores;

5 for the first 2,000 square feet or less of floor area, and 1 for each 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet.

Banquet halls;

1 for each 50 square feet of floor area used for assembly or recreation.

Theaters and similar uses, including commercial arenas;

1 for each 4 seats.

Manufacturing plants, laboratories, food products industries, and other industrial uses (except public utility buildings);

1 for each 500 square feet of floor area or 2 for each 3 employees on the maximum shift, whichever is greater.

Public utility buildings primarily devoted to storage or mechanical equipment, gas and electric stations, dial exchange buildings, and water pumping stations;

1 for each 5,000 square feet of selling area.

Greenhouses, nurseries, and truck gardens;

1 for each 500 square feet of selling area.

Bowling alleys;

5 for each lane.

Tennis courts;

3 for each court.

Restaurants, cafes, lunch rooms and cafeterias and other eating places;

1 for each employee plus 1 space for each 50 square feet of customer occupied area, or 1 for every 3 seats, whichever provides the greatest number of spaces, plus 5 additional spaces for carry-out service when provided.

Nightclubs, saloons, cocktail lounges and other operations which serve alcoholic beverages;

1 for each employee plus 1 space for every 30 square feet of customer occupied area, or 1 for every 2 seats, whichever provides the greatest number of spaces plus 5 additional spaces for carry-out services when provided.

Parking requirements shall also follow additional requirements:

• No driveway entrance shall be less than 10 feet wide or exceed 26 feet in width;
• All driveways must be at least 10 feet from the adjacent side lot line of the nearest such entrance on the same lot;
• All spaces must be at least 160 square feet in area and shall be provided with an access drive not less than 10 feet in width;
• Screening shall be provided for parking areas that are within 100 feet of any residential district;
• Parking areas shall be paved; and
• All lighting shall reflect away from residential areas.