ARTICLE III. PARKING* ---------- *Code of Ordinances Reference--Restrictions on parking recreational vehicles and other vehicles on public lands at certain times, 12-19. ---------- Sec. 39-61. Number of parking spaces required. (a) All developments shall provide a sufficient number of paved parking spaces to accommodate the number of vehicles that are likely to be attracted to the development in question. (b) Buildings/developments with mixed uses shall be calculated as the sum of their component uses. (c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (c) all development shall provide a minimum of two spaces or an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the vehicular spaces for bicycle and, if desired, motorcycle use. Motorcycle spaces may comprise up to fifty percent (50%) of the required bicycle/motorcycle spaces. Said motorcycle spaces may be counted toward the required vehicular spaces. (d) Table of Minimum Parking Requirements: (1) Single-family dwellings, two (2) spaces for each dwelling unit. (2) Multifamily developments shall provide 2 spaces for each unit. (3) Churches, temples, or places of worship, funeral homes, public buildings, theaters, auditoriums, areas and places of assembly, one (1) space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of Gross Floor Area (GFA). (4) Retail business, commercial, one (1) space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of Gross Floor Area (GFA). (5) Warehousing: One space per 1,000 square feet for the first 5,000 square feet, plus one space for each additional 10,000 square feet of Gross Floor Area (GFA). (6) Handicap spaces: Parking spaces specifically designated for the handicapped shall be provided at a ratio of one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) parking spaces required herein. Those spaces designated for the handicapped shall be located such that they are adjacent to the pedestrian entranceway of the building(s). (7) Hotels, motel, one (1) space for each rental unit, plus seventy-five (75) percent of the requirement for other customary accessory uses associated with the establishment. (8) Hospital and sanitariums: one (1) space for each patient bed. Nursing homes, rest homes, convalescent homes, ACLF's: one (1) space for each two (2) patient beds plus one (1) space for each employee on the largest shift. (9) Arcade Amusement Centers, one space per every two games or machines on premises. (10) Private clubs, lodges, fraternities, and sororities, one (1) space for each seventyfive (75) square feet of gross floor area (GFA). (11) Professional offices (excluding medical/dental offices), personal service establishments, kennels, animal hospitals, libraries, and museums, one (1) space 1
for each three hundred (300) square feet. Medical/dental offices and clinics, one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of Gross Floor Area (GFA). (12) Restaurants or other eating places, one (1) space for each 150 square feet of gross floor area (GFA). (13) Rooming houses, boarding houses, and dormitories, one (1) space for each two (2) beds. (14) Manufacturing, industrial concerns not catering to the retail trade, one (1) space for each 500 square feet for the first 10,000 square feet of gross floor area (GFA) plus one (1) space for each additional 1000 square feet up to a total GFA of 20,000 then one (1) space for every additional 10,000 square feet of additional GFA thereafter. (15) Golf Courses and Country Clubs. Three parking spaces per hole. (16) Tennis Clubs. Two parking spaces per court. (17) Parks and other similar uses. One space per 10,000 square feet. (18) Game preserves and other passive use areas. One space per acre. (19) One (1) off-street parking space per three (3) dry-docking and storage spaces, and one (1) off-street parking space per two (2) wet slip spaces. (20) Private child care centers and preschools, one (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of Gross Floor Area (GFA). Private elementary and junior high schools, two (2) spaces per class room and one (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of office area. Private high schools, five (5) spaces per classroom and one (1) space per three hundred (300) square feet of office area. (21) Not less than one parking space shall be provided for each paid dispensing unit in a detached automatic vending or transaction machine. (22) For any building/development not listed above, the number of parking spaces shall be determined by the Administrator. (23) All areas used for sales display of any types of motor vehicles, boats, trailers or heavy construction equipment shall be paved. The paved display area requirement may be waived for uses located in the Area of Critical Concern. (Ord. No. 42-1993, 1, 10-26-93; Ord. No. 9-1999, 11, 4-27-99; Ord. No. 11-2000, 1, 4-11- 00;Ord. No.68-2004, 1, 9-28-04; Ord. No.37-2006, 2, 9-26-0;6 Ord. No.38-2006, 2, 10-10- 06) Sec. 39-62. Credit for required parking spaces. (a) For industrial and office purposes only, a reduction may be given to the number of required parking spaces provided the following conditions are met: (1) Applicant must submit a transportation plan for their operation detailing how employees will be utilizing different modes of transportation to and from work. (2) Applicant must demonstrate a reasonable number of their employees will be utilizing bus service, ride share, van pooling, or any combination thereof. (3) Applicant must submit a site plan which will maintain sufficient land available to reinstate all required parking if applicant's transportation plan should not be implemented or subsequently terminated. Sec. 39-63. Parking space dimensions. 2
(a) Each regular parking space (excluding parallel parking spaces) shall contain a striped rectangular area at least 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. Lines demarcating parking spaces may be drawn at various angles in relation to curbs or aisles, so long as the parking spaces so created contain within them the rectangular area required by this section. (b) Wherever parking areas consist of spaces set aside for parallel parking, the dimensions of such parking spaces shall not be less than 22 feet by 10 feet. (c) Handicap spaces shall have dimensions of twelve (12) feet by twenty (20) feet. (Ord. No.68-2004, 1, 9-28-04; Ord. No.6-2006, 9, 2-28-06) Editor's note--there was no section 41.28 within the former Land Development Regulations. Sec. 39-64. Required widths of parking area aisles and driveways. (a) Parking area aisle widths shall conform to the following table, which varies the width requirement according to the angle of parking and shall include directional markings as necessary: Parking Angle (In Degrees) 0 30 45 60 90 One-Way Traffic 13 11 13 18 24 Two-Way Traffic 20 20 21 23 24 (b) Driveways shall be not less than 10 feet in width for one-way traffic and 24 feet in width for two-way traffic, except as noted above. Sec. 39-65. General design requirements. (a) Unless no other practical alternative is available, vehicle accommodation areas shall be designed so that, without resorting to extraordinary movements, vehicles may exit such areas without backing onto a public street. The requirement does not apply to parking areas consisting of driveways that serve one dwelling unit, although backing onto highway, major arterial or minor arterial streets is not allowed. (b) Vehicle accommodation areas of all development shall be designed so that sanitation, emergency, and other public service vehicles can serve such developments without the necessity of backing unreasonable distances or making other dangerous or hazardous turning movements. (c) Every vehicle accommodation area shall be designed so that vehicles cannot extend beyond the perimeter of such area onto adjacent properties or public rights-of-way. Such areas shall also be designed so that vehicles do not extend over sidewalks or tend to bump against or damage any wall, vegetation, or other obstruction. (d) Circulation areas shall be designed so that vehicles can proceed safely without posing a danger to pedestrians or other vehicles and without interfering with parking areas. (e) Drive-in/drive-through facilities. (1) Each drive-in stacking lane must be clearly defined and designed as to not conflict or interfere with other traffic utilizing the site. (2) A bypass lane shall be provided if one way traffic flow pattern is utilized. (Ord. No. 7-1992, 4-16-92; Ord. No. 45-2003, 1, 9-23-03) Sec. 39-66. Joint use of required parking spaces. 3
(a) (b) To the extent that developments that wish to make joint use of the same parking spaces operate at different times, the same spaces may be credited to both uses. In order to be eligible for this credit, a parking analysis of the uses included must be provided to and accepted by the Administrator. If the joint use of the same parking spaces by two or more principal uses involves satellite parking spaces, then the provisions of section 39-67 are also applicable. Sec. 39-67. Satellite parking. (a) If the number of off-street parking spaces required by this chapter cannot reasonably be provided on the same lot where the principal use associated with these parking spaces is located, then spaces may be provided on adjacent or nearby lots in accordance with the provisions of this section. These off-site spaces are referred to in this section as satellite parking spaces. (b) All such satellite parking spaces must be located within 400 feet of a public entrance of a principal building housing the use associated with such parking, or within 400 feet of the lot on which the use associated with such parking is located if the use is not housed within any principal building. Such satellite spaces shall be utilized or assigned to employees of the building served. (c) The developer wishing to take advantage of the provisions of this section must present satisfactory written evidence of ownership or lease for at least ten (10) years. The developer must also sign an acknowledgment that the continuing validity of his permit depends upon his continuing ability to provide the requisite number of parking spaces. Sec. 39-68. Curbing. (a) All required interior landscaped areas and vehicular access areas shall be curbed to prevent vehicular encroachment. (b) Curbing shall be installed around required islands in pavement. (c) Curb cuts and ramps for the handicapped shall be installed as required by State Law. (d) Construction shall be in accordance with curbing specifications on file in the office of the City Engineer. Sec. 39-69. Loading and unloading areas. (a) The general application of this section requires that whenever the normal operation of any development requires that goods, merchandise, or equipment be routinely delivered to or shipped from that development, a sufficient off-street loading and unloading area must be provided in accordance with this section to accommodate the delivery or shipment operations in a safe and convenient manner. (b) The loading and unloading area must be of sufficient size to accommodate the numbers and types of vehicles that are likely to use this area, given the nature of the development in question. A single loading space shall measure 12 feet by 55 feet with overhead clearance of 14 feet at the space and along the access route to a public street. The following table indicates the number and size of spaces that, presumptively, satisfy the standard set forth in this subsection. However, the Administrator may require more or less loading and unloading area if reasonably necessary to satisfy the applications of (a), above. 4
Gross Leasable Area of Building Number of spaces 1,000-- 19,999 1 20,000-- 79,999 2 80,000--127,999 3 128,000--191,000 4 192,000--255,999 5 256,000--319,999 6 320,000--391,999 7 Plus one (1) space for each additional 72,000 square feet or fraction thereof. (c) (d) (e) (f) Loading and unloading areas shall be so located and designed that the vehicles intended to use them can (i) maneuver safely and conveniently to and from a public or private right-of-way, and (ii) complete the loading and unloading operations without obstructing or interfering with any public or private right-of-way or any parking space or parking lot aisle, or fire lanes. No area allocated to loading and unloading facilities may be used to satisfy the area requirements for off-street parking, nor shall any portion of any off-street parking area be used to satisfy the area requirements for loading and unloading facilities. No loading area shall be occupied by any vehicle for more than 24 hours. Whenever (i) there exists a lot with one or more structures on it constructed before the effective date of this chapter, and (ii) a change in use that does not involve any enlargement of a structure is proposed for such lot, and (iii) the loading area requirements of this section cannot be satisfied because there is not sufficient area available on the lot that can practically be used for loading and unloading, then the developer need only comply with this section to the extent reasonably possible. Sec. 39-70. Excessive parking. Required off-street parking areas for all uses shall be required to have all spaces covered in an impervious all-weather hard surface with the remainder to be in a clearly defined, approved, stabilized area to accommodate overflow parking; shall be marked to indicate driving lanes, parking spaces, and, if appropriate, direction of vehicular movement; and shall be maintained in good condition and clearly marked at all times. Impervious parking in excess of 125 percent of that required by this section shall be prohibited unless approved by the Administrator. Sec. 39-71. On street parking regulations. (a) Districts in which parking is prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, either as agent, owner, occupant, lessee, tenant or otherwise, to park, store, deposit or allow, cause or permit to be parked, stored or deposited on any public or private property in any residential zoning districts of the City any road tractor, semi trailer, truck tractor or any combination thereof or any other truck or special mobile equipment or other heavy equipment of whatever type, size or nature. (b) Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Commercial and industrial zoning districts. 5
(c) (2) Private property whereon construction is underway, for which a current and valid building permit has been issued by the City, as to those vehicles actively engaged in such construction. (3) Those persons performing lawful and authorized work upon the premises where the vehicle is parked, including immediate pickup or delivery service. (4) Standard pickup and paneled trucks having a carrying capacity of not more than one (1) ton gross weight. (5) Any vehicle that is parked entirely inside a garage, or is parked in a carport where no part of the vehicle extends outside the roof line of such carport. (6) Travel trailers, camper trailers or boat trailers parked in accordance with section 27-9 of the 1963 City Code. (7) The emergency parking of a disabled vehicle. However, any such vehicle shall be removed from the residential district within twenty-four (24) hours by wrecker towing or other available means, regardless of the nature of the emergency. (8) Trucks meeting the specifications of the City tow (wrecker) truck, provided such trucks are being used to provide emergency services on an "oncall" basis for a governmental law enforcement agency. Penalty and enforcement. (1) The owner of any vehicle parked upon the streets, highways, roadways, sidewalks, easements, parkways and all public property and public rights-of-way in the City in violation of this section shall be guilty of a noncriminal parking violation in accordance with the procedure and requirements provided for in Florida Statutes 316.1967. (2) No person or property owner, either as agent, owner, occupant, lessee, tenant or otherwise, shall allow any vehicle to be parked or stored on any public or private property in the City in violation of this section. Any violation of this section will be enforced pursuant to section 27-5. Secs. 39-72--39-90. Reserved. 6