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4.6.125 Motor Vehicle Parking—Parking Space Requirements.

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(A)       Table 4.6.2 establishes minimum off-street parking standards according to use, which apply to that use in any land use district.

 

(B)       The minimum parking standard for any use not specified in Table 4.6.2 is the average peak period parking demand identified for that use in the current version of the ITE Parking Manual, for the day(s) of the week with the highest parking demand.

 

(C)       The maximum off-street parking standard for any use that is not a residential use is 125 percent of the minimum off-street parking standard. There is no maximum off-street parking standard for residential uses.

 

(D)       Parking standards established in Table 4.6.2 may be modified as provided in SDC 4.6.110.

 

Table 4.6.2

 

 

Use

Minimum Parking Standard

Residential Uses

 

Single unit dwelling, detached

2 spaces for each dwelling, not including an accessory dwelling unit.

Duplex

1 space per dwelling unit, 2 spaces total.

Triplex

1 space per dwelling unit, 3 spaces total.

Fourplex

1 space per dwelling unit, 4 spaces total.

Townhome

1 space for each townhome dwelling unit.

Cottage clusters

1 space for each dwelling unit in a cottage cluster.

Multiple unit housing

1 space for each dwelling unit.

Group care facilities

1 quarter space for each bedroom or dwelling unit plus 1 per full time employee on the busiest shift.

Short term rental (see SDC 4.7-355)

Type 1 – No additional spaces above what is required for the primary residence.

Type 2 – 1 on-site parking space for each guest room.

Commercial/Industrial Uses

 

Child care center

1 space for each 350 square feet of gross area, plus 1 drop off space for each 700 square feet of gross floor area.

Hotel/motel

1 space plus 1 space for each guest room.

Eating and drinking establishments

1 space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.

Retail trade and services (including shopping centers)

1 space for every 300 square feet of gross floor area.

Manufacture and assembly, and other primary industrial uses. Includes warehousing.

1 space for each 1000 square feet of gross floor area.

Warehouse commercial sales (including bulky merchandise)

1 space for each 600 square feet of gross floor area.

Public and Institutional Uses

 

Educational facilities

1 space for each classroom, plus 1 for each 100 square feet of the largest public assembly area.

Public utility facility

None, unless utility vehicles will be parked overnight.

Recreational facilities, and religious, social and public institutions

1 space for each 100 square feet of floor area in the primary assembly area and 1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area for the remainder of the building.

Transportation facilities

1 space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area not including vehicle storage areas.

 

Special Provisions.

 

(A)       Downtown Exception Area. Within the Downtown Exception Area, all lots/parcels and uses are exempt from the minimum off-street parking space requirements of this section. However, if the Director determines there is a need for off-street parking, the Director may require an Institute of Transportation Engineering (ITE) Parking Generation Report to determine the off-street parking requirements.

 

(B)       Commercial Districts.

 

(1)        Parking lots in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) District must be designed so that a landscaped separator is in between every 7 spaces . A development in the NC district that requires more than 25 parking spaces must locate half of all the required spaces over 25 behind proposed buildings.

 

(2)        Parking lots must be used exclusively for the parking of vehicles. However, parking spaces in excess of the number required by this code may be used for temporary sales or display of merchandise where the activity does not create a hazard for automobile or pedestrian traffic or where otherwise allowed under this code or the Springfield Municipal Code.

 

(3)        A minimum of 4 off-street parking spaces is required for all sites in commercial zoning districts that require parking, unless reduced under SDC 4.6.110(M).

 

(C)       Light-Medium Industrial (LMI), Heavy Industrial (HI), and Special Heavy Industrial (SHI) Districts. In addition to reductions permitted in accordance with the provisions of SDC 4.6.110, parking spaces may be reduced in LMI, HI, or SHI land use districts on a 1-for-1 basis when the number of spaces required is more than the number of employees working on the busiest shift, provided that a landscaped area equal to the total number of spaces reduced must be held in reserve for future use.

 

(D)       Campus Industrial (CI) District.

 

(1)        To the greatest extent practicable, parking must be located behind buildings, internal to development or to the side of a building.

 

(2)        The number of required parking spaces for uses not shown in Table 4.6.2 must be determined based upon standards for similar uses.

 

(3)        Parking spaces may be reduced on a 1-for-1 basis when the number of spaces required is more than the shift with the largest number of employees, provided that a landscaped area equal to the total number of spaces reduced is held in reserve for future use.

 

(4)        An additional 5 percent of impermeable surface may be allowed in cases where all parking on a lot/parcel is screened by earthen berms with an average height of 3 feet (measured from the finished grade of the edge of the parking lot), sunken below grade an average depth of 3 feet (measured from the finished grade of the edge of the parking lot to the finished grade of the adjacent berm or landscaped area), or both.

 

(5)        Truck parking for vehicles necessary for the operation of the facility may be located either:

 

(a)        Within an enclosed building; or

 

(b)       Outside of a building if the following standards are met and must:

 

(i)         Be prohibited in all front and street-side yards;

 

(ii)        Meet the building setback standards specified in SDC 3.2.420; and

 

(iii)       Be screened as specified in SDC 3.2.445.

 

(E)       Medical Services (MS) District. Motor vehicle parking standards are determined based upon standards for similar uses in Table 4.6.2 and upon the required Traffic Study.

 

(F)       Public Land and Open Space District. Motor vehicle parking standards are determined based upon standards for similar uses in Table 4.6.2. Uses not listed require a Parking Study.

 

(G)       Mixed Use Districts.

 

(1)        Nonresidential Requirements. Off-street surface parking must meet the minimum parking requirement for the various commercial and industrial uses in Table 4.6.2 unless reduced under applicable provisions in this code.

 

(2)        Residential Requirements. Minimum off-street parking standards for residential uses must comply with the standards specified in Table 4.6.2 unless reduced under applicable provisions in this code. (6443; 6412)