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Title 2 — Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 260 — Off-Street Parking.

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§ 260-10

Design Standards for Off-street Automobile Parking

Off-street automobile parking shall be provided in accordance with all applicable provisions of this section.

260-10.01 Design Standards.

All parking facilities, including entrances, exits and maneuvering areas, shall comply with the following provisions:

A.Shall have access to a public street or easement approved by the county;

B.Entrances and exits shall be graded and paved as specified by the county and shall be curbed when needed for effective drainage control;

C.Paved parking facilities shall have all spaces marked with paint lines, curbstones or other similar designations in accord with the following:

1.Each space set at a 90-degree angle shall have not less than 162 square feet and shall be not less than eight feet six inches wide and 19 feet deep, exclusive of passageways, which shall be not less than 24 feet wide;

2.Each space set at a 60-degree angle shall have not less than 176 square feet and shall be not less than eight feet six inches wide and 20 feet eight inches deep, exclusive of passageways, which shall be not less than 18 feet six inches;

3.Each space set at a 45-degree angle shall have not less than 165 square feet and shall be not less than eight feet six inches wide and 19 feet five inches deep, exclusive of passageways, which shall be not less than 13 feet six inches wide;

4.There shall be adequate interior drives to connect each space with a public street.

D.Shall be drained so as to prevent damage to abutting properties or public streets;

E.Adequate lighting shall be provided if the facilities are to be used at night. Such lighting shall be arranged and installed so as not to reflect or cause glare on abutting properties.

F.Any parking areas within the required front yard of any structure shall not be closer than ten feet to any public right-of-way.

G.The provisions of subsections C, E, and F above shall not apply to single-family residential uses where three or less spaces are required.

260-10.02 Location.

All parking facilities shall be located in accordance with the following provisions:

A.The required space shall be provided on the same plot with the use it serves, except as provided herein;

B.If vehicular parking or storage space required cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot on which the principal use is conducted, the board of zoning appeals may permit such space to be provided on other off-street property provided such space lies within 400 feet of the main entrance to such principal use. Such vehicular parking space shall be associated with the permitted use and shall not hereafter be reduced or encroached upon in any manner; and

C.The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be combined in one lot but the required space assigned to one use may not be assigned to another use at the same time, except that one-half of the parking space required for churches, theaters, or assembly halls whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sunday may be assigned to a use which will be closed at nights or on Sundays.

§ 260-20

Required Spaces

260-20.01 Minimum Parking Space Requirements.

The minimum number of parking spaces shall be determined based on the spaces required for principal uses from the Table of Minimum Parking Requirements, unless the development receives an Administrative Variance for a reduction in minimum parking requirements as provided in Section 290-80. Where parking requirements for any use are not specifically defined in Table 260.1 shown below Backyard Chickens N/A Charitable Organization Collection Receptacle N/A Electronic Vehicle Charging Station N/A Fuel Storage for On-Site Use of Vehicles and N/A Equipment Home Occupations N/A Parcel Delivery Lockers N/A Small Cell Wireless Facilities N/A Telecommunication Towers N/A Wild and Exotic Animals N/A

Table 260.1

	Use Agricultural Uses	Parking Spaces Required
Animal Production and Aquaculture excluding Hog and Pig Farming		1 space per employee
Crop Production		1 space per employee
Forestry and Logging		1 space per employee
Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production		1 space per 200 sq. ft. (net) of floor space, 1 space per employee
Hog and Pig Farming		1 space per employee
Produce Stands, Temporary		3 spaces per stand
Sawmills		1 space per employee
Solar Power Electric Generation		1 space per employee
	Commercial/Industrial Uses
Accessory Retail Sales and Services		Number required for office or institutional, motel, hotel, high-rise apartment use to which it is accessory. If it is a permitted secondary use in a structure other than the primary use: one space per 200 sq. ft. (net) of floor space
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing		1 space per employee, 1 space per loading dock
Apparel Manufacturing		1 space per employee, 1 space per loading dock

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§ 260-30

Site Distance at Intersections

In all zoning districts, no fence, structure, planting, or other obstruction (above a height of three feet) shall be maintained with 15 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines extended of two streets, or of a street intersection with a railroad right-of-way.

§ 260-40

Off-street Loading and Unloading

On the same premises with every building or structure erected hereafter and occupied for any manufacturing, processing, or related uses, storage, warehousing, wholesaling, or related uses, and retailing, trade, and its related uses involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same lot adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading in order to avoid undue interference with the public use of sidewalk, street, or alley. Such space unless otherwise adequately provided for shall include at minimum:

260-40.01 A 12-foot by 25-foot loading space, with 14 feet overhead clearance for every

20,000 square feet or fraction thereof in excess of 7,000 square feet of floor area of land used for above-mentioned purpose.

260-40.02 An off-street loading space or spaces of sufficient dimensions and size to allow

normal off-street loading and unloading operations of a kind appropriate to the property served thereby, where the floor area of land used for above mentioned purposes is less than 7,000 square feet.

260-40.03 In no case shall a loading berth or loading space be so located as to hinder the

free movement of vehicles and pedestrians over a street, sidewalk, alley, or access route to or from an off-street parking area.

260-40.04 Any light used to illuminate any parking/loading area shall be so arranged as to

reflect light away from adjoining premises in a residential district.