§ 7.5. Parking requirements for all districts.
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General. Off-street automobile storage or parking spaces shall be provided with vehicular access to a street or alley, and shall be equal to at least the minimum requirements for the specific land use set forth or as otherwise provided in this Ordinance.
7.511
The required number of parking spaces 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 portion of the parking space required for an existing church whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sundays may be assigned to a use which will be closed at night or on Sundays.
7.512
Areas reserved for off-street parking in accordance with the requirements of this Ordinance shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use unless the permitted use which it serves is discontinued or modified, except where equivalent parking space is provided to the satisfaction of the Board of Adjustment.
7.513
Off-street parking existing on the effective date of this Ordinance in connection with the operation of an existing building or use shall not be reduced to an amount less than hereinafter required for a similar new building or use.
7.514
For existing commercial uses in any business district and other similar areas desiring to expand but unable for good and sufficient reason to provide parking at the standard required in the following schedule, the Board of Adjustment may grant relaxation of the strict application of these requirements on appeal, subject to the regulations governing appeals and variances.
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Parking Decks. Where business and multifamily unit developments require large numbers of parking spaces, such spaces may be accommodated in parking decks provided that no such parking deck shall exceed three (3) levels above ground or 25% of the height of the principal structure, whichever is greater.
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Parking deck design shall be compatible with the design of the principal structure. Parking deck plans must be submitted together with the building site plan and must be approved by the City Engineer and the Planning Commission.
7.522
Required landscaping and additional parking, if required, shall be provided at ground level around the parking deck and principal structure so that the entire development is aesthetically pleasing. In no case shall the ratio of impervious surface to open space exceed 1.5.
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Parking Schedule.
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Dwellings.
Land Use Parking Requirements a. One and two families: Two (2) spaces for each dwelling unit. b. Multiple: One and six tenths (1.6) spaces for each unit. c. Hotels: One and one-fourth (1.25) spaces for each guest bedroom. d. Motels, Tourist Courts and Tourist Homes: One and two tenths (1.2) spaces for each guest bedroom. e. Mobile Home Courts and Parks: Two (2) spaces per unit. f. Board and Roominghouses, Dormitories: One (1) space for each guest bedroom. 7.532
Public Assembly.
Land Use Parking Requirements a. Churches or Other Places of Worship: One (1) space for each four (4) seats in the main auditorium or sanctuary. b. Private Clubs, Lodges and Fraternal Buildings not providing overnight accommodations: One (1) space for each 200 sq. ft. of building under the roof. c. Theaters, Auditoriums, Stadiums and Similar Places of Assembly: One (1) space for each four (4) seats. d. Libraries, Museums: One (1) space for each 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area. e. Schools, including Kindergartens, Playschools and Day Care Centers: One (1) space for each four (4) seats in assembly hall, or one (1) space for each including teachers and administrators, whichever is greater, plus five (5) spaces per classroom for high schools and colleges. f. Skating Rinks, Dancehalls, Exhibition Halls, Pool Rooms and Other Places of Amusement or Assembly without Fixed Seating Arrangements: One (1) space for each 200 sq. ft. of floor area. g. Bowling Alleys: Four (4) spaces for each alley. 7.533
Health Facilities.
Land Use Parking Requirements a. Hospitals, Sanitariums, Nursing Homes, Homes for [the] Aged and Similar Institutional Uses: One (1) space for each four (4) beds, plus one (1) space for each four (4) for employees, including nurses. b. Kennels and Animal Hospitals: A parking area equal to 30 percent of the total enclosed or covered area. c. Medical, Dental and Health Offices and Clinics: One (1) space for each 200 sq. ft. of used for offices and similar purposes. d. Mortuaries & Funeral Parlors: Five (5) spaces per parlor chapel unit, or one (1) space per four (4) seats, whichever is greater. 7.534
Business.
Land Use Parking Requirements a. Commercial Establishments and Offices including but not limited to the following: Four (4) parking spaces for up to 400 sq. ft. of gross floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each additional 400 sq. ft. of gross floor area up to 5,000 sq. ft., plus one (1) parking space for each additional 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area over 5,000 sq. ft. Foodstores, Furniture Stores, General Business, commercial or personal service establishments catering to the retail trade. Governmental Offices, Office Buildings, including banks, businesses, commercial, and professional offices and buildings but excluding medical, dental and health offices, and clinics. Public Utilities, such as telephone exchanges and sub-stations, radio and TV stations. b. Restaurants, including bars, grills, dinners, cafes, taverns, nightclubs, lunch counters, and all similar dining and/or drinking establishments. One and two-tenths (1.2) spaces for each four (4) seats. c. Shopping Centers: One (1) space per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area. 7.535
Industries.
Land Use Parking Requirements a. Commercial, manufacturing and Industrial establishments, not catering to the retail trade: One (1) space for each employee on the maximum working shift, plus one (1) space for each vehicle operating form the premises. b. Wholesale establishments: One (1) space for every fifty (50) sq. ft. of customer service area, plus two (2) spaces for each three (3) employees on the maximum working shift, plus one (1) space for each company vehicle operating from the premises. c. Electric Power and Gas Substations: Twenty-five (25) percent of the parcel on which located or four (4) spaces whichever is smaller. 7.536
Any use not specified by these Regulations shall require one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area in the building. Where the use is mixed, total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately.
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Design Standards and Improvement Requirements.
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Definition. An off-street parking space is an all-weather surfaced area not in a street or alley and having an area of not less than 171 square feet and minimum dimensions of 9' × 19', exclusive of driveways, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one automobile and connected with a street or alley by an all-weather surfaced driveway which affords unobstructed ingress and egress to each space.
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Parking Area Dimensions. The design and dimensions of the parking area shall be in accordance with the following dimensions table:
Angle of Parking Curb Length Per Car Stall Depth Access Driveway Width 0 23'0" 9'0" 12'0" 20 20'4" 15'0" 11'0" 30 18'0" 17'4" 11'0" 40 14'0" 19'2" 12'0" 45 12'9" 19'10" 13'0" 50 11'9" 20'5" 12'0" 55 11'1" 20'3" 15'6" 60 10'5" 21'0" 18'0" 70 9'8" 21'0" 19'0" 80 9'8" 20'4" 24'0" 90 9'0" 19'0" 24'0" 7.543
Width of Two-Way Access Driveways. The minimum width of two-way access driveways within parking areas shall be twenty-four (24) feet.
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Paving Standards. Parking spaces and driveways shall be paved to standards established by the City of Atmore.
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Drainage. Off-street parking facilities shall be drained to prevent damage to abutting property and streets and to prevent pollutants from draining onto the adjacent lots. Landscaped areas and perimeter areas shall be so graded as to receive a reasonable portion of the rainfall from the surrounding pavement. Protective curbing around landscaped areas will leave openings for the flow of water onto unpaved areas. No runoff shall be directed to surface waters.
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Landscaping. The design and appearance of parking areas is intended to be compatible with the character of the community. A landscaping plan shall be submitted for the construction of the off-street parking areas accommodating six (6) or more parking spaces.
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Off-Street Loading and Unloading Space. Off-street loading/unloading spaces shall be provided as hereinafter required by this Ordinance.
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Size of Spaces. Each off-street loading/unloading space shall have minimum dimensions of 14 feet in height, 12 feet in width, and 55 feet in length. However, upon sufficient demonstration that a particular loading space will be used exclusively by shorter trucks, the Board of Adjustment may reduce the minimum length accordingly to as little as 35 feet.
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Connection to Street or Alley. Each required off-street loading/unloading space shall have direct access to a street or alley or have a driveway which offers satisfactory ingress and egress for trucks.
7.563
Floor Area Over 10,000 Square Feet. There shall be provided for each hospital, institution, hotel, commercial, or industrial building or similar use requiring the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise and having a floor area of more than 10,000 square feet, at least one off-street loading/unloading space for each 10,000 square feet of floor space or fraction thereof. Such space shall be so located as not to hinder the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles over a sidewalk, street or alley.
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Floor Area Less Than 10,000 Square Feet. There shall be provided for each commercial or industrial building requiring the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise and having a floor area of less than 10,000 square feet, sufficient off-street loading/unloading space (not necessarily a full space if shared by an adjacent establishment) so located as not to hinder the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles over a sidewalk, street or alley.
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Bus and Trucking Terminals. There shall be provided sufficient space to accommodate the maximum number of buses or trucks to be stored or to be loaded at the terminal at any one time.
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Location. All required off-street loading/unloading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the building which they are intended to serve, or on an adjacent lot when shared with the use occupying said adjacent lot.
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Permanent Reservation. Areas reserved for off-street loading/unloading in accordance with the requirement of this Ordinance shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use unless the permitted use which is served is discontinued or modified except where equivalent loading/unloading space is provided and approved by the Board of Adjustments.
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Off-Street Parking, Loading/Unloading Spaces for Mini-warehouses.
7.571
All one-way driveways shall provide for one 10-foot parking lane and one 10-foot travel lane. Traffic direction and parking shall be designated by signing or painting.
7.572
All two-way driveways shall provide for one 10-foot parking lane and two 12-foot travel lanes.
7.573
Whenever applicable, two (2) parking spaces shall be provided for the manager's quarters plus one (1) additional space for every 25 storage cubicles to be located at the project office for use of clients.
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Controlling Curb Cuts Vision Clearance. The requirements for controlling curb cuts and maintaining vision clearance shall be as follows:
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Curb Cuts. No curb cut shall exceed fifty (50) feet in length, nor shall curb cuts be closer than one hundred (100) feet to other curb cuts or closer than fifty (50) feet to any intersection of two streets measured along the curbline.
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Vision Clearance. In all use districts, no fence, wall, shrubbery, sign, marquee, or other obstruction to vision between the heights of two and one-half (2½) and ten (10) feet from the street level shall be permitted within twenty (20) feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines of two streets or railroad lines, or of a street intersection with a railroad line.
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Storage and Parking of Trailers and Commercial Vehicles.
7.591
Commercial vehicles and trailers of all types, including motor homes, travel, boat, camping and hauling, shall not be parked or stored on any lot occupied by a dwelling or any lot in any Residential District except in accordance with the following requirements:
a.
No more than one commercial vehicle per dwelling shall be permitted; and in no case shall a commercial vehicle used for hauling explosives, gasoline or liquefied petroleum products be permitted.
b.
Travel trailers, hauling trailers, motor homes, RVs, or boat trailers shall be permitted if parked or stored behind the front building setback line.
c.
A travel trailer shall not be occupied either temporarily or permanently while it is parked or stored in any area except in a trailer park authorized under this Ordinance; except that such may be occupied on a temporary basis pending rebuilding of the permanent structure following any disaster that may render the permanent structure unusable.
d.
A junked vehicle shall not be permitted to be located on or near lots with dwelling units. These junked autos shall be confined to junkyards.