CROSS REFERENCES
Off-street parking facilities - see Ohio R.C. 717.05 et seq.
Parking generally - see TRAF. Ch. 351
Municipal parking lots - see TRAF. Ch. 355
Loading space defined - see P. & Z. 1101.04(47)
Parking space defined - see P. & Z. 1101.04(66)
1145.01 LOADING SPACE.
(a) In any district, in connection with any building or part thereof hereafter erected or altered which is to be occupied by manufacturing, stores, warehouses, goods display, retail commercial, wholesale commercial, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses requiring the receipt or distribution by truck of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same lot with such buildings, off-street loading space in accordance with the following schedule:
Floor Area of Building Total Number of Off-Street
Square Feet Loading Spaces
Less than 10,000 0
10,000 to 20,000 1
20,000 to 40,000 2
40,000 to 60,000 3
60,000 to 80,000 4
80,000 to 100,000 5
When the floor area of the building exceeds 100,000 square feet the number of off-street loading spaces shall be determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(b) Each loading space shall be not less than ten feet in width, twenty-five feet in length and fourteen feet in height.
(c) Subject to the limitations of subsection (d) hereof, such space may occupy all or any part of any required yard.
(d) No such space shall be closer than fifty feet to any other lot located in any R-District, unless wholly within a completely enclosed building or unless enclosed on all sides by a wall or uniformly painted solid board fence not less than six feet in height.
(Ord. 196. Passed 11-21-63.)
1145.02 PARKING SPACE.
(a) In all districts, except B-2 districts, in connection with every industrial, business, institutional, recreational, residential or any other use, there shall be provided, at the time any building or structure is erected, enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces for automobiles in accordance with the requirements herein.
(b) Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 160 square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be in usable shape and condition. Except in the case of dwellings, no parking area provided hereunder shall be less than 1,000 square feet in area.
(Ord. 196. Passed 11-21-63.)
1145.03 ACCESS.
There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Where a lot does not abut on a public or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than eight feet in width in the case of a dwelling, and not less than eighteen feet in width in all other cases, leading to the parking or storage areas or loading or unloading spaces required hereunder in such manner as to secure the most appropriate development of the property in question. Except where provided in connection with a use permitted in an R-District, such easement of access or access drive shall not be located in any R-District.
(Ord. 196. Passed 11-21-63.)
1145.04 FLOOR AREA DEFINED.
For the purposes of applying the requirements in Sections 1145.01 and 1145.02 hereof, "floor area", in the case of offices, merchandising or service types of uses, means the gross floor area used or intended to be used by tenants, or for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for the display or sale of merchandise. It does not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise, for show windows, for offices incidental to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings, for toilet or rest rooms, for utilities or for dressing rooms, fitting or alteration rooms.
(Ord. 196. Passed 11-21-63.)
1145.05 NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED.
The number of off-street parking spaces required shall be as follows:
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Use
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Parking Spaces Required
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Automobile or machinery sales and service garages
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1 for each 800 sq. ft. floor area
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Banks, business and professional offices
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1 for each 400 sq. ft. floor area
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Bowling lanes
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5 for each lane
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Churches and schools
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1 for each 8 seats in an auditorium or 1 for each 17 classroom seats;
whichever is greater
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Dance halls and assembly halls without
fixed seats, exhibition halls except
church assembly rooms in conjunction with
auditorium
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1 for each 100 sq. ft. of floor area used for assembly or dancing
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Dwellings
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1 for each family or dwelling unit
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Funeral homes, mortuaries
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4 for each parlor or 1 for each 50 sq. ft. of floor area
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Furniture and appliance stores, household
equipment or furniture repair shop of over
1,000 sq. ft. floor area |
1 for each 400 sq. ft. of floor area
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Hospitals
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1 for each 2 beds
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Hotels, lodging houses
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1 for each 2 bedrooms
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Manufacturing plants, research or
testing laboratories, bottling plants
of over 1,000 sq. ft. in area
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1 for each 2 employees in the maximum working shift, or for each 1,200 sq.
ft. of floor area, whichever is greater
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Medical or dental clinics
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1 for each 200 sq. ft. of floor area
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Motels and motor hotels1 space for each
living or sleeping unit Restaurants, beer
parlors and night clubs of over 1,000 sq.
ft. in area
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1 for each 200 sq. ft. of floor area
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Retail stores, shops, etc., of over 2,000
sq. ft. floor area
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1 for each 150 sq. ft. of floor area
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Sanitariums, convalescent homes,
childrens' homes
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1 for each 6 beds
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Sports arenas, auditoriums, theatres,
assembly halls other than schools
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1 for each 6 seats
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Wholesale establishments or warehouses
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1 for each 3 employees on maximum shift or for each 3,000 sq. ft. of floor
area, whichever is greater.
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Uses Not Listed: In the case of any building, structure or premises, the use of which is not specifically listed herein, the provisions for a use which is so listed and to which such use is similar or comparable in regard to generality of parking demand shall apply.
(Ord. 196. Passed 11-21-63.)
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