§ XII. Vehicle parking space.

In all zoning districts there shall be provided in connection with appropriate allowable uses, off-street vehicle parking space in accordance with the following requirements:

(1)

In the "A", "B", "C" and "D" dwelling districts there shall be provided on each lot, two (2) parking spaces for each family or dwelling unit. In multi-family housing, off-street parking shall be provided so that each efficiency, one- and two-bedroom units shall have two (2) parking spaces, each three-bedroom unit shall have two and one-half (2½) parking spaces and each bedroom in excess of three (3) shall provide one-half parking space per additional bedroom.

(2)

For each permissible use hereinafter specifically stated or implied in the F and G districts or other districts, there shall be provided on the property, or upon a site within three hundred (300) feet from the principal use property (such site being subject to the approval of the zoning board of adjustment after receiving a favorable report from the planning and zoning commission) a parking space, open or enclosed, totaling two hundred fifty (250) square feet for each motor vehicle in accordance with the following use classifications:

(a)

Automobile service:

Filling station

Commercial garage

Sales room

Automobile repair

(b)

Business service:

Bank

Office

Postal station

(c)

Clothing service:

Laundry agency

Self-service laundry

Dressmaking

Millinery

Tailor shop

Shoe repair shop

Dry cleaning and pressing

(d)

Equipment service:

Radio shop

Electric appliance shop

Record shop

(e)

Food service:

Grocery store

Meat market

Supermarket

Restaurant

Delicatessen

Roadside sale stand or "drive-in"

Bakery

Cold storage lockers

(f)

Personal service:

Barber shop

Beauty shop

Reducing salon

Photographic studio

(g)

Retail service (retail stores generally):

Drugstore

Haberdasher

Stationer

Newsdealer

Apparel shop

Show room

Flower shop

Commercial greenhouse

(h)

Commercial recreation:

Theatre

Bowling alley

Billiard room

Dancing academy

Tavern or night club

(i)

Hotel.

(j)

Private club or lodge.

(k)

Churches.

Use	Number of Parking Spaces
Uses listed in categories (c) to (g) inclusive above	One space for each 200 square feet of floor space.
Commercial recreation uses other than the theatres, as listed in category (h) above	One space for each 125 square feet of floor area.
Private club or lodge	One space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
Automobile and business service uses, listed in categories (a) and (b) above	One space for each 3 employees or occupants.
Theatres	One space for each 6 seats.
Churches	One space for each 6 seats in the auditorium.
Hotels	One space for each 3 sleeping rooms.
Mortuary or undertaking establishment	One space for each 6 seats in chapel.
Municipal or governmental building, public library or museum	One space for each 200 square feet of ground floor area.
Public auditorium	One space for each 6 seats.
Public or parochial school	Elementary school—One space for each 10 students and staff.
	Junior high school—One space for each 8 students and staff.
	Senior high school—One space for each 5 students and staff.
Hospital, medical and dental clinics	Hospital—One space for each 200 square feet of sleeping area for patients.
	Medical and dental clinic—One space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
Baseball park, stadium, amusement park, athletic field	One space for each 10 seats.
Office building or professional building	One space for each 200 square feet of floor area for a one-story building and one space for each 500 square feet of upper floor area in addition for buildings over one story.
College or university	One space for each 3 students and staff

 

Loading and unloading berths: Loading and unloading berths of two hundred fifty (250) square feet shall be provided on the lot as follows:

Use	Gross Floor Space (square feet)	Loading and Unloading Berths
Retail stores	25,000 or less	1
	25,001 to 84,000	2
	84,001 to 156,000	3
	156,001 to 236,000	4
	236,001 to 325,000	5
	each 100,000 additional	1 additional
Hotels	100,000 or less	1
Office buildings	For each 200,000	1

 

Paving: Open parking, loading and unloading berths shall be paved with a dust proof or hard surface meeting the standard specifications of the City of Irving.

Exceptions: Groups of uses requiring vehicle parking space may join in establishing group parking areas with capacity aggregating that required for each participating use.

Vehicle parking requirements shall not apply in a block, fifty (50) percent or more of the area of which was occupied by business or industrial structures at the time of passage of this ordinance.

(3)

For each permissible use in the "H" district hereinafter specifically stated or implied, there shall be provided on the property, or upon a site within three hundred (300) feet from the principal use property (such site being subject to the approval of the zoning board of adjustment after receiving a favorable report from the planning and zoning commission) a parking space, open or enclosed, totaling two hundred fifty (250) square feet for each motor vehicle in accordance with the following use classifications:

Use	Number of Parking Spaces
Department stores or other commercial uses	One space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
Wholesale establishment	One space for each 3 employees

 

Loading and unloading berths: Loading and unloading berths of two hundred fifty (250) square feet shall be provided on the lot as follows:

Use	Gross Floor Space (square feet)	Loading and Unloading Berths
Department stores, wholesale establishments	25,000 or less	1
	25,001 to 84,000	2
	84,001 to 156,000	3
	156,001 to 236,000	4
	236,001 to 325,000	5
	100,000 additional	1 additional

 

Paving: Open parking area and loading and unloading berths shall be paved with a dust proof or hard surface meeting the standard specifications of the City of Irving.

Exceptions: Groups of uses requiring parking space may join in establishing group parking areas with capacity aggregating that required for each participating use.

Vehicle parking requirements shall not apply in a block, fifty (50) percent or more of the area of which was occupied by business or industrial structures at the time of passage of this ordinance.

(4)

For each permissible use in the "J", "K", "L" and "M" districts, there shall be provided on the property, or upon a site within three hundred (300) feet from the principal use property (such site being subject to the approval of the zoning board of adjustment after receiving favorable report from the planning and zoning commission) a parking space, open or enclosed, for each three (3) employees, totaling two hundred fifty (250) square feet for each motor vehicle.

Loading and unloading berths: Loading and unloading berths of two hundred fifty (250) square feet each shall be provided on the rear of the lot as follows:

Gross Floor Area (square feet)	Loading and Unloading Berths
25,000 or less	1
25,001 to 84,000	2
84,001 to 156,000	3
156,001 to 236,000	4
236,001 to 325,000	5
Each 100,000 additional	1 additional

 

Paving: Open parking area and loading berths shall be paved with a dust proof or hard surface meeting the standard specifications of the City of Irving.

Exceptions: Groups of uses requiring vehicle parking space may join in establishing group parking areas with capacity aggregating that required for each participating use.

Vehicle parking requirements shall not apply in a block, fifty (50) percent or more of the area of which was occupied by business or industrial structures at the time of passage of this ordinance.

Special requirements: In order to meet requirements for vehicle parking space, where such space is not available on the property occupied by a business or industrial use, in an "F", "G", "H" or "J" district, the zoning board of adjustment may, after conferring with and receiving a favorable report from the planning and zoning commission on a proposal, and further, after public notice and hearing, grant a permit for the establishment of a parking area, as an auxiliary use, on a lot or lots in an "A", "B", "C" or "D" district, provided that the entire area for the parking area is within three hundred (300) feet of the business or industrial use property involved and when the proposed parking area adjoins or is across an alley from said use in an "F", "G", "H" or "J" district, or, in the case of a church or place of congregations or people and automobiles in a residential district, immediately adjacent to such church or place of congregation and provided that:

(a)

There shall be no sales, dead storage, repair work, dismantling or servicing of any kind on said parking area.

(b)

Entrances and exits shall be approved as to location by the city planning commission.

(c)

Reserved.

(d)

The lot shall be paved with a dust-proof or hard surface meeting the standard specifications of the city.

(e)

No advertising signs may be erected upon such lot except at each street side of the lot to indicate the operator or purpose of the lot and to indicate entrances and exits, direction of traffic flow and conditions for parking. Such signs shall not exceed twenty (20) square feet in area and shall not extend more than ten (10) feet in overall height above the ground.

(f)

Lighting facilities, if provided, shall be so arranged as to be reflected away from residentially zoned or use property.

(5)

Any zoning district which permits manufacturing plants or research laboratories shall provide one parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of floor space.

(6)

Any zoning district which permits distribution, warehousing, and storage shall provide one parking space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor space.

(Ord. No. 3555, § 5, 11-20-80)