1. Off
street parking areas shall equal or exceed the number of spaces required and
shall be of usable shape and surface, and have convenient ingress and
egress. Not less than seventy-five
percent (75%) of the total required parking spaces shall be designed for use by
full size vehicles. Up to twenty-five
percent (25%) of the required parking may be designed and designated for
compact vehicles.
2. Aisles
and access drives shall be designed so as to provide an adequate vehicular
maneuvering area upon the property being served and in no case shall off-street
parking areas be permitted which encourage or require the backing onto or
maneuvering within any public right-of-way, except that the Board of Adjustment
has the ability to approve vehicular parking where they back onto a public
right-of-way in the Central Business District (B-2) and the Old and Historic
Zones (OH) in the City of Versailles.
3. Where
parking areas are provided for five (5) or more vehicles, or containing more
than eighteen hundred (1800) square feet of area, they shall be improved with
an asphaltic, concrete, brick, or other properly bound surface, so as to be
durable and dustless, unless two hundred (200) feet or more distant from a
residence district in which case dust proof treatment will suffice. On bound
surfaces each parking space shall be physically delineated on the surface of
the parking area.
4. All
parking and loading areas shall provide for proper drainage of surface water to
prevent the drainage of such water onto adjacent properties or walkways. To prevent this, water shall be intercepted
in a suitable manner and piped to a retention basin area, if none exists or
none is required, then to the storm sewer, gutter line or drainage ditch. Permanent storm water retention shall be
provided for all off-street parking areas containing five (5) or more parking
spaces and/or more than eighteen hundred (1800) square feet of parking area.
5. Any
lighting used to illuminate such parking areas shall be so arranged as to
reflect away from the
adjoining premises in any residential district, as well as
public street or highway, so as to minimize glare or reflection that may
constitute a traffic hazard or nuisance.
6. Off-street
parking areas for more than five (5) vehicles or containing more than eighteen
hundred (1800) square feet of parking area, shall be effectively screened on
each side which adjoins or fronts property situated in a residential district
or used for residential or institutional purposes by a wall, fence or
densely-planted compact evergreen hedge, of a design or type which is
acceptable to the Zoning Administrator, not less than four (4) or more than six
(6) feet in height, except that, in any industrial district, said wall, fence or hedge shall be
not less than four (4) or more than eight (8) feet in height. Further provided that such wall or fence shall
not be used for advertising purposes and shall be maintained in good condition. The space between such fence, wall, or
planting screen and the lot line of adjoining property in any residential
district shall be landscaped with grass, shrubs, or an evergreen ground cover,
and maintained in good condition.
D. Location of
Off-Street Parking
The location of parking facilities shall be as hereinafter
set forth and where distances are specified, they shall be the walking distance
measured from the nearest point of the parking facility to the nearest point of
the building that such facility is required to serve.
1. For
one and two-family dwellings, on the same lot with the building they are
required to serve.
2. For
multiple family dwellings, not more than two hundred (200) feet from the
building they are required to serve.
3. For uses located in and permitted in the
"B-1", "B-3",
"B-4", and "P-1" districts, and for hospitals,
nursing homes, convalescent and rest homes,
orphanages, rooming houses, lodging houses, private clubs, fraternity
and sorority houses and churches not more than three hundred (300) feet from
the building they are required to serve.
4. For uses located in and permitted in
"I-1" and "I-2" districts and uses not specified herein
above not more than seven hundred (700) feet from the building, or other place of
assembly, they are required to serve.
E. Units of
Measurement
1. For
the purpose of this section, "Floor Area" in the case of offices,
merchandising or service types of uses shall mean the gross floor area used, or
intended to be used, by tenants or for services to the public as customers,
patrons, clients or patients, including area occupied by fixtures and equipment
used for display sale of merchandise. It
shall not include area used principally for non-public 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 toilets or rest rooms, for utilities, or for dressing rooms,
fitting or alteration rooms.
2. In
stadiums, sports arenas, churches and other places of assembly where patrons or
spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each
twenty four (24) inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one (1)
seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking
facilities under this Ordinance-Resolution.
3. When
units of measurement determining number of required parking spaces result in
requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one half
(1/2) shall be disregarded, and fraction over one half (1/2) shall require one
(1) parking space.
F. Joint Use of
Parking Areas
1. Off-street
parking areas required for residential use shall not be included in any joint
parking arrangement.
2. Up
to one hundred percent (100%) of the off-street parking required for a church,
or an auditorium incidental to a public or private school, and up to fifty
percent (50%) of the off-street parking required for any other use may be
provided by a joint parking arrangement.
3. The
joint parking area shall be within three hundred (300) feet of all of the uses
being served by such facility measured by the walking distance from the nearest
point of the parking facility to the nearest point of the building in which the
use is located and which parking is intended to serve.
4. The
applicant shall submit sufficient data to the Zoning Administrator to
demonstrate that the normal and regular operating hours of the uses proposing a
joint parking arrangement do not coincide or overlap in any manner.
5. All
parties shall execute a properly drawn legal instrument for the joint use of
off-street parking areas. This instrument, having been approved as to form and
manner of execution by the legal counsel of the Versailles-Midway-Woodford
County Planning Commission, shall be filed with the application.
G. Minimum
Distances and Set-backs
1. Minimum
Distances and Setbacks for Parking, Loading and Unloading Areas in Residential
Zones
A. Minimum
Required Parking - In every R-1A, R-1B, R-1C and R-2 zone, there shall be
provided at least one (1) off street parking space for each dwelling unit; no
such space shall be located within any required front yard or side yard area.
B. Additional
Parking - Provided the above parking has been met, additional parking shall be
permitted in the required front yard or side street side yard in any R-1A,
R-1B, R-1C, or R-2 zone provided the following requirements are met:
1. The
parking area and driveway shall be paved with concrete, asphalt, brick, or
other suitable hard surface material as approved by the Zoning Administrator or
Building Inspector.
2. The
paved areas (parking areas and driveways) shall be set back from the property
lines as follows:
Setback from Front Setback
Zone Side
Street
R-1A 10' 4'
R-1B 6' 2'
R-1C 6' 2'
R-2 6' 2'
3. The
percentage of coverage of parking areas and driveways shall not exceed fifty
(50%) percent of the total required front yard or side street side yard.
4. The
design of the parking areas and driveways shall be developed so as to
discourage the backing of vehicles onto a public right-of-way.
5. A
permit shall be required for the construction of all parking areas and driveways
that fall under the above regulations.
The owner must provide the Zoning Administrator or Building Inspector
with a plot plan showing the entire lot, the location of the residence, the
layout of the parking areas and driveways, (both the required spaces and
proposed extra spaces) and all proposed landscaping and screening required and
any other information necessary to clearly define the proposed construction as
required.
C. Parking,
Loading, and Unloading Prohibited in All Other Residential Zones
In all Residential zones other than R-1A, R-1B, R-1C, and
R-2, no off street parking area, loading or unloading area, maneuvering area or
aisles shall be permitted within the required front yard or side street side
yard of any lot with a principal building.
Where parking is the principal use of
a lot, such off-street parking, loading or unloading area shall not be
closer to any lot line than the distance required for a principal building on
one (1) story in height. NO portion of
the front yard or side street side yard, exclusive of driveways, shall be paved
or surfaced; and all such front and side street side yards shall be enclosed by
a wall, or landscaped in such a manner suitable to preclude any such activity
as prohibited in this Section.
2. Minimum
Distances and Set-backs for Parking, Loading and Unloading Areas in Zones Other
Than Residential Zones.
A. No part
of any parking area for more than five (5) vehicles, or containing more than
eighteen hundred (1800) square feet of
parking area, shall be closer than ten (10) feet to any
dwelling, school, hospital or other institution for human care unless screened
by an unpierced masonry wall.
B. If on
the same lot with a principal building, the parking area shall not be located
within the front yard or side street side yard required for such building; and,
if not on the same yard required for such building; and, if not on the same lot, not closer to
any street line than the least depth of the yard which would be required for a
principal building of one (1) story height.
The fence, wall or hedge required by subsection (C) (6) of this section
shall be set back from each street the same as if it were a building wall, so
as to observe the front yard and side street yard requirements of this
Ordinance Resolution.
3. MINIMUM
STANDARDS FOR PARKING, LOADING, AND UNLOADING AREAS
"General"
The following minimum standards are in reference to Article
VI of the "Zoning Ordinance - Resolution" for
A. Variations
1. If
no private walk is proposed, the stall depth may be measured from the building
line.
2. If
stall areas immediately adjacent to the street right of way line, tire stops or
other restraints shall be provided so as to preclude any portion of a vehicle
from protruding over the street right of way.
The tire stops are to be a minimum of five (5) feet from the
right-of-way line.
B. Barriers
required at right-of-way line
To prevent vehicles from entering or exiting the private
property at any point other than at driveways approved by the City Engineer (if
in the City) County Engineer (if in the County), there shall be installed on
their property at all points on the
street frontage other than at approved driveways, a barrier meeting any of the
following designs.
1. A
concrete curb, a minimum of six (6) inches wide and six (6) inches high
measured from parking lot grade.
2. A
pipe and chain barrier.
3. A
metal or wooden guardrail.
4. A
hedge meeting other requirements of the zoning ordinance resolution.
5. Any
other barrier meeting the joint approval of the Building Inspector and City or
C. Tire Stops
In the event the parking stalls are immediately adjacent to
the street right-of-way line and no barrier is provided with sufficient height
to prevent vehicles from protruding over the right-of-way then -- tire stops
shall be provided with the face of the tire stop five (5) feet from the
right-of-way line to prevent vehicle overhang.
(See Exhibit "A") The
tire stops shall be in addition to the aforesaid barrier.
D. Exceptions
In "B", "P", and "I"
districts, where private or semi-public interests acquire, develop, and
maintain parking areas for the joint use of their establishments, the Board of
Adjustment may modify or waive the parking requirements for certain uses in the
area concerned.
E. Restricted
Business or Industrial Automobile Parking Area
The establishment and operation of a restricted accessory
parking area may be authorized by the Board of Adjustment as a conditional use
in such parts of any "R-2",
"R-3", or "R-4" districts as abut, either directly or
across the alley, a "B" or "I" district or any
institutional building non-conforming in a particular residential district,
subject to the following conditions and requirements:
1. The
parking areas shall be accessory to and for use in connection with one (1) or
more business or industrial establishments located in an adjoining
"B" or "I" district, or in connection with one or more
existing institutional buildings on adjoining premises.
2. Such
parking area shall be situated on premise not less than five thousand (5,000)
square feet in area which shall abut at least fifty (50) feet, either directly
or across an alley, on a business or industrial district, or on the premises of
the existing institutional building to which the parking area is accessory.
3. Such
parking area shall be used solely for the parking of passage automobiles. No commercial repair work or service of any
kind shall be conducted, and no charge shall be made for parking. No sign of any kind, other than designating
ownership, entrances, exits, and conditions of use, shall be maintained on such
parking area.
4. Each
entrance and exit to and from such parking area shall be at least twenty (20)
feet distant from any adjacent lot line located in any residential district.
5. The parking area shall be subject to all the requirements of this section concerning surfacing, lighting, screeni