§ 47-15.22. Required off-street parking and loading.

A.

Off-street parking shall be provided as follows:

1.

Educational facility—One (1) space for every 200 square feet of gross floor area.

2.

Hotels and motels—One (1) space for every unit.

3.

Manufacturing—One (1) space for every 400 square feet of gross floor area.

4.

Shipyard—In addition to spaces required for buildings within the yard, ten spaces for each ship berth in excess of 300 feet in length or for each dry dock.

5.

Marinas—One (1) space for every boat slip, except for dry marinas where the requirements shall be one space for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area of stowage structure.

6.

Museums, art galleries, libraries—One (1) space for every 200 square feet of gross floor area.

7.

Offices—One (1) space for every 200 square feet of gross floor area.

8.

Places of public assembly—One (1) space for every four seats or for every 60 square feet of net floor area available to the public, whichever is greater.

9.

Restaurant—One (1) space for every 50 square feet of net floor area available for seating.

10.

Retail sales—One (1) space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

11.

Warehouses—One (1) space for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.

12.

Freezer warehouses—One (1) space for each five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area.

13.

Wholesale sales—One (1) space for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.

14.

Convention and conference facilities—Exhibit halls: one space for every two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area; meeting rooms: one space for every 100 square feet of gross floor area; ballrooms: one space for every 100 square feet of gross floor area.

15.

Uses not specifically listed—The requirements for off-street parking for any uses not specifically listed above shall be the same as provided in this section for the use most similar to the one sought.

16.

Mixed uses—In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirement of the various uses computed separately, except where specific requirements are stipulated in this article. Off-street parking spaces for one use shall not be considered as providing the required off-street parking for any other use.

17.

Handicapped parking—Parking spaces for the handicapped shall be provided as required by state and county regulations and the Florida Building Code.

B.

Required loading spaces.

1.

On the same plot with every structure or use hereafter erected or created, there shall be provided and maintained adequate space for loading and unloading of materials, goods or things and for delivery and shipping, so that vehicles for these services may use this space without encroaching on or interfering with the public use of streets and alleys by pedestrians and vehicles.

2.

Where any structure is enlarged or any use is extended so that the size of the resulting occupancy comes within the scope of this section, the full amount of off-street loading space shall be supplied and maintained for the structure or use in its enlarged or extended size. Where the use of a structure or land or a part thereof is changed to a use requiring off-street loading space under this section, the full amount of off-street loading space shall be supplied and maintained to comply with this section.

3.

For the purposes of this section, an off-street loading space shall be an area at the grade level at least ten feet wide by 25 feet long with fourteen-foot vertical clearance. Each off-street loading space shall be directly accessible from a street or alley without crossing or entering any other required off-street loading space, and arranged for convenient and safe ingress and egress by motor truck and trailer combination. Such loading space shall also be accessible from the interior of any building it is intended to serve.

4.

Off-street loading spaces shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following schedule:

Over 10,000 square feet of interior space but not over 25,000 square feet		1 space
Over 25,000 square feet but not over 60,000 square feet		2 spaces
Over 60,000 square feet but not over 120,000 square feet		3 spaces
Over 120,00 square feet but not over 200,000 square feet		4 spaces
Over 200,000 square feet but not over 290,000 square feet		5 spaces
Plus, for each additional 90,000 square feet over 290,000 square feet or major fraction thereof		1 space
For each auditorium, convention hall, exhibition hall, museum, hotel, office building, sports arena, stadium, hospital, sanitarium, welfare institution or similar use which has an aggregate gross floor area of:
	Over 20,000 square feet but not over 40,000 square feet	1 space
	Plus for each additional 60,000 square feet over 40,000 square feet or major fraction thereof	1 space

 

For any use not specifically mentioned this section, the requirements for off-street loading for a use which is so mentioned and to which the unmentioned use is similar shall apply.

5.

Off-street loading facilities supplied to meet the needs of one use shall not be considered as meeting off-street loading needs of any other use.

6.

No area or facilities supplied to meet the required off-street parking facilities for a use shall be utilized or be deemed to meet the requirements of this section for off-street loading facilities.

7.

Nothing in this section shall prevent the collective, joint or combined provision of off-street loading facilities for two or more buildings or uses, provided that such off-street loading facilities are equal in size and capacity to the combined requirements of the several buildings or uses and are so located and arranged as to be usable thereby.

8.

Plans for buildings or uses requiring off-street loading facilities under the provisions of this section shall clearly indicate the location, dimensions, clearance and access of all such required off-street loading facilities.

(Ord. No. C-97-19, § 1(47-15.6), 6-18-97; Ord. No. C-03-23, § 2, 7-1-03 )