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Home My WebLink AboutHDC2005-019 Parking-Loading Requirements,PALING -LOADING AEQUIREMENTS P.1 REQUIREMENT There shall be provided for each use in any zone the number of off street parking spaces required for that use as listed in Section M, "Required Parking Spaces by Use." P.2 STANDING AND LOADING SPACE On the same premises with every building hereafter erected or structurally altered and occupied by uses involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials, or merchan- dise, or people, there shall be provided and maintained adequate space for standing, loading and unloading in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the street or alley. The minimum off street loading space required shall include a loading space which measures twelve (12) feet by thirty (30) feet with a fourteen (14.) foot height clearance for every20,000 square feet offloor and land area involved in the use of the property. This required off-street loading space shall be in addition to an area or means adequate for egress, ingress and maneuvering. P.3 COMBINED FACILITIES Off-street parking facilities required for two ormore similar uses located on the same building site may be combined and used jointly, provided however that the total number of off- street parking spaces shall not be less than the sum of requirements for the various individual uses computed sepa- rately in accordance with the process set forth in Section 7- 102. PA PARKING REDUCTIONS A parking reduction of -up to 20% ofthe required parking for commercial developments, industrial. developments andmixed use developments may be granted if the following criteria is met: (1) The parking needs of the use or uses will be adequately served; (2) A mix of residential uses with either office orretail uses is proposed, and the parking needs of all uses will be accom- modated through shared parking; (3) ifjointuseofcomrnonparkingareas isproposed,varying time periods of use will accommodate proposed parking needs; or Parking -Loading Requirements (4) The applicant provides an acceptable proposal for an alternate modes of transportation program, including a de- scription of existing and proposed facilities and assurances that the use of alternate modes of transportation will continue to reduce the need for On -site parking on an ongoing basis. PARKING REDUC1iONFORHOI]SINGFORTHE ELDEMY The total number of parking spaces required for housing projects for the elderly may be reduced by up to seventy percent if adequate justification is provided. P.5 PROHIBITION ON USE OF RIGHT-OF- WAY FOR PROVISION OF OFF-STREET PARKING No portion of any public street right-of-way shall be consid- ered as fulfilling or partially fulfilling the off-street parking requirements of this section. No parking "bays" shall be allowed onresidential streets. All commercial off-streetpark- ing areas and all residential off-street parking lots abutting collector and arterial streets shall be arranged so that ingress and egress is by forwardmotion of the vehicle (not applicable to single-family or two-family residences). For thepurpose of parking in the rear yard, any public dedicated alley may be used in computing and maneuvering. P.6 EXPANSIONS When a building or structure erected prior to or after the effective date of this document shall undergo any increase in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees, or other unit of measure used in determining required parking facilities, and when said in- crease would result in a requirement for additional parking facilities, such additional facilities shall be accordingly pro- vided as a condition for obtaining a building permit or privilege license. Incomputing thenumberofspaces required for such a building, however, only the increase in unit of measure shall be considered. P.7 LOCATION OF OFF-STREET PARKING All parking spaces provided pursuant to this section shall be on the same lot with the building or within three hundred (3 00) feet thereof. The distance to any parking area as herein required shall be measured between the nearest point of the off-streetparking facility andthe nearestpointofthe building said parking area or facility is to serve. Off-siteparking shallnot comprise more thantwenty-five (25) Page17 Zoning District General Standards percent ofthe total number of spaces requiredin this section. When detached parking facilities or satellite parking lots are provided they shall be located on property which is zoned to allow theprincipal use to whichthis parking will serve or they must be approved by the Capitol Zoning District Commis- sion. P.8 PAVEMENT REQUIREMENTS Every parcel of land which, after the effective date of this document, is changed to a parking area, automobile, other vehicle or trailer sales or storage area, or automobile or motor vehicle service station, garage or other vehicular use area shall bepavedwhere subjectto wheeledtraffic. The MU' n;mum pavement requirement shall be as follows: One and one-half inches asphaltic concrete hotmix with a five inch compacted base, or a four inch concrete slab, and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed. Innovative state of the art porous paving systems are encouraged and willbe evaluated on a case by case basis. P.9 PARKING DESIGN FOR STANDARD SIZE CARS The following four parking angles are allowed with their respective width and depth dimensions for stalls and maneuvering areas: provisions of this document. Any conveyance ofsuchparking orloading space, ortransfer of interest therein, by the owner of the property served therebywithout a simultaneous conveyance or transfer ofthe property served thereby to the same guarantee or transferee orwithout suitable provisions being made in anotherlocation for the maintenance of an equivalent number of required spaces in conformance withtheprovisions hereof, shallbe in violation of this document. P.12 LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS The landscaping and screening requirements set forth in Chapter 15 - Landsca in and Tree Protection of the Little RockZoning Ordinance andLandscape Section5.0 ofthe Site Develop-m—WGuide forthe.City ofLittleRock shall beinfall force and effect when erecting, constructing, enlarging or otherwise altering or improving a vehicular use area. P.13 PARKING LOT LIGHTING STANDARDS Lighting levels should be designed in accordance with the Blumeniating Engineer's Society (IES) Standards for the TYPE WIDTH DEPTH MANEUVERINGAREA Parallel 22 ft. 9 ft. 11 ft. Right Angle 9 ft. 20 ft. 20 ft 60 Degree Angle 9 ft. 18 ft. 20 ft. 45 Degree Angle 9 ft. 18 ft. 16 ft. See Figure4.8 Minimuml)unMionsforParkingLayoutsCity ofLittle RockSite Development Guide (January 1993). P.10 PARKING SPACES FOR THE DISABLED Referto Section7.7HandicappedParking ofthe City ofLittle Rock Site Development Guide (January 1993) for specific details. P.11 PERMANENCY OF SPACES PROVIDED Any off-street parking or loading space established prior to the effective date of this document and which is used or intended to be used in connection with any main building, structure or use, or any spaces designed and intended to comply with the requirements of this document for any such main building or structure erected after such effective date, shall hereafter be maintained so long as said building or structure remains, unless the owner provides and maintains in another location an equivalent number of required spaces in conformance with the recommended activity level for pedestrian security and to avoid light trespassing for the adjacent property owner or public right of way. Light poles not to exceed 35'. P.14 RESIDENTIAL PARKING Utilization of front yard areas for parking is prohibited. The location of one or more vehicles in the front yard area of any residential dwelling for 3 or more days in a given month shall be considered `utilization of the front yard area for parking", and shall constitute a violation of the Capitol Zoning District Ordinance unless a valid temporary use permit has been issued for this parking use. For the purposes of this section, "front yard" shall mean any area of a front yard or comer lot side yard which is not paved. "Paved" means treated or covered with concrete, asphalt, or other similar material and maintained in such a manner as to provide a mud -free and dustless surface. No front yard area which is not paved as of the date of adoption of this provision shall be paved without a valid permit fromthe Capitol Zoning District Commission. Nothing in this article shall be construed to allow paving or parking in excess of that allowed by any other CZDC regulation. Page 18