HomeMy WebLinkAbout10811ORDINANCE NO. 10,811
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LITTLE ROCK ZONING ORDINANCE,
ORDINANCE NO. _�420 AS AMENDED, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
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SECTION 1. That the Little Rock Zoning Ordinance, being Ordi-
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lance No. -5420 as amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto be-
tween Section 2 and Section 3 a new section to read as follows:
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4 SECTION 2 -A OFF - STREET PARKING AND LOADING SPACES
A. Required off - street parking. The following off- street
o parking spaces shall be provided and satisfactorily main-
tained by the owner of the property, for each building which
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(a) For each one - family or two- family dwelling
there shall be one (1) permanently maintained
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A r parking space on the same lot or parcel for each
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9 a (b) For any building or structure containing three
(3) or more dwelling units there shall be provided
one (1) parking space for each unit thereof.
(c) For any hotel, apartment hotel, club house,
dormitory, fraternity house or any similar use or
establishment there shall be provided at least one
parking space for each three (3) guest sleeping
accommodations.
(d) For any motel, tourist court, camp ground or
similar use or establishment there shall be provided
one (1) parking space on the same parcel of land for
each individual sleeping or living unit in addition
to such unit.
(e) For any trailer park there shall be provided on
the same parcel of land not less than on (1)
parking space per trailer, in addition to the
space required by the trailer.
Class 2. Hospitals
(a) For any hospital, sanitorium, convalescent
home or other similar use or establishment there
shall be provided not less than one (1) parking
space for each five (5) beds, or any portion
thereof.
Class 3. Assembly and Entertainment Places
(a) For any general auditorium; gymnasium; church;
school; college or university auditorium; stadium;
theater; or other similar place of assembly there
shall be provided at least one (1) parking space
for each ten (10) seats provided for its patrons,
based on the maximum seating capacity.
For any church there shall be allowed the use
of joint parking facilities in connection with any
building or use not normally open, used, or operated
during the principal operating hours of a church,
provided a properly drawn legal instrument is executed
by the parties concerned for the joint use of aueh
off - street parking facilities, which instrument, duly
approved as to form by the City Attorney shall be
filed with the application for a building permit.
(b) For any meeting, exhibition, or entertainment
hall, labor temple, lodge hall, or other assembly -
hall without fixed seats there shall be provided not
less than one (1). parking space for each 250 square
feet of gross floor area thereof.
(c) For any bowling alley there shall be provided
four (4) parking spaces for each bowling alley there-
of.
Class 4, Offices
For any bank, clinic, funeral home, business
or professional office, welfare institution or any
other similar use or establishment there shall be
provided not less than:
(a) Requirement - One (1) parking space for each
400 square feet of gross floor area or part there-
of for the first 4,000 square feet of building.
(b) Requirement - Any building which has a gross
floor area greater than 4,000 square feet shall
first provide (a) Requirement (under Class 4.) for
the first 4,000 square feet and then provide one(1)
parking space for each 500 square feet of gross floor
area or part thereof up to 10,000 square feet.
(c) Requirement - Any building which has a gross
floor area greater than 10,000 square feet shall
first provide (a) and (b) Requirements (under Class
4.) for the first 10,000 square feet of gross floor
area and then provide one (1) parking space for each
additional 1,000 square feet of gross floor area
thereof.
Class 5. Food Serving Places
(a) For any eating or drinking establishment or any
similar use there shall be provided not less than one
(1) parking space for each 250 square feet of gross
floor area thereof.
Class 6, Retail Sales Uses
(a) For any retail store, except a food market, there
shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space
for each 600 square feet of gross floor area thereof,
for the first 18,000 square feet or part thereof; any
building in excess of 18,000 square feet shall comply
tgith the requirement up to 18,000 square feet and then
provide one (1) parking space for each additional
19000 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
(b) For any food market establishment or any similar
use with a gross floor area of less than 79500 square
feet there shall be provided not less than one (1)
parking space for each 250 square feet of gross floor
area thereof. Each establishment having a gross floor
area in excess of 79500 square feet shall comply with
the requirement up to 79500 square feet and then shall
provide one (1) parking space for each additional 100
square feet of gross floor area thereof.
Class To Laundromats
(a) For any laundromat, launderette, washerette, wash -
ateria, or any similar use or establishment under a
different name there shall be provided one (1) parking
space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area
thereof. Each self service laundry shall provide one
(1) parking space for each two (2) laundry units.
Class 8. Automotive Sgrvices
(a) For any gasoline, oil or lubricating service
station, motor vehicle service and repair establishment,
or any similar use there shall be provided not less
than one (1) parking space for each 1,000 square feet
of gross plot plan area thereof.
(b) For any automobile washing or cleaning establish-
ment or any similar use there shall be provided 'not
less than one (1) parking space at the location of
ingress and egress for each 100 square feet of gross
floor area thereof and in no case less than six (6)
spaces.
Class 9. Production, Processing and Storage Uses
(a) For any manufacturing, processing, wholesaling,
or any other use or establishment including any print-
ing or engraving establishment or any warehouse or
storage building there shall be provided two (2) park-
ing spaces plus one (1) parking space for each $00
square feet of floor area above 2,000 square feet.
B. Unlisted and Mixed Uses. In the case of any use not listed
herein, the number of parking spaces required for such use shall
be the same as for a similar use which is listed. In the case of
mixed uses in the same building or structure, the total require-
ment for.off- street parking facilities shall be the sum of the
requirements of the various uses computed separately from the
items not out in this section, and off - street parking facilities
for one use shall not be considered as providing required park-
ing facilities for any other use except as hereinafter specified
for collective use.
C. Distance Measurements. The distance to any parking space area
as herein required shall be measured between the nearest point of
the off - street parking facility and the nearest point of the build-
ing said parking area or facility is to serve.
D. Collective Parking Facilities. Nothing in this section shall
be construed to prevent collective provision of any off - street
parking facility for two or more buildings or uses providing,
however, that the total number of off - street parking spaces shall
not be less than the sum of requirements for the various indi-
vidual uses computed separately in accordance with the items set
out in this section.
E. General. All parking spaces provided pursuant to,this section
shall be on the same lot with the building or within 300 feet
thereof, except for the special requirements set forth in Classes
1 -d and 1 -e of this section.
F. Off- Street Loading. On the same premises with every build-
ing, structure or part thereof hereafter erected, established
or enlarged and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse,
goods display, department store, wholesale store, market, hotel,
mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning, or other uses, involving the
receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise,
there shall be provided and maintained adequate sppee for stand-
ing, loading and unloading in order to avoid undue interference
with public use of the street or alley.
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Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall
include a 12 foot by 35 foot loading space with 14 foot
height clearance for every 20,000 square feet or fraction
thereof in excess of 3,000 square feet of floor and land
area used for above mentioned purposes.
Q. Requirements Waived. The requirements set forth in
classes 1 -09 29 4, 5, 6 -a and F. shall be waived by the Traffic
Engineer and the Building Commissioner, acting jointly upon
their determination that:
(a) A building is being erected or altered as a result
of destruction by: Fire, Act of God or other casualty or
calamity; or
(b) A building is being altered to accommodate an in-
crease in the number of use units provided, and that more
than seventy -five (75) percent of the privately owned land
within three hundred (300) feet is improved with building
regularly occupied and used.
(c) A building is being enlarged to the extent of not
more than thirty (30) percent of its gross floor area as it
existed on August 1, 1958, provided that seventy -five (75)
percent of the privately owned land within (300) feet is im-
proved with building regularly occupied and used, and pro-
vided further that such building area shall not be on land
that is presently used for off - street parking, unless waived
by the Board of Adjustment.
(d) A building is being constructed on a lot within
600 feet of which there already exists and are available to
the general public 500 or more off - street parking spaces in
public parking areas.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to
the remodeling or construction for the same use of an exist-
ing structure.
The remaining requirements set forth by this section
for off - street parking spaces shall be subject to action by
the Board. of Adjustment as provided for in Section 18.
These requirements may, upon application, be increased,
modified, or waived by the Board of Adjustment where the con-
ditions or circumstances justify such action, provided it has
obtained thereon the recommendation of the Traffic.Zngineer.
H. Public Parking Area. Every parcel of land which, after
the effective date of this ordinance, is changed to a public
parking area, automobile, motor vehicle, or trailer sales or
storage area, or automobile or motor vehicle service station
or garage shall be developed as followss
(a) Such area, where subject to wheeled traffic, shall
be paved with bituminous, concrete or other all - weather, dust-
proof surfacing and shall have appropriate bumper guards where
needed.
(b) Where such area adjoins a lot in a residential zone
a solid wall, compact evergreen screen or uniformly painted
board fence having a height of not less than four (4) feet
shall be erected and maintained between such area and the
property in residential zones. In a residential zone all
required front yard shall be properly maintained as such.
Where such area is across the street from a residential zone
a compact evergreen screen having a height of not less than
four (4) feet shall be erected and maintained between such
area and the property in the residential zone, exclusive of
ingress and egress.
(o) Any light used to illuminate said parking area
shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the
adjoining premises in a residential zone.
I. Permanency of Spaces Provided. Any off - street parking or
landing space established prior to the effective date of this
ordinance and which is used or intended to be used in connection
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with any main building, structure or use, or any spaces
designed and intended to comply with the requirements of
this ordinance for any such main building or structure
erected after such effective date, shall hereafter be main-
tained so long as said building or structure remains, un-
less the owner provides and maintains in another location
an equivalent number of required spaces In conformance with
the provisions of this ordinance.
Any conveyance of such parking or loading spacae,.or
transfer of interest therein, by the owner of the property
served thereby without a simultaneous conveyance or transfer
of the property served thereby to the same grantee or trans-
feree or without suitable provision being made in another
location for the maintenance of an equivalent number of re-
quired spaces in conformance with the provisions hereof shall
be unlawful.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED: June 23, 1958
ATTEST:� `` APPROVED: �D
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City Clerk Mayo
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