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(Published in the Salina Journal on April 2�), 2012.)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 12-10636
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE XI, SECTION 42-552
PERTAINING TO GENERAL PROVISIONS OF OFF-STREET PARKING AND
REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 42-552.
BE IT ORDAINED by, the Governing Body of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 42-552 of Chapter 42, Article XI of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 42-552. General provisions.
(a) Utilization. Required accessory off-street parking facilities provided for the uses
hereinafter listed shall be solely for the parking of motor vehicles in operating condition
of patrons, occupants or employees of such uses.
(b) Area. A required off-street parking space shall be at least eight (8) feet six (6) inches in
width and at least nineteen (19) feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles,
ramps, columns, office or work areas.
(c) Access. Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon a driving aisle
having a width in accordance with the angle of parking as follows:
Aisle, width Parking angle
00 300 450 600 900
One-way traffic 12' 11' 12' 17' 24'
Two-way traffic 19' 20' 20' 20' 24'
Driveways connecting an off-street parking area to a street shall not be less than ten (10)
feet in width for one-way traffic and eighteen (18) feet in width for two-way traffic
except that ten -foot wide driveways are permissible for two-way traffic when the
driveway is not longer than fifty (50) feet, it provides access to no more than 6 spaces,
and sufficient turnaround space is provided so that vehicles will not back into a public
street.
(d) Open and enclosed parking. No open off-street parking, driving or maneuvering areas
shall cover more than sixty (60) percent of the total area of any front yard in any district
except in the C-4; C-5, C-6, I-2, and 1-3 districts. No motor vehicle or recreation vehicle
shall be parked in any front yard except upon a driveway or adjacent surfaced parking
area. The area devoted to driveway purposes shall not be considered in determining
whether off-street parking requirements have been met except for single family or two-
family detached and single-family attached dwellings. Enclosed buildings and carports
containing off-street parking shall be subject to the yard requirements applicable to
structures in the district in which located.
(e) Design and maintenance:
(1) Design. Off-street parking spaces shall comply with such design standards relating
to curb length, stall depth, driveway width, island width, barriers, and ingress and
egress as may be established from time to time by the city. Off-street parking
spaces may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building.
(2) Surfacing. All open off-street parking spaces, access drives and aisles shall be
paved with asphalt or concrete. Provided, however, an unpaved parking area
accessory to a use or building in existence on December 21, 1990 shall not be
required to comply with the paving standard, except whenever an existing use is
converted to another use or an existing building is converted to another use or an
existing building is enlarged resulting in an increase in the number of required'off-
street parking spaces, the new or enlarged parking area shall be paved. As an
alternative to asphalt or concrete, off-street parking spaces, access drives and aisles
may be surfaced with alternative methods of paving, provided that the pavement
surface and base for any alternative to asphalt and concrete must be designed by a
professional engineer licensed in the State of Kansas and reviewed and approved by
the City Engineer. A pavement cross-section shall be provided demonstrating the
structural ability of the design to support the anticipated vehicle loads including fire
apparatus.
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The paved surfacing requirement shall not apply to the following uses: any
permitted use in the RS, R, R-1, R-2, R-2.5, R-3, or MH residential zoning district
with a parking requirement of six (6) or fewer spaces or any permitted use in the A-
I agricultural, I-2 or 1-3 industrial zoning district. Although exempt from the paving
requirement, access drives and parking spaces for the above uses shall be graded
and surfaced with crushed stone, gravel, or other all-weather material. All parking
areas shall be properly maintained and kept free of potholes, weeds, dust, trash and
debris. Loose material shall be contained within the designated parking area and
kept from spilling into public streets.
(3) Screening. All open off-street parking areas containing more than six (6) parking
spaces shall be effectively screened on each side that adjoins any property situated
in a single-family_ residential district by a wall, fence or densely planted compact
evergreen hedge not less than six (6) feet or more than eight (8) feet in height.
Parking areas shall be arranged and designed so as to prevent damage to, or
intrusion into, such wall, fence or hedge.
(4) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed
away from residential properties in such a way as not to interfere with the
residential use.
(5) Storage and repair. No storage of merchandise, materials, equipment, refuse
containers, inoperable vehicles or the repair of vehicles shall be permitted in
required off-street driving aisles or parking spaces.
(6) Computation. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces
required by this division results, in a requirement of a fractional space, the fraction
of one-half or less may be disregarded, and a fraction in excess of one-half shall be
counted as one (1) parking space.
(7) Collective and joint. use provisions. One (1) off-street parking area may serve
several different uses provided the area contains the total required spaces for all
uses. In addition, different uses may make joint use of the same parking spaces
provided written assurances are given that such uses operate at different or
nonconflicting times. All regulations covering the location of accessory parking
spaces in relation to the uses served shall be adhered to.
(8) Location. All parking spaces required to serve buildings or uses shall be located on
the same zoning lot or in the same zoning district as such building or use, except
that such parking spaces may be provided in an adjacent zoning district if such
district allows parking lots or parking garages as a permitted use. But in no instance
shall required off-street parking be located more than six hundred (600) feet (as
measured along lines of public access) from the use which it serves.
(9) Employee parking. Parking spaces required on an employee basis shall be based on
the maximum number of employees on duty or residing, or expected to be on duty
or residing, or both, on the premises at any one (1) time,'at the same'time as the
building permit is issued.
(10) Maximum number of spaces. The total number of accessory parking spaces
provided for a single-family, a two-family or multiple -family dwelling shall not
exceed that required by this division, for such use or for any equivalent new use by
more than fifty (50) percent or four (4) spaces, whichever number is greater.
(11) Exempt zone. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no accessory off-
street parking facilities shall be required for any structure in the C-4 central
business districts except residences, and those uses specifically required to provide
parking.
(12) Determination of required spaces. When determining the required number of off-
street parking spaces for apartment houses, lodging, boarding or rooming houses,
fraternities, sororities, and dormitories, an occupant shall mean an individual
separate and distinct from the immediate family of the owner, landlord or operator."
Section 2. That the existing Section 42-552 is hereby repealed.
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Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and
publication once in the official city newspaper.
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Lieu Ann Elsey, CMC, City k
Introduced: April 16, 2012
Passed: April 16, 2012
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Samantha P. A ell, Mayor