06-10327 Off Street Parkingti
(Published in the Salina Journal on April :�7, 2006)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 06-10327
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' 124'
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 I-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. 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.
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 I-
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.
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w (4) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away
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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.
(I1) 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.
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.
Introduced: April 17, 2006
Passed: April 24, 2006
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Donnie D. Marrs, Mayor
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Penny Da , eputy Ci lerk