94-9653 Zoning RegulationsOrdinance Number 94-9653
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 42-553 OF THE SALINA CODE
PERTAINING TO OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND ADDING
SECTION 42-554 PERTAINING TO MODIFICATION OF REQUIRED SPACES; AND
REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION 42-553.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 42-553 of the Salina Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Sec. 42-553. Off-street parking space requirements.
Off-street parking spaces accessory to the uses hereinafter designated
shall be provided as follows:
(1) Dwelling and lodging uses.
a. Bed and breakfast: One (1) space for each two
(2) guest rooms, plus two (2) spaces for the
owner/occupant.
b. Dormitories, fraternities, sororities and other
lodging facilities for students: One (1) space for
each occupant for the first twenty (20) occupants
and three-fourths (3/4) space for each occupant
thereafter.
C. Family -care facilities: One (1) space for every two
(2) residents, except where residents are unable to
drive, plus one (1) space for each employee on the
premises and one (1) space for guest parking for
every eight (8) residents.
d. Group -care facilities: Same as family -care
facilities.
e. Group -rehabilitation facilities: Same as family -care
facilities.
f. Group day-care centers: One (1) space for each
employee on the premises, plus one (1) space for
loading and unloading for every twelve (12 )
children and two (2) spaces for resident or facility
vehicles.
g. Home occupations: Two (2) spaces for the
owner / occupant .
h. Hotels and motels: One (1) space for each room,
plus seventy-five percent (75%) of spaces otherwise
required for accessory restaurants, assembly rooms
and related facilities.
i. Manufactured and mobile home parks: Two (2 )
spaces for each home.
j. Multiple -family dwellings for elderly and/or
handicapped persons: One (1) parking space for
each dwelling unit for the first twenty (20) units
and three-fourths (3/4) space for each unit
thereafter.
k. Rooming and boarding houses: One (1) space for
each sleeping room beyond the first two (2) rooms,
plus two (2) spaces for the owner/occupant.
1. Single-family, two-family and townhome dwellings:
Two (2) spaces for each dwelling unit.
M. Three-family and multiple -family dwellings: Two
(2) spaces for each dwelling unit for the first
twenty (20) units and one and one-half (1 1/2)
spaces for each unit thereafter.
(2) Commercial and industrial uses:
a. Automobile repair garages and service stations:
Two (2) spaces for each service bay, plus one (1)
space for each employee, but not less than a total
of five (5) spaces.
b. Banks and financial institutions: One (1) space for
each 200 sq. ft. of floor area devoted to public
banking services, plus one (1) space for each 300
sq. ft. of floor area devoted to office use, plus
four (4) stacking spaces for each drive -up window.
C. Barber shops or beauty parlors: Two (2) spaces
per chair.
d. Bowling alleys: Five (5) spaces per lane, plus
seventy-five percent (25%) of spaces otherwise
required for accessory uses such as restaurants
and game rooms.
e. Business and professional offices: One (1) space
for each 300 sq. ft. of floor area.
f. Car washes:
Four
(4) stacking,
holding and
drying spaces
for
each stall
in self -serve
establishments;
six
(6) stacking,
holding and
drying spaces
for
each stall in
attended or
automated establishments.
g. Cartage, express, parcel delivery and freight
terminal establishments: One (1) space for each
two (2) employees plus one (1) space for each
vehicle maintained on the premises.
h. Convenience stores: One (1) space for each 200
sq. ft. of floor area.
i. Dental and medical offices: One (1) space for each
200 sq. ft. of floor area.
j . Eating and drinking establishments: One (1) space
for each 50 sq. ft. of customer service or dining
floor area or one (1) space for each three (3)
persons based on the maximum occupancy at
designed capacity whichever is greater, provided
that restaurants with drive-through service shall
have eight (8) stacking spaces for each drive -up
window with four (4) of such spaces located at the
ordering station, and provided that drive-in
restaurants shall have at least ten (10) parking
spaces. All spaces shall be designed so as not to
impede vehicle circulation on-site or on abutting
streets.
k. Furniture, hardware and appliance stores: One (1)
space for each 400 sq. ft. of floor area.
1. Manufacturing, production, assembly or processing
of goods, materials or products: One (1) space for
each 600 sq. ft. of floor area or one (1) space for
every two (2) employees, whichever is greater.
M. Mini -warehouses : One (1) space for each ten (10)
storage cubicles, equally distributed throughout the
storage area and designed such that access drives
have sufficient width to allow vehicles to both
unload and pass, plus two (2) spaces at the
business office for use by the staff and prospective
clients.
n. Mortuaries and funeral homes: One (1) space for
each four (4) seats in the parlor plus one (1)
space for each employee and vehicle on the
premises.
o. Motor vehicle showrooms and sales facilities,
including car, mobile home and recreational vehicle
lots: One (1) space for each 400 sq. ft. of floor
area plus one (1) space for each 3,000 sq. ft. of
open lot area devoted to the display of vehicles for
sale or rent.
p. Retail stores: one (1) space for each 250 sq. ft.
of floor area.
q. Theaters: One (1) space for each four (4) seats.
r. Warehouse, storage and wholesale establishments:
One (1) space for each 2,000 sq. ft. of floor area
or one (1) space for every two (2) employees,
whichever is greater.
(3) Other uses:
a . Auditoriums, gymnasiums and other places of
assembly: One (1) space for each three (3)
persons or seats based upon the maximum designed
seating capacity.
b. Churches: One (1) space for each four (4) seats
in the sanctuary or largest assembly room.
C. Hospitals: One (1) space for each bed, plus one
(1) space for each two (2) employees (other than
doctors) and one (1) space for each doctor
assigned to the staff.
d. Nursing and convalescent homes: Six (6) spaces
for the first 3,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area and
one (1) space for each additional 1, 000 sq. ft. ,
with a minimum of six (6) spaces per establishment.
e. Primary and intermediate schools, nursery schools
and group day-care centers, public or private:
One (1) space for each faculty member and other
employee or two (2) spaces per classroom,
whichever is greater.
f . Private clubs and lodges: One (1) space for each
three (3) persons based on the maximum designed
capacity.
g. Secondary schools, public or private: One (1)
space for each faculty member and other employee
plus one (1) space for each eight (8) students.
h. Swimming pools and clubs: One (1) space for each
50 sq. ft. of water area.
i. Trade and business schools: One (1) space for
each faculty member and other employee plus one
(1) space for each three (3) students.
j . Other permitted or special uses not listed above:
Spaces shall be provided in accordance with the
determination of the zoning administrator with
respect to the number of spaces required to serve
employees and/or customers."
Section 2. That Section 42-554 of the Salina Code shall be added to
read as follows:
"Sec. 42-554. Modification of required spaces.
(a) A request may be made for a reduction in the number of off-
street parking spaces otherwise required by these regulations. Such
requests shall be accompanied by data supporting reduced parking
demand for the proposed uses. The Board of Commissioners or Board
of Zoning Appeals may approve a reduction upon finding that: 1) an
adequate number of vacant parking spaces will be available at all times
other than peak hours during peak seasons of use; 2) traffic
circulation in the driving aisles will not become congested by motorists
searching for a vacant space; and 3) parked cars will not overflow
into adjacent streets.
(b) In addition, business and professional offices, dental and medical
offices, eating and drinking establishments, furniture, hardware and
appliance stores or retail stores shall not provide excessive parking.
The number of parking spaces provided shall not exceed the
requirement set out in these regulations by more than twenty-five
percent (25%) without approval by the Board of Commissioners or the
Board of Zoning Appeals. Applicants requesting to exceed this
limitation shall provide data justifying the need for additional
parking."
Section 3. That the existing Section 42-553 of the Salina Code is
hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its publication in the official city newspaper.
[ Seal ]
Introduced: September 12, 1994
Passed: September 19, 1994
sep A. Warner, Mayo
ATTEST:
D .ong, Cit Clerk