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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3870 ORDINANCE NO. 3870 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 160, ZONING, OF THE CODE OF FAYETTEVILLE, TO REPEAL OFF- STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN VARIOUS SUBSECTIONS OF SECTION 160.055 ; TO ADD DEFINITIONS FOR " PARKING LOT " AND "LANDSCAPING " TO SECTION 160.002; TO REPEAL SECTION 160. 118(D)(5) SETTING FORTH REDUCTIONS OF THE MINIMUM PARKING SETBACK REQUIREMENT; TO REPEAL SECTION 160. 117 , OFF-STREET PARKING; REQUIREMENTS; AND TO ADOPT STANDARDS FOR PARKING LOT CONSTRUCTION , PARKING LOT DESIGN, NUMBER OF SPACES - BY USE, PARKING LOT LOCATION STANDARDS , PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING, PERIMETERLANDSCAPING, PARKING WAIVERS, AND NONCONFORMING PARKING LOTS. WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to implement the 2010 Plan's policies and recommendations with the adoption of new standards and regulations for the design, size, scale, landscaping, screening, and location of parking lots located within the City of Fayetteville. WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the importance of having safe, attractive, and adequate off-street parking lots and parking areas in appropriate locations of the City; and, WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to address the impacts of new parking lots encroaching into residential neighborhoods. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS : Section 1 . That Chapter 160: Zoning, Use Units, § 160.055 Use Units, Establishment; Listing, of the Code of Fayetteville is hereby amended to repeal the subsections listed in Exhibit "A " attached hereto and made a part hereof. Section 2 . That Chapter 160: Zoning, § 160.002 Definitions, of the Code of Fayetteville, is hereby amended to add the following: Parking Lot. An off-street, surfaced, ground level open area, for the temporary storage of five or more motor vehicles. Landscaping. The area within the boundaries of a given lot which consists of planting materials, including but not limited to trees, shrubs, ground covers, grass, flowers, decorative rock, bark, mulch, and other similar materials. At least 50% of the landscaping area must be covered by live plant material at the time of plant maturity. Page 2 Ordinance No. 3870 Section 3 . That Chapter 160: Zoning, § 160. 118 Buffer Strips and Screening, subsection (D) Screening Required, (5) , of the Code of Fayetteville, is hereby repealed. Section 4. That Chapter 160: Zoning, § 160. 117 Off-street Parking; Requirements, of the Code of Fayetteville is hereby repealed and the following shall be inserted in its stead : CHAPTER 160: ZONING § 160. 117 OFF-STREET PARKING LOT DESIGN , REQUIRED NUMBER OF SPACES, LANDSCAPING AND LOCATION OF PARKING LOTS WITHIN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE. A . Purpose. The regulations of this section are intended to reinforce community standards and to promote safe and attractive parking lots for new, redeveloped, and expanded development within the City. The size, number, design, landscaping, and location of parking lots are regulated in order to: 1 . Provide for the safe and orderly circulation of motor vehicles within parking lots. 2. Provide safe ingress and egress into and out of parking lots from public and private streets. 3 . Protect adjoining properties from the adverse impacts associated with parking lots such as noise, lighting, appearance, drainage, and effect on property values. 4. Provide adequate areas for off-street parking and storage of motor vehicles. 5 . Enhance the appearance of parking lots in all zoning districts. Page 3 3870 Ordinance No. B. Parking Lot Construction Standards 1 . Permits and Plan. For parking lots containing five (5) or more spaces, building and grading permits and site and grading plans shall be required prior to any initiation of work. 2 . Surfacing. Parking lots shall be asphalt, semi-permeable soil pavers, or concrete, graded and drained to dispose of surface water into appropriate drainage structures. 3 . Barriers. Parking lots shall be provided with wheel guards or curbs so located that no part of a parked vehicle will extend into or over the sidewalks, property lines, or street right-of-way. 4. Striping and marking. Parking lots spaces shall be striped to indicate the location of the individual spaces, directional arrows shall be provided at the entrance of aisles and entry drives, and accessible spaces shall be marked meeting current Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. Such striping and marking shall be in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. 5 . Accessibility . Accessibility for persons with disabilities in parking lots and building approaches shall be as required by the current Americans with Disabilities Act (see Exhibit "B") and as may from time to time be amended. C. Parking Lot Design Standards 1 . Maneuvering. Parking lots shall be designed, maintained and regulated so that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking will encroach into the areas designated for sidewalks, streets, or required landscaping except as provided for in section (17)(1 )(b). Parking lots shall be designed so that parking and unparking can occur without moving other vehicles. Vehicles shall exit the parking lot in a forward motion. 2. Compact Spaces. A maximum of 35 % of the total spaces may be compact spaces. Compact Spaces shall be marked either by marking on the pavement or by separate marker. Page 4 Ordinance No. 3 8 7 0 3 . Table 1 . Dimensional Requirements: Angle (A) Type Width (B) Curb 1 way 2 Way Stall Length Aisle Aisle Depth (E) (C) Width (D) Width (D) 0" Standard 8 feet 22.5 feet 12 feet 24 feet 8 feet Parallel Compact 7 . 5 feet 19.5 feet 12 feet 24 feet 7 .5 feet 300 Standard 9 feet 18 feet 12 feet 24 feet 17 feet Compact 7 . 5 feet 15 feet 12 feet 24 feet 14 feet. 45 " Standard 9 feet 12 .5 feet 12 feet 24 feet 19 feet Compact 7 .5 feet 10.5 feet 12 feet 24 feet 16 feet 60` Standard 9 feet 10. 5 feet 18 feet 24 feet 20 feet Compact 7.5 feet 8.5 feet 15 feet 24 feet 16. 5 feet 900 Standard 9 feet 9 feet 24 feet 24 feet 19 feet Compact 7 .5 feet 7 .5 feet 22 feet 24 feet 15 feet Insert: Parking Dimension Factors illustration 4. Illumination of Parking Areas. Parking areas may be illuminated. All lighting shall be shielded and directed away from adjoining properties; attached to on-site buildings or fences where possible; and shall not be excessively bright or cause a glare that would be hazardous to pedestrians or vehicles. Only high pressure sodium lighting or energy equivalent are allowed. 5 . Parking Lot Entrances. a. Throat Length. The length of driveways or "throat length" shall be designed in accordance with the anticipated storage length for vehicles to prevent them from backing into the flow of traffic on the public street or causing unsafe conflicts with on-site circulation. General standards appear below, but these requirements may vary according to the projected volume of the individual driveway. These measures generally are acceptable for the principal access to a property and are not intended for minor driveways. Variation from these standards may be permitted for good cause upon approval of the City Planner and City Engineer. Page 5 Ordinance No. 3870 Table 2 : Generally Adequate Driveway Throat Lengths Shopping Centers > 20000 GLA' 200' (Signalized) (800 spaces) Smaller Developments < 200,000 GLA' 75 '-95 ' (Signalized) Unsignalized Driveways 40'-60' GLA-Gross leasable area Commentary: The throat lengths in table 2 are provided to assure adequate stacking space within parking lot driveways for general land use intensities. This helps prevent vehicles from stacking into the thoroughfare as they attempt to enter the parking lot. High traffic generators, such as large shopping plazas, need much greater throat length than smaller developments or those with unsignalized driveways. The guidelines here for larger developments refer to the primary access drive. Reduced throat lengths may be permitted for secondary access drives serving large developments. Insert: Illustrations 58 & 59 b_ Entrances and Internal Aisle Design. The driveway width into parking lots shall meet the following guidelines: 1 . Entrances. a. If the driveway is a one way in or one way out drive, then the aisle widths shall be 12' wide. b. For two way access, each lane shall be 12' wide and a maximum of four lanes shall be allowed. Whenever more than two lanes are proposed, entrance and exit lanes shall be divided by a curbed, raised, landscaped median. The median shall be 10' wide if three lanes are being proposed or 15 ' wide if four lanes are proposed. c. Driveways that enter the major thoroughfare at traffic signals must have at least two outbound lanes (one for each turning direction) and shall be 12' wide, and one inbound lane 12' wide. Page 6 Ordinance No. 3 8 7 0 2. Internal circulation drives. a. Aisles shall be designed so that they intersect at 90" with internal drives where practicable. b . Aisles shall be designed to discourage cut through traffic by use of landscape islands. D . Standards For The Number of Spaces, By Use 1 . Off Street Parking. Off-street parking spaces shall be required and shall conform to the requirements in Table 3 below, such requirements shall be met at the time any building or structure is erected, enlarged, or increased in capacity, changed in use, or any outdoor use is established or enlarged. 2 . Maximum Number Allowed. Parking lots may contain up to 20 % more spaces than the required minimum. Any additional spaces above 20% shall be allowed only as a conditional use and shall be granted in accordance with § 160. 195 "Conditions Governing Applications of Conditional Uses; Procedures" and upon the finding that additional spaces are needed. Table 3 . Parking Ratios DESCRIPTION OF USE NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRED RESIDENTIAL Single-family, Duplex, Triplex 2 per dwelling unit Multi-family or Townhouse 1 per bedroom COMMERCIAL Auditorium 1 per 4 seats Barber or beauty shop 2 per chair Eating places: excluding drive- 1 per 200 square feet of floor area throughs and restaurants offering entertainment Hotels and motels I per room, plus I additional space per employee Page 7 Ordinance No. -iR 7 n Amusement 1 per 200 square feet of floor area Retail 1 per 250 square feet of floor area Coin-operated laundry 1 per 3 machines Regional antique & furniture store 1 per 500 square feet of floor area Restaurants with entertainment 1 per 3 occupants based on current adopted Standard Building Code, City of Fayetteville Hospital and convalescent home 1 per bed Gas service stations 4 per each enclosed service bay Commercial recreation-large sites 1 per 1 ,000 square feet of site area OFFICE 'Professional office 1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area Sales office 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL USES NON-PROFIT COMMERCIAL Auditorium 1 per 4 seats, provided only auditorium space is counted in determining parking Art gallery, library, museum I per 1 ,000 square feet of floor area Child care center, nursery school 1 per 1500 square feet of floor area plus an area for overflow parking. Church 1 per 4 seats in the main auditorium, plus an area for overflow parking or 1 space/40 square feet, whichever is less. College or university 1 per 500 square feet of classroom area College dormitory 1 per sleeping room College auditorium 1 per 4 seats Community center 1 per 3 seats Detention home 1 per 1500 square feet of floor area Government facilities 1 per 500 square feet of floor area Hospital 1 per bed Convalescent home 1 per bed School- elementary & junior high 1 per 1 ,200 square feet of classroom area School- senior high 1 per 500 square feet of classroom area Zoo 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. of land area Parking requirements for all other public and institutional uses shall be based on one space per four occupants, provided that only auditorium space shall be counted in calculating parking requirements for churches, auditoriums, or group occupancy space. Page 8 Ordinance No. 3 8 7 0 MANUFACTURING/ INDUSTRIAL Manufacturing 1 per 1 ,200 square feet of gross floor area or one per employee, whichever is greater. Heavy industrial 1 per 1 ,200 square feet of floor area Extractive uses parking shall be adequate for all employees, trucks, and equipment RECREATIONAL USES Golf course 3 per hole Park 2 per acre Playfield, playground none Private club or lodge 1 per 500 square feet of floor area or one per 3 occupants based on the current adopted Standard Building Code whichever is greater. Riding stables 1 per acre: said spaces shall not be required to be paved Golf driving range 1 per tee box Bowling alley 6 per lane Tennis court 2 per court Theater 1 per 4 seats Commercial recreation-large sites 1 per 1 ,000 square feet of site area Amusement park, miniature golf 1 per 1 ,000 square feet of site area Parking requirements for all other recreational uses shall be based on one space per four occupants. WAREHOUSING AND WHOLESALE Warehousing 1 per 2,000 square feet of floor area Wholesale 1 per 1 ,000 square feet of floor area Center for collecting recycled 1 per 1 ,000 square feet of floor area materials Page 9 Ordinance No. 3 8 7 0 E. Parking Lot Location Standards. The location of all required and non-required parking lots with five (5) or more spaces, shall meet the location requirements below. All conditional uses hereunder shall be granted by the Planning Commission in accordance with Section 160. 195 "Conditions Governing Applications of Conditional Uses; Procedures' . 1 . Permitted Locations By Right. Parking lots shall be located within the same zoning district as the use they serve. Required parking lots for uses allowed by right within a zoning district are allowed as a use by right in the same zoning district. 2 . Permitted Locations As A Conditional Use. a. Parking lots located within residential zones which serve uses in non-residential zones may be allowed as a conditional use by the Planning Commission. b. Parking lots for uses allowed as conditional uses within residential zones must also be approved as a conditional use. A conditional use for a parking lot may be approved at the same time the use is approved or may be approved separately if additional parking lots are developed later. The Planning Commission shall make a finding based upon the size, scale, and location of these activities that the proposed parking lot will not adversely affect adjacent residential uses or the residential character of the neighborhood. 3. Off-site Locations. If off-street parking cannot be provided on the same lot as the principal use due to existing buildings or the shape of the parcel, parking lots may be located on other property not more than 600 ' distant from the principal use, subject to conditional use approval by the Planning Commission. 4. Shared Parking. Formal arrangements which share parking between intermittent uses with non conflicting parking demands (eg. a church and a bank) are encouraged as a means to reduce the amount of parking required. Such arrangements are subject to the approval of the Planning Commission. Individual spaces identified on a site plan for shared users shall not be shared by more than one user at the same time. Page 10 Ordinance No. 3 s 7 n 5 . Intermittent Parking. Uses which generate only intermittent demand for parking, such as churches, may count available on-street parking within 600' of the building as part of required parking, subject to the approval of the Planning Commission. F. Parking Lot Landscaping Requirements 1 . General Requirements a. Separation of Landscaped Areas and Vehicles. All landscaped areas shall be protected from potential damage by vehicles by placing concrete curbs or wheel barriers adjacent to the landscaped area except as provided in (F)( 1)(b) below. b. Vehicle Overhang. A portion of a standard parking space may be landscaped instead of paved to meet part of the landscaping requirement. The landscaped area may be up to 2 feet of the front of the space as measured from a line parallel to the direction of the bumper of the vehicle using the space. Landscaping may only be ground cover plants in the overhang area. c. Maintenance. The current owner of the property shall be responsible for the maintenance of all required landscaped areas. d. Timing and Size of Plant Material . Landscaping shall be provided within 90 days from the date the certificate of occupancy is issued subject to limits of weather. If landscaping is not installed within 90 days, the owner shall post bond to assure the installation of landscaping. Landscaping shall reach the required screening height within three years from planting. Landscaping that dies or is damaged shall be removed and replaced by the current owner of the property . The owner shall have 30 days from the receipt of written notice issued by the City Fayetteville to remove and replace any required landscaping that dies or is damaged. 2. Interior Landscaping Requirements. a. Amount of Landscaping. Parking Lots containing 10 or more vehicles shall be landscaped utilizing one of the following options : Page 11 Ordinance No. 3 8 7 0 1 . Option 1 . One tree with a 11/2 " DBH at the time of planting shall be provided for every 10 parking spaces. The tree planting area shall have a minimum of 25 square feet of open area (permeable surface) per tree. 2. Option 2. Interior landscaping shall be provided at the rate of 10 square feet per stall and one tree per 20 spaces shall be planted with a 11h " DBH at the time of planting. Ground cover plants shall completely cover the remainder of the landscaped area within two years of beginning use of the parking lot. b. Location of Landscaping. landscaping shall be dispersed throughout the parking area and located within concrete curbed islands 6" high. Trees may be grouped together, but the groups shall be dispersed throughout the lot. c. Calculation of Area. Required perimeter landscaping may not be substituted for interior landscaping. However, it is recognized that interior landscaping may join perimeter landscaping. In such cases, landscaping which extends 4' or more into the parking area may be included in the calculation of interior landscaped area. 4P. =o fic: ;r to*. NM1, . 4y ij d. Exceptions. 1 . All parking lots used solely for the purpose of providing areas for the display and storage of motor vehicles for sale, lease, and rental shall be exempt from the interior landscaping requirements. Page 12 Ordinance No. 3870 2 . Parking areas that are 30 ' or less in width are exempt from the interior landscaping requirements. G. Perimeter Landscaping Requirements. Parking lots containing 5 or more spaces shall be landscaped meeting the following requirements: 1 . Side and rear property lines. All parking lots shall have 5 ' of landscaped area between the property line and parking lot. The 2' vehicle overhang option may be included to meet this requirement. Depending on the use and location, additional area and screening may be required under Section 160. 118 "Buffer Strips and Screening. " 2. Property lines adjoining street right-of-way. a. Residential zones. Except for permitted entrance drives, every parking lot shall be landscaped for an equal and uniform width of 25 ' parallel to the front property line(s) street right-of-way. b_ Non-residential zones. Every parking lot shall be landscaped for an equal and uniform width of 15 ' parallel to the front property line(s)\street right-of-way. c . Required plant materials. Landscaping in these areas shall require 1 tree with a 11/2 " DBH at the time of planting and three shrubs per 40' of parking lot frontage. d. Screening reduction option. The minimum landscaping width requirements may be reduced by 10' where the parking lot is screened abutting a street by providing a berm, wall, vegetation, or combination at least 3' high; provided, no intersection visibility triangle may be encroached upon by screening. H . Parking Waivers. The Planning Commission shall have the authority to waive the number of off-street parking spaces required in C-3 and C-4 districts. The Planning Commission shall make findings indicating that the proposed use will not generate as much parking as required under the existing standards, that shared parking facilities are available, or that on-street parking can satisfy intermittent and occasional demands. Individual spaces identified on a site plan for shared users shall not be shared by more than one user at the same time. All waivers shall meet the conditions listed below.