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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XV, CHAPTER 172:
PARKING AND LOADING, OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT
ORDINANCE, CODE OF FAYETTEVILLE, TO PROVIDE
AMENDMENTS TO AND CLARIFICATION OF PROVISIONS
PERTAINING TO SHARED PARKING AGREEMENTS AND
REDUCED PARKING IN MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS, AND TO
PROVIDE AMENDMENTS TO PARKING RATIOS.
WHEREAS, different land uses incorporated within one development may have
different peak demands for parking; and,
WHEREAS, a reduction in parking space requirements can reduce the amount of
impervious surfaces in the community, and
WHEREAS, parking ratios for certain uses are not meeting parking demands,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1 . That §172.01, subsections A. through E., of the Unified Development
Ordinance, Code of Fayetteville, is hereby repealed and Exhibit " A" attached hereto and
made a part hereof, is adopted and inserted in its stead.
PASSED and APPROVED this 3m day of September 2002.
APPROVED:
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� By:
DAN COODY, Mayor
By:
H ATHER WOODRUFF, Cit erk
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EXHIBIT "A"
§172.01 OFF-STREET PARKING LOT surface water into appropriate drainage
DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. structures.
A. Purpose. The regulations of this 3. Barriers. Parking lots
section are intended to reinforce community shall be provided with wheel guards or curbs
standards and to promote safe and attractive so located that no part of a parked vehicle
parking lots for new, redeveloped, and will extend into or over the sidewalks,
expanded development within the City. The property lines, or street right-of-way.
size, number, design, landscaping, and
location of parking lots are regulated in 4. Striping and Marking.
orderto: Parking lots spaces shall be striped to
1. Provide for the safe and indicate the location of the individual
orderly circulation of motor vehicles within spaces, directional arrows shall be provided
parking lots. at the entrance of aisles and entry drives,
2. Provide safe ingress and and accessible spaces shall be marked
egress to parking lots from public and meeting current Americans with Disabilities
private streets. Act (ADA) requirements. Such striping and
3. Protect adjoining marking shall be in accordance with the
properties from the adverse impacts Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
associated with parking lots such as noise, Devices.
lighting, appearance, drainage, and effect on
property values. 5. Accessibility.
4. Provide adequate areas for (a). Accessibility for
off-street parking and storage of motor persons with disabilities in parking lots and
vehicles, while at the same time preventing building approaches shall be as required by
over-supply of parking in mixed-use the current ADA and as may from time to
circumstances. time be amended.
5. Enhance the appearance of (b). Location and
parking lots in all zoning districts. minimum stall size of accessible parking
spaces, passenger loading zones, or valet
B. Parking Lot Construction parking facilities, when provided for public
Standards. or governmental buildings and facilities,
shall meet the standards adopted in the
1. Permits and Plan. For ADA.
parking lots containing five (5) or more (c). Accessibility
spaces, building and grading permits and Guidelines (ADAAG) for buildings and
site and grading plans shall be required prior facilities, Appendix A to 28 CFR Part 35 or
to any initiation of work. the current federal standard.
2. Surfacing. Parking lots
shall be asphalt, semi-permeable soil pavers,
or concrete, graded and drained to dispose of
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(d). Accessible
parking spaces for persons with disabilities Total Parking Minimum Number
shall be identified with signs in accordance Spaces of Accessible
with the ADA_ of 1990 or the current federal in Lot or Spaces
statute. Curb ramps shall be provided in Garage
accordance with ADA of 1990 wherever an
accessible route crosses a curb in the 501 -- 1000 2% of total spaces
parking lot.
(e). The following Over 1000 20 spaces + 1 space
table shall be used to determine the for each 100 spaces
minimum number of accessible parking over 1000
spaces to be provided for persons with
disabilities:
(f). Facilities
Total Parking Minimum Number providing medical care and other services
Spaces of Accessible for persons with mobility impairments shall
in Lot or Spaces provide accessible parking spaces as
Garage follows:
(i). Outpatient
1 --25 1 units and facilities shall provide a minimum
of 10% of the total number of parking
spaces provided serving each such
26--50 2 outpatient unit or facility, but in no event
shall less than one such parking space be
51 --75 3 provided.
(ii). Units and
facilities that specialize in treatment or
76-- 100 4 services for persons with mobility
impairments shall provide 20% of the total
number of parking spaces provided serving
101 -- 150 5 each such unit or facility, but in no event
shall less than one such parking space be
151 --200 6 provided.
(g). Multifamily
dwellings containing four or more dwelling
201 --300 7 units shall provide accessible parking spaces
as follows:
(i).
301 -400 8 Accessible parking shall be provided which
meets the provisions in the Final Housing
Accessibility Guidelines, 24 CFR, Chapter
401 --500 9 1 , Subchapter A, Appendix Il, of the Fair
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Housing Act of 1968, as amended, or the
current federal standard.
(ii), or required landscaping except as provided
Designated accessible parking shall be for in §(F)(1 )(b). Parking lots shall be
provided for . at least 2% of the dwelling designed so that parking and unparking can
units and at facilities such as swimming occur without moving other vehicles.
pools and clubhouses that serve accessible Vehicles shall exit the parking lot in a
buildings. Additional designated accessible forward motion.
parking shall be provided on request of
residents with disabilities, on the same terms 2. Compact Spaces. A maximum of
and with the full range of choices that are 35% of the total spaces may be compact
provided for other residents of the spaces. Compact spaces shall be marked
development. either by marking on the pavement or by
(iii), separate marker.
Accessible visitor parking that provides
sufficient access to grade level entrances of .
multifamily dwellings is also required.
C. Parking lot design standards.
1. Maneuvering. Parking
lots shall be designated, maintained and
regulated so that no parking or maneuvering
incidental to parking will encroach into the
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3. TABLE 1. DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Angle Type Width Curb 1 Way 2 Way Stall
(A) (B) Length Aisle Aisle Depth
(In (C) Width Width (E)
Feet) (In (D) (D) (In
Feet) (In (In Feet)
Feet) Feet)
00 Standard 8 22.5 12 24 8
Parallel Compact 7.5 19.5 12 24 7.5
300 Standard 9 18 12 24 17
Compact 7.5 15 12 24 14
450 Standard 9 12.5 12 24 19
Compact 7.5 10.5 12 24 16
600 Standard 9 10.5 18 24 20
Compact 7.5 8.5 15 24 16.5
900 Standard 9 9 24 24 19
Compact 7.5 7.5 22 24 15
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4. Illumination of Parking
areas. Parking areas may be illuminated. *GLA-Gross leasable area
All lighting shall be: shielded and directed
away from adjoining properties; attached to Commentary: The throat lengths in Table
on-site buildings or fences where possible; 2 are provided to assure adequate stacking
and shall not be excessively bright or cause space within parking lot driveways for
a glare that would be hazardous to general land use intensities. This helps
pedestrians or vehicles. Only high pressure prevent vehicles from stacking into the
sodium lighting or energy equivalent are thoroughfare as they attempt to enter the
allowed. parking lot. High traffic generators, such as
large shopping plazas, need much greater
5. Parking Lot Entrances. throat length than smaller developments or
(a). Throat Length, those with unsignalized driveways. The
The length of driveways or "throat length" guidelines here for larger developments
shall be designed in accordance with the refer to the primary access drive. Reduced
anticipated storage length for vehicles to throat lengths may be permitted for
prevent them from backing into the flow of secondary access drives serving large
traffic on the public street or causing unsafe developments.
conflicts with on-site circulation. General
standards appear below, but these
requirements may vary according to the IINTERNAL SITE DESIGN
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driveway. These measures generally are
acceptable for the principal access to a
property and are not intended for minor (� ® MATLE M
driveways. Variation from these standards
may be permitted for good cause upon
approval of the City Planner and City /J
Engineer.
TABLE 2:
(b). Entrances and
GENERALLY ADEQUATE internal aisle design. The driveway width
DRIVEWAY THROAT LENGTHS into parking lots shall meet the following
guidelines:
Shopping >200,000 200 ft. (1).
Centers GLA' Entrances.
(Signalized) (a). If the
Smaller 2200,000 75-95 ft. driveway is a one-way-in or one-way-out
Developments GLA* drive, then the aisle widths shall be a
(Signalized) minimum of 12 feet wide up to a maximum
Unsignalized 40-60 ft. of 15 feet wide.
driveways
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(b). For two-way access, street parking spaces shall conform to the
each entrance lane shall be a minimum of 12 requirement in Table 3 Parking Ratios.
feet wide and a maximum of 15 feet wide. Parking requirements shall be met at the
Whenever more than two lanes are time any building or structure is erected,
proposed, entrance and exit lanes shall be enlarged, or increased in capacity, changed
divided by a curbed, raised, landscaped in use, or any outdoor use is established or
median. The median shall be ten feet wide if enlarged. In mixed-use developments or in
three lanes are being proposed or 15 feet cases of shared parking agreements, parking
wide if four lanes are proposed. requirements may be reduced at the property
owner's request as outlined in
(c). Driveways that enter § 172.01 (D)(4) Reduced Parking within
the major thoroughfare at traffic signals Mixed Use Developments.
must have at least two outbound lanes (one
for each turning direction) and one inbound (a). Except as outlined in
lane. b. and c. below, change of use in mixed-use
developments or developments that have
(d). All commercial entered an approved shared parking
driveways should have a minimum curb agreement requires a parking demand
radius of 25 feet. analysis using Table 4 Parking Occupancy
Rates. The property owner shall notify the
(2). Internal Planning Division when a change of use is
Circulation Drives. proposed. A forecast deficiency greater than
(a). 15% must be met by the construction of
Aisles shall be designed so that they additional parking spaces, payment of in-
intersect at 90 degrees with internal drives lieu fees, support of shuttle service, other
where practicable. trip reduction programs satisfactory to the
(b). Aisles city, or a combination hereof
shall be designed to discourage cut-through
traffic by use of landscape islands. (b). In C-3 and C-4 zoning
districts, parking requirements are waived
(c). Aisles for any existing structure with a change of
shall conform to § 172.01 (c)(3) with the use. New construction, razed buildings or
exception of aisles that connect to enlarged buildings shall conform to the
commercial driveways. Aisles connecting to parking requirements of the City of
commercial driveways may be permitted to Fayetteville. For enlarged buildings,
be 27 feet in width when the driveway is in additional parking spaces will be calculated
conformance with § 171 . 13(11)(6). by the amount of square footage that is
added.
D. Standards for the Number of (c). In C-3 and C-4 zoning
Spaces, by Use. districts, parking requirements are waived
for the square footage "footprint" of any
1. Off-Street Parking. building which existed and has been
Except as provided in b. and c. below, off-
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removed since October 1 , 1995, in order to laundry
rebuild.
Regional antique and 1 per 500 square feet
2. Maximum/Minimum furniture store of floor area
Number Allowed. Parking lots may contain Restaurants 1 per 100 sq. ft. GFA
up to 30% more spaces than the required plus 4 stacking
spaces and 30% less spaces than the paces per drive-thru
required spaces. Any additional spaces window
above 30% or below 30% shall be allowed
only as a conditional use and shall be
granted in accordance with Chapter 163, Hospital and I per bed
governing applications of conditional uses; convalescent home
procedures, and upon the finding that
additional spaces are needed. Auto/motorcycle 4 per each enclosed
service stations service bay
Table 3. PARKING RATIOS
(Use/ Required Spaces) Commercial 1 per 1 ,000 square
recreation-large sites feet of site area
Residential Bank 1 per 200 sq. ft. of
Single-family, 2 per dwelling unit GFA
duplex, triplex
Multifamily or 1 per bedroom Retail Fuel Sales 1 per 200 sq. ft. of
townhouse with Convenience retail FA; spaces at
Stores pump islands are
Commercial counted toward this
requirement
Auditorium 1 per 4 seats
Retail Fuel Sales 3 per each employee;
Barber or beauty 2 per chair Only spaces at pump
shop islands are counted
Hotels and motels 1 per guest room toward this
plus 75% of spaces requirement
required for
accessory uses
Amusement 1 per 200 square feet
of floor area
Retail 1 per 250 square feet
of floor area
Coin-operated 1 per 3 machines
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Office Detention home 1 per 1 ,500 square
Professional office 1 per 300 square feet of floor area
feet of GFA
Sales office Government 1 per 500 square
1 per 200 square facilities feet of floor area
feet of gross floor
area Hospital 1 per bed
Convalescent home 1 per bed
Public and Institutional Uses,
Nonprofit Commercial. School-elementary 1 per employee plus
and junior high 1 space per
Auditorium 1 per 4 seats, classroom
provided only
auditorium space is
counted in School-senior high 1 per employee plus
determining 1 per 3 students
parking based on design
Art gallery, library, I per 1 ,000 square capacity or 1 per 6
museum feet of floor area seats in auditorium
or other places of
Child care center, 1 per employee plus assembly,
nursery school on-site loading and whichever is
unloading spaces at . greater
a rate of 1 per 10
children Zoo 1 per 2,000 square
accommodated feet of land area
Church / Religious . 1 per 4 seats in the
Institution main auditorium or All other public and 1 per 4 occupants
I per 40 sq. ft. of institutional uses
assembly area, (only auditorium
whichever provides space shall be
more spaces counted for
churches,
auditoriums, or
College or university 1 per 500 square group occupancy
feet of classroom space)
area Funeral Homes I per 4 seats in
College dormitory 1 per sleeping room main chapel + 1 per
2 employees + 1
College auditorium I per 4 seats reserved for each
vehicle used in
Community center 1 per 250 sq. ft. of connection with the
GFA business
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Theater 1 per 4 seats
Manufacturin ndustrial
Commercial 1 per 1 ,000 square
Manufacturing 1 per 1 ,200 square recreation-large feet of site area
feet of gross floor sites
area or one per
employee, Commercial 1 space per 200
whichever is recreation square feet of floor
greater area
Heavy industrial 1 per 1 ,200 square Amusement park, 1 per 1 ,000 square
feet of floor area miniature golf feet of site area
Extractive uses Adequate for all Dance hall, bar or I per 50 sq. ft. of
employees, trucks, tavern GFA, excluding
and equipment kitchen
Recreational Uses All other 1 per 4 occupants
Golf course 3 per hole recreational uses
Park 2 per acre
Warehousingand Wholesale
Playfield, none Warehousing 1 per 2,000 square
playground feet of floor area
Private club or 1 per 500 square Wholesale 1 per 1 ,000 square
lodge feet of floor area or feet of floor area
1 per 3 occupants
based on the Center for 1 per 1 ,000 square
current adopted collecting recycled feet of floor area
Standard Building materials
Code whichever is
greater 3. Shared Parking. Parking
Riding stables , 1 per acre: not requirements may be shared where it can be
required to be determined that the peak parking demand of
paved the existing or proposed occupancy occur at
different times (either daily or seasonally).
Golf driving range 1 per tee box Such arrangements are subject to the
approval of the Planning Commission.
Bowling alley 6 per lane
Tennis court 2 per court
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(a) Shared Parking Reduction Worksheet showing the
Parking Between Developments. Formal process for calculating the reduction as
arrangements that share parking between outlined herein. The calculation using Table
intermittent uses with non-conflicting 4 Parking Occupancy Rates shall be
parking demands (e.g. a church and a bank) conducted as follows:
are encouraged as a means to reduce the (i.)
amount of parking required. Determine minimum spaces required.
(b) Shared The minimum number of parking spaces that
Parking Agreements. If a privately owned are to be provided and maintained for each
parking facility is to serve two or more use shall be determined by using Table 3
separate properties, then a "Shared Parking Parking Ratios.
Agreement" is to be filed with the City for (ii.) Calculate
consideration by the Planning Commission. occupancy rates. The minimum number of
(c) Shared parking spaces shall be multiplied by the
Spaces. Individual spaces identified on a "occupancy rate" (the percentage) provided
site plan for shared users shall not be shared in Table 4 Parking Occupancy Rates, for
by more than one user at the same time. each use for the weekday night, daytime and
evening periods, and weekend night,
4. Reduced Parking daytime and evening periods, respectively.
within Mixed Use Developments. Parking (iii.) Sum
requirements may be reduced where it can parking spaces. Sum the parking spaces for
be determined that the peak parking demand the combined uses for each time period. The
of the existing or proposed occupancy occur number of parking spaces from the time
at different times (either daily or period with the highest calculated number of
seasonally). Such arrangements are subject parking spaces shall be the number of spaces
to the approval of the Planning Commission. required for the shared parking facility.
(a) Request for
Parking Space Reduction. A shared
parking plan must be prepared to the
satisfaction of the Planning Commission
showing that parking spaces most
conveniently serve the land uses intended,
directional signage is provided if
appropriate, and pedestrian links are direct
and clear.
(b) Calculating
Parking Space Reductions. Parking space
reductions can be determined by a
calculation using Table 4 Parking
Occupancy Rates. If the calculation does
show a parking space regulation reduction to
be feasible, the applicant shall submit a
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Table 4. PARKING OCCUPANCY RATES — Percent of Basic Minimum Needed During
Time Period
Uses M-F M-F M-F Sat. & Sat. & Sat. &
8am-5pm 6pm- 12am 12am-6am Sun. Sun. Sun.
8a.m-5 m 6 m-12am 12a-6am
Land Use Categories
Residential 60% 100% 100% 80% 100% 100%
Commercial* 90% 80% 5% 100% 70% 5%
Office 100% 20% 5% 5% 5% 5%
Public & Institutional Uses 100% 20% 5% 10% 10% 5%
(non-church)
Public & Institutional Uses 10% 5% . 5% 100% 50% 5%
(church)
Manufacturing/Industrial 100% 60% 40% 50% 30% 10%
Warehouse/Wholesale 100% 20% 5% 5% 5% 5%
Recreation 40% 1000/OT
00% 10% 80% 100% 50%
Specific Commercial Uses
Hotel 70% 100% 100% 70% 100% 100%
Restaurant 70% 100% 10% 70% 100% 20%
Theater 40% 80% 10% 80% 100% 10%
Conference/Convention 100% 100% 5% 100% 100% 5%
Source: Shared Parking Planning Guidelines. Institute of Transportation Engineers
• Some specific commercial uses have different occupancy rates. Check under "Specific Commercial Uses with the rest of the table.
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