HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-30INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 83 - 30
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA SUBSTANTIALLY AMENDING SECTION
24 OF APPENDIX A TO THE CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, KNOWN AS THE COUNTY'S ZONING
CODE; GOVERNING OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS;
SETTING STANDARDS FOR SIZE AND NUMBER OF REQUIRED SPACES;
PROVIDING FOR COMPACT CAR PARKING SPACES; ESTABLISHING
PARKING STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN USES NOT PREVIOUSLY AD-
DRESSED; REVISING CURRENT PARKING STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN
USES; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
CODIFICATION; SEVERABILITY; AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that;
SECTION 1
Section 24. The following paragraphs of the Off-street parking
and loading regulations are amended to read as follows:
Section 24. Off-street parking and loading regulations:
For the purpose of this ordinance, such "off-street parking
space" shall consist of a minimum net area of two hundred (200)
square feet with minimum dimensions of ten (10) feet in width
and twenty (20) feet in depth with driving surface for the
parking of an automobile, exclusive of access drives or aisles
thereto. Minimum dimensions for parallel parking spaces shall
be 23 feet in length and 8 feet in width. Up to twenty (20)
percent of the number of off-street parking spaces required for
each project may receive site plan approval by the Planning and
Zoning Commission and be constructed to compact car standards.
Such standards require that each space have a minimum width of
seven and one-half (7') feet and a minimum length of fifteen
(15) feet and that each space be conspicuously identified as a
compact car space.
There shall be provided on the building site at the time of
the erection of any building or structure, change in use, or at
the time any building or structure is enlarged or increased in
capacity by adding dwelling units, guest rooms, floor area or
seats, the minimum off-street parking space required for the new
structure or use with adequate provisions for ingress and egress
by an automobile of standard size, in accordance with this
section.
(a) Parking.
(1) Amusement game parlors, pool halls, and other similar
recreational buildings. One (1) space per one hundred
fifty (150) square feet of gross building area.
(2) Automotive, boat, and trailer sales. One (1) space
per five hundred (500) square feet of gross building
area plus one space per twenty-five hundred (2500)
square feet of outside display area. The display
area shall. be fully sodded.
(3) Banks and savings and loans. One (1) space per two
hundred (200) square feet of gross building area.
(4) Bowling alleys. Five (5) spaces per each bowling
lane.
(5) Churches, temples, places of worship, public
buildings, auditoriums, stadiums and other places of
public assembly. One (1) space for each four (4)
seats.
(6) Contractor's office or trade building. One (1) space
per five hundred (500) square feet of gross building
area.
(7) Convalescent homes, homes for the aged, retirement
homes, nursing homes and other similar health care
facilities. One (1) space shall be reserved for
doctors for each fifteen (15) patient beds, plus one
(1) space per ten (10) patient beds as approved under
the Certificate of Need, plus one (1) space per two
and one-half (2.5) employees, exclusive of doctor
parking spaces.
(8) Flea markets and farmer's markets. There shall be one
and one-half (1.5) identified parking spaces for each
booth or stand. In addition, each stand or booth shall
have one (1) backup parking space provided for a truck
or car for the purpose of loading and unloading. All
parking spaces and driveway aisles shall be
constructed with a stabalized base and be fully
sodded.
(9) Funeral homes, mortuaries and crematoriums. One (1)
space per sixty-five (65) square feet of gross floor
area within the chapel, plus one space per employee,
plus one space (1) per company-owned vehicles.
(10) Furniture, carpet and major appliance stores. (a) One
(1) space per five hundred (500) square feet of floor
area devoted to storage for the first four thousand
(4,000) square feet and one (1) space per seven
hundred fifty (750) square feet on the remaining
storage area, plus one (1) space per two hundred (200)
square feet of the remaining floor area, or (b) one
(1) space per four hundred (400) square feet of gross
building area for stores containing display area only.
(11) General commercial establishments. One (1) space per
two hundred (200) square feet of gross building area.
(12) Golf courses. (a) Private course serving primarily
on-site users: Executive course requires two (2)
spaces per hole and a championship course requires
two and on -half (2h) spaces per hole. (b) Public
or private course: Executive course requires three
(3) spaces per hole and a championship course requires
four (4) spaces per hole.
(13) Hotels and motels. One and three tenths (1.3)
spaces per rentable room plus one (1) space for each
three (3) seats offered to the public for restaurant
or lounge purposes.
(14) Hospitals, sanitariums and other similar health care
facilities. One (1) space shall be reserved for
doctors for each ten (10) patient beds, plus one (1)
space per four (4) patient beds, plus one (1) space
per one and one-half (1.5) employees, exclusive of
doctor parking spaces.
(15) Libraries and museums. One (1) space per four hundred
(400) square feet of gross building area.
(16) Medical and dental offices and out-patient clincs.
One (1) space per one hundred and seventy-five (175)
square feet of gross floor area.
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(17) Manufacturing, wholesaling and storage businesses
which do not sell over the counter products to the
general public from the premises. One (1) space per
,five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area.
(18) Marinas. One (1) space per three hundred (300) square
feet of principal building area plus one (1) space per
three (3) boat storage spaces.
(19) Mobile home or recreational vehicle sales. One (1)
space per five hundred (500) square feet of gross
building area plus one (1) space per twenty-five
hundred (2500) square feet of outside display area.
The display area shall be fully sodded.
(20) Multiple -family dwellings. (a) Two (2) spaces per
each dwelling unit; for each dwelling unit over forty
units, one-half ('k) space of the required parking may
be installed as grassed parking. (b) For "adult
community projects", one and one-half (12) spaces
per dwelling unit; for each dwelling unit over forty
(40) units, one-half (;) space of the required parking
may be installed as grassed parking.
(21) Nurseries or Greenhouses. One (1) space per five
hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area for
buildings. Pole barns, mist houses, shade houses, and
accessory structures shall not be included for
purposes of determining parking requirements.
(22) Nursery schools, kindergartens, and child care
facilities. One and one-half (1h) spaces per
staff person required for the licensed capacity of
the facility pursuant to local or state agency staff
ratio requirements.
(23) Private club or country club. (a) One (1) space per
two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area plus
the required parking area for each associated
structure or use creating user parking demand. (b)
Private clubs located within residential projects
serving primarily on-site users are required to
provide one (1) space per two hundred square feet of
gross floor area plus the required parking area for
each associated structure or use creating user parking
demand of which up to fifty percent (50%) may be
grassed parking spaces.
(24) Professional offices. One (1) space per three
hundred (300) square feet of gross building area.
(25) Public or private commercially operated recreational
complexes and associated structures. Five (5) spaces
per gross acre for each acre of open space generating
user parking demand, plus one (1) space per one
hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area for
associated support buildings, plus the required number
of spaces for each specific recreational use.
(26) Racquetball Courts. Three (3) spaces per court.
(27) Restaurants or bars. One and one-half (1h) spaces
per one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor
area.
(28) Rooming and boarding houses, or dormitories. One (1)
space per two (2) sleeping spaces.
(29) Schools.
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(a) Colleges, universities, and technical/vocational
schools. One (1) space per three (3) seats of
classroom seating capacity.
(b) High schools. Six (6) spaces for each classroom
plus one (1) space per each teaching,
administrative or staff position.
(c) Junior high and elementary schools. One (1)
space per each classroom plus one (1) space per
each teaching, administrative or staff position.
(d) Business schools. One (1) space for each three
(3) seats of classroom capacity.
(30)
Single-family dwellings. Two (2) spaces for each
dwelling unit which will be exempted from all other
requirements in sub -sections (b) through (f) and
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uncovered parking spaces will be exempted from
the front setback requirements.
(31)
Shuffleboard courts. Four (4) spaces per five
(5) courts.
(32)
Swimming pools. Twenty (20) spaces per average
size swimming pool (approximately 75 feet by 45 feet
in size).
(33)
Tennis courts. Three (3) spaces per court.
(34)
Theaters.
(a) Single theaters. One (1) space per three (3)
seats.
(b) Multi-plex theaters. One (1) space per four (4)
seats. In shopping centers having over 50,000
square feet of retail sales use and providing
one (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet
of gross floor area for those retail uses,
multi-plex theaters shall provide parking
according to the following standards:
Gross Retail Area Parking Standard
25,000 - 49,999 1 space per 5 seats
50,000 - 79,999 sq. ft. 1 space per 6 seats
80,000 - 99,999 sq. ft. 1 space per 7 seats
100,000 sq. ft. & over 1 space per 8 seats
(35)
veterinary hospitals or boarding kennels. One (1)
space per three hundred (300) square feet of gross
building area excluding animal runs. Grassed parking
spaces may be installed up to fifty (50) percent of
the required number of spaces upon approval of the
Planning and Zoning Commission for that portion of
the required parking that is intermittant.
(36)
Other uses. Off-street parking requirements for any
use not specifically mentioned in this section shall
be the same as for the most similar use listed.
(b) General parking standards.
(1)
A site may utilize parking spaces of an abutting
property provided that the abutting property has
excess parking spaces per this Section's
requirements, the site being developed provides
on-site a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of its
required parking spaces, a common access easement
agreement is executed by all applicable parties and
provided at the time of site plan application, and
that such agreement provides for perpetual access and
use of the abutting property's parking spaces and
access drives/aisles.
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(2) Parking requirements for two or more principal uses
of the same or different types may be satisfied by
the allocation of the required number of spaces for
each principal use in a common parking facility.
(3) Parking lots or loading areas shall have no driveway
aisle(s) which deadends without a backing apron
with a minimum depth of five (5) feet.
(4) All parking spaces shall be equipped with tire stops
permanently affixed to the surface except when six
(6) inch curbing or the equivalent is installed.
(5) Handicap parking spaces shall be reserved and posted
in all tourist and commercial land use
classifications. Handicap parking spaces shall be
located in proximity to the main and secondary
entrances, and ramps to sidewalks shall be provided
and conveniently located in relationship to the
handicap parking spaces. The required number of
handicap parking spaces shall be as required by the
Standard Building Code.
(6) Where handicapped parking is required, each space so
designated shall have a minimum width of not less than
twelve (12) feet and be accompanied by a ramp access
to the building in accordance with the requirements of
the County -City Building Department.
(7) The delineation of all required parking spaces,
dumpster spaces, loading areas, and
other striping requirements shall be identified
using the striping and visual contrast criteria
of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
(Federal Highway Administration FHWA).
(c) Entries, exits, drives and vehicle maneuvering areas.
(1) All uses which are required to provide three or more
off-street parking spaces shall have entry and exit -
ways and drives at least twenty-two (22) feet in
width to accommodate two-way traffic unless a one-way
traffic system is utilized, in which case entry and
exitways and drives shall be at least eleven (11) feet
in width. In the event a one-way traffic system is
utilized, appropriate traffic direction markers shall
be installed at all appropriate intersections. Drives
and maneuvering areas shall provide proper turning
radii to permit convenient maneuvering of cars and
service vehicles into and out of each parking and
loading space. No occupied parking or loading space
shall interfere with access to any other parking or
loading space, or with any pedestrian walkway.
(2) Except for single-family residential dwellings and
duplexes, all parking access shall be designed so as
to prevent the need to back directly onto a public
road or right-of-way.
(3) Access points to public or private streets shall be
kept to a minimum, with widths not in excess of
twenty-four (24) feet, unless said requirements are
jointly adjusted by the County Traffic Engineer and the
County Community Development Director; and the
distance to any street intersection (right-of-way to
access points nearest paved edge) shall be no less
than thirty (30) feet, unless said requirements are
jointly adjusted by the County Traffic Engineer and
the County Community Development Director.
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(d) Off-street loading regulations. These requirements shall
apply to all commercial and industrial uses requiring the
receipt or distribution by service vehicles of materials
or merchandise:
(1) A minimum number of loading spaces or berths shall be
provided and maintained as follows:
Building(s) Size in Sq. Ft. No. of Spaces/Berths
Over 5,000 but not over 24,999 1
25,000 59,999 2
60,000 119,999 3
120,000 199,999 4
200,000 290,000 5
(2) Loading spaces or berths shall have minimum dimensions
of fourteen (14) by thirty (30) feet, plus each space
or berth shall have an additional two hundred and
fifty (250) square feet of loading or manuevering
area immediately contiguous to the space or berth.
Service alleys or driveways shall have a minimum
width of twenty (20) feet.
(3) Any facility required to have loading facilities may
be permitted to have a drive of a size commensurate
with the requirements of delivery.
SECTION 2
REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
All previous ordinances, resolutions, or motions of the
Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida
which conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict. All Special Acts of
the legislature applying only to the unincorporated portion of
Indian River County and which conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflict.
SECTION 3
INCORPORATION IN CODE
The provisions of this ordinance shall be incorporated into
the County Code and the word "ordinance" may be changed to
"section", "article", or other appropriate word, and the
sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered to
accomplish such intentions.
SECTION 4
SEVERABILITY
If any section, part of a sentence, paragraph, phrase or
word of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitu-
tional, inoperative or void, such holdings shall not affect the
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remaining portions hereof and it shall be construed to have been
the legislative intent to pass this ordinance without such
unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative part.
SECTION 5
EFFECTIVE DATE
The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective
upon receipt from the Florida Secretary of State of official
acknowledgment that this ordinance has been filed with the
Department of State.
Approved and adopted by the Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida on this 215jay of
September , 1983.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
BY:at<d✓/�4�
RICHARD N. BIRD
Chairman
Acknowledgment by the Department of State of the State of
Florida this 14th day of October , 1983.
Effective Date: Acknowledgment from the Department of State
received on this 21st day of O. oh -r , 1983, at 11.()()A.M./P.M. and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Board of
ounty Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida.
APPROVE TO FO AND
LEGAL
By
0 7 ATT RNEY
Off -St/. Prkg. Ord.
WORKB
8/27/83