§ 30-852. Off-street parking.

(a)

Location of required parking.

(1)

Off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot as the building, structure, or use which they serve, and within the same zoning district, except where the director of planning and development services may, by means of a covenant or other acceptable means, allow part of the off-street parking spaces for nonresidential purposes to be located on a lot other than the lot occupied by the building, structure, or use. If the site of the served use and the location of the required parking are not contiguous, the parking area shall be within 500 feet of the front entrance to the building, structure, or use, as measured by a safe and convenient pedestrian route.

(2)

The edge of parking areas shall be set back a minimum of five feet from the front property line(s).

(3)

Parking areas shall be sited to minimize environmental impacts and may not be sited over drainfields or retention swales.

(b)

Design standards for off-street parking.

(1)

Except for boat ramp and oversized vehicle parking spaces, all off-street parking spaces shall have a length of not less than 18 feet with a minimum width of 8½ feet exclusive of passageways, maneuvering space, and driveways. All boat ramp and oversized vehicle parking spaces shall have a minimum length of 40 feet with a minimum width of ten feet. Parallel parking spaces shall have a length no less than 24 feet with a minimum width of nine feet.

(2)

Access aisle requirements shall be designed in accordance with the following criteria: Each required parking space shall have direct and unrestricted access to an aisle of the following minimum width:

Angle of Parking (degrees)	Aisle Depth (1 Row of Parking)	Aisle Depth (2 Rows of Parking)
0	12 feet	24 feet
45	14 feet	14 feet
60	18 feet	19 feet
90	20 feet	22 feet

 

(3)

Paved parking spaces shall be striped and include a wheel stop, except for parallel spaces which shall only be striped. All other parking spaces shall each provide a wheel stop.

(c)

Required parking spaces.

(1)

Bicycle spaces.

a.

Minimum requirement. One bicycle rack for parking bicycles shall be provided by all nonresidential development projects.

b.

Credit for required parking spaces. To encourage the use of bicycles by providing safe and convenient places to park, racks for parking bicycles may substituted for up to five percent of vehicular parking spaces required pursuant to section 30-852(c)(2). For every three bicycle parking spaces installed as a bicycle rack in accordance with this subsection, the number of required vehicular parking spaces shall be reduced by one space, up to a maximum of ten vehicular parking spaces. The minimum credit shall be rounded up to at least one vehicular parking space, even if five percent of required vehicular parking spaces would result in less than one vehicular space. A minimum of three vehicular parking spaces shall be required to qualify for the credit. Bicycle parking shall not be substituted for ADA accessible spaces, loading spaces, boat ramp spaces, or oversized vehicle parking spaces. Existing vehicular parking spaces may be converted to take advantage of this provision. The bicycle parking credit may be utilized in combination with the shared parking and parking demand study options in section 30-852(d), in order to further reduce the amount of required parking without the need for a variance.

(2)

Number of parking spaces. No development permit shall be issued for any dwelling unit, or for any addition to or expansion of any use, unless the number of parking spaces is provided as follows:

Use		Required Parking Spaces
Single-family residence		2.0
Mobile home parks		1.0 per pad
Multifamily developments		2.0 per dwelling unit
Hotels		1.0 per room
Commercial (low, medium, and high intensity):
	Retail	3.0 per 1,000 gross floor area
	Food stores/carryout food sales	5.0 per 1,000 gross floor area
	Other	3.0 per 1,000 gross floor area
	Outdoor sales	1.0 per 1,500 square feet of land
Office:
	Bank	4.0 per 1,000 gross floor area
	Medical/dental office	1.0 per employee plus 1.0 per exam room
	Other	3.0 per 1,000 gross floor area
Restaurant (sit-down or drive-in/fast food)		15.0 per 1,000 gross floor area, plus 1.0 per 3 chairs in the outdoor seating area
Bars/lounges		10.0 per 1,000 gross square feet of floor area
Bowling alley		3.0 per bowling lane
Theaters/churches/auditoriums/and public assembly halls		0.3 per seat
Library/museum		3.0 per 1,000 gross square feet of floor area
Industrial:
	Warehousing	1.0 per 1,000 gross square feet of floor area
	Other	1.5 per 1,000 gross square feet of floor area
Institutional		1.5 per 1,000 gross square feet, plus 1 per bed
Marinas:
	Wet slip	0.20 per slip
	Live-aboard slip	1.0 per slip
	Dry slip	0.20 per slip
	Commercial fishing, 6 or less passenger capacity	1.0 per berth
	Party boat, more than 6-passenger capacity	0.5 per person
Boat ramps in conjunction with other uses other than single-family residences		2.0 per ramp

 

(3)

Credit for short-term boat parking. To permit a reduction in the total number of vehicular parking spaces required pursuant to section 30-852(c)(2), an optional credit of one vehicular parking space for every boat slip and/or dockage designated as short-term boat parking shall be available where all of the following conditions are met:

a.

One or more of the following uses are located on a property containing a docking facility or a marina: restaurant, fuel sales, ships store, bait and tackle shop and/or convenience store; and

b.

All boat slips and/or dockage for short-term boat parking have been designated on an approved site plan; and

c.

The designated boat slips and/or dockage for short-term boat parking shall not also serve as live-aboard slips, commercial fishing berths, charter/guide boat berths or party boat berths; and

d.

The designated boat slips and/or dockage for short-term boat parking shall have a minimum length of 20 feet and a minimum width of eight feet.

(d)

Shared parking:

(1)

Purpose: The purpose of the shared parking option is to permit a reduction in the total number of parking spaces which would otherwise be required in instances where two or more uses on the same lot or separate lots are to share the same parking spaces because their peak parking demands do not occur at the same time.

(2)

Condition on development approval: If the shared parking option is used to calculate the amount of required parking spaces, then the approved development permit shall have a condition that any change in the occupancy or use of any of the principal uses intended to be served by the shared parking shall require development approval by the director of planning and development services to ensure sufficient parking is available.

(3)

Calculation of shared parking requirements: Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c)(2) for individual land uses, when any land or building is used for two or more distinguishable purposes as listed below, the shared parking option may be used to determine the minimum amount of parking required. Under the shared parking option, the minimum total number of required parking spaces for said land or building shall be determined by the following procedure:

a.

Multiply the minimum parking requirement for each individual use as set forth in subsection (c) by the appropriate percentage as set forth in the table below for each of the five designated time periods.

b.

Add the resulting sums for each of the five vertical columns in the table.

c.

The minimum parking requirement is the highest sum among the five columns resulting from the calculation in subsection (c) above. Time periods not covered in the table below may be ignored for the purposes of calculating shared parking.

	NIGHTTIME	WEEKDAY		WEEKEND
	Midnight— 6:00 a.m.	Day 9:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.	Evening 6:00 p.m.—Midnight	Day 9:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.	Evening 6:00 p.m.—Midnight
Specific Use Categories
Marinas	5%	70%	10%	100%	20%
Residential	100%	60%	90%	80%	90%
Office/Industrial	5%	100%	10%	10%	5%
Churches	5%	25%	50%	100%	50%
Commercial Retail	5%	60%	90%	100%	70%
Drinking and Eating/Entertainment/Recreation (Theaters, bowling alleys, meeting halls)	10%	40%	100%	80%	100%
Hotel	75%	75%	100%	75%	100%
All Others	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

 

(4)

The director may reduce the required parking requirements based on a parking demand study approved by the director. The methodology for conducting the study shall be submitted for review and approval by the director and shall include, but not be limited to the week and day the study will be conducted, the number of days and duration of the study, and the time intervals and locations for data collection. The study shall be reviewed by the director, and he shall, at his discretion, determine whether the parking study supports the basis for the parking reduction request.

(e)

Accessible off-street parking. Property that serves the public as clients, guests, or employees shall provide accessible parking in accordance with F.S. ch. 553, the American Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG), and the Florida Accessibility Code, as amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 02-10, § 1(5.6.5), 1-24-2002; Ord. No. 02-29, § 10, 11-21-2002; Ord. No. 09-01, § 8, 1-22-2009; Ord. No. 10-01, § 5, 1-14-2010; Ord. No. 12-05, § 2, 6-28-2012; Ord. No. 13-08, § 2, 2-14-2-2013; Ord. No. 16-01, § 2, 1-14-2016; Ord. No. 16-10, § 2, 6-9-2016)