§ 122-1003. Dimensions of parking stalls and aisles; separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

(a)

For purposes of rough computation, an off-street parking space and necessary access and maneuvering room may be estimated at 325 square feet. However, the minimum portion required for the actual parking stall of an automobile shall be 9.5 feet in width by 19 feet in length, and the minimum stall depth (measured at right angles from the access aisle), access aisles and driveways are set forth in the following schedule:

		Driveway Width/ Access Aisles
Parking Angle (degrees)	Stall Depth (feet)	One-Way (feet)	Two-Way† (feet)
0	10	12	22
20	15	12	22
30	17.5	12	22
40	19 *	12	22
45	20 *	13	22
50	20.5 *	14	22
60	21 *	18	22
70	21 *	19	22
80	20.5 *	24	24
90	19 *	24	24

 

Upon review by other city departments, the planning director may reduce the width of parking stalls for surface lots and on-street spaces in the central core/high intensity land use classification from a width of 9.5 feet to 9 feet and the length from 19 feet to 17 feet (notwithstanding the footnote below concerning wheel stops). The decision to reduce the size of a parking stall shall be based on the following: location, layout, access aisles, type of parking, amount of parking being provided and the use.

The site plan review committee may reduce the size of parking stalls in garages from a width of 9.5 feet to 9 feet and a depth of 19 feet to 17 feet (notwithstanding the footnote below concerning wheel stops). The decision to reduce the size of parking stalls in a garage shall be based on the following: design/layout, height, access aisles, type of parking, amount of parking being provided and the use.

^* Where approved wheel stops are provided at the end of a stall the paved area of the stall may be reduced two feet. The area two feet beyond the wheel stop shall be left clear from a point six inches above the grade of the back of the stall, for vehicle overhang. Vehicles shall not be allowed to overhang property lines.

† Driveways with one side loaded with parking, and the opposite side free of any vertical obstruction for a distance of no less than four feet, may be 20 feet wide.

(b)

Pedestrian and vehicular traffic shall be separated as much as possible, and conflicts shall be kept to a minimum.

(Code 1961, § 22-12(2)(b); Ord. No. 1603, § 3, 10-4-83; Code 1985, § 7-938; Ord. No. 2275, § 47, 5-5-92; Ord. No. 5557, § 1, 8-15-06; Ord. No. 2014-3, § 1, 10-15-13)