1980-18 Amending Title 17 of the KIB Code Pertaining to Offstreet Parking, Offstreet Loading, and Setback Requirements1
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ORDINANCE NO. 80 -18 -0
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 17 OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH CODE PERTAINING
TO OFFSTREET PARKING, OFFSTREET LOADING, AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly ordains:
Section 1. Kodiak Island Borough Code Chapter 17.57 is repealed and
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CHAPTER 17.57
OFFSTREET PARKING AND LOADING
17.57.010 Offstreet Parking Required -In General
17.57.020 Offstreet Parking- Number of Spaces Required
17.57.030 Offstreet Parking - Location
17.57.040 Parking Area Development Standards
17.57.050 Parking Area Plan Review
17.57.060 Offstreet Loading Requirements
17.57.010 Offstreet Parking Required -In General
In all use districts, from the time a principal building is erected,
constructed, established, altered or enlarged, there shall be offstreet
parking conforming to this chapter to serve that building. This parking
shall be available free of charge for the use of the occupants of the
building and their employees and patrons. The owners and occupants of a
principal building shall be jointly and severally responsible for providing
and maintaining the offstreet parking serving that building. The offstreet
parking required by this chapter for a principal building shall be maintained
in accordance with this chapter continuously during the life of the building.
17.57.020 Offstreet Parking - Number of Spaces Required
For each principal building or use within a principal building, there
shall be no less than the number of offstreet parking spaces specified under
this section.
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A. Dwellings: two parking spaces for each dwelling unit, including
mobile homes.
B. Buildings other than dwellings:
1. Bank, office building, professional office, or clinic: one
parking space for each one hundred square feet of gross floor area, but
not less than five spaces;
2. Bowling alley: four parking spaces for each alley or lane;
3. Churches: one parking space for each three seats, based on
maximum seating capacity;
4. Dance hall, community building, assembly hall or fraternal
organization hall: one parking space for each three occupants, based on
maximum occupant load as determined by Title 15 of this code;
5. Food market, grocery store or shopping center: one parking
space for each one hundred twenty -five square feet of retail floor area;
6. Automobile repair garage, service station or dealership:
four parking spaces for each service stall or facility, provided that no
vehicle in the custody of the business for service, repair, storage sale
or other purposes may be stored in a required offstreet parking space
or in a public right -of -way;
7. General auditorium, high school or college auditorium,
theater, or eating and drinking establishment: one parking space for
each three seats, based on maximum seating capacity;
8. Hospital: one parking space for each bed based on maximum
9. Hotel: one parking space for each dwelling unit and one
parking space for every three guest rooms;
10. Industrial or manufacturing establishment in which there
are more than five employees or officers: one parking space for each
four hundred square feet of gross floor area or for every three employees,
whichever results in the greater number of parking spaces;
11. Launderette: one parking space for each two machines;
12. Motel or boardinghouse: one parking space for each dwelling
unit or guest room;
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13. Retail store or service shop: one parking space for each
three hundred square feet of floor area;
14. Warehouses and storage buildings: one parking space for
each employee, but not less than seven spaces;
15. Mini - warehouses: one parking space for each storage unit.
C. The offstreet parking requirement for a use not specified in this
section shall be the requirement for the use specified in this section whose
parking demand characteristics the Planning Commission finds to be most
similar to those of the unspecified use.
D. Where a principal building contains more than one use, the parking
required for that building shall be the sum of the parking required for each
such use.
E. A parking space may meet the minimum parking requirements for more
than one use so long as it otherwise conforms to the requirements of this
chapter for each such use and no hours of operation of any such use overlap
the hours of operation of any other such use.
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17.57.030 Offstreet Parking - Location
All parking spaces required under Section 17.57.020 shall be on the
' same lot as, or,a lot adjacent to, the principal building that they serve;
provided that if the Planning Commission finds that it is impractical to
locate the spaces on such a lot, it may permit them to be located on any
lot within 600 feet of the principal building. All parking spaces required
under Section 17.57.020 shall be located in a use district permitting the
use which they serve.
17.57.040 Parking Area Development Standards
A. Any parking area, including any area on a lot that is used for
vehicular circulation, storage, parking spaces, aisles, turning and maneuvering
areas, driveways, and ingress and egress areas, shall be developed in accord-
ance with this section.
B. Surfacing and Drainage:
1. Publicly owned parking areas that are open to the public shall
be paved with concrete or asphaltic compound.
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2. Parking areas not governed by (1) of this subsection shall be
surfaced and drained so that they are free of mud and standing water, and
generate a minimum amount of dust.
3. All parking spaces not serving a one or two family dwelling
shall have appropriate bumper guards or wheel stops.
C. A parking area serving a commercial, industrial or institutional
use that adjoins the side of a residentially zoned lot shall be separated
from the side of the residentially zoned lot by a fence or hedge not less
than four nor more than six feet in height. The fence or hedge shall extend
along the entire boundary of the parking area adjoining the side of the
residentially zoned lot, except that it shall not extend along any part of
that boundary adjoining the front yard of the residentially zoned lot.
D. No light illuminating a parking area shall shine directly onto any
property beyond the boundaries of the lot on which the parking area is located.
E. Points of ingress from, and egress to, public streets shall be
designed and located to minimize traffic congestion and hazards to pedestrians.
Such points of ingress and egress shall be no more than 32 feet wide. All
parking areas, except those serving one and two - family dwellings, shall be
designed to allow ingress and egress without backing over a sidewalk area or
onto a street designated as a collector or arterial on the official streets
and highways plan.
F. A required parking space serving a residential use shall be no less
than 8 feet wide and 20 feet long. A parking area serving a use other than a
residential use shall contain at least 350 square feet per parking space.
17.57.050 Parking Plan Review
A. An application for a building permit shall include a plan for any
parking area to be constructed in conjunction with the work that is the
subject of the application. The plan shall be in a form and drawn to a scale
approved by the Planning Department.
The plan shall include:
1. The exterior boundaries of the subject lot, their dimensions,
and the area of the lot.
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2. The location and dimensions of all parking spaces, loading areas,
aisles, turning and maneuvering areas, driveways, sidewalks, and points of
ingress and egress on the lot.
3. The location and dimensions of all streets and sidewalks
adjacent to the lot, and the direction of traffic flow on such streets.
B. The Building Official shall review all parking area plans and the
Planning and Zoning Commission may review any parking area plan except for
a one or two - family dwelling for conformity to this title.
C. No driveway or curb cut may be established or maintained unless the
1 Planning Department approves its location in relation to the public right-
,of-way.
17.57.060 Offstreet Loading Requirements
A. In all use districts, from the time a principal building, other
than a dwelling, is erected, constructed, established, altered or enlarged,
there shall be offstreet loading space conforming to this section to serve
that building.
B. Required offstreet loading berths shall conform to the following
minimum specifications:
1. Type "A" berths shall be at least 60 feet long by 10 feet wide
by 14 feet 6 inches high, inside dimensions.
2. Type "B" berths shall be at least 30 feet long by 10 feet wide
by 14 feet 6 inches high, inside dimensions.
3. Type "C" berths shall be located in the rear of a lot and utilize
part of an adjacent alley. The building setback shall be a minimum of 5 feet
from the property line along the alley for the entire width of the lot.
C. Offstreet loading shall be provided for each building designed,
intended or arranged for a particular use as specified in this subsection.
1. Type "A" berths: manufacturing or Wholesale establishments,
warehouse, freight terminals, department stores and food markets;
2. Type "B" berths: auditoriums, assembly halls, schools, hospitals,
office buildings, hotels and motels;
3. Type "C" berths: retail establishments, restaurants, funeral homes
and commercial establishments not otherwise specified.
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D. The offstreet loading requirement for a use not specified in this
section shall be the requirement for the use specified in this section whose
loading demand characteristics the Planning Commission finds to be most
similar to those of the unspecified use.
E. Where a building contains more than one use, the offstreet loading
berth required for that building shall be the largest of those required for
each such use.
F. All offstreet loading berths required under this section shall be
located on the same lot as the buildings that they serve.
G. A required offstreet loading berth shall not be part of the area
used to satisfy the offstreet parking requirements of this chapter.
H. No space for loading or unloading of vehicles, except a type "C"
berth, shall be located so that a vehicle using it projects into any public
street. All loading spaces shall have access to an alley, or a street if no
alley adjoins the lot. Any required front, side or rear yard may be used for
loading unless this title provides otherwise. The design and location of
entrances and exits for required off - street loading areas shall be suject
to the approval of the Planning Director.
I. The Planning Commission may modify the offstreet loading requirements
for a particular building if it finds that the loading operations of the use
in question will not interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a public
street. The Commission shall impose reasonable conditions to insure that any
such modification conforms to the intent of this title.
J. The owners of a building subject to the offstreet loading requirements
of this section shall provide and maintain loading signs as specified by the
Planning Director. Such signs shall not be counted against otherwise allowed
sign area.
Section 2. Kodiak Island Borough Code Sections 17.06.450 and 17.06.460
are repealed.
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Section 3. Kodiak Island Borough Code Section 17.45.040 is enacted as
!follows:
17.45.040 Setback From Major Streets and Highways
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A. The minimum setback for any structure on a lot adjacent to a street
'I shown on the official streets and highways plan shall be equal to the appli-
it cable yard requirement for the use district in which the lot is located, plus
!1 a distance from the centerline of the street based upon the classification of
the street in the official streets and highways plan as follows:
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1. Major arterials: 40 feet;
2. Minor arterials: 35 feet;
3. Collectors: 30 feet.
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B. Where only a
y partial right -of -way width exists, the setback required
,l under (A) of this section shall be measured from the actual centerline of the
existing roadway. Where the roadway has not
yet been constructed, the setback
shall be measured from the projected centerline of the roadway as determined
I ; from previous dedications or platting actions.
C. Notwithstanding (A) and (B) of this section, an addition to a
building or structure existing on the effective date of this section that does
s not conform to those subsections may be constructed, provided the addition does
not extend closer to the centerline of the roadway than the existing structure.
ATTEST:
By
Borough Cler
Section 4. This ordinance shall be effective upon passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 1St day of May
1980.
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
FIRST READING AND APPROVAL DATE: April 3, 1980
SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING: May 1, 1980
APPROVAL DATE' May 1, 1980
EFFECTIVE DATE: Mav 1. 1980
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Borough Mayor, cting ,�