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1984-60 Amending Chapter 17.57, Off-Street parking and Loading, of the Borough CodeAN ORDINANCE OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY AMENDING CHAPTER 17.57, OFF- STREET PARKING AND LOADING, OF THE BOROUGH CODE. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Hereby Ordains: Section 1: That Chapter 17.57, Off- Street Parking and Loading, of the Borough Code is hereby amended as follows: Sections: 17.57.010 17.57.020 17.57.030 17.57.040 17.57.050 17.57.060 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ORDINANCE NO. 84 -60 -0 Chapter 17.57 OFF- STREET PARKING AND LOADING Off- street parking required - -In general. Off- street parking -- Number of spaces required. Off- street parking -- Location. Parking area development standards. Parking plan review. Off- street loading requirements. 17.57.010 Off- street parking required - -In general. In all use dis- tricts, from the time a principal building is erected, constructed, estab- lished, altered or enlarged, there shall be off - street 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 off- street parking serving that building. The off - street parking required by this chapter for a principal building shall be maintained in accordance with this chapter contin- uously during the life of the building. (Ord. 80 -18 -0 L1(part), 1980). 17.57.020 Off- street parking -- Number of spaces required. A. For each principal building or use within a principal building, there shall be no less than the number of off - street parking spaces specified under this section. 1. Dwellings: Twe-perkirg-speeee- for- eeeh- dweliirg- nritr- ireind- fag- mobile- bones; a. Single - family dwellings, mobile homes, and multi - family dwellings up to and including sixplexes: Two parking spaces for each unit. b. Multi- family dwellings of seven units or more: 1. One and one - quarter parking spaces for each efficiency dwelling in the complex; 2. One and one -half parking spaces for each one - bedroom dwelling in the complex; 3. One and three - quarters parking spaces for each two bedroom dwelling in the complex; and 4. Two parking spaces for each dwelling greater than two bedrooms in the complex. 2. Buildings other than dwellings: a. Bank, office building, professional office, or clinic: one parking space for each ere three hundred square feet of gross floor area, but not less than five three spaces. b. Bowling alley: four parking spaces for each alley or lane, c. Churches: one parking space for each three seats, based on maximum seating capacity, d. Dancehall, community building, assembly hall or fraternal organization hall: one parking space for each three four occupants based on maximum occupant load as determined by Title 15 of this code in the principal ' place of assembly. e. Food market, grocery store or shopping center: one parking space for each one hundred twenty -five square feet of retail floor area, f. Automobile repair garage, service station or dealership: four parking spaces for each service stall or facility; provided, that no i vehicle in the custody of the business for service, repair, storage, sale or other purposes may be stored in a required off- street parking space or in a public right -of -way, 1 (1 1 1 1 1 7 r g. 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, h. Hospital: one parking space for each bed based on maxim capacity, i. Hotel: one parking space for each dwelling unit and one parking space for every three guest rooms, j. Industrial or manufacturing establishment: #ft -wh #eh -there ere- mere - theft- five- empkeyeee- er- e££#eeret one parking space for each feet. hesftdred -eqe: ere- £eet -e£- greet - £deer- tree- er -fee-every three employeess ' wh #eh- ever - teen #te - #ft- the - greeter- ftesmber- e£- perk#ftg- speeee during the maximum employee shift and one space for each company vehicle. k. Launderette: one parking space for each two washing ' machines, 1. Motel or boardinghouse: one parking space for each dwelling unit or guest room, m. Retail store or service shop: one parking space for each three hundred square of gross floor area, n. Warehouses and storage buildings: one parking space for each employee, but not less than seven spaces, o. Mini - warehouses: one parking space for each storage unit. B. The off - street 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 pieftft#ftg- eemm#eefee community development department finds to be most similar to those of the unspecified use C. 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. D. 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. (Ord. 80 -18 -0 21(part), 1980). 17.57.030 Off- street 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 service; provided, that if thc. 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 six hundred 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. (Ord. 80 -18 -0 £1(part), 1980). 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 accordance 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. 2. Parking areas not governed by subdivision 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 - family 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 residential 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 lot 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 a minimum of twent four feet wide and a maximum of fte- mere -theft thirty -two feet wide, except f those serving a one - family or two - family dwelling, or one -way traffic which shall be a minimum of fourteen feet wide. All parking areas, except those serving one - family and two - family dwellings, shall be designed to allow Ordinance No. 84 -60 -0 Page 2 a 0 a a p c o P th fr co to B. minimum wid wid uti fiv lot inte I esta I markets; 5 7 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 airresidentialdusenshallncontain at three hundred f g. A parking area serving a use other per parking space. (Ord. 80 -18 -0 pl(part), 1980)access fifty square feet G. No drivewa �__ to be located less than twent -five feet from a street intersection district ma 17 .57.050 Parkin • shall include a plan for an y review. A. An application for a building with the work that is the Subject i of the area applicationcruched in e sh con shelll l a a beo in a form and drawn to a scale approved by The plan shall include: y the planning den a 1. The exterior boundaries of the subject lot, their dimensions, and the area of the lot; real, 2. The location maneuvering and imareas, all parking spaces, loading f ingress and egress on the lot; driveways, sidewalks, and points 3. The location and dimensions of all streets and sidewalks djacent to the lot, and the direction of traffic on such streets. B. The bn # }d #ng- eff #e #e} community development departmenr 11 parking area plans end - she - plena #ng end zee #e shall review ark #ng - area- p 4en- emeept far -e- ens -f E eeafee #en -era nformity to this title. y - °r-ewe- fem # }y_dw ° } } #egr =r #ew eey C. No driveway or curb cut may be established or maintained unless the arming community development department approves its location in relation to e public right -of -way. (Ord. 80 -18 -0 tl(part), 1980). 17.57.060 Off- street loadin re uirements. A. In all use districts, om the time a principal building, other than a dwelling, is erected, nstructed, established, altered or enlarged, there shall be an off - street loading space conforming to this section to serve that building. Required off - street loading berths shall conform to the following specifications: 1 . Type "A" berths shall be at least sixty feet long by ten feet e by fourteen feet six inches high, inside dimensions. 2. Type "B" berths shall beat least thirty feet long by ten feet e by fourteen feet six inches high, inside dimensions. laze 3. Type "C" berths shall be located in the rear of a lot and part of an adjacent alley. The building setback shall be a minimum of e feet from the property line along the alley for the entire width of the C. Off- street loading shall be provided for each building designed, nded or arranged for a particular use as specified in this subsection: blishments, warehouse,t freight dterminals, department g stores o and a food 2 Type office eb"B" berths: auditoriums, assembly halls schools, j homes and t it D. The off-street loading requirement s or use c not e specified in this H section shall be the requirement for the use specified in this section whose H loading demand characteristics the p4ene 4 depa`nt finds to be most similar t se o f the commun d evelo p m ng contains use. 3. Type "C„ berths: motels; commercial establishment s a not establishments, restaurants, funeral E. Where a builds to those o of the unspecifi d en berth required for that building n shall e be h the o the off-street largest of thoserequired aforg ; I each such use. i F. All off - street loading berths required under this section shall be located on the same lot as the buildings that they serve. G. A required off - street loading berth shall not be part of the area used to satisfy the off - street 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 an street. All loading spaces shall have access to any alle ' adjoins the lot. Any alley nh Y public loading unless h eis title y required front, side or rear yard r may street be used for e f no provides otherwise. The design and location of ' entrances and exits for required off - street loading areas shall be subject to the approval of the p4ann4ng community development director. ; I d Ordinance No. 84 -60 -0 Pare 3 7. n I. The planning commission may modify the off - street loading ' requirements for a particular building if it finds that the loading operati 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 off - street loading require- ments of this section shall provide and maintain loading signs as specified by the plern4es community development director. Such signs shall not be counted against otherwise allowed sign area. (Ord. 81 -40 -0 P4, 1981; Ord. 80 -18 -0 Y1(part), 1980). Section 2. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon p assage . 1 ATTEST: PASSED AND APPROVED this 1st day of Nnvamhar First Reading, Passage Date: October 4, 1984 Seconding Reading, Public Hearing Date: November 1, 1984 Effective Date: November 1, 1984 Recommended By: Planning and Zoning Commission Prepared By: Community Development Department nrriin?nne *In, 5R4 -An -n 5 7 " KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH , 1984.