HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-1993-04ORDINANCE #93-04
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 17.09.210,17.09.220 AND 17.09.230
OF CHAPTER 17.09, TITLE 17, OF THE MOAB MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES
REGARDING SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
APPLICABLE WITHIN ZONES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MOAB CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
That Sections 17.09.210,17.09.220 and 17.09.230 of Chapter 17.09, Title 17, of the
Moab Municipal Ordinances be and the same are hereby amended and shall read as
follows:
17.09.210 Off-street parking and loading --Generally. The regulations set out in Sections
17.09.220 through 17.09.230 are established to increase safety and lessen congestion in the public streets,
to provide adequately for parking needs associated with the development of land and increased
automobile usage, to set standards for off-street parking according to the amount of traffic generated by
each use, and to reduce the on -street storage of vehicles. There shall be provided minimum off-street
parking spaces with adequate provisions for ingress and egress by standard sized vehicles in accordance
with the requirements of this code at the time of erection of any main building or at the time such
buildings are structurally enlarged or converted to increase the use or capacity of the buildings. Parking
arrangement must be approved by the zoning administrator to ensure safe and convenient traffic
circulation.
17.09.220 Off-street parking and loading --Number of spaces. The following required off-street
parking spaces for the particular use are minimum requirements:
A. Residential structures, not including boarding and rooming houses and bachelor dwellings,
shall have parking spaces per dwelling unit as follows:
1. One -family dwellings and mobile homes, two spaces;
2. Two-family dwellings, four spaces;
3. Multiple -family dwellings, one and one-half spaces per dwelling unit.
B. Boarding houses and bachelor dwellings shall have one parking space for each one hundred
square feet of floor space devoted to bedrooms or one space for each two persons domiciled in the
premises, whichever is greater.
C. Hospitals shall have one visitor parking space per two patient beds; plus one parking space for
each employee at work in the hospital during daylight hours.
D. Convalescent, nursing and other such institutions shall have one visitor parking space per three
patient beds, plus one parking space for each employee at work in the home during daylight hours.
E. Hotels and motels shall have one parking space per room or suite.
F. Private clubs and lodge halls shall have one parking space per two hundred square feet of floor
area.
area.
G. Commercial recreation uses shall have one parking space per two hundred square feet of floor
H. Churches shall have one parking space per four seating spaces in the main assembly room.
I. Theaters, auditoriums, sports arenas, and places of assembly shall have one parking space per
four seating spaces.
J. Mortuaries or funeral parlors shall have one parking space per four seating spaces in the main
assembly room.
K. Medical clinics shall have one parking space per two hundred square feet of floor area.
L. Restaurants, taverns and lounges shall have one parking space per two hundred square feet of
floor area.
M. Banks, professional offices and other business buildings shall have one parking space per two
hundred square feet of floor area in the building.
N. Retail stores and personal service shops and other business buildings not specifically mentioned
elsewhere in this section shall have one parking space per two hundred square feet of floor area, except
that in any zone designated as central commercial zone, parking space may be reduced to three spaces
per one thousand square feet of floor area. Retail and wholesale stores that exceed 10,000 square feet of
floor area require one parking space per 100 square feet of floor area for the amount of floor area that
exceeds 10,000 square feet.
O. Industrial, manufacturing and wholesale establishments shall have one parking space per two
employees based on the largest shift.
P. Uses Not Mentioned. The required off-street parking for any building, structure or use of land
of a type which is not listed in this section shall be determined by the board of adjustments. The board of
adjustments shall be guided by comparison with the requirements for similar uses which are listed.
17.09.230 Off-street parking and loading --Location and control of facilities. The off-street parking
facilities required by this title shall be located on the same lot or parcel of land as the use they are
intended to serve except for approved shared parking.
A. Shared parking facilities may be used jointly with parking facilities for other uses when
operations are not normally conducted during the same hours, when peak uses or seasonal uses vary, and
that shared parking lots be located within 300 feet of all businesses being served by such lots. Requests
for shared parking are subject to conditional use approval of the Moab Planning Commission. The
minimum conditions includes the following:
1. Proposal must show sufficient evidence that there will be no substantial conflict in the periods of
peak demand of uses for which the joint use is proposed;
2. A site plan showing the number and location of proposed parking spaces, location and size of
buildings, parcel boundaries, streets, sidewalks, driveways and curb cuts;
3. A written agreement executed by all parties concerned which shall be filed with the Moab City
Recorder.
DONE IN OPEN COUNCIL this 16 th day of March , A.D 1 93.
homas A Stocks,
Mayor of Moab City
ATTEST:
Joh West
Rscorde of Moab City