Ordinance 793 - Off Street Parking278
ORDINANCE No. 793
AN ORDINANCE: ESTABLISHING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING
AREAS FOR ALL STRUCTIMLS; AMENDING SECTION 5.4, CHAPTER 5, ORDINANCE NO.
704, OFFICIAL CODE OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA: AND REPEALING ANY
ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH: DECLARATION OF ELERCENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Kalispell, Montana as
follows:
SECTION 1.01 TITLE. This ordinance shall be known and may be referred
to as the City of K is e''1, Montana, Off -Street Parking Ordiranco,
SECTION 1,02 PURPOSE. It is the intent and purpose of this ordinance to
provide regulations for the location, size and number of spaces for off-
street parking areas, in the incorporated area of the City of Kalispell,
Montana, in order to prevent co.:estion in the streets, promote, protect
and secure the public health, safety, and general welfare of the inhabitants
therein. .
SECTION 1.03 PERMIT. No building permit shall ba ss.:_d by the city
engineer or his duly authcc:izad reprosontatives, for the c,,::s -uation or
enlargement of any build_nG or structure; nor c all a permit T::: issued for
the remodeling of an existing residence into a non-residential u::o, within
the City of Kalispell unless the requirements established in this ordinance
regarding off-street parking areas are satisfied,
SECTION 1.04 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT EXEMPT. Property within the Central
Businecs District, consisting of t::o area bou:ed by Center Strut, 2rd
alley East, 5th StrcQ" and 2nd allay Wast, are exempt from the provision of
this ordinance as it relates to cosccorciai use.
SECTION 1.05 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. PARKING. Each off-street parking space
shall have a not area of.not loss than 200 square feet, exclusva of drive -
rays or aisles, and shall be of usable shape and condition, except single
family residential which may utilize driveways. To determine tha parking
space on a gross area basis, 300 square feet shall be allowed per vehicle.
The parkin;; area shall be located entirely on privately owned property.
A. Location: off-street parking facilities shall be located as herein-
after specified;
19 For one and two-family dwellings: on the same lot with the
building they are required to serve;
20. For multiple dwellings: not more than 100 feet from the
building they are required to serve;
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3. For hospitals, sanitariums, homes for the aged, rooming and
boarding houses: not more than 300 feet from the building
they are required to serve;
4. For uses other than those specified above: not more than
500 feet from the building they are required to serve.
Expansion and Enlargement: Whenever any building is enlarged in
height or in ground coverage, off-street parking shall be provided
for said addition. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to
require off-street parking spaces for the portions of such buildings
existing at the time of passage of this ordinance except as provided
for in Section 1.03 of this Ordinance.
C. Mixed Occupancies: In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements
for the various uses shall be computed separately. Off-street park-
ing facilities for one use shall not be considered as hereinafter
specified for joint use.
D. Uses not Specified: In the case of a use not specifically mentioned
in parts below, the requirements for.off-street parking facilities
shall be determined by the City Council. Such determination shall
be based upon the requirements for the most comparable use listed.
E. Joint Use: The City Council by 2/3 vote of said Council may authorize
the joint use of parking facilities for the following uses or activities
under conditions specified:
1. Up to 50 percent of the parking facilities required by this
ordinance for primarily "night time" uses such as theaters, bowl-
ing alleys, bars, restaurants and related uses, maybe suppltied
by certain other types of buildings or uses herein referred to
as "day time" uses such as banks, offices, retail and personal
service shops, clothing, food, furniture, manufacturing or whole-
sale and related uses.
2. Up to 50 percent of the parking facilities required by this
ordinance for primarily "day time" uses may be supplied by pri-
marily "night time" uses.
3. Up to 100 percent of the parking facilities required by this
ordinance for a church building or for an assembly facility in-
cidental to a public or parochial school, may be supplied by the
off-street parking facilities provided by uses primarily of a
"day time" nature.
F. Conditions Required for Joint Use: the building use for which applic-
ation is being made to utilize the off-street parking facilities pro-
vided by another building or.use shall be located within 500 feet of
such parking facilities in addition to which:
1. The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict
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in the principal operating hours of the two buildingsor uses
for which joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed;
2. The applicant shall present a properly drawn legal instrument
to be recorded with the County Clerk and Recorder, executed by
the parties concerned for joint use of off-street parking fac-
ilities and approved as to form and manner of execution by the
City Attorney; such instrument to be filed with the City Engineer
upon approval by the City Council.
G. Table of Minimum Standards: required parking spaces shall be in
conformance with the following Table and where alternative standards
prevail, the greater applies in conflicting computations; where the
total quota results in a fraction, the next highest full unit shall.
be provided. Parking spaces within a structure', such as carports, ga-
rages, parking garages, shall apply toward the total parking space re-
quirement.
Table of Minimum Standards
USE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED
Banks, business and professional 1 per 400 square feet gross
offices (other than medical and floor area
dental offices) with on -site
customer service
Bowling alleys
8 per alley
Churches, auditoriums and
1 per 4 seats or 60 lineal inches
similar enclosed places of
of pew of 40 square feet of gross
assembly
floor area used for assembly
purposes
Convalescent homes for aged
1 per 5 beds plus 1 per each staff
member on duty on a maximum shift
Drive -In Restaurants
1 per 80 square feet gross floor
area with 10 spaces minimum require-
ment
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Food and beverage places with
sale and consumption on premises
if less.than 4,000 sq. ft. floor area
1 per 100 sq. ft. gross floor area
if over 4,000 sq. ft. floor area
40 + 1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor
area in excess of 4,000 sq. ft.
Furniture, appliance, hardware,
1 per 600 sq.l ft. floor area
clothing, shoe, personal service stores
Hospitals
1 per two beds, excluding bassinets,
plus 1 per 5 employees on maximum
working shift, plus 1 per each staff
doctor
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Hotels, Motor Hotels
Housing for the Elderly, Housing
Projects (where 90 percent of
' the units are occupied by persons
60 years of age or older)
Libraries and Museums
Manufacturing uses, research
testing and processing, assembling,
all industries
Medical and dental offices
Mortuaries
Motels
Offices not providing customer
service
Other retail
if less than 5,000 sq. ft. floor area
if over 5,000 sq. ft. floor area
Residential, Duplex or Multi -family
Residential, Single-family
Rooming houses, dormitories, and
similar uses
Schools, elementary and Junior High
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Schools, High and Colleges
Service Stations
Stadiums, sport arenas and similar
open assemblies
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1 per sleeping room plus
1 for each 5 employees
.5 per dwelling unit or lodging
unit
1 per each 500 sq: ft. gross floor
area
1 per each 2 employees on maximum
shift but not less than 1 per each
800 sq. ft. gross floor area
1 per each 150 gross square feet
of floor area
1 per 75 square feet of gross floor
area used for assembly
1 per unit, plus 1 for each 5 employees
1 per 4 employees but not less than
1 per 400 square feet of gross floor
area
1 per 200 sq. ft. gross floor area
25 + 1 per each 300 sq, ft. in
excess of 5,000 sq..ft.
1.5 per dwelling unit
2 per dwelling unit
1 per rooming unit
1 per each employee and faculty
member, but not less than Assembly
Facility area requirement of 1 per
4 seats.
1 per each 25 students + 1 per
each employee and faculty member, but
not less than Assembly Facility area
requirement of 1 per 4 seats
3 spaces per service bay.
1 per 8 seats plus 1 each per 100
square feet of assembly space with-
out fixed seats
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Theaters 1 per 4 seats
Warehouse, storage and wholesale 1 per each 2 employees on max -
business and freight terminals imum working shift
H. Plans: the plan of the proposed parking area shall be submitted to the
City Engineer not later than the tire: of the application for a building
permit for the building for which the parking area is required. Said
plan shall clearly indicate the proposed development, including location,
size, shape, design, curb cuts, lighting, landscaping, construction
detail and other features and appurtenances required:
All traffic control devices* such as parking stripes designating.
car stalls, directional arrows or signs, wheel stops, curbs and
other developments, shall be installed and completed as shown on
the approved plans. Hard -surfaced parking areas shall use paint or.
similar devices to delineate car stalls and directional arrows.'
Gravel parking areas shall use wood or concrete wheel stops and
posted signs to delineate car stalls and direction of traffic.
Where pedestrian walks are used in parking lots for the use of
foot traffic only they shall be curbed, or raised six inches (64')
above the lot surface. All driveways, off-street parking areas
and public off-street areas immediately adjacent to a service
driveway which leads to a hard -surfaced public street shall be
hard -surfaced with a minimum of 2 inches of asphaltic concrete,
and for a driving distance of at least 50 feet from said service
driveways;
2. Minimum dimensions,of off-street parking areas shall be not less
than as shown on Figure 1, Minimum Parking Lot Requirements, of
this ordinance.
3• Landscaping may be included as a part of lot design and may
include tree and shrub plantings within and around the parking area
at approximately 70 feet on center each way.
4. Screening in the form of architectural fences, or dense coniferous
hedges shall be erected or planted and maintained to a height of
5 feet where the parking area has common boundary with any Residence
Zone, as designated by the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Kalispell.
5. Lighting of areas provided for off-street parking shall be arranged .
so as to not constitute a nuisance or hazard to passing traffiz or
adjacent property.
6. Maintenance of all areas provided for off-street parking shall include
removal and replacement of dead and dying trees, grass, and shrubs,
removal of trash and weeds, and repair of traffic control devices,
signs, light standards, fences, surfacing material, curbs, and railings.
SECTION 1.06 PENALTIES. Any person, firm, or corporation found guilty of
violating any provision of this ordinance or is in violation of any plans or j
statements submitted by him and approved under provisions of this ordinance,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be
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punishable in accord with Section 1.99 Chaptor I, Official Coda of the City
of Kalispell, Xonta=, Each wook's continued violation shah constitute
a separate additional violation.
SECTION 1.07 APPEAL. The City Council shall hear and decide applications
for an exception or a:cepti.:;s to the requirements as set forth in this
ordinance, and may by 2/3 vote of the said council, grant said exception or
exceptions. ,
SECTION 1.08 CONSTITUTIONALITY OR INVALIDITY. If any section, subsection,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is ifor "ay rcwson held to ba invalid or
unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect
the validity or constitutionality of the remainiry; Toortions of this ordinance;
it bcin3 h::reby expressly declared that this ordinance, and each section,
subsection, clause or phrase hereof would have been prepared, proposed,
adopted, approved and ratified irrespective of the fact that any one or more
section, subsections, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitut.
ional.
SECTION 1.09 ENERGENCY. An emorgency is hereby declared to exist and for
the necassity of the public peace, health and safety, this ordinance shall
be in toll force and affect immediately, All other ordinances and/or parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed; ordinance number
704 of -the Code of the City of Kalispell is amended in accord herewith.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL,
THIS LOTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1972.
I, George Beardslee, City Clerk of the City Kg31spe11, Morita certify that
on the 12th day of January , 19 2., I posted a eop of he foregoing
ordinance in my office, and the same remained posted fos a per o of ive days, and
the fore. -ping is,a true and correct copy of th ordinance as a sed the
City Council.
City C k t e ty of Kalispell, Montana' '