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City of Rexburg Development Code: PARKING STANDARDS
SECTION 3.4: PARKING STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONES
3.04.010. Purpose & Objectives
3.04.020. Building Permits Required
3.04.030. Proximity of Parking
3.04.040. Parking Areas
3.04.050. Location of Residential Parking Spaces
3.04.060. Parking Surface
3.04.070. Driveways and Drive Aisles
3.04.080. Loading and Unloading areas
3.04.090. Parking Rules
3.04.100. Table 3: Number of parking spaces required
3.04.110. Joint Uses of Required Parking Spaces
3.04.120. Parking Space Dimensions
3.04.130. Parking Management Plan for Dormitory & Multi-family
3.04.140. Nonconforming Parking Areas
3.04.150. Visitor Parking for Multi-family Booting and Towing on Private Property
3.04.010. Purpose and Objectives
Site Design and Relationship to the Surrounding Community.
Parking areas should provide safe,
convenient, and efficient access for vehicles and pedestrians. They should be distributed around large buildings in
order to shorten the distance to other buildings and public sidewalks and to reduce the overall scale of the paved
surface. If buildings are located closer to streets, the scale of the complex is reduced, pedestrian traffic is
encouraged, and architectural details take on added importance.
Parking Regulations.
Parking regulations protect and enhance property value, retain the open character of
a residential zone, and protect health and safety by regulating the parking of vehicles within residential
neighborhoods of the City.
3.04.020. Building Permits Required
No person shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, convert, or demolish any building, sidewalk, driveway,
carport, parking area or any other structure, without first obtaining a building permit for each building, sidewalk,
driveway, carport, parking area or any other structure from the City.
a.
When a building is constructed, erected or enlarged, or remodeled, or when the use of a building or
structure is changed, or the capacity of the building or structure increased, and the change creates a fifteen
(15%) percent increase in parking required in this Chapter, off-street parking and loading spaces are
required.
Parking Plan.
1. (See 3.04.120.)A parking plan shall be submitted to and approved by the City
Engineer.
b. New Parking Lots.
All new parking lot construction or changes in parking lots require a building permit.
3.04.030. Proximity of Parking
a. Off-Street Parking.
Off-street parking shall be located within two hundred (200’) feet of the primary
entrance of the building. This distance shall be measured from the building entrance along an accessible
route that a pedestrian would use.
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CUP.
1. The Planning & Zoning Commission may allow a greater distance with a Conditional Use
Permit (CUP).
Exception:
2. This does not apply in CBD and MU zones.
3.04.040. Parking Areas
a. Street Access.
No access point from a parking area to any street shall be within twenty (20’) feet of a local
street intersection or alley. No access point shall be within forty (40’) feet of an intersection with a
collector street, and within sixty (60’) feet of an intersection with an arterial street.
b. Front Yard Parking.
(See 4.00.060.)
1. Parking spaces and maneuvering areas shall not be provided within a required front yard. Front yards
shall be dedicated to landscaping.
Exceptions:
a)
RBD.
1) Except in RBD, where an existing conforming driveway access has been provided.
CBC.
2) Parking spaces may be located in a front yard adjacent to a public street in a CBC zone
if a minimum ten (10’) feet wide landscape buffer is provided, except ingress/egress points.
Commercial Zones
3) (excluding mixed-use zones) driveways may encroach into the setback
up to ten (10’) feet from right-of-way. Such yards shall be dedicated to landscaping.
Sight triangle or Exits.
2. No parking spaces shall be located in the clear sight triangle or immediately
adjacent to an exit to a public right-of-way.
c. Right-of-Way.
1. No parking areas shall be designed to require the use of the public right-of- way to travel from one
portion of the lot to another.
2. No parking area shall be designed or constructed to create a situation in which vehicles back into the
public right-of-way.
Exception:
a) Single-family homes, twin homes and duplexes.
3. Townhomes or row houses shall be designed to provide rear loading driveways and garages, rather
than utilizing the front yard (unless approved by theZoning Administrator) or provide a parking lot
that meets all applicable standards for the underlying zoning.
d. Screening.
Parking must be screened from public or private right-of-way and other residential uses and
from the adjoining streets to minimize the visual impact of off-street parking. Fences, hedges, berms and
landscaping can be used to screen parking areas.
Large Parking Lots.
1. When large parking lots are necessary, increase the landscaping to screen the lot
and divide the lot into smaller components. Significant landscape islands must be provided in the
interior of large lots (over fifty (50) parking spaces). These may double as snow storage areas in
winter months.
Front Yard Berm Buffer.
2. Parking lots in front yard setbacks shall be buffered with minimum ten
(10’) feet wide, two (2’) feet high landscape berm planted with bushes and trees.
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Landscaping and Snow Storage.
3. Parking areas of four (4) or more vehicles shall dedicate ten (10%)
percent of the parking area to landscaping and snow storage. The landscaping may be interior or may
be peripheral and shall include groundcover and trees.
Parking Areas and Existing Uses.
4.
Required Buffer.
a)
1) The buffer shall consist of a minimum five (5’) feet wide landscaped strip to be planted with
one (1) tree and five (5) shrubs per thirty (30’) lineal feet. (See 3.02.100.)
2) A six (6’) feet high vinyl or masonry fence may be substituted for the landscape buffer, but
not in the front yard or front yard setbacks. (See fencing requirements.)
3) Landscaping must be maintained as in its original design and purpose.
Parking for 5 or more vehicles.
b) The buffer described in 3.04.040.d.4.a shall be provided
between parking areas for more than five (5) vehicles and existing residential uses, schools,
hospitals, nursing homes and other institutions for long-term human care.
Commercial Parking Areas and ROW.
c) Commercial parking lots shall be separated from the
city right-of-way with a minimum ten (10’) feet wide buffer with the required landscape trees and
bushes as described in 3.04.040.d.4a.
Safety
5. . Parking spaces along the outer boundary of a parking lot shall be contained by high-back curbing
or a bumper rail so placed to prevent a vehicle from extending over an adjacent property.
Wheel Stops.
a. Wheel stops should be a minimum of four (4”) inches in height and width, and six (6’)
feet in length, and should be firmly attached to the ground. Placement should be a minimum of
eighteen (18”) inches from property line.
Sidewalks
6. , no less than five (5’) feet in width, (six (6’) feet in width where vehicle overhang will occur),
along facades abutting public parking areas.
Drainage.
7. Parking spaces shall be provided with adequate drainage which shall not run across a public
sidewalk.
Lighting.
8. All lighting for parking areas shall be directed and, when necessary, shielded so as not to
produce direct glare on adjacent properties, and shall comply with the city’s lighting ordinance.
3.04.050. Location of Residential Parking Spaces.
(See 4.00.060.)
3.04.060. Parking Surface
All parking areas, aisles and driveways shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete.
a.
Asphalt is not allowed for sidewalks crossing driveways and for the driveway approach between the street
and the sidewalk (See Appendix B: City Engineering Standards.)
b.
Parking areas shall be provided with paved access from a public street.
c.
No more than forty (40%) percent of the front yard shall be covered with asphalt or gravel.
d. Storage Facilities.
Asphalt or concrete is not required for storage areas or storage facilities when an
improved and maintained gravel surface is provided (See Appendix B: City Engineering Standards.) as long
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as the following three (3) requirements are met:
Driveway.
1. Provide a sixty (60’) feet minimum long concrete or asphalt access driveway between the
aforementioned lot and the public right-of-way.
Loading Space.
2. Provide a forty by twelve (40x12) square foot loading space (as per 3.04.080)
without regard to overall building size) directly in front of any and all fully-enclosed storage
units/spaces less than ten by twenty (10 x 20) square feet or any interior entrance to a series of fully-
enclosed units/spaces.
Off-street Parking.
3. Provide ample dedicated off street parking separate from the storage area.
3.04.070. Driveways and Drive Aisles
All driveways or drive aisles designed for two-way circulation shall be at least twenty-two (22’) feet in width
(unless required to be wider by the Fire Code).
Residential
One-Way Circulation parking lots
(30 spaces or less)
Angled spaces (degrees) 30 45 60 90
Aisle width (feet) 13 15 18 24 20
Aisle width (feet) for
22
Parking Structures
a.
The City Engineer may allow twenty (20’) feet wide aisles on a case-by-case basis for residential parking
lots serving over thirty (30) units.
b.
Driveway aisle widths shall be no wider than the City’s minimum aisle width for two-way access when
accessing rear or side yard parking lots.
3.04.080. Loading and Unloading Areas
All commercial and manufacturing uses shall provide adequate off-street loading and unloading areas. For changes
of occupancy use, loading spaces and loading space access shall be required.
a.
Any building used for retail or wholesale or manufacturing shall provide one (1) off-street loading space
per ten thousand (10,000) square feet at least forty by twelve (40’x12’) square feet with an unobstructed
height of fourteen feet, six inches (14’6”).
Change of Use.
1. When the use of a building changes, loading spaces will be required unless applicant
provides information to staff identifying acceptable alternate means.
b. Additional Spaces.
Additional spaces may be required by the City Engineer or Planning and Zoning
Commission.
c. Availability.
Loading and unloading spaces shall be permanently available.
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d. Maneuvering Area.
Maneuvering for loading and unloading spaces cannot use rights-of-way, except
alleys.
e. Surface.
Loading and unloading spaces shall be surfaced with concrete or asphalt.
f. Exception:
CBD. Office and other buildings without large deliveries are not required to have a loading
space.
3.04.090. Parking Rules
a.
Parking in Residential Zones.
(See 4.00.060.)
b. Sidewalk Access: MDR, HDR, TOZ
. Housing projects made up of twelve (12) or more units will be
required to demonstrate sidewalk access to the BYUI campus and to the nearest Substantial Commercial
Cluster.
c. Connectivity: MU, CBD, CBC, RBC, LI, TOZ, PF, RBD.
When possible, connectivity through parking
lots of adjacent properties is required.
d. (RBD) – RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
1. Parking areas within the RBC zone are to be used by occupants of the property and customers of the
property, and are not to be used by employees or customers of businesses that may be located in
nearby business or commercial areas.
2. RBD corner lots shall be allowed to petition for parking in side yards provided any such parking shall
be buffered visually and for sound from public rights-of-way.
e. (CBD) CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
This provision is to recognize the historical pattern of development in the downtown area of the City and to
accommodate the need for new development in the downtown area.
1. Additional off-street parking may not be required for some new uses.
2. Occupancies that require more parking must provide off-street spaces.
3. Existing parking and loading facilities shall not be reduced or removed from the CBD by new or
existing uses without approval from the Planning & Zoning Commission or substitute off-street
parking is provided within two-hundred (200’) feet of the main entrance of the use.
f. (UD) UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
Permissible Lot Coverage.
1.In a UD zone, all buildings and structures, inclusive of parking lots, shall
not cover more than sixty (60%) percent of the lot or parcel of land upon which they are placed.
3.04.100. TABLE 3
Where a specific use is not listed, the Zoning Administrator or designee, in his or her professional judgment, shall
make a determination on a parking standard to be applied based on a similar use, and/or available information from
national studies or other communities’ parking standards.
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TABLE 3: Minimum Number of Parking Spaces required are as follows:
RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS
Single-Family Dwellings 2 Spaces per Unit
Multi-Family Dwellings 2 Space per Unit
High Density
1 Bedroom 1.5 Spaces per Unit
2 Bedrooms 2 Spaces per Unit
3 Bedrooms 2 Spaces per Unit
Townhouses 2 Spaces per Unit (off-street parking)
RESIDENTIAL USES
Congregate Residence 1 Space per Occupant
(unless otherwise approved by the Zoning Administrator)
Dormitory Housing 1 Space per Occupant
Motels and Hotels (Transient Lodging)
1 Space per Sleep Room plus 1 Space per Employee at Highest Shift
Multi-Family Dwellings for Elderly
1 Space per Unit
Nursing Homes
0.25 Spaces per Bed
Short-Term Rentals, (including 2 Spaces for Owner/Manager plus 1 Space per Bedroom being rented.
Boarding House, Bed and Breakfast) *No on-street parking allowed.
BUSINESS OR SERVICE
SPACES
(per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area)
All warehousing (plus 3 spaces per 1,000 square feet of office, retail, or other public area)
0.2
Automotive, marine craft, aircraft and accessories (does not include repair garages)
Building materials, hardware and farm equipment
1 Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment
Manufacturing (plus 3 spaces per 1,000 square feet of office, retail, or other public area)
Contract construction services
2 Wholesale trade
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All other services
Automotive, marine craft, aircraft and accessories (sales and service)
Business services
Doctor offices and all other medical services and professional services
3
Finance, insurance, and real estate services
Food (non-restaurant)
Travel services
General merchandise
Indoor recreation facilities
4 *Medical Clinic
Shopping centers – Mixed Uses Fewer than 200,000 square feet
Health Clubs
Restaurant in CBD zone
5
Shopping centers – Mixed Uses Over 200,000 square feet
Beauty and Barber services
6
Sit down restaurant
10
*
A medical clinic is any facility that provides limited diagnostic and outpatient care, but is unable to provide long-
term, in-house medical and surgical care. Clinics commonly have lab facilities, supporting pharmacies and a wide
range of services.
BUSINESS & SERVICES (per other measurement)
Call Centers and business with higher density cubicles
0.9 spaces per employee
0.6 spaces per employee in Central Business District (CBD), Technology and Office (TOZ)
Civic, social, fraternal organizations
1 space per 4 persons (maximum occupancy)
Fast food with drive-through
0.33 spaces per seat (two (2) feet of bench equals one (1) seat)
Hospital services
2 spaces per patient bed for expansions (to current campuses existing prior to 2008)
4 spaces per patient bed for new hospital campuses
Religious Facilities
1 space per 4 seats or 8 feet of bench in main meeting room
Public Assembly
Theaters, sports arenas, and auditoriums
1 space per 4 seats
Racquetball, handball and tennis courts
3 spaces per court
Bowling alley
7 per alley
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Schools
2 spaces per teacher on largest shift for Day Care, Preschool
2 spaces per classroom Kindergarten, Elementary, and Junior high schools
1 space per 4 persons (at maximum capacity) High schools and Colleges
(UD) University Parking Ratios. Minimum parking spaces shall be regulated in the UD with the University
Parking Ratios set forth below. In determining the ratio, all parking spaces located upon the
University Campus together with all on-street parking where the University Campus occupies both
sides of the street shall be included. The term full-time equivalent shall be established in the
BYU-Idaho Parking Study published in 2002.
Student Ratio: .20 spaces per FTE Student
Faculty Ratio: .585 spaces per FTE Faculty
Staff Ratio: .585 spaces per FTE Staff
3.04.110. Joint uses of Required Parking Spaces.
Joint uses
. Joint uses of required parking spaces may occur when parking spaces can be shared because their
parking demands occur at different times. The joint use of off-street parking spaces is allowed provided the
applicant shows the following:
a.
There is no conflict during operating hours, for the structure, or for the parking facilities proposed.
b.
Entrances for both uses must be within 200’ from their primary entrances.
c.
Submit a written agreement for joint use to the City Attorney from both parties which contains the
following:
1. Names & addresses of those owners or tenants that will share parking
2. Map or drawing showing location and number of parking spaces to be shared
3. An analysis showing peak parking demand for different uses at different times
4. Legal instrument (easement or deed restriction) that guarantees access to joint parking for all uses.
5. Agreement, when approved, shall be recorded in the County Recorder’s office.
d.
Total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements for various uses with the
development or structure.
e.
In the University Districts, 3.04.110.a. shall not apply, however, the University shall provide information
which demonstrates that the parking facilities proposed will lessen the demand for other parking facilities
within their zone.
3.04.120. Parking Space Dimensions.
Standard stall.
1. Each required off-street parking space shall be at least nine (9’) feet in width and at
least twenty (20’) feet in length, exclusive of access drive and aisles.
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Parallel parking.
a) Parallel parking spaces shall be a minimum of nine (9’) feet wide by twenty-
two (22’) feet in length.
“Developer Option”
b) . For dormitory housing, boarding house, and multiple-family housing,
eighty (80%) percent of the parking spaces are allowed to be nine (9’) feet wide by sixteen (16’)
feet long with twenty (20%) percent required to be nine (9’) feet wide by twenty (20’) feet long.
Compact Cars
c) . Up to twenty-five (25%) percent of the spaces may be allocated for compact cars
with a minimum of eight (8’) feet wide by sixteen (16’) feet long. Spaces for compact cars shall
be signed or otherwise designated and shall be located in rows separate from parking for larger
vehicles.
Parking Structure.
d) Off-street parking spaces shall be at least nine (9’) feet in width and at least
eighteen (18’) feet in length. For compact cars parking spaces shall be a minimum of eight (8’)
feet in width by fifteen (15’) feet in length.
Parking Structure
1) . Plans for a parking structure must be approved by the City Engineer,
the Fire Marshall and the Zoning Administrator.
CUP
2) . A Conditional Use Permit is required to apply for a larger percentage of compact car
parking spaces in a parking structure. Applicant will need to show compact and other small
cars will be a greater percentage of parking structure use.
3.04.130. Parking Management Plan for Dormitory & Multi-family
A Parking Management Plan shall be designed and anticipated to facilitate parking for the intended tenants of the
units as well as reasonably anticipated visitors and ancillary services. This Plan needs to be submitted to the Zoning
Administrator. A Parking Management Plan allows a reduction in required parking from a 1 to 1 ratio to as low as
.75 to 1 ratio for Dormitory Developments upon a showing of adequate parking plan submittal and acceptance by the
Zoning Administrator.
a. Requirements.
The plan shall show all parking spaces and their dimensions, access aisles, loading spaces,
and entrances and exits to the site. The parking plan may also include the landscape plan.
Infill/Redevelopment.
1.
Dormitory.
a) Dormitory may be reduced to seventy-five (75%) percent in the Infill/Redevelopment
Area upon submittal and acceptance by the Planning and Zoning Commission of a Parking
Management Plan.
Multi-family.
b) Multiple-family developments with more than one (1) bedroom and more than six
(6) units may be reduced by 20% in Infill/Redevelopment Area. (See Chapter 10.)
Pedestrian Emphases DistrictPED).
2. ( All Dormitory housing located in the PED will require a
Conditional Use Permit to seek reduced parking requirements.
Visitor Parking
3.
a) Visitor parking must be located, in such a way, as to be readily identified upon entering the
parking facilities, and must provide for visitor stays of no less than one (1) hour.
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Policing.
b) Policing of the parking facilities must be conducted by the property owners or their
employed representatives, and any parking enforcement action must be initiated by an on-site
person, who is not compensated in direct relationship to the decision to tow or boot or otherwise
police violations. (No Predatory Towing or Booting)
Parkers Identified.
c) Any tenant authorized to park in the parking facility must be clearly
identified as having parking privileges, and no more than the actual number of available spaces
may be assigned, providing for ancillary and visitor parking as required.
PED.
d) Parking may be reduced in the Pedestrian Emphasis District (PED) to as low as six (6%)
percent with a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). (Ord. 1181)
b.Evaluating the Plan.
The following items shall be considered when evaluating a parking plan:
1. On site, how will visitor vs. tenant parking spaces be identified to determine compliance?
2. Are there specific times the spaces will be available?
3. Who will manage the parking?
4. What is the method of management? Consequence of noncompliance?
3.04.140. Nonconforming Parking Areas
a.
Necessary maintenance and repairs shall be permitted to keep non-conforming parking uses in sound
condition.
b. Grandfathered Parking.
Conforming parking of existing single family homes and duplexes that are being
converted to multiple family use may be “grandfathered” as approved by the Zoning Administrator or
designee.
c. Reconstruction.
(See 3.03.040).
3.04.150. Visitor Parking for Multi-Family Booting and Towing on Private Property
(See Ordinance 1173).
a. Conditions.
All of the following conditions must be met:
1. Visitor parking:
a) Properties with less than 10 on-site parking spaces shall not be required to provide visitor parking.
b) Properties with 10 or more on-site parking spaces must provide visitor parking in according to
City of Rexburg current regulations.
Striping.
2. All parking spaces shall be visibly striped. No striping is required if the property prohibits
parking of visitor cars at any time.
Location.
3. Visitor parking stall(s) must be conveniently located.
Tenant Use of Visitor Parking.
4. Tenants will not be allowed to park in visitor parking except during
the following times:
a) From 12:01 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Sunday thru Friday and from 1:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Saturday
for student housing complexes.
b) Non-student complexes may set convenient visiting hours, but shall be available at least between
the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight daily.
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Signs.
5. One of the two following signage requirements must be used for visitor parking:
a) Visitor parking areas must have adequate and visible signage and text. Signs must be at least 12”
x 18” and include the words “Visitor Parking Only” during **A.M. to **P.M.”, and “All other
may be booted and/or towed”.
b) Visitor parking areas, that also allow permit parking during certain times, must have adequate and
visible signage and text. Signs must be at least 12” x 18” and include the words “Visitor Parking
Only” during **A.M. to **P.M.” and “Permit Parking only during **A.M. to **P.M.” and “All
others may be booted and/or towed”.
Sign Visibility.
6. All signs must be readable and unobstructed.
Other Parking Signs.
7. All other signs allowing alternate uses of the same parking facilities must be of
different color, appearance and physically placed separately and apart from the signage required by this
ordinance to avoid confusion.
Parking Permits.
8. Properties may only issue parking permits equal to the number of available spaces
(on and/or off-site parking).
Offsite parking.
9. There shall be no limit to offsite parking. There shall be no restriction on distance
from the residential complex to the offsite parking for residential complexes legally existing on the
effective date of this ordinance. There shall be no required visitor parking for areas designated as off-
site parking.
b. Booting Rules and Procedures and Additional Conditions
(See Ordinance 1173 IX).
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