§ 7.04.02. Number of parking spaces required.

A.

Requirements in table. The table below specifies the required minimum number of off-street automobile and bicycle parking spaces, the percentage of automobile spaces that must be allotted for compact vehicles, and, in the notes, any special requirements that may apply. For uses that require a high number of parking spaces, but when the use for such spaces is occasional, such as for a church or fairgrounds, the following provisions shall apply: 1) all spaces required for handicap parking and all spaces used on a regular basis, such as for daily employees or visitors, shall be paved, along with any travelways; 2) remaining required parking spaces shall consist of a stabilized surface, such as gravel, shell or stabilized grass; travelways to all required parking spaces shall be paved; and individual spaces shall be defined or otherwise be identifiable. For facilities such as fairgrounds, individual spaces may be defined by personnel who direct visitors to specific parking spaces.

B.

Uses not specifically listed in table. The number of parking spaces required for uses not specifically listed in the table shall be determined by the department. The department of planning and development shall consider requirements for similar uses and appropriate traffic engineering and planning data, and shall establish a minimum number of parking spaces based upon the principles of this Code.

C.

When parking study required. For several uses listed in the table the parking requirement is to be determined by the site plan technical review committee. These uses have a large variability in parking demand, making it impossible to specify a single parking requirement. A developer proposing to develop or expand one of these uses must submit four copies of a parking study, as described at section 7.03.01.C of this part, to the department that provides justification for the requirement proposed. The site plan technical review committee will review this study along with any traffic engineering and planning data that are appropriate to the establishment of a parking requirement for the use proposed.

D.

Treatment of mixed uses. Where a combination of uses is developed, parking shall be provided for each of the uses as prescribed by the table, unless a reduction is granted pursuant to section 7.04.02.I of this part.

E.

Tandem parking spaces. The term "tandem parking space" used in the table means a parking space that abuts a second parking space in such a manner that vehicular access to the second space can be made only through the abutting (tandem) space.

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F.

Table of off-street parking.

#	Use	Minimum Number of Off-Street; Parking Spaces	Notes
RESIDENTIAL
1	Conventional detached	1, 2 and 3 bedrooms: 2 spaces/unit 4 bedrooms: 3 spaces/unit	If on-street parking is not permitted or is restricted on the unit's street frontage, then 1 visitor parking space shall be required. Resident parking may be tandem.
2	Cluster/multifamily development:	Resident parking: Studio: 1 space/unit 1 bedroom: 1.5 spaces/unit 2, 3 or more bedrooms: 2.0 spaces/unit	Resident parking spaces may be tandem. On-street parking provided in accordance with the dimensions required for parallel spaces may count toward visitor parking requirements.
		Visitor parking: 0.25 spaces/unit
3	Housing for the elderly	To be determined by the technical review committee.	Developer shall submit a parking study.
4	Mobile home parks:	Resident parking: 2 spaces/unit
		Visitor parking: 0.25 space/unit
COMMERCIAL
5	Uses located in commercial shopping centers:	1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area.
	Commercial and service uses located independently
6	Auto repair	1 space/200 square feet of gross floor area.
7	Auto sales	1 space/400 square feet of gross floor area.
8	Auto service station	2 spaces plus 4 for each service bay.
9	Auto washing	2.5 spaces/washing stall.	No bicycle spaces required if facility has no site attendants.
10	Barbershops or beauty parlors	2 for each barber chair or each beautician station.
11	Bank, savings & loan	1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area.
12	Hotel, motel	To be determined by the site plan technical review committee	Developer shall submit a parking study.
13	Lumberyards, nurseries	1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area for retail sales plus 1 space/1,000 square feet of outdoor area devoted to displays and storage.
14	Offices, administrative, business and professional	1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area.	For on-site parking facilities containing 1,000 or more parking spaces, the parking requirement shall be 1 space per 500 square feet of gross floor area for parking spaces required in excess of 1,000.
15	Offices, government	1 space/200 square feet of gross floor area.	For an office building of 6 or more stories in height and which contains less than 250,000 square feet of gross floor area of office uses, the parking requirement shall be 1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area.
16	Restaurants, fast food	1 space/100 square feet of gross floor area.
17	Restaurants, all except fast food	1 space/75 gross square feet of floor area up to 6,000 gross square feet plus 1 space/55 gross square feet of floor area over 6,000 gross square feet.
18	Retail general (i.e., department stores, markets, etc.)	1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area.
19	Retail, furniture and appliance	1 space/500 square feet of gross floor area.
EDUCATIONAL
20	Elementary and junior high schools	2 spaces/classroom.	Bicycle spaces for teachers and visitors should be separate from spaces for students.
21	Senior high schools	1 space/faculty member and employee, plus 1 space/6 students.
22	Colleges	0.5 space/faculty member and employee, plus 1 space/3 students.
HEALTH SERVICES
23	Convalescent and nursing homes	1 space/4 beds.
24	Medical and dental offices and clinics, veterinary hospitals and clinics	1 space/180 square-feet of gross floor area.
INDUSTRIAL USES
25	Manufacturing		Developer must submit a parking study.
26	Research and development	To be determined by the site plan technical review committee for the proposed use.
27	Warehouse
ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION
28	Arcades, games	1 space/200 square feet of gross floor area plus required parking for other uses on the site.
29	Bowling alleys, billiard halls	4 spaces/alley plus 2 for each billiard table plus required parking for other uses on the site.
30	Commercial stables	1 space/5 horses boarded on site.
31	Driving ranges (golf)	1 space/tee plus required parking for any other uses on the site.
32	Golf course (regulation)	6 spaces/hole plus required parking for any other uses on the site.
33	Golf, miniature	3 spaces/hole plus required parking for any other uses on the site.
34	Parks (public or private)	To be determined by the site plan technical review committee	Developer must submit a parking study.
35	Skating rinks	1 space/100 square feet of gross floor area.
36	Tennis, handball and racquetball facilities	2 spaces/court plus required parking for additional uses on site.
37	Health club	1 space/150 square feet of gross floor area.	Swimming pool shall be counted as floor area.
38	Movie theaters, single screen	1 space/2 seats plus 5 spaces for employees.
39	Movie theaters, multiple screens	1 space/3 seats plus 5 spaces for employees.
MISCELLANEOUS USES
40	Auditoriums	1 space/3 seats or 1 space/35 square feet of gross floor area where there are no fixed seats.
41	Churches and other spaces [places] of public assembly	1 space/3 seats within the main auditorium or, if there are no fixed seats, 1 space/35 square feet of gross floor area within the main auditorium.
42	Day care, preschool and nursery schools	1 space/staff member plus 1 space/5 children or 1 space/10 children if adequate dropoff facilities are provided.	Dropoff facilities must be designed to accommodate a continuous flow of passenger vehicles to load and unload children safely. The adequacy of dropoff facilities proposed shall be determined by the transportation engineer based on standard traffic safety principles.
43	Model home	3 spaces/model home plus 1 space/salesperson.	Salesperson space may be a vacant garage space in the model home. On-street parking adjacent to the site's frontage may count toward fulfilling required parking if doing so does not produce a shortage of residential parking or obstruct traffic.
44	Utilities	To be determined by the site plan technical review committee	Developer must submit a parking study.
45	Libraries	1 space/300 square feet of gross floor area.

 

G.

Handicapped parking spaces. Any parking area to be used by the general public shall provide suitable, marked parking spaces for handicapped persons. The number, design, and location of these spaces shall be consistent with the requirements of F.S. §§ 316.1955, 316.1956, or succeeding provisions. No parking space required for the handicapped shall be counted as a parking space in determining compliance with this article, but optional spaces for the handicapped shall be counted. All spaces for the handicapped shall be paved.

H.

Parking deferral.

1.

To avoid requiring more parking spaces than actually needed to serve a development, the planning board may defer the provision of some portion of the off-street parking spaces required by this Code if the conditions and requirements of this section are satisfied.

2.

As a condition precedent to obtaining a partial deferral by the planning board, the developer must show any one or more of the following:

a.

A parking study as described in section 7.04.02C of this part indicates that there is not a present need for the deferred parking.

b.

Public transportation satisfies transportation demands for a portion of the users of the facility that corresponds to the amount of parking sought to be deferred.

c.

The developer has established or will establish an alternative means of access to the use that will justify deferring the number of parking spaces sought to be deferred. Alternative programs that may be considered by the planning board include, but are not limited to:

(1)

Private and public carpools and vanpools.

(2)

Charging for parking.

(3)

Subscription bus services.

(4)

Flexible work-hour scheduling.

(5)

Capital improvement for transit services.

(6)

Ridesharing.

(7)

Establishment of a transportation coordinator position to implement carpool, vanpool, and transit programs.

d.

The percentage of parking spaces sought to be deferred corresponds to the percentage of residents, employees, and customers who regularly walk, use bicycles and other nonmotorized forms of transportation, or use mass transportation to come to the facility.

e.

Transportation system management.

f.

Transportation demand management.

3.

If the developer satisfies one or more of the criteria in 2., the planning board may approve a deferred parking plan submitted by the developer. The number of parking spaces deferred shall correspond to the estimated number of parking spaces that will not be needed because of the condition or conditions established.

4.

A deferred parking plan:

a.

Shall be designed to contain sufficient space to meet the full parking requirements of this Code, shall illustrate the layout for the full number of parking spaces, and shall designate which are to be deferred.

b.

Shall not assign deferred spaces to areas required for landscaping, buffer zones, setbacks, or areas that would otherwise be unsuitable for parking spaces because of the physical characteristics of the land or other requirements of this Code.

c.

Shall include a landscaping plan for the deferred parking area.

d.

Shall include a written agreement with the county that, one year from the date of issuance of the certificate of occupancy, the deferred spaces will be converted to parking spaces that conform to this Code at the developer's expense should the planning board determine from experience that the additional parking spaces are needed.

e.

Shall include a written agreement that the developer will cover the expense of a traffic study to be undertaken by the county transportation engineer to determine the advisability of providing the full parking requirement.

5.

When authorized by the planning board upon a preliminary finding that the parking is inadequate, but not sooner than one year after the date of issuance of the certificate of occupancy for the development, the department shall undertake a study to determine the need of providing the full parking requirement to satisfy the proven demand for parking.

6.

Based upon the study and the recommendations of the transportation engineer and the director of planning and development, the planning board shall determine if the deferred spaces shall be converted to operable parking spaces by the developer or retained as deferred parking area.

7.

The developer may at any time request that the planning board approve a revised development plan to allow converting the deferred spaces to operable parking spaces.

I.

Reduction for mixed or joint use of parking spaces. The planning board shall authorize a reduction in the total number of required parking spaces for two or more uses jointly providing off-street parking when their respective hours of need of maximum parking do not normally overlap. Reduction of parking requirements because of joint use shall be approved if the following conditions are met:

1.

The developer submits sufficient data to demonstrate that hours of maximum demand for parking at the respective uses do not normally overlap.

2.

The developer submits a legal agreement approved by the county attorney guaranteeing the joint use of the off-street parking spaces as long as the uses requiring parking are in existence or until the required parking is provided elsewhere in accordance with the provisions of this Code.

J.

Reduction for low percentage of leasable space. The requirements of section 7.04.02A of this part assume an average percentage of gross leasable building to total gross building area (approximately 85%). If a use has a much lower percentage of leasable space because of cafeterias, athletic facilities or covered patios; multiple stairways and elevator shafts; atriums; conversion of historic residential structures to commercial use; or for other reasons; the planning board may reduce the parking requirements if the following conditions are met:

1.

The developer submits a detailed floor plan describing how all of the floor area in the building will be used.

2.

The developer agrees in writing that the usage of the square footage identified as not leasable shall remain as identified, unless and until additional parking spaces are provided to conform fully with this Code.

(Ord. No. 94-8, § 1 (7.04.02A—C, F), 10-5-94)