Ferndale Zoning Code § 7.15 Mobile Home Park Standards: All mobile home parks shall be subject to the…

• 7.15.1 Minimum lot area: one (1) acre.

  • 7.15.2 Minimum recreation space: 10% of site.

  • 7.15.3 Minimum yards around parks: front, 20 feet; side and rear, 10 feet; suitably landscaped to provide effective screening.

  • 7.15.4 All areas not used for access, parking, circulation, recreation or services shall be completely and permanently landscaped, and the entire site shall be maintained in a neat, clean and orderly and sanitary condition.

  • 7.15.5 All circulation roads shall be at least 25 feet from curb to curb and shall be increased in width by 10 feet for curb parking space on each side of the street on which such curb parking is permitted. All roads and parking spaces shall be permanently paved. Two (2) parking spaces or the equivalent thereof shall be provided for each mobile home site.

  • 7.15.6 The Planning Commission may modify the above requirements for an existing substandard park proposed to be enlarged or extended, provided that the modifications are limited to the overall improvement in the design or standards of such existing park.

• §7.16 Parking and Loading Facilities (This section amended by Ordinance 2014-06 on 2/4/2015): Except as provided for in §7.16.6 through §7.16.8 of this Ordinance, off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in all zones in conformity with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) design regulations and the following:

  • 7.16.1 Each parking space shall be not less than eight (8) feet wide and sixteen (16) feet long with seven (7) feet of vertical clearance, and each loading space shall be not less than ten (10) feet wide, twenty (20) feet long with fourteen (14) feet of vertical clearance.

  • 7.16.2 Each parking space shall be located on the same parcel, or a contiguous parcel under the same ownership, as the use it serves.

  • 7.16.3 When the number of off-street parking spaces required for a structure or use is based on the number of employees, it shall be based upon the shift or employment period during which the greatest number of employees are present.

  • 7.16.4 When a building contains two or more uses, the total required number of off-street parking spaces shall be the sum of the requirements for all uses. Off-street parking spaces for one use may not be considered as providing required off-street parking spaces for other uses unless a shared parking plan is submitted and approved in accordance with §7.16.8 of this Ordinance.

  • 7.16.5 Parking spaces shall be provided per subsections a-h and j. Loading spaces shall be provided per subsections i and j:

    • a. Dwellings: one (1) for each dwelling unit.

    • b. Hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfast inns, boarding houses: one (1) for each individual living quarter or dwelling unit.

    • c. Hospitals: one (1) for each bed and one (1) additional for each three (3) staff members.

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• d. Emergency Shelters: one (1) space for every 5 beds and one (1) additional for each three (3) staff members.

• e. Offices and retail establishments: one (1) for each 500 square feet of floor area. In addition to providing one parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area, Medical and dental offices shall provide one (1) parking space for each staff member.

  • f. Restaurants and Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) licensed premises: one (1) for each 300 square feet of floor space or maximum capacity as determined by the fire marshal, whichever is greater, including outdoor patios and spaces receiving food or ABC licensed service.

  • g. Wholesale, industrial and public utility buildings: one (1) for each three (3) employees.

  • h. Recreation and education uses, and theaters: one (1) for each 500 square feet of floor area.

  • i. Every commercial use occupying more than 5,000 square feet of floor area in any building shall provide one (1) loading space. One additional loading space shall be provided for every 20,000 square feet of floor area in excess of 5,000 square feet.

  • j. Public Facilities referenced in §5.17.1 subsections a-c, excluding emergency shelter in subsection d, and Quasi-Public Facilities as defined in this Ordinance are exempt from §7.16 Off-Street Parking regulations.

  • k. All off-street parking areas shall be accessible from a public street, alley, or driveway. A ten (10) foot wide unobstructed vehicular access lane shall be maintained.

• 7.16.6 Any reconstruction or change in use of any structure after the effective date of these amendments, that is located within the Off-Street Parking Exemption Area, shall be exempt from off-street parking requirements provided that said reconstruction or change:

  • a. Occurs within the existing square footage as of the effective date of these amendments and,

  • b. Does not result in an increase in lodging or residential units.

  • c. The re-establishment of residential or lodging units which were in place at the effective date of these amendments shall be exempt from these requirements if the same or fewer number of units are re-established.

• 7.16.7 Any reconstruction or change in use which results in additional square footage after the effective date of these amendments, located in the commercial zone on Main Street from Eugene Street to Lewis Court and which structure extends one (1) lot deep, may be subject to parking requirements set forth in Section 7.16.5.

• 7.16.8 Alternative parking arrangements

  • a. Alternatives to the parking requirements of this Ordinance may be approved as follows:

    • i. City staff may approve the required amount of parking spaces provided in an approved off-site location in compliance with Subsection b, below; or

    • ii. City staff may approve a shared parking plan submitted and approved in compliance with Subsection c, below; or

    • iii. Some other parking arrangement is provided and authorized by the Planning Commission as a Use Permit.

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• iv. Alternatives unable to be approved by staff will be submitted for review by Planning Commission.

• v. Approved alternatives will go on record as an entitlement on the property deed, submitted through the city clerk.

  • vi. Any change in land use affecting alternative parking arrangement agreements must be approved through city staff, or the Planning Commission pursuant to this section.

  • b. Parking may be located offsite in compliance with the following:

    • i. Offsite parking must be located within 300 feet of the structure in which the proposed use is located.

    • ii. Required parking spaces that are approved offsite shall be committed by a lease or other agreement and filed at City Hall.

    • iii. The owner/operator of a business that uses approved offsite spaces to satisfy parking requirements shall immediately notify City staff of a change of ownership or use of the property for which the spaces are required, and of termination or default of the agreement between the parties.

    • iv. Upon notification that a lease for required offsite parking has terminated, one of the following shall occur:

      • (a). Substitute parking shall be provided; or

      • (b). The size or capacity of the use shall be reduced so that the number of spaces provided comply with this Ordinance.

  • c. Parking spaces may be shared by two or more adjacent uses in compliance with the following:

    • i. Up to one hundred percent (100%) of the parking spaces serving a use may be shared by other uses not normally open or operated during similar hours. The applicant must show that the peak parking demand and principal operating hours for each use are suitable for a common parking facility.

    • ii. A written agreement defining the shared parking shall be executed by all parties concerned and filed on record as an entitlement on the property deed, submitted through the city clerk.

    • iii. Any subsequent change in land uses for which the shared parking proposal was approved, and which results in the need for additional parking spaces, shall require a new application under this subsection.

  • 7.16.9 Parking requirement compliance as set forth in this Ordinance shall be approved by contract City Staff. Approved parking requirement adherence documentation will become part of the City’s property record.

• §7.17 Public Uses: Public uses, as defined herein, shall be permitted in any zone without the necessity of first obtaining a use permit, provided, however, that the locations of proposed public uses shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for recommendation at least 30 days prior to the acquisition of sites and rights of way.

• §7.18 Public Utility Buildings and Uses: Public utility buildings and uses, including but not limited to communication equipment buildings, substations, generating plants, gasometers and transmission facilities, shall be classified as quasi-public uses.

• §7.19 Quasi-Public Uses: Quasi-public uses, including public utility uses, shall be permitted in any C or M Zone without a use permit and may be permitted in other zones subject to the securing

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of a use permit, provided that lines and facilities for locating service shall be permitted in all zones, and that the locations of proposed transmission lines shall be discussed with and approved by the City Council prior to the acquisition of rights of way. Height limitations shall be subject only to Public Utility Commission regulations.

• §7.20 Removal of Natural Materials: Surface removal of minerals and natural materials, including building and construction materials to be used for commercial purposes, shall be allowed in any zone with a use permit. A use permit shall not be required for on-site excavation and removal of materials for normal construction of buildings structures or underground facilities or where such removal is primarily for building site grading and land leveling.