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Article 46

Lake County Zoning Code § 46.4 Units of measurement

Lake County Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-23 · Lake County

Cite as: Lake County Zoning Code § 46.4 · Text as of 2026-09-23

  • (a) For the purpose of this Article, “floor area” shall mean the total area of all floors of a building as measured to the surfaces of interior walls and including corridors, stairways, elevator shafts, attached garages, porches, balconies, basements, and offices.

    • (b) Indoor or outdoor places of assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each eighteen (18) inches of such shall be counted as one (1) seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking.
  • 46.5 Required number of spaces: Parking spaces for residential, commercial, industrial, and public service uses shall be provided as specified below. For any use not specifically mentioned herein, the Review Authority shall determine the amount of parking required.

Uses Uses Uses Spaces required
(a)
Residential uses
1.
Single-family dwelling, duplex
or mobile home on individual
lots
(Ord.
No.
2128,
1/14/1993)
Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit. (Ord. No.
2305, 10/19/1995)
2.
Triplex, fourplex or multifamily
dwelling
Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit or one (1)
space per bedroom whichever is less; and
One half (1/2) guest parking space for each
dwelling unit; and**(Ord. No. 1749, 7/7/1988;**
Ord. No. 2128, 1/14/1993; Ord. No. 3021,
12/16/2014)
3.
Rooming or boarding house;
dormitory
One (1) parking space per rentable room in
addition to the parking required for the
residence; for dormitories, one hundred (100)
square feet of floor area shall be considered a
bedroom.
4.
Mobilehome in a mobilehome
park
Two (2) per dwelling unit; and
One (1) recreational vehicle parking space per
five (5) dwelling units; and
One (1) visitor parking space per four (4)
dwelling units.(Ord. No. 2305, 10/19/1995)

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(b)
Commercial uses
1.
General
Four (4) spaces; or the following, whichever is
greater.
2.
Retail Store**(Ord. No. 2172,**
8/12/1993)
Personal service establishment,
barber or beauty salon
One (1) space per two hundred fifty (250)
square feet of floor area for structures up to
two thousand (2,000) square feet of floor area;
Eight (8) spaces, or one (1) space per three
hundred (300) square feet of floor area for
structures exceeding two thousand (2,000)
square feet of floor area but less than five
thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area,
whichever is greater.
Seventeen (17) spaces, or one (1) space per
four hundred (400) square feet of floor area for
structures exceeding five thousand (5,000)
square feet of floor area, whichever is greater
One (1) space per two hundred fifty (250)
square feet of floor area or two (2) spaces for
each barber or beautician, whichever is greater.
(Ord. No. 2172 8/12/1993)
3.
Banking, finance, loans, law,
real
estate,
or
general
administrative service
Bank which provides drive-
through service
One (1) space per three hundred (300) square
feet of floor area.
As provided in Section 46.16.
4.
Restaurant, bar, cocktail lounge
One (1) space for each fifty (50) square feet of
floor area used for seating, dancing and
assembly.
5.
Hotel, motel and similar use
One (1) space per bedroom; one (1)
recreational vehicle space per four (4) units;
plus two (2) spaces for the manager’s office.
(Ord. No. 2128, 1/14/1993)
6.
Service station, not including
convenience stores which sell
gas.
Two (2) spaces for each working bay plus one
(1) space for each employee on the largest
shift.
7.
Minorandmajorautorepair;
One (1) space per fivehundred (500) square

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body and fender shop feet of floor area.
8. Cabinet, plumbing, heating and
electrical shop; construction
support service

One (1) space per six hundred (600) square feet
of floor area.
9. Commercial service establishment
or retail store which handle
only bulky merchandise such as
furniture, household appliances,
fireplaces
One (1) space per six hundred (600) square feet
of floor area.
10.
Outdoor sales facility such as
automobile, boat, mobile home,
or trailer sales or rental lot,
retail
nursery
and
other
commercial uses not in an
enclosed building
Commercial rummage sale and
flea market
Contractor’s storage yard
One (1) space for each two thousand (2,000)
square feet of display area.
One (1) space per two hundred (200) square
feet of sales area.
One (1) space per three thousand (3,000)
square feet of lot area.
11.
Mini-storage warehouse.
One (1) space per each on-site employee.
12.
Recreational and entertainment:
Spectator type, e.g. theater,
auditorium, skating rink, sports
arena:
Participating type:
Dance hall
Tennis and racquetball court
Spa, health club and the like
Public swimming
Miniature golf course
Golf course
Without fixed seats, one (1) space per fifty (50)
square feet of floor area; with fixed seats, one
space per four (4) fixed seats.
One (1) space per fifty (50) square feet of floor
area.
Two (2) spaces per court.
One (1) space per two hundred (200) square
feet of area.
One (1) space per one hundred twenty-five
(125) square feet of pool area.
One and one-half (1 ½) parking spaces for each
hole.
Three(3)spacesper holeplus one(1)space

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Driving range
Game room/amusement arcade
Commercial stable and riding
academy
per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of
building area used for commercial purposes.
One (1) space per tee, or ten (10) feet of lateral
distance on an unimproved tee.
One (1) parking space per two hundred (200)
square feet of floor area.
One (1) parking space for each stall or three (3)
horses, whichever is greater.
(c)
Industrial uses
1.
General
Four (4) spaces; or the following, whichever is
greater.
2.
Manufacturing
One (1) space per six hundred (600) square feet
of floor area; or one (1) space for each
employee on the shift having the largest
number of employees, whichever is greater.
3.
Warehousing
One (1) space per two thousand five hundred
(2,500) square feet of floor area.
4.
Incidental office
One (1) space per two hundred fifty (250)
square feet of floor area.
5.
Vehicle and freight terminal
Two (2) spaces per loading bay.
(d)
Public service uses
1.
General
Four (4) spaces; or one (1) space per two
hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area; or
the following, whichever is greater.


2.
School, college and university:
Kindergarten
and
nursery
school
Elementary and junior high
school
Senior high school
College,
university
and
institutions of higher learning;
business
and
professional
school or college; trade, art and
craft school or college;music
One (1) space for each employee plus one (1)
space for each ten (10) children.
One (1) space for each employee plus one (1)
space for each eight (8) students.
One (1) space for each employee plus one (1)
space for each six (6) students.
One (1) space for each three (3) students.

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and dancing school
3.
Church
One (1) space for every four (4) fixed seats, or
one (1) space per fifty (50) square feet of area
in church or auditorium, plus one (1) space per
six hundred (600) square feet of floor area of
all facilities.(Ord. No. 1749, 7/7/1988)
(e)
Health and care facilities
1.
General
Four (4) spaces, or the following, whichever is
greater.
2.
Hospital or other health facility
One (1) space for each two (2) beds, plus one
(1) space for each six hundred (600) square
feet of area.
3.
Medical, dental, chiropractic
office or clinic

Four (4) spaces per doctor or one (1) space per
two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor
area, whichever is greater.
4.
Rest
home
and
other
community care facility
One (1) space for each two (2) beds plus one
(1) space for manager or owner.
5.
Small and large animal clinic
One (1) space per three hundred (300) square
feet of floor area.

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