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CITY OF KENAI
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. PZ07-03
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, ALASKA, RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL THAT KMC 14.20.250, OFF-
STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS, BE AMENDED.
WHEREAS, KMC 14.20.250 contains the off-street parking and loading requirements
for the City of Kenai; and
WHEREAS, the off street parking and loading requirerents in KMC 14.20.250 are
outdated; and
WHEREAS, it is diff cult for city administration and property owners to deterxnine if
the requirements are. being complied with; and
WHEREAS, modernizing and clarifying the requirements will make them easier to
understand and comply with; and
WHEREAS, modernizing and improving compliance with the off-street parking and
loading requirements in the Kenai Zoning Code is in the best interest of the City of
Kenai.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
KENAI RECOMMENDS THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA AMEND
KMC 14.20.250 AS SHOWN IN ATTACHMENT "A".
PASSED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KENA1,
ALASKA, this 10th day of January 2007.
HAIRP RSON:
A ST
1.20.250 Off street parking and loading
requirements.
(a) Far commercial development, there
shall be provided at the time of construction of
any main building or at the time of the
alteration, enlargement, or change in use of any
main building, permanently maintained off-
street parking facilities for the use of
occupants, employees, or patrons of such
building. It shall be the joint and several
responsibility of the owner and/or occupant of
any main building or structure to provide, and
thereafter maintain, minimum free off-street
parking facilities as required below.
(b) No existing parking area and no parking
area provided for the purpose of complying
with the provisions of this chapter shall
hereafter be relinquished or reduced in any
manner below the requirements herein
established.
(1} Site Plan Submission. A site plan
showing all parking and loading areas shall
accompany ali applications for building
permits. Said plan shall show dimensions of
spaces, curb cuts, and other information
necessary to determine compliance with the
provisions of this chapter. The administrative
official shall approve or reject the site plan on
the basis of compliance with the requirements
of this chapter. No certificate of zoning
compliance and building permit shall be issued
unless the parking site plan is approved.
(2) Joint Parking Areas. Where there is
more than one (1}use in a single structure ar on
a site (e.g., doctor, attorney, and retail grocery)
or two (2) or more separate instances of the
same use, off-street parking requirements shall
be the sum of the requirements far the various
uses: provided however, that where two {2} or
more uses provide a single joint parking area,
and their total xequired spaces totals twenty
(20) ar more, the minimum requirement will be
seventy-five percent (75%) of the sum of the
requirements for the various computed
separately.
(3) Location of Parking. Any parking space
provided pursuant to this section shall be on the
same lot with the main use it serves or on an
adjoining lot except that the Commission, by a
conditional use permit as specified in this
chapter, may allow parking spaces on any lot if
it is determined that it is impractical to provide
parking on the same or adjoining Iot.
(4) Design Standards.
(A) All parking lots shall be provided with a
durable, well-drained, and dust-free surface and
shall have appropriate bumper guards where
needed;
(B) Parking areas and front yards as defined
in 14.20.324(b), which includes the required
parking spaces, in commercial use areas shall
not be used for storage, repair work or any
purpose other than parking, landscaping,
signage, or sales displays. Anon-conforming
use of parking areas and front yards prohibited
by this section shall be made to conform to this
section within a period of one {1) year after
adoption of this ordinance.
Exception: Semi-trailers or containers
may be parked in these areas for no more than
thirty (30) consecutive days to facilitate
unloading. Trucking terminals and bona fide
construction sites are exempt;
(C) Any lighting of parking lots shall be
arranged to reflect away from public rights-of-
way and from any adjoining residential areas;
(D} Curb cuts shall be located so as to avoid
traffic hazards and shall be approved by the
administrative official;
{5) Interpretation of Space Requirements.
{A) If a use is not specifically mentioned in
this section, the administrative official shall
determine the most similar use which is
specifically mentioned. Parking requirements
shall be the same as for that use;
(6) Exception to this Section--~--Public
Parking Lots. Notwithstanding other provisions
of this section, when a use is located within
three hundred (300) feet of an existing or
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planned public lots, the off-street parking
requirements of this chapter may be met if
under the procedures specified in this chapter,
the Commission issues a conditional use permit
stating that the following conditions have been
met:
(A) The public parking lot exists
within reasonable distance of the use, or plans
for the public parking lot are sufficiently
advanced to give reasonable assurance that the
lot will be in use within one (1) year of the time
of issuance of the conditional use permit;
(B) The owner and/or occupant of
the use in question shall sign a covenant
agreeing to join an assessment district to pay
for the public parking lot;
(C) The public parking lot has or
will have sufficient capacity to accommodate
the use in question plus other parking needs of
existing and potential uses within a reasonable
distance of the lot. The Commission shall use
the off street parking requirement as cited
above to estimate the parking spaces needed
within a reasonable distance of the lot.
{7} Off-Street Loading: Every building or
structure used for business, trade, or industry
and normally requiring truck loading or
unloading with respect to the use, shall provide
space as herein indicated for the loading and
unloading of vehicles off the street or public
alley. Such space shall have access to a public
alley, or, if there is no alley, to a street. Off-
street loading and unloading space shall be in
addition to and not considered as meeting a part
of the requirement far off-street parking space.
Off street loading and unloading space shall
not be used or designed, intended, or
constructed to be used in a manner to obstruct
or interfere with the free use of any street or
adjoining property. The minimum off street
loading and unloading space required for
specific uses shall be as follows:
(A) Retail business and service
establishments shall provide one aff-street
loading and unloading space at least ten (10}
feet wide and thirty-eight (38) feet long with a
fourteen foot height clearance per building;
{B) Industrial plants shall provide
one off street loading and unloading space for
each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of
gross floor area. Each loading space shall be
minimum of twelve (12) feet wide and fifty
(50} feet long with a fourteen (14) foot height
clearance;
(C} Trucking terminals shall provide
one aff street loading and unloading space for
every five thousand (5,000) square feet of total
floor area used for storage, warehousing, and
shipping. Each loading space shall be a
minimum of fourteen (14) feet wide and sixty-
five {65) feet long with fourteen (14) foot
clearance.
(8) Off-Street Parking Requirements:
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DWELLING AND LODGING MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING
SPACES REQUIRED
Lodges, rooming/boarding houses, dormitories, One {1) per principal dwelling unit and one
bed & breakfast, and other structures containing (1) per guest room or one for every two (2)
sleeping rooms other than, or in addition to beds whichever is greater.
dwelling units
Mobile Home Parks Two {2) per mobile home.
Motels, Hotels and Cabin Rentals One (1}per unit plus two spaces.
Multiple-family dwellings, retirement homes and One (1}per efficiency unit; and two (2) per
other places containing multiple dwelling units other units.
Single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings Two (2) per dwelling units.
and child care homes
INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING
USES/COMMERCIAL SPACES REQUIRED
Aircraft Hangers One (1) per one thousand {1,000) square
feet of gross floor area.
Assembly with fixed seats: Auditoriums, One {1) per four (4) seats in the principal
churches, funeral chapels, sports arena and assembly area. The width of a seat or a
theaters bench or pew shall be considered twenty-
two {22) inches.
Assembly without fixed seats: Churches, civic One (1) per two hundred (200) square feet
clubs, convention centers, dance halls, exhibition of gross floor area.
halls, skating rinks and similar uses
Assembly without fixed seats: Art galleries, One (1) per five hundred (500) square feet
community/senior centers, museums and of gross floor area.
municipal buildings
Automotive Service/repair and/or sales One (1) per four hundred {400) square feet
of gross floor area of sales room and four
(4) for each auto service stall.
Banks, mortgage and loan companies One (1) per three hundred (300) square feet
of gross floor area.
Bowling alleys Four (~) per alley.
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INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC
USESICOMMERCIAL MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARHING
SPACES REQUIRED
Care Facilities: Day nurseries, adult care One (1) space per four hundred (x}00) square
facilities and kindergarten feet of gross floor area, and one (1)
additional space reserved for pick-up and
delivery of people per eight hundred (800)
square feet of gross floor area.
Care Facilities: Hospitals, nursing/assisted One (1) per every two {2) beds.
living facilities and similar institutions
Care Facilities: Medical/Dental clinics, health One (1) per two hundred ffty {2S0) square
services feet of grass floor area.
Cell phone/communication sites Two (2} spaces.
Courthouse Based on typical occupancy, 84% of the
sum of the following: One (1 }per four {4}
fixed seats plus five (S) per courtroom plus
one (1) per fifty (S4) square feet gross floor
area injury assembly rooms plus one (1) per
four hundred (400) square feet of gross
office space.
Drive-thru only: Burgex, espresso establishments Two (2) spaces.
Fitness Centers One (1) per one hundred (100) square feet
of gross floor area plus f ve (5) for patron
parking.
One (1) per five hundred {500) square feet
of gross floor area plus five (5) for patron
Laundry establishments -self sexvice parking.
Libraries One (1) per four hundred (400} square feet
of gross floor area.
Manufacturing /Industrial, research and One (1) per five hundred (S00} square feet
Laboratories of gross floor area plus three (3) for patron
parking.
Nurseries and greenhouses One (1) per five hundred (S00} square feet
of gross floor area.
Offices: Business and professional One (1) per four hundred (404) square feet
of gross floor area.
Offices: Veterinarian/animal clinics and kennels One (1) per five hundred (504) square feet
of grass floor area.
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INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC
USES/COMMERCIAL MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING
SPACES REQUIRED
PoollBilliard Halls One (1) per three hundred {300} square feet
of gross floor area.
Restaurants, cafes, delicatessen, eating and One (1) per each two hundred {200} square
drinking establishments, clubs, nightclubs and feet of gross floor area or one {1) per four
lodges, etc. (4) seats, whichever is greater.
Services: Household and trades such as One (1) per four hundred (400) square feet
carpentry, electrical servicing, plumbing and of gross floor area.
heating shops, paper hanging, painting, furniture
upholstering, decorating shops, and other similar
services
Services: Printing, publishing, welding, One {I) per five hundred (500) square feet
blacksmith shops, bakeries, dry cleaning, dyeing of gross floor area plus five {5) for patron
plants and similar services parking.
Services: Beauty and barber shops One {1) per two hundred ffty {250} square
feet of grass floor area.
Services: Fuel dispensing stations/convenience One {1}for each two (2) gas pumps plus one
stores {1) per three hundred (300} square feet of
gross floox area.
Services Misc. Personal: Message therapy, One {1}per five hundred (504) square feet
artlphoto studio, dress makerltaylor of gross floor area plus one (1}for patron
parking.
Schools One (1} pex classroom plus three {3} for
every classroom in those schools where
students are permitted to drive to school.
Schools with auditoriums shall provide one
{1}parking space for every four (4) seats or
one {1) space for every fifty (50) square feet
of gross floor area in assembly rooms
without fixed seats, whichever is greater.
Schools: Trade, business, music, dance studios One (1) per five hundred (500) square feet
and other private schools and colleges of gross floor area.
Stores: Grocexy, drug/pharmacy One (1) per two hundred fifty (250) square
feet of gross floor area.
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INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC
USES/COMMERCIAL MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING
SPACES REQUIRED
Stores: Retail and wholesale sales of non-bulky One (1}per three hundred (300) square feet
items of grass floor area.
Stores: Retail and wholesale sales of bulky items One (1}per five hundred (500) square feet
(c.g. furniture and major appliances) of gross floor area,
Tanning Salon One (1) per four hundred (400) square feet
of gross floor area plus three {3) for patron
parking.
Taxicab companies One (1) per taxi operated by the company
plus one (1) extra space.
Truck terminals, lumber yards etc. One (1 }per five hundred (500) square feet
of gross floor area plus five (5) for patron
parking.
Warehouses: Wholesalelretail, and commercial One (1) per two thousand (2,000) square
storage feet of gross floor area, but a total of no less
than four (~} spaces
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