§ 265-40. Interpretation of off-street parking requirements.

(A)

[Additional spaces.] The parking required in this section is in addition to space for storage of trucks or other vehicles used in connection with a business, commercial or industrial use.

(B)

[Fractional spaces.] Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the next highest number.

(C)

["Or fraction thereof."] All parking requirements shall be construed to include the language, "or fraction thereof". For example, if one guest space is required per four dwelling units, the requirement shall be read to mean, "one guest space is required per four dwelling units, or fraction thereof."

(D)

[Uses not listed.] The parking space requirements for a use not specifically listed in the article shall be the same as for a listed use of similar characteristics of parking demand generation.

(E)

[Floor area.] All references to floor area are gross floor area unless otherwise indicated.

(F)

[Nonresidential overhead doorway.] No parking stall which is situated in front of a nonresidential overhead doorway shall count as required parking.

(G)

["Greater of."] Whenever two (2) or more formulas are provided for determining the required parking for a use, the term "greater of" shall mean "whichever formula requires the greatest number of parking spaces."

(H)

["Lesser of."] The term "lesser of" shall mean whichever parking reduction formula results in the smallest reduction in the number of required parking spaces.

(I)

[Single-car garages.] Single-car private garages for individual dwelling units shall not be used to satisfy the parking requirements for any dwelling unit. Two-car private garages (townhouse, single-family, zero-lot line) qualify as a single required parking space, provided garage shall have an interior unobstructed area measuring at least twenty (20) feet by twenty (20) feet. Single-car garages shall have an interior unobstructed area measuring at least eleven (11) feet by twenty (20) feet.

Commentary: in South Florida, single-car garages are often used for storage instead of parking, given the absence of basements. For this reason, single-car garages do not count toward required parking.

(J)

Measurement of seating capacity. The following equivalencies may be used as a minimum guide in the application of the schedule of off-street parking requirements:

Seating Type	Area and Dimensional Equivalencies
One (1) fixed seat (includes moveable chairs linked to at least seven (7) other chairs in the same row)	Seven (7) square feet of floor area in seating areas of occupancies requiring seating.
One (1) moveable chair	Fifteen (15) square feet of floor area in seating areas of occupancies requiring seating. The remainder of areas external to actual seating areas shall provide required parking according to the schedule of applicable parking requirements.
One (1) school student work station	Twenty (20) square feet of floor area.
One (1) seat within a pew or other bench seating arrangement	Twenty (20) linear inches.

 

(Ord. No. 2010-20, § 2(Exh. A), 9-14-10)