Belmont Commercial $6,999,500.

(As Amended through 02/18/2025)

Section 1 – Off-Street Parking Requirements

There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building or at the time any main building is enlarged minimum off-street parking space with adequate provision for entrance and exit by standard sized automobiles.

Off-street parking requirements are as follows:

Single and two-family residences – two (2) spaces per unit.

1. Apartments, condominiums, or other multi-family dwellings – two (2) spaces per unit.
2. Townhouse dwellings – two (2) spaces per unit.
3. Churches – one (1) space per five (5) seats in main assembly area.
4. Hospitals, nursing homes, convalescent homes, or similar uses – one (1) space per two (2) beds capacity.
5. Hotels, motels, tourist homes, or other commercial lodging facilities – one (1) space per rental unit.
6. Community buildings, clubs, lodges, museums, libraries, or similar uses – four (4) spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor area.
7. Auditoriums, theaters, stadiums, or similar places of public assembly – one (1) space per four (4) seats.
8. Eating and drinking establishments – one (1) space per four (4) seats; drive-in restaurants – one (1) space per seventy-five (75) square feet of floor area. Notwithstanding the above, eating and drinking establishments and drive-in restaurants shall each have a minimum of ten (10) spaces.
9. Automobile service stations – one (1) space per gasoline pump.
10. Professional offices, personal service shops, insurance and real estate offices, financial institutions or medical or dental clinics – one (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area, with a minimum of five (5) spaces.
11. Animal hospitals – one (1) space per four hundred (400) square feet of floor area, with a minimum of four (4) spaces.
12. Retail stores – one (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area, with a minimum of five (5) spaces; retail food stores over four thousand (4,000) square feet – one (1) space per one hundred (100) square feet of floor area.

1. Shopping Center – One (1) space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area for retail development within a shopping center. (Amended 11/24/15)
2. Amusement places, dance halls, skating rinks, swimming pools, or exhibition halls – one (1) space per 100 square feet of floor area.
3.  Funeral homes and liquor stores – one (1) space per 100 square feet of floor area, with a minimum of thirty (30) spaces.
4.  Furniture, large machinery, equipment, automobile, or boat sales stores – three (3) spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor area.
5.  Manufacturing or wholesale distribution facilities – one (1) space per two employees. The number of employees shall be based on the maximum number of persons the establishment is designed to accommodate on a single work shift.
6.  Elementary or middle schools – one (1) space per twenty-five (25) classroom seats.
7.  High schools or colleges – one (1) space per five (5) classroom seats.
8.  Day schools or nursery schools – two (2) spaces for each classroom.

Section 2 – Off-Street Loading Requirements

Uses which involve the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise shall provide and maintain adequate off-street space for standing, loading and unloading purposes. This space shall be in addition to that required for off-street parking. The location of the loading area shall not interfere with the movement of vehicles within the prescribed parking areas. Each off-street loading space shall be a minimum of twelve (12) feet in width and of sufficient depth to accommodate the largest vehicles servicing the establishment, but said length shall not be less than 25 feet. Loading space shall be required as follows:

1. Commercial uses – one (1) space per 7,500 square feet of floor area, not to exceed a total of five (5) spaces.

Section 3 – General Parking Standards (amended 02/18/2025)

Parking space requirement for a use not specifically listed above shall be the same as for a listed use of similar characteristics of parking demand generation. Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be rounded up or down to the next closest whole number.

Parking spaces shall be located on the same lot with the main building, except where the applicable zoning district regulations permit off-site parking spaces. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public parking area shall be surfaced with asphalt, porous pavers or concrete. Appropriate curbing or barriers shall be provided as determined by the Administrator. Any lights used to illuminate parking areas shall be source shielded and directed downward and arranged so as to reflect the light away from adjoining properties and public rights-of-way.

Parking lot lighting on properties not subject to occupancy at night shall be reduced to the minimum levels necessary to provide security lighting for the property. The height of lighting fixtures shall not exceed the height of the principal structure or thirty-five feet, whichever is less.

If more than one type of permitted use occupies a single structure or parcel, the total parking requirements shall be the sum of the requirements for each of the permitted uses unless shared parking or a reduction in parking is allowed under the provisions of this Ordinance.

When computing parking spaces based on gross floor area, areas within the footprint of a building which are used solely for parking spaces and associated driveways, or areas within a structure not normally occupied during business hours (eg; supply/storage rooms, rest rooms, etc) are not included as part of the floor area calculation used for determining required parking.

Grid and modular pavers or pervious pavement shall be used for any required parking area, alley, or other low traffic driveway, in excess of the requirements of this section as approved by the Director.

Driveways and drive aisles without parking spaces shall be a minimum of twenty-two (22) feet in width.

Parking spaces and drive aisles shall comply with the following requirements. The terms below shall be interpreted or defined as follows:

Alley: A public or private right-of-way primarily designed to afford access to the side or rear of properties whose principal frontage is on a street. An alley shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width.

Drive Aisle: A circulation route for vehicular traffic through a parking lot, site, or property, and may connect to a driveway.

(a)      Parallel parking spaces shall comply with the following dimensions below:

Direction of Parking   Stall Width (feet)     Stall Depth (feet)     Aisle Width (feet)

One-way aisle (one-sided parking)  8.5     22      18

One-way aisle (two-sided parking)  8.5     22      18

Two-way aisle (two-sided parking)  8.5     22      20

(b)      Standard parking spaces shall comply with the following dimensions below:

Parking Angle

Stall Width (feet)     Stall Depth Perpendicular to Aisle

(feet)  One-Way Aisle Width

(feet)*

Two-Way Aisle Width (feet)*

45°     9        19      18      18

60°     9        20      18      19

90°     9        18      24      26

*Where required, fire lanes shall have a minimum width of 20’.

Section 4 – Reduction in Off-Street Parking

In lieu of the numerical parking or loading space standards contained in this article, applicants may have a site and/or use specific parking and/loading space analysis and plan prepared by a professional qualified to perform such studies, for submission to the county for consideration. The professional qualifications of the preparer shall accompany the analysis.

1. Such analysis and plan shall be based on parking/loading demands at comparable uses or establishments taken within twelve (12) months of the date of submission and shall include comparisons with the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Parking Generation report (3rd Edition, 2004, or as it may be amended from time to time).
2. The parking analysis may also propose, and the zoning administrator may approve, the construction of a portion of the required parking for a site in an “overflow” or “peak demand” lot. Such lots shall be designed with grid paving systems that allow grass to grow within the paver voids, pourous pavement or other similar materials to reduce stormwater runoff and promote on-site absorption of runoff. Curbing and wheel stops may be eliminated from this portion of the parking lot.
3. If approved by the zoning administrator, the site-specific parking or loading plan shall guide the development for the site, provided that, if the plan provides for fewer parking or loading spaces than would otherwise be required, an area sufficient to accommodate one-half of the difference shall be reserved for a period of five years and maintained as landscaped open space during that time. A reserved area shall not be required where the site and use-specific parking analysis and plan refers to a use for which a specific or comparable listing is not provided in this article.

Section 5 – Shared Parking

Shared parking may be considered for land uses with different parking demand patterns for which it can be demonstrated that the different uses can use the same parking spaces/areas throughout the day. Shared parking strategies will result in fewer total parking spaces needed when compared to the total number of spaces needed for each land use or business separately. Examples of land uses for which shared parking maybe appropriate include office, restaurants, retail, colleges, churches, and theaters.

1. Applicants for new development or significant redevelopment shall examine the feasibility of utilizing shared parking arrangements . Significant redevelopment is any development that increases building size or land uses so that the site’s trip generation and/or parking demand increases by more than 10 percent or more than 10 spaces greater than the minimum number of parking spaces required by this article, whichever is greater.

1. Applicants may have shared parking analysis and plan prepared by a professional qualified to perform such studies, for submission to the county for consideration. The professional qualifications of the preparer shall accompany the analysis