The Community of Miltonvale Park, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Bylaws of Miltonvalepark: Page 8 of 21
SECTION #7 – PARKING REQUIREMENTS
7.1 PREAMBLE
For every building to be erected, placed, used or enlarged, there shall be provided and maintained off-street parking on the same lot to the extent, at least, prescribed in this Section.
7.2 PARKING REQUIREMENTS
|
Primary Type of Building |
# of Parking Spaces |
i) |
Residential |
1.5 per dwelling unit (minimum of 2) |
ii) |
Auditoriums, churches, halls, theatres |
1 per 4 seats |
iii) |
Hotel, Motel or other Tourist Establishment |
1 parking space per guest/room or rental unit and 1 parking space for each 23 sq. m. (250 sq. ft.) of floor area devoted for public use (e.g. banquet rooms, lounge) |
iv) |
Restaurant or Lounge |
1 per 100 sq. ft. (9.3 sq. m) and a minimum of 10 |
(v) |
Business and Professional Offices, Service and Personal Service Shops |
1 parking space per 28.0 sq. metres (300 sq. ft.) of floor area. |
vi) |
Warehouse and storage facilities and other industrial uses |
1 per employee and 1 per loading bay |
vii) |
Other Commercial uses |
1 per 300 sq. ft. (28 sq. m) of floor area |
viii) |
Other Institutional or Recreation Uses |
1 per 400 sq. ft. (37.2 sq. m) of floor area |
ix) |
Other Industrial uses |
1 per employee and 1 per loading space |
7.3 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES
Additional parking spaces may be required if, in the opinion of Council, the spaces required under Section 7.2 will not meet anticipated parking requirements.
7.4 OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Where parking facilities are required or permitted:
(1) The parking area shall be maintained with a stable surface;
(2) The lights used for illumination of the parking lot or parking station shall be so arranged as to divert the light away from the streets, adjacent lots and buildings;
(3) The parking area shall be within three hundred ft. (300’) (91.4 m) of the location which it is intended to serve and shall be situated in the same zone;
(4) When the parking area is of a permanent hard surfacing, each parking space shall be clearly demarcated with painted lines and maintained on the parking lot;
(5) A parking space shall consist of an area of not less than one hundred and sixty sq. ft. measuring nine ft. (9’) by eighteen ft. (18’) exclusive of driveways and aisles, unless otherwise authorized by Council;
(6) Entrances and exits to parking areas shall not exceed a width of thirty ft. (30’) (9 m) at the street line and edge of pavement; and
(7) The width of a driveway leading to a parking or loading area, or of a driveway or aisle in a parking area, shall be a minimum width of ten ft. (10’) (3 m) for one-way traffic, and a minimum width of twenty ft.(20’) (6 m) for two –way traffic.
7.5 LOADING ZONES
(1) In any commercial, industrial or institutional zone, no person shall erect or use any building or structure for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, department store, retail store, wholesale store, market, freight or passenger terminal, hotel, hospital, mortuary or other uses involving the frequent shipping, loading or unloading or persons, animals, or goods, unless there is maintained on the same premises with every such building, structure or use one (1) off-street space for standing, loading and unloading for every thirty thousand (30,000) sq. ft. (2,790 sq. m.) or fraction thereof of building floor area used for any such purpose;
(2) Each loading space shall be at least twelve feet (12’) (3.6 m) wide with a minimum of fourteen ft. (14’) (4.25 m) height clearance.
(3) The provision of a loading space for any building with less than fifteen hundred (1,500) sq. ft. (139.5 sq. m.) shall be optional.
(4) No such loading spaces shall be located within any required front yard or be located within any yard which abuts a Residential, Agricultural or Open Space zone, unless in the opinion of Council adequate screening is provided.