14.04.10 Parking space requirements

General Conditions

The requirement to provide and maintain the off-street parking space herein required shall be the responsibility of the operator and owner of the use and the operator and owner of the land on which off-street parking space is required to be provided and maintained. All off- street parking and drives for residential, commercial and industrial uses shall be paved with concrete or asphalt. No land shall be used or occupied, no structure shall be designed, erected, altered, used or occupied and no use shall be operated unless the off-street parking space herein required is provided in at least the amount specified and maintained in the manner herein set forth. Parking space and access for the handicapped shall be provided in accordance with Arkansas State Laws concerning handicapped parking. (Ord. No. 2025-05)

Location of Off-Street Parking Space
Off-street parking space shall be located on the same lot as the use for which provided and may be composed of one or several separated parcels, unless otherwise provided for herein.

Separation of Combined Space
Separate off-street parking space shall be provided for each use of the parking space required of two (2) or more uses located on the same lot but may be combined and used jointly; provided, however:

A. Where off-street parking space is combined and used jointly by two (2) or more uses having different standards for determining the amount of off-street parking space required, the parking space shall be adequate in area to provide the sum total of off-street parking space requirements of all such uses.

B. Where off-street parking space is combined and used jointly by two (2) or more uses having the same standard for determining the amount of off-street parking space required, all of such uses, for the purpose of this section, shall be considered a single unit and the gross floor area of all such uses in all structures on the same lot or the number of employees of all such uses in all structures on the same lot, as fixed by the applicable standard, shall be taken as a single total for the purpose of determining the amount of off-street parking space required.

Site Plan Requirements
The site plan submitted shall show the location and design of entrances and exits to public roads, the location and size of all buildings and structures, location of parking spaces, directional markings, traffic control devices and signs, walls, fences, landscaped areas, banks, berms, change of grades and planting materials, including the type and names of the materials proposed to be planted, and shall contain such other information in the form required by the city of Mayflower.

The site plan shall be prepared with careful regard to the location of the parking facilities with relation to adjoining and neighborhood commercial, industrial, multi-family and other residential improvements, and shall be devised to have the less adverse effect on such adjoining or neighboring properties. Shrubs, vines, trees, walls, fences, berms, and other materials used shall be of a nature to be permanent and requiring as little maintenance as possible. Planting strips in which trees or other natural growth are located shall be of sufficient width or shall be so designed so that the plantings and trees shall be protected from vehicles. Trees and plants shall not be of a kind to have offensive or injurious gum, moisture, fruit, or seed droppings. Plantings and structures shall be located with due regard to traffic safety and effective mechanical snow removal.

When the parking facilities are housed in an underground garage or a multi-storied structure or on the roofs of buildings, a site plan shall be submitted hereunder for approval of interior traffic directions, slope of ramp, for location of entrances and exits on public roads, for approval of sight distances at such entrances and exits and at comers of intersecting public roads, and for approval of the effective screening of the cars located in or on the parking structure from adjoining properties and from public roads.

Plans and Design Standards
A. Designs and plans for areas to be used for automobile off-street parking and loading shall show in detail the location and extent of the area and other features, conditions or requirements of these Regulations.

B. Each automobile parking space shall be not less than one hundred and eighty (180) square feet in area with minimum dimensions of nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet.

In addition, there shall be provided adequate interior, entrance and exit driveways to connect each parking space with a street or alley open to use by the public. However, a driveway within a required front yard for a single-family residence shall count as one (1) parking space.

C. For group parking facilities with capacity for six (6) or more vehicles:

1. All such off-street parking facilities shall be so drained as to prevent damage to abutting properties and/or public streets.
   
   
2. All parking spaces shall be separated from sidewalks, roads, streets or alleys by curbing, and all roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, and other public rights-of-way shall be protected from vehicular overhang by wheel bumpers, curbs, five (5) foot spacing between the right-of-way line and the parking area, or other method approved by the Planning Commission.
   
   
3. One-way interior driveways, and entrance and exit driveways, shall be at least ten (10) feet in width to allow safe and expeditious movement of vehicles. Two-way interior driveways, and entrance and exit driveways, shall be not less than twenty (20) feet in width.
   
   
4. All such off-street parking areas shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly safe loading unloading, parking and storage of vehicles with individual parking spaces clearly defined, and directional arrows and traffic signs provided as necessary for traffic control. Pedestrian crosswalks shall be marked and designed to minimize the risk of accidents.
   
   
5. Adequate lighting shall be provided if the parking facilities are used at night.
   
   
6. Pedestrian walkways and sidewalks shall be provided in addition to all required parking spaces and drives on all off-street parking facilities where found necessary for pedestrian safety by the Planning Commission; such walkways and sidewalks shall be protected from vehicular overhang and movement by bumpers, curbs, or other methods.
   
   
7. Lighting of off-street parking facilities shall be installed and maintained in a manner not to reflect or cause glare into abutting or facing residential premises, nor to cause reflection or glare which adversely affects safe vision of operators of vehicles moving on roads and highways.
   
   
8. If such off-street parking facilities adjoin, or are across a street or alley from property classified Residential, the entrance and exit driveways of such facilities shall, wherever possible, be located so that they will not be in close proximity to or across a street or alley from the residential property.
   
   
9. In the event a parking lot adjoins a residential district, all parking surfaces, spaces, and driveways shall be set back a distance not less than twenty-five (25) feet from the adjoining residential zone; except that if the adjoining land is across an existing or planned public right-of-way fifty (50) feet or greater in width, this provision shall not apply.
   
   
10. Computing number of employees.
    For the purpose of this section, the number of employees shall be the maximum number of persons to be employed at any time during the year.
    
    
11. Reduction in areas.
    No automobile off-street parking facility shall be reduced in area or encroached upon by buildings, vehicle storage or any other use where such reduction or encroachment will reduce the area below that required.
    
    

12. Interior and roof parking.
All garage or other space allocated for the parking of vehicles within buildings or in basements or on the roof of buildings, shall be considered part of the required off-street parking facilities and may be included as such in computing the area’s requirements outlined in the Schedule of Parking Requirements. When the parking facilities are housed in an underground garage or a multistoried structure or on the roofs of buildings, a site plan shall be submitted hereunder for approval of interior traffic directions, slope of ramp, for location of entrances and exits on public roads, for approval of sight distances at such entrances and exits and at comers of intersecting public roads, and for approval of the effective screening of the cars located in or on the parking structure from adjoining properties and from public roads.

13. Distance from main building.
All automobile off-street parking facilities shall be located so that the major point of pedestrian access to the facilities is no more than five hundred (500) feet walking distance from the nearest entrance to the
establishment to be served by such facilities.

14. Mixed uses.
When any land or building is used for two (2) or more purposes the number of parking spaces required shall be the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses, computed separately in accordance with this section. Parking facilities for one purpose shall not be considered as providing the required parking facilities for any other purpose unless such purposes are at completely separate times in the day or night, with no overlapping times of use.

15. Cooperative establishment of parking areas.
Requirements for the provision of parking facilities with respect to two (2) or more property uses of the same or different types, may be satisfied by the permanent allocation of the requisite number of spaces for each use in a common parking facility, cooperatively established and operated. The number of spaces designated shall not be less than the sum of the individual requirements for each coincidental use, and provided further, that all regulations contained in this section are complied with.

Schedule of Parking Requirements
Off-street parking space shall be provided as follows:

Ambulance service or rescue squad:
Adequate space to accommodate all motor vehicles operated in connection with such use and two (2) additional parking spaces per each such vehicle.

Apartment:
Same as multiple-family dwelling.

Automobile filling station, service station, and automobile repair:
Two (2) parking spaces for each car wash bay, grease bay, or similar service area, one (1) parking space for each employee, and one space for each three hundred (300) square feet of total retail floor area (not including storage rooms, private offices, restrooms, hallways and corridors).

Care Home:
One (1) parking space for each three (3) residential units and one parking space for each employee.

Church, synagogue or other place at worship:
One (1) parking space for each four (4) persons for which seating is provided in the main auditorium. No additional spaces will be required if the church, synagogue or other place of worship is located within five hundred (500) feet of any public parking lot or any commercial parking lot where sufficient spaces are available during the time of services to make up the additional spaces required.

Commercial establishment devoted to retail sales, trade, merchandising or other similar use:
One (1) parking space per three hundred (300) square feet of retail floor area up to ten thousand (10,000) square feet plus one parking space for each employee. For structures larger than ten thousand (10,000) square feet, the above parking requirement shall be provided and the following percentage shall be taken of the remaining retail floor area:

As used herein, retail floor area is defined as the total floor area designed for access by the consuming public or customers or the commercial establishment; which does not include storage rooms, stockrooms, private offices, or any other area of the building closed to the public.

Not included in this definition are separate standing office or professional buildings, or theaters. Also not included in this definition are businesses which provide drive-through, walk-up, window service, or counter pickup. This definition does include banks and other such activities which may be a part of a
shopping center.

Commercial establishment devoted to retail sales, trade, merchandising or other similar use
provided strictly from drive-through, walk-up, window service, or counter pickup:
One (1) parking space for each employee, plus two additional spaces for delivery, contractor, or customer service.

Community center, library, museum, civic club, private club, lodge, and similar uses:
One (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square of floor space plus one space
for each employee.

Educational institution, private:
One (1) parking space for each employee, including teachers and administrators, plus sufficient off-street parking space for the safe and convenient loading and unloading of students, plus additional facilities for all student parking, as determined by the Mayflower Planning Commission.

Charitable and philanthropic institution:
One (1) parking space for each employee, plus one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of total floor area for residents and visitors.

Fraternity, sorority, and dormitory:
One (1) parking space for each two (2) students residing on the premises in a fraternity, three (3) students in a sorority, and four (4) students in a dormitory, plus one (1) additional space for each housemother, manager and employee.

Furniture store:
One (1) parking space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of total floor area plus one (1) space for each employee.

Heliport:
If at ground level, adequate space for off-street parking of at least five (5) vehicles. If elevated, reasonable parking space shall be provided or be available for use, either at ground level or on or in an elevated structure, as the discretion of the Planning Commission may require for the convenience of persons using or working at the facility.

Hospital:
One (1) parking space for each one (1) bed, plus one (1) space for each resident doctor, plus adequate reserved space for visiting staff doctors, plus one (1) space for each employee on the highest two consecutive shifts.

Hotel:
One (1) space for each transient bedroom plus one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees; plus, one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of area used for ball rooms, private meeting rooms, dining rooms and other similar places of assembly.

Industrial or manufacturing establishment or warehouse:
One (1) parking space for each employee on the highest two (2) consecutive shifts, plus one (1) parking space for every vehicle used in connection with the business.

Medical or dental clinic:
One (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of the total floor area of the building.

Manufactured home park:
Two (2) parking spaces for each manufactured home space plus one (1) space for each four (4) home spaces in common areas for visitor parking.

Mortuary or funeral parlor:
One (1) parking space for each twelve (12) square feet in the main chapel or parlor, plus one (1) parking space for each employee on the major shift, and one (1) parking space for each vehicle used in connection with the business.

Medical practitioner’s office:
Not less than six (6) parking spaces for each practitioner occupying or using said office plus, one parking space for each employee.

Multiple-family dwelling:
For each apartment with no separate bedroom one (1) space; for each apartment with one (1) separate bedroom one and one-half (1-1/2) spaces; for each apartment with two (2) or more separate bedrooms – two (2) spaces. Not more than fifty per cent (50%) of the total area of the minimum required yards shall be occupied by parking spaces, drives, access roads to, from and between such spaces, turnarounds or other surfaces designed for vehicular use.

Nursing home:
One (1) parking space for each three (3) residents plus one (1) parking space for each employee on the highest two consecutive shifts.

Office building, professional building, or similar uses:
One (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of the sum of the gross areas of the several floors of the building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline of party walls, which area shall include cellars or basements but shall not include floor area used for off-street parking plus one (1) parking space for each employee.

For structures larger than ten thousand (10,000) square feet, the above parking requirement shall be provided and the following percentage shall be taken of the remaining gross floor area:

Professional office other than medical practitioner:
Two (2) spaces for each professional person occupying or using said office.

Recreational establishment, commercial, other than a theater, auditorium or stadium:
One (1) parking space for each eighty (80) square feet of floor area.

Restaurant or similar place dispensing food, drink or refreshments:
One (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area devoted to patron use within the establishment and one (1) parking space for each eighty (80) square feet of ground area devoted to patron use on the property outside the establishment.

Rooming house and boarding house:
One (1) parking space for each guest accommodation plus two (2) parking spaces for the operator.

Semi-detached or two-family dwelling:
Same as single-family dwelling

Single-family dwelling:
Two (2) parking spaces for each dwelling unit.

Swimming Pool:
One (1) parking space for every three (3) persons lawfully permitted in the pool at one time plus one (1) parking space for each employee.

Theater, auditorium, or stadium:
One (1) automobile parking space for each three (3) seats or similar vantage accommodations provided, plus one (1) space for each employee.

Townhouse:
Two (2) parking space for each townhouse.

Tourist home, cabin or motel:
One (1) space for each transient bedroom plus one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees; plus, one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of area used for ball rooms, private meeting rooms, dining rooms and other similar places of assembly.

Trailer coach space or tourist cabin camp:
One (1) parking space for each trailer space, and one (1) parking space for each employee.


Maximum Parking Lot Size
Multi-family, commercial or industrial parking lots containing two hundred (200) or more parking spaces shall be divided into parking areas of not more than two hundred (200) cars each and shall be separated by landscaping, change of grades, buildings, or other natural or artificial means. Not less than five percent (5%) of the total parking area shall be devoted to such internal landscaping and interior parking separation areas. In multi-family parking lots, the five percent (5%) requirement shall not be in addition to, but shall be computed as a part of any green area requirement.

Off-Street Loading Requirements
Off-street loading berths, open or enclosed, are permitted accessory to any use (except residential) subject to the following minimum provisions:

A. Uses for Which Required.
Accessory off-street loading berths shall be provided for any use specified below. Any land which is developed as a unit under ownership and control shall be considered a single lot for the purpose of these minimum loading requirements.

1. For a public library, community center, hospital or sanatorium, nursing or convalescent home, institution for children or the aged, or school with floor area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet, one (l) berth. For each additional twenty five thousand (25,000) square feet or fraction thereof,
   one (1) additional berth.
   
   
2. For buildings with professional, governmental, or business offices, or laboratory establishments, with a floor area of ten thousand (10,000) to twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet, one (1) berth. For each additional twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet or fraction thereof up to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet, one (1) additional berth.
   
   
3. For buildings with offices and retail sales and service establishments, from eight thousand (8,000) to twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of floor area, one (1) berth. For each additional twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof, one (1) additional berth.
   
   
4. For undertakers and funeral homes, one (1) berth for each chapel. Such berths shall be at least ten (10) feet wide, twenty (20) feet long, and fourteen (14) feet high.
   
   
5. For hotels, motels and resorts, one (1) berth for each twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of floor area.
   
   
6. For manufacturing, wholesale and storage uses, and for dry cleaning and rug cleaning establishments and laundries, from five thousand (5,000) to ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area in such use, one (1) berth. For each additional twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of
   floor area or fraction thereof so used, one (1) additional berth.

B. Size of Spaces.
Each required loading berth shall be at least twelve (12) feet wide, thirty-three (33) feet long, and fourteen (14) feet high, except as noted above in A.4.

C. Location and Access.
Unobstructed access, at least ten (10) feet wide, to and from a street shall be provided. Such access may be combined with access to a parking lot. All permitted or required loading berths shall be on the same lots as the use to which they are accessory, except as provided in the Section on Joint Facilities (below).
No entrance or exit for any off-street parking area shall be located within fifty (50) feet of any street intersection. No off-street loading berth shall be located in any front yard or in front of the building line.

D. Joint Facilities.
Permitted or required loading berths, open or enclosed, may be provided in spaces designed to serve jointly two (2) or more adjacent establishments provided that the number of required berths in such joint facilities shall not be less than the total required for all such requirements.


Screening, Traffic Control, Safety and Site Plan Requirements
All off-street parking areas with spaces for more than five vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side, which adjoins or faces a residential zone or institutional premises. Except, that such screening shall not be required where the parking area is already effectively screened from the residential zone or institutional premises by a natural terrain feature, railroad track on elevated ground, change in grade or other permanent natural or artificial screen or is separated therefrom by a road with a right-of-way width of one hundred and twenty feet (120) or more. Such screening shall be a solid wall or a substantial opaque solid fence, not less than five (5) feet in height. In lieu of such fence, a compact evergreen hedge of not less than three (3) feet in height at time of original planting may be used. The fence, wall and/or hedge, or permanent natural or artificial screen shall be maintained in good condition and no advertising shall be placed thereon. The screening shall be designed and maintained so that safe vehicle sight distance shall not be affected at entrances, exits, or at street intersections. Where one off-street parking area adjoins or abuts another such parking area under different ownership or use, a landscaped planting strip not less than five (5) feet wide maintained in good condition may be used in lieu of the above required screening. The screening shall normally be located abutting the side, rear or front property line but may be located at the most appropriate place as approved by the Planning Commission between the perimeter of the parking area and the property line to provide the most effective shield for the adjoining or facing premises from car lights, noise and traffic movement. Effective screening of parking lots contiguous or adjacent to any public road may be accomplished by depression in grade by three (3) feet or more by a berm, a hedge, or wall or any type of appropriate natural or artificial permanent division. Any screening barrier required shall be not less than three (3) feet high and intermittently should have trees or other similar features. Entrances and exits to public roads shall provide safe sight distances, free of any obstruction. It shall be mandatory that there be ample safe sight distances at the comer of intersecting public roads clear of any building or other artificial or natural obstructions. Effective channelization and division of parking areas within the interior of the parking lot for pedestrian and vehicular traffic may be accomplished by use of landscaped areas with trees, walls, fences, other natural growth or artificial features, raised curbs, marked directional lanes and controls, change of grade or other devices to mark points of tum, to separate parking areas, and to control traffic movement. Traffic channelization and traffic controls will be approved by the Planning Commission with regard to ingress and egress to public roads and to safe movement of traffic on the parking lot.