36-21 - General Provisions LAST AMENDED 12/5/2024 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 In all districts, as indicated, #accessory# off-street parking spaces, open or enclosed, shall be provided in conformity with the requirements set forth in the table in this Section for all #developments# after December 15, 1961, for the #commercial# or #community facility# #uses# listed in the table. If an #enlargement# results in a net increase in the #floor area# or other applicable unit of measurement specified in the table, the same requirements set forth in the table shall apply to such net increase in the #floor area# or other specified unit of measurement. In addition, all other applicable requirements of this Chapter shall apply as a condition precedent to the #use# of such #development# or #enlargement#. A parking space is required for a portion of a unit of measurement one-half or more of the amount set forth in the table. For the purposes of this Section, a tract of land on which a group of such #uses# is #developed#, under single ownership or control, shall be considered a single #zoning lot#. For those #uses# for which rated capacity is specified as the unit of measurement, the Commissioner of Buildings shall determine the rated capacity as the number of persons that may be accommodated by such #uses#. The requirements of this Section shall be waived in the following situations (a) when, as a result of the application of such requirements, a smaller number of spaces would be required than is specified by the provisions of Section 36-23 (Waiver of Requirements for Spaces Below Minimum Number); (b) when the Commissioner of Buildings has certified, in accordance with the provisions of Section 36-24 (Waiver of Requirements for All Zoning Lots Where Access Would Be Forbidden), that there is no way to arrange the spaces with access to the #street# to conform to the provisions of Section 36-53 (Width of Curb Cuts and Location of Access to the Street); and (c) for certain #zoning lots#, #developments# or #enlargements# below minimum thresholds pursuant to Section 36-25 (Waiver for Certain Small Zoning Lots or Establishments). For the purposes of applying the loading requirements of this Chapter, #uses# are grouped into the following Parking Requirement Categories (PRC) based on how requirements are measured. The specific designations for #uses# are set forth in the Use Group tables. Parking Requirement Category Type of Requirement PRC – A square feet of #floor area# PRC – B person-rated capacity PRC – C square feet of #lot area# PRC – D square feet of #floor area#, or number of employees PRC – E number of beds PRC – F guest rooms or suites PRC – G other REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES FOR COMMERCIAL OR COMMUNITY FACILITY USES Parking PRC - A PRC - B Requirement PRC - C Category A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 per square Unit of per square feet of #floor area# 1 per persons-rated capacity feet of # lot measurement area# 4 C1-1 C2-1 C3 1 per 1 per 1 per 150 1 per 1 per 4 C4-1 100 150 2, 3 400 1 per 8 1 per 10 1 per 500 C1-2 C2-2 1 per 1 per 1 per 300 1 per 1 per 8 C4-2 C8-1 200 300 2, 3 600 C1-3 C2-3 1 per 1 per 1 per 400 1 per C4-2A C4-3 1 per 12 1 per 16 1 per 20 1 per 2,000 300 400 2 800 C8-2 C1-4 C2-4 C4-4 C4-5D C8-3 1 per 1 per 1 per 1 per None None None 1 per 25 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 required required required C7 outside the #Greater Transit Zone# C1-5 C1-6 C1-7 C1-8 C1-9 C2-5 C2-6 C2-7 C2-8 C4-4A C4-4L C4-5 C4-5A C4-5X None None None None None None None None C4-6 C4-7 required required required required required required required required C4-8 C4-9 C4-11 C4-12 C5 C6 C8-4 C7 within the #Greater Transit Zone# 1 For ambulatory diagnostic or treatment facilities listed under Use Group III(B), #cellar# space, except #cellar# space used for storage shall be included to determine parking requirements. 2 Parking requirements for #uses# in PRC-A3 may be reduced by permit of the Board of Standards and appeals in accordance with the provisions of Section 73-44. 3 In C1-1, C1-2, C2-1 and C2-2 Districts mapped within R3-2 Districts, the parking requirements for ambulatory diagnostic or treatment health care facilities shall be 1 per 400 square feet of #floor area# when located above the first #story# ceiling. 4 In the case of golf driving ranges, the requirements in this table apply only to that portion of the range used for tees. Parking PRC - D PRC - E PRC - F Requirement Category D1 D2 E1 E2 E3 7 F1 F2 Unit of per square feet of #floor per guest room or per bed measurement area# or per employees 5 suites C1-1 C2-1 C3 1 per 4 C4-1 1 per 1 per 6 1 per 10 56 C1-2 C2-2 C4-2 1 per 1,000 1 per 8 C8-1 sq ft or 1 per 1 per 2,000 sq 3 ft or 1 per 3 employees, employees, C1-3 C2-3 C4- whichever whichever will 1 per 12 1 per 20 2A C4-3 C8-2 will require a require a larger larger number C1-4 C2-4 C4-4 number of of spaces 1 per 1 per 12 C4-5D C8-3 spaces 86 None None C7 outside the required required #Greater Transit 1 per Zone# 1 C1-5 C1-6 C1-7 C1-8 C1-9 C2-5 C2-6 C2-7 C2-8 C4-4A C4-4L C4-5 C4-5A C4- 5X C4-6 C4-7 None 1 per None None None C4-8 C4-9 C4- None required required 10 6 required required required 11 C4-12 C5 C6 C8-4 C7 within the #Greater Transit Zone# 5 For predominantly open storage of miscellaneous #uses# in PRC-D2, the #lot area# used for such #uses# shall be considered as #floor area# for the purposes of these requirements. 6 Parking requirements for #uses# in PRC-E1 are in addition to area utilized for ambulance parking. 7 Independent living #dwelling units# within a continuing care retirement community shall be subject to the #accessory# off-street parking requirements of Section 36-30. For the purposes of applying such requirements, #dwelling units# shall be as defined in Section 12-10. PRC - G Parking Libraries, Requirement Outdoor Outdoor Colleges, museums or Category Agricultural racket skating universities #Schools# non- #uses# courts rinks or seminaries commercial art galleries per square feet of #floor per square area# used per square feet of #lot per square for per square Unit of feet of area# used per court feet of #lot classrooms, feet of #floor measurement #floor for selling area# laboratories, area# 8 area# purposes student centers or offices C1-1 C2-1 C3 1 per 800 C4-1 1 per 1,000 1 per 2 1 per 800 1 per 800 C1-2 C2-2 C4-2 1 per 800 C8-1 C1-3 C2-3 C4- 1 per 2,500 1 per 5 1 per 2,000 1 per 2,000 1 per 2,000 2A C4-3 C8-2 C1-4 C2-4 C4-4 C4-5D C8-3 None None None None None C7 outside the required required required required required #Greater Transit Zone# None required C1-5 C1-6 C1-7 C1-8 C1-9 C2-5 C2-6 C2-7 C2-8 C4-4A C4-4L C4-5 C4-5A C4-5X C4-6 None None None None None C4-7 C4-8 C4-9 required required required required required C4-11 C4-12 C5 C6 C8-4 C7 within the #Greater Transit Zone# 8 Parking requirements for houses of worship shall be applicable only to the facility’s largest room of assembly; however, rooms separated by movable partitions shall be considered a single room. PRC - G (continued) Parking Requirement Fire or Camps, Riding Funeral Court Post Category Police Prisons Docks overnight academies houses Offices stations and day Establishments or stables per per per square per per per square square see feet of #lot square square Unit of beds- per square feet feet of feet of Section area# or feet of feet of measurement rated of #floor area# #floor #floor 62-43 per #floor #floor capacity area# area# employees area# area# C1-1 C2-1 C3 1 per 1 per 800 1 per 200 C4-1 500 1 per 10 C1-2 C2-2 1 per 1 per 1 per 400 C4-2 C8-1 800 1,200 C1-3 C2-3 1 per 1 per C4-2A C4-3 1 per 20 1 per 600 1,000 1,500 C8-2 C1-4 C2-4 C4-4 C4-5D C8-3 1 per None see 1 per 1 per None None 2,000 required Section 2,000 or 1 2,000 C7 outside the required required 62-43 per 3 #expanded transit zone# C1-5 C1-6 C1-7 C1-8 C1-9 C2-5 C2-6 C2-7 C2-8 C4-4A C4-4L C4-5 C4-5A C4-5X None None None C4-6 C4-7 None required required required required C4-8 C4-9 C4-11 C4-12 C5 C6 C8-4 C7 within the #Greater Transit Zone#