§ 10-19-4 Residential Area Requirements

10-19-4: RESIDENTIAL AREA REQUIREMENTS:

A. Number of Spaces for Residential Development: The number of off-street parking spaces required for residential development and mixed-use residential shall be as follows:

1. Single-family dwelling: two (2) parking spaces per single-family dwelling, one (1) of which shall be covered. Tandem parking shall be allowed in single-family subdivisions only.

2. Planned development student housing (PD-SH): one (1) parking space for each student/occupant, plus one (1) space for a manager, where an on-site office is established. All parking shall be on site; no street parking or tandem parking shall be counted toward meeting the parking requirement. No parking area shall be located within the required front setback facing a public street, or more than one hundred feet (100') away from the premises it is intended to serve.

3. Required student/occupant parking in a PD-SH shall be reduced to three-quarters (3/4) parking space per student/occupant, where the following criteria are met:

a. The student/occupant housing is new multifamily construction with ten (10) or more units and is located within the “student pedestrian emphasis area” as shown on Figure 1 attached to the ordinance codified in this title; and

b. Each property that utilizes this parking reduction shall specify on all rental contracts whether or not an automobile parking space is provided for that individual tenant, and no more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the tenants may be in possession of an automobile; and

c. The property owner shall enter into an agreement with the city and with Dixie State University stating that the property owner is responsible for monitoring compliance with the above-stated criteria for a student/occupant parking reduction. Monitoring shall include a semiannual report to the city and Dixie State University prepared by the property owner indicating the number and percentage of tenants in possession of an automobile; and

d. Lighted bicycle parking is provided on a hard-surface area adjacent to the student housing at a ratio of one (1) space per every ten (10) students/occupants; and

e. One-half (½) of the parking spaces are covered; and

f. The student/occupant parking reduction does not reduce or alter the other parking requirements in this section.

a. All other dwellings, including mixed-use residential, townhouses and condominiums, shall have two (2) parking spaces per dwelling unit, at least one (1) of which shall be covered and shall be within two hundreed feet (200') of the units they are intended to serve. Covered parking may be located within the side and rear setback areas. For projects with more than one hundred (100) dwelling units, with commonly accessed parking, the city council, through a rezone request, may reduce the parking space requirement to one and one-half (1½) spaces per unit with findings that may include but are not limited to:

(1) Substantial evidence in the form of a parking study which indicates that two (2) spaces is excessive;

(2) The unit size mix is such that a reduced number of parking stalls is warranted;

(3) The proposed development is within close proximity to necessary services such as transit, employment, shopping, etc.;

(4) Sufficient guest parking has been provided elsewhere on the site.

b. No street parking shall be counted toward meeting the parking requirement;

c. Tandem parking shall not count toward the parking requirement. However, if covered parking is provided within a garage, each dwelling unit may tandem park in the front setback, if the garage and tandem parking spaces are associated with the same unit. Garage must be set back a minimum of twenty-five feet (25') measured from back of sidewalk or curb where no sidewalk exists to qualify for tandem parking. Interior of garage must be unobstructed and accessible to qualify as covered parking;

d. No parking area shall be located within the required front setback facing a public street, or more than four hundred feet (400') away from the premises it is intended to serve. All required parking shall be on site;

e. Minimum of two (2) bicycle parking per project and an additional two (2) per one hundred (100) vehicle parking spaces.

5. Guest Parking: For multifamily or townhouse housing projects there shall be provided guest parking spaces in the amount of one (1) guest parking space per three (3) dwelling units. The guest parking spaces shall be located on premises and within four hundred feet (400') of the dwelling unit they are intended to serve.

6. Parking Vehicles on Front Lawns or Setback Areas: Parking vehicles is prohibited on front lawns, sidewalks, required landscape area, front setback or street-side setback areas. Parking is permitted in the front setback on an approved paved surface. Parking is permitted in the side front setback area on gravel.

7. Short-Term Rental Parking: For each single-family and two (2) family short-term rental property:

a. A minimum of two (2) off-street parking spaces are required per unit, plus additional off-street parking so that a ratio of one (1) parking stall per bedroom is met. At least one (1) of the required stalls shall be covered;

b. On-street parking does not qualify for parking requirements. (Ord. 2019-10-002, 10-10-2019; amd. Ord. 2023-01-008, 1-5-2023)