Article V. OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES

§ 21-385. Design and maintenance.

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(a)

Paving. All areas used for parking and maneuvering of vehicles, including all access driveways, shall be paved with a dustless, all-weather surfacing material capable of carrying a wheel load of 4,000 pounds.

(b)

Maintenance. All areas shall be maintained in a clean, orderly and dustfree condition at the expense of the Owner or lessee.

(c)

Drainage. All Parking Areas and access driveways shall be graded and drained so as to provide for the disposal of all surface water.

(d)

Marking. Individual stalls shall be marked with permanent lines, four to six inches wide.

(e)

Bumper guards and wheel stops . Every parking facility shall have bumper guards located adjacent to any Building or Structure, wall, fence, hedge, walkway, landscaped area, property line or parking stall, to protect Persons, Property, and other vehicles. Bumper guards and wheel stops may be removable.

(f)

Lighting. Adequate lighting shall be provided if off-street parking facilities are to be operated during hours of darkness after 6:00 p.m. The lighting shall be arranged and installed so as to reflect light away from adjacent Structures, premises, or Streets.

(g)

Separation between parking spaces and dwelling served. All parking spaces shall be separated from any exterior dwelling unit wall. In the Ocean Front (OF) and Business (B) Districts, the separation shall be at least six feet in width and shall be unpaved and landscaped.

(h)

Driveway location. Each access driveway shall be located on the Lot which it serves and designed so as to cause the least practical interference with the use of adjacent Property and with the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

(i)

Driveway width. In the Ocean Front (OF) and Business (B) Districts, access driveway widths shall have the following minimum dimensions:

(1)

A minimum of 12 feet for all one-way driveways; one-way driveways shall not exceed 15 feet in width.

(2)

A minimum of 20 feet for all two-way driveways; two-way driveways shall not exceed 30 feet in width.

(j)

Number of driveways. In the Ocean Front (OF) District, there shall be no more than three driveways for each 200 feet of street frontage on any lot, and no driveway shall be located closer than 20 feet to any side Lot Line.

(k)

Turnaround areas. All parking areas shall be arranged so that a vehicle shall not be required to enter a Street to move from one location to any other location within the parking facility.

(l)

Maneuvering and parking stall accessibility.

(1)

All parking facilities shall be arranged so that parking maneuvers can be accomplished without driving, maneuvering or encroaching into or upon any public right-of-way, walkway, or unpaved landscaped area within or adjoining the parking facility.

(2)

All parking stalls shall open directly upon a maneuvering or turnaround area, an access driveway, or an aisle leading to an access driveway, and shall be individually and continuously accessible, except as permitted in tandem parking.

(m)

Tandem parking. Tandem parking is a parking layout in which one or more automobiles must be moved in order to retrieve another automobile. Where tandem parking is employed, full-time parking attendants are required, and no self-parking shall be permitted, and tandem parking must not be more than two stalls in depth. The restrictions of this paragraph, requiring parking attendants and prohibiting self-parking, shall not apply if the tandem parking spaces which restrict access to one another are assigned to the same occupancy or dwelling unit, in accordance with a restrictive covenant filed in the official records of Miami-Dade County, Florida, and approved as to legal form and sufficiency by the Village Attorney. Where tandem parking is employed in a Special Business Improvement District, spaces shall not be limited to a two-stall depth but shall meet all other requirements for the Special Business Improvement Area.

(n)

Ramps. A maximum grade of five percent shall be permitted for sloped portions of sloping floor garages where ramps provide direct access to stalls. Interfloor ramps and ramps to and from the established Grade of any Street shall not exceed 12 percent, and no parking shall be permitted directly off these ramps.

(o)

Minimum dimensions. The following table provides the required minimum dimensions of parking facilities based on the explanatory diagram:

TABLE OF DIMENSIONS (IN FEET)

O	S	P	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	J	K
0°	8.0	22.0	0.0	22.0	8.0	8.0	12.0		0.0	0.0	28.0
	8.0	24.0	0.0	24.0	8.0	8.0	11.0		0.0	0.0	27.0
	8.0	26.0	0.0	26.0	8.0	8.0	10.0		0.0	0.0	26.0
30°	9.0	19.0	30.0	18.0	17.3	13.4	9.0		13.5	6.0	43.6
45°	9.0	19.0	19.8	12.7	19.8	16.6	10.0	16.0	6.4	9.0	49.6	92.8
	9.5	19.0	20.1	13.4	20.1	16.7	9.5	16.5	6.7	8.5	49.7	92.6
	10.0	19.0	20.5	14.1	20.4	16.9	9.0	17.0	7.0	8.0	49.8	92.6
60°	9.0	19.0	12.1	10.4	21.0	18.8	17.0	15.0	2.6	12.0	59.0	113.6
	9.5	19.0	12.3	11.0	21.3	18.9	15.5	15.0	2.8	11.5	58.1	111.4
	10.0	19.0	12.4	11.5	21.5	19.0	14.0	15.0	2.9	11.0	57.0	109.0
90°	9.0	19.0	0.0	9.0	19.0	19.0	25.0	20.0	0.0	0.0	63.0	126.0
	9.5	19.0	0.0	9.5	19.0	19.0	24.0	20.0	0.0	0.0	62.0	124.0
	10.0	19.0	0.0	10.0	19.0	19.0	23.0	20.0	0.0	0.0	61.0	122.0

(p)

Pedestrian access.

(1)

Each principal Structure shall be provided with not less than one pedestrian accessway between the Principal Building and Collins Avenue for each 200 feet of Lot frontage or portion thereof.

(2)

Accessways shall be a minimum of four feet in width, clearly marked, and physically designed to protect pedestrians from traffic circulation in off-street parking areas and driveways.

(q)

Special Business Improvement Area. These provisions shall supersede any other provisions in this section which may be in conflict.

(1)

Number of spaces.

Permanent Parking Ratio. 2.1 permanent parking spaces for each 1,000 square feet of 90 percent of gross floor area.

Flex Parking Ratio. Recognizing the seasonal nature of population, tourism, business activity and parking demand in the Village of Bal Harbour, parking plans whereby spaces designed and normally used for self-parking may be converted to valet parking layout and operations to increase the parking ratio to 2.9 parking spaces for each 1,000 square feet of 90 percent of the gross floor area and higher. The capacity of the parking facility in the valet parking layout shall be used in determining the adequacy of the parking supply. The valet layout need not be striped or have bumper guards or wheel stops. In the event the property owner intends to utilize flex parking for more than six continuous months, the property owner shall provide written notice to the Village Manager of the scope of its intended use.

Reductions in Permanent and Flex Parking Ratios. The permanent parking ratio may be reduced below 2.1 but no lower than 1.8 permanent parking spaces, and the flex parking ratio may be reduced below 2.9 but no lower than 2.3 flex parking spaces, upon presentation of a professionally acceptable parking report by a parking expert demonstrating that over the immediate prior twenty-four consecutive months, parking utilization in the facility remained below the proposed reductions in the permanent and flex parking ratios 85 percent of the time. The analysis of the permanent parking ratio shall exclude peak season (peak season is defined as November 1 to April 1, excluding the week of Thanksgiving, December 16 to January 2, and the week of Art Basel).

(2)

Off-site location. Within the Special Business Improvement Area, during periods of construction that will increase gross floor area or alter traffic circulation, and which temporarily reduce the availability of on-site parking, required parking may be provided on a Lot other than the Lot on which the Structure or use served is located, provided that:

The number of required parking spaces located off-site shall not exceed 50 percent of the required parking.

The off-site parking shall be located within a reasonable walking distance (1,320 feet) of the land use served, or if outside a reasonable walking distance:

A dedicated shuttle service appropriate to the needs of the parkers at the off-site facility shall be provided, or

Valet parking service shall be provided on-site.

An agreement assuring that the spaces will be available to the land use must be executed if the spaces are owned or controlled by a party other than the property owner of the land use served. Such agreement shall be terminable only upon approval of the Village Manager, which shall be granted upon a showing that sufficient on-site or alternate off-site parking is available to meet the parking requirements of the primary use, and shall be approved as to form and content by the Village Attorney and Village Manager.

(3)

Ramps. A maximum grade of six percent shall be permitted for sloped portions of sloping floor garages where ramps provide direct access to stalls. Interfloor ramps and ramps to and from the established Grade of any Street shall not exceed 14 percent, and no parking shall be permitted directly off these ramps. For any ramp over ten percent, a transition ramp at least ten feet long and at least half the slope of the main ramp shall be provided.

(4)

Marking. Individual stalls shall be marked with permanent lines, four to six inches wide. Plaza areas which are used for parking part-time need not be so marked and are not required to have bumper guards or wheel stops.

(5)

Bumper guards and wheel stops. Every surface parking facility shall have bumper guards located adjacent to any Building or Structure, wall, fence, hedge, walkway, landscaped area, property line or parking stall, to protect Persons, Property, and other vehicles. Bumper guards and wheel stops may be removable and are not required in Plaza areas.

(6)

Minimum dimensions. Parking layouts shall conform to the minimum requirements of this section.

Definitions (see also Figure 1):

• Angle (θ): The angle of rotation of the stall from a position parallel to the wall or edge of the module to the desired angle of parking, in degrees.

• Stall Width Projection (WP): The running dimension parallel to the wall or module edge of a stall rotated to the associated angle. (WP = stall width/sin θ).

• Module (M): The out-to-out dimension of two rows of parked vehicles and the drive aisle between. M= VP+A+VP. Where single-loaded parking aisles (i.e., parking stalls on only one side of the drive aisle) are provided, then Madj = M-VP.

• Vehicle Projection (VP): The rotation of a design vehicle six feet seven inches wide by 17 feet three inches to the desired angle plus an allowance of nine inches clear distance between the parked vehicle and the wall or module edge, measured perpendicular to the wall or module edge.

• Aisle (A): The drive aisle serving rows of parked vehicles. (A = M-2*VP).

• Interlock (i): An adjustment of the module for a parking design which has overlapping stalls. (i = SW/(2*cos θ)). Where stalls on only one side of the aisle are interlocked, then Madj = M-i. Where stalls on both sides of the module are interlocked, then Madj = M-2*i.

• Overhang (o): A dimension for the maximum permissible distance of a curb or wheel stop from the edge of the module so as to not reduce the effective dimensions below the minimum required. (o = 2'6"/sin θ).

• Wall offset (WO): The appropriate dimension to start the back end of a stall stripe from a wall, face of column or other delineation, in order to maintain the specified stall width.

• Stripe Projections (SP): The recommended maximum projection of a stripe, perpendicular to the wall or edge of module. It is not necessary or desirable to extend the stripe either to the VP or the full length of a stall rotated to the desired angle.

• Stripe offset (SO): The projection parallel to the wall or module edge of a stall stripe extending to the stripe projection; used in laying out parking stalls to be sure that parked vehicles do not encroach on adjacent spaces, such as turning bays or aisles.

Table 1: Minimum Required Parking Dimensions

Angle of Parking	Stall Width		Module	Vehicle Projection	Aisle	Interlock		Over- hang	Wall Offset	Stripe Offset
	9'0"	8'6"				9'0"	8'6"
θ	WP	WP	M	VP	A	i	i	o	WO	SO
45	12'9"	12'0"	48'0"	17'8"	12'8"	3'2"	3'0"	1'9"	10'8"	16'6"
50	11'9"	11'1"	49'9"	18'3"	13'3"	2'11"	2'9"	1'11"	9'5"	13'10"
55	11'0"	10'5"	51'0"	18'8"	13'8"	2'7"	2'5"	2'1"	8'3"	11'7"
60	10'5"	9'10"	52'6"	19'0"	14'6"	2'3"	2'2"	2'2"	7'2"	9'6"
65	9'11"	9'5"	53'9"	19'2"	15'5"	1'11"	1'10"	2'3"	6'1"	7'8"
70	9'7"	9'1"	55'0"	19'3"	16'6"	1'6"	1'5"	2'4"	5'0"	6'0"
75	9'4"	8'10"	56'0"	19'1"	17'10"	1'2"	1'1"	2'5"	3'10"	4'5"
Angles of parking between 76 and 89 degrees not permitted.
90	9'0"	8'6"	60'0"	18'0"	24'0"	0'0"	0'0"	2'6"	1'0"	0'0"

Notes to Table 1:

Nine-foot stalls shall be used except that eight-foot six-inch stalls may be used for the following uses: residential, general business offices, data processing/telemarketing/operations offices, industrial, storage/wholesale, utility, and educational (except for spaces serving cultural/recreational/entertainment uses at educational campuses.)

Dimensions may be interpolated for angles between 45 and 75 degrees.

All dimensions based on Design Vehicle of six feet seven inches by 17 feet three inches, parked nine inches from front of stall.

Light poles and columns may protrude into a parking module a maximum of two feet combined as long as they do not impact more than 25 percent of the stalls. For example, either a one-foot encroachment on both sides of the aisle, or a two-foot encroachment on one side only, is acceptable.

Interlock reductions cannot be taken where there is encroachment by columns, light poles or other obstructions for more than 25 percent of the stalls in the bay.

All dimensions rounded to the nearest inch.

Aisles and corresponding modules are for two way traffic flow for 90-degree parking and one-way traffic flow for angled parking between 45 and 75 degrees.

For two-way traffic flow and angled parking, a minimum 24-foot aisle is required.

Parallel parking stalls to be eight feet by 22 feet, with 12-foot travel lane. For parallel parking along a two-way drive, a minimum aisle of 24 feet is required.

(7)

Valet Parking Layouts: When parking spaces are employed in a permanent valet parking operation, or in a Flex Parking operation as defined in this article, they shall be not less than eight feet three inches wide and the stall length shall be not less than 17 feet six inches. The aisle widths for valet parking must provide reasonable maneuvering space for the valet operation, but need not conform to the requirements for self-parking contained in Table 1.

At least 80 percent of obstructed stalls must be arranged so that no more than one vehicle needs to be moved in order to retrieve another vehicle. In no case shall more than two vehicles need to be moved in order to retrieve another vehicle.

(8)

Mechanical Parking: Mechanical parking, including mechanical lifts and stackers, shall be permitted and shall count towards permanent or flex parking ratios. Mechanical parking may not be placed in surface parking lots located along Collins Avenue or 96th Street. Mechanical parking structures shall not be interpreted to be structures as defined by this Chapter, and shall be subject to the screening requirements of Section 21-386.

(Ord. No. 169, § 7-5, 6-29-74; Ord. No. 448, § 1, 4-18-00; Ord. No. 595, § 5, 5-16-17; Ord. No. 613, § 2, 12-18-18)

                    
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