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New Franklin Off-Street Parking Requirements ordinance (§ 405.170)

Chapter 405: Zoning Code · Article III. Supplementary District Regulations

A. Off-Street Parking Requirements-General. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided as follows:

1. Two (2) spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit.

2. One (1) space shall be provided for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area devoted to office use or commercial businesses.

3. Two (2) spaces shall be provided for every three (3) employees on the premises on the maximum work shift for manufacturing plants, commercial bakeries, creameries, bottling plants, warehouses, lumberyards and research and testing laboratories.

B. Off-Street Parking Requirements For Specific Uses.

1. The indicated number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each of the following uses:

UseNumber of Required Spaces
Hotel, motel or dormitoryOne (1) space for each sleeping room or suite.
Homes for convalescent or agedOne (1) space for every three (3) sleeping rooms or
suites.
Churches, assembly halls, auditoriums, theaters,One (1) space for each five (5) permanent seats.
cafes, restaurants, mortuaries, taverns or nightclubs
Wholesale sales, offices, frozen food lockers,One (1) space for each eight hundred (800) square
furniture stores, automobile service garages,feet of floor area.
machinery and automobile sales, public buildings
Bowling alleysThree (3) spaces for each alley.

2. In all districts, the off-street parking shall be provided on the same lot on which the principal structure is located or on a lot which is not more than one hundred (100) feet from the lot on which the main building is located.

C. Exceptions To Off-Street Parking Requirements.

1. No off-street parking spaces shall be required in the two (2) block area fronting on Broadway Avenue and bounded by Mechanic Street, Howard Street, Merchant Street and Missouri Avenue.

2. Existing churches located in any zoning district which are totally or partially destroyed shall be permitted to rebuild on the same site, provided that the number of parking spaces existing at the time of the destruction shall not be reduced in number. In the event the church is reconstructed on a new site, the building must then conform to all of the regulations for the district in which it is located including these off-street parking regulations.

Official source: New Franklin City Code, page 34 of the city's PDF

Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.