READ ALONGSIDE THE SOURCE
Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1861--Adoption of the 2012 Land Development Code — reading text
Part 40 of 58. These parts divide the reading text for browsing; they are not the source document's page numbers.
Machine-extracted text — fwb-30436-original.pdf
Machine-extracted OCR text · Review label: Machine produced / unreviewed
Compare this copy with the preserved source. Review labels describe the recorded status of this file; they do not guarantee that the text is error-free. Spacing and line breaks are retained, with long lines wrapped to fit the screen.
rehabilitation, no overnight stays
Nursing home or convalescent facility, 1 per 4 beds plus I per I per 20 parking spaces
overnight stay employee on the largest shift
Offices, general or government I per 400 s. f. 1 er 10 arkin s aces
Pawn shops I per 300 s. f. 1 per IU puking spaces
Personal services, such as jewelry repair, I per 300 s. f. 1 per 10 parking spaces
shoe repair, tailoring, dry cleaning pick -up
center
Professional offices, accounting, I per 400 s. f. 1 per 10 parking spaces
government operations, legal services,
bookkeeping, realtors, broken, insurance,
etc.
Public service facilities such as fire I per employee on the largest 1 per 10 parking spaces
stations, emergency services, or public shift
works, includes vehicle storage and
maintenance
Recreation, indoor
Arcades I per 300s. f. I per 4 parking spaces
Po. Ubilliards 2 per table 1 per 4 parking spaces
Bowling 4 per alley plus accessory 1 per 4 parking spaces
uses
Skating rinks I per 100s.f. I per 4 parking spaces
Recreation, indoor, intense, such as, indoor I per 2 users based on I per 4 parking spaces
shooting range, indoor kart tracks, and computed capacity plus I per
similar uses employee on the largest shift
Recreation, outdoor, active, such as sports 2 per court plus I per 1, 000 1 per 4 parking spaces
fields, courts, pla rounds s. f. of the active use area
Recreation, randuor, intense
Go- kans track 1 per 2 users based on I per 4 parking spaces
computed capacity
Miniature golf I per hale plus I per I per 4 parking spaces
employee
Standm ds for I. an. portatian PaKe6 - II
Fort oaltun Brach
Vehicle spaces Bicycle spaces
Use
minimum) minimum
Lighted courts and fields 2 per court plus 1 per 1, 000 1 per 4 parking spaces
s. f. of the active use arc.
Water slides 1 per 2 users basal on 1 per 4 parking spaces
computed capacity
Recreation, outdoor. passive, such as I per 1000 s. f. of the active I per 4 parking spaces
picnic areas, trails, open spaces, includes use area
botanical gardens
Reli ious facility See supplemental standards 1 per 10 parking spaces
Repair shops, small equipment, small 1 per 300 st. I per 10 parking spaces
appliances, shoes, etc.
Restaurants, indoor, enclosed outdoor I per 100 s. f. (gross) 1 per parking spaces
seating, with or without drive- up windows -
Retail sales, not otherwise listed I per 300 s. f. I per 10 parking spaces
RV park or campground Sec supplemental standards None
Schools, aeademie, charter, public or
private
Elementary or middle school 1 per classroom plus I per 5 per parking space
employee
High school or college 1 per classroom plus I per 5 per parking space
employee plus 1 per 10
students
Schools, business, commercial, trade, I per classroom plus I per I per 10 parking spaces
Vocational employee plus I per 10
students
Self- storage. mini- storage facilities See supplemental standards None
Shopping center, multi- tenant I per 250 s. f I per 10 parking spaces
establishment
Studios for personal instruction, such as I per 300 s. f, I per 10 parking spaces
music, dancing, art, or photography
Terminals, bus, transit, includes truck stop 1 per employee on the largest I per 10 parking spaces
shift
Theaters, movie or performing arts I per 4 seats I per 10 parking spaces
Trades, maintenance services, and heavy I per employee on the largest I per 20 spaces
repair services, including outdoor storage, shift plus I per service bay
equipment yards, machine shops, welding
shops, towing services
Vehicle repair or body shop 3 per service bay 2 space,
Vehicle sales, showroom, office, and retail I per 400 s. f. 2 spaces
ace
Vehicles, storage yards I per employ ee 2 spaces
Veterinary clinic I per 200s. f. 1 per 20 parking spaces
Video and DVD rentals and sales I p er 30 s. f. I per 10 parking spaces
Warehousing, not including sclifservice I per employee on the largest I per 10 parking spaces
storage shift or I per each 1, 000 s. f,
whichever is less
Wholesalers 1 per employee on the largest I per 10 parking spaces
shift
6. 04. 03 Standards for Parking Lot Design
A. All off -street parking lots, other than single- family and duplex dwellings, shall be
designed to meet the following standards:
1. Parking and loading areas, access aisles, pedestrian walkways, landscaping, and
Slmulards for Transportatl +
an Pace 6 - 12
I ,, I 44 afton B, a" Land Dei cloomeat ( l' Jc
open space shall be designed as integral parts of an overall development plan and
shall properly relate to existing and proposed buildings.
2. For uses that involve the sale, repair, rental, or storage of vehicles, required off-
street parking spaces shall be identified for customers and distinguished from
spaces used for the vehicles that are an integral part of the business activity onsite.
3. The parking lot circulation system shall be contained on -site. Access from one
section of the parking lot to another section of the parking shall be entirely on-
site.
4. When dead -end parking bays are included, adequate and safe areas shall be
provided for backing and turning around.
5. Driveways and access aisles shall be interconnected with all existing driveways
and access aisles on abutting commercial properties. Where the abutting
commercial property is not developed, driveways and access aisles shall be
extended to the common property line, so that future interconnection is possible.
Each party to the interconnection shall be entitled to a ten ( 10) percent reduction
in the parking requirement. A cross -access easement agreement shall be provided
and determined to be acceptable to the City. Upon approval, the easement
agreement shall be recorded.
6. A parking lot shall be designed to prevent backing onto a public right- of-way,
other than an alley.
7. Access to each parking space shall be directly from an access aisle or driveway;
all required parking spaces shall be designed to permit entry and exit without
moving any other vehicle. No spaces shall be located directly in aisles or
driveways.
8. All parking and loading spaces shall be striped or otherwise marked to indicate
their location and area.
9. No parking space shall be located so as to block emergency access.
10. Fire lanes shall be posted with appropriate signage, approved by the fire marshal.
11. All parking spaces shall be delineated by bumper strips or painted curbs.
B. Parking lot design
1. The design and construction of a parking lot shall comply with the standards set
forth in the Engineering Standards Manual for Fort Walton Beach.
2. The dimensions of parking spaces and access aisles shall comply with the
standards set forth in the Engineering Standards Manual for Fart Walton Beach.
3. Required design standards for required bicycle parking spaces and facilities are
set forth in the Engineering Standards Manual for Fort Walton Beach.
6. 04.04 Standards for Loading Spaces
The required number of off-street loading spaces is shown in Table 6. 04. 04. The design and
construction of off -street loading spaces shall comply with the standards set forth in the
Engineering Standards Manual for Fort Walton Beach.
Table 6. 04.04. Required Off Street
