Off-Street Parking & Loading Spaces

Per City Ordinance 405.570, at the time of erection of a new structure, or at the time of enlargement or change in use of an existing structure within any district in the City, the minimum off-street parking or loading spaces shall be provided as established below:
  1. Automotive sales and service; new and used motor vehicles; mobile homes, trailers, and rental establishments: One (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of enclosed total building floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each three thousand (3,000) square feet of open sales or lot area.
  2. Automotive washing establishments and car washes: Queuing spaces for waiting automobiles equal to two (2) times the maximum capacity for each wash rack, measured by the greatest number of automobiles undergoing some phase of laundering at the same time plus one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees.
  3. Bowling alley: Five (5) parking spaces for each alley.
  4. Business, professional or public office building, studio, bank, medical or dental clinic: Three (3) parking spaces plus one (1) additional parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of floor area over one thousand (1,000) square feet.
  5. Church or temple: One (1) parking space for each eight (8) seats in the main auditorium.
  6. Commercial or light manufacturing office/warehouse space, or self-storage for purposes solely related to dispatching work, clerical work or personal storage not related to retail sales or other uses indicated elsewhere: Three (3) parking spaces plus one (1) parking space for each employee employed therein.
  7. Community center, library, museum or art gallery: Ten (10) parking spaces plus one (1) additional space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area in excess of two thousand (2,000) feet.
  8. Dance or gymnastics studio, dance hall, assembly or exhibition hall without fixed seats: One (1) parking space for each five (5) persons based upon designed maximum occupancy.
  9. Dance or gymnastics studio, dance hall, assembly or exhibition hall with fixed seats: One (1) parking space for each five (5) seats.
  10. Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service, clothing or shoe repair or service shop: Two (2) parking spaces plus one (1) additional parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area over one thousand (1,000) feet.
  11. Gas station, convenience stores or similar retail/service establishment: One (1) parking space for each three hundred fifty (350) square feet of total building floor area plus one (1) parking space for each three (3) seats of on-site seating, but not less than ten (10) parking spaces shall be provided. Service area at gas pumps shall not be counted as parking spaces.
  12. Golf club: One (1) parking space for each five (5) members.
  13. High schools, colleges, universities or trade schools: One (1) parking space for each employee, plus two (2) parking spaces for each three (3) commuting students during the greatest attendance period. All parking for additional uses shall be calculated separately.
  14. Hospital: One (1) parking space for each four (4) beds.
  15. Hotel: One (1) parking space for each three (3) sleeping rooms or suites plus one (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of commercial floor area contained therein.
  16. Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, creamery, bottling plant, warehouse or similar establishment: One (1) parking space for every two (2) employees on the maximum working shift plus parking space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith.
  17. Mortuary or funeral home: One (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor space in slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms.
  18. Printing or plumbing shop or similar service establishment: One (1) parking space for each three (3) persons employed therein.
  19. Private club or lodge: One (1) parking space for every ten (10) members.
  20. Restaurant, nightclub, cafe or similar recreation or amusement establishment: One (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area.
  21. Retail store or personal service establishment, except as otherwise specified herein: One (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.
  22. Rooming house or boarding house: One (1) parking space for each two (2) sleeping rooms.
  23. Sanatorium, convalescent home, nursing home or assisted care facility, not including retirement communities: One (1) parking space for each three (3) beds, plus one (1) for each two (2) employees on the longest shift.
  24. School (except high school or college): One (1) parking space for each ten (10) seats in the auditorium or main assembly room, or one (1) parking space for each classroom, whichever is greater.
  25. Sports arena, stadium or gymnasium (except school): One (1) parking space for each five (5) seats or seating spaces.
  26. Theater or auditorium (except school): One (1) parking space for each five (5) seats or bench seating spaces.
  27. Tourist home or motel: One (1) parking space for each sleeping room or suite.

Accessibility
Based on Missouri State House Bill number 55, new parking lots, additions or expansions, and whenever an existing parking lot is re-striped, one in every four accessible spaces, but not less than one, shall be served by an access aisle a minimum of ninety-six (96) inches wide and shall be designated “Lift Van Accessible Only”. Each of these signs will include the international symbol of accessibility and will include the penalty fine of fifty (50) to three hundred (300) dollars. No new or replacement sign shall contain the words “Handicap Parking” or “Handicapped Parking”