Parking and loading areas.
Huntsville Code of Ordinances, App. A, art. 53, § 53.5
in effect53.5. - Parking and loading areas.
53.5.1. The minimum number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided and maintained as follows:
(1) Day care and nurseries: One space for each staff member plus one space for each ten children permitted plus a passenger loading space situated so that children will not have to cross a parking area or lanes of traffic.
(2) Hotels and motels: One space for each room or unit offered for rent.
(3) Lounges: One space per 100 square feet of gross floor area plus one space per employee on the largest shift.
(4) Medical clinics and medical offices: One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
(5) Office buildings: One space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area.
(6) Restaurants: One space per 100 square feet of gross floor area plus one space per employee on the largest shift.
(7) Retail sales and service establishments: One space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.
(8) Required off street parking may be located within the research park commercial district boundary without respect to the use said parking is to serve, so long as the total provided off street parking is not less than the cumulative total required by all permitted uses within the district boundary.
53.5.2. Off street parking, including parking structures, loading areas and vehicular access ways, except as necessary to cross a required yard, shall not be permitted within 20 feet of any boundary of the research park commercial district.
53.5.3. Parking shall be paved and properly drained and have curbs and gutters. No parking shall be permitted any place other than paved parking areas.
53.5.4 Loading areas shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of each use. Loading areas shall not be placed within any front yard and shall be screened from view from public rights-of-way by the use of a six-foot high wall or by a combination of live plant materials that is opaque from the ground to a height of at least six feet during all seasons of the year.
53.5.5. Required bicycle parking spaces and facilities shall be provided as set forth in article 76 hereof.
(Ord. No. 98-52, § 1, 2-26-1998; Ord. No. 05-013, § 2, 2-10-2005; Ord. No. 10-507, § 2, 8-26-2010; Ord. No. 15-481, § 1, 8-27-2015)
Source: City of Huntsville, Alabama, publisher code (Municode) + enacted ordinances (City Council/Legistar)URL: https://library.municode.com/al/huntsville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_APXAZOOR_ART53REPACODIRE_53.5PALOARFetched: 11/6/2026