Wichita - Sedgwick County Parking Requirements
| LAND USE | NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRED |
|---|---|
| Accessory Apartment | One per accessory apartment |
| Assisted Living | .35 per unit |
| Boarding House | One per housekeeping unit plus one per each boarder/lodger |
| Dormitory | One per two occupants based on maximum design capacity |
| Duplex | One per Dwelling Unit |
| Fraternity or Sorority | One per resident and house parent, plus 1 guest space per four residents; 1 per 250 sq. ft. if not used for residential purposes |
| Group Home | One per Dwelling Unit |
| Group Residence, Limited or General | One per bedroom |
| Manufactured Home | 1 per Dwelling Unit |
| Manufactured Home Park | 1 per Dwelling Unit |
| Manufactured Home Subdivision | 1 per Dwelling Unit |
| Mobile Food Unit in the City | Parking Study |
| Multi-family | 1.25 per efficiency and one-bedroom Dwelling Unit; 1.75 per two bedroom or larger Dwelling Unit |
| Single-family | One per Dwelling Unit |
| Auditorium, Athletic field or stadium, outdoor | .33 per seat |
| Auditorium, Athletic field or stadium, indoor | .33 per seat |
| Cemetery | Parking study |
| Church, Place of Worship or Theatre (live performance) | One per four seats based on room or space with maximum seating capacity |
| Community Assembly, concentrated (e.g. auction rooms, auditoriums, lodge rooms, reviewing stands, etc. which typically do not have fixed seats, but if chairs are provided they are not accompanied by a table) | One per 21 sq. ft. used for community assembly |
| Community Assembly, less concentrated-assembly areas that may have fixed seats and tables (e.g. bingo parlors, conference rooms, exhibit rooms, stages, etc.) | One per 45 square feet used for community assembly |
| Correctional Facility | One per employee in the largest working shift, plus one per each resident who is permitted to drive |
| Correctional Placement Residence, Limited or General | One per employee in the largest working shift, plus one per each resident who is permitted to drive |
| Day Care Center, Limited, General | One per teacher/employee, plus one per vehicle used in center, plus one per ten children based on enrollment above 12 |
| Day Reporting Center | One per 333 square feet |
| Golf Course | Four per hole, plus one per practice tee, plus one per 400 square feet of pro shop concession area |
| Government Service | One per 333 square feet |
| Hospital and Convalescent Care Facilities | One per five beds, plus one per employee in the largest working shift |
| Library | One per 400 square feet |
| Neighborhood Swimming Pool | One per 110 square feet of pool area, plus one per 100 square feet of clubhouse area excluding re- strooms and dressing rooms |
| Nursing Facility | One per five beds plus one per employee |
| Parks and Recreation | Parking study |
| Recycling Collection Station, Private, Public | None required so long as collection boxes do not take up required parking spaces; if required spaces are occupied by collection boxes then additional spaces equal to the minimum required shall be pro- vided |
| Recycling Processing Center | One per employee for commercial use; one per 1,000 square feet for public dropoff |
| Reverse Vending Machine | .5 per machine |
| School, Elementary | One per teacher /employee, plus five visitor spaces |
| School, Middle | One per teacher/employee, plus ten visitor spaces |
| School, High | One per teacher/employee, plus one per five students |
| Safety Service | One per employee per largest shift |
| University or College | One per employee, plus one per three students |
| Utility, Major | One per employee |
| Utility, Minor | None required |
| Airport or Airstrip | Parking study |
| Animal Care, Limited | One per 333 square feet |
| Animal Care, General | One per 333 square feet |
| Automated Teller Machine | If located on a site with another office or commer- cial use 0 additional spaces are required; if the ATM is a stand-alone use then one per ATM is re- quired; queuing is required per Sec. IV-A.11 |
| Bank or Financial Institution | One per 333 square feet |
| Bed and Breakfast Inn | Same as Hotel / Motel |
| Billiard center or pool hall | One per 125 square feet of customer area |
| Bowling center | Four per lane |
| Broadcast/Recording Studio | One per 333 square feet |
| Car Wash (with dryer) | Queuing requirements only |
| Car Wash (without dryer) | Two per stall |
| Construction Sales and Service | One per 500 square feet for sales area plus warehouse parking standard |
| Convenience Store | One per 333 square feet |
| Dance Hall | One per 45 square feet |
| Farmers Market in the City | One per 333 square feet of exhibition and sales area |
| Flea market | One per 333 square feet exhibition and sales area |
| Funeral Home | One per three seats |
| Go-cart / skateboard track | One per 800 square feet of track area |
| Golf, miniature | One per hole |
| Golf driving range or batting cage | One per tee or cage |
| Health club / fitness center | One per 150 square feet |
| Heliport | Parking study |
| Hotel or Motel | One per guest room, plus one per 250 square feet used for retail purposes, professional and service facilities, offices, meeting rooms, recreational spac- es (space designated for storage closet or utility need not be included in computation); one per five occupants required for tavern and drinking estab- lishment, club or restaurant that is contained with- in a hotel / motel |
| Kennel, Hobby | One per outside employee |
| Kennel, Boarding, Breeding or Training | Parking study required |
| Marine Facility, Recreational | Parking study required |
| Medical Service | One per 333 square feet |
| Microbrewery | One per 500 square feet |
| Monument Sales | One per 333 square feet |
| Museum/gallery | One per 333 square feet |
| Nightclub in the City | One per two occupants |
| Nightclub in the County | One per two occupants |
| Nursery and Garden Center | One per 333 square feet of office/sales area plus one per 2,500 square feet of plant display area |
| Office, General | One per 333 square feet |
| Pawnshop | One per 333 square feet |
| Personal Care Service | One per 333 square feet |
| Personal Improvement Service | One per 333 square feet |
| Post Office Substation | One per 333 square feet of office area plus warehouse standard |
| Printing and Copying, Limited or General | One per 333 square feet |
| Recreation and Entertainment, Indoor | Parking study |
| Recreation and Entertainment, Outdoor | Parking study |
| Recreational Vehicle Campground | One per camping space |
| Restaurant | One per three seats |
| Retail, General, (except ”large item,” below) | One per 333 square feet for the first 400,000 square feet, plus one per 250 square feet for Building Floor Area between 400,001 and 600,000 square feet, plus one per 225 square feet for Building Floor Area over 600,000 square feet |
| Retail, General, large item (e.g. furniture, applianc- es, carpet, and machinery) | One per 500 square feet |
| Riding Academy or Stable | Parking study |
| Rodeo in the City | Parking study |
| Secondhand Store | One per 333 square feet |
| Service Station | One per 333 square feet of sales area |
| Sexually Oriented Business in the City | Retail, nightclub or theater standard depending on underlying use |
| Sexually Oriented Business in the County | Retail, nightclub or theater standard depending on underlying use |
| Skating rink | One per 333 square feet rink, plus one per 75 square feet of observation deck area |
| Swimming pool, public | One per 70 square feet of pool area, plus one per 100 square feet of associated building assembly area, plus one per three spectators |
| Tattooing and Body Piercing Facility in the City | One per 333 square feet |
| Tattooing and Body Piercing Facility in the County | One per 333 square feet |
| Tavern and Drinking Establishment | One per two occupants, except no additional parking for initial 16 occupants in outdoor seating area |
| Tennis / racquetball courts | Three per court |
| Theater, indoor | One per three seats |
| Vehicle and Equipment Sales, Outdoor | One per 500 square feet of building floor area, plus two spaces for the first 10,000 square feet of lot ar- ea used for sales or storage purposes, plus one space for each 10,000 square feet of lot area used for sales, display or storage purposes thereafter (Parking Spaces required per the Lot Area calcula- tion shall be located near the entrance of the busi- ness and shall be signed for “Customer Parking On- ly”) |
| Vehicle Repair, General | One per 500 square feet, plus three spaces |
| Vehicle Repair, Limited | One per 333 square feet, plus three spaces |
| Vocational School | One per teacher/employee, plus one per three students |
| Warehouse, Self-Service Storage | One per employee plus one per 8,000 square feet of floor area but in no case shall there be less than five spaces |
| Wireless Communication Facility | None required |
| INDUSTRIAL, MANUFACTURING AND EXTRACTIVE | |
| Asphalt or Concrete Plant, Limited | One per employee parking on-site |
| Asphalt or Concrete Plant, General | One per employee plus office standard |
| Basic Industry | One per employee plus office or warehouse standard |
| Construction Burn Site, Limited | None required |
| Construction Burn Site, General | One per employee |
| Freight Terminal | One per 333 square feet of office use plus ware- house standard |
| Gas and/or Fuel Storage and Sales | One per employee plus office use |
| Hazardous Operations | Parking study |
| Landfill | One per employee plus office use |
| Manufacturing, limited or general | One per 500 square feet |
| Mining or Quarrying | One per employee plus office use |
| Oil and Gas Drilling | None required |
| Research Services | One per 333 square feet |
| Rock Crushing | One per employee |
| Solid Waste Incinerator | One per employee plus office use |
| Storage, Outdoor, as a Principal Use | One per 10,000 square feet |
| Transfer Station | One per employee plus office use |
| Vehicle Storage Yard | One per 10,000 square feet |
| Warehousing | One per 2,000 square feet of the first 20,000 square feet of building floor area, plus one per 5,000 square feet of building floor area over 20,000 square feet |
| Welding or Machine Shop | One per 500 square feet |
| Wholesale or Business Services | One per 2,500 square feet of warehouse storage |
| Wrecking/Salvage Yard | One per 333 square feet of office or retail sales area, plus 1 per 2,000 square feet of building floor area used for warehousing of salvaged parts; plus one per 43,500 square feet of outdoor storage area |
| AGRICULTURAL | |
| Agriculture | None required |
| Agricultural Processing | Parking study |
| Agricultural Research | Parking study |
| Agricultural Sales and Service | One per 500 square feet, plus two spaces per 10,000 square feet of vehicle and equipment sales area |
| Grain Storage | Parking study |
a. Unless noted otherwise, “square feet” means “gross floor area” or “gross leasable area,” whichever is
determined by OCI to be the appropriate category on which to make the calculation.
b. Parking study indicates that the applicant may submit a parking demand analysis that substantiates
the number of spaces proposed by the applicant. If an analysis is not submitted, staff will select
a use that is most similar to the proposed use and use that parking standard.
Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Zoning Code 177
ARTICLE IV
SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
SECTIONS
A. OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
The parking requirements shown here are the typical required parking standards for the city of Wichita. Variance or exclusions to the parking count requirements could be allowed by the code for a specific project. The city of Wichita parking requirements are for general information. The Wichita standard parking requirements for an area can be modified by zoning overlays or other Wichita parking code requirements specific to each project.