Parking in City of Novi, MI

Two spaces per dwelling unit with two or fewer bedrooms, and 2.5 spaces per unit with three or more bedrooms (Section 5.2.12.A). Parking and drives may not sit closer than 25 feet to a dwelling wall with living-area openings, 8 feet to a blank wall, or 20 feet to any street right-of-way or property line, and at most 30 percent of a required yard may be used for parking or drives (Section 3.8.2.E; Section 3.8.2.F).

Two spaces per dwelling unit with two or fewer bedrooms and 2.5 spaces per unit with three or more bedrooms (Section 5.2.12.A), with the same parking placement rules as RM-1: 25 feet from dwelling walls with openings, 20 feet from rights-of-way and property lines (Section 3.8.2.F).

Key ratios (Section 5.2.12): retail stores 1 space per 200 square feet of gross leasable area; business and professional offices 1 per 222 square feet up to 100,000 square feet; banks 1 per 150 square feet; sit-down restaurants 1 per 70 square feet of gross floor area, or 1 per 2 employees plus 1 per 2 customers allowed under maximum capacity including waiting areas, whichever is greater; beauty and barber shops 3 per chair for the first two chairs. Spaces must be on the same parcel or within 300 feet of the building served (Section 5.2.3).

Key ratios (Section 5.2.12): retail 1 per 200 square feet of gross leasable area; planned shopping centers 1 per 250 square feet (4 per 1,000) under 400,000 square feet; sit-down restaurants 1 per 70 square feet, or 1 per 2 employees plus 1 per 2 customers allowed under maximum capacity including waiting areas, whichever is greater; theaters 1 per 3.4 seats plus 1 per 2 employees; hotels 0.85 per room plus 1 per employee on the largest shift; offices 1 per 222 square feet up to 100,000 square feet. Off-street parking must be within 300 feet of the building it serves (Section 5.2.3).

Key ratios (Section 5.2.12): retail 1 per 200 square feet of gross leasable area; sit-down restaurants 1 per 70 square feet, or 1 per 2 employees plus 1 per 2 customers allowed under maximum capacity including waiting areas, whichever is greater; fast food restaurants 1 per 2 employees plus 1 per 2 customers of capacity plus drive-through stacking per Section 5.3.11; fueling stations with service garage 2 per bay plus 1 per pump stand plus 1 per service vehicle; motor vehicle sales 1 per 200 square feet of salesroom plus 1 per service stall; auto washes 2 plus 1 per employee plus 1 per vacuum station; mini-lubes 2.5 per service bay.

Industrial or research establishments: 1 space per 700 square feet of usable floor area, or 5 spaces plus 1 per 1.5 employees on the largest shift, whichever is greater (Section 5.2.12.E). Warehouses: 1 per 700 square feet of usable floor area, reducible with Planning Commission approval where surplus land is banked (Section 5.2.12.E; Section 5.2.14). Offices: 1 per 222 square feet of gross leasable area up to 100,000 square feet. Automobile service: 2 per service bay plus 1 per employee. Self-storage: 1 per 100 units, minimum 5.

Industrial or research establishments: 1 space per 700 square feet of usable floor area or 5 plus 1 per 1.5 employees on the largest shift, whichever is greater; warehouses 1 per 700 square feet with a landbanking option (Section 5.2.12.E; Section 5.2.14). Automobile service: 2 per service bay plus 1 per employee, with no outdoor storage of wrecked or unplated vehicles (Section 5.2.12.E).

Planned commercial or shopping centers: 1 space per 250 square feet of gross leasable area (4.0 per 1,000) for centers under 400,000 square feet, scaling to 1 per 222 square feet (4.5 per 1,000) at 600,000 square feet and larger (Section 5.2.12.C). If restaurants, cinemas, and entertainment exceed 20 percent of a center's floor area, a shared parking study sets the ratio, and any single use over 30,000 square feet is calculated at its own standard (Section 5.2.12.C).

Residential in the TC districts: 1 space per efficiency or one-bedroom unit and 2 spaces per unit with two or more bedrooms (Section 4.82.2). Parking must be within the building, in an attached structure, or in a designated area within 300 feet, and individual garages may not face the street on a front facade (Section 4.82, item 4). Commercial ratios follow the Section 5.2.12 schedule, and the Planning Commission may approve shared-parking reductions supported by a shared parking study (Section 5.2.7).

One- and two-family homes need 2 off-street spaces per dwelling unit (Section 5.2.12.A). Residential parking must be on the premises it serves; for other uses, parking must be on the same parcel or within 300 feet along a pedestrian route (Section 5.2.3; Section 5.2.4). Fractions over one-half round up (Section 5.2.10), and existing parking may not be reduced below the ordinance requirement (Section 5.2.6).

Commercial vehicles may not be parked on residentially zoned property except for loading or while performing work, with a narrow exception for one work vehicle up to 7,000 pounds empty weight that is a resident's principal transportation, excluding dump trucks, stake trucks, flatbeds, semi-tractors, and cube vans (Section 5.1.9).

Recreational equipment and trailers may park anywhere on a residential premises up to 72 consecutive hours for loading and trip preparation; longer storage must be in a side or rear yard if under 6 feet tall, or in the rear yard or a nonrequired side yard under the accessory building rules if taller (Section 5.1.1 through 5.1.3). Stored equipment must be owned or registered to the occupant, kept licensed and in good repair, never used for living quarters, and at most one motor home may be stored on a residential premises (Section 5.1.4 through 5.1.7).