How much parking does a restaurant need in Shelby Township?

A sit-down restaurant or lounge needs 1 space per 100 square feet of floor area, or 1 space per 2 persons of maximum occupancy, whichever is greater (Section 5.21.B). Fast-food and drive-in restaurants need 1 per 150 square feet, and carry-out-only shops need 1 per 75 square feet; those three numbers are exactly as printed in the Section 5.21.B schedule, cell-verified against the table.

A drive-through adds stacking: at least 6 stacking spaces per service lane for restaurants (4 for banks, pharmacies, and similar), each 22 by 10 feet, counted from the ordering microphone; the Planning Commission can reduce this only with a research-based study (Section 5.21.A.11). Floor area means 100 percent of gross floor area measured from inside the exterior walls (Section 5.21.A.9), fractional spaces round up (Section 5.21.A.8), and parking must sit within 300 feet of the use (Section 5.21.A.6).

Spaces are 9 by 18 feet with paved surfaces and curbs; shared parking between uses with non-overlapping peak hours is possible by agreement recorded with the county (Section 5.21.C; Section 5.21.A.5). Watch the district context too: fast-food needs special land use approval in C-2 when the site abuts single-family property, and drive-throughs are not permitted in C-4 or C-6 (Section 3.14.C; Section 3.16.B; Section 3.18.E).