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Date: December 5, 2007
To: Planning Division
From: Jeri Ram, Community Development Director
Subject: Zoning Ordinance interpretation, Parking Requirements for Medical and Dental
Offices
Chapter 8.76, Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations, indicates parking requirements by
use type. Section 8.76.080.D includes parking requirements for both professional office uses
and health services/clinics. The parking requirements for each use is identified below:
Office — 1 space per 250 square feet (the requirement decreases based on the size of
the project)
Health Services/Clinics — 1 space per 150 square feet
Chapter 8.08, Definitions, of the Zoning Ordinance includes definitions of both professional
office and health services/clinics. The definitions are as follows:
"Health Services/Clinics (use type). The term Health Services/Clinics shall
mean service establishments primarily engaged in providing outpatient medical,
mental health sur•ical and other •ersonal health services includin•: medical,
dental, psychiatric, medical and health care such as acupressurists,
acupuncturists, chiropractors, chiropodists, dentists, doctors of oriental medicine,
herbalists, medical doctors, physical therapists, podiatrists, psychiatrists,
optometrists, or other health professionals determined to be substantially similar
to the above by the Director of Community Development. Clinics may include
accessory retail pharmacies."
"Office - Professional/Administrative (use type). The term Office
Professional/Administrative shall mean an office or office building for the conduct
of business, administration or professional services, where these activities do not
include the manufacture, storage, display except for samples,,or sale at retail of
any merchandise on the premise, including but not limited to the following types
of occupancy: accountant, advertising agency, architect, attorney, broker (stock
and bond), business consultant,, business management;chiropodist, chiropractor,
collecting agency, dentist, employment agency, engineer, financial services,
industrial management, insurance, landscape architect, loan agency, medical
doctor, mortgage company, optometrist, osteopath, philanthropic or charitable
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organization, public utilities, real estate, sales representative, secretarial,
telephone answering, travel agent, telecommuting center or other uses
determined to be substantially similar to the above by the Director of Community
Development."
As shown above, both the "Office-Professional/Administrative" and the "Heath
Services/Clinics" use types include doctor, dental and similar medical offices. As a result,
parking requirements may have been applied inconsistently in the past.
Most medical and dental offices in the City have been approved with a parking requirement of
one parking stall per 250 sq. ft. A review of the APA Parking Standards book indicates that
most cities have a parking requirement of one parking stall per 250 sq. ft.
In accordance with Section 8.04.060 of the Dublin Zoning Ordinance, the Community
Development Director has made the following interpretation
All Health Services/Clinics shall have a parking requirement of one parking stall for
every 250 sq. ft. of floor area regardless of the.size of the building.
This interpretation is based on the fact that the City currently has two different parking
requirements for health services/clinics, typical parking requirements in other cities, recent
medical buildings have been constructed with a parking ration of 1/250 sq. ft. and due to the
fact that by requiring a parking ratio of one parking stall for ever 150 sq. ft., it is unlikely that
medical or dental offices would be permitted in this City.
This interpretation will be incorporated into the next round of Zoning Ordinance updates
scheduled for 2008.
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