District Permitted

By right in all residential and nonresidential districts except the P(A) district

Required Off-Street Parking

• 1. One space for each four fixed seats in the sanctuary or auditorium. If fixed benches or pews are provided, each 18 inches of length of the fixed bench or pew constitutes one fixed seat for purposes of this paragraph. If portions of seating areas in the sanctuary or auditorium are not equipped with fixed seats, benches, or pews, the parking requirement for those portions is one space for each 28 square feet of floor area
• 2. Definitions. For purposes of this subsection, "remote parking" means required off-street parking provided on a lot not occupied by the main use. "Shared parking" means the use of the same off-street parking stall to satisfy the off-street parking requirements for two or more uses
• 3. Reconciliation with Divisions 51A-4.300 et seq.. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this subsection, the off-street parking regulations in Divisions 51A-4.300 et seq. apply to this use. In the event of a conflict between this subsection and Divisions 51A-4.300 et seq., this subsection controls
• 4. Remote and shared parking. A church may use remote and/or shared parking to satisfy up to 50 percent of its off-street parking requirement, provided that the remote and/or shared parking is on a lot that is
• dedicated to parking use by an instrument filed with the building official and approved by the city attorney's office
• located in a nonresidential district; and
• located within 600 feet (including streets and alleys) of the lot occupied by the church. The distance measured is the shortest distance between the lots
• 5. Distance extension with shuttle service. A remote parking lot for a church may be located up to one and one-half miles (including streets and alleys) from the lot occupied by the church if a shuttle service is provided to transport persons between the church and the remote parking lot. The shuttle service must be approved by the director of economic development
• 6. Remote parking agreement. An agreement authorizing a church to use remote parking may be based on a lease of the remote parking spaces if: and the owner of the remote lot shall notify the city of Dallas in writing if there is a breach of any provision of the lease, or if the lease is modified or terminated
• the lease is for a minimum term of three years; and
• the agreement provides that both the owner of the lot occupied by the church and the owner of the remote lot shall notify the city of Dallas in writing if there is a breach of any provision of the lease, or if the lease is modified or terminated

Handicapped Parking