Full text of Cleveland bike parking ordinance

Section 349.15 Bicycle Parking

(b) Applicability. Bicycle parking facilities shall be provided for every new automobile parking lot or garage and for every expansion of an automobile parking lot or garage when ten (10) or more additional automobile parking spaces are provided.

(c) Number of Bicycle Parking Spaces. Unless otherwise expressly stated, bicycle parking spaces shall be provided at a rate of one (1) bicycle parking space for each twenty (20) automobile spaces provided.

(1) Fractional Spaces. Where this requirement would result in a fraction of a bicycle parking space being provided, the number of required bicycle spaces shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.

(2) Maximum. No automobile parking lot or garage shall be required to provide more than twenty-four (24) bicycle parking spaces.

(3) Variances. When the number of required automobile parking spaces for a new or expanded use is reduced by means of a zoning variance, the number of required bicycle spaces shall be calculated on the basis of the number of required automobile parking spaces, unless a variance is granted to reduce the number of required bicycle parking spaces.

(d) Substitution for Automobile Spaces. The total number of required automobile off-street parking spaces shall be reduced at the ratio of one (1) automobile off-street parking space for each six (6) bicycle spaces provided. The total number of required automobile off-street parking spaces, however, shall not be reduced by more than five (5) percent for any parking lot or garage.

(e) Bicycle Parking Space Size. Required bicycle parking spaces for nonresidential uses must have minimum dimensions of two (2) feet in width by six (6) feet in length.

Section 457.11 Bicycle Parking

As a condition of the issuance or renewal of an annual license, all parking lots and garages subject to the provisions of this Chapter shall provide spaces for bicycle parking in accordance with the following regulations.

(b) Time of Compliance. For applicable parking lots and garages that were licensed prior to the initial effective date of this Section, required bicycle parking spaces shall be provided no later than two (2) years after the initial effective date of this Section. For other applicable parking lots and garages, required bicycle parking spaces shall be provide prior to the issuance of a license.

(c) Number of Bicycle Parking Spaces. Bicycle parking spaces shall be provided at a rate of one (1) bicycle parking space for each twenty (20) automobile spaces provided.

(1) Fractional Spaces. Where this requirement would result in a fraction of a bicycle parking space being provided, the number of required bicycle spaces shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.

(2) Maximum. No automobile parking lot or garage shall be required to provide more than twenty-four (24) bicycle parking spaces.

(d) Substitution for Automobile Spaces. The total number of required automobile off-street parking spaces shall be reduced at the ratio of one (1) automobile off-street parking space for each six (6) bicycle spaces provided. The total number of required automobile off-street parking spaces, however, shall not be reduced by more than five (5) percent for any parking lot or garage.

(e) Bicycle Parking Space Size. Required bicycle parking spaces for nonresidential uses must have minimum dimensions of two (2) feet in width by six (6) feet in length