Detroit Parking Requirements
Specific Land Use | Off-Street Parking Spaces Required, minimum. (References are to square feet of gross floor area unless otherwise indicated.) | Maximum Distance (feet) |
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Adult foster care facility | One (1) space per each four (4) persons based on maximum capacity as specified in State license | 100 |
Assisted Living Facility | 0.50 per dwelling unit plus one per 2 employees | Same lot |
Convalescent, nursing, or rest home | 1 per 4 beds | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Emergency shelter | 1 per 2 employees | 100 |
Fraternity or sorority house; dormitory | 1 per 3 beds | 100 |
Religious residential facility | 2 per rectory or parsonage; 1 per convent or monastery plus one for each 10 residents | Same lot |
Residential Substance Abuse Facility | 1 per 2 employees | 100 |
Rooming house | 2 per 3 guestrooms or 1 per 4 residents, whichever is greater + 1 per dwelling unit | 100 |
Shelter for victims of domestic violence | 1 per 2 employees | 100 |
Loft | 1.25 per dwelling unit | 100 |
Multiple-family dwelling | 1.25 per dwelling unit; 0.75 per dwelling unit for multiple-family dwelling for the elderly as defined in Sec. 61-16-134; see also Sec. 61-14-63. On land zoned SD1 or SD2: 1.0 per dwelling unit or 0.75 per dwelling unit if located within 0.25 miles of a bus rapid transit, street car/trolley or light rail line. | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot; and except on land zoned SD1 or SD2: 1,320 where a “district approach” to parking as provided in Sec. 61-14- 7(2) (a),(b), and (c) has been recognized by the Planning and Development Department. |
Mobile home park | 2 per dwelling unit | same lot |
Single Room Occupancy Housing (Nonprofit) | 1 per 2 employees + 1 per 10 residents | 100 |
Single-family detached dwelling | 2 per dwelling unit | same lot |
Town house | 1.5 per dwelling unit | 100 |
Two-family dwelling | 1.5 per dwelling unit | same lot |
Boarding school | 1 per 5 beds or as required for schools, whichever is greater. | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Child caring institution | 1 per 4 beds | 100 |
Penal or correctional institution | 2 per 3 employees | same lot |
Pre-release adjustment center | 2 per 3 employees | 500 |
Armory | 1 per 100 square feet or Schedule C, as determined by the Planning and Development Department | 100 |
Race track, motor vehicle | See Schedule C | |
Stadium or sports arena | 1 per 6 seats | 1000 |
All other Auditorium or Stadium | 1 per 4 seats | 500 |
Court house | 15 per court room or 1 per 150 square feet, whichever is less | 100 |
Customs office | 1 per 150 square feet | 100 |
Fire station | 2 per 3 employees | 100 |
Police station | 1 per 160 square feet | 100 |
Governmental service agency | 1 per 150 square feet | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Neighborhood center, nonprofit | 1 per 100 square feet | 100 |
Substance abuse service facility | 1 per 100 square feet | 100 |
All other Community Service | 1 per 150 square feet | 100 |
Adult day care center | 1 per 2 employees | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Child care center | 1 per 2 employees plus one space for each 10 children based on maximum licensed capacity | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Family day care home | 1 per 2 employees | 100 |
Group day care home | 1 per 2 employees | 100 |
All other | 1 per 2 employees | 100 |
Hospital or hospice | 2 per in-patient bed + 1 per 200 square feet of out-patient clinic area | 100 |
Library | 1 per 400 square feet | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Museum or public aquarium | 1 per 400 square feet | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Cemeteries (including mausoleums, crematories, or columbaria) | 1 per 2 employees | 100 |
Golf course | 3 per hole or 1 per 100 square feet in clubhouse, whichever is greater | 100 |
Ice skating rink | 1 per 400 square feet | 100 |
Park, playfield, and playground | Schedule C; interior roadways may be used to satisfy parking requirements | N/A |
Swimming pool | 1 per 200 square feet of water surface area + 1 per 6 seats spectator seating area | 500 |
Tennis court | 1 per 2 employees + 2 per court | 100 |
All Other Park and Open Space | As required for most similar use type or Schedule C | As required for most similar use type or Schedule C |
Church, chapel, mosque, synagogue, temple | 1 per 6 seats in main worship area or auditorium or 1 per 100 square feet in largest assembly area without fixed seats, whichever is greater | 100 |
Educational institution | 1 per each employee plus 1 for each 5 students based on the maximum number of students that can be accommodated at one time | 500; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
School (public or parochial elementary) | 3 per 2 instructional rooms or 1 per 4 seats in main auditorium whichever is greater | same lot |
School (public or parochial junior high) | 3 per 2 instructional rooms or 1 per 3 seats in main auditorium whichever is greater | same lot |
School (public or parochial or senior high) | 5 per instructional room or 1 per 2 seats in main auditorium whichever is greater | same lot |
Educational: All other | As required for most similar use type or Schedule C | As required for most similar use type or Schedule C |
Utility, Basic | 1 per 3 employees | 500 |
Utility, Major | 2 per 3 employees | 500 |
Retail, service, and commercial uses located on land zoned SD1 or SD2 | Where the use is located within 0.25 miles of a bus rapid transit, street car/trolley or light rail line: 0.75 of the minimum required offstreet spaces specified in Sec. 61- 14-40 through Sec. 61-14-50. | As specified in Sec. 61-14-40 through Sec. 61-14-50 or Sec. 61-14- 7(2) where applicable. |
Assembly hall | 1 per 100 square feet (if no fixed seats) | 100 |
Assembly: All Other | 1 per 100 square feet | 100 |
Brewpub or microbrewery or small distillery with “consumption on the premises” | 3 (minimum) + 1 per 100 square feet for each 100 square feet in excess of 1,000 | 100 |
Establishment for the sale of intoxicating beverages on the premises | 3 (minimum) + 1 per 100 square feet for each 100 square feet in excess of 1,000 | 100 |
Microbrewery or small distillery without “consumption on the premises” | 1 per 800 square feet or 1 per 3 employees whichever is greater | 100 |
Restaurant, carry-out or fast-food | 1 per 100 square feet of restaurant building and designated outdoor seating area + stacking spaces per Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision H (if a drive-through window exists) | 100 |
Restaurant, standard | 3 for the first 500 square feet of building and designated outdoor seating area + 1 per 100 square feet of building and outdoor seating area in excess of the first 500 square feet + stacking spaces per Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision H (if a drive-through window exists) | 100 |
Medical or dental clinic, physical therapy clinic, or massage therapy clinic | 1 per 200 square feet or 5 per doctor, dentist or therapist, whichever is greater | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Office, business or professional | 1 per 400 square feet | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Radio or television station | 2 per 3 employees + 1 per 4 (fixed or moveable) seats in studio having greatest seating capacity | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Recording studio or photo studio or video studio | 2 per 3 employees + 1 per 4 (fixed or moveable) seats in studio having greatest seating capacity | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Parking lots, parking structures | None | N/A |
Bed and Breakfast Inn | 3 per 4 guestrooms + 2 per dwelling unit | N/A |
Hotel or motel | 3 per 4 guestrooms + 1 per dwelling unit | 100 |
Lodging house, public | 2 per 3 employees | 100 |
Youth hostel/hostel | 1 per 1 employee | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
All other Public Accommodation | 3 per 4 guestrooms + 1 per dwelling unit | 100 |
Arcade | 1 per 100 square feet | 100 |
Cabaret | 1 per 100 square feet feet for each 100 square feet in excess of 1,000 | 100 |
Casino or casino complex | See provisions for SD5 District in Sec. 61-11-267. | 300 |
Firearms target practice range, indoor | 1 per 2 employees + 1 per target lane | 100 |
Pool or billiard hall | 1 per 250 square feet or 1 per pool table and billiard table, whichever is greater | 100 |
Recreation, indoor commercial and health club | Schedule C, where 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area is deemed by the Planning and Development Department to be inappropriate Where Schedule C does not apply, | 100; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Theater and concert café | 1 per 4 seats | 500 |
All other Recreation and Entertainment, Indoor | 1 per 100 square feet | 100 |
Amusement park | 1 per 200 square feet of public activity area | 1000 |
Go-cart track | 15 per track | 100 |
Golf driving range | 1 per 2 employees + 1 per tee | 100 |
Golf course, miniature | 2 per hole | 100 |
Rebound tumbling center | 1 per tumbling apparatus | 100 |
Retail sales and service in multipleresidential structures | None | N/A |
Retail sales and service in business and professional offices | None | N/A |
Bake Shop | See Schedule B | 100 |
Firearm's dealership | See Schedule B | 100 |
Kennel, commercial | Schedule B | 100 |
Motor vehicles, new or used, salesroom or sales lot | 2 spaces + 1 per 800 square feet of floor area over 1,600 square feet, or 2 spaces + 1 per 2,400 square feet of lot area, whichever is greater | 100 |
Motorcycles, retail sales, rental or service | 2 spaces + 1 per 800 square feet of floor area over 1,600 square feet | 100 |
Pawnshop | Schedule B | 100 |
Pet shop | Schedule B | 100 |
Secondhand stores and secondhand jewelry stores | Schedule B | 100 |
Specially designated distributor's (SDD) or specially designated merchant's (SDM) | Schedule B | 100 |
Stores of a generally recognized retail nature whose primary business is the sale of new merchandise | Schedule B | 100 |
Trailer coaches or boat sale or rental, open air display | 2 spaces + 1 per 800 square feet of floor area over 1,600 square feet | 100 |
Trailers, utility, or cement mixers, pneumatic-tired, sales, rental, or service; moving truck/trailer rental lots | 2 spaces + 1 per 800 square feet of floor area over 1,600 square feet 100 | 100 |
All other Retail Sales and Service (SalesOriented) | See Schedule B | 100 |
Animal-grooming shop | See Schedule B | 100 |
Automated teller machine (without drive-in facilities) | None | N/A |
Automated teller machine (with drive-in facilities) | None; stacking spaces per Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision H) | N/A |
Bank (without drive-in facilities) | 1 per 200 square feet | 100 |
Bank (with drive-in facilities) | 1 per 200 square feet + stacking spaces per Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision H) | 100 |
Barber shop | See Schedule B | 100 |
Beauty shop | 1 per 100 square feet 500 | 100 |
Business college or commercial trade school | 1 per employee + 1 per 3 students based on maximum number of students that can be accommodated at one time | 500; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Customer service center (with drive through window) | 1 per 100 square feet + stacking spaces per Article XIV, Division Subdivision H | 100 |
Dry cleaning or laundry pick-up stations See Schedule B | 1 per 400 square feet | 100 |
Employee recruitment center | 1 per 200 square feet | 100 |
Financial services center (without drive through) | 1 per 200 square feet + stacking | 100 |
Financial services center (with drive- through) | 1 per 200 square feet + stacking spaces per Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision H 100 | 100 |
Food stamp distribution center (no drivethrough window) | 1 per 200 square feet | 100 |
Food stamp distribution center (with drive-through window) | 1 per 200 square feet + stacking spaces per Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision H | 100 |
Laundromat | 1 per 200 square feet | 100 |
Laundromat | 1 per 200 square feet | 100 |
Mortuary or funeral home | 1 per 100 square feet + 1 per dwelling unit | same lot |
Nail Salon | 1 per 100 square feet | 100 |
Photocopying and computing self-service establishment | See Schedule B for the area accessible to customers + 1 per 800 square feet or 1 per 3 employees (whichever is greater) for that portion of building not accessible to customers | 100 |
Piercing Parlor see | Schedule B | 100 |
Printing or engraving shops | 1 per 800 square feet or 1 per 3 employees whichever is greater | 500 |
Radio, television, or household appliance repair shop | 2 spaces + 1 per 800 square feet of floor area over 1,600 square feet | 100 |
School or studio of dance, gymnastics, music, art, or cooking | 1 per employee + 1 per 5 students based on maximum number of students that can be accommodated at one time | 500; except where developed under the “School building adaptive reuses” provision as defined in Sec. 61-16-171 of this Code: same lot |
Shoe repair shop | See Schedule B | 100 |
Shoeshine parlor | See Schedule B | 100 |
Tattoo parlor | See Schedule B | 100 |
Veterinary clinic for small animals | See Schedule B | 100 |
All other Retail Sales and Service (Serviceoriented) | See Schedule B | 100 |
Motor vehicle services, major | 1 per 300 square feet (all required spaces shall be outside principal building) | 100 |
Motor vehicle services, minor | 1 per 300 square feet (all required spaces shall be outside principal building); | same lot |
Motor vehicle washing and steam cleaning | 2 per 3 employees at | |
Motor vehicles, new or used: storage lots accessory to salesroom or sales lot for new or used motor vehicles | None | N/A |
Blueprinting shop | 1 per 800 square feet or 1 per 3 employees (whichever is greater) | 100 |
Contractor yard, landscape or construction | 2 per 3 employees | 500 |
Crushing, grading and screening of rock, stone, slag, clay or concrete | 2 per 3 employees | 500 |
Junkyard | 2 per 3 employees | same lot |
Towing service storage yard | 1 per 2,400 square feet of lot area or 2 per 3 employees, whichever is less | 500 |
All other : Industrial Service or Manufacturing and Production | 1 per 800 square feet or 1 per 3 employees, whichever is greater | 500 |
Coal or coke yards | 2 per 3 employees | 500 |
Containerized freight yard | 2 per 3 employees | same lot |
Intermodal freight terminal | None | N/A |
Railroad transfer or storage tracks | None | N/A |
Tank storage of bulk oil or gasoline 2 per 3 employees 500 | 2 per 3 employees | 500 |
Trucking terminal, transfer buildings, truck garages, recreational vehicle storage lots and open areas for the parking of operable trucks. | 2 per 3 employees | 500 |
Sewage disposal plant | 2 per 3 employees | same lot |
Scrap tire storage, processing or recycling facility | 2 per 3 employees | same lot |
Transfer station for garbage, refuse, or rubbish | 2 per 3 employees | same lot |
All Other Waste-Related Use | 1 per 800 square feet or 1 per 3 employees, whichever is greater | 500 |
Adult bookstore or adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motion picture theater, semi-nude model studio | 3 (minimum) + 1 per 100 square feet for each 100 square feet in excess of 1,000 | Same lot |
Aircraft landing areas for winged aircraft | Schedule C | N/A |
Heliports | 2 per 3 employees | 500 |
Passenger Transportation Terminal | Schedule C | N/A |
Tunnel or Bridge Plaza and Terminal, Vehicular 2 per 3 employees same lot | 2 per 3 employees | same lot |
Medical Marihuana Caregiver Center | 1 per 200 square feet | same lot |
Railroad right-of-way, not including storage tracks, yards, or buildings | None | N/A |
Telecommunications building, private | 2 per 3 employees | 500 |
Boat terminal, passenger | Schedule C | N/A |
Docks, waterway shipping/freighters | 2 per 3 employees | same lot |
Ferry terminal | 2 per 3 employees | same lot |
Marinas | 1 per boat slip | 100 |
Off-Street Parking Schedule “A”
Schedule “B” off-street parking for General Retail Uses.
Gross Floor Area (Sq. Ft.) | Gross Floor Area (Sq. Ft.) Off-Street Parking Spaces Required |
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Less than 50,000 | 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area |
50,001-100,000 | 1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area |
100,001-400,000 | 1 per 350 square feet of gross floor area |
Off-street parking spaces for Schedule B uses shall be provided in accordance with the
following standards. The nearest point of the off-street parking facility shall not be more
than one hundred (100) feet from the building or use to be served:
Schedule “B” off-street parking for Shopping center Retail Uses.
Gross Floor Area (Sq. Ft.) | Off-Street Parking Spaces Required |
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Less than 400,000 | 1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area |
400,001-600,000 | 1 per 220 square feet of gross floor area |
More than 600,000 | 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area |
Shopping center retail (2 or more stores organized or operating as a unit, and
consisting of not less than fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of gross floor area).
Off-street parking spaces for Schedule B uses shall be provided in accordance with the
following standards. The nearest point of the off-street parking facility shall not be more
than one hundred (100) feet from the building or use to be served:
Schedule C.
Because Schedule C uses have widely varying parking demands, it is difficult to specify a single requirement. The off-street parking requirement for such uses shall be established by the Planning and Development Department based on estimates of parking demand, which may include recommendations of the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE), data collected from uses that are the same or comparable to the proposed use, or other relevant information. The Planning and Development Department may require that a parking study be prepared at the applicant’s expense. Said study shall provide analysis and justification for the proposed number of spaces to be provided. Parking studies shall document the source of data used to develop the recommendations. The Planning and Development Department shall review the submitted study along with any other traffic engineering and planning data that are appropriate and establish the off-street parking or loading requirements for the use proposed.
The parking requirements shown here are the typical required parking standards for the city of Detroit. Variance or exclusions to the parking count requirements could be allowed by the code for a specific project. The city of Detroit parking requirements are for general information. The Detroit standard parking requirements for an area can be modified by zoning overlays or other Detroit parking code requirements specific to each project.