The P Parking District is intended to permit the establishment of areas to be used solely for off-street parking of private passenger vehicles as a use incidental to a principal use. This district will generally be provided by petition or request to serve a use district which has developed without adequate off-street parking facilities. The following regulations shall apply to all P districts.

(Ord. No. 96-5, art. XII, preamble, 3-5-1996)

Premises in parking districts shall be used only for an off-street vehicular parking area and shall be developed and maintained subject to such regulations as hereinafter provided.

(Ord. No. 96-5, § 1200, 3-5-1996)

(a)

The parking area shall be accessory to and for use in connection with one or more existing professional or institutional office buildings or institutions.

(b)

Such parking lots shall be contiguous to an MB, CBD, GB or I district. Parking areas may be approved when adjacent to such districts, or on the end of a block where such areas front on a street which is perpendicular to that street servicing the district. There may be a private driveway or public street or public alley between such P district and such MB, CBD, GB or I district.

(c)

Parking areas shall be used solely for parking of private passenger vehicles (for periods of less than one day) and shall not be used as an off-street loading area.

(d)

No commercial repair work or service of any kind or display thereof shall be conducted in such parking area.

(e)

No signs of any kind other than signs designating entrances, exits and conditions of use, shall be maintained on such parking area.

(f)

No buildings other than those for shelter of attendants shall be erected upon the premises, and they shall not exceed 15 feet in height.

(g)

Application for P district rezoning shall be made to the planning commission by submitting a layout of the area requested showing the intended parking plan.

(Ord. No. 96-5, § 1201, 3-5-1996)

(a)

Side and rear yards. Where the P district is contiguous to the side and/or rear lot lines of premises within a residentially zoned district, the required wall shall be located along such lot line.

(b)

Front yards. Where the P district is contiguous to a residentially zoned district which has a common frontage on the same block with residential structures, or wherein no residential structures have been yet erected, there shall be a setback equal to the required residential setback for such residential district or a minimum of 25 feet, whichever is the greater. The required wall shall be located on this minimum setback line.

(Ord. No. 96-5, § 1202, 3-5-1996)

The P Parking District shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the requirements of section 50-451.

(Ord. No. 96-5, § 1203, 3-5-1996)

(a)

The planning commission may modify the yard and wall requirements where, in unusual circumstances, no good purpose would be served by compliance with the requirements of this article.

(b)

In all cases where a wall extends to an alley which is a means of ingress and egress to a parking area, it shall be permissible to end the wall not more than ten feet from such alley line in order to permit a wider means of access to the parking area.

(c)

In addition to the above requirements, such parking area shall comply with such further requirements or conditions as may be prescribed by the planning commission for the protection of the residential district abutting such parcel or parcels in which the parking area is to be located.

(Ord. No. 96-5, § 1204, 3-5-1996)