Requirements by usage. In all districts, every industrial, business, institutional, recreational, residential or any other use shall provide, at the time any building or structure is erected, enlarged, or increased in capacity, off-street parking and loading spaces for motor vehicles in accordance with the requirements of this and other applicable sections of this chapter. For the MU-B district, see the special requirements of that district.

Requirements of off-street parking spaces.

Loading spaces shall be provided and maintained on the same premises with every building, structure, or part thereof erected, occupied, enlarged or intended to be used, involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise.

Such space shall be adequate for standing, loading, and unloading services, in order to avoid undue interference with use of public transportation.

Loading and unloading space shall not be occupied or considered as any part of the required off-street parking.

All business districts shall include a 10-foot by 25-foot loading space with a 14-foot height clearance for every 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof of building floor or land use for the above-mentioned purposes.

Off-street parking space shall be provided as further specified in this chapter and shall be furnished with necessary passageways and driveways. All such space shall be deemed to be required space on the lot on which it is situated and shall not be encroached upon or reduced in any manner. All parking areas, passageways, and driveways (except where provided in connection with one-family residences) shall be surfaced with a dustless, durable, all-weather pavement, clearly marked for car spaces, and shall be adequately drained, all subject to the approval of the Code Enforcement Officer.

For the purpose of this chapter, a parking space shall be an area 10 feet wide and 20 feet long, exclusive of passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto and providing access thereto.

None of the off-street parking facilities as required in this chapter shall be required for any existing building or use, unless said building or use shall be enlarged.

The collective provision of off-street parking areas by two or more buildings or uses located on adjacent lots is permitted, provided that the total of such facilities shall not be less than the sum required of the various buildings or uses computed separately, and further provided that the land upon which the collective facilities are located is owned or leased by one or more of the collective users.

All parking areas and appurtenant passageways and driveways serving commercial uses shall be illuminated adequately during the hours between sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation. Adequate shielding shall be provided by commercial users to protect adjacent residential districts from the glare of such illumination and from that of automobile headlights.

Access drives or walkways to any MU-B, B or I District through any R District shall not be permitted as this would constitute an illegal use of residentially zoned land.

Off-street parking areas located in commercial districts, and which provide parking for 20 or more vehicles shall be provided with shade trees of a type approved by the Code Enforcement Officer and located not greater than 60 feet on center.