Except as otherwise provided in this section, off-street parking spaces shall be provided as follows:

Off-street reservoir parking shall be provided for an automatically operated carwash equal to three (3) times the maximum capacity of the carwash, and for a manually operated carwash equal to six (6) times the maximum capacity of the carwash, for automobiles awaiting entrance. “Maximum Capacity” shall mean the greatest number of automobiles undergoing some phase of washing at the same time.

The required yard setbacks for any building shall not be included in calculating the minimum space requirements for off-street parking.

Where a building or a site contains two (2) or more uses, the off-street parking requirement shall be computed as the sum of the required off-street parking spaces for each individual use.

Each business, commercial, manufacturing or industrial use having deliveries made by truck more than once a day between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., or where the time of loading and unloading materials or goods exceeds ten (10) minutes between those hours, shall provide off-street truck loading space on the lot, such space to be not less than thirty-five (35) feet in length, twelve (12) feet in width, and fifteen (15) feet in height.

For the purpose of this subsection, one parking stall shall be not less than one hundred seventy-five (175) square feet in area, together with whatever area is required for means of ingress and egress thereto, except that in the case where attendants perform the act of parking in defined and adequate stalls then each such stall shall be considered a parking stall as required herein.

A driveway for access to any single parking space or to a parking lot shall be not less than twenty (20) feet in width nor more than thirty (30) feet in width at the property line along the street and shall be so located as to minimize traffic hazard and congestion.

All required parking stalls shall be located on the premises to which such requirement applies or within an off-street space distance not more than five hundred (500) feet from such premises, provided that such stalls as are required for employees and proprietors of any premises may be located within an off-street space distance not more than one thousand (1,000) feet from such premises except as otherwise provided in this subsection or other subsections of this Ordinance.

Provision of parking stalls shared jointly by several persons in the same block or in the same vicinity is permissible, in which case the number of stalls required shall be the sum total of the individual requirements, provided that where it is found by the board of adjustment, upon application thereto, that the parking demand generated by the different uses included in any joint arrangement to provide parking stalls required herein occurs at distinctly different times, as in the case of a theater generating demand for parking during such daytime hours, and in similar cases, the board of adjustment may reduce the total number of parking stalls to be jointly provided.

All parking spaces required for any use and provided in compliance with the provisions of this subsection on the same lot or plot as that occupied by such use shall be considered to be required spaces for the use or uses to which appurtenant and shall not be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.

The surface of parking stalls and aisles, truck standing spaces, and access driveways therefor shall be treated, prepared and maintained for adequate drainage and the elimination of dust, dirt, and mud, according to city specifications.

In a case where existing off-street parking facilities have unused parking capacity and where such facilities are open to the use of the public free of charge or at reasonable rates, the board may reduce the parking space requirements for any use [at a] distance not more than eight hundred (800) feet from such facility or facilities, provided that the total number of stalls in such reduction shall be not greater than the total number of stalls of unused capacity.

In a case where any public or private off-street parking facility, to be open to the use of the public free of charge or at a reasonable rate, is planned or is in process of development and where the board has reasonable assurance that such development will be carried to completion and will when completed relieve the parking demand in an area within five hundred (500) feet thereof in some measure or in full measure, the board may establish a reasonable time period within which any use or uses within such area shall provide required space for parking stalls. Upon completion of all or a portion of such development, the provision of paragraph (10) above may be applied by the City Council.

In a case where the customary mode of transportation of a majority of the patrons, employees, and proprietors of any use, to and from the area in which such use is located, is other than by private automobile, the board may reduce by an amount not to exceed fifty percent (50%) the space required for parking stalls for such use.

In a case where it is clearly shown by the applicant to the satisfaction of the board that the provision of the amount of space required herein for parking stalls, due to the particular nature of the proposed use or other condition, would be unnecessary hardship, the City Council may reduce such requirement.

With property owner consent, a recreational vehicle may be used as a temporary dwelling on private property only if permitted by the City by the granting of a Temporary Recreational Vehicle Permit, for a period not to exceed fourteen days. For a Temporary Recreational Vehicle Permit to be granted, an applicant must provide the property owner’s written consent. For any given lot or tract of privately owned real property, a Temporary Recreational Vehicle Permit may be granted up to four times per calendar year. The Permit must be clearly displayed in the window of the RV.

Under circumstances of force majeure, an RV may be used as a temporary dwelling in excess of the fourteen-day time period with approval from the City Administrator and subsequent approval by City Council at the next available Council meeting.

A recreational vehicle parked in accordance with a Temporary Recreational Vehicle Permit may not discharge gray water or toilet waste on the ground or in violation of any applicable state laws or regulations. An RV, if connected to an electrical outlet, shall be connected to a minimum 30 amp or 50 amp outlet for purposes of storage.

A recreational vehicle parked in accordance with a Temporary Recreational Vehicle Permit shall be parked on a driveway, outside of the public right-of-way, or in the side or rear yard of the property owner’s residence. A recreational vehicle stored on private property or parked for long-term storage (not used for dwelling purposes) does not require a Temporary Recreational Vehicle Permit.

On-street parking of any recreational vehicle shall be limited to a 72-hour period for purposes of loading and unloading.

A recreational vehicle parked or stored at an otherwise legally operating RV park or RV storage business is not required to obtain a Temporary Recreational Vehicle Permit.