It is the intent of this section to prevent traffic congestion and to provide for proper traffic safety by preserving the public thoroughfares for the unimpaired movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Therefore, it is recognized that the requirements of this section are minimum and that in certain uses of land, these requirements may be inadequate. Where review of the site plans and intended land use indicate through the application of proven standards or experience that the requirements herein are inadequate for the specific land use adaptation, a greater requirement for off-street parking space is justified and may be required to preserve the intent of this section.

   1.   Off-Street Loading Space Required. In any district, except the C-1 Commercial District, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected, having a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same lot with such building, at least one off-street loading space plus one additional such loading space for each 20,000 square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area so used in excess of 10,000 square feet. In addition:

      A.   Each loading space shall be not less than 10 feet in width and 40 feet in length.

      B.   Such space may occupy all or any part of any required yard or court space.

   2.   Off-Street Parking Area Required. Off-street parking is required as follows:

      A.   Schedule for Parking and Storage Space. In all districts, except the
C-1 Commercial District, in connection with every industrial, commercial, business, trade, institutional, recreational, or dwelling use, and similar uses, space for parking and storage of vehicles shall be provided and maintained on the same lot with such building in accordance with the following schedule:

         (1)   Automobile sales and service garages - one parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area and one parking space for each four persons regularly employed on the premises.

         (2)   Banks, business and professional offices - one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area and one parking space for each office in the principal building or one and one-quarter parking spaces for each person regularly employed on the premises, whichever is greater.

         (3)   Bowling alley - five spaces for each alley and one space for each five spectator seats.

         (4)   Churches - one parking space for each four seats and one parking space for each classroom.

         (5)   Dance halls, assembly halls - one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area or one parking space for each four seats of maximum seating capacity, whichever is greater.

         (6)   Dwellings, residential:

            (a)   One and two-family dwellings - two parking spaces for each dwelling unit, exclusive of private garages.

            (b)   Multi-family dwelling - two parking spaces for each of the first 12 dwelling units and one and one-quarter parking spaces for each additional dwelling unit. One garage parking space for each dwelling unit may be counted as a portion of the parking requirement; or each garage parking space may be counted as a portion of the parking requirement when a separate visitor parking area equal to one parking space for each dwelling unit is provided.

         (7)   Funeral homes, mortuaries - one parking space for each five seats in the principal auditorium or four parking spaces for each service or viewing room, whichever is greater. In addition, one parking space for each two persons regularly employed on the maximum working shift on the premises shall be provided.

         (8)   Furniture, appliance and other retail stores displaying large and bulky merchandise - one parking space for each 400 square feet of floor area.

         (9)   Hospitals, sanitariums and nursing, convalescent or rest homes - one parking space for each four patient beds and one parking space for each two persons regularly employed on the premises on the maximum working shift.

         (10)   Hotels, motels, lodging houses - one parking space for each room or suite of rooms offered for tourist accommodations and one parking space for each two persons regularly employed on the premises on the maximum working shift.

         (11)   Industrial or manufacturing plants - one parking space for each two employees on the maximum working shift; or one parking space for each 1,000 square feet of floor area up to 10,000 square feet and then one parking space for each additional 1,500 square feet thereafter, whichever is greater.

         (12)   Restaurants, taverns, night clubs or similar places dispensing food, drink or refreshments - one parking space for each 50 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use within the establishment. In addition, one parking space must be provided for each four persons regularly employed or intended to be regularly employed on the premises on the maximum working shift.

         (13)   Retail stores, super markets, drug and sundry stores, department stores, etc.

            (a)   For stores over 2,000 square feet floor area - one parking space for each and every 100 square feet of floor area.

            (b)   For stores and shops under 2,000 square feet - one parking space for each and every 500 square feet of floor area, and one space for each person regularly employed on the premises on the maximum working shift; provided, however, there shall not be less than five parking spaces.

         (14)   Schools and other places of education or instruction.

            (a)   Elementary, junior high and other places for under driving age students - one parking space for each and every person regularly employed on the premises. In addition, one parking space for each 20 student desks or classroom seating facilities.

            (b)   High Schools - one parking space for each and every person regularly employed on the premises. In addition, one parking space for each 10 student desks or classroom seating facilities.

            (c)   Colleges, trade schools and other places of young adult learning - one parking space for each and every person regularly employed on the premises on the maximum working shift. In addition, one parking space for each four student desks or classroom seating facilities.

            (d)   Parking spaces required by (a), (b) and (c) above shall be in addition to requirements for sports arenas, auditoriums, etc.

         (15)   Sports arenas, theaters, auditoriums and other similar places of public assembly - one parking space for each four persons of maximum standing and seating capacity.

         (16)   Wholesale establishments or warehouses - one space for each person regularly employed on the premises on the maximum working shift.

      B.   Similar Uses Not Mentioned. In case of any building, structure or premises, the use of which is not specifically mentioned herein, the provisions for a use which is mentioned and to which said use is similar, shall apply.

      C.   Lots Without Public or Private Alley Access. Where a lot does not abut on a public or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than 10 feet in width in the case of a dwelling, and not less than 20 feet in width in all cases leading to the loading or unloading spaces and parking or storage areas required hereunder in such manner as to secure the most appropriate development of the property in question. Except where provided in connection with a use permitted in a residential district, such easement of access or access drive shall not be located in any residential district.

      D.   Requirements for Parking Area Development. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area, including a commercial parking lot, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:

         (1)   No part of any parking space shall be closer than five feet to any established street right-of-way or alley line. In case the parking lot adjoins an R District, it shall be set back at least five feet from the R District boundary and shall be effectively screen-planted.

         (2)   Any off-street parking area and its service drives, including any commercial parking lot for more than two vehicles shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or Portland cement binder pavement, gravel or such surface as shall be specified by the City Engineer so as to provide a durable and dustless surface; shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area; and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe loading or unloading and parking and storage of self-propelled vehicles.

         (3)   Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area including any commercial parking lot, shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any R District.

      E.   Ingress and Egress Requirements. Off-street parking facilities for all uses, except one and two-family dwellings fronting on a residential street shall be designed so as to permit entrance and exit by forward movement of the vehicle. The backing or backward movement of vehicles from any off-street parking facility on to a major thoroughfare, including all thoroughfares designated on the Major Thoroughfares Plan as other than residential is strictly prohibited. Circular drives, interior turnarounds, etc., may be used to comply with the foregoing requirements.