The purpose of the parking district overlay is to preserve the historic character of the commercial core and implement the recommendations of the Aurora downtown improvement plan. The parking district overlay shall apply to properties located in the historic commercial overlay.

(Ord. 415 § 7.82.010, 2002)

The same spatial requirements in Chapter 16.42, shall apply in the parking district overlay, except that:

A.

On-street parking shall be counted to meet the required off-street space requirement. Such on-street parking shall be located adjacent to the subject property, or adjacent to a contiguous property under the same ownership, as long as all the property is in the parking district.

B.

Required off-street parking spaces may be located on other parcels within the parking district not further then seven hundred fifty (750) feet from the building, or use they are intended to serve, measured in a straight line from the building. Any proposal to provide off-street parking spaces under this subsection is subject to the approval of the Planning Commission and shall be in accordance with the Aurora Downtown Improvement Plan.

C.

If the developer or building owner so elects, he or she may pay a fee in lieu of providing parking, as designated by City Council. Provided, however, the developer or building owner must provide a minimum of fifty (50) percent of the required parking spaces.

D.

Where the city has used in-lieu parking fees received under this section for parking improvements or otherwise constructed city-owned parking improvements, including, but not limited to, paving, striping and catch basins. The cost of those improvements may be recovered by the city from the developer of property adjacent to such parking at the time the property is developed. The recovery costs shall reflect the costs of those improvements at the time the property is developed and is payable prior to issuance of a building permit.

E.

The in-lieu parking fee shall be paid prior to issuance of a building permit.

F.

A change of use within an existing structure, with no change in footprint size or additions to the structure, shall be exempt from meeting the number of parking space requirements of Chapter 16.42, provided Uniform Building Code requirements can be met.

(Ord. 496, § 2(Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 415 § 7.82.020, 2002)