Parking lot dimensions shall be as follows:

No off-street parking lot in any area zoned for residential uses shall exceed 40 spaces.

Adjacent landowners shall execute the necessary cross access easements to facilitate shared parking and record all easement documents with the County Clerk in the property records of Bexar County.

A written agreement for the joint use of parking facilities shall be executed by the parties and approved by the City Administrator or designee.

Parking requirements shall be the cumulative requirements of the uses sharing the parking, except where different uses (retail or service, office, civic, or residential) are located on the same or adjacent lot:

Evidence shall be submitted by a licensed engineer or architect that justifies and documents the calculations and assumptions to support shared parking.

On-street parking within 200 feet of any property line may be credited to the parking requirement at a rate of one credit of one off-street space for every two on-street parking spaces, up to a maximum of 10% of the parking requirement.

Bicycle parking facilities within reasonable proximity of the main entrance may be credited at a rate of one credit of one off-street space for every five bicycle parking spaces, up to a maximum of 5% of the required vehicle parking.

A bus transit stop within 300 feet of any property line may be credited up to a maximum of 5% of the parking requirement.

A bus rapid transit or light rail transit station within 400 feet of any property line may be credited up to a maximum of 10% of the parking requirement. A bus rapid transit or light rail transit station within 400 to 800 feet of any property line may be credited up to a maximum of 5% of the parking requirement.

Areas reserved for off-street loading/unloading in accordance with the requirement of this appendix shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use unless the permitted use served is discontinued or modified and alternate and equivalent loading/unloading space is provided and approved by the Board of Adjustment.

The provision for and maintenance of the off-street truck loading facilities required shall be the joint and several responsibility of the operator and owner of the land upon which the structure requiring facilities is located.

For the purpose of this section there shall be two sizes of off-street truck loading spaces designated “large” and “small”.

Off-street truck loading facilities shall be constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the following specifications;

Requirements for the provision of off-street truck loading facilities with respect to two or more structures may be satisfied by the permanent allocation of the requisite number of spaces for each use in a common truck loading facility, cooperatively established and operated: provided, however, that the total number of spaces designated is not less than the sum of the individual requirements unless, in the opinion of the building official, a lesser number of spaces will be adequate, taking into account the respective times of usage of the truck loading facilities by the individual users, the character of the merchandise and other similar factors. In order to eliminate a multiplicity of individual facilities, to conserve space where space is at a premium and to promote orderly development generally, the building official is hereby authorized to plan and group off-street truck loading facilities cooperatively for a number of structures requiring such facilities within close proximity to one another in a given area in such manner as to obtain a maximum of efficiency and capacity.

The following minimum truck loading spaces shall be provided in all districts for structures containing enumerated in this section:

At the time of zoning application, the Planning and Zoning Commission is authorized to waive the off-street loading requirements for structures that are required to provide and maintain fewer than five off-street parking spaces or for any other structure if the approved design and the proposed use of the structure clearly demonstrates a lack of public need for off-street loading.