Off-street parking required by this zoning ordinance shall be on an all-weather surface and shall be connected by an all-weather surfaced driveway to an approved public or private street or alley.

For new construction or development started after the effective date of this ordinance, an all-weather surface shall be either asphalt or concrete pavement. For existing development and new residential development located on one or more acres started after the effective date of this ordinance, an all-weather surface shall be either asphalt or concrete pavement, crushed rock, stone, gravel or other similar semi-permeable surface.

No parking space shall be less than eighteen feet (18') in length (22' for parallel parking) and nine feet (9') in width. Exception: parking spaces may be reduced in length when a tire-stop curb is installed sixteen feet (16') from the maneuvering lane and a clear space of two feet (2') is provided for a vehicle overhang. The overhang is not permitted over public property or a setback in which parking is not permitted.

Required off-street parking for residential uses shall be provided on the lot or tract occupied by the principal use. Required off-street parking for nonresidential uses shall be provided on the lot or tract occupied by the principal use; however, the city may permit either required or additional off-premise parking, as a special exception, under such regulations and conditions as the City Council may deem advisable when the proposed parking facility is on a platted lot within three hundred feet (300') of the principal use property. In the case of churches, off-site parking may be permitted by the Council; provided, it is located within one thousand (1,000) feet of the church building.

The city council shall approve the location of entrances and exits to these parking facilities and may require screening devices along the parking facility boundaries.

In determining the required number of parking spaces, fractional spaces shall be counted to the nearest whole space. Parking spaces located in buildings used for repair garages or carwashes shall not be counted as meeting the required minimum parking.

The floor area of structures devoted to off-street parking of vehicles shall be excluded in computing the floor area for off-street parking requirements.

Where a lot or tract of land is used for a combination of uses, the off-street parking requirements shall be the composite or sum of the requirements for each type of use and no off-street parking space provided for one type use or building shall be included in calculation of the off-street parking requirements for any other use or building except as prescribed by this zoning ordinance.

Head-in parking spaces so situated that the maneuvering of a vehicle in entering or leaving such spaces is done on a public street or within public right-of-way shall not be classified as off-street parking in computing any parking requirements herein.

The construction of head-in parking as described above shall be prohibited hereafter. All such head-in parking facilities in existence at the time of the enactment of this section are hereby declared to be a nonconforming use of land subject to the provisions of Section 21 of this ordinance.

No off-street parking facility shall be located, either in whole or in part, in a public street or sidewalk, parkway, alley or other public right-of-way.

No off-street parking shall be located, either in whole or in part, within any fire lane required by the city or within aisles, driveways or maneuvering areas necessary to provide reasonable access to any parking space.

Tandem parking is prohibited, unless specifically authorized by variance granted by the City Council.

No required off-street parking facility shall be used for sales, non-vehicular storage, repair or service activities.

Lighting facilities, if provided, shall be so arranged as to be reflected away from property zoned or used for residential purposes.

For all multifamily and nonresidential uses, parking spaces shall be striped or otherwise clearly designated on the parking facility surface, and shall not include any fire lane or other area necessary for aisles or maneuvering of vehicles.