Off-street automobile parking or storage space shall be provided on every lot unless otherwise stated herein. All parking shall meet all of the requirements of this section as well as the applicable standards set forth in section 4.4, use standards.

These standards, to be used as a guide to the director, are based on parking standards for general land use categories. The developer is ultimately responsible for ensuring that sufficient parking is provided.

(Ord. of 4-6-20(1), Exh. A)

The number of parking spaces required shall be calculated so that fractional portions of parking spaces are considered a full space (e.g. 56.12 parking spaces shall be calculated as 57 total spaces).

Calculation for required off-street parking for any bar, lounge, nightclub, or restaurant shall include all outdoor seating areas.

When computing parking space requirements on the basis of the number of persons expected to be on the premises of a particular land use, the maximum number of occupants, practitioners, patrons or employees anticipated to be on the premises at any one time shall be used.

In the case of mixed, compatible subcategories of land use (e.g., as shopping centers containing a grocery store, a furniture store, a motion picture theatre, etc.), parking spaces required shall be equal to the sum of the requirements for each of the various uses computed separately.

Vehicles or trailers of any kind or type which require licenses, but are without current license plates affixed to the vehicle or trailer, shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property other than in completely enclosed buildings, nor shall such vehicles be parked on public streets.

Change in the use of an existing structure or site shall require compliance with the minimum parking requirements applicable to the new use. However, if the new use also requires additional buffer or parking lot landscaping, the director may permit a maximum 20 percent reduction in the required number of spaces to accommodate additional landscaping and buffering.

Any expansion of an existing building or use including addition of dwelling units, personnel, seats, chairs, and similar changes shall require review by the director to determine additional off-street parking necessary to accommodate the expansion area or change.

Parking for uses not expressly provided for shall be determined by the director, who shall apply the unit of measurement for a use that the director deems to be most similar to the proposed use.

Required off-street parking must be provided in one of the following locations:

• On the same lot or parcel or within 300 feet of the principal use for which it is required;

• In a parking facility the title to which and/or easement for the use of which runs with and is appurtenant to such use;

• Off-site in an area approved by the city as shared parking; or

• Approved by the director when provided by parking garage.

No off-street parking shall be required, except that adequate on-street and off-street parking and unloading spaces must be demonstrated by the applicant for places of assembly, daycare centers, schools, and residences.

The director may accept a lower number of parking spaces than required by this ordinance (or a specific number of spaces for a use not listed) based upon a phased development plan or applicant-submitted parking data such as a shared parking analysis or appropriate standards from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) or other credible sources, provided the following requirements are met.

The director may authorize up to a 25-percent reduction in the total number of parking spaces required when parking requirements cause the potential demolition of a historic structure or damage of significant tree stands. The director may issue such waiver at the request of the applicant after determining that the reduction will not unreasonably increase parking congestion. The applicant shall not disturb the structure or trees for which the waiver is granted.

Any shared parking analysis shall follow the guidelines provided in the most recent edition of the Urban Land Institute's "Shared Parking" publication. Any off-site parking to be used shall require the recording of a perpetual easement prior to occupancy, the form and substance of which must be approved by the director.

In no case shall the minimum number of parking spaces be exceeded by 50 percent.

(Ord. of 4-6-20(1), Exh. A)

No vehicle shall be parked or stored in any front or side yard in any residentially zoned district, except:

• When the vehicle is located in RR zoned property that is not in a platted subdivision, and only if the vehicle is located outside of the minimum yard area; or

• If the vehicle is stored within a garage or carport or on an apron or driveway. Driveway and apron cannot cover more than 50 percent of the minimum lot width and a driveway must be paved. Gravel may be used only at locations which have existing gravel drives.

No vehicle shall be parked or stored in any rear yard in any residentially zoned district except:

• When the vehicle will not be visible from the street and/or neighboring property; or

• When the vehicle is located in RR zoned property that is not in a platted subdivision, and only if the vehicle is located outside of the minimum yard area; or

• If the vehicle is stored within a garage or carport or on an apron or driveway.

No vehicle owner, property owner, or tenant shall allow a vehicle to be parked or stored outside a building on any surface other than a paved driveway or a paved parking area in any commercially zoned area.

This section shall not apply to agricultural equipment parked on property used primarily for agricultural purposes.

(Ord. of 4-6-20(1), Exh. A)