For every use, activity or building permitted under the Zoning Ordinance and for all buildings or structures erected in accordance therewith, there shall be provided accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in accordance with the requirements of this Section.

When a use is expanded and/or a building is enlarged, accessory off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of this Section for the area or capacity of such expansion in combination with the previously existing use and/or building.

When a use and/or building undergoes a decrease in the unit of measure specified in this Section for determining the required accessory off-street parking or loading spaces, the available accessory off-street parking or loading spaces may be reduced accordingly; provided that the remaining accessory off-street parking or loading spaces meet or exceed the requirements and standards of this Section applicable to the use and/or building as modified.

When a building and/or shopping facility has a new use occupy the facility, an analysis of the uses and their off-street parking requirements shall be provided to ensure compliance with the requirements.

For single- and two-family dwellings. On the same lot as the dwelling.

For multiple-family dwellings. On the same lot as the dwelling; provided that for this purpose, a group of such dwellings either under single ownership or constituting a condominium property shall be considered to be on a single lot.

For boarding, lodging and rooming houses, private clubs and lodges, hospitals, sanitariums, adult boarding facilities, residential care facilities, intermediate care facilities and skilled nursing facilities. On the same lot as the main building(s) and/or on a lot contiguous to such lot.

For all other uses. On the same lot as the use and/or within six hundred (600) feet; provided that off-street parking facilities accessory to a use located in a non-residential district may be located in a residential district only when specifically authorized by an ordinance of the City Council and provided that all of the following conditions are met:

When accessory off-street parking facilities are provided on a lot other than the lot occupied by the use such facilities serve, the facilities shall be in the same possession, either by deed or long-term lease, as the property occupied by such use, and the owner shall be bound by covenants filed of record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of St. Louis County requiring the owner and his or her heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of parking spaces during the existence of such use.

Dwellings:

Hotels and motels: one (1) space for each sleeping room, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of commercial floor area (including dining rooms, lounges, meeting rooms, retail shops, banquet rooms, convention halls), plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees; provided that, if the total number of required off-street parking spaces exceeds thirty (30), at least ten percent (10%) of the total parking spaces provided may be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width and forty (40) feet in length for the purpose of accommodating large trucks if the proposal warrants these spaces and is approved by the City Engineer.

Mobile home parks, trailer courts or camps: two (2) parking spaces for each mobile home and trailer pad or space.

Private clubs or lodges: one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor area, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees.

Lodging or rooming house: one (1) parking space for each bed.

Hospital: two (2) parking spaces for each bed, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees, including physicians and nurses.

Residential care facility, adult boarding facility, intermediate care facility, skilled nursing facility, sanitarium: one (1) parking space for each three (3) beds, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees including nurses.

Medical or dental clinic: eight (8) parking spaces for each physician or dentist, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees including nurses.

Funeral home or mortuary: ten (10) parking spaces for each chapel or parlor, plus one (1) additional space for each funeral vehicle kept on the premises, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees.

Bowling alley: five (5) parking spaces for each alley, plus one (1) additional parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of commercial floor area (including lounges, dining rooms, snack bars, equipment shops), plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees.

Assembly hall, dance hall, exhibition hall, stadium, arena, skating rink, auditorium, gymnasium, tennis club or soccer club: one (1) parking space for each three (3) seats (based on maximum seating capacity) or for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area, whichever results in the larger amount of parking spaces, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees.

Indoor theater: one (1) parking space for each two (2) seats, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees.

Church, synagogue or temple: one (1) parking space for each three (3) seats provided in the principal auditorium.

Bank and business, professional or governmental office: one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor area, provided that, where the owner or operator of a business or professional office can provide a professionally prepared study that such office will not attract customers or clients to the premises, the City Engineer may reduce the requirement to one (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

Restaurant, cafeteria, bar, tavern, saloon and lounge: one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees; provided that, if the total number of required off-street parking spaces exceeds thirty (30), at least ten percent (10%) of the total spaces provided may be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width and forty (40) feet in length for the purpose of accommodating large trucks if the proposal warrants these spaces and is approved by the City Engineer.

Retail store or service shop (individually or in groups): one (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees.

Furniture store, appliance store, motor vehicle sales establishment, household equipment or furniture repair shop, boat sales establishment, trailer and R.V. sales establishment, machinery sales establishment: one (1) parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of floor area, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) employees.

Manufacturing and industrial use; research and testing laboratory; laundry and dry-cleaning plant; printing, binding, publishing and issuing of newspapers, periodicals, books, and other reading matter; warehouse and storage building, engraving shop, assembly of materials and products, and other similar uses: one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees, plus such additional parking facilities as shall be required for all vehicles used in the conduct of the enterprise including any clients and customers.

Schools:

A fire station shall have one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of office space and one (1) space for each employee on duty on the maximum shift; if there is no office space, then two (2) additional spaces for visitors.

Parking requirements for uses not included in any of the above shall be determined by the City Engineer on the basis of the demand for off-street parking estimated to be generated by the particular uses.

The term "floor area", as used in this Section, shall mean the entire gross floor area of all floors of a building including basements and cellars, except for the following: storage rooms not open to the public; restrooms; dressing, fitting or alteration rooms; space occupied by mechanical, heating, cooling or electrical equipment for building operation; stairways and elevator shafts; permanent corridors; employee lounges or lunch rooms; kitchen areas.

The term "employees" (including physicians and nurses), as used in this Section, shall mean the maximum number of persons engaged in providing the service or conducting the activity and located on the premises at any one time.

The term "seat", as used in this Section, shall mean, in the case of pews, benches or similar type seating, a width of eighteen (18) inches.

An off-street parking space for a full-size automobile shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet six (6) inches by nineteen (19) feet in size, exclusive of aisles and driveways.

An off-street parallel parking space shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet by twenty-two (22) feet in size, exclusive of aisles and driveways.

An off-street parking space for a compact automobile shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet by sixteen (16) feet in size, exclusive of aisles and driveways.

An off-street parking space for a large truck as well as an off-street loading space shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet by forty (40) feet in size exclusive of aisles, driveways and maneuvering space and shall have a minimum vertical clearance of fourteen (14) feet.

Off-street parking spaces for automobiles shall conform with the size required for full-size automobiles; except that, on facilities designed to accommodate a total of fifty (50) or more automobiles, not more than twenty percent (20%) of the spaces for automobiles may be reduced to the size required for compact cars, provided that all such smaller spaces are located in a single contiguous area that is clearly marked as being for small or compact cars only.

An off-street parking space for vehicles other than automobiles or large trucks shall be of a size (exclusive of aisle, drives and maneuvering space) suffice to accommodate the length and width of the vehicle as well as the opening of vehicle doors for ingress and egress.

Aisles between rows of automobile parking spaces shall be a minimum thirteen (13) feet wide when providing access to spaces oriented at a forty-five degree (45°) angle to the centerline of the aisle, a minimum of eighteen (18) feet wide when providing access to spaces oriented at a sixty degree (60°) angle to such centerline, and a minimum of twenty-three (23) feet wide when providing access to spaces oriented at a ninety degree (90°) angle to such centerline. Aisles adjacent to parallel parking shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet wide.

For those uses that qualify as offices and/or uses where the parking space is occupied only twice during a twenty-four (24) hour period, eighty percent (80%) of the spaces may be reduced to nine (9) feet by nineteen (19) feet. The remaining spaces should be concentrated near the entrances to the structure. To qualify for this size reduction the plans must be approved by the City Engineer.

Parking areas shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic. "Entrance" is defined as the area between the property line and the edge of the street, which shall be constructed of a minimum of six (6) inches of Portland cement concrete pavement or two (2) inches of type C asphaltic concrete wearing surface over seven and one-half (7½) inches type X asphaltic concrete base course. No driveway or entrance providing access to a single-family residence shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in width at the right-of-way line and shall have a standard two and one-half (2½) foot flare to the edge of the street. There shall be permitted no more than one (1) such entrance for lots less than one hundred (100) feet in width nor more than two (2) such entrances for lots one hundred (100) feet or more in width. For all other entrances, the St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic — Design Criteria for the Preparation of Improvement Plans shall be followed. However, any entrances providing access to a road or street on which the width of entrances is regulated by the Missouri State Highway and Transportation Commission or St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic shall be permitted to be at least the minimum width required by that Commission or Department.

Off-street parking for the handicapped shall be provided in the number and size of spaces as required by the Building Code. The number of spaces for the handicapped that are provided shall be counted towards meeting the requirements of Section 410.110(C)(1).

Except for access driveways providing connection to the street, no portion of any off-street parking facility or off-street loading area shall be located closer to any street right-of-way lines than the minimum front yard setback required by the regulations of the district in which the property is located, provided that on property located in the "M-1" Limited Manufacturing District, an accessory off-street parking facility may be located no closer than twenty (20) feet to such lines. Any wall, fence or hedge developed around any such facility or area shall be subject to the same setback requirement as the facility or area itself.

All off-street parking facilities designed to accommodate six (6) or more vehicles shall be effectively screened by a wall, a solid fence, or a densely compacted hedge along any side which adjoins property in any residential district. Such wall, fence or hedge shall be at least four (4) feet, but not more than eight (8) feet in height, and shall be maintained in good condition.

All off-street parking facilities designed to accommodate fifty (50) or more vehicles shall be landscaped and/or graded in a manner that will break up any visual appearance of a large expanse of pavement and/or parked vehicles, and such landscaping shall be maintained in a good condition. No parking space shall be more than one hundred (100) feet from any landscaped planting area. No landscaped area shall be less than five (5) feet in width.

Any portion of the property occupied by an off-street parking facility not utilized for parking spaces, aisles, driveways, entrances, exits, or accessory structures shall be landscaped in an appropriate manner and such landscaping shall be maintained in good condition.

No off-street loading area shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to any property in a residential district unless completely enclosed by building walls, or a uniformly painted solid fence or wall, or any combination thereof not less than six (6) feet in height.

No off-street parking space for large trucks shall be closer than one hundred fifty (150) feet to any occupied dwelling unit, residential trailer or mobile home.

Landscaped planting areas shall consist of at a minimum the use of trees and shrubs. A schedule of the plantings shall accompany any site plan.

The area set aside for dumpsters and similar devices shall be completely screened from view from any street. The screening may be of vegetation, walls and/or fencing that complements the principal structure on the site.

All off-street parking facilities, except public facilities for the parking of only recreational vehicles (including boats, trailers and motor homes), shall be improved with a compacted rolled stone base not less than six (6) inches thick and a wearing surface of asphaltic concrete not less than two (2) inches thick or with such other materials and thicknesses as may be approved by the City Engineer as being equivalent construction. Other parking areas that are used for storage, and are fenced from the public, shall be improved with at least a compacted rolled stone surface not less than six (6) inches thick which shall be approved by the City Engineer.

Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light onto the parking surface and away from adjoining properties.

No signs shall be displayed on any parking facility except those necessary for the orderly use of the facility.

All off-street parking facilities and off-street loading areas shall conform with the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District's rules and regulations and engineering design requirements for sanitary sewage and stormwater drainage facilities.