A.   Off Street Parking And Loading Spaces Required: No building or structure shall be erected, substantially altered or its use changed unless permanently maintained off street parking and loading spaces have been provided in accordance with the provisions of this title.

   B.   Change Of Use: When the intensity of use of any building structure or premises shall be increased through addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity (a horizontal unit of width of 18 inches per seat or other units of measurement specified herein for required parking), or loading facilities, parking and loading facilities as required in this chapter shall be provided for such increase in intensity of use. However, no owner of a building or structure lawfully erected or use lawfully established prior to the effective date hereof shall be required to provide such additional parking or loading facilities.

   C.   New Use: Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use.

   D.   Existing Facilities: Accessory off street parking or loading facilities that are located on the same lot as the building or use served and that were in existence on the effective date hereof, or were provided voluntarily after such effective date, shall not thereafter be reduced below or (if already less than) shall not further be reduced below the requirements of this title for a similar new building or use.

   E.   Permissive Facilities: Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of off street parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings; provided, that all regulations of this chapter governing the location, design, improvement and operation of such facilities are adhered to.

   F.   Damage Or Destruction Of Facilities: For any conforming or legally nonconforming building or use which is in existence on the effective date hereof (which subsequent thereto, is damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion, or other cause and which is reconstructed, reestablished, or repaired), off street parking and loading facilities shall be provided which are equivalent to any maintained at the time that such damage or destruction is restored or continued in operation.

   G.   Required Submission Of Parking Site Plan: All development applications shall include a site plan drawn to a minimum scale of one inch equals fifty feet (1" = 50') which is fully dimensioned and shows any parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with this chapter. Such site plan shall be submitted to the city engineer for approval when the required off street parking is more than six (6) parking spaces and shall indicate ingress and egress to the area and traffic patterns in adjacent streets and alleys and appropriate landscaping.

   H.   Parking Area Improvements: The plan of the proposed parking area shall be submitted to the city engineer at the time of the application for the building permit for which the parking area is required. When new or additional parking area is to be established adjacent to an existing building, development plans shall be submitted to the city engineer prior to actual development. The plan shall indicate the proposed development including location, size, shape, design, curb cuts, lighting, landscaping, construction details and other features and appurtenances deemed necessary by the city engineer. Development plans require approval of the city engineer prior to parking area development. Any improvements in the right of way, including curb and gutter, sidewalk, driveway approaches or cuts in existing curbs, etc., shall require application for and issuance of a right of way approval from the city engineer prior to actual construction.

   I.   Joint Parking Facilities:

      1.   Off street parking facilities for different buildings, structures, uses, or for mixed uses may be provided collectively in any district in which separate parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted; provided, that the total number of spaces so located together shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use. The applicants shall present to the council properly drawn legal instruments to be recorded with the county recorder, executed by the parties involved in the proposed mixed use of off street parking facilities. Upon commission approval, such instrument must be filed with the planning and zoning department.

      2.   The council may authorize the mixed use of parking facilities for the following:

         a.   Up to fifty percent (50%) of the parking facilities required by this section for primarily "nighttime", i.e., theaters, bowling alleys, bars, restaurants and related uses, may be supplied by other types of buildings or uses herein referred to as "daytime", i.e., banks, offices, retail, personal service shops, clothing, food, furniture, manufacturing or wholesale and related uses;

         b.   Up to fifty percent (50%) of the parking facilities required by this section for primarily "daytime" uses may be supplied by primarily "nighttime" uses. (1974 Code § 4-1401)

   A.   Off Street Parking: Off street parking facilities accessory to residential use and developed in any residential district in accordance with the requirements of this section shall be used solely for the parking of vehicles used by occupants of the dwelling structures to which such facilities are accessory. Under no circumstances shall required parking facilities (which are accessory to residential structures) be used for the storage of commercial vehicles.

   B.   Parking And Storage Of Certain Vehicles: Automotive vehicles or trailers of any kind or type without current license plates shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property other than in a completely enclosed building or carport. However, one boat, one RV vehicle or travel trailer may be stored in the side or rear yard.

   C.   Vehicles, Commercial: The parking of vehicles at a commercial repair or body shop may extend beyond two (2) weeks if the vehicle repairs cannot be completed because of delays in receiving parts or insurance settlements, however, the number of vehicles parked outside at any one time shall not exceed ten (10) vehicles. (Ord. 946, 2-8-2010)

   A.   Access: Each required off street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space and shall conform to the minimum standards as established by the city. All off street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement.

   B.   Residential Accessory Off Street Parking: Parking spaces accessory to dwellings shall be located on the same zoning lots as the use served.

   C.   Additional Off Street Parking For Narrow Public Or Private Streets: Whenever any developer is allowed by the planning and zoning commission to plat, map or construct a public or private trafficway without sufficient width for on street parking, the adjacent property shall provide, in addition to off street parking requirements of this chapter, off street parking equal to the amount of on street parking eliminated.

   D.   Commercial Accessory Off Street Parking: All required parking spaces shall be within three hundred feet (300') of the use served. However, no parking spaces accessory to a use in a commercial district shall be located in a residential district except that private, free, off street parking accessory to such uses as municipal parking lots may be allowed by conditional use permit in the residential districts and within two hundred feet (200') of and adjacent to any commercial district.

   E.   Parking In Setback Area: When abutting another commercial use, parking shall be permitted within the setback area. When abutting residential uses, parking shall not be permitted in the setback area.

   F.   Wheel Blocks: Whenever a parking lot extends to a property line, wheel blocks or other suitable devices shall be installed to prevent any part of a parked vehicle from extending beyond the property line.

   G.   Minimum Distance And Setbacks: No part of any parking area for more than ten (10) vehicles, excluding handicapped accessible parking areas and parking and loading areas for school buses, shall be closer than twenty feet (20') to any dwelling unit, school, hospital, or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot unless separated by an acceptably designed screen. If on the same lot with a single-family dwelling, the parking area shall not be located within the front yard required for such building, unless subsection H1b of this section is complied with. In no case shall any part of a parking area be closer than four feet (4') to any established street or alley right of way.

   H.   Yard Requirements: Off street parking spaces in yards shall conform to the following:

      1.   Front Yards:

         a.   No parking shall be permitted in a front yard unless it is as provided in subsection H1b of this section;

         b.   Parking is allowed in a front yard on a private driveway serving one-family and two-family dwellings, if the driveway is concrete or asphalt parking pad and landscaped;

         c.   Parking between the front line of any portion of the building and the street shall be limited to private passenger automobile (except as otherwise permitted);

         d.   Concerning front yard parking for multi-family dwelling units, parking spaces shall be twenty five feet (25') in length.

      2.   Side Yards: Parking is not permitted in any side yard except in residential districts of R-4, R-6, R-16 and R-P.

      3.   Rear Yards: In any commercial district, when a rear yard is adjacent to a residential district, there shall be no parking in the four feet (4') adjacent thereto. (See screening requirements, subsection 9-13-4B of this chapter.)

   I.   Other Parking: Any other type of parking shall be prohibited. (1974 Code § 4-1403)

   A.   Size And Dimension: The size and design of off street parking shall be in accordance with the standards as shown in subsection F of this section.

   B.   Screening, Landscaping And Drainage:

      1.   Landscaping: Landscaping shall be required for all off street parking areas for multi-family residential, commercial, and industrial developments.

      2.   Sprinkler System: Underground sprinkling systems may be required to maintain screening, planting strips and other landscaping.

      3.   Landscaping Requirements: In addition to, and as part of, the landscaping requirements specified elsewhere in this title, the following landscaping shall be provided, retained and maintained on all properties in commercial or industrial districts and fronting gateway arterials:

         a.   A landscaped strip at least ten feet (10') in width shall be provided immediately behind the sidewalk or future sidewalk.

         b.   Any continuous landscaped strip exceeding forty feet (40') in length shall contain a twelve inch (12") minimum height undulating berm.

         c.   Each separate section of the landscaping strip shall contain trees or shrubs.

         d.   Each landscaped strip shall be kept clean and free of noxious and other weeds.

      4.   Screening:

         a.   Whenever a commercial off street parking area is located in or adjacent to a residential district, it shall be effectively screened on all sides which adjoin or face any property used for residential purposes by a wall, fence, earth berm or planting screen that is not less than four feet (4') in height plus a planting strip of four feet (4') minimum width or in an alternate arrangement as approved by the commission.

         b.   Suitable landscaping and ground cover shall be provided and maintained on a continuing basis within the planting strip. Planting screens or hedges shall not exceed two feet (2') in height where location is such that sight lines are necessary for vehicular movement across pedestrianways.

         c.   At least one tree of not less than three inches (3") diameter size class shall be provided for every one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of pavement area.

      5.   Drainage: A drainage plan designed by an architect or an engineer shall be submitted and required for all off street parking areas and shall be approved by the city engineer.

   C.   Lighting: The illumination of the parking lot shall be designed so that the light from lighting fixtures in the parking lot does not reflect direct rays or spill over into adjacent residential districts. All parking lot lighting arrangements shall be installed as approved by the city engineer. The following standards shall apply to all off street parking lots:

      1.   All lighting fixtures shall not be placed higher than thirty five feet (35') above the finished grade;

      2.   Fixtures shall be of the nonspill type and hooded to prevent glare;

      3.   Candlepower per fixture shall be in accordance with the standards established by the city; and

      4.   Minimum security lighting shall be provided from eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. to sunrise as approved by the city engineer.

   D.   Paving: All open off street parking areas shall be paved in accordance with the specifications and standards established by the city.

   E.   Striping: Parking spaces shall be marked with striping which outlines each parking space and designates direction of traffic in access aisles to and from public rights of way. All parking areas with a capacity over twelve (12) vehicles shall be striped with double lines six inches (6") both sides of center between stalls to facilitate the movement into and out of the parking stalls.

   F.   Off Street Parking Design And Dimensional Tables:

 

 

   G.   Petition For Compact Space: Upon petition, parking spaces may be allowed to fulfill the above requirements which are classified as compact car parking spaces, and which are so properly designated and which have dimensions of seven and one-half feet (71/2') in width and fifteen feet (15') in length.

   H.   ADA Requirements: The size and design of off street parking shall be in accordance with the standards as required by the Americans with disabilities act of July 26, 1990. (1974 Code § 4-1404)

   A.   Computation Of Parking Spaces: When the required number of off street parking spaces results in a fractional space, any fraction of one-half (1/2) or less may be disregarded, while a fraction in excess of one-half (1/2) shall be counted as one parking space.

   B.   Required Spaces: For the purpose of this title, the following parking space requirements shall apply:

 

(1974 Code § 4-1405)

   A.   Design And Location: The design and location of entrances and exits for required off street loading areas shall be subject to review of the city engineer. Off street loading facilities shall not project into the public right of way or setback area. In no case shall the required off street loading berths be part of the area used to satisfy the off street parking requirements.

   B.   Access: Each off street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement.

   C.   Surfacing: All open off street loading berths shall be improved in accordance with the specifications and standards established by the city.

   D.   Maintenance: The owner of property used for loading shall maintain such area in good condition without holes and free of all dust, trash, and other debris.

   E.   Drainage: All loading areas shall provide for proper drainage of surface water to prevent the drainage of such water onto adjacent properties or walkways.

   F.   Lighting: Any loading area which is intended to be used during nondaylight hours shall be properly illuminated to avoid accidents. Any lights used to illuminate a loading area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the adjoining property. (1974 Code § 4-1406)