Off street vehicular parking in conjunction with all land or building uses shall be provided, prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy as herein prescribed. In all zoning districts, off street parking requirements for the storage and parking of self-propelled motor vehicles for the use of occupants, employees and patrons of the building hereafter erected, altered or extended after the effective date hereof, shall be provided as herein prescribed. Such space shall be maintained and shall not be encroached upon as long as said main building or structure remains, unless an equivalent number of such spaces are provided elsewhere in conformance with this chapter.

   (A)   When units or measurements determining number of required parking spaces result in requirements of a fractional space, such fractional space shall be reflected as one parking space.

   (B)   The off street loading space as required in this chapter shall not be construed as supplying off street parking space.

   (C)   Whenever a use requiring off street parking is increased in floor area and such use is located in a building existing on or before the effective date of this title, the minimum number of parking spaces required at the time of the increase in floor area shall be based on the usable floor area of the entire building including the addition.

   (D)   Off street parking for other than residential use shall be either on the same lot or within three hundred feet (300') of the building it is intended to serve, measured without crossing any major thoroughfare, from the nearest point of the building to the nearest point of the off street parking facilities and such off street parking shall be provided either by an off street parking lot or by a garage. In the case off street parking is provided in a garage, the maximum height of such garage shall be twenty feet (20') and may occupy the required side or rear space, but shall not be closer than twenty feet (20') from a lot line in a residential district. (Ord. 567, 11-1976)

   (E)   Residential off street parking spaces shall consist of dust free parking strips, driveway, or combination thereof and shall be located on the premises they are intended to serve, not closer than three feet (3') from any street lot line. Garages and carports shall conform to the appropriate regulations of the zoning district in which they are located.

All required parking in R-3, R-4, B-1, B-2, B-3, and I districts and that required for churches and assembly places shall be paved as follows:

      1.   A one and one-half inch (11/2") bituminous concrete surface on a four inch (4") base of bituminous aggregate mix; or

      2.   A two inch (2") bituminous concrete surface on an eight inch (8") base of crushed gravel or crushed stone; or

      3.   A five inch (5") surface of portland cement concrete or structural equivalent of any of the foregoing as determined by the city engineer.

These specifications are minimum standards; parties anticipating use of parking lots by heavy vehicles or very high volumes of traffic should use a higher standard of pavement design. (Ord. 1937, 7-2-2008)

   (F)   For uses not specifically mentioned herein, the requirements for off street parking facilities for a use which is mentioned, and which use is most similar as interpreted by the city council after hearing and recommendation of the joint planning and zoning commission shall apply. (Ord. 567, 11-1976; amd. Ord. 3041, 12-3-2013)

   (G)   In case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off street loading space shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately as specified in the preceding subsection, and the off street loading space for one use shall not be considered as providing the required off street loading space for any other use.

   (H)   Any area once designed as required off street parking shall not be changed to any other use unless and until equal facilities are provided elsewhere.

   (I)   Off street parking existing at the effective date of this title in connection with the operation of an existing building or use shall not be reduced to an amount less than hereinafter required for a similar new building or prior use.

   (J)   Two (2) or more buildings or uses may collectively provide the required off street parking in which case the required number of parking spaces shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the several individual uses computed separately. Where the required number of parking spaces exceeds one hundred (100) cars, the requirements may be reduced by ten percent (10%).

   (K)   The required off street parking shall be for occupants, employees, visitors, and shall be limited in use to motor vehicles. The storage of merchandise, motor vehicles for sale, or the repair of vehicles is prohibited in required off street parking areas.

This requirement shall not be interpreted to prohibit the posting of a "for sale" sign in a personal vehicle which is used regularly by a resident of the structure for which the parking space is an accessory use. (Ord. 567, 11-1976)

   (L)   In cases of dual functioning of off street parking where operating hours do not overlap, the joint planning and zoning commission may grant a variation. Parking spaces already provided to meet off street parking requirements for theaters, stadiums, auditoriums, and other places of public assembly, stores, office buildings and industrial establishments located within five hundred feet (500') of a church, as measured along lines of public access, and that are not normally used between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. on Sundays and are made available for other parking, may be used to meet not more than seventy five percent (75%) of the off street parking requirements of a church. There shall be a written agreement between all parties concerned where this arrangement is permitted. (Ord. 567, 11-1976; amd. Ord. 3041, 12-3-2013)

   (M)   Where lighting facilities are provided, they shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the adjacent residential districts or zones.

   (N)   The amount of required off street parking space for new uses or buildings, additions thereto, and additions to existing buildings as specified above shall be determined in accordance with the following table, and the space so required shall be stated in the application for a building permit and shall be irrevocably reserved for such use and/or shall comply with the initial part of this section.

   (O)   No certificate of occupancy will be issued upon completion of any building or repair operations unless and until all off street parking requirements, shown upon the plans, or made a part of the building permit, shall be in place and ready for use. (Ord. 567, 11-1976)

Off street parking shall be provided in accordance with the following table:

 

(Ord. 567, 11-1976)

Whenever an off street parking lot is a requirement, such lot shall be laid out, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following regulations:

   (A)   Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot by means of clearly limited and defined drive shall be provided for vehicles. All drives and aisles shall be surfaced in a manner equivalent to that which is hereinafter provided for parking areas.

   (B)   All spaces shall be laid out in the dimensions of ten feet by twenty feet (10' x 20') or two hundred (200) square feet of space, exclusive of area required in subsection (C) of this section.

   (C)   All space shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes.

   (D)   Where the parking lot is contiguous with a residentially zoned district which has common frontage in the same block with the parking lot, there shall be established a setback equal to that required for buildings in the applicable residential zone buffered in accord with chapter 15 of this title.

   (E)   Where a parking lot lies across the street and opposite a residentially zoned district wherein the lots front on such street, there shall be established a setback line ten feet (10') from the front lot line. In lieu of this setback a buffer strip may be provided (see chapter 15 of this title).

   (F)   Where the parking lot lies across the street and opposite or contiguous to and in the same block with residentially zoned property which has only side lot lines on the street, there shall be established a setback line ten feet (10') from the lot line. In lieu of this setback a buffer may be provided.

   (G)   Where the parking lot abuts rear property lines of a residentially zoned district, there shall be established a setback line of ten feet (10') from the rear property line. In lieu of this setback a buffer may be provided.

   (H)   The land between the setback line and the lot line in a parking lot is for the purpose of this chapter called a buffer strip.

   (I)   There shall be bumper stops or wheel chocks of concrete or similar permanent material, provided so as to prevent any vehicle from projecting over the buffer strip. (Ord. 567, 11-1976)

   (J)   Wherever a buffer strip is not practical or reasonable, a continuous unpierced masonry wall of specified height and materials may be substituted if approved by the city council after hearing and recommendation by the joint planning and zoning commission. (Ord. 567, 11-1976; amd. Ord. 3041, 12-3-2013)

   (K)   Where buffer strips are not required, bumper stops or wheel chocks will be provided, so located as to prevent any vehicle from projecting over the lot line.

   (L)   The parking lot shall be drained to eliminate any standing surface water.

   (M)   The surface of the parking lot excepting the buffer strips shall have dust free concrete or asphaltic surfacing.

   (N)   Plans for the layout of the parking lot must be approved by the zoning administrator. Plans for the layout of the parking lot shall show a total dimension across two (2) tiers of spaces and one aisle (maneuvering lane) of at least the following for the various patterns:

      1.   Ninety degree (90°) pattern: Sixty feet (60') for two (2) tiers of space, including one aisle (maneuvering lane), with the minimum aisle being twenty feet (20') in width.

      2.   Sixty degree (60°) pattern: Fifty five feet (55') for two (2) tiers of spaces including one aisle (maneuvering lane), with the minimum aisle being fifteen feet (15') in width.

      3.   Forty five degree (45°) pattern: Fifty feet (50') for two (2) tiers of spaces including one aisle (maneuvering lane), with the minimum aisle being fifteen feet (15') in width.

      4.   Forty five degree (45°) herringbone pattern: Forty three feet (43') for two (2) tiers of spaces and one aisle (maneuvering lane), with the minimum aisle being twelve feet (12') in width. (Ord. 567, 11-1976)

   (O)   Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained in this chapter, the setback requirements required hereby may be modified by the joint planning and zoning commission with respect to the number of feet required for any case when it appears an undue hardship will arise from the strict enforcement of the requirements above set forth. (Ord. 567, 11-1976; amd. Ord. 3041, 12-3-2013)

On the same premises with every building, structure, or part thereof, erected and occupied for manufacturing, storage warehouse, goods display, department store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning establishment, other retail establishments, or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles or materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading and unloading in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets or alleys. Such loading and unloading space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall be an area twelve feet by fifty feet (12' x 50') with a fifteen foot (15') high clearance and shall be provided according to the following schedule:

 

 

Multi-family buildings shall provide one off street loading space for each building containing twenty (20) or more dwelling units. Such loading and unloading space shall be an area ten feet by forty feet (10' x 40') with a twelve foot (12') height clearance. (Ord. 567, 11-1976)