1.   Off-street parking space shall be provided in accordance with this article in all districts, except the B-1 Central Business District, if adequate public or on-street parking is available within fifty (50) feet of the property. However, if provided in the B-1 District, off-street parking spaces shall be provided at one (1) space per five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area and comply with the applicable landscaping requirements.

   2.   The off-street parking space required by this division shall be permanent space and shall not be used for any other purpose.

   3.   Each parking space shall be:

   a.   Angle parking: thirty (30) degree, forty-five (45) degree, sixty (60) degree and ninety (90) degree: minimum nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet.

   b.   Parallel parking: minimum nine (9) feet by twenty-two (22) feet.

   c.   The parking standards are for one (1) vehicle, exclusive of adequate egress and ingress, drives, maneuvering space and landscaping.

   4.   Off-street parking spaces shall not be located in such a manner that parked cars will extend onto a public street or sidewalk.

   5.   Off-street parking areas, loading, egress and ingress, and maneuvering space shall be paved with asphalt or concrete. Any parking area not paved at the time of adoption of this chapter shall be allowed to continue as such until an expansion of the building or parking area occurs. At such time, the parking area must be paved and meet current landscaping requirements.

   6.   Off-street parking areas shall be setback at least ten (10) feet from any public street.

   7.   All off-street parking areas shall provide curbing along the interior (islands) and exterior edges of the paved area.

(Ord. of 12-7-04, No. 37-02; Ord. of 10-5-15, No. 05-15)

   1.   The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be combined in one (1) lot but the required space assigned to one (1) use may not be assigned to another use at the same time, except that one-half (1/2) of the parking space required for churches, theaters, or assembly halls whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sundays may be assigned to a use which will be closed at nights or on Sundays.

   2.   No portion of any street right-of-way shall be considered as fulfilling or partially fulfilling the area requirements for off-street parking required by the terms of this chapter. (Ord. of 12-7-04, No. 37-02)

   1.   Each application for a zoning permit or certificate of occupancy shall include information as to the location and dimensions of off-street parking space and the means of ingress and egress between such space and a street. This information shall be in sufficient detail to enable the Zoning Enforcement Officer to determine whether or not the requirements of this chapter are met.

   2.   The certificate of occupancy of the use of any structure or land where off-street parking space is required shall be withheld by the Zoning Enforcement Officer until the provisions of this chapter are fully met. If at any time such compliance ceases, any certificate of occupancy which has been issued for the use of the property shall immediately become void and of no effect. (Ord. of 12-7-04, No. 37-02)

   Off-street parking spaces shall be provided and permanently maintained by the owners and occupants of the following types of property uses on the basis indicated:

 

 

   Every building or structure used for business, trade, or industry hereafter erected shall provide space as indicated herein for the loading and unloading of vehicles off the street or public right-of-way. Such space shall have access to an alley or street. For the purposes of this section, an off-street loading space shall have a minimum dimension of twelve (12) feet by forty (40) feet and overhead clearance of fourteen (14) feet in height above the alley or street grade. Off-street loading and unloading shall be permanently maintained by the owners and occupants of the following types of property uses on the basis indicated:

   1.   Retail operations: One (1) loading space for each five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof.

   2.   Wholesale and industrial operations: One (1) loading space for each ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof. (Ord. of 12-7-04, No. 37-02)

   The landscaping requirements of this section shall apply to land, public and private, designated as multi-family, recreational, institutional, industrial and commercial land uses which are required to have or provide twenty (20) or more parking spaces.

   1.   Parking area landscaping requirements of this section are as follows:

   a.   Credit for using existing trees on site greater than or equal to those required by standards shall be two (2) trees for every one (1) tree retained.

   b.   When using an existing tree, the area under the drip line (maximum extension of branches) of the tree must remain undisturbed. This includes grading, fill, paving, etc.

   c.   If an existing tree dies, it must be replaced with two (2) trees during the next planting season.

   d.   If any vegetation dies, replacement is required within the next planting season.

   e.   Landscaping shall be placed in a manner, which meets the intent of this chapter, and shall be maintained.

   f.   Any fraction of requirements shall be rounded up to the next whole number.

   g.   Landscaping shall not obstruct the view of motorists using any street, private driveway, parking aisles or the approach to any street intersection so as to constitute a traffic hazard. Landscaping shall not obstruct sign faces.

   2.   Landscaping requirements for interior areas of parking areas (Interior areas are defined as the area within the property used for vehicular storage, parking and movement):

   a.   Landscaped planting areas are to be located within or adjacent to the parking area as tree islands, at the end of parking bays, inside medians, or between rows or cars.

   b.   There shall be one (1) large shade tree for every twenty (20) parking spaces.

   c.   There shall be one (1) shrub for every ten (10) parking spaces. Shrubs must be eighteen (18) inches tall at planting and reach a minimum height of thirty (30) inches in three (3) years.

   d.   All trees and shrubs are to be planted within a landscaped planting area not less than one hundred sixty-two (162) square feet in area.

   e.   No vehicular parking space shall be farther than one-hundred (100) feet from a planting area.

   f.   No more than forty percent (40%) of the trees and/or shrubs shall be deciduous.

   g.   For parking areas over 40,000 square feet, a minimum ten (10) foot wide continuously planted median shall be installed along the length of the longest interior parking row, to break up large areas of pavement. Parking areas over 80,000 square feet shall require two of the described medians. This does not apply to vehicular sales or rental sales.

   3.   Landscaping requirements for street yards of parking areas (Street yards are defined as the area between the public right-of-way and interior area. The street yard width or location may have to be adjusted to avoid planting in conflict with utility lines):

   a.   Street yards are required to be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width. The street yard bed may have to be shifted back or made wider in some places to give street yard trees extra clearance from utility lines.

   b.   One (1) large shade tree is required every one-hundred (100) feet or one (1) small tree is required every fifty (50) feet along the street frontage.

   c.   Shrub beds (fifty (50)) square feet minimum and a minimum of ten (10) shrubs per shrub bed) are required every forty (40) feet along the street frontage. Berms may be used instead of shrubs with the following stipulations: 1) berms must be the required height of shrubs with no more than a 3:1 slope; 2) shorter shrubs may be used in combination with berms as long as the required total height is met; 3) berms must be capped or topped with groundcover vegetation; 4) berms shall be grassed; 5) berms must occupy sixty percent (60%) of the frontage area; 6) fences may be used in combination with berms as long as the fence is compatible in materials and color to the building and is not more than forty percent (40%) of the required height.

   d.   Protection of utility lines: Small trees may not be planted closer than 15 feet to utility lines. Shrubs may not be planted closer than 6 feet to utility lines.

   4.   Tree and shrub specifications:

   1.   Dumpsters shall be set on a concrete bed and shall be hidden by an opaque fence or wall of sufficient height to screen the bin and any appurtenances, but not less than six (6) feet in height. The wall or fence shall enclose the dumpster on all four (4) sides. Gates or doors for access on one side are permitted.

   2.   Trash containers such as dumpsters shall not be located abutting residential property or within any front yard.

   3.   When used, fences and walls should match the architectural detail of the main building.

   4.   Temporary construction dumpsters shall be exempt from the requirements of this section. However, upon completion of construction all construction dumpsters shall be removed. (Ord. of 12-7-04, No. 37-02)