The lawful use of any building or structure or land existing at the time of the enactment of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived may be continued even though such use does not conform with the provisions of this chapter except that the nonconforming structure or use shall not be:

(1)

Changed to another nonconforming use;

(2)

Reestablished after discontinuance for one year;

(3)

Extended except in conformity with this chapter;

(4)

Rebuilt altered, or repaired after damage exceeding 50 percent of its replacement cost at the time of destruction, except in conformity with this chapter.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 6.1)

(a)

Off-street automobile parking space shall be provided on every lot on which any of the following uses are hereafter established. The number of automobile parking spaces provided shall be at least as great as the number specified in this subsection for various uses:

(1)

Automobile repair garages: One space for each regular employee plus one space for each 250 square feet of floor area used for repair work.

(2)

Gasoline filling stations: Three spaces for each grease rack or similar facility plus two spaces for each gas pump attendant.

(3)

Hospitals and nursing homes or similar institutions: One space for each two beds plus one space for each staff or visiting doctor plus one space for each three employees.

(4)

Hotels: One space for each two guest bedrooms plus one space for each five employees.

(5)

Industrial: One space for each two employees on a single shift plus one space for each company vehicle operating from the premises.

(6)

Lodges and clubs: One space for each ten members.

(7)

Offices: One space for each 300 square feet of floor space.

(8)

Places of amusement or assembly without fixed seats: One space for each 200 square feet of floor space devoted to patron use.

(9)

Places of public assembly: One space for each four seats in the principal assembly room.

(10)

Residential: One space for each dwelling unit.

(11)

Restaurants: One space for each 75 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use, plus one space for each four employees.

(12)

Retail business: One space for each 250 square feet of sales space.

(13)

Roominghouses and boardinghouses: One space for each two bedrooms.

(14)

Tourist courts and motels: One space for each accommodation.

(15)

Wholesale business: One space for each two employees.

(b)

Each space shall be at least 300 square feet in area and shall have vehicular access to a public street. Turning space should be provided, except for single-family residences, so that no vehicle will be required to back into the street.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 6.2)

If the required automobile parking spaces cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot on which the principal use is conducted, such spaces may be provided on other off-street property provided such property lies within 400 feet of the main entrance to such principal use. Such automobile parking space shall be associated with the principal use and shall not thereafter be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 6.3)

Required parking space may extend up to 120 feet into a residential zoning district, provided that the space:

(1)

Adjoins a commercial or industrial district;

(2)

Has only access to or fronts upon the same street as the property in the commercial or industrial district for which it provides the required parking space; and

(3)

Is visually separated from abutting properties in the adjoining residential district by suitable screening devices.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 6.4)

Every building or structure used for a business, trade, or industry shall provide space as indicated herein for the loading and unloading of vehicles off the street or alley. Such space shall have access to an alley or, if there is no alley, to a street. The following minimum loading and unloading spaced is required:

(1)

Retail business: One space of 300 square feet for each 3,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof;

(2)

Wholesale and industry: One space of 500 square feet for each 10,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof; and

(3)

Bus and truck terminals: Sufficient space to accommodate the maximum number of buses or trucks to be stored or to be loaded or unloaded at the terminal at any one time.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 6.5)

In all use districts except the central business district (B-1), no fence, walls, shrubbery, or other obstruction to vision between the heights of three feet and 15 feet shall be permitted within 20 feet of the intersection of the rights-of-way of streets.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 6.6)

No house trailers shall be permitted in any district except R-2 and R-3, and then only under the following conditions: A single house trailer shall be allowed on a single lot only in the R-2 and R-3 districts provided said lot, whether existing or created, has the minimum square feet of area as herein specified for a lot in a residential district and provided that adequate sanitary sewage facilities are installed or connected to as recommended by the state health department.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 6.7)

(a)

Street divisions designated. For the purposes of this chapter, all streets in the city are hereby divided into three classes:

(1)

Major streets. Major streets are those public streets which are designated as state or federal highways.

(2)

Local streets. Local streets are those public streets which are not designated as either state or federal highways.

(3)

Designated private streets. Designated private streets are those streets, roads or drives, within the city, which are shown on the map attached to the ordinance from which this chapter is derived as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference, which streets, roads or drives are not now public streets as defined in section 64-65(1), and those subdivision streets designated on plats of surveys given final approval by the city under the provisions of the city standard development specifications.

(b)

Determination and identification of public and private streets on map. The beginning and end of such public streets and private streets shown on the map attached to the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall be as determined and identified by the city, and such determination and identification shall control over the graphic representation shown on said map.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 6.8; Ord. of 9-29-2003, § C)