1.

In all zoning districts, a minimum area of one hundred sixty two (162) square feet per automobile shall be used in the computing of the total area to be devoted to a single parking space. A parking space shall be considered at least nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet in standard size. All parking spaces, drives, and lots shall be concrete, asphalt or other hard-surface material approved by the Plan Review Committee.

2.

Any parking space shall be used for parking only. Any other use of such space, including repair work or servicing of any kind (other than in an emergency) or the requirement of any payment for the use of such space, shall be deemed to constitute a separate commercial use and to be in violation of this Ordinance.

3.

No building or accessory structure shall be erected in any off-street parking area, except a parking garage containing parking spaces equal to the requirements set forth in this Ordinance.

4.

On-street parking is prohibited, except in the downtown area of Historic Central Business District and where it already exists.

5.

Coves should be left clear of parked vehicles to allow access and turning of emergency vehicle and school buses.

6.

All parking facilities shall be located on the same lot or plot of ground as the building or buildings served.

7.

Collective off-street parking facilities may be provided; however, such facilities shall be no less than the sum of such facilities as would otherwise be individually required.

8.

No parking or storage of vehicles is allowed on any property except on the paved driveway or designated hard-surface parking pad.

9.

Motor vehicles may be temporarily parked in the front yard area of residences or other properties during the process of constructing, repairing or maintaining the premises upon which they are parked. By way of example, this provision may refer to cement trucks, dump trucks and other construction equipment.

10.

The loading of household goods into personal vehicles, moving vans, or other storage devices, such as "PODS", should be done quickly and shall not be allowed to continue over a period of more than ten (10) days.

11.

All recreational equipment such as boats and boat trailers, travel trailers, pickup campers or coaches, recreational vehicles (RV), motor homes, motorized dwellings, tent trailers, and the like shall be parked or stored on a paved driveway or other approved hard surface behind the building line of the residence. They shall not be parked in the street, nor shall they be used for temporary residences while parked on a lot in Cleveland except for being parked in specifically designated areas established and approved for such use.

12.

Commercial vehicles, commercial trucks, and commercial trailers are not permitted to park in residential zoning districts.

13.

Junk vehicles which include any vehicle that does not have a current inspection sticker and/or is without current a state license plate, shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property other than in completely enclosed buildings or behind approved fencing not visible to any public view. Further, the repair of inoperable vehicles, and/or junk vehicles, in the front yard of residences or in the street or public right-of-way is prohibited.

14.

All areas used for access, display of motorized vehicles, trailers, boats, recreational vehicles, or manufactured mobile homes, whether for customer or business purposes, shall be hard surfaced of concrete, asphalt or compacted gravel maintained adequately for all-weather use and so drained as to avoid the flow of water across sidewalks.

15.

Parking spaces that back directly into the adjacent street in any commercial or industrial zoning district are prohibited, except where they already exist, primarily in the downtown area of the B-2H zone.

16.

New residential development in the B-2H zone, when more than two (2) new units are being created, shall provide for off-street parking as required for other residential buildings. In the case of two or fewer units being developed in existing buildings in downtown, the existing parking spaces may be considered for the required parking.

17.

Specific off-street parking requirements based on particular uses shall be as set forth herein. Off-Street parking requirements for uses not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as those required for a similar or related nature:

(1)

Animal Clinic, Boarding Facility or Kennel: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area.

(2)

Antique Shops: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area.

(3)

Appliance Stores: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area.

(4)

Auto Sales and Repair: Minimum of ten (10) spaces, plus two (2) spaces for each three hundred (300) square feet of auto repair or sales area.

(5)

Automobile Service: Minimum of two (2) parking spaces for each service bay or similar facility; one (1) parking space for each fuel pump, plus four (4) additional spaces.

(6)

A Bar in combination with a Restaurant: The bar will require a minimum of one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area, and the restaurant will require an additional one (1) space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area.

(7)

Barber and Beauty Shops: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area.

(8)

Bus Terminals: Minimum of five (5) parking spaces for each loading or unloading bay, plus ten (10) additional spaces.

(9)

Convenience Stores: Minimum of five (5) parking spaces, plus one (1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of retail floor area.

(10)

Daycares and Private Schools: Minimum of three (3) parking spaces for each classroom or childcare room, plus one (1) parking space for each employee or staff member.

(11)

Dental Clinics: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

(12)

Department Stores: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

(13)

Dry Cleaning: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area.

(14)

Entertainment including Dance Halls, Exhibit Halls without permanent seating arrangements, Skating Rinks, Bowling Alleys, Arcades, and other similar uses: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area.

(15)

Financial Institutions: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area.

(16)

Food or Grocery Stores: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

(17)

Funeral Homes: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each three (3) seats in parlors and chapels, plus space for funeral vehicles, with a minimum of ten (10) required parking spaces.

(18)

Furniture Stores: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area.

(19)

Hospitals: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each bed intended for patients, excluding bassinets, and one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

(20)

Hotels, Motels, Tourist Homes, Tourist Courts, and Rooming Houses: Minimum of one and one-tenth (1.1) parking space for each guest or sleeping room or suite, excluding restaurants, bars, and lounges which will be computed separately.

(21)

Industrial and Manufacturing Establishments: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area, plus one (1) space for each vehicle to be stored or stopped simultaneously.

(22)

Lounges, Taverns, and Bars: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area.

(23)

Manufactured Homes: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each rooming unit.

(24)

Medical Clinics: One and two-tenths (1.2) parking spaces for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

(25)

Multi-Family Dwellings: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each rooming unit.

(26)

Personal Service Establishments: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area.

(27)

Private Clubs, Lodges, Fraternities and Sororities: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area.

(28)

Professional Offices, excluding medical/dental clinics or offices: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of office floor area.

(29)

Repair Shops: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area.

(30)

Restaurants and Eating Establishments: Minimum of ten (10) parking spaces, plus one (1) space for each four (4) seats of total capacity.

(31)

Retail Sales: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

(32)

Sanatoriums, Nursing Homes, Convalescent Homes, Orphanages: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each five (5) beds.

(33)

Single-Family Dwellings: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each rooming unit.

(34)

Theaters, Auditoriums, Churches, Stadiums, Gymnasiums, Convention Halls, and other places of Public Assembly: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in the main auditorium, based on maximum seating capacity.

(35)

Wholesale and Warehouses: Minimum of one (1) parking space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area.

(36)

Other Uses: Parking requirements for other uses shall be determined by the Building Official.

18.

All required parking spaces per employee / manager / or staff shall be calculated for maximum "on duty" at any given time (not total employed by the organization).

19.

In determining the number of parking spaces required, if such spaces result in fractional parts thereof, the number of spaces required shall be construed to be the next highest whole number.

20.

Whenever a use is increased in floor area or units of service or whatever base used, additional parking spaces shall be provided in amounts specified for those uses, if the existing parking space is inadequate to serve the increased activity.

1.

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, grocery or other uses similarly involving the receipt of distribution of vehicles or materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of streets or alleys.

2.

Such space shall include, at minimum, a twenty (20) feet by forty (40) feet loading space with a minimum height clearance of fourteen (14) feet, for every ten thousand (10,000) square feet or fraction thereof of building floor space or land use for the above purposes. All loading area spaces shall be hard surfaced of either concrete or asphalt, maintained adequately for all-weather use, and so drained as to avoid the flow of water across sidewalks.

3.

All loading areas shall not be visible from any adjoining public street.

1.

All parking spaces, drives, loading areas, storage areas, and lots shall be surfaced with concrete, or other material approved by the Plan Review Committee.

2.

Specifically, storage parking areas for the following businesses or similar activities: new or used vehicle sales, manufactured homes sales, wrecker service/impound yards, boat sales, and tractor-trailer drop-off and/or service lots, and similar uses shall be paved in an approved manner.

3.

The parking area on any lot, as set forth and designated in this Ordinance, shall be considered as required open space on the lot and shall not be reduced or encroached in any manner.

4.

To maintain a sense of natural surroundings and a consistent streetscape, parking and service areas should be screened from public view or surrounded by landscape buffers whenever possible.

5.

Detailed plans shall be submitted for approval of all parking lot designs including spaces, curb cuts, driveways, and landscaping in commercial or industrial districts to the Plan Review Committee and accepted before any building permit may be obtained therefore.

6.

All vehicular parking areas shall have spaces that are delineated by white, reflectorized pavement striping that meet the following dimensional requirements:

7.

ADA Accessible Parking: In all developments, ADA accessible parking spaces shall be provided which have a minimum width of twelve (12) feet. The number of handicapped parking spaces in relation to the total number of spaces is listed below:

8.

Unlimited access to parking areas along the entire frontage of a property is prohibited. As properties with unlimited access redevelop, defined driveways shall be re-established.

9.

Entrances and exits to the site shall be so located such that parking spaces and traffic aisles do not conflict with entering and exiting traffic. Further, entrances and exits shall be clearly defined.

10.

The Curb Radii for the connection of entrance / exit drives at the street right-of-way intersection shall be a minimum radius of ten (10) feet or as directed by the Plan Review Committee. Intersections with arterial and collector streets shall require intersection geometrics as directed by the Plan Review Committee.

11.

Driveway entrances and exits of a parking area shall not be computed as a part of the required parking lot space or area. When driveways are constructed or reconstructed, a ramp (up or down), must be included to connect to existing sidewalks.

12.

Driveway entrances and exits, also known as curb cuts, shall be located no closer than fifty (50) feet from the intersection of two streets, as measured at the curb line from the end of the radius of the intersection. The requirements for state or federal highways may be greater than fifty (50) feet from the intersection.

13.

In those instances where the width of property proposing an entrance/exit is less than fifty (50) feet, the curb cut shall be placed adjacent to the interior side lot line furthest distant from the street intersection.

14.

Curb cuts shall be located directly across from one another on the opposite sides of a public or private street or offset by a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet unless approved otherwise by the Plan Review Committee.

15.

Curb cuts, other than those shared between two properties, shall be located a minimum of five (5) feet from any property line.

16.

The number of curb cuts for commercial uses shall be limited to two (2) curb cuts for every three hundred (300) feet of street frontage. Properties that are less than three hundred (300) feet across, or that have less than three hundred (300) feet of frontage on the street, shall be limited to two (2) curb cuts per street frontage unless otherwise approved by the Plan Review Committee.

17.

Residential lots, even corner lots, are intended to have one driveway and shall have no more than two (2) curb cuts. A circular drive shall count as two (2) curb cuts.

18.

Since street rights-of-way (ROW) are often wider than the existing pavement, there can be a difference entrance/exit drive width at the property line/ROW line versus the curb/pavement edge. Curb cuts shall meet the following minimum widths:

Residential Lots or uses: Twelve (12) feet wide at the right-of-way line, eighteen (18) feet at the curb line.

Commercial Lots or uses:

(1)

One Way—Fourteen (14) feet wide at the right-of-way line, thirty-four (34) feet wide at the curb line.

(2)

Two Way—Twenty-four (24) feet wide at the right-of-way line, forty-four (44) feet wide at the curb line.

(3)

Three Way—Thirty-six (36) feet wide at the right-of-way line, fifty-six (56) feet wide at the curb line.

Industrial lots or uses/Truck Entrances: Radius curb cut or curb return size based upon the accepted standard utilizing truck turning templates.

19.

All parking areas and loading areas shall be provided with a permanent concrete curb and be poured as an integral part of the drive.

20.

Parking lots or areas adjacent to public streets shall be so designed that all vehicles leaving the facility will be traveling forward when entering a street, alley, or public thoroughfare.

21.

Fire lanes: Every non-residential use shall provide access for fire vehicles and emergency apparatus from a public street, as follows:

(a)

Each parking lot serving adjacent to or abutting upon buildings including specifically, but not limited to, shopping centers, theaters, hospitals, churches, schools and similar locations devoted to concentrated public use, where the parking of motor vehicles and other obstructions would interfere with access of fire department vehicles for fire protection, shall have a clearly marked fire lane across the front of the buildings, which shall be a minimum of twenty-four (24) feet in width; the location, of these designated lanes shall be marked and clearly indicated on the original plans for construction or alteration of such buildings and shall be approved by the Plan Review Committee.

(b)

Existing parking lots shall and are required to mark and maintain such lanes.

(c)

Signs shall be erected prohibiting the parking of motor vehicles within the fire lanes. Fire lanes shall be striped according to City of Cleveland regulations.

(d)

Failure to provide such lanes or the blocking of the parking of a vehicle by any person or by any other means constitutes a violation of this Ordinance.

22.

The parking areas shall be maintained in a clean manner with all litter and other debris removed daily. Grass shall be removed from all curbs and sidewalk areas. Potholes in the parking lot surface, cracks in the pavement or sidewalks, and all other signs of the physical deterioration of all approved improvements shall be repaired or replaced within thirty (30) days following notification by the City.

23.

Continuing Maintenance of Overall Traffic, Parking, Loading, and Pedestrian Facilities: The driveways, private streets, parking areas, traffic aisles, fire lanes, loading areas, exterior lighting, signage, internal crosswalks, curb stops, pedestrian facilities, and such other transportation related improvements depicted upon the approved Development Plan, shall be considered as binding elements of the project in the same manner as the proposed buildings, landscaping, and other details. The applicant, his successors, assigns, and/or subsequent owners and their agents shall be responsible for the continued maintenance of all such private improvements in accordance with the approved Development Plan.