(1) INTENT. This zone is designed to provide for the parking of automobiles in zones which do not allow the activity which generates the need for automobile parking.

(2) PRINCIPAL USES.

(a) Any principal uses permitted in the Primary Zoning District to which PO Parking Overlay District classification is appended when established according to the regulations and provisions of the primary zoning district.

(b) Parking lots for automobiles when meeting the following construction and operation standards:

(i) All parking lots established in a PO Parking Overlay District shall be surfaced with a dust free material.

(ii) Any lighting shall be so oriented that it will not shine on adjacent property in residential use.

(iii) A foliage or decorative masonry barrier shall be planted or constructed and maintained so as to shield the parking lot from any residential use adjacent to or across a street and facing said parking lot.

(iv) No parking lot shall encroach on any required front or side yard required by the Space Limits provisions of the primary zone.

(v) No parking lot shall encroach on a required yard or open space or upon the minimum site area required for an existing use.

(vi) No access drive to a parking area in a PO Parking Overlay District shall traverse any land other than a PO Parking Overlay District or other district in which such parking lot may be legally established.

(3) SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES. Any special exception use permitted in the primary zone to which the PO Parking Overlay District is appended when established according to the rules and conditions of the primary district.

(4) PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES. Any permitted use allowed in the primary district to which the PO Parking Overlay District is appended when established according to the rules and conditions of the primary district.

(5) SPACE LIMITATIONS. All space limit provisions of the primary district to which the PO Parking Overlay District is appended shall be adhered to, except under the following conditions:

(a) Automobile parking may be placed in any required rear yard provided the required side yard is maintained when adjacent to a property in residential use in a zoning district requiring a side yard.

(b) Automobile parking may be placed within a required side yard when such side yard is adjacent to a zone which does not require a side yard.

(6) PROCEDURE. The PO Parking Overlay District shall be appended to a primary district in the same manner in which zoning map changes are made, and shall have the effect of modifying the uses allowed on the specific site or zoning lot.

(7) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. All miscellaneous provisions of the primary district to which the PO Parking Overlay District is appended shall apply.

Source: Ord. 2025 (2017)