It is the intent of this Zoning Code that off-street parking spaces shall be provided and adequately maintained by each property owner in every zoning district for the use of occupants, employees and patrons of each building and premises constructed, altered or enlarged after the effective date of this Zoning Code.

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72.)

   (a)   Off-street parking spaces for residential uses shall be located on the same lot or parcel as the residence they are intended to serve.

   (b)   Off-street parking for non-residential uses shall be located on the same lot or parcel unless otherwise provided for in these Codified Ordinances.

   (c)   Vehicle parking is permitted only on approved surfaces as regulated by Section 1288.11 (Site Development Requirements).

   (d)   No person shall store, stand or park a truck tractor, truck tractor and trailer, semi-trailer, pole-trailer or dump truck upon any property within the Village for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials, goods, merchandise or passengers, or for the purpose of carrying on a use permitted on the property on which the vehicle is parked or standing as provided in Part Twelve of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Dimondale.

(Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05; Ord. 2008-1. Passed 2-11-08; Ord. 2008-5. Passed 8-11-08.)

   The term “floor area,” as applied to offices, merchandising or service types of uses, shall mean the gross floor area used or intended to be used for services to the public as customers, patrons, clients, patients or tenants, including those areas occupied for fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise, but excluding floor areas which are used exclusively for storage, for housing of mechanical equipment integral with the building, for maintenance facilities or for those areas where customers, patients, clients, salespersons, and the general public are denied access. "Floor area" shall be measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the centerline of walls separating two buildings.

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72; Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05.)

   When units of measurement determining the number of required parking spaces result in a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half shall require one parking space.

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72; Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05.)

   In the case of a use not specifically mentioned, the requirements of off-street parking facilities for a use which is mentioned and which is most similar to the use not listed shall apply.

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72; Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05.)

   (a)   No commercial repair work, servicing or selling of any kind shall be conducted on any parking area. Required parking spaces shall be used only for the parking of vehicles used to service the establishment to which they are accessory and by the patrons of such establishment.

   (b)   No advertising sign shall be erected on required parking areas, except that not more than one directional sign at each point of ingress or egress may be erected, which may also bear the name of the enterprise the lot is intended to serve. Such signs shall not exceed twenty square feet in area and shall not project beyond the property line of the premises.

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72; Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05.)

   Whenever there is a change in use, or change in the number of employees, or increase in floor area, or other unit of measurement utilized by Section 1288.09 that creates a need for an increase of more than fifteen (15) percent in off-street parking requirements as defined by this chapter, there shall be provided additional parking spaces as regulated by Section 1288.09.

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72; Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05.)

   The joint use of parking facilities by two or more uses is recommended and may be granted by the Planning Commission whenever joint use is practical and satisfactory to each of the uses intended to be served, and when all requirements for location, design and construction can be satisfied.

   (a)   Computing Capacities. In computing capacities of any joint use, the total space requirement is the sum of the individual requirements that will occur at the same time. If space requirements for individual uses occur at distinctly different times, the total of such off-street parking facilities required for joint or collective use may be reduced below the sum total of the individual space requirements.

   (b)   Record of Agreement. A copy of an agreement between joint users shall be filed with the application for a building permit and recorded with the Register of Deeds of Eaton County. The agreement shall include a guarantee for continued use of the parking facility for each party to the joint use.

   The number of required off-street parking spaces in all districts for every residential, recreational, institutional, cultural, business and industrial use shall be provided in accordance with the following minimum requirements:

 

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72; Ord. 2001-4. Passed 10-8-01; Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05; Ord. 2013-3. Passed 5-13-13.)

   Whenever more than five parking spaces are required for a given use under the requirements of this chapter, plans and specifications for the construction or alteration of an off-street parking area shall be submitted to the Clerk before a building permit can be issued. Such plans and specifications should show the location, basis of capacity calculation, size, site design, surfacing, marking, lighting, drainage, curb cuts, entrances, exits and any other detailed feature essential to the complete design and construction of the parking area.

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72; Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05.)

   All off-street parking areas shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and requirements:

   (a)   A minimum area of 180 square feet shall be provided for each vehicle parking space. Each space shall be definitely designated and reserved for parking purposes, exclusive of space requirements for adequate ingress and egress.

   (b)   Parking areas shall be so designed and marked as to provide for orderly and safe movement and storage of vehicles.

   (c)   Adequate ingress and egress to the parking area by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided.

      (1)   Except for parking space provided on single-family and two-family residential lots, drives for ingress and egress to the parking area shall be not less than 20 feet wide and so located as to secure the most appropriate development of the individual property.

      (2)   Each entrance to and exit from any off-street parking area shall be at least 25 feet from any adjacent lot within a Residential District.

   (d)   Each vehicular parking space within an off-street parking area shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. Backing directly onto a street shall be prohibited.

   (e)   Parking areas with a capacity of more than five vehicles shall be surfaced with a material that shall provide a durable, smooth and dustless surface and shall be graded and provided with adequate drainage facilities to dispose of all collected surface water.

   (f)   Except for single-family and two-family residential lots, adequate lighting shall be provided throughout the hours when the parking area is in operation. Such lighting shall not exceed an intensity of 5 footcandles nor shall it be less than 1.5 footcandles. All lighting shall be so arranged as to reflect light away from any residential property adjacent to the parking area.

   (g)   Where a parking area with a capacity of more than five vehicles abuts a residential district or public right of way in a Residential District, a buffer strip at least 10 feet wide shall be provided between the parking area and the adjoining property, and a vertical screen shall be erected consisting of structural or plant materials no less than four feet in height and spaced so as to effectively screen the parking area from the residential area.

   (h)   Parking areas will have to conform to front yard setback requirements and shall be no closer to any principal building than five feet.

   (i)   Each off-street parking area that serves a building, except single and two family dwelling units, shall have barrier free parking spaces which meet the requirements of the building Code and other state and federal regulations.

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72; Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05.)

   The Board of Appeals may authorize reduction, modification or waiver of these parking requirements under specified conditions by the issuance of a conditional permit.

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72; Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05.)

   (a)   Purpose. In order to prevent undue interference with public use of streets and alleys, every manufacturing, storage, warehouse, department store, wholesale store, retail store, hotel, hospital, laundry, dairy, mortuary and other use similarly and customarily receiving or distributing goods by motor vehicle shall provide space on the premises for that number of vehicles that will be at the premises at the same time on an average day of full use.

   (b)   Additional to Parking Space. Loading space required under this section shall be provided as area additional to off-street parking space as required under this chapter and shall not be considered as supplying off-street parking space.

   (c)   Space Requirements. There shall be provided adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services not less than twelve feet in width, twenty-five feet in length and fourteen feet in height, open or enclosed, for all uses indicated in subsection (d) hereof for uses listed in the following table, or for similar uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise.

 

   (d)   Access. Access to a truck standing, loading and unloading space shall be provided directly from a public street or alley and such space shall be so arranged to provide sufficient off-street maneuvering space, as well as adequate ingress and egress to and from a street or alley.

   (e)   Site Requirements. Off-street loading spaces and access drives shall be paved, drained and lighted and shall have appropriate bumper or wheel guards where needed. Any light used for illumination shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises and streets. Where any off-street loading space adjoins or abuts a lot or premises used for residential, educational, recreational or religious purposes or abuts a Residential District, there shall be provided a masonry wall or solid fence, not less than four feet in height, between the off-street loading space and said residential, educational, recreational or religious premises or Residential District.

(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72; Ord. 2005-4. Passed 10-10-05.)