Terms used in this Article have the following meanings:

8.01.01 Employee. The maximum number of persons employed at the facility regardless of the time period during which this occurs or whether the persons are full-time employees. The major shift may be a particular day of the week or a lunch or dinner period in the case of a restaurant.

8.01.02 Loading Area. That area used to satisfy the requirements of this Ordinance for truck loading and unloading.

8.01.03 Occupancy Load. The maximum number of persons, which may be accommodated by the use as determined by its design or by fire code standards.

8.01.04 Parking Aisle. That portion of the parking area consisting of lanes providing access to parking spaces.

8.01.05 Parking Area. An improved area on a lot exclusively used or designed for use as a temporary storage area for motor vehicles, containing access driveways, parking aisles and parking spaces.

8.01.06 Stacking Space. An off-street space for the temporary stacking of vehicles with an aisle intended to serve a drive-in teller, take-out food window, dry cleaning/laundry pick-up and similar functions.

8.02.01 Off-street parking must be provided as specified in Table 8-1. When the requirement is not readily determinable, the Zoning Officer determines parking requirements using the table as a guide. When calculating the number of required spaces, any fraction is rounded up to the nearest whole number.

8.02.02 No off-street parking spaces are required for nonresidential uses in the B-2 Downtown Business District, except for Assembly and Educational occupancy type buildings.

8.02.03 Each application for zoning approval must include the location, dimensions and number of off-street parking spaces and the means of access from city streets. This information must be in sufficient detail to allow an accurate determination of whether the requirements of this Article will be met. Zoning approval for the use of any structure or land where off-street parking space is required will be withheld until the provisions of the Article are fully met.

8.02.04 Except as provided for shared parking facilities in Section 8.02.05, no off-street parking required for a use or structure may, during its life, be occupied by or counted as off-street parking for another use or structure.

8.02.05 Shared parking. A joint parking area may contain required parking spaces for more than one use, provided the combined number of spaces complies with the parking for all uses. However, if the uses have different parking demand periods, the total parking requirement is calculated using Table 8-2. In such case, the minimum parking requirement is based on the time period with the highest total parking demand.

8.02.06 If any structures or uses are enlarged, expanded or changed to a use requiring more parking, additional parking must be provided to meet the total requirements of the enlarged, expanded or changed use. If it is not practicable to meet the full requirement, the Zoning Official may approve a reduction of 10%. A reduction of more than 10% of the parking requirement may only be approved by the Board as a Special Exception.

Required off-street parking facilities must be located on the same lot as the structure or use served. If required parking spaces cannot reasonably be provided on the same premises, remote parking within 400 ft may be permitted by a Special Exception. Legal documentation must show that the applicant has the right to the remote parking spaces. The owner of the remote parking premises must enter into a written agreement with enforcement running to the City providing that the remote parking property may not be sold or developed until parking requirements for the use identified in the agreement have otherwise been met. The agreement may be voided if the remote parking is no longer required.

Table 8-1 Required Off-Street Parking Spaces by Use

Table 8-2: Typical Shared Parking Demand by Use and Time of Day*

The design and construction of all parking facilities and access drives must be approved by the Zoning Officer in accordance with the following:

8.04.01 All required parking spaces, including driveways and maneuvering areas, shall be improved with a hard surface permanent type of pavement as approved by the Zoning Official. The Zoning Official may permit the use of gravel or similar pervious surface materials for nonresidential uses in agricultural zones; for overflow parking areas, separate from and in addition to required parking; and in other circumstances where stormwater management is public health and safety concern.

8.04.02 Access to parking facilities may not interfere with the free flow of vehicles on city streets nor block or endanger pedestrians or vehicles on sidewalks or streets. Stacking space must be provided off-street, if deemed necessary by the Zoning Official to prevent blocking of traffic.

8.04.03 All off-street parking facilities must be designed so that access does not require maneuvering in or backing into a public street. This does not apply to off-street parking for single-family and duplex dwellings, unless located on a major street as defined by the City Subdivision Regulations.

8.04.04 Parking areas must be arranged and marked in accordance with the dimensional standards in Table 8-3. Parking spaces for single-family and duplex dwellings, unless parking is provided in common parking areas, need not be marked.

8.04.05 Off-street parking areas must be set back at least 25 ft from the centerline of an undedicated public road and as may be required to comply with Section 10.04 Vehicular Area Landscaping.

8.04.06 Private parking is prohibited in the right-of-way of any public street, road or alley.

Table 8-3: Parking Lot Dimensional Requirements

Note: For parking lots being redesigned or enlarged on an already developed property, the Zoning Official may authorize a shorter stall length if greater width is provided or if overhang is available without encroaching into space required for other purposes. In no case may the required stall length be less than 18 ft.

8.05.01 All nonresidential uses must provide and maintain adequate off-street space for the loading and unloading of materials or goods, as specified in Table 8-4, so that such operations can be accomplished without encroaching upon or otherwise interfering with the use of public streets, alleys and sidewalks by pedestrians and vehicles. When calculating required loading spaces, a fraction is rounded up to the nearest whole number.

8.05.02 If any uses are enlarged, expanded or changed to a use requiring more loading space, additional loading space must be provided to meet the total requirements of the enlarged, expanded or changed use. If it is not practicable to meet the full requirement, the Zoning Official may approve a reduction of 10%. A reduction of more than 10% of the loading requirement may only be approved by the Board as a Special Exception.

8.05.03 Each off-street loading space must be at least ten feet wide and 55 ft long, exclusive of maneuvering space, with not less than 14 ft in vertical clearance.

8.05.04 Required off-street parking spaces may not be counted toward required loading spaces.

8.05.05 Loading space for two or more uses on the same lot may be shared if the amount of space meets the combined requirements of all uses to be served.

8.05.06 Except in M-1 and M-2 zones, loading spaces may not be in a required front yard and must be set back at least five feet from any property line.

8.05.07 Plans showing required off-street loading must be submitted with any plan approval submission or Building Permit application and must clearly indicate the location, dimensions, clearances and access.

Table 8-4 Loading Space Requirements