Off-street parking facilities shall be provided for any new building constructed for any new use established. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided for any addition or enlargement of an existing building or use, and for any change of occupancy or manner of operation that would result in additional parking spaces being required, provided that the additional parking shall be required only for such addition, enlargement, or change and not for the entire building or use.

Facilities being used for off-street parking on the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance shall not be reduced in capacity to less than the number of spaces prescribed, nor altered in design or function to less than the minimum standards prescribed in the Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations.

For sites with more than one use and for adjacent sites served by a common parking facility, the parking requirement shall be the total number of spaces required for each site or use, except as adjusted pursuant to Section 7.850.

Parking facilities constructed or substantially reconstructed subsequent to the effective date of the Zoning Regulations, whether or not required, shall conform to the design Standards set forth in Section 7.860.

All required facilities shall be maintained for the duration of the use requiring such areas. Such facilities shall be used exclusively for the temporary parking of passenger automobiles, motor vehicles, or light trucks not exceeding one ton in capacity, and shall not be used for the sale, display, or storage of merchandise, or for the storage or repair of vehicles or equipment.

All required parking facilities shall be located on the same site as the use for which such facilities are required, except as authorized pursuant to Section 7.850.

No use shall be required to provide more spaces than prescribed by these regulations or prescribed by the Director of Planning and Building in accordance with these Zoning Regulations, or prescribed pursuant to a Conditional Use Permit or a Variance. Where parking spaces are provided in excess of such requirements, the spaces may be considered as meeting the requirement for another use pursuant to Section 7.850.

Head in parking which requires backing onto a public street, that is, parking which does not provide off-street space for turning a vehicle, is prohibited except in the R-2, R-3 and C-1 districts upon local streets only, provided that such parking does not exceed five spaces and is located at least 60 feet from any intersection of such local street and an arterial or collector street. Such parking shall be considered off-street parking.

Uses or changes in use requiring three or less off-street parking spaces in the CBD Zoning District shall be exempt from providing off-street parking. In the case of expansions of use, the normal parking requirements hereof will apply to the entire property, and the parking spaces exempted under this Subsection I as well as any additionally required ones will be provided at the time of expansion.

Adequate loading and unloading facilities shall be provided onsite. Loading and unloading of commercial vehicles or customer vehicles on residential streets is prohibited.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Table 7.863, a minimum of five parking spaces shall be provided for any single industrial use located individually on a site and served by a separate parking facility, and a minimum of 10 parking spaces shall be provided for any two or more industrial uses located on the same site and served by a common parking facility.

Based on site constraints, parking requirements may be reduced for medium and high rated structures designated as Historic Landmarks or located with the Historic District, with the consent of the Historic Review Board.

(Ord. No. 2022-13, § 20(Exh. S), 3-21-2022)