(a)

Required; exceptions.

(1)

The off-street parking facilities required in this chapter shall be provided in at least the amount and maintained in the manner set forth in this section; provided, however, that off-street parking facilities in excess of the amounts heretofore required by law need be neither provided nor maintained for land actually used or for structures actually used or for structures actually existing (whether occupied or vacant) on January 28, 1982, unless, after such effective date, such land, structures or uses are enlarged, expanded or changed, in which event the land, structures and uses hereby excluded shall not be used, occupied or operated unless there is provided for the increment only of such land, structures and uses, and maintained as required in this section, at least the amount of off-street parking facilities that would be required under this section if the increment were a separate land, structure or use.

(2)

All uses, except dwelling uses, in the B-3 or B-4 districts, as shown on the official zoning map, are exempt from these off-street parking requirements.

(b)

Size and location of spaces. Each off-street parking space shall be an area not less than nine feet wide and 20 feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, ramps and other appurtenances. Except as otherwise permitted under a special plan for locating or sharing of facilities, off-street parking spaces shall be located on the building site on which the use or structure for which they are provided is located. Maneuvering areas, ramps and other appurtenances shall be located off the street right-of-way and, except for one-family and two-family dwellings, facilities shall be so planned that vehicles do not back into the roadway. Off-street parking spaces shall not occupy any part of a required front yard of a dwelling use; provided, however, that in R-1 districts one required off-street parking space may occupy the portion of a driveway in the required front yard. In an O-1 or B-1 district, 50 percent of the required front yard adjacent to the building may be used for parking.

(c)

Construction and maintenance of parking facilities. Except for one-family and two-family dwellings, off-street parking facilities shall be constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the following specification:

(1)

Aisles. Vehicular access to individual parking spaces shall be provided by aisles not less than 12 feet wide for 30-degree angle parking, 14 feet wide for 45-degree angle parking, 18 feet wide for 60-degree angle parking and 25 feet wide for 90-degree (perpendicular) parking.

(2)

Pedestrian walks. Pedestrian walks shall be located between every other (alternate) parking bay, a parking bay being the vehicular access aisle and parking spaces on one or both sides served by it. If parking bays exceed 300 feet in length without vehicular access to adjacent bays or to another drive or street, a pedestrian walk shall be provided between each parking bay. Required pedestrian walks shall have a four-foot clear width and such shall be protected and maintained by curbs or wheel guards. All pedestrian walks shall be paved and maintained free of standing water. Light levels in pedestrian areas shall range from a minimum of one to two footcandles. However, light levels in a pedestrian area abutted along the property line shall not exceed 0.5 footcandles.

(3)

Layout. Blocks of parking bays containing not more than 300 parking spaces shall be established if the total number of parking spaces to be provided exceeds 300. Such blocks shall be defined by landscaped strips at least 15 feet wide. Each such landscaped strip shall be raised and protected by curbs and shall contain a four-foot-wide pedestrian walk extending the full length of the strip. Vehicular access aisles within the block shall be connected to one or more roadways at least 24 feet wide or such greater width as may be required to accommodate the volume of traffic anticipated and along which no parking spaces shall be provided or allowed.

(4)

Surfacing and drainage. Surfacing of all parking facilities shall be concrete, asphaltic concrete or asphalt and all parking facilities shall be properly graded for drainage and maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, trash and debris.

(5)

Wheel guards. Wheel guards or bumper guards shall be provided and so located that no part of parked vehicles will extend beyond the parking facility.

(6)

Lighting. Lighting shall be provided in all parking facilities accommodating ten or more vehicles and such lighting shall be arranged so that the source of light does not shine directly onto adjacent residential properties and does not interfere with traffic. Light levels in parking lots shall average from two to five foot candles in a uniform manner. Light levels at property lines shall not exceed 0.5 footcandles. Flood lights are prohibited.

(7)

Entrances and exits. Entrances and exits to parking facilities shall be so located as to minimize traffic congestion.

(8)

Prohibition of other uses. Other uses such as the sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies and off-street loading shall not be conducted within required off-street parking facilities.

(9)

Prohibition of large vehicles. In residential districts, off-street parking facilities shall be used only by vehicles up to 8,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, manufacturer's capacity rating.

(10)

Screening and landscaping. An off-street parking facility is subject to the requirement set out in article VII of this chapter for a buffer planting strip. Planting strips other than buffer planting strips required by article VII of this chapter shall have trees planted on maximum 75-foot centers. Any part of a parking facility not used for parking spaces, roadways or pedestrian walks shall be landscaped with grass, shrubs and trees and maintained in a neat condition. Tree limbs and other planting shall not create a material impediment to visibility between the heights of three feet and eight feet above the parking area grade.

(11)

Signs. One sign not more than two square feet in area may be placed on each street side of a parking facility, but no other signs shall be placed in a required planting strip adjacent to the street.

(12)

Multiple-level parking facilities. Parking facilities on more than one level shall be designed in accord with those standards set out in this section for grade-level parking facilities insofar as they are reasonably applicable. The design of such a multiple-level facility shall be subject to approval of the planning commission with respect to layout, circulation, ingress and egress, accommodations for pedestrians and other characteristics affecting safety and convenience.

(d)

Number of spaces required. At least the following amounts of off-street parking spaces shall be provided. The classification of uses shall be deemed to include and apply to all uses, and if the classification of any use for the purpose of determining the number of parking spaces to be provided is not readily determinable under this section, the classification of the use shall be fixed by the board of adjustment:

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(e)

Special plan for sharing of facilities. Under the foregoing provisions of this section, off-street parking spaces are required to be provided individually for each use or structure. Pursuant to the procedure set forth in this subsection and subject to certain limitations, two or more uses may share off-street parking facilities, with each of such uses being considered to have provided the parking spaces individually.

(1)

Limitations on sharing facilities. No uses shall be considered as individually having provided off-street parking facilities which are shared with one or more other uses unless the schedules of operation of all such uses are such that none of the uses sharing the facilities require the off-street parking facilities at the same time as any other uses sharing them.

(2)

Application for approval. An application for approval of a special plan under this subsection shall be filed with the building official by the owners of all land and structures for which shared off-street parking spaces are to be provided. The application shall contain such information as is required by this chapter or reasonably deemed necessary by the building official and shall include plans showing the proposed shared facilities in relation to the uses for which they are to be provided.

(3)

Review and action. Applications under this subsection shall be reviewed by the building official and either approved or disapproved within 30 days. Approval may establish conditions and limitations.

(4)

Filing. Upon approval of a special plan, a copy of such plan shall be filed among the records of the building official and shall thereafter be binding upon the applicants and their heirs, successors and assigns, shall limit and control the issuance and validity of permits and certificates and shall restrict and limit the use and operation of all land and structures included within such special plans to all conditions and limitations specified in such plans and the approval thereof.

(5)

Amendment or withdrawal. Pursuant to the same procedure and subject to the same limitations and requirements by which the special plan was approved and filed, any special plan may be amended or withdrawn, either partially or completely, if all land and structures remaining under such special plan comply with all the conditions and limitations of the special plan and all land and structures withdrawn from such special plan comply with all regulations established by this chapter and unrelated to the special plan.

(Code 1982, § 24-100; Ord. No. O-36-02, 7-20-2002; Ord. No. O-109-03, 12-30-2003; Ord. No. O-12-13, § 1, 4-2-2013)

(a)

Required. The off-street truck loading facilities required in this chapter shall be provided in at least the amount and maintained in the manner set forth in this section; provided, however, that off-street truck loading facilities in excess of the amounts heretofore required by law need be neither provided nor maintained for structures actually used, occupied and operated on January 28, 1982, unless, after such date, such structures are enlarged or expanded, in which event the structures hereby excluded shall not be used, occupied or operated unless there is provided for the increment only of such structures, and maintained as required in this section, at least the amount of off-street truck loading facilities that would be required under this section if the increment were a separate structure.

(b)

Size and location of spaces. For the purposes of this chapter, each truck loading space shall have an overhead clearance of at least 16 feet, shall be at least 12 feet wide and shall be at least 50 feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering areas, platforms and other appurtenances. Off-street truck loading facilities shall be located on the same building site on which the structure for which they are provided is located. Access, maneuvering areas, ramps and other appurtenances shall be furnished off the street right-of-way and so arranged that vehicles are not required to back from the area into the street.

(c)

Construction and maintenance. Off-street loading facilities shall be constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the following specifications:

(1)

Drainage and surfacing. They shall be properly graded for drainage, surfaced with concrete, asphaltic concrete or asphalt, and maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, trash and debris.

(2)

Lighting. Lighting facilities shall be so arranged that the source of light does not shine directly into adjacent residential properties or into traffic.

(3)

Entrances and exits. They shall be provided with entrances and exits so located as to minimize traffic congestion or backing from the street into the area.

(d)

Number of spaces required. At least the following amounts of off-street truck loading facilities shall be provided for all structures containing uses devoted to commerce, business, industry, manufacturing, storage, warehousing, processing, hotels, hospitals, airports, railroad terminals and similar purposes; provided, however, that structures required to provide and maintain less than five off-street parking spaces shall be exempt from these requirements:

(e)

Cooperative establishment and use of facilities. Requirements for the provision of off-street truck loading facilities with respect to two or more structures may be satisfied by the permanent allocation of the requisite number of spaces for each use in a common truck loading facility, cooperatively established and operated; provided, however, that the total number of spaces designated is not less than the sum of the individual requirements unless, in the opinion of the building official, a lesser number of spaces will be adequate, taking into account the respective times of usage of the truck loading facilities by the individual users, the character of the merchandise and related factors. In order to eliminate a multiplicity of individual facilities, to conserve space where space is at a premium, and to promote orderly development generally, the building official is hereby authorized to plan and group off-street truck loading facilities cooperatively for a number of truck loading generators within close proximity to one another in a given area, and especially in the B-3 business districts, in such manner as to obtain a maximum of efficiency and capacity, provided consent thereto is obtained from the participants in the cooperative plan.

(Code 1982, § 24-101)