A.   There shall be provided at the time of erection of any building or at the time any main building is enlarged or increased in capacity, minimum off street parking space with adequate provisions for ingress and egress by standard sized automobiles as hereinafter provided.

   B.   For the purpose of this section, one hundred eighty (180) square feet of lot or floor area which has a means of ingress or egress from an alley or street, shall be deemed parking space for one vehicle. Such space shall not occupy any part of any required front yard, but, where open, may be included as part of a required open space for side or rear yard. On corner or through lots, parking space may not be included as part of required yards lying adjacent to either street. Such parking space and access driveways required in residential districts when used in compliance with the provisions of this title, shall be paved or otherwise surfaced with an all weather, dustproof material. That part of the driveway connecting from the curb line to the property line shall be paved with concrete or asphaltic materials.

   C.   Parking areas serving nonresidential uses of property shall be hard surfaced and graded so as to drain off all surface water to storm sewer inlets. When such parking areas or lots abut upon adjacent residential properties, there shall be provided a wall or solid screen planting of appropriate shrubs to a height of not less than four feet (4') along the entire boundary common to both the residential and parking areas. Walls or solid screen plantings to a height of not less than four feet (4') shall also be placed along the street line where a parking lot abuts upon a street which provides access to adjacent residential properties. Walls, fences or shrubbery adjacent to streets shall be of such height so not to impair driver vision for at least ten feet (10') from street. Lights used to illuminate such parking lots shall be so arranged as to reflect lighting away from the adjoining premises in the residential district. Such parking spaces shall be reserved for the sole use of the occupants of the building or lots, their customers and the visitors thereto. Churches, theaters and other places of assembly may make arrangements for joint use of parking spaces as hereinafter specified.

   D.   In any district, except as noted below, every building built or structurally altered, enlarged or increased in capacity and every land use initiated subsequent to the adoption of this chapter shall be provided with minimum off street parking facilities. (Ord., 9-3-1996)

In all residential zones, there shall be provided in a private carport, garage or driveway in an area properly located for a future garage, space for the parking of three (3) automobiles for each dwelling unit in a new dwelling, or each dwelling unit added in the case of the enlargement of an existing building. (Ord., 9-3-1996)

 

(Ord., 9-3-1996; amd. 2006 Code)

Parking spaces as required above shall be on the same lot with the main building or in the case of a building other than a dwelling, may be located not farther than five hundred feet (500') therefrom. (Ord., 9-3-1996)

Every parcel of land hereafter used as a parking lot shall be paved with a surfacing material of asphalt or concrete construction and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed as determined by the building inspector. Any lights used to illuminate the lot shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any residential zone. (Ord., 9-3-1996)

On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof, erected and occupied, or increased in capacity after the effective date hereof, for manufacturing storage warehouse, laundry, dry cleaning, goods display, department stores, grocery, hotel, hospital, mortuary, or other use similarly involving the receipt or distribution by vehicle of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets or alley. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall include a minimum ten feet by twenty five feet (10' x 25') loading space with a minimum fourteen foot (14') height clearance, for every three thousand (3,000) square feet of building floor use for above mentioned purposes, or for twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or fraction thereof in excess of three thousand (3,000) square feet of land used for above mentioned purposes. (Ord., 9-3-1996)