(a)   Any building, structure or use of land, when erected or enlarged, shall provide for off-street parking spaces for automobiles in accordance with the following provisions of this Chapter. A parking plan shall be required for all uses. The parking plan shall be submitted to the Village as part of the site plan review. The plan shall show the boundaries of the property, parking spaces, access driveways, circulation patterns, drainage and construction plans, boundary walls, fences and a screening plan, as appropriate.

   (b)   Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this ordinance is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise to create a need for an increase of ten (10) percent or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use existing prior to the effective date of this ordinance is enlarged to the extent of fifty (50) percent or more in floor area or in the area used, the entirety of such building or use shall then comply with the parking requirements set forth herein.

(Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13.)

   All off-street parking facilities including entrances, exits, circulation areas and parking spaces shall be in accordance with the following standards and specifications:

   (a)   Parking Space Dimensions. Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 162 square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles and shall be of useable shape and condition. All parking spaces must be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long. Stacking spaces for drive-through windows must provide a space equal to the required parking space size.

   (b)   Access. There shall be adequate provisions for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Where the lot or parking spaces do not provide direct access to a public street or alley, an access drive shall be provided, with a dedicated easement of access as follows:

      (1)   For single family detached dwellings or two family dwellings, the access drive shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width.

      (2)   For all other uses, the access drive shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width.

      (3)   All parking spaces, except those required for single family detached dwellings and two family dwellings, shall have access to a public street or alley in such a manner that any vehicle leaving or entering the parking area from or into a public street or alley shall be traveling in a forward motion.

      (4)   Parking for uses not permitted in a residence zone shall not be permitted in a residence zone, nor shall any Residence District property be utilized as access for uses not permitted in that Residence District.

   (c)   Setbacks. Except for paved driveways with a maximum width of 20 feet that lead to an attached garage or carport, no parking shall be permitted within the required front yard of a single family or two-family residence. Parking and vehicular use areas for non-residential uses and multi-family dwellings shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from the right-of-way line or access easement and at least five (5) feet from a side or rear property line. Front parking setback areas shall be landscaped according to the regulations for streetscape bufferyards as established in Chapter 1145.

   (d)   Screening. Off-street parking areas for more than five (5) vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces any premises situated in any residence district or institutional premises, by a masonry wall or a solid fence of acceptable design. Such wall or fence shall not be less than four (4) feet nor more than six (6) feet in height, and shall be maintained in good condition without any advertising. The space between such wall or fence and the lot shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs or evergreen ground cover, and maintained in good condition, free of debris and weeds. In lieu of such wall or fence, a strip of land not less than fifteen feet in width and planted with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four (4) feet in height may be substituted and this shall be maintained in good condition.

   (e)   Paving. Every off-street parking lot including aisles, access drives and parking spaces shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or Portland cement binder pavement providing an all-weather, durable, and dustless surface. Pervious pavement materials, including pervious pavers, pervious concrete or asphalt, and interlocking grass pavers may be utilized for required parking spaces. Provided that the location of the pervious pavement shall not be permitted for use in any loading area or as part of any access drive providing access to the property or to any loading area.

   (f)   Drainage. All parking spaces, together with driveways, aisles and other circulation areas shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water which might accumulate within or upon such area, and shall be designed to prevent the excess drainage of surface water onto adjacent properties, walkways or onto public streets. Adequate arrangements shall be made to insure acceptable diversion to an adequate storm water drainage system. Interior landscaped areas may be used for surface drainage when employing stormwater best practices design approved by the Hamilton County Stormwater District or other appropriate regulating body.

   (g)   Barriers. Wherever a parking lot extends to a property line, fencing, wheelstops, curbs or other suitable barriers shall be provided in order to prevent any part of a parked vehicle form extending beyond the property line and from destroying the screening materials.

   (h)   Visibility. Access of driveways for parking areas shall be located in such a way that any vehicle entering or leaving such parking area shall be clearly visible by any pedestrian or motorist approaching the access or driveway from a public street, private street or alley.

   (i)   Marking. All parking areas, excluding those for single family detached dwellings and two family homes, shall be marked with paint lines, curb stones or in some other manner approved by the Village and shall be maintained in a clearly visible condition.

   (j)   Maintenance. Any owner of property used for parking areas shall maintain such areas in good condition without holes and free from all dust, trash, weeds and other debris.

   (k)   Signage. Where necessary, due to multiple curb cuts, the entrance, exits and the intended circulation pattern shall be clearly marked in the parking area. Signage shall consist of pavement markings or freestanding directional signs in accordance with Chapter 1149.

      (Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13.)

   In computing the number of parking spaces required by this Code, the following shall apply:

   (a)   Where floor area is designated as the standard for determining parking space requirements, floor area shall be the sum of the gross floor area of a specified use.

   (b)   Where seating capacity is designated as the standard for determining parking space requirements, the capacity shall mean the number of seating units installed or indicated for each twenty-four (24) lineal inches of seating facilities.

   (c)   Fractional numbers shall be increased to the next highest whole number.

   (d)   Parking space requirements for a use not specifically mentioned in this Code, shall be determined by using the most similar and restrictive parking space requirement as specified by the Planning Commission.

   (e)   When the building floor area is designated as the standard for determining parking space requirements and that number is less than the minimum standard, at least one parking space shall be provided on the premises.

      (Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13.)

   Outdoor lighting shall be reviewed by the Zoning Official and Planning Commission according to the standards established in Section 1115.08.

(Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13; Ord. 2020-04-CD. Passed 12-8-20.)

   For the purpose of this Zoning Code, the following parking space requirements shall apply:

 

(Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13.)

   The joint or collective parking provision of required off-street parking areas shall comply with the following standards and requirements:

   (a)   Two or more non-residential uses may jointly provide and use parking spaces when their hours of operation do not normally overlap.

   (b)   All required parking spaces shall be located on the same lot with the building or use served, except that where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use, or where such spaces are provided collectively or jointly by two (2) or more buildings or establishments, the required spaces may be located not farther than 500 feet from the building served.

   (c)   The total of such off-street parking spaces supplied collectively shall be not less than the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately.

   (d)   In any case where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement thereby assuring their retention for such purposes shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form by legal counsel of the Village and filed with the application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance.

   (e)   The Board of Zoning Appeals or Planning Commission may reduce the amount of required parking for uses in a Business District if such use is within one thousand (1000) feet of a public parking facility and findings are made that such reduction in parking spaces is justified. An application must be made to the Board of Zoning Appeals to consider such a request or such request may be reviewed by the Planning Commission during the Site Plan Review process.

(Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13; Ord. 2020-04-CD. Passed 12-8-20.)

   Parking facilities serving buildings and facilities required to be accessible to the physically disabled shall have conveniently located designated parking spaces to be provided as established by the Ohio Basic Building Code.

(Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13.)

   In any district, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, funeral home, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise shall have at least one (1) off-street loading space designed to the specifications contained in Section 1147.09.

(Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13.)

   All off-street loading spaces shall be in accordance with the following standards and specifications:

   (a)   Dimensions - Each loading space shall have a minimum dimension not less than 10 feet in width, 25 feet in length and a vertical clearance of not less than 14 feet in height.

   (b)   Access - All required off-street loading spaces shall have access from a public street or alley in such a manner that any vehicle leaving the premises shall be traveling in a forward motion.

   (c)   Lighting - Any lights used to illuminate a loading area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any adjacent properties or right-of-way.

      (Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13.)

   Detailed drawings of the location, width and number of entrance driveways to necessary parking and off-street loading facilities shall be submitted to the Planning Commission, with the exception of single family detached dwellings and duplexes, for approval prior to the granting of any building permit. Such drawing shall show the number of spaces and locations, dimensions and descriptions of all features enumerated in this Section or as required elsewhere in this Zoning Code. The Planning Commission may require, in addition to those enumerated, further structural or landscaping features such as bumper guards, curbs, walls, fences, shrubs, trees, ground cover or hedges to further the intent and purposes of this Zoning Code. The Planning Commission, in addition, may recommend such changes in location, width and number of driveways as it shall determine are necessary to eliminate any potential traffic hazards.

(Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13.)

   The Board of Zoning Appeals (or the Planning Commission during the Site Plan Review process), may authorize a modification, reduction, or waiver of the foregoing requirements if it should find that the peculiar nature of the residential, business, trade, industrial, other use, exceptional situation or condition would justify such action.

(Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13.)