It is the intent of these requirements that adequate parking and loading facilities be provided off the street for each use of land within the City. Requirements are intended to be based on the demand created by each use. These requirements shall apply to all uses in all districts.

(Ord. No. 376, 6-7-21)

Off-street parking or loading space shall be a part of the required open space associated with the permitted use and shall not be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.

(a)

The area required for off-street parking shall be in addition to the yard areas herein required, except that the front yard required in a C-1 neighborhood commercial district or I-1 restricted light industrial district may be used for uncovered parking area and the front yard required in a residential district may be used for the uncovered parking area for six (6) or less vehicles associated with a residential use when the area is surfaced with a pavement adequate to prevent the occurrence of mud and dust with continued use, and may be used for uncovered parking area for more than six (6) vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of Article IV.

(Ord. No. 376, 6-7-21)

The off-street parking lot shall be located within two hundred (200) feet, exclusive of street and alley widths, of the principal use and shall have direct access to a street or alley.

(Ord. No. 376, 6-7-21)

Whenever two (2) or more uses are located together in a common building, shopping center or other integrated building complex, the parking requirements may be complied with by providing a permanent common parking facility, cooperatively established and operated, which contains the requisite number of spaces for each use. The total number of spaces provided shall not be less than the sum of the individual requirements. Spaces provided for permanent residents of dwellings shall be clearly designated and separated from spaces provided for employees, customers, and service.

(Ord. No. 376, 6-7-21)

The land upon which the off-street parking lot is located shall be owned or controlled by the same entity which owns or controls the land on which the principal use is located

(Ord. No. 376, 6-7-21)

The size of a parking space for one (1) vehicle shall consist of a rectangular area having dimensions of not less than ten (10) feet by twenty (20) feet plus adequate area for ingress and egress.

(Ord. No. 376, 6-7-21)

Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided in all districts in accordance with the following schedule:

(1)

Dwelling: One (1) parking space for each separate dwelling unit within the structure.

(2)

Boarding or rooming house or hotel: One (1) parking space for each two (2) guests provided overnight accommodations.

(3)

Hospitals: One (1) space for each four (4) patient beds, exclusive of bassinets, plus one (1) space for each staff or visiting doctor, plus one (1) space for each three (3) employees including nurses, plus adequate area for the parking of emergency vehicles.

(4)

Medical or Dental Clinics or Offices: Five (5) spaces per doctor plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees.

(5)

Sanatoriums, Convalescent or Nursing Homes: One (1) space for each six (6) patient beds plus one (1) space for each staff or visiting doctor plus one (1) space for each four (4) employees including nurses.

(6)

Community Center, Theater, Auditorium, Church Sanctuary: One (1) parking space for each five (5) seats, based on maximum seating capacity.

(7)

Convention Hall, Lodge, Club, Library, Museum, Place of Amusement or Recreation: One (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area used for assembly or recreation in the building.

(8)

Office Building: One (1) parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area in the building, exclusive of the area used for storage, utilities and building service area.

(9)

Commercial Establishments Not Otherwise Classified: One (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space in the building used for retail trade, or used by the public, whichever is the greater.

(10)

Industrial Establishments: Adequate area to park all employees and customers' vehicles at all times and adequate space for loading, unloading and storing all vehicles used incidental to or as a part of the primary operation of the establishment.

For all uses not covered in (1) through (10) above, the Planning Commission shall make a determination of the parking demand to be created by the proposed use, and the amount of parking thus determined shall be the off-street parking requirement for the permitted use.

(Ord. No. 376, 6-7-21)

Whenever off-street parking lots for more than six (6) vehicles are to be located within or adjacent to a residential district, the following provisions shall apply:

(1)

All sides of the lot abutting the residential district shall be enclosed with an opaque ornamental fence, wall or dense evergreen hedge having a height of not less than five (5) nor more than eight (8) feet. Such fence, wall or hedge shall be maintained in good condition.

(2)

No parking shall be permitted within a front yard setback line established ten (10) feet back of the property line of interior and corner lots wherever the parking lot is located in a residential district or immediately abuts the front yard of a residential unit. In all other cases no setback shall be required; provided, however, that on any corner lot formed by two (2) intersecting streets no parking shall be permitted, and no wall, fence, sign, structure or plant growth having a height in excess of three (3) feet above the elevation of the crown of the adjacent roadway surface shall be maintained in a triangle formed by measuring a distance of thirty (30) feet along said front and side lot lines, from their point of intersection, and connecting the points so established to form a triangle on the area of the lot adjacent to the street intersection.

(3)

All yards shall be landscaped with grass, shrubs and evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition the year round.

(4)

Driveways used for ingress and egress shall be confined to and shall not exceed twenty-five (25) feet in width, exclusive of curb returns.

(5)

All of the lot used for parking and driveway purposes shall be paved with a sealed surface pavement and maintained in such a manner that no dust will be produced by continued use.

(6)

The intensity of light and arrangement of reflectors shall be such as not to interfere with residential district uses.

(7)

No sign of any kind shall be erected except information signs used to guide traffic and to state the conditions and terms of the use of the lot. Only nonintermittent incandescent lighting of signs shall be permitted.

(Ord. No. 376, 6-7-21)