In all zoning districts, off-street parking spaces for the storage and parking of motor vehicles for the use of occupants, employees and patrons of the buildings hereafter erected, or enlarged after the effective date of these regulations, shall be provided as herein prescribed. The remodeling or alteration of present buildings would exempt from these provisions if:

1.

The exterior dimensions are not changed; and

2.

Any increase in floor space is confined within the basic structure; and

3.

The principal use of the structure remains unchanged.

Required parking spaces shall be maintained and shall not be encroached upon so long as said main buildings or structures remain, unless an equivalent number of such spaces are provided elsewhere in conformance with these regulations. The owner or owners of a building, structure or other land use requiring off-street parking space must show, to the satisfaction of the building inspector, that he is the record title holder of the property devoted to said principal land use and of the property proposed for off-street parking use, or that he is the lessee of such property.

(a)

Required off-street parking space. Off-street parking space shall be provided with vehicular access to a street or alley. Parking space shall be provided on the premises so that there will be no generation of automobile parking on any street. For the purposes of computing the number of spaces available in a given area, a standard vehicle parking space shall be computed as an area ten (10) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long. Additional area will be required in order to provide vehicle maneuvering space, access and egress space.

(b)

Fractional requirements. When units or measurements determining number of required parking spaces result in requirements of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half (½) shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half (½) shall require one (1) parking space.

(c)

Loading space limitations. Loading space as required in this article shall not be construed as supplying off-street parking space.

(d)

Location of parking space for one- and two-family dwellings. The off-street parking facilities required for one- and two-family dwellings shall be located on the same lot or plot of ground as the building they are intended to serve, and shall consist of a garage, and/or a hard surfaced parking strip and parking apron, which connects to a publicly maintained street or alleyway.

(e)

Location of parking space for other uses. The off-street parking facilities required for all other uses shall be located on the lot or within four hundred (400) feet of the permitted use requiring such off-street parking, such distance to be measured along lines of public access to the property between the nearest point of the parking facility to the building to be served. A legal agreement providing for the shared use of parking, must be executed by the parties involved, filed as a land use restriction (LUR) with the county clerk, and filed with the city codes and planning office. Shared parking privileges will continue in effect only as long as the agreement, binding upon both parties, remains in force. If the agreement is not in force, the normal parking standards will then apply.

(f)

Usable floor area. For the purpose of this section, usable floor area in the case of offices, merchandising, or service types of uses, shall mean the gross floor area used or intended to be used by customers, patrons, clients, patients, owners, and tenants, less twenty (20) percent thereof.

(g)

Seating capacity or seats. As used in this article for parking requirements, seating capacity or seats shall mean that each twenty-one (21) inches of seating facilities shall be counted as one (1) seat, except that where specifications and plans filed with the building inspector specify a certain seating capacity for a particular building, such specified seating capacity shall be used as the basis for required parking space.

(h)

Bed. Whenever the term "bed" is herein referred to, it shall mean such beds as are occupied by the patient or guests of the hospital or building in question, provided however, that bassinets and incubators shall not be counted as beds.

(i)

Similar uses and requirements. In the case of a use not specifically mentioned, the requirements for off-street parking facilities for a use which is so mentioned, and which said use is similar, shall apply.

(j)

Existing off-street parking at effective date of regulation. Off-street parking existing at the effective date of these regulations which serves an existing building or use, shall not be reduced in size less than that required under the terms of these regulations.

(k)

Collective provisions. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent collective provisions of off-street parking facilities for two (2) or more buildings or uses, provided such facilities collectively shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses computed separately in accordance with the table under this article.

(l)

General use condition. Unless land is being used as storage space in connection with a repair or service garage business. The purpose and intention of the requirements of maintaining vehicle storage or parking space is to provide for the public safety in keeping parked cars off the streets. Such requirement is not designed to allow the storage or parking on such open land of wrecked or junked cars, in off-street parking areas or for creating a junkyard or nuisance.

(m)

Joint use. Parking spaces already provided to meet off-street parking requirements for theaters, stadiums, auditoriums, and other places of public assembly, stores, office buildings, and industrial establishments lying within one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet of a church as measured along lines of public access, and that are not normally used between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., on Sundays, and are made available for other parking, may be used to meet not more than seventy-five (75) percent of the off-street requirements of that use, or the church use. A legal agreement providing for the shared use of parking, must be executed by the parties involved, filed as a land use restriction (LUR) with the county clerk, and filed with the city codes and planning office. Shared parking privileges will continue in effect only as long as the agreement, binding upon both parties, remains in force. If the agreement is not in force, the normal parking standards will then apply.

(n)

Required parking barriers. When off-street parking spaces or access aisles are located adjacent to the right-of-way line of a public street or alley, a concrete or asphalt curb measuring six (6) inches in height shall be placed along the edge of the parking space or access aisle for the purpose of preventing any vehicle encroachment onto the street or alley right-of-way. In no instance shall the vehicle encroach into the public street or alley right-of-way.

(o)

Table of off-street parking requirements. The amount of off-street parking space required as specified above shall be determined in accordance with the following table, and the space so required shall be stated in the application for a building permit and shall be irrevocably reserved for such use and/or shall comply with the initial part of this section.

(p)

Maintenance. Off-street parking facilities shall be paved, properly graded for drainage and maintained in proper condition, free of weeds, dust, trash and debris.

(q)

Side yard. Side yards shall be maintained for an area of not less than ten (10) feet between the side lot lines of adjoining residential lots and the parking area. The depth of the front yard or setback line from the street as established for houses in any block in any given residential area shall be continued and made applicable to parking space in such residential area and it shall be unlawful to use the area between such setback line and the sidewalk for the parking of motor vehicles, provided however, that the barrier shall be located on the setback line as herein required.

(r)

Barriers required when adjacent to residential property. Whenever such parking area adjoins residential property and/or a residential street or alley, an opaque barrier or buffer shall be placed and maintained between the required yard space and the area to be used for parking. Location of said buffer facing a residential street shall be determined with due regard to side yard and building setback requirements adjoining the residential district as may be required in the particular commercial, office or industrial zoning district. The said buffer shall be constructed in such a manner that the first twelve (12) feet back from the street shall be four (4) feet high and the balance shall be six (6) feet high as indicated above. Bumper guards shall be provided to prevent vehicles striking said buffer.

(s)

Curbing. In all cases where such parking lots abut public sidewalks, concrete curbing at least six (6) inches in height, set end to end, shall be placed so that a motor vehicle cannot be driven or parked with any part thereof extending within two (2) feet of a public sidewalk. In all cases where necessary for the protection of the public and adjoining properties, streets and sidewalks, curbs as described above shall be installed.

(t)

Ingress, egress. Means of ingress and egress shall be provided and shown on plan submitted. Minimum shall be fifteen (15) feet wide for one-way and twenty-four (24) feet wide for two-way traffic.

(u)

Street setback lines. Where street setback lines are provided by ordinance or established through the adoption of a comprehensive plan, such setback lines shall be maintained and required parking spaces shall not encroach thereon.

(v)

Repairs to vehicles, display for sale prohibited. No repairs or service to vehicles and no display of vehicles for purposes of sale shall be carried on or permitted on such premises.

(w)

Off-street parking spaces in central business zone. No off-street parking spaces shall be required in the central business zone.

(Ord. No. 23-14, Exh. A, 7-8-14; Ord. No. 24-16, Exh. A, 7-12-16)

On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof, erected and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, truck freight terminal, goods display, department store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles, materials or merchandising, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets and alleys.

Off-street loading and unloading regulations for trucks. All buildings and uses which generate regular trucking traffic shall be provided with sufficient off-street loading and unloading space on the premises so that they will generate no loading or unloading activity on their required parking spaces or on any street. The board of zoning adjustment shall interpret the amount of loading and unloading space required for any building or use whenever the enforcement officer is unable to apply this standard literally, and applies to the board for an original interpretation.

Such loading and unloading space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall be an area ten (10) feet by fifty (50) feet, within a fifteen-foot height clearance. The required loading space shall in no way impede any parking space or drive aisle, and shall be provided according to the following schedule:

(Ord. No. 23-14, Exh. A, 7-8-14)

On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof erected and occupied for the purpose of serving customers in their automobiles by means of a service window or similar arrangement where the automobile engine is not turned off, there shall be the following design queue standards:

All facilities that require the installation of a drive thru to serve customers whether for restaurants, pharmacies, banks, dry cleaners, car washes and others should provide sufficient room for waiting vehicles to stack. For each specific lane use, different queuing lengths are necessary to accommodate stacked vehicles. Table 11 outlines the recommended design queues based on lane use:

These requirements are necessary to prevent drive thru facilities from possibly interfering with traffic flow on adjacent streets and prevent undue congestion or confusion within on-site circulation. Depending upon use, it may be necessary to limit or remove parking that will back into the flow of drive thru traffic either before or after ordering and receiving. The fifty-foot requirement for automated car wash facilities is necessary to prevent undue amounts of water from collecting on the roadway which could create a safety hazard.

Any off-street waiting space is defined as an area ten (10) feet wide by twenty (20) feet long.

(Ord. No. 23-14, Exh. A, 7-8-14)

For vehicular use area (VUA) containing at least thirty thousand (30,000) square feet but less than fifty thousand (50,000) square feet, a minimum of three (3) percent of the total area bounded by the perimeter of the paved area (excluding access drives from the street) shall be provided as interior landscaping, which may be located in islands, peninsulas or medians within the VUA. Interior landscape areas shall be landscaped with low shrubs, grass or other ground cover plantings.

For VUA's containing more than fifty thousand (50,000) square feet, a minimum of five (5) percent of the total area bounded by the perimeter of the paved area (excluding access drives from the street) shall be provided as interior landscaping.

Number and shape of interior landscape areas is at the owner's discretion, however, all portions of the VUA shall be within one hundred fifty (150) feet of a landscaped island, or median. One (1) tree is required for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of total required interior landscape area or fraction thereof.

(Ord. No. 23-14, Exh. A, 7-8-14)