Homer Village City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 228-26 Parking.
Off-street parking space shall be required for all buildings constructed or new uses established after the effective date of this chapter. Each off-street space shall consist of at least 200 square feet, with a minimum width of 10 feet. In addition, space necessary for aisles, maneuvering and drives shall be provided. Parking requirements are specified in this article.
For uses not specified in this article, the Board of Appeals shall, on appeal and after recommendation of the Planning Board, establish parking requirements consistent with those specified in this article.
For any building having more than one use, parking space shall be required as provided for each use.
No automobile or other vehicle shall be parked between the house and the street line on any residential lot, except in a driveway, but shall not block any portion of the sidewalk.
Floor areas, for the purposes of computing parking requirements, shall be the sum of the horizontal area within exterior walls of the several floors of a building, excluding basement, cellar and attic areas used primarily for storage.
Off-street parking schedule. The off-street parking schedule shall be as follows:
All parking spaces, driveways and driving aisles shall have an impervious surface; however, such surfaces which service any use other than single- or two-family dwellings must be surfaced with either concrete or asphalt.
No parking facilities shall be situated within a required front yard in any district except for in an approved access driveway.
Residential driveways constructed within a required front yard may not cover more than 35% of said required front yard and only one of the two required said yards may be utilized as a driveway. This coverage limitation is inclusive of parking spaces.
Each parking facility, except for single, and two-family dwellings, shall be permanently landscaped and contain necessary lighting.
§ 228-27 Loading.
At least one off-street loading space shall be provided for each commercial or industrial establishment hereafter erected or substantially altered to have a gross floor area in excess of 5,000 square feet, computed as described below. Space for off-street loading shall be in addition to space for off-street parking.
Each off-street loading space shall be subject to the following minimum requirements:
Each berth shall be not less than 12 feet wide, 40 feet long and 14 feet in height when covered.
Space for such berth may occupy any part of any required side yard or rear yard, except that no such berth shall be located closer than 100 feet to a residential district lot line unless wholly within a completely enclosed building.