(A)

Off-street parking facilities.

(1)

Any structure or use, erected or constructed after the date of passage of this ordinance, shall provide off-street parking facilities in accordance with the following minimum requirements:

(a)

Hotel or motel. Five (5) parking spaces plus one (1) parking space for each unit or room.

(b)

Restaurant, theater or other place of public assembly. One (1) parking space for every three (3) seats or for every three (3) persons of capacity.

(c)

Hospital or institution. One (1) parking space for every bed.

(d)

Office use. One (1) parking space for every two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area plus one (1) parking space for every two (2) employees.

(e)

Retail or personal service business. One (1) parking space for every two hundred thirty-five (235) square feet of floor area.

(f)

Manufacturing, industrial, storage or wholesale use. Two (2) parking spaces for every three (3) employees and one (1) parking space for each truck operated by the concern.

(g)

Any other nonresidential use. One (1) parking space for every two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area.

(2)

Plans and specifications for the required parking facility and its access drives shall be submitted at the time of application for a permit for the main use. In allocating area for off-street parking facilities, each parking space shall have a minimum width of nine (9) feet, a minimum length of eighteen (18) feet and shall be served by suitable aisles to permit access into all parking spaces. In no case shall the gross area per parking space be less than three hundred (300) square feet.

(3)

All parking facilities provided under this section, shall be constructed on or adjacent to the site of the main use. Nonresidential off-street parking lots of more than two-motor-vehicle capacity shall conform to the following standards of construction:

(a)

The area shall have a dust-free, hard surface and shall be provided with bumper guards or tire stops when needed.

(b)

Where such area will adjoin a parcel on which there is a residence, an opaque hedge or fence not less than five (5) feet in height shall be erected and maintained between such area and the adjoining residential district.

(c)

Any lighting used to illuminate the parking area shall reflect away from adjoining residential areas and away from adjacent traffic arteries.

(B)

Parking or storage of trucks, heavy construction equipment, travel trailers, tent trailers, or motorized campers in a residential zone.

(1)

Not more than one (1) travel trailer, pickup camper, tent trailer, or motorized camp trailer may be stored by a person on his/her own property in a residential zone.

(2)

Trailer trucks and heavy construction equipment may not be stored or parked overnight in any front yard area, except for heavy construction equipment during the active on-site construction period.

(Ch. 134, § 28, 12-19-94; Ch. 184, 6-6-05)