(a)

Off-street parking required. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in conformance with these regulations whenever a use is established or enlarged. Required spaces shall be on the building site of the use for which parking is required unless otherwise permitted and may be provided in either surface parking areas or garages. Whenever there is a change in use or an increase in floor area or in any other unit of measurement used to determine the requirements for off-street parking spaces, additional spaces shall be provided on the basis of the increased requirement.

(b)

Parking layout and construction standards. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area, including commercial parking lots used for the parking of business-owned vehicles and vehicular display or storage areas, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the parking layout and construction standards of the city's development standards.

(c)

Use of required spaces. Required off-street parking and loading spaces shall be used only for their respective purposes and shall not be used for the storage or display of vehicles or trailers for sale or rent, the storage or display of other goods, materials or products, or the location of refuse storage containers. No required parking space may be placed in front of an overhead door or other point used for vehicular access.

(d)

Submission of plans. Applications for building permits and certificates of occupancy shall include parking plans showing the design of off-street parking areas, including the layout of spaces, aisles, and the location of ingress and egress points. Parking plans shall be reviewed by and approval gained from the development review committee. Submission of a parking plan may be waived when, in the director's opinion, it is not necessary to determine compliance with these requirements.

(e)

Encroachment on easements and rights-of-way. A private parking space, or parking lot, excluding a parking structure, retaining wall or similar structure, may encroach on an easement or right-of-way unless restricted from such usage by law, ordinance, regulation, limitations in the easement dedication language, or other restriction of the governmental or private entity which owns or otherwise has jurisdiction over the easement or right-of-way, and provided that the owner of said parking space, or parking lot, shall be solely responsible for the cost of any repair or maintenance of the parking surface, landscaping, private vehicles, or other parking improvements resulting from construction or repairs that take place within the boundaries of the easement. Manholes, water valves, and other surface access points for utilities may not be located in any designated parking spaces.

(f)

Calculations. The following rules shall apply in computing the parking requirements:

(1)

Combination uses. When a building site is used for a combination of uses, the parking requirement shall be the sum of the requirements for each type of use.

(2)

Floor area. Floor area shall mean gross square footage, except in the case of office and retail type uses where areas used for nonpublic purposes, such as storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging, show windows, offices incidental to management or maintenance, restrooms, or utility rooms may be discounted, but shall require one space per 750 square feet for such uses.

(3)

Continuous seating. When seating is provided on benches or pews, each 18 inches of seating shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of calculating the parking requirement.

(4)

Fractions. When a calculation results in the requirement of a fractional space, a fraction of less than one-half shall be disregarded and a fraction of one-half or greater shall require one parking space.

(g)

Application to existing buildings. If the use of a building is changed to a different use, which pursuant to this article requires more off-street parking than currently exists, then the following applies:

(1)

New use. The new use shall not commence until the required additional off-street parking is provided, if the building is not located in the downtown arts and culture district or the downtown core; or

(2)

Downtown property. If the building is located in the downtown arts and culture district or the downtown core and the new use does not require an enlargement of that area encompassed by the exterior walls of the building, the new use may commence without adding the off-street parking which would otherwise be required by this section.

(Ord. No. 2019-17, § 2, 8-27-2019)

The zoning board of adjustment may authorize exceptions to the requirements of this article where it finds that the peculiar nature of a use, the shape or size of the property, or other exceptional conditions would justify such action and any such reduction or exception could be accommodated without adverse impacts on adjacent properties or the surrounding area. The following are examples of uses or conditions which may justify a reduction or exception:

(1)

Manufacturing and warehouse uses. A reduction in parking spaces may be considered for manufacturing and/or warehousing uses if such reduction can be justified based upon the amount of floor area per employee, the proportion of floor area occupied by machinery, equipment, and storage, and/or the maximum number of employees or invitees using the building. The potential for future increases in the number of employees or invitees may be considered.

(2)

Longer term parking. Off-site parking may be considered for institutional type uses such as hospitals, churches, or similar uses where longer term parking is common. Where an easement is used to both authorize and reserve such parking, the easement shall be permanent and irrevocable and shall be recorded in the property records of the county.

(3)

Joint use parking. Joint use or collective parking may be allowed to account for parking space requirements. Joint use parking shall mean that required spaces provided for one use may also be credited as required spaces for a complementary use. Where an easement is used to both authorize and reserve such parking, the easement shall be permanent and irrevocable and shall be recorded in the property records of the county. The following definitions and examples shall be used as guidelines in considering requests for joint use parking:

a.

Complementary use: complementary uses are uses which generally operate at different time periods, so that one use is inactive when the other is active.

b.

Joint use: the percentage or number of spaces which is allowed to be shared and used jointly should be related to the proportion or number of spaces which will be available during the period of relative inactivity.

c.

Examples: if an office parking lot is generally 90 percent vacant in the evenings and on weekends, then 90 percent of the spaces might be credited as also providing the parking for a church which operates primarily in the evenings and on weekends. Or, if a church parking lot is generally 50 percent vacant on weekdays, then 50 percent of the spaces might be credited as also providing the parking for an office which operates only on weekdays. Theaters and other evening/weekend entertainment uses may be another example of a use that might share parking with an office, bank, church, or other complementary use.

(Ord. No. 2019-17, § 2, 8-27-2019)

The following regulations shall apply in determining the number of parking spaces required for a specific use or combination of uses:

(1)

Listed uses. Nonresidential and residential uses shall be assigned a "parking standard," and the number of off-street parking spaces required for a specific use shall be determined by reference to the schedule of permitted uses and Table 2, Schedule of Off-Street Parking Requirements.

(2)

Uses not listed. For any use not listed, or where the listed standard is not applicable in the judgment of the development review committee, the parking requirements shall be established using the requirement of a similar use which is listed or an applicable standard from another source. Such determination by the development review committee may be appealed to the planning and zoning commission.

(3)

Handicapped parking. Parking for the handicapped and disabled shall be provided as part of the required parking in accordance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

(4)

Parking for residential uses, including multifamily residential. Parking spaces, to meet the requirements of this zoning code for residential uses, including multifamily residential, may be provided in an enclosed garage, covered carport, an open parking lot, or the driveway contained on a residential lot provided the minimum dimensions for a parking space are met. Tandem parking, where one parking space is located behind another, whether in a garage, carport, or in an open parking lot or residential driveway, may be counted toward meeting the required number of spaces provided the minimum dimensions are met for each space and the spaces are contained entirely within the boundaries of the lot containing the dwelling unit(s) that require the parking.

(Ord. No. 2019-17, § 2, 8-27-2019)

Refer to Table 2, Schedule of Off-Street Parking Requirements for a specific list of parking standards by use.

TABLE 2. SCHEDULE OF REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING

(Ord. No. 2019-17, § 2, 8-27-2019)