In all districts there shall be provided at the time any building or structure is erected or structurally altered off-street parking spaces in accordance with the following requirements.

(Ord. 2001-581, passed 8-16-01)

(A)

Single-family attached and detached dwelling units: Two parking spaces per dwelling unit.

(B)

Multifamily dwelling units: Two parking spaces per dwelling unit.

(C)

(1)

For any multifamily dwelling in any zoning district or for any structure altered into a multifamily dwelling from any other classification, off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule. For each:

Efficiency apartment: 1-1/2 spaces.

One-bedroom apartment: 2 spaces.

Two-bedroom apartment: 3 spaces.

Each additional bedroom: 1 space.

(2)

Where offices are provided on a site, visitor parking must be provided as per the office parking requirements outlined herein. Where clubhouses are provided on the site, appropriate off-street parking must be provided as per the nightclub requirements outlined herein.

(D)

Classrooms: One space for each classroom plus 1 for each 10 students. This regulation shall not apply to private schools which do not permit students to bring motor vehicles to the institution; however, the educational institution shall be required to provide adequate off-street parking for faculty, administrative personnel, and athletic events, including visiting of parents and/or other personnel.

(E)

Dance, assembly and exhibition halls without fixed seats: One space for each 100 square feet used for assembly or dancing.

(F)

Theaters, auditoriums, assembly halls, sports arenas, stadiums: One space for each 3 seats in the main auditorium or seating area.

(G)

Commercial uses, office and professional buildings, unless otherwise mentioned in this section, shall be required to have 3 spaces for up to 200 square feet of floor area, plus 1 space for each additional 200 square feet of floor area.

(H)

Restaurant, nightclub, cafe or similar recreation or amusement establishment: One parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area, or 1 space for each 4 seats, whichever is greater.

(I)

Convalescent home, home for the aged or similar institution: One parking space for each 2 beds.

(J)

Churches: One parking space per 5 seats based on full capacity of church sanctuary space.

(K)

Manufacturing plants, research laboratories: One for each employee in the maximum work shift.

(L)

Warehouses: One for each employee in the maximum work shift.

(M)

Terminal facilities, truck terminals and other similar personnel and/or material facilities: One for each 200 square feet of floor area when no warehousing facilities are provided; 1 for each 700 square feet when warehousing facilities are provided.

(N)

Unclassified use: Where the proposed land use cannot be classified within the uses herein specified, the City Council shall determine the specified use most closely related to the proposed use and the minimum requirements for the specified use so determined shall apply to the proposed use.

(O)

A public street shall not be classified as off-street parking in computing the parking requirements for any use.

(P)

Parking spaces used for the parking of trucks or buses shall not be counted towards meeting the requirements of this section.

(Q)

When the computation for the number of parking spaces required under this chapter results in the requirements of a fractional space, the fractional space requirement shall be satisfied by adding 1 additional space to the whole-space total.

(R)

Off-street loading requirements. In all zoning districts there shall be provided in connection with appropriate allowable uses, off-street loading facilities in accordance with the following requirements:

(1)

Any industrial plant, retail establishment, storage warehouse or wholesale establishment, which has an aggregate gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more, arranged, intended or designed for such use shall be provided with off-street truck loading or unloading berths at least 12 feet wide, 14 feet high and 35 feet long in accordance with the following table. There shall be sufficient space to ensure that all maneuvering required to utilize such loading space will not include street right-of-way.

(2)

Required number of berths per square feet of gross floor area.

(S)

Off-street, parking for small vehicles: Any multifamily, commercial or industrial use may provide up to 25% of the total off-street parking requirement in small or compact vehicle spaces. All small vehicle spaces shall be designated as being for such use. Each such parking space shall not be less than 7½ feet in width. Stall lengths and maneuvering room shall be in accordance with angle parking in § 153.072(D)(1), (2) and (3).

(Ord. 2001-581, passed 8-16-01)

All parking areas and spaces shall be designed and constructed in accordance with this section and standards adopted from time to time by City Council.

(A)

All parking areas and spaces shall be designed and constructed so as to have free ingress and egress at all times.

(B)

No parking space or parking area shall be designed so as to require a vehicle to back into a public street or across a public sidewalk, except in the case of 1 and 2-family dwelling units.

(C)

No parking space or parking area shall be constructed with a slope of more than 6%. In such cases, where a variance may be granted to construct a parking area with a slope of more than 6%, which in no instance shall exceed 12%, each parking space shall be constructed at right angles to the slope. In the event the City Council shall consider a variance, the City Council shall have the authority to impose drainage standards calculated to minimize the effect of the increased slope.

(D)

Minimum dimensions for off-street parking:

(1)

Ninety-degree angle parking. Each parking space shall not be less than 9 feet in width and 20 feet in length. Maneuvering space shall be not less than 25 feet.

(2)

Sixty-degree angle parking. Each parking space shall be not less than 9 feet wide perpendicular to the parking angle nor less than 20 feet in length when measured at right angles to the building or parking line. Maneuvering space shall be not less than 18 feet perpendicular to the building or parking line.

(3)

Forty-five degree angle parking. Each parking space shall be not less than 9 feet wide perpendicular to the parking angle nor less than 18-1/2 feet in length when measured at right angles to the building or parking line. Maneuvering space shall be not less than 15 feet perpendicular to the building or parking line.

(4)

When off-street parking facilities are located adjacent to a public alley, the one-half of the width of the alley may be assumed to be a portion of the maneuvering space requirement.

(5)

When off-street parking facilities are provided in excess of the minimum amounts herein specified, or when off-street parking facilities are provided, but not required by this chapter, the off-street parking facilities shall comply with the minimum requirements for parking and maneuvering space herein specified.

(E)

Pavement standards. All parking lots and commercial properties shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete, or similar materials, such as brick or concrete pavers. The parking lanes shall be not less than 4 feet wide and clearly marked by white or yellow paint, buttons or other approved material. Curb stops of reinforced concrete shall be provided.

(F)

No parking area more than 3 parking spaces in depth shall be designed or constructed which ends in a dead end unless adequate turnaround space is provided.

(G)

All entrances or exits in a parking area shall be a minimum of 30 feet from the beginning point of any corner radius.

(H)

All entrances or exits in a parking area shall be a minimum of 24 feet and a maximum of 30 feet in width, unless one-way, in which case they shall be a minimum of 12 feet for exits.

(I)

The driveway approach angle to any parking area shall be a maximum of 16o, the departure angle a maximum of 10o, and the ramp angle a maximum of 11o.

(J)

All parking areas or parking spaces shall be set back a minimum of 5 feet from any public right-of-way.

(K)

Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so designed and constructed as to reflect the light away from any adjoining property or street.

(L)

All parking areas and parking spaces shall be designed and constructed to protect adjacent residences from the direct glare of headlights of vehicles using the parking area. In accordance, all off-street parking areas shall be effectively screened on each side by a solid wall or fence from any adjoining property zoned single-family.

(Ord. 2001-581, passed 8-16-01)