A.   Existing Buildings And Structures: Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided by the owner for all buildings and structures existing or erected and all uses existing or established after the effective date of the Ordinance codified in this Title. If a building permit was issued prior to the effective date of the Ordinance codified in this Title and construction is begun within six (6) months after such effective date and diligently prosecuted to completion, parking and loading facilities required at the time of the issuance of such building permit may be provided in lieu of those required by this Title, except that such building shall be subject to the provisions of Section 8-8-2 of this Chapter.

   B.   Structural Addition: When the intensity of use of any existing building, structure or premises is increased through a structural addition, the addition of dwelling units, floor area, seating capacity or other units or measurements specified for required parking or loading facilities, parking and loading facilities shall be provided by the owner for such new addition or any such increase in intensity of use.

   C.   Change Of Use: Whenever the existing use of building, structure or premises shall be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided by the owner as required for such new use. However, if such building or structure was erected prior to the effective date of the Ordinance codified in this Title, additional parking or loading facilities must be initially provided only in the amount by which the requirements for the new use would exceed those for the existing use, if the latter were subject to the parking and loading provisions of this Title. (Ord. 90-O-16, 7-3-1990)

   A.   Utilization: Required off-street parking spaces shall be solely for the parking of vehicles used for the transportation of occupants, patrons or employees. Each required space shall be kept available at all times for parking of such vehicles. No required parking space shall be rented, leased or used for any purpose other than that for which such space is required. No sales or repair work, except of an emergency nature, shall be permitted in required parking spaces.

   B.   Collective Provisions: Off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the spaces required for each use served. If a collective parking facility serves uses which do not generate automobile parking at the same times, upon request by the owners of such uses, the Board of Trustees may authorize a reduction in the total number of parking spaces to the minimum required by those uses which generate automobile parking at the same time.

   C.   Control Of Off-Site Parking Facilities: In cases where parking facilities are permitted on a lot other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served is located, the party in possession of such lot shall be the same as the party in possession of the zoning lot occupied by the building or use to which the off-site parking facilities are accessory. Possession of the off-site parking facilities may be either by deed or lease, the term of such lease to be approved by the Board of Trustees and such deed or lease shall be filed in the County Office of the Recorder of Deeds. The deed or lease shall require such possessor and successor, heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of parking facilities on the off-site lot for the duration of the use served or of the deed or lease, whichever shall terminate sooner.

   D.   Existing Parking Facilities: Accessory off-street parking facilities in existence on the effective date of the Ordinance codified in this Title or any amendment and located on the same lot as the building or use served shall not be reduced below or if already less than shall not be further reduced below, the requirements of this Title for such building or use; provided, such off-street parking facilities may be relocated or otherwise provided in accordance with the provisions of this Title. Such existing off-street parking facilities that do not conform to all the requirements of Section 8-3-3 may be included as required off-street parking provided that the items of nonconformance do not prevent or unduly hamper the required usage, have not been detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare and have not caused undue traffic congestion on a public street.

   E.   Permissive Parking And Loading Facilities: Nothing in this Title shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of off-street parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings, provided that all regulations governing the location, design, construction and operation of such facilities shall apply.

   F.   Damage Or Destruction: For any conforming or nonconforming building or use which is in existence on the effective date of the Ordinance codified in this Title or any amendment, which subsequently is damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion or other cause and which is reconstructed, reestablished or repaired within two (2) years of such damage or destruction, off-street parking or loading facilities equivalent to those maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored or continued in operation. Any conforming or nonconforming building or use reconstructed, reestablished or repaired after two (2) years of such damage or destruction shall provide off-street parking and loading facilities in accordance with the requirements of this Title. However, in no case shall it be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required by this Title for equivalent new uses or construction.

   G.   Existing Use, Buildings Or Structures: An absence or deficiency of off-street parking spaces for any building, structure or use in any district existing on the effective date of the Ordinance codified in this Title shall be deemed a nonconforming use one year after such effective date and then shall be abated or otherwise brought into conformity with this Title.

   H.   Submission Of Plan: Any application for zoning permit or certificate of occupancy where no permits are required shall include a plan drawn to scale and fully dimensioned showing any off-street parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with this Title.

   I.   Computation: When determination of off-street parking spaces required by this Title results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of less than one-half (1/2) may be disregarded, while a fraction of one-half (1/2) or more shall be counted as one parking space. (Ord. 90-O-16, 7-3-1990)

   A.   Location: All parking spaces and loading berths required to serve buildings and structures erected or uses established after the effective date of the Ordinance codified in this Title shall be located on the same lot as the building, structure or use served, except when authorized by a special use permit.

   B.   Minimum Requirements: Minimum parking stall widths shall be eight and one-half feet (81/2') for angle parking and nine feet (9') for ninety degree (90°) parking. The minimum stall length is eighteen feet (18'). Other parking dimensions shall meet the requirements contained in the "Transportation and Traffic Engineering Handbook", Third Edition, by the Institute of Transportation Engineers in Table 15.4 Typical Parking Dimensions in Feet and supporting text.

   C.   Screening: All off-street parking areas of more than three (3) parking spaces shall be screened by fencing or landscaping on all sides adjoining property in any residential district.

   D.   Lighting: Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas or loading berths shall be directed away from residential districts in such a way as not to create a nuisance and downward to reduce the effects of light pollution on the surrounding area and furthermore shall be in compliance with subsection 8-4-4J of this Title.

   E.   Design: Required off-street parking areas of more than three (3) parking spaces shall have individual spaces marked and shall be designed, maintained and regulated so that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on any public street or walk.

   F.   Vehicle Repair Work: No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities or parking areas.

   G.   Cleaning And Maintenance: No cleaning or maintenance of parking lots or loading areas utilizing motorized equipment may be performed between eleven thirty o'clock (11:30) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. each day, except snowplowing.

   H.   Off-Street Loading: Spaces allocated to off-street loading facilities shall not be used to satisfy any off-street parking requirements. (Ord. 90-O-16, 7-3-1990)

   A.   Retail Businesses: Each retail business shall have one parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area devoted to retail sales. Storage areas in such businesses shall not be counted in the calculation of floor area.

   B.   Manufacturing And Other Businesses: Each manufacturing establishment and other nonretail businesses shall have the greater of:

      1.   One parking space for each employee on the largest shift, plus a minimum of three (3) parking spaces for visitors;

      2.   One parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of gross floor area plus a minimum of three (3) parking spaces for visitors; or

      3.   One parking space for each vehicle used in the conduct of the business plus a minimum of three (3) parking spaces for visitors.

   C.   Offices, Research Facilities And Institutional Uses: Offices, research facilities, and institutional uses shall have the greater of:

      1.   One parking space for each employee plus a minimum of five (5) parking spaces for visitors;

      2.   One parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area plus a minimum of five (5) parking spaces for visitors; or

      3.   One parking space for each vehicle used in the conduct of the business plus a minimum of five (5) parking spaces for visitors.

   D.   Schools: All schools shall have one parking space for each employee, except that each high school shall have one parking space for each employee plus one parking space for each six (6) students.

   E.   Churches: Each church, chapel, temple or synagogue shall have one parking space for every four (4) seats in the main worship area. (Ord. 98-O-06, 3-3-1998)

Each loading berth shall be accessible by motor vehicle off any adjacent alley, service drive or open space on the same zoning lot. Each berth shall be not less than twelve feet (12') wide by fifty five feet (55') in length, except that an establishment of less than forty thousand (40,000) square feet may have a berth not less than twelve feet (12') wide by thirty feet (30') in length.

   A.   Retail Businesses: Each retail business of less than forty thousand (40,000) square feet of gross floor area shall have at least one loading berth. A retail business with more than forty thousand (40,000) square feet of gross floor area shall have at least two (2) berths for the first one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of gross floor area plus at least one berth for each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of gross floor area.

   B.   Manufacturing And Other Businesses: Each manufacturing establishment and other nonretail businesses shall have at least one loading berth for the first twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, at least one for the second twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, and at least one for the next thirty thousand (30,000) square feet of gross floor area. For each additional two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of gross floor area, at least one additional loading berth shall be provided.

   C.   Offices And Research Facilities And Institutional Uses: Offices, research facilities, and institutional uses shall have at least one loading berth for each one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of gross floor area.

   D.   Schools: Each school shall have at least one loading berth of at least twelve feet (12') wide by fifty five feet (55') long.

   E.   Churches: A church, chapel, temple or synagogue is not required to have a loading berth unless a use other than those commonly associated with the use exists at that church, chapel, temple or synagogue, in which case the loading requirements are the same as for that use. (Ord. 98-O-06, 3-3-1998)