Definition of floor area. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

Fractional space. When units of measurement determining the number of required parking spaces result in a fractional space, any fraction to and including 1/2 shall be disregarded and fractions over 1/2 shall require one parking space.

Requirements for a use not mentioned. In the case of a use not specifically mentioned, the requirements of off-street parking for a use which is mentioned and which is most similar to the use not listed shall apply.

Use of parking areas. Commercial repair work, servicing or selling shall not exceed 10 days in any six-month period, if conducted in any parking area. Parking space shall be used only for the parking of vehicles used to service the establishment to which it is accessory and by its patrons. No sign shall be erected in parking areas except that no more than one directional sign at each point of ingress or egress may be erected which may also bear the name of the enterprise the lot is intended to serve. Such signs shall not exceed 32 square feet in area and shall not project beyond the property line of the premises.

Building additions or other changes in floor area. Whenever a use requiring off-street parking is increased in floor area, or when interior building modifications result in an increase in capacity for any premises use, additional parking shall be provided and maintained in the proper ratio to the use change increased floor area or capacity.

Joint use of parking areas. The joint use of parking facilities by two or more uses may be granted by the Planning Commission whenever such use is practical and satisfactory to each of the uses intended to be served, and when all requirements for location, design, and construction are met.

Parking space requirements.

Location of parking areas. All off-street parking areas shall be located on the same lot, or on the adjacent premises in the same district as the use they are intended to serve, with the exception of the following:

Parking lot plan review. Whenever four or more vehicle parking spaces are required for a given use, plans and specifications for the construction or alteration of an off-street parking area shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator before a building permit can be issued. Such plans and specifications shall indicate the location, basis of capacity calculation, size, site design, surfacing, marking, lighting, drainage, curb cuts, entrances, exits, landscaping, and any other detailed feature essential to the complete design and construction of the parking area.

Site development standards. All off-street parking areas shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and requirements.

Reduction, modification, waiver. The Board of Appeals may authorize a reduction, modification, or waiver of any of the off-street parking or loading regulations provided in this article when it can be demonstrated that circumstances of extreme practical difficulty exist that would result in hardship to the applicant. Hardship shall not be deemed economic only, but shall be evaluated also in terms of the use of a particular parcel of land. A hardship that is a result of any action of the applicant shall not be considered by the Board of Appeals.

Intent and purpose. In order to prevent undue interference with public use of streets and alleys, every manufacturing, storage, warehouse, department store, wholesale store, retail store, hotel, hospital, laundry, dairy, mortuary, and other uses similarly and customarily receiving or distributing goods by motor vehicle shall provide space on the premises for that number of vehicles that will be at the premises at the same time on an average day of full use.

Additional parking space. Loading space required under this section shall be provided as area additional to off-street parking space as required under § 1-10.1G and shall not be considered as supplying off-street parking space.

Space requirements. There shall be provided adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading services not less than 12 feet in width, 25 feet in length, and 14 feet in height, open or enclosed, for uses listed in the following table, or for similar uses similarly involving the receipt of distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise.

Access. Access to a truck standing, loading, and unloading space shall be provided directly from a public street or alley, and such space shall be so arranged to provide sufficient off-street maneuvering space as well as adequate ingress and egress to and from a street or alley.

Site requirements. Off-street loading spaces and access drives shall be drained and lighted, and shall have appropriate bumper or wheel guards where needed. Any light used for illumination shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises and streets. Where any off-street loading space adjoins or abuts a lot or premises used for residential, educational, recreational, or religious purposes, or abuts a residential district, there shall be provided a masonry wall or solid fence not less than four feet in height between the off-street loading space and said residential, educational, recreational, or religious premises or residential zone.