In nonresidential districts, surface parking may extend into the front yard except for required screening, landscaping, or as specifically stated in various sections of this ordinance.

Parking shall be allowed only on a paved concrete surface.

All retail, commercial, and industrial structures having five thousand (5,000) square feet or more of gross floor area shall provide and maintain off-street parking facilities for the loading and unloading of merchandise and goods at a ratio of at least one (1) space for the first twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area and one (1) space for each additional twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof for a building larger than five thousand (5,000) square feet. A loading space shall consist of an area of a minimum of twelve (12) by thirty (30) feet. All drives and approaches shall provide adequate space and clearances to allow for the maneuvering of trucks off-street.

Kindergartens, day schools, and similar child training and care establishments shall provide concrete off-street loading and unloading space on a through “circular” drive except when otherwise provided for in a Special Use Permit. Drives shall be designed to accommodate one (1) motor vehicle for each ten (10) students or children cared for by the establishment.

Uses not listed strait provide required off-street parking according to the most similar use listed in the Schedule, as determined by the City Council.

Loading docks and areas shall not be located on the street side of any structure unless screened by screening approved by the Planning & Zoning Commission.

In all districts (except all single-family, duplex, and multifamily districts) building plans shall provide for entrance/exit drive(s) appropriately designed and located to minimize traffic congestion or conflict within the site and with adjoining public streets as approved by the City Engineer. Where based upon projected volumes of traffic entering or leaving the proposed development are likely to interfere with the projected peak traffic flow volumes on adjoining streets, additional right-of-way, and paving in the form of a deceleration lane or turn lane may be required to be furnished by the developer in order to reduce such interference.

In the approval of a Detail Site Plan consideration shall be given to providing entrance/exit drives which extend into the site to provide adequate queuing of vehicles on the site. Such drives shall have curbs or other barriers to prohibit access from parking areas and other drives.

The radius of all drive approaches shall be constructed so that the curb return shall not extend beyond any projection of the property line which the drive does not cross, except by written agreement of both property owners filed for record with the County Clerk with proof supplied to the City Council.

Vehicular access to nonresidential uses shall not be permitted from alleys serving residential areas.

Parking space configuration, location, arrangement, size and circulation in all districts shall be constructed according to Appendix Illustrations Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.[1]

In accordance with Appendix Illustrations Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, a parking space shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and a minimum of nineteen (19) feet long, with two exceptions. The two exceptions are:

Parking on private property shall not extend into or overhang public right-of-way or adjoining property. Where on-site parking is adjacent to sidewalks, right-of-way, and/or required landscaped areas, all parking, loading spaces, and vehicle sales areas on private property shall have a vehicle stopping device installed so as to prevent the wheels of motor vehicles from entering any required landscaped areas, and to prevent any parked vehicle from entering or overhanging a public right-of-way, public sidewalk, or any landscaping over eight (8) inches in height above the parking pavement. An over-wide sidewalk on private property may be permitted so as to allow encroachment of vehicle overhang while maintaining an unobstructed three (3) feet minimum sidewalk width.

Refuse storage facilities placed in a parking lot shall not be located in a designated parking or loading space. Each refuse facility shall be maintained so as to comply with all public health and sanitary regulations. Each refuse facility shall be located so as to facilitate pickup by refuse collection agencies and shall be screened according to Section 33-1(6) [sic].

“Floor Area” shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use.

Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be constructed to be the nearest whole number.

The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.

Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this Ordinance is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, to create a need for an increase of ten (10) percent or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use existing prior to the effective date of Ordinance is enlarged to the extent of fifty (50) percent or more in floor area or in the area used, said building or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking requirements set forth herein.

In the case of mixed uses, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately.

Where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use or where such spaces are provided collectively or used jointly by two (2) or more buildings or establishments, the required spaces may be located not to exceed three hundred (300) feet from an institutional building served and not to exceed six hundred (600) feet from any other nonresidential building served.

Not more than fifty (50) percent of the parking spaces required for theaters, bowling alleys, dance halls, nightclubs, cafes, or similar uses and not more than eighty (80) percent of the parking spaces required for a church or school auditorium or similar uses may be provided and used jointly by similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as those listed; provided, however, that written agreement thereto is properly executed and filed as specified below.

In any case where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement thereby assuring their retention for such purposes, shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form by the City and executed by the parties concerned [sic], approved as to form by the City Attorney and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.