No motor vehicle repair work shall be permitted in conjunction with accessory off-street parking lots or areas provided in a residence district for a commercial or industrial use. The sale of gasoline and motor oil when permitted, in conjunction with accessory off-street parking areas shall be located with respect to residential properties so as not to create a nuisance.

(Ord. 887, § 5.2, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this code results in a requirement of a fractional space any fraction of ½ or less may be disregarded, while a fraction of or in excess of ½ shall be counted as one parking space.

(Ord. 887, § 5.3, passed - -)

   For any conforming building or use which is in existence on the effective date of this code which is damaged or destroyed by fire, explosion or other similar cause and which is reconstructed, reestablished, or repaired, additional off-street parking or loading facilities need not be provided, except that parking or loading facilities equivalent to any maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored or continued in operation. However, in no case shall it be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required by this code for equivalent new uses or construction.

(Ord. 887, § 5.4, passed - -)

   Each off-street parking space shall not be less than ten feet wide and 20 feet long, except as approved by the Administrative Official.

   (A)   Aisles. Interior parking aisles permitting two-way traffic should be a minimum of 22 feet in width. One way aisles in conjunction with 60 degree parking shall be a minimum of 18 feet in width. Plans for other aisle widths with other angle parking shall be as approved.

   (B)   Residential zones. Access to off-street parking areas in all residential zone districts shall be a minimum of ten feet wide except as follows:

      (1)   If a driveway is longer than 100 feet or serves more than the required parking for four dwelling units, the minimum width shall be 20 feet.

      (2)   Two one-way driveways each 12 feet wide may be provided in lieu of one 20-foot driveway.

   (C)   Commercial and industrial zones. Access to off-street parking areas in all commercial and industrial zones shall be a minimum width of 24 feet or two separate driveways each 12 feet wide.

(Ord. 887, § 5.5, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   (A)   All parking areas in any multiple-family, business, industrial or similar zone district shall be designed or arranged so that no vehicle can have direct access to or egress from any off-street parking space from a public right-of-way. In any instance stated in this section ingress to and egress from a parking space shall be from an aisle, driveway, or similar arrangement by forward motion of the vehicle.

   (B)   No access way or lane shall be within 30 feet of any corner formed by the intersection of the right-of-way of two or more streets. On a corner where a traffic signal or stop sign exists, such entrance or exit shall be located at such distance and in such manner so as not to cause or increase traffic hazard or undue congestion.

   (C)   The alignments of access ways shall be at right angles and offsets are not to exceed 20 degrees.

   (D)   Except in unusual circumstances no access way from a public street shall exceed 35 feet in width.

(Ord. 887, § 5.6, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   All parking aisles and parking spaces shall be entirely within the lot lines, and not on a public right- of-way. Parking spaces and loading spaces shall be so arranged that no part of any vehicle overhangs the public right-of-way.

(Ord. 887, § 5.7, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   All open automobile parking lots serving a commercial, industrial, institutional or similar use shall provide a landscaped screen, wall or fence along those property boundaries abutting a residential district or use. Such landscaped screen, wall or fence shall be maintained by the owner or lessee and a maintenance agreement shall be filed with the Administrative Official. Plans for the landscaping, wall or fence shall be as approved.

(Ord. 887, § 5.8, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   Where two lanes of off-street parking is provided between any building and a street, in order to accommodate pedestrian and vehicular traffic, the building shall be set back at least 75 feet from the lot line. A six-inch vertical curb shall be provided to separate such off-street parking areas from the public right-of-way. Similar parking in the rear of a building shall require a setback of at least 64 feet.

(Ord. 887, § 5.9, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   All open off-street parking areas, lots and driveways shall be improved with a compacted stone base of not less than four inches thick, surfaced with two inches of bituminous concrete or an approved material with comparable construction.

(Ord. 887, § 5.10, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   (A)   Accessory off-street parking or loading facilities which are located on the same lot as the building or use served and which were in existence on the effective date of this code or were provided voluntarily after such effective date shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not further be reduced below the requirements of this code for a similar new building or use.

   (B)   Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required herein for such new use. However, if the building or structure was erected prior to the effective date of this code, additional parking or loading facilities are mandatory 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 code.

   (C)   When the intensity of use of any building, structure, or premises shall be increased through addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other units or measurement specified herein for required parking or loading facilities, parking and loading facilities as required herein shall be provided for such increase in intensity of use.

(Ord. 887, § 5.11, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures, or uses, or for mixed uses, may be provided collectively in any zoning district in which separate parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted, provided that the total number of spaces so located together shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use.

(Ord. 887, § 5.12, passed - -)

   The location of offstreet parking spaces in relation to the use served shall be as prescribed hereinafter. All distances specified shall be walking distances from a main entrance of the use served to the nearest point of the parking facility.

(Ord. 887, § 5.13, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   Parking spaces accessory to dwellings shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served, but motor vehicles may not be parked and located in any portion of the front yard of the lit, except in that portion of the front yard coterminous with the side yard wherein the driveway is located. Off-street parking facilities accessory to residential use and developed in any residential district shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles or the vehicles owned or operated by the occupants of the dwelling structures. In no instance shall a commercial vehicle exceeding one ton capacity be parked in a residential area, except for normal loading, unloading or service, except by a special use permit. Commercial or related uses located in a residence district that cannot provide the required parking on the same zoning lot may provide parking on an adjacent lot or a lot across the street but not more than 200 linear feet from the commercial use served.

(Ord. 887, § 5.14, passed - -; Am. Ord. 1713, passed 8-18-2009)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   All required parking spaces shall be within 1,000 feet of the use served, except that spaces accessory to dwelling units (other than those located in a transient hotel) shall be within 300 feet of the use served. However, no parking spaces accessory to a use in a business or industrial district shall be located in a residence district, except that private, free, off-street parking accessory to such uses, and municipal parking lots, may be allowed by special use permit within 500 feet of and adjacent to any business or industrial district.

(Ord. 887, § 5.15, passed - -)

   When required parking facilities are provided on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served by such facilities is located, they shall be and remain in the same possession or ownership as the zoning lot occupied by the building or use to which the parking facilities are accessory. No such off-site parking facilities shall be authorized and no building permit or occupancy permit shall be issued where the plans call for parking facilities other than on the same zoning lot until and unless the Administrative Official has reviewed the plans and heard the applicant and made findings that the common ownership or possession of the zoning lot and the site of the parking facilities are reasonably certain to continue and that the off-site parking facilities will be maintained at all times during the life of the proposed use or building.

(Ord. 887, § 5.16, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   For uses not listed heretofore in this schedule of parking requirements, parking spaces shall be provided on the same basis as required for the most similar listed use as determined by the Administrative Official.

(Ord. 887, § 5.17, passed - -)  Penalty, see § 155.999

   For the following uses accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided as required hereinafter. Parking spaces required on an employee basis shall be based on the maximum number of employees on duty or residing, or both, on the premises at any one time. When employee parking is required it shall be provided on the basis of one space for each one and one-half employees.