Minimum requirements for off-street parking and loading spaces when no maneuvering space is required are as follows:

This prohibition is applicable to any new or existing single-family residence notwithstanding subsection 138-86(1) regarding the date of the subdivision in which the residence is located, the date of annexation of the property on which the residence is located, or the fact that it was not unlawful to park or allow a vehicle to be parked in the front yard prior to the date this prohibition was adopted by the city commission. In the prosecution of any violation of this subsection there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the owner and/or occupant of the single-family residence either parked the vehicle or allowed the vehicle to be parked in the front yard.

Triplex, fourplex, apartment/condominium buildings with five or more units:

Church or temple: One parking space for each four seats in the main auditorium.

School, elementary or middle (public or private) 1.5 parking spaces for each classroom and administrative office.

School, high school or college (public or private): Five parking spaces per classroom and 1.5 parking spaces for each administrative office.

Hospital: Three parking spaces for each bed.

Nursing or convalescent home: One parking space for each three beds, plus one space for each 300 square feet of outpatient floor area contained therein.

Theater or auditorium, except school: One parking space for each three seats or bench seating area.

Bingo hall, commercial sports arena, stadium, or gymnasium: One parking space for each 2.5 seats or seating spaces.

Hotel, motel, boardinghouse and bed and breakfast: One parking space for each sleeping room or suite plus one space for each 200 square feet of commercial floor area contained therein.

Dancehall, assembly, exhibition hall without fixed seats, club or lodge: One parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area used therefor.

Commercial development

Bowling alley: Five parking spaces for each alley.

Mortuary or funeral home: One parking space for each 50 square feet of floor space in slumber room parlors or individual funeral service rooms.

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

Light industrial, research or testing laboratory, creamery, bottling plant or similar establishment: One parking space for each 500 square feet of enclosed floor area plus parking space to accommodate all trucks, trailers, and other vehicles in connection therewith.

Heavy industry: One parking space for each 800 square feet of enclosed floor area plus parking space to accommodate all trucks, trailers, and other vehicles in connection therewith.

Elderly housing or assisted living facility: One parking space per living unit.

Group home or halfway house: One parking space for each four beds.

General office or medical office: Four parking spaces for up to 200 square feet of floor area, plus one parking space for each additional 200 square feet of floor area.

Warehouse or distribution center: One parking space for each 2,000 square feet of enclosed floor area, plus one parking space for each 200 square feet of office use, plus 0.5 additional trailer parking space for each accessible dock and/or overhead door and parking space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles in connection therewith.

Self-storage: A minimum of 3 parking spaces, one of which is to be accessible based upon Table 1 and consistent with the Texas Accessibility Standards of the Architectural Barriers Act Article 9102, Texas Civil Statutes, plus an additional parking space for each 250 square feet of office space should office space exceed 500 square feet.

"Floor area" shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use.

Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the largest whole.

The parking space required for a use not specifically mentioned in this article shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.

After the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, whenever a property 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 to ten percent or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such additional spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use existing prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived is enlarged to the extent of 50 percent or more in floor area used, such building or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking requirements set forth in this article.

Properties located within the central business district, or properties in compliance with a master plan or site plan approved prior to January 1, 1999, or conversion of commercial buildings existing prior to January 1, 1999 to office use where no addition is proposed, shall be controlled by the parking requirements in effect prior to the adoption of this section.

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

Where none of the foregoing rules are applicable to an existing fact situation, the method for computing the parking requirement shall be the one established by Traffic Engineering Theory & Practice, by Louis Pisnatro, published by Prentice Hall, or Parking in the City Center, published by Wilbur Smith & Associates, New Haven, Connecticut, or other parking data from acceptable publications.

Accessible parking spaces shall be provided for parking areas based upon Table 1 and consistent with the Texas Accessibility Standards of the Architectural Barriers Act Article 9102, Texas Civil Statutes.

One in every eight accessible parking spaces but not less than one shall be serviced by an access aisle eight feet wide minimum and shall be designated "van accessible" as specified in section 138-399(f).

All parking spaces required in this article shall be located on the same property with the activity or establishment, except that where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change in use or enlargement or where such spaces are provided by the establishment or provided collectively and used jointly by two or more activities or establishments, the required spaces may be located not to exceed 300 feet from an institutional building served and not to exceed 500 feet from any other nonresidential building served.

Not more than 50 percent of the parking spaces required for theaters, bowling alleys, dancehalls, nightclubs or cafes, and up to 100 percent of the parking spaces required for a church or school auditorium, may be provided and used jointly by banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not open, used or operated during the same hours; provided 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 property with the activity or establishment, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement thereby assuring their retention for such purposes for a minimum period of five years shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form by the city attorney, and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.

Accessible parking spaces serving a particular building shall be located on the shortest accessible route of travel from adjacent parking to an accessible entrance. In parking facilities that do not serve a particular building, accessible parking shall be located on the shortest accessible route of travel to an accessible pedestrian entrance of the parking facility. In buildings with multiple accessible entrances with adjacent parking, accessible parking spaces shall be dispersed and located closest to the accessible entrances.

In C-1, C-2 or C-3 districts, one loading space for each 10,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, of floor area in the building.

In C-4, I-1 or I-2 districts, one loading space for each 15,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, of floor area in the building.

Minimum dimensions for loading space:

Each 90-degree angle parking space shall not be less than nine feet in width and 18 feet in length. Maneuvering space shall be not less than 24 feet.

Each 60-degree-angle parking space shall be not less than nine 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 16 feet perpendicular to the building or parking line.

Each 45-degree-angle parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide perpendicular to the parking angle nor less than 18½ feet in length when measured at right angles to the building or parking line. Maneuvering space shall be not less than 12 feet perpendicular to the building or parking line.

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

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

All off-street parking, maneuvering and loading spaces, including industrial, commercial and residential parking lots, shall be paved according to city standards and specifications. The parking lanes must be clearly marked by white paint, buttons or other approved material.

Pavement surface shall be maintained free of litter, debris, loose gravel, cracks and potholes. Pavement striping and markings shall be installed according to city standards and specifications. Pavement striping and markings shall be maintained free of fading, cracks, tears and gaps. Parking lot signage shall be installed according to city standards and specifications. Parking lot signage shall be maintained free of faded signs, bent or leaning poles, graffiti, damaged or missing signage. Parking lot lighting shall be installed according to city standards and specifications. Parking lot lighting shall be maintained free of bent or leaning poles, missing, broken or inoperable bulbs or fixtures.

Lighting in parking lots located next to residentially zoned properties or uses shall employ cut-off fixtures to direct light away from residences.

Obstructions to visibility at the intersection of exits and entrances with a public street or alley shall comply with the provisions of sections 94-1, 94-86 and 94-88 of this Code.

Location of entrances and exits to parking areas shall be as near to the center of the block as practical so as to minimize traffic interference at the intersections. All entrances and exits must be clearly marked. The exact location of entrances and exits must be approved by the city on a plat layout diagram at the time of issuance of a building permit. Entrances on state highways must be approved by the city as well as by the state highway department. The city reserves the right to reduce the number of entrances where requirements of traffic safety demand. The cost of such reductions and entrances will be borne by the applicant.

As a general guide, any parking area having a capacity of more than 75 spaces shall have more than one entrance and one exit and any parking area having a capacity of more than 150 spaces shall have entrances and exits on more than one public street or alley. The specific requirements for the number of entrances and exits will be determined by the nature of the establishment, anticipated traffic flow in and around the parking area, and the requirements of traffic safety.

The annual rental for such parking space shall be $120.00, payable annually in advance. This amount may be increased from time to time, but only on the permit anniversary and with authority of the board of commissioners.

Any person so leasing such space shall have the right at any time to park in any off-street parking space without the necessity of putting any money in the parking meter thereon located. However, the city does not guarantee that such space will be available.

The city will issue a permit to the lessees of such spaces of a form and design to be prepared by the city, such permits to have thereon numbers from one to 12, consecutively, indicating the month of the year issued and requiring renewal or otherwise termination in the corresponding month of the following year. Permits shall be nontransferable.

Each holder of a lease for such one-year period shall be issued a sticker of a kind and design to be prepared by the city, which shall be placed on the rear window behind the driver's side on the vehicle for which used and remain there during the rental year.

In the event of the destruction of a vehicle on which such sticker is located to the extent that such vehicle is no longer used, or in the event of a transfer of title of such vehicle, such sticker shall be removed by the owner of the vehicle and returned to the city police department so that the police department may issue a new sticker for the remaining portion of the term for which it was paid and which shall be immediately placed on the owner's vehicle as indicated in this section.

Owners or tenants required by this chapter to furnish off-street parking spaces in accordance with section 138-396, rules for computing parking requirements, may, in lieu thereof, purchase off-street parking permits in an amount equivalent to the required parking of this article, provided that the following are assured:

Each lessee at the time of receiving a permit will be furnished with a copy of this section.

The city reserves the right at any time to cancel and terminate any permit issued as authorized by this section, conditioned, however, that the city will refund to the purchaser or lessee the proportionate value of the unused term thereof.

The city reserves the right based on its best judgment related to the use and anticipated use under this section of off-street parking spaces to limit the total number of permits that may be granted for such existing spaces and, when the total available number is reached, to terminate any further leases unless as a result thereof additional off-street parking space is acquired by the city.

The city shall maintain a continuing record of all permits issued by name, address of purchaser, and serial number.