Off-street parking facilities shall be provided with provisions for ingress and egress at the time of erection of any main building or when it is altered, enlarged or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, floor areas or change in use, and such facilities shall be maintained thereafter. Any off-street parking space maintained in connection with any building on or after September 14, 1955, shall thereafter be maintained to the extent required so long as the main building use remains, unless an equivalent number of such spaces are provided in another location.

(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)

   (a)   Parking Space. A parking space shall bean area of not less than 200 square feet, exclusive of drives, for the storage of each car. It may be either open land or within a structure, partially or wholly enclosed. The parking space shall be located adjacent to the main building it is to serve, except that in the central business districts if no other vacant land is available, it may be located within 600 feet of such building measured from the nearest points and may be across an alley or street.

   (b)   Gross Floor Area. Gross floor area (where used herein) shall be the total area of all the floors of the building used by the public. However, it may not include floor areas used principally for storage or packaging of merchandise.

   (c)   Seat. A seat shall be the number of seats installed or indicated, or each twenty lineal inches of benches, pews, space for loose chairs or similar seating facility. The spacing of rows shall be thirty inches on center.

   (d)   Unit of Measure. The schedule set forth in Section 1280.03 for determining the number of parking spaces shall be construed in each case as meaning that one additional space shall be provided where the computation results in a fractional space unit.

   The following schedule for determining required off-street parking spaces is hereby established:

      BUILDING OR USE      MINIMUM PARKING SPACES

   (a)   One-family dwelling      1 space per dwelling unit

   (b)   Two-family dwelling      1 space per dwelling unit

   (c)   Rooming house      1 space per 4 beds

   (d)   Group house or apartment   1.5 spaces per dwelling unit

   (e)   Hotels, motels, tourist homes   1 space per guest room

   (f)   Hospitals         1 space per 2 beds

   (g)   Clinics, health centers,    1 space per 150 sq. ft. gross floor
      medical and dental offices    area

      etc.)

      assembly rooms      assembly

      (1)   Bowling alleys   4 spaces per alley

   (m)   Golf courses and driving    1 space for each 2 employees or
      ranges            participants on premises during peak
                  period

   (n)   Large residential buildings   1 space for each employee and 1
      converted to administrative   additional space per 500 sq. ft. of
      office use         gross floor area

   (o)    In a development of not more than
      100 foot frontage or less, the fol
      lowing schedule shall apply:

      (1)   Retail stores, banks,    1 space per 200 sq. ft. of gross floor
         office buildings,    area
         service
         establishments

      (2)   Restaurants, bars,    1 apace per 75 sq. ft. of gross floor
         taverns         area

   (p)   In a development of more    1 space per 150 sq. ft. of gross floor
      than 100 foot frontage,     area for each floor of building
      in lieu of the requirements set
      forth in subsection (o) hereof

   (q)   Manufacturing plants,    1 space per 800 sq. ft. of gross floor
      warehouses, printing,        area
      bottling, bakeries, machine
      shops and similar establishments

   For specific buildings or uses not set forth in such schedule, there shall apply a unit of measurement from such schedule deemed to be the most similar to the proposed building or use.

(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)

   All buildings containing two or more uses, operating normally during the same hours and which have different off-street parking requirements shall be provided with spaces for not less than the sum of that required for each use. However, for uses in operation during different hours, not more than fifty percent of the required off-street parking facilities for places of assembly may be supplied by business establishments, or, conversely, not more than fifty percent of the off-street parking facilities required by business establishments may be supplied by facilities provided by places of assembly, if the joint use of such facilities is contracted for covering a period of time as may be required by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)

   Loading or unloading facilities shall be provided for all nonresidential buildings such as institutions, business, commercial and manufacturing buildings erected or converted to such use. Such facilities shall be located not less than fifty feet from the front property line, and when alongside a building or alley, such facilities shall be located so that a standing truck (loading or unloading) will not interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

   At least one off-street loading space shall be provided for each 20, 000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof, of manufacturing, storage, wholesale or retail buildings and shall be maintained as long as such building is occupied or unless an equivalent number of spaces is provided in conformance with these requirements.

(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)

   (a)   Trucks that are designed by the manufacturer to carry a load of greater than one ton (the rated capacity of the truck) are not allowed for overnight parking in Residential Districts of the City. One truck not exceeding a one ton rated capacity may be parked overnight by an occupant of a dwelling within a Residential District, provided that such truck is used solely by the occupant of the dwelling and that the truck is parked entirely within the property boundary lines of such occupant and is otherwise legally parked. This section does not regulate or prohibit a noncommercial motor vehicle or a passenger car. For the purpose of this section, "truck" has the same definition as is set forth in Ohio R.C. 4501.01(J), "noncommercial motor vehicle" has the same definition as is set forth in Ohio R.C. 4501.01(H) and "passenger car" has the same definition as is set forth in Ohio R.C. 4501.01(E). A violation of this subsection (a) is a minor misdemeanor, punishable by up to a one hundred fifty dollar ($150.00) fine. Any subsequent violation of this subsection (a) is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

   (b)   School buses are not allowed for overnight parking in Residential Districts of the City, except where such buses are parked on school board property.

   (c)   No bus, including those vehicles originally manufactured for bus purposes and thereafter converted for hauling of freight or goods, or converted for camping and related activities, shall be permitted to park in Residential Districts of the City when such bus or converted bus exceeds thirty-five feet in its overall length.

   (d)   Garages and open off-street parking areas for the parking and storage of automobiles accessory to a one, two or multifamily dwelling shall be an accessory use permitted by right in the Residential Districts in which the particular dwelling type is permitted. Parking shall not be permitted in a required front or side yard in Residential Districts. An exception herein may be made by a resident of a Residential District by making application to the Chief of Police, who with his concurrence, may grant such exception for a reasonable time as warranted by the facts and circumstances.

   (e)   The repairing of an automobile owned by a resident family shall be permitted in Residential Districts. The rebuilding or dismantling of any automobile in an open yard is prohibited in Residential Districts. The standards governing the interpretation of this subsection shall include ownership of the vehicle, its location on the property, where work on it was performed and the facts as to the use and condition of the vehicle immediately preceding the time of the performance of the work, so as to permit a reasonable distinction between repairing, rebuilding and dismantling.

(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79; Ord. 2009-O-09. Passed 6-9-09.)