(A)   No person, firm or corporation may construct, reconstruct, alter, or surface any parking area without first obtaining a permit from the City. In the event of new construction, this permitting may be done as a part of an underlying building permit.

   (B)   There shall be a charge for any permit obtained pursuant to subsection (A) of this section, which charge shall be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. (Ord. 388, 2-19-2019)

Two (2) copies of plans for parking area improvements are required to be submitted to the City Clerk. Such plans shall include:

   (A)   A plot plan on which space arrangement, vehicle and pedestrian circulation, ingress and egress, curbing, and landscaped areas are shown.

   (B)   Details of fence and wall construction and lighting installation in accordance with applicable code requirements.

   (C)   Plans shall be drawn to scale and show materials of construction, details of drainage structures, methods of disposal of surface water drainage, provisions for protection of natural drainage to and from adjoining properties, including any necessary easements, landscaping, lighting, and any other information deemed necessary by the City. (Ord. 378, 11-5-2018)

The plans shall be submitted to the City Engineer for review. In the event the City Engineer finds that the plans are not in compliance with City codes, the plans shall be revised to conform to City codes. All costs shall be borne by the applicant. (Ord. 378, 11-5-2018)

All off street parking and loading areas in Residential, Commercial and Industrial Zones shall conform to the following design standards:

   (A)   Surfacing: All parking, loading, and vehicular access areas shall be paved with concrete or asphalt, to provide a permanent surface capable of being marked and able to withstand the type of vehicular traffic to which such an area is likely to be subjected. Alternative surfacing proposals shall require review and approval by the City. The surface finish requirements of this subsection shall not apply to existing residential parcels or properties which were developed prior to October 31, 2018, where said existing properties have driveways or off-street parking areas which are not finished with asphalt or concrete. For such existing properties, surface material of said existing driveway or parking area must be contained upon said property without spilling or diffusing upon any street, sidewalk, right-of-way or other surface area of an adjacent property. In the event that there is a modification or addition to any said existing driveway or parking area, said driveway or parking area must be paved with concrete or asphalt as described within this subsection.

   (B)   Drainage: Parking areas serving nonresidential uses of property shall be sloped as to properly drain off all surface water. All drainage structure designs and methods of disposal of surface water drainage shall conform to City standards and be approved by the City Engineer.

   (C)   Pavement Markings And Signage: All parking space boundaries and directional traffic arrows shall be marked and properly maintained on the parking lot surface.

   (D)   Handicap Parking: ADA requirements must be met.

   (E)   Adjacent To Residential Use: When such parking areas or lots abut upon adjacent residential properties, there shall be provided a wall or solid screen planting of appropriate shrubs to a height of not less than four feet (4') along the entire boundary, common to both the residential and parking areas.

   (F)   Lighting: Lights used to illuminate such parking lots shall be so arranged as to reflect lighting away from the adjoining premises in a Residential District. All such parking spaces shall be located on the same parcel as the primary structure or use reserved for the sole use of the occupants of the building or lots and their customers. Churches, theaters, stadiums, auditoriums and other places of assembly may make arrangements for joint use of parking spaces as hereinafter specified. (Ord. 378, 11-5-2018)

   (A)   For the purpose of this chapter, one hundred eighty (180) square feet of lot or floor area, which has a means of ingress or egress from an alley or street shall be deemed parking space for one vehicle. Such space shall not occupy any part of any required front yard, but where open may be included as a part of a required open space for side or rear yard. On corner or through lots, parking space may not be included as part of required yards lying adjacent to either street. (Ord. 378, 11-5-2018)

In any zone, every building erected, or structurally altered, enlarged or increased in capacity, and every land use shall be provided with minimum off-street parking facilities as follows:

   (A)   One- and two-family dwellings and multiple-family dwellings: One parking space for each dwelling unit.

   (B)   Hotels, rooming houses, clubs and fraternal homes: One parking space for each four (4) guest sleeping rooms.

   (C)   Hospitals: One parking space for each four (4) hospital beds.

   (D)   Tourist homes: One parking space for each transient sleeping room offered for tourists accommodation in addition to parking spaces required for permanent residents of the building.

   (E)   Tourist court and motels: One parking space for each unit.

   (F)   Churches, auditoriums, gymnasiums, stadiums, theaters and other places of public or private assembly with fixed seats: One parking space for each five (5) seats or bench seating spaces, based upon maximum seating capacity.

For the purpose of this type of use, parking spaces already provided to meet off-street parking requirements for stores, office buildings and industrial establishments, or off- street parking facilities provided by the Municipality, lying within three hundred feet (300') of the place of public assembly as measured along the lines of public access, and not normally in use or made available for other parking, may be used to meet up to seventy five percent (75%) of the total requirements of parking space for places of public assembly.

   (G)   Dance halls, bowling alleys and private clubs: One parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area, to be provided on the premises or within three hundred feet (300') of the entrance.

   (H)   Funeral homes: Fifteen (15) parking spaces on the premises, plus five (5) spaces for each area which can be used as a parlor.

   (I)   Stores or other retail establishments where such uses are permitted, except in the Commercial D Zone: One parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of store space, to be provided on the premises or within two hundred feet (200') of the entrances and off of the street, except that restaurants of establishments whose primary use is to serve meals and refreshments to patrons shall provide one parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor space in the building.

   (J)   Wholesale and distributing establishments including telephone exchange: One parking space for each three (3) employees.

   (K)   Manufacturing establishments: One parking space for each five (5) employees, based on the greatest number of employees at one time, to be provided on the premises or at other off-street locations within one thousand feet (1,000') of the main entrance.

Parking space required under this chapter may be reduced by the Zoning Commission at a time when the capacity or use of a building is changed in such a manner that a new use or capacity would require less space. Such reduction may not be below the standards set in this chapter.

Loading and unloading areas shall not be considered as parking areas. (Ord. 378, 11-5-2018)

The joint use of parking facilities may be permitted in cases where major parking demands occur on different days of the week or during different hours, provided that parking spaces will be available for each use in accordance with standards specified in this chapter and that the owners agree in writing that any subsequent sale or division of the property or change in use thereof will not interfere with the joint use of the parking facilities. (Ord. 378, 11-5-2018)

A plan of parking facilities shall accompany each application for a building permit or certificate of compliance. The completion of the improvements for parking according to such plan shall be a requisite for the validity of the permit or certificate. (Ord. 378, 11-5-2018)

The Governing Body may authorize a conditional use permit to allow a parking lot in a Residence Zone for the purpose of meeting the requirements of this chapter by following the requirements set out in chapter 16 of this title.

   (A)   A conditional use permit shall not be granted unless the application shows and warrants that, in the proposed development of the parking area, the front and side yard requirements will be maintained. (Ord. 378, 11-5-2018)

On the same lot with every building or part thereof, to be used for other than dwelling purposes, or as an accessory use of dwelling purposes there shall be provided on the lot adequate space for motor vehicles in order to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets or alleys. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall include a ten foot by twenty five foot (10' x 25') loading space, with fifteen feet (15') height clearance and one such space shall be provided for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or fraction thereof of floor or lot area used for other than residence purposes. (Ord. 378, 11-5-2018)