The off street parking and loading facilities whether they are principal uses, accessory uses, or a minimum requirement of the initiation, enlargement, or change of use, shall meet the requirements of this chapter as follows:

   A.   For all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established after the effective date of this zoning code, parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required by the applicable use unit.

   B.   When the intensity of use of any building, structure, or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, floor area, seating capacity, or other units of 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.

   C.   Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. However, if the existing use is nonconforming as to parking requirements, then parking requirements for a change in use shall be governed by the applicable use unit.

   D.   Accessory off street parking and loading facilities in existence on the effective date of this zoning code and located on the same lot as the building or use served shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements for a similar new building or use under the provisions of this zoning code. (Ord. 1953, 2010)

   A.   Space allocated to any required off street loading berth shall not be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off street parking facilities. Space allocated to any required off street parking shall not be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off street loading facilities.

   B.   Within the front and exterior side yards in the RM districts not more than one vehicle shall be parked for each six hundred (600) square feet of area contained in the front or exterior side yards.

   C.   Required off street parking spaces and required off street loading berths shall not be used for the storage, sale, dismantling, or servicing of any vehicle, equipment, materials, or supplies.

   D.   Required off street parking spaces and required off street loading berths shall be located on the lot containing the use for which the required spaces or berths are to be provided.

   E.   Required off street parking and loading area shall meet the bulk and area requirements of the use district in which located, except that off street parking and loading areas shall not be included in the computation of permitted floor area.

   F.   The capacity of an off street parking area shall be the number of parking spaces, having minimum required dimensions, that are located thereon in such a manner that each space can be entered without passing through another space, except in an RE or RS district, where access may be obtained through another parking space.

   G.   Required off street parking surfacing shall be completed prior to the initiation of the use. (Ord. 1953, 2010)

   A.   Off street loading areas shall not be located within fifty feet (50') of any abutting property which is within an R district unless it is wholly within an enclosed building or screened on all sides abutting the R district by a screening wall or fence.

   B.   Unenclosed off street parking and loading areas shall be set back from abutting streets as set forth in table 1 of this section.

      TABLE 1
      OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING AREA SETBACKS FROM CENTERLINE OF ABUTTING STREETS1

 

 

Note:

    1.    If the right of way width designated on the major street plan exceeds 50 feet, add 1/2 of the amount by which the designated right of way exceeds 50 feet.

(Ord. 1953, 2010)

   A.   The design standards for off street parking areas are as follows:

      1.   All required off street parking spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least six feet six inches (6'6").

      2.   Handicapped off street parking spaces shall be provided in size and number and markings as specified in the city of Okmulgee building code.

      3.   The off street parking spaces shall be at least 8.5 feet in width and eighteen feet (18') in length exclusive of access drives and aisles.

   B.   Each required parking space shall be accessible from a public street without passing through another required space, except in the RE or RS districts.

   C.   Lighting used to illuminate an off street parking area shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from properties within an R district which does not contain uses for which the parking is being provided.

   D.   Unenclosed off street parking area shall be surfaced with an all weather material.

   E.   Unenclosed off street parking areas that are principal uses shall be screened by the erecting of a screening wall or fence on the lot line or lines in common with an R district. Unenclosed off street parking areas, containing six (6) or more spaces, which are accessory to uses not required to provide screening shall be screened by the erection of a screening wall or fence on the lot line or lines in common with an RE or RS district, provided that if the parking area is located more than fifty feet (50') from the RE or RS lot line or lines, the screening requirement shall not apply. (Ord. 1953, 2010)

   A.   Unless otherwise specified, a required off street loading berth shall be at least ten feet (10') in width, thirty feet (30') in length, exclusive of aisles, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least fourteen feet (14').

   B.   Required off street loading berths shall be provided access to and from a public street or alley by an access drive of at least ten feet (10') in width designed to permit convenient access by semitrailer trucks.

   C.   Unenclosed off street loading areas shall be surfaced with an all weather material.

   D.   Unenclosed off street loading berths shall not be located within fifty feet (50') of any property in an R district unless it is screened on all sides abutting the R district by a screening wall or fence.

   E.   Lighting used to illuminate an off street loading area shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from the properties within an R district which does not contain uses for which the loading area is being provided. (Ord. 1953, 2010)