Every building permit application for a new, enlarged, or remodeled building, structure, or use shall include therewith a parking site and landscape plan, with the exception of single-family residences. In addition, such parking site and landscape plan requirements shall also apply to new, enlarged, or remodeled parking facilities serving existing buildings, structures, or uses. Application for approval of such a plan, shall include for review and approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission any and all existing parking facilities currently serving said buildings, structures and uses for conformity with these regulations as well.

Parking Plan Requirements. In addition to the requirements of Article IX, "Site Plan Approval", the plan shall also specifically include the following:

Access To Parking Areas. All off-street parking spaces that make it necessary to back out directly into a public road are prohibited. Also, no driveway or parking areas of an industrial, commercial, or multiple-family use that will lie adjacent to a one- or two-family use or Zoning District shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to the common property line or as otherwise provided in this Chapter.

Access Near Street Corners. No entrance or exit for any commercial or industrial off-street parking area with over four (4) parking spaces, nor any loading berth, shall be located within seventy-five (75) feet of the intersection of any two (2) street right-of-way lines. Residential driveways located on corner lots shall be placed adjacent to the interior or side property line the furthest distance attainable away from the street corner.

Drainage. All off-street parking areas shall be drained so as to prevent drainage to abutting properties, and shall be constructed of Portland concrete or asphaltic concrete materials. Detailed stormwater drainage plans shall be prepared by the applicant for approval by the City Engineer and the Metropolitan Sewer District.

Lighting. Any lighting fixtures used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any adjoining residential lot, institutional premises, or adjacent streets.

Screening. Any off-street parking area providing space for five (5) or more vehicles shall be effectively screened on any side which adjoins or faces a lot with residential zoning by an unpierced wall or screen, not less than six (6) feet in height. Plantings shall be maintained in good condition and not encroach on adjoining property. (See Section 400.450 for additional landscaping requirements).

Striping Required. Open parking spaces for multiple-family dwellings (containing three (3) or more dwelling units) shall be delineated by pavement striping and must meet minimum parking stall sizes as described below in Subsection (I).

All parking and loading areas shall be screened and landscaped as hereinafter set forth. It is the purpose and intent of this Section to require adequate protection for contiguous property against undesirable effects from the creation and operation of parking and loading areas, and to protect and preserve the appearance and character of the surrounding neighborhoods and of the City through the screening effects and aesthetic qualities of such landscaping.

Parking Extension For Churches. Off-street parking facilities required for churches may be reduced by fifty percent (50%) where churches are located in non-residential districts and within three hundred (300) feet of usable public or private off-street parking areas, and further provided that an agreement filed on record with the County Recorder is provided reflecting that the use of such accessory parking facilities by the church will be permitted by the property owner.

Parking For Multiple Use Buildings. The number of parking spaces required for land or buildings used for two (2) or more purposes, shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses, computed in accordance with this Chapter. Parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing the required parking facilities for any other use, except churches.

Use Of Required Parking Spaces. Required accessory off-street parking facilities provided for the commercial and industrial uses hereinafter listed in Section 400.470 shall be solely for the parking of motor vehicles in operating condition of patrons, occupants, or employees of such uses and shall not be used for the storage of other vehicles, boats, motor homes, campers, mobile homes or materials or for the parking of trucks with camper tops, delivery trucks, or tractor trailers used in conducting the business or use. In no case shall any parking spaces devoted to the principal use of a lot be leased, rented, or sold for the purpose of use by any other person, firm, company, corporation or use other than those located upon the property.

Maintenance Of Traffic Aisles. Within all commercial, industrial and institutional developments, vehicles shall be parked at all times in such a fashion as to maintain the required traffic aisles in accordance with Section 400.440(I). In no case shall vehicles be parked upon any of the aforementioned properties side-to-side and end-to-end, or in any other fashion such that any of the subject vehicles are blocked from direct access to a traffic aisle.

User Of Trailers Or Vehicles As Accessory Storage. The use of trailers or other vehicles as a form of accessory storage shall not be permitted in any Zoning District.

Parking Of Camping And Recreational Equipment. For the purposes of this regulation, camping and recreational equipment includes auxiliary trailers, motorized homes, pickup coaches, and travel trailers.

No camping and recreational equipment shall be parked on any street, alley, highway or other public place, with the exception of emergency or temporary stopping or parking. Stopping or parking of the latter nature is permitted on any alley, street or highway for no longer than twelve (12) hours, subject to any other and further prohibitions, regulations or ordinances for that street, alley or highway.

Parking and storing of camping and recreational equipment on private residential property shall be permitted if the following conditions are met:

Number Of Entrances And Exits. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall recommend to the City Council the location and width of the entrance to and exits from every parking lot. There shall not be more than one (1) entrance and one (1) exit or one (1) combined entrance and exit along any street. Concerning corner lots, in the event the property is located at the intersection of a major and minor road, the access to the parking area shall be limited to the major road. In the instance of the intersection of two (2) major roads, the access to the parking area may be from one or the other road. Additional access points may be permitted if deemed necessary by the Commission for the alleviation of traffic congestion and interference of traffic movement along the related street.

Accessory Parking Lots. All required off-street parking or loading spaces shall be provided on the same parcel of land occupied by the use or building to which it is appurtenant; provided however, that where there are, in the judgment of the Planning and Zoning Commission, practical difficulties in satisfying the requirement for parking and/or if the public safety or convenience would be better served by another location, the Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend authorization of an alternate location for any portion of the required parking for a non-residential use which will adequately serve the public interest, subject to the following conditions.

Changes In Use. No off-street parking space required under this Chapter shall be used for any other purpose. Where a change in use creates greater parking requirements than the amount being provided, an occupancy permit shall not be issued until provision is made for the increased amount of required off-street parking.

Additions To Structures, Buildings Or Uses. Where an addition is made to an existing structure, building, or use which does not comply with the parking requirements cited for such structure, building, or use, the parking requirements supplied for the addition shall include those spaces necessary to bring the structure, building, or use as a hole into conformance with the requirements of this Chapter.

Existing Parking. No parking area or parking space which exists at the time this Chapter becomes effective November 14, 1988, or which subsequent thereto is provided for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Chapter shall thereafter be relinquished or reduced in any manner below the requirements established by this Chapter.

Maintenance Of Parking Facilities. Any persons operating or owning a parking lot shall keep it free, as may be practical, of dust and loose particles and shall promptly remove the snow and ice from the surface of the parking lot. Such persons shall also keep all adjacent sidewalks free from dirt, ice, sleet and snow and shall keep the sidewalks in a safe condition for use by pedestrians. All signs, markers or any other methods used to indicate direction of traffic movement and location of parking spaces shall be maintained in a neat and legible condition. Likewise any walls, landscaping, including trees and shrubbery, as well as surfacing and curbing of the parking lot, shall be maintained in good condition throughout its use for parking purposes, and the City Council shall have the authority to prohibit the use of the area for parking purposes unless and until proper maintenance, repair or rehabilitation is completed, including the replacement of any landscaping material which may die from time to time, or the failure of the landscape irrigation or surface drainage system within the parking area.

Exceptions. Notwithstanding any setback requirements, the Director of Public Works shall have the authority to grant an exception to any applicant for a building permit, and allow encroachment of a structure into, any yard setback requirements of up to three-fourths (¾) of the applicable yard setback requirement to allow for any necessary ingress or egress to a building as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or any other applicable law governing access to buildings. No such exception shall be granted or approved unless the applicant has demonstrated that the proposed structure cannot reasonably be constructed without encroaching into the yard setbacks.

In addition to the requirements contained in this Chapter 400, the following requirements shall apply to all uses permitted within the City:

Exceptions To Minimum Parking Space Regulations. The Director may reduce, in his/her discretion, the required number of parking spaces by ten percent (10%), except in the Downtown Area where the Director may reduce required parking by twenty percent (20%). The Director may grant such exception if the applicant satisfactorily demonstrates that past parking utilization is at least ten percent (10%) (twenty percent (20%) in Downtown Area) less than the minimum parking regulation for the proposed use.

Offices And Personal Or Community Service Establishments. One (1) loading space shall be provided for each such use, including schools, medical or dental clinics, auditoriums or clubs, etc., having greater than six thousand (6,000) square feet of gross floor space.

Residential Or Housing Uses. Any building or project containing more than fifty (50) multi-family dwelling units shall provide one (1) loading berth for each two hundred (200) units or fraction thereof. No loading space is required for any building or project containing less than fifty (50) apartment dwelling units.

Industrial Or Commercial Uses. Every building or use of land consisting of over three thousand (3,000) square feet of gross floor area designed or adaptable for retail business purposes or warehouse, wholesale or manufacturing use shall be provided with loading space as follows:

Other Similar Uses. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall determine to which of the above categories of loading regulation any specific use, including designated conditional uses, shall belong, or determine other appropriate standards to be recommended to the City Council for addition to this Section by amendment of this Chapter whenever the above regulations prove inapplicable.

Definition. As used in this Section, "trailer" means any container designed to hold cargo, merchandise, or material, for commercial or industrial purposes, and to be moved upon wheels, treads, runners or slides, and propelled by any machine powered other than by human power.

Prohibition Of Parking In Front Of Building Line. No person in charge or control of any property within the City, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow any trailer or any portion thereof to be parked between the front lot line and front building line or within five (5) feet of a side line of said property except while loading or unloading said trailer while its tractor or truck is attached. No period of loading or unloading shall exceed eight (8) hours, for purposes of this Section. Provisions hereof shall not apply to the parking of any trailer in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the City or by anyone licensed to do so by the City. Any trailer parked in violation of the provisions hereof shall be deemed a nuisance; provided further that nothing herein shall apply in areas zoned for commercial or industrial uses.

Removal. The Chief of Police or any member of his/her department designated by him/her is hereby authorized to remove or have removed any trailer which reasonably appears to be parked in violation of the provisions of this Section. Such vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of. The expenses of such removal and impoundment shall be paid to the Clerk of the Municipal Court before such trailer may be reclaimed.

Penalty. Each day that any trailer shall be parked in violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate offense, and any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined and/or imprisoned in accordance with the general penalty provisions of this Code. Further, as part of the assessment of fine and/or penalty the Judge of the Municipal Court may order the offender to repay to the City any unpaid expenses reasonably incurred by the City in the removal and impoundment of said trailer up to the lawful limits of fines and penalties imposed upon said Court by the laws of the State of Missouri.