A.   Off-street parking in conjunction with all land and building uses shall be provided as herein prescribed.

      1.   For the purpose of this article, 300 square feet of lot area shall be deemed a parking space for one vehicle, including access aisle; except that, the standard shall be 325 square feet where parking is perpendicular to the access aisle; and, except that, 180 square feet open area which has a direct means of ingress and egress from an alley or street may also be deemed a parking space.

      2.   When units or measurements determining number of required parking spaces result in requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half shall require one parking space.

      3.   The minimum number of off-street parking spaces shall be determined in accordance with the following table in § 53-176. For uses not specifically mentioned therein, off-street parking requirements shall be interpreted by the Board of Zoning Appeals from requirements for similar uses.

      4.   Any area once designated as required off-street parking shall never be changed to any other use unless and until equally required facilities are provided elsewhere. Off-street parking existing at the effective date of this chapter in connection with the operation of an existing building or use shall not be reduced to an amount less than would hereinafter be required for the building or use.

      5.   Off-street parking may be provided either by individual action or by a parking program carried out through public action, whether by a special assessment district or otherwise.

      6.   Required off-street parking shall be for the use of occupants, employees, visitors and patrons and shall be limited in use to motor vehicles. The storage of merchandise, motor vehicles for sale or the repair of vehicles is prohibited. All off-street parking, whether public or private, for nonresidential uses shall be either on the same lot or within 300 feet of the building it is intended to serve, measured from the nearest point of the building to the nearest point of the off-street parking lot, except in the Central Business District.

         a.   Required off-street parking for one-family and two-family dwellings shall be provided

within a garage, carport, on a paved driveway, or as set forth in a recorded shared parking arrangement.

         b.   Off-street parking may be permitted in a required front yard or side yard, provided that the following standards are met:

            (1)   Automobiles shall be parked on an approved paved surface which shall extend as a continuous paved surface to the street; and

            (2)   Not more than 50% of a required front or side yard shall be utilized as paved surface for the parking of automobiles.

         c.   Access to enclosed or unenclosed parking shall be provided by means of a driveway which shall extend as a continuous uninterrupted way from the parking apron or structure to a street or alley. Such driveway shall comply with the following standards:

            (1)   The driveway and parking apron shall be paved with an approved hard surface, such as asphalt, concrete or other similar materials.

            (2)   Driveways shall not be wider than 18 feet, or the front width of a parking enclosure, whichever is greater. All other driveways for one- and two-family dwellings may be up to 18 feet wide, provided however, one approved hard-surfaced driveway extension not more than nine feet wide nor more than 20 feet long may be placed along one side of the driveway and may extend beyond the front wall of the parking enclosure, if applicable, to a point no closer than one foot from an interior side or rear property line. A rolled curb may be required along the side or rear property line to prevent stormwater from entering adjacent properties. The length of the driveway taper for the extension shall not exceed six feet. (see Figure)

            (3)   The driveway extension shall be a physical extension of the driveway and shall be located at the far end of the driveway, furthest from the street right-of-way line.

            (4)   The width of a driveway at the front or comer front yard property line shall not exceed 18 feet.

            (5)   Driveway curb cuts shall be placed at least 24 feet from an intersection measured from the edge of pavement.

         d.   A one-family dwelling may have two curb cuts, provided the driveway is a continuous driveway, extending uninterrupted from curb cut to curb cut. A two-unit dwelling may have two separate driveways and curb cuts.

      8.   Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the shared collective provision of off-street parking facilities for two or more buildings or uses; provided, the facilities collectively shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses computed separately in accordance with the table. Shared parking areas may be located on a different lot from the building or use that it serves if the following conditions are met:

         a.   The parking area is located no more than 300 feet from the nearest point of the subject building containing the use to the nearest point of the off-street parking lot.

         b.   The sharing of parking shall be guaranteed via a legally binding and recorded agreement between the owner of the parking area and the owner of the buildings or uses which is located on a different lot served by the parking area. Such agreement shall be submitted to the city for review and approval and address the issue of how parking will be shared, maintained, and be adequate if the parties modify operating hours or other factors. The Planning Commission may waive the requirement for a recorded agreement where it finds satisfactory alternative documentation of an assured long-term shared parking arrangement.

         c.   Shared access drives to separate parking areas may be utilized provided that appropriate shared access agreements and/or easements are provided and approved by the city.

      9.   In stadiums, sports arenas, churches and other places of assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each 24 inches of the seating facilities shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking facilities under this article.

   B.   The City Council may, upon recommendation of the City Planning Commission, vary or modify the parking space requirements set forth in this article as follows. In a case where existing off-street parking facilities have unused parking capacity and where the facilities are open to the use of the public free of charge or at reasonable rates, the City Council may reduce the parking space requirement for any use within 300 feet from the facility or facilities; provided that, the total number of stalls in the reduction shall be not greater than the total number of stalls of excess capacity.

(Ord. 188, eff. 2-25-1981; Ord. 400, adopted 5-12-2025)

   The amount of required off-street parking space for new uses or buildings, additions thereto and additions to existing buildings, additions thereto and additions to existing buildings as specified above, shall be determined in accordance with the following table and the space, so required shall be stated in the application for a building permit and shall be irrevocably reserved for the use and/or shall comply with the initial part of this section. Land uses within the Central Business District Zoning District may be exempt from the table of parking requirements, if the Board of Appeals determines that required parking cannot be met.

 

(Ord. 188, eff. 2-25-1981)

   Wherever a parking lot is built as required off-street parking, the parking lot shall be laid out, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements.

   A.   The building of a parking lot is subject to the requirements for a building permit. The Building Inspector in reviewing the application may request the findings of the City Engineer on the basis of the requirements, set forth in divisions B. through J. below.

   B.   Each parking space shall constitute a net land area of at least 170 feet. The total parking lot space, including access lanes, shall constitute at least 300 square feet land area per parking space.

   C.   Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot by means of clearly limited and bermed drives shall be provided for vehicles.

   D. Where the parking lots abuts a residential district:

 

 

   E.   There shall be bumper stops or wheel chocks provided so as to prevent any vehicle from projecting over the lot line.

   F.   The parking lot shall be drained to eliminate surface water.

   G.   The surface of the parking lot, including drives and aisles, excepting the buffer strips, shall be constructed of a concrete or bituminous concrete surfacing. Lighting shall be arranged to reflect away from residential areas.

   H.   Parking structures may be built to satisfy off-street parking requirements, when located in commercial or industrial zone districts, subject to the area, height, bulk and placement regulations of the districts in which located.

   I.   Automotive sales areas. Every parcel of land hereafter used as an automobile or trailer sales area or as an automobile service station shall be subject to the above requirements of this section.

   J.   Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accordance with the following minimum requirements.

(Ord. 188, eff. 2-25-1981)

   A.   An OFF-STREET WAITING SPACE is defined as an area at a minimum of ten feet wide by 24 feet long and shall not include the use of any public space, street, alley or sidewalk and shall be located entirely within the Commercial Zoning District.

   B.   On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof, erected and occupied for the purpose of serving customers in their automobiles by means of a service window or similar arrangement where the automobile engine is not turned off, there shall be provided five off-street waiting spaces for each service window.

   C.   Automatic auto wash establishment shall provide a minimum of 15 off-street waiting spaces, with at least one off-street waiting space on the exit side, for each wash lane. Manual or coin operated auto wash establishments shall provide at least three off-street waiting spaces on the entrance side for each auto wash stall and one off-street waiting space on the exit side for each auto wash stall.

(Ord. 188, eff. 2-25-1981)

   A. On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof, erected and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehousing, retailing display, or other uses involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles or materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services adjacent to the opening used for loading and unloading, designed to avoid interference with public use of the streets or alleys. The loading and unloading space shall be an area in minimum 12 feet in width by 50 feet in length with a 15-foot height clearance, and shall be provided according to the following table:

 

 

   B. No loading space shall be located closer than 50 feet from any residence district unless adjoining a public alley or located within a completely enclosed building or enclosed on all sides facing a residential zoning district by a solid masonry wall or ornamental fence of a type approved by the Planning Commission not less than six feet in height.

   C. Except as otherwise provided within division D. below, in the I District truck or rail docks will be located at the side or rear of the building.

   D. Subject to the review and approval of the Planning Commission, buildings and properties located within a certified industrial park that was approved before 2000 may locate and maintain front yard truck docks or loading spaces when the Planning Commission determines they are needed due to site design or property space limitations. No truck dock or loading space shall be permitted to encroach upon the required front yard setback. No truck dock or loading space shall be located within 75 feet of the right-of-way line of the street upon which it fronts.

(Ord. 188, eff. 2-25-1981; Ord. 352, adopted 11-9-2009; Ord. 379, passed 4-9-2018)