All required off-street parking spaces shall be located behind all front building lines in any Agriculture, Single-Family or Apartment District. All required parking spaces shall be located behind the required front setback line in the District.

Off-street parking shall be provided on the same site as the use it is to serve.

Driveways must be concrete except for homes set back two hundred (200) feet or more in any RAE District.

Maximum coverage of concrete in the front yard for driveways and parking shall not exceed fifty (50) percent coverage of the front yard area.

No driveways or parking areas allowed in the front yard of homes with rear entry garages from an alley.

In residential, family and family districts [sic], the parking, storage or display of vehicles with a load capacity in excess of two (2) tons is prohibited.

All parking area lighting shall be designed and operated so as not to reflect or shine on adjacent properties.

For safety and firefighting purposes, free access through to adjacent parking areas shall be provided where practical.

In nonresidential zoning districts, all required parking shall be provided on paved concrete meeting the specifications of the Public Works Department. If a parking lot is reconstructed after the date of this Ordinance, it shall comply with this requirement. If an existing parking lot is expanded, only the portion that is expanding must comply with this requirement.

Parking spaces shall be permanently and clearly identified by stripes, buttons, tiles, curbs, barriers or other approved methods. Non-permanent type marking, such as paint, shall be regularly maintained to ensure continuous clear identification of the space.

The owner of any off-street parking area shall keep the maneuvering area and parking surface free of potholes; maintain wheel guards and barriers; and maintain non-permanent parking space markings, such as paint, so that clear identification of each parking space is apparent.

All parking lots and spaces shall be maintained in good condition and repair.

Each off-street surface parking space shall measure not less than nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet, exclusive of access drives and aisles, and shall be of usable shape and condition. Where it is possible for a vehicle to overhang the front of a parking space above a paved, stoned, mulched or grassed area other than a sidewalk, street right-of-way or adjacent property, the length of the standard space length may be reduced to eighteen (18) feet.

The design and dimensions of off-street parking areas shall be in accordance with the following requirements.

All parking, loading spaces and vehicle sales areas on private property shall have a vehicle stopping device installed so as to prevent parking of motor vehicles in any required landscaped areas, [and] to prevent any parked vehicle from overhanging a public right-of-way line or public sidewalk.

Parking shall not be permitted to encroach upon the public right-of-way.

Refuse storage facilities placed in a parking lot shall not be located in a designated parking or loading space. Each refuse facility shall be maintained so as to comply with all public health and sanitary regulations. Each refuse facility shall be located so as to facilitate pickup by refuse collection agencies and shall be screened.

For properties located in a nonresidential or apartment zoning district, parking aisles shall maintain a minimum width of twenty-four (24) feet for two-way traffic and eighteen (18) feet for one-way traffic.

Any structures having a nonresidential use with five thousand (5,000) square feet or more of gross floor area shall provide and maintain off-street parking facilities for the loading and unloading of merchandise and goods at a ratio of at least one (1) space for the first twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of floor area and one (1) space for each additional twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof.

A loading space shall consist of an area of a minimum of twelve (12) by thirty (30) feet. All drives and approaches shall provide adequate space and clearance to allow for the maneuvering of trucks off-street. Each site shall provide a designated maneuvering area for trucks.

Kindergartens, elementary schools, day schools and similar child training and care establishments shall provide one (1) paved off-street loading and unloading space for an automobile on a through or “circular” drive for each ten (10) students.

For a development in any district except a Single-Family District, building plans shall provide for an entrance/exit drive(s) designed and located to minimize traffic congestion or conflict within the site and with adjoining public streets, as approved by the Administrative Official.

When requested, the applicant shall submit a traffic analysis performed by a traffic engineer for the purpose of determining how the impact of projected volumes of traffic entering or leaving the proposed development are likely to interfere with the projected peak traffic flow volumes on adjoining streets. Additional right-of-way and paving in the form of a deceleration lane or turn lane may be required to be furnished by the developer in order to reduce such interference.

In the approval of a Development Plan, the Administrative Official or City Council may require the construction of one or more entrance/exit drives which extend into the site to provide adequate queuing of vehicles on the site. Such drives shall have curbs or other barriers to prohibit access from parking areas and other drives.

The radius of all drive approaches shall be constructed so that the curb return shall not extend beyond any projection of the property line which the drive does not cross, except by written agreement of both property owners filed for record with the County Clerk with proof supplied to the City Council.

Vehicular access to nonresidential uses shall not be permitted from alleys serving residential areas except for multifamily uses.

Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be constructed to be the nearest whole number.

The parking space requirements for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.

Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this Ordinance is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, to create a need for an increase of ten percent (10%) or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use existing prior to the effective date of this Ordinance is enlarged to the extent of fifty percent (50%) or more in floor area or in the area used, said building or use shall comply with the parking requirements set forth herein.

In the case of mixed uses, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately. Up to sixty percent (60%) of the parking spaces required for a theater or other place of evening entertainment, or for a church, may be provided and used jointly by banks, offices and similar uses not normally open, used or operated during evening hours, if specifically approved by the Commission. The City Council may rescind such approval and required [require] the owners to obtain additional parking in the event that the City Council determines that such joint use is resulting in a public nuisance by providing an inadequate number of parking spaces or otherwise adversely affecting the public health, safety or welfare.

Where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use or where such spaces are provided collectively or uses [used] jointly by two (2) or more buildings or establishments, the required spaces may be located not to exceed three hundred (300) feet from an institutional building served and not to exceed six hundred (600) feet from any other nonresidential building served.

In any case where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form by the City Attorney and shall be filed with the application for a building permit and filed with the county real property records.

A person commits an offense if the person parks, stores or displays, in any zoning district other than an Industrial zoning district, a semi-tractor/trailer (2-ton or more load capacity), or any part thereof.

It is an affirmative defense to prosecution to a violation of Subsection A hereof that the semi-tractor/trailer was making a delivery to the property at which it is parked.

Be paved with either asphalt or concrete material of such strength to support fire vehicles;

Be a minimum of twenty-four feet (24') in width, or width as set by the currently adopted Fire Code; shall generally be within fifty feet (50') of all exposed building walls;

Be maintained by the property owner;

Be marked as such on the ground; and

Shall be kept free and clear at all times, or have such obstacles that can easily be traversed by a fire truck (i.e., breakable chains, low level plant material), unless otherwise approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.