1.

Off-street parking. For the purpose of this section, 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 parking spaces and access driveways, required in residential districts, when used in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, shall be paved or otherwise surfaced with an all-weather, dustproof material. That part of the driveway connecting from the curb line to the property line shall be paved with concrete or asphaltic materials.

[a.]

Parking areas serving nonresidential uses of property shall be hard surfaced and graded so as to drain off all surface water to storm sewer or drainage structure inlets. 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 six feet, along the entire boundary, common to both the residential and parking areas. Walls or solid screen planting to a height of not less than six feet shall also be placed along the street line where a parking lot abuts upon a street which provides access to adjacent residential properties. Lights, if any, used to illuminate such parking lots shall be so arranged as to reflect lighting away from the adjoining premises in the residential district. Such parking spaces shall be reserved for the sole use of the occupants of the building or lots, their customers and the visitors thereto. Churches, theaters, stadiums, auditoriums and other places of assembly may make arrangements for joint use of parking spaces as hereinafter specified.

[b.]

In any district, except as noted below, every building built, or structurally altered, enlarged or increased in capacity and every land use shall be provided with minimum off-street parking facilities on premises as follows:

[1.]

One- and two-family dwellings and multiple-family dwellings: Two parking spaces for each dwelling unit.

[2.]

Hotels, and rooming houses: One parking space for each guest sleeping room.

[3.]

Hospitals: One parking space for each two hospital beds.

[4.]

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

[5.]

Tourist courts and motels: One parking space for each lodging unit.

[6.]

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

[7.]

Dance halls, bowling alleys and private clubs: Parking spaces equal to one-half of a capacity house shall be provided on the premises or within 300 feet of the entrance.

[8.]

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

[9.]

Stores and other retail establishments where such uses are permitted, except in the C-1, commercial business district: One parking space for each 300 square feet of store space, to be provided on the premises or within 200 feet of the entrance and off of the street, except that restaurants or establishments whose primary use is to serve meals and refreshments to patrons shall provide parking spaces equal to one-half of a capacity house. This section shall not apply to buildings with 2,000 square feet or less, provided that the provisions of this section shall apply to the total square footage of a building if it is expanded to include more than 2,000 square feet.

[10.]

Wholesale and distributing establishments, including telephone exchanges: One parking space for each two employees.

[11.]

Light industrial and heavy industrial establishments: One parking space for each two employees, based on the greater number of employees at work at one time, to be provided on the premises or at other off-street locations within 1,000 feet of the main entrance.

[c.]

Parking space required under this section may be reduced 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 than before the change. Such reduction may not be below the standards set forth in this section.

[d.]

Loading or unloading areas shall not be considered as parking areas.

[e.]

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.

[f.]

The city council may authorize a special permit to allow a parking lot in a residence zone for the purpose of meeting the requirements of this section, subject to the following limitations:

[1.]

Public notice must be given and a public hearing held on the request for a special permit in the same manner in which said notice is given and such hearing is held on a request for a variance.

[2.]

Notice must be given by registered mail to all owners of property lying within 200 feet of the land for which the special permit is sought.

[3.]

A special permit shall not be granted unless the application shows and warrants that in the proposed development of the parking area, that front and side yards will be met and maintained. A certificate of occupancy is required attesting to proper use before parking area may begin.

2.

Off-street loading facilities. On the same lot with every building or part thereof, erected hereafter to be used for other than dwelling purposes, or as an accessory use for 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 shall include a ten-foot by 25-foot loading space, with 15 feet height clearance, and one such space shall be provided for each 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof of floor or lot area used for other than residence purposes.

3.

[Hard surfacing.] The term "hard surfacing" shall mean not less than a certain thickness and material and shall include not only sublease type materials, but also asphaltic and concrete surfacing, and that the specifications therefor as are required to be complied with wherever the term "hard surfacing" is used, shall be as follows:

[a.]

General specifications for a flexible base material:

[1.]

Flexible base material shall consist of crushed limestone material, shall with sand add mixture, crushed stone or other base material meeting the specifications of the Texas State Highway Department. The minimum thickness of the base material shall be six inches compacted.

[b.]

General specifications for surface course or asphalt pavement over flexible base material:

[1.]

Surface course materials shall consist of asphaltic material and aggregate meeting the general requirements of item 330, 332, 346, 350 or 352 as described in the Texas State Highway Department Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction. The material shall be in accordance with Type D grading (fine) material. The thickness of the wearing course or surface asphalt material shall be not less than one-inch compacted and shall be rolled to a smooth and even surface using steel wheeled roller of not less than five tons of gross weight.

[c.]

General specifications for concrete pavement:

[1.]

Concrete pavement shall have a minimum compressive strength of 2,500 pounds per square inch and shall not have less than five sacks of cement per cubic yard. The course and aggregate shall not exceed 1 ½ inches in size and shall be graded in accordance with Class A concrete.

[d.]

Driveways and parking areas:

[1.]

Private driveways and parking areas. All concrete must be a minimum of 3 ½ inches thick. Reinforcing shall be a minimum of number 2 (one-fourth inch) gauge reinforcement rod with a maximum of 18-inch squares continuous throughout the slab.

[2.]

Commercial and truck traffic. The minimum thickness of concrete shall be not less than six inches. All concrete pavement shall be reinforced with three-eighths-inch diameter reinforcing steel bars spaced at two-foot intervals both ways in the slab. All expansion joints shall have smooth steel dowels not less than five-eighths inches in diameter and not less than 24 inches in length with a sleeve on one end.

(Ord. No. 324-15A, 8-10-2015)