For all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established after the effective date of this title, accessory parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in this title. However, where a building permit has been issued prior to the effective date of this title, and provided that construction is begun within six months of such effective date and diligently prosecuted to completion (completion to be accomplished within eighteen months of the effective date of this title), parking and loading facilities in the amounts required for the issuance of said building permit may be provided in lieu of any different amounts required by this title.

When the intensity of use of any building, structure or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, gross 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 and for at least fifty percent of any existing deficiency in parking or loading facilities.

Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. However, if the said building or structure was erected prior to the effective date of this title, additional parking or loading facilities are mandatory only in the amount by which the requirements for the new use would exceed those for the existing use, if the latter were subject to the parking and loading provisions of this title. (1980 Zoning Code § 11.1-1)

Exemption. When the application of the off-street parking provisions specified in RMC § 17.11.210 results in a requirement of not more than three spaces on a single zoning lot in any business or industrial district, such parking spaces need not be provided; however, where two or more uses are located on a single zoning lot, only one of those uses shall be eligible for the above exemption.

Location. All parking spaces required to serve buildings or uses erected or established after the effective date of this title shall be located on the same zoning lot as the building or use served, except that parking spaces to serve business or industrial buildings or uses may be located within two hundred feet of such use if said spaces are located in a business or industrial district.

Buildings or uses existing on the effective date of this title which are subsequently altered or enlarged so as to require the provision of parking spaces under this title may be served by parking facilities located on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served is located, provided such facilities are within two hundred feet walking distance of a main entrance to the use served. Owners of property, nonconforming as to parking, who elect to provide parking and become conforming may locate such parking on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use is located, as allowed in this section.

Off-street parking spaces, open to the sky, may be located in any yard except the required front yard or corner side yard in a general residence or industrial district. In a single-family residence district not more than two passenger vehicles may be parked in the required front yard or corner side yard, and only on the paved driveway or parking apron. Enclosed buildings and carports containing off-street parking shall be subject to applicable yard requirements. However, any parking spaces provided within the required front or corner side yard in a business district shall be set back at least eight feet from the property line.

Control of Off-Site Parking Facilities. In cases where parking facilities are permitted on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served is located, such facilities shall be in the same possession as the zoning lot occupied by the building or use to which the parking facilities are accessory. Such possession may be either by deed or long-term lease, the term of such lease to be determined by the zoning board of appeals; and such deed or lease shall be filed with the zoning administrator. The deed or lease shall require such owner or his or her heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of parking facilities for the duration of the use served or of the deed or lease, whichever shall terminate sooner.

Size. Except for parallel parking spaces, each required off-street parking space shall be at least nine feet in width and at least twenty feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office or work areas. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet, and shall be measured at right angles to the axis of the vehicle. For parallel parking, the length of the parking space shall be increased to twenty-four feet. All other requirements as to size shall be as hereinafter set forth in the Off-Street Parking Chart at the end of this article.

Access. Except on residential lots, each off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway at least twelve feet wide or such additional width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space. All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement. In any event, all driveways shall conform to all applicable driveway specifications adopted by the village.

Collective Provision. Off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements of each such use and all regulations governing location of accessory parking spaces in relation to the use served are adhered to. Further, no parking space or portion thereof shall serve as required space for more than one use unless otherwise authorized by the zoning board of appeals.

Computation. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this title results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of less than one-half may be disregarded, while a fraction of one-half or more, shall be counted as one parking space. Parking spaces required on an employee basis shall be based on the maximum number of employees on duty or residing, or both, on the premises at any one time.

Utilization. Except as may otherwise be provided for the parking of trucks in the granting of conditional uses, required accessory off-street parking facilities provided for uses listed in RMC § 17.11.210 shall be solely for the parking of passenger automobiles of patrons, occupants, or employees of such uses.

Design and Maintenance.

All off-street parking spaces hereinafter required by this title, except those required for one- and two-family dwellings, shall be designed in accordance with one of the formulae set forth in the Off-Street Parking Chart, which chart is located at the end of this article and made a part hereof. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the specific parking classes as hereinafter set forth in the Off-Street Parking Table (Parking Classes). Parking spaces for accessory uses not specifically enumerated within a parking class shall be assumed to be included in the principal (permitted or conditional) use requirement. If, for any reason, the classification of any use, for the purpose of determining the amount of off-street parking, or the number of spaces to be provided by such use is not readily determinable hereunder, the parking class of such use shall be fixed by the zoning administrator.

Notwithstanding the above, there shall be no minimum parking requirements for the B-1 community shopping zoning district.

Location. All required loading berths shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. All motor vehicle loading berths which abut a residence district or an intervening alley separating a residence district from a business or industrial district shall be completely screened therefrom by building walls, or by a uniformly painted, solid, noncombustible fence, wall, or door, or densely planted mature shrubbery or any combination thereof, not less than four feet in height. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located in a required front or side yard, and any loading berth located in a required rear yard may be open to the sky.

Size. Unless otherwise specified, a required off-street loading berth shall be at least twelve feet in width by at least thirty feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least fifteen feet.

Access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement, and shall be subject to approval by the zoning administrator.

Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be surfaced with a dustless all-weather material capable of bearing a live load of two hundred pounds per square foot.

Repair and Service.

Utilization. Space allocated to any off-street loading use shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.

Central Loading. Central loading facilities may be substituted for loading berths on the individual zoning lots provided the following conditions are fulfilled:

Minimum Facilities. Uses for which off-street loading facilities are required herein, but which are located in buildings of less floor area than the minimum prescribed for such required facilities, shall be provided with adequate receiving facilities, accessible by motor vehicle off any adjacent alley, service drive, or open space on the same zoning lot. (1980 Zoning Code § 11.3-1)

Residence Districts. Off-street loading facilities accessory to uses allowed in the several residence districts shall be provided in accordance with the following minimum requirements:

Business Districts. Off-street loading spaces accessory to uses permitted in the business districts shall be provided in accordance with the following minimum requirements:

Industrial Districts. Off-street loading facilities accessory to uses allowed in the several industrial districts shall be provided in accordance with the following minimum requirements: