The purpose of this chapter is to regulate parking and loading spaces, vehicle traffic and access in order to provide orderly and adequate development of these needed amenities, and in so doing promote the safety and well-being of the citizens of the city. Consequently, there shall be provided at the time of the erection of any main building or at the time any main building is enlarged or increased, minimum off-street parking space with adequate provisions for ingress and egress by standard-size automobiles.

(ZO § 7-1)

1. In all zones there shall be provided in a private garage or in an area properly located for a future garage:
   1. For a single-family dwelling, two parking spaces;
   2. For a two-family dwelling, four parking spaces;
   3. For a three-family dwelling, six parking spaces;
   4. For a four-family dwelling, seven parking spaces;
   5. For other multiple-family dwelling:
      1. Standard multiple-family dwelling, one and three-fourths parking spaces per dwelling unit,
      2. Multiple-family dwelling designed to accommodate exclusively bachelor and/or bachelorette (presence of resident manager does not make this type a standard multiple-family dwelling), one parking space for each person in each unit. Building permit shall stipulate maximum number of persons per unit and number and type of unit,
      3. Housing exclusively for elderly and/or handicapped, one parking space per unit;
2. If any dwelling unit is increased by occupant use after the original building permit is issued, the parking requirements shall reflect that increase.
3. In addition to the above parking space requirements, one parking space shall be provided for every two paying guests residing in such dwelling unit. Such paying guests refers to the rental of sleeping rooms within the dwelling unit.

(ZO § 7-2)

For new buildings or for any enlargement or increase in seating capacity, floor area, or guest rooms of any existing building there shall be provided:

(Ord. No. 020804, § 3, 8-28-2002)

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

(ZO § 7-4)

1. Parking Lot Location. Parking space as required in this title shall be on the same lot with the main building or, in the case of buildings other than dwellings, may be located no farther than five hundred (500) feet therefrom.
2. Public Parking Lot Standards. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public parking area shall be paved with an asphalt or concrete surface and shall have appropriate bumper guards or curbs where needed, as determined by the building inspector, to pro-tect adjacent property owners or persons using a sidewalk. Catch basins and drains shall be provided to collect surface drainage of all paved areas at a minimum rate of one inch an hour rainfall. Surface drainage is not allowable across pedestrian walkways.
3. Maximum Yard Area to be Used for Parking and Vehicle Access Lanes. For all uses permitted in a residential zone, none of the front and side yard area required by the respective zones shall be used for parking. Access across and over the required front yard is allowed to the side yard or rear yards. In the case of multiple-family dwellings, not more than fifty (50) percent of the required side and rear yards shall be used for parking or vehicular access lanes. In such cases where it is deemed necessary to utilize more than fifty (50) percent of the required side and rear yards, any said yard area used in excess of said limits shall be provided in an equivalent amount of land area elsewhere on the same lot as the building as open green space, patios, play areas or courts.
4. Additional Provisions. The design and maintenance of off-street parking facilities shall be subject to the following provisions:
   1. Each parking space shall encompass not less than one hundred eighty (180) square feet of area. Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide, the width being measured at a right angle to the side lines of the parking space.
   2. Adequate automobile access to and from parking areas for interior block developments shall be provided. Minimum size of the access strip shall be as follows based on the number of units to be served:
      1. Up to and including four dwelling units, sixteen (16) feet;
      2. From five to eleven (11) dwelling units, one twenty-four (24) foot two-way access strip or two, sixteen (16) feet, one-way access strips;
      3. Twelve (12) or more dwelling units, one thirty-six (36) two-way access strip, or two eighteen (18) feet one-way access strips;
      4. A greater size of access strip may be required as determined by the planning commission.
   3. All off-street parking spaces and associated access lanes shall be effectively screened on any side adjoining any property in a residential zone by a masonry wall or fences not less than four feet nor more than seven feet high, except that some type of hedge-row shrubs may be used in place of a wall or fence provided the hedge is continuous along adjoining property and at maturity is not less than five feet nor more than seven feet high. Hedge-row shrubs shall be maintained and replaced where necessary in order that the hedge may become an effective screen from bordering property within a maximum five-year period. Front yard and corner lot fences or plantings shall maintain height requirements of their respective zones.
   4. Lighting and signs shall conform to the requirements set forth in this title.
   5. Parking requirements for dwellings will be located on the same lot with the dwelling.

(ZO § 7-5)

On the same premises with every building or use involved in the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of streets or alleys. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided, shall include a ten (10) foot by twenty-five (25) foot loading space with fourteen (14) feet height clearance for every twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or fraction thereof in excess of three thousand (3,000) square feet of land use for above-mentioned purposes.

(ZO § 7-6)

Service stations, roadside stands, public parking lots, and all other businesses requiring motor vehicle access shall meet the following requirements:

1. Access to the station or other structure or parking lot shall be by not more than two roadways for each one hundred (100) feet or fraction thereof of frontage on any street; no two of said roadways shall be closer to each other than twelve (12) feet; each of said roadways shall be not more than thirty-four (34) feet in width and shall not be closer than twenty (20) feet to the point of intersection of two property lines or at any street corner; and a curb, hedge or fence of not more than two feet in height shall be provided by the owner to limit access to the permitted roadway.
2. Gasoline pumps shall be set back at least twenty (20) feet from any property line bordering a street, provided that a pump island parallel to and adjoining a street may be located not less than fifteen (15) feet from the property line bordering said street.

(ZO § 7-7)

Privately owned land within an area zoned for residential purposes shall not be used as a regular means of vehicular passage to and from property in commercial or manufacturing zones.

(ZO § 7-8)