The P-1 Vehicular Parking District is intended to permit the establishment of areas to be used solely for off-street parking of private passenger vehicles as a use incidental to a principal use. Said off-street parking shall at a minimum, be adjacent to the principal use being serviced by this district. This district will generally be provided by rezoning application to serve an adjacent use district which has developed without adequate off-street parking facilities.

(Ord. No. 09-434, § 9.01, 1-20-2009)

Land shall be used only for an off-street vehicular parking area and shall be developed and maintained subject to the following regulations:

(a)

Parking areas shall be accessory to, and for use in connection with one or more businesses, or industrial establishments, located in adjoining business or industrial districts, or in connection with one or more existing professional or institutional office buildings or institutions.

(b)

Parking areas shall be contiguous to a nonresidential district, or on the end of a block where such areas front on a street that is perpendicular to that street servicing the district. There may be a private driveway or public street or public alley between such P-1 district and the nonresidential district.

(c)

Parking areas shall be used solely for parking of private passenger vehicles, for periods of less than 24 hours and shall not be used as an off-street loading areas.

(d)

No commercial repair work or service of any kind, or sale, storage, or display thereof, shall be conducted in the parking areas.

(e)

No signs of any kind, other than signs designating entrances, exits, and conditions of use permitted by article 18, signs, shall be maintained on the parking area.

(f)

No building shall be erected upon the premises other than those for shelter of parking attendants, which shall not exceed 15 feet in height.

(g)

Applications for P-1 district rezoning shall be made by submitting a dimensional layout of the area requested showing the intended parking plans.

(h)

The planning commission shall review the proposed parking area and verify that it will not negatively intrude into an established residentially zoned district.

(Ord. No. 09-434, § 9.02, 1-20-2009)

(a)

Side and rear yards. Where the P-1 district is contiguous to the side or rear lot lines of residentially zoned lots, the required wall shall be located along the common lot line.

(b)

Front yards. Where the P-1 district is contiguous to residential district that has a common frontage on the same block with residential structures, or wherein no residential structures have been yet erected, there shall be a setback equal to the required residential setback, or a minimum of 25 feet, or whichever is the greater. The required wall shall be located on this minimum setback line unless, under unusual circumstances, the planning commission finds that no good purpose would be served. The land between the setback and street right-of-way line shall be planted with shrubs, trees, or lawn, which shall be maintained in a healthy, growing condition, neat, and orderly in appearance and kept free from refuse, and debris.

(c)

Parking lot design. P-1 districts shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the requirements of article 17, off-street parking and loading requirements. The site shall be landscaped in accordance with section 16.02, landscaping for commercial uses.

(Ord. No. 09-434, § 9.03, 1-20-2009)