It is the intent of this division that adequate parking and loading facilities be provided off the street for each use of land within the city. Requirements are intended to be based on the demand created by each use. These requirements shall apply to all uses in all districts except as otherwise indicated.

(Code 1976, § 12-5-1; Ord. No. 461, §3, 11-5-91)

The size of a parking space for one (1) vehicle shall consist of a space containing an area as specified by the following tables and legend:

   a)   Legend for Tables 1, 2 & 3:

   1.   Stall Angle

   2.   Stall Width

   3.   Vehicle Projection for 18' Stall Length

   4.   Curb Length Per Car

   5.   Aisle Width

   6.   Wall to Wall Width for Double Aisle

   7.   Overlap Center to Overlap Center Width for Double Aisle.

   b)   Table 1 - Parking Layout Dimensions for 8'6" and 9'0" (Minimum Standards) at Various Angles with One-Way Aisles.

 

   c)   Table 2 - Parking Layout Dimensions for 8'6" and 9'0" (Minimum Standards) at Various Angles with Two-Way Aisles.

 

   d)   Table 3 - Parking Layout Dimensions for 8'6" and 9'0" (Minimum Standards) at 0° and 90° Angles.

 

 

(Code 1976, §12-5-6; Ord. No. 462, §1, 11-19-91; Ord. No. 580 § 1, 1-7-03)

   Whenever two (2) or more uses are located together in a common building, shopping center, integrated building complex, or adjacent parcels, the parking requirements may be complied with by providing a permanent common parking facility, cooperatively established, and operated, which contains the requisite number of spaces each commercial use within the common building, shopping center, or other integrated building complex as provided in Section 24-254 herein. Where different non-residential uses create staggered parking demand periods, shared parking calculations among collocated uses may be used to justify reducing the amount of required parking.

(Ord. No. 580 § 2, 1-7-03; Ord. No. 716 § 1 12-05-16)

   (1)   The provisions of this section shall apply to off-street parking lots that are incidental to any use other than a single-family residence.

   (a)   All off-street parking lots shall be located within two hundred (200) feet, exclusive of street and alley widths, of the principal use and shall have direct access to a street or alley, except as otherwise provided herein.

   (b)   Off-street parking or loading space shall be a part of the required open space associated with a permitted use and shall not be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.

   (c)   The land upon which the off-street parking lot is located shall be owned or controlled by the same entity, which owns or controls the land on which the principal use is located.

   (d)   All sides of any off-street parking lot abutting a residential lot shall be enclosed with an opaque, ornamental fence or wall having a height of not less than six (6) feet. Such fence or wall shall be maintained in good condition.

   (e)   No off-street parking lot shall be permitted within five (5) feet of the property line of any abutting residential lot. In all other cases no setback shall be required; provided, however, that on any corner lot formed by two (2) intersecting streets no parking shall be permitted, and no wall, fence, sign, structure or plant growth having a height in excess of two (2) feet above the elevation of the site where the wall, fence, sign, structure or plant is located shall be maintained in a triangle formed by measuring a distance of twenty-five (25) feet along said front and the points so established to form a triangle on the area of the lot adjacent to the street intersection.

   (f)   Driveways used for ingress and egress shall not exceed twenty-five (25) feet in width, exclusive of curb returns.

   (g)   The intensity of lights and arrangements of reflectors shall be such as not to interfere with residential district use.

   (h)   No sign of any kind shall be erected except information signs used to guide traffic and to state the conditions and terms of the use of the lot. Only nonintermittent incandescent lighting of signs shall be permitted.

   (i) The number of egress and ingress driveways permitted on street frontage shall not exceed one (1) opening per fifty (50) feet.

(Code 1976, §12-5-3; §12-5-5; §12-5-8; Ord. No. 366, §1, 6-17-86; Ord. No. 461, § 5, 11-5-91; Ord. No. 505, §2, 9-20-94)

   (a)   Required Parking Spaces. Uses should offer only the minimum amount of parking that is necessary to meet anticipated normal demand. The number of required off-street parking spaces for different use classifications are as follows:

 

   (b)   Variation from maximum parking requirements. The City Council may allow variations to exceed the maximum parking requirements if the developer or business owner requesting the variation shows that the permitted maximum number of spaces will not meet the normal day-to-day needs of a proposed use. Corporate standards or worst-case scenarios based on rare events are not grounds for granting such variations. The City Council may place conditions on any granted variation, such are requiring porous of textured pavement or additional landscaping.

   (c)   On-Street Parking. Designated on-street parking spaces no more than 200 ft. from the main entrance of a building with a non-residential or multifamily residential use may be counted towards the required amount of parking spaces for that use. On-street parking being counted towards the required amount of parking spaces for any use must not encroach into single-family residential areas.

(Code 1976, §12-5-7; Ord. No. 580, § 3, 1-7-03; Ord. No. 716 § 1, 12-05-16)