A.   Plat Required: 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.

   B.   General Requirements:

      1.   For the purpose of this section 9-10-1, one hundred eighty (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.

      2.   Such space shall not occupy any part of any required front yard but, where open, may be included as part of a required open space for a side or rear yard, as provided in the district regulations.

      3.   On corner or through lots, a parking space may not be included as part of required yards lying adjacent to either street.

   C.   Nonresidential Uses:

      1.   Parking spaces and access driveways required in nonresidential districts, when used in compliance with the provisions of this title, shall be paved or otherwise surfaced with an all weather, dustproof material.

      2.   Parking areas serving nonresidential uses of property shall be hard surfaced and graded so as to drain off all surface water to storm sewer inlets.

      3.   That part of the driveway connecting from the curb line to the property line shall be paved with concrete or asphalt materials to the satisfaction of the city.

      4.   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 four feet (4') along the entire boundary common to both the residential and parking areas. Walls or solid screen plantings to a height of not less than four feet (4') shall also be placed along the street line where a parking lot abuts upon a street which provides access to adjacent residential properties.

      5.   Lights 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.

      6.   Churches, theaters, stadiums, auditoriums and other places of assembly may make arrangements for joint use of parking spaces as specified in section 9-10-1-2 of this chapter. (Ord., 5-13-1968)

The joint use of parking facilities may be permitted in cases where major parking demands occur on different days of the week or during different hours; provided, that: a) parking spaces will be available for each use in accordance with the standards of this section 9-10-1; and b) the owners agree in writing and record that any subsequent sale or division of the property or change in use thereof will not interfere with the joint use of the parking facilities. (Ord., 5-13-1968)

The city council may authorize a special permit to allow a parking lot in an adjacent zoning district for the purpose of meeting the requirements of this section 9-10-1, subject to the following limitations:

   A.   Public notice must be given and a public hearing held by the zoning board of appeals 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.

   B.   Notice must be given by registered mail to all owners of property living within three hundred feet (300') of the land for which the special permit is sought.

   C.   A special permit shall not be granted unless the application shows and warrants that in the proposed development of the parking area, front and side yards will be met and maintained, and that the area will be improved as required in this section 9-10-1. (Ord., 5-13-1968)

Motor homes, recreational vehicles, semitrucks, boats and snowmobiles, and trailers for hauling same, may be parked in side and rear yards only, except for temporary loading or unloading and not to exceed seven (7) days in any six (6) month period. (Ord., 10-11-1983)

   A.   In any district, except as noted herein, every building built, structurally altered, enlarged or increased in capacity, and every land use initiated subsequent to the effective date hereof, shall be provided with minimum off street parking facilities as follows: (Ord., 5-13-1968)

 

(Ord., 5-13-1968; amd. 2015 Code)

   B.   Parking spaces required under this section shall be increased or 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. Such reductions may not be below the standards set forth in this section 9-10-1.

   C.   Loading or unloading areas shall not be considered as parking areas. (Ord., 5-13-1968)

On the same lot with every building or part thereof erected after the effective date hereof, to be used for other than exclusive dwelling purposes, or as an accessory use for dwelling purposes, there shall be provided on the lot adequate space for motor vehicles to load and unload in order to avoid interference with the public use of streets or alleys. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided, shall include a ten foot by twenty five foot (10' x 25') loading space, with fifteen feet (15') height clearance, and a minimum of one such space shall be provided for each structure in the I-1 light industrial district and I-2 heavy industrial district. (Ord., 5-13-1968)