No building permit shall be issued for a new building or for an addition or enlargement to an existing building which is used or intended to be used for manufacturing, storage, goods display, retail sales, a hotel, an apartment hotel, apartments or an office unless adequate off-street loading and unloading space is provided as follows:

(1)

Each of the uses named in this section shall provide one space with minimum horizontal dimensions of 12 by 35 feet, by 14 feet in height, for the parking of commercial vehicles while they are being loaded or unloaded. Such space shall have convenient access to a public street, shall not be used for customer or employee parking and shall not be considered as part of any required off-street parking area.

(2)

Industrial buildings, shopping plazas, storage warehouses, furniture, appliance and department stores and hospitals shall provide one additional space, as described in subsection (1) of this section, for each 20,000 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof.

(3)

Office buildings, apartment buildings or apartment hotels over three stories in height shall provide one additional space for each 40,000 square feet of gross floor area, not including the area of basements or cellars.

(Code 1989, § 320-42)

Off-street parking spaces shall be provided as specified in this division at the time a building or structure is erected or at the time a new use of open land is established. In the case of an enlargement of any existing building, structure or use after May 27, 1968, off-street parking spaces shall be provided as specified in this division for the enlarged portion of such building, structure or use. No existing off-street parking area shall be reduced in capacity so as to be less than required by this chapter, or, if such parking capacity is already less than required in this chapter, such parking area shall not be further reduced; provided, however, that a reduction in such existing parking area shall be allowed if equivalent parking space is provided for the use involved. In the case of a change of use which would result in a requirement for a greater parking area than is provided, the board of appeals shall determine the number of additional spaces to be required. The required number of spaces is as follows:

(Code 1989, § 320-38)

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(a)

Size of parking space. For the purpose of computing gross parking area for required off-street parking, 350 square feet of unobstructed net standing, maneuvering or access area shall be considered one parking space. However, a lesser area may be considered as one space if the building inspector certifies that the layout and design of the parking area are adequate to permit convenient access and maneuvering. In any event, the size of a parking space shall be at least 20 feet long and nine feet wide, exclusive of access or maneuvering area.

(b)

Gross floor area. Gross floor area shall include all areas of a building used or occupied by any traffic generator mentioned in section 82-351; provided, however, that basement or cellar floor area not used for processing, servicing or sale of goods or merchandise shall not be counted as gross floor area.

(c)

Seats. In places of assembly where bench-type seats are provided or where standing patrons are served at a counter or bar, each 20 linear inches of such seating or standing space shall be considered as one seat for the purpose of determining off-street parking requirements.

(d)

Fractional units. When application of the units of measurement to determine required off-street parking spaces results in a fractional parking space of one-half or more, one parking space shall be required.

(Code 1989, § 320-39)

(a)

No off-street parking shall be required for uses accessory to any institutional use specified in section 82-351(2), or for an accessory restaurant used primarily for students, patients, tenants or employees occupying a principal building.

(b)

In the case of accessory retail sales, boat berths or restaurants, the parking requirement for either the accessory use or the principal use, whichever requirement is less, shall be reduced by 50 percent.

(Code 1989, § 320-40(A))

(a)

In the case of a church and school on the same lot, the lesser parking requirement shall be waived.

(b)

Where places of assembly specified in section 82-351(3) are located on the same lot with other uses, the board of appeals may permit a reduction in the number of required off-street parking spaces for such places of assembly.

(c)

In the C-2 central retail district, where public off-street parking facilities are available, other than off-street parking provided for a public building, the board of appeals may permit a reduction in the number of required off-street parking spaces for uses located on any lot within 600 feet of such public parking facility.

(Code 1989, § 320-40(B))

(a)

Generally. All required off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot with the building or use they serve, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section for group facilities.

(b)

Group facilities. In any C or M district, required off-street parking spaces may be provided in group parking facilities designed to serve two or more buildings or uses on different lots, provided that:

(1)

The total parking spaces in such group facility shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately; and

(2)

All required parking spaces shall be not more than 600 feet from the boundary of the lot on which such buildings or uses are located.

(Code 1989, § 320-41(A))

All areas counted as required off-street parking area shall be unobstructed and free of other uses.

(Code 1989, § 320-41(B))

In any case where required off-street parking spaces are not provided on the same lot with the building or use they serve, such off-street parking spaces shall be subject to deed, lease or contract restrictions acceptable to the city attorney binding the owner and the owner's heirs or assigns to maintain the required number of spaces available throughout the life of such use.

(Code 1989, § 320-41(C))

All open off-street parking spaces shall be considered as automotive use areas and shall be subject to the requirements of section 82-444 in addition to the provisions of this division.

(Code 1989, § 320-41(D))