1. The off-street parking requirements and off-street loading requirements of this section shall apply within all zoning districts for all uses and structures, except as described in section 20-7.
2. When the intensity of use of a building or structure shall be increased with consequent effect upon the prescribed unit of parking computation, as prescribed in this section, the parking and/or loading requirements as prescribed in this section shall be used to provide for such increase in intensity and/or use.
3. At such time that the use of a building or structure is changed, parking and loading requirements as prescribed in this section shall be used to determine the parking or loading requirements for the new use. If the structure or building was in existence prior to the enactment of this section, parking and loading facility requirements shall be only necessary by the amount that the requirements for the new use shall exceed the previous use, had the previous use been subject to the same parking and loading facility requirements of this section.

(Code 1975, § 408:01; Code 1998, § 30-141; Ord. No. 345, 3-8-2007)

For all conforming and nonconforming buildings in existence after January 23, 1969, and which are subsequently damaged or destroyed and reconstructed or repaired, there is thereafter a need to provide parking or loading facilities beyond the number provided prior to such damage. In such case where reconstruction enlarges bulk or floor area or other such measurable unit which is prescribed in this Code, parking and loading facilities shall be provided by this SECTION for that measurable unit beyond the original type, use or structure.

(Code 1975, § 408:02; Code 1998, § 30-142)

1. Construction of parking areas. All exposed parking areas, except for single or two-vehicle parking accessory to a single-family home, shall be surfaced with concrete or asphalt and shall be well drained and landscaped, and shall be maintained in a sightly and well-kept condition. All exposed parking and driveway areas must be perimetered by concrete curbing.
2. Striping and curbing. All parking spaces where four or more spaces are required shall be marked by a durable painted stripe designating no less than the required minimum parking space area. Concrete bumpers and curbing shall be provided at the front of each parking stall and around the periphery of the paved parking area of the lot, including drives, except for such areas designated as entrance or exit from the parking lot.
3. Lighting. When lighting is provided for parking areas, the light reflectors shall be so placed as to prevent direct illumination on adjacent properties, if the adjacent property is in a residentially zoned district. Glare and indirect illumination shall not exceed 0.1 footcandle power at a point ten feet from the property line of the parking area, when such area is adjacent to a residentially zoned area.
4. Automotive repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with exposed off-street parking facilities except for minor repair on vehicles owned by the occupant or resident of the principal use for which the parking space is intended, and then all such minor repair work shall be done within an enclosed garage.
5. Design. All uses requiring more than four parking spaces shall provide a minimum parking area of 8.75 feet in width, so located and designed as to permit free flow of traffic through the parking area without interference or impediment by any parking stall in accordance with the following:
   PARKING LOT DIMENSIONS
   
   

   Stall Angle (degrees)	Curb Length (feet)	Stall Length (feet)	Aisle (feet) One-Way / Two-Way Traffic
   45	12.75	18.0	13.5/24.0
   60	10.0	18.0	18.0/24.0
   75	9.0	19.0	18.0/24.0
   90	8.5	19.0	18.0/24.0
   90 (compact)	8.0	19.0	18.0/24.0
   Parallel	23.0	8.5	22.0/22.0

   * Note: One-way aisles only.

(Code 1975, § 408:03; Code 1998, § 30-143; Ord. No. 249, § 1, 7-10-1997; Ord. No. 345, 3-8-2007; Ord. No. 486 ZC, 12-8-2025)

1. Location. All required loading or unloading into or out of trucks in excess of three-quarters ton capacity shall be conducted at facilities specifically designed or designated for that purpose. These facilities shall be located upon the zoning lot of the principal use requiring them. All berths beyond one shall be separate from areas used for off-street parking.
2. Access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be so designed as to avoid undue interference with other vehicular access or use of public streets, alleys or other public transport system.
3. Surfacing. All off-street loading facilities, including loading berths and maneuvering areas, shall be surfaced with a hard, all-weather, dust free, durable surfacing material and shall be well drained and landscaped and shall be maintained in a sightly and well-kept condition.
4. Landscaping and screening. All loading, parking and driveway areas shall be screened from view from the property street frontages and/or from the zoning district boundary when the adjacent property or property across the street frontage or side street frontage is zoned or used for residential purposes. Such screening shall be in conformance with the standards set in SECTION 33 of this Code.
5. Design. Fifty percent of the required number of truck berths shall be 55 feet in length, 12 feet in width and 15 feet in height. All loading areas shall consist of a maneuvering area, in addition to the berth, and shall not use any of that portion of the site containing parking stalls. Maneuvering areas shall be of such size as to permit the backing of truck tractors and coupled trailers into a berth, without blocking the use of other berths or drive or maneuvering areas.

(Code 1975, § 408:04; Code 1998, § 30-144; Ord. No. 249, § 1, 7-10-1997)

1. Computation. When in the process of determining the number of off-street parking spaces there occurs a fraction of a space, such fraction shall be deemed as a requirement for an additional whole parking space.
2. Site plans. All plans submitted for a building permit requiring parking spaces or loading facilities shall show or designate the area, number of spaces and type of surfacing, screening and drainage to be provided. Such site plan shall be a part of the building permit, and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued until all items shown on the site plan for parking and loading facilities have been completed.
3. Other uses. For uses not specifically listed in this section, parking space shall be computed on the same basis as required for the most similar listed use.
4. Parking of commercial vehicles and/or equipment. No commercial vehicles or equipment, such as contractors' equipment, supplies or tools, shall be parked, stored or otherwise contained on residential property in a residential district for a period greater than 12 hours, unless in a completely enclosed structure or unless they are being used in conjunction with a legitimate service being rendered for the benefit of the residential premises.
5. Trailers, snowmobiles and boats. Trailers and snowmobiles may be stored in a residential area in conformance with other city codes and ordinances. During such period of storage the trailer shall not be occupied or otherwise used in any manner as living quarters. Any such trailer or snowmobile stored for a period longer than 30 days shall be required to conform to the setback requirements for the zone in which it is located.
6. Setbacks. Parking lots and drive aisles within the C-1, C-2, and I-1 Districts shall have the following setbacks:
   1. From public rights-of-way: 20 feet.
   2. Side and rear property lines: 5 feet.
   3. Side or rear adjacent to a residential zone: 30 feet.
7. Structured parking.
   
   1. Structured parking facilities shall be considered buildings for the purposes of setbacks.
      
   2. Structures must be designed architecturally compatible with the building it is intended to serve. All levels must have exterior wall segments suitable to screen headlights of parked vehicles.

(Code 1975, § 408:05; Code 1998, § 30-145; Ord. No. 345, 3-8-2007; Ord. No. 474, 10-14-2024)

The following is a schedule of off-street parking and loading space requirements:

¹ Available shared parking immediately abutting a subject site can be utilized to accommodate required parking spaces pursuant to the City Council approving request to utilize shared parking as provided in Sec. 20-7.

(Code 1975, §§ 408:06.01—408:06.20; Code 1998, § 30-146; Ord. No. 239, § 4, 4-3-1997; Ord. No. 345, 3-8-2007)

1. Development and redevelopment. All new developments and significant redevelopments that result in a change of use or increase in square footage of an existing use shall be subject to these requirements. In order to more closely address parking demand with established parking requirements, the City has identified two (2) subzones within the Central Business District.
   1. Subzones. The following subzones shall make up the Central Business District and are graphically represented on the Central Business District MAp adopted by reference.
      1. Subzone A. Downtown District.
      2. Subzone B. Downtown West District.
         
2. General standards. In order to preserve the historic, compact, pedestrian-oriented character of the present downtown to the extent possible, the city recognizes that designated public on-street parking and public and private off-street lots or structures may need to be utilized to meet the general standards. New developments or significant redevelopments in the central business district (the CBD) may decrease the parking spaces required by section 20-6 by up to 50 percent of the requirements, with the exception of residential uses. All residential uses in the central business district shall be subject to the requirements of section 20-6. 
3. Available shared parking.
   1. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
      Available shared parking means the parking then available to be shared by different uses in the CBD to support the base level of development.
      Base level of development means the base level of anticipated future private development in the central business district as of December 2008, or as amended by the city council due to future changes in development planning.
      Base level of parking means the total number of public on- and off-street parking spaces as established by the city council in the downtown master plan update (the CBD update) dated March of 2007, as amended December 2008, and as it may be amended in the future.
   2. A development approved under this section can take advantage of the different peak parking periods of the respective uses in the CBD and share the public parking available to all uses in the CBD in order to meet in part the required parking established by this section.
4. New development or redevelopment utilizing proportionate share of available shared parking. An applicant proposing new development or redevelopment in the central business district, which is consistent with the base development described in the CBD update, but which does not meet off-street parking requirements may apply to utilize a proportionate share of available shared parking.
   1. The applicant shall provide the city with a shared parking analysis pursuant to standards developed by the administrative official. The standards may be revised from time to time to meet changing conditions. Such analysis shall be completed by a professional engineer or registered landscape architect and provide detailed information comparing the amount and location of the then available on-street and off-street parking with the base level of parking to determine the available shared parking. In order to qualify for the use of available shared parking, the applicant must provide in its analysis reasons why the required parking cannot be accommodated on site, including how the request meets the city's policy objectives set forth in subsection B of this section. The shared parking analysis shall include all uses and square footage of the buildings as proposed by the applicant as well as compared to the base development contained in the CBD update. Furthermore, the maximum allowable walking distance for parking to qualify as available shared parking in the shared parking analysis shall be 500 feet measured from the principal entrance of the proposed development or redevelopment.
   2. Upon submittal of the shared parking analysis, city staff shall review the analysis to determine the level of available shared parking which can be utilized by the applicant. If the shared parking analysis demonstrates that additional parking is needed to meet required parking, or the proposed development exceeds the base level of development described in the CBD update, all required parking must be provided by the applicant on site, unless the applicant meets the standards for a conditional use permit as required by subsection E of this section.
5. Conditional use permit required. The city council may approve new development or redevelopment in the central business district not meeting the requirements of the general standards of this section or exceeding the base level of development described in the CBD update, provided that:
   1. Valuation of available shared parking. The applicant shall be required to pay the value of the shortage in available shared parking by payment into the parking fund, or the city may allow the value of the shortage in available shared parking to be satisfied by alternative compliance.
      1. Parking fund. The applicant executes a development agreement with the city (which may be recorded at the option of the city) in which it is agreed that the applicant and its successors in interest shall pay into a fund maintained by the city the monetary value of the applicant's proportionate share of the shortage in available shared parking spaces created by the development initially or by a subsequent increase in intensity of use. The per-space value shall be computed based on the city's determination of land cost and per-space construction costs for the specific property requesting the conditional use permit. The city council in its reasonable discretion may select another method of computation of the per-space value, including, but not limited to, an annual determination of land value and parking space construction costs in the CBD. The funds are designated for various downtown parking-related purposes, including maintenance of existing facilities, conducting studies to improve downtown parking, expanding both on and off-street parking options suitable for shared usage, and any other downtown parking initiatives, subject to approval by city council. The proportionate share responsibility shall be determined on the basis of the development property's parking space shortage based upon ordinance requirements, in relationship to the total available shared parking shortage.
      2. Alternative compliance. The city may consider alternative forms of compliance which serve a public purpose or otherwise further the city's public interests. Such compliance may include, but not be limited to, dedication of land and/or construction of public facilities not otherwise required by this Code to be constructed or dedicated by the applicant, transfer of development rights or other action where the value of the alternative can be reasonably measured by the city. The value of the alternative form of compliance shall be measured by the city and the dollar value of the alternative form of compliance credited against the developer's proportionate share of the shortage in available shared parking spaces. The value of the alternative form of compliance shall be accounted for in the parking fund.
   2. Amount of parking permitted. The amount of parking provided on the property in question is the maximum amount possible, taking into account the use and design objectives of the downtown master plan.
   3. Parking shortages/excess. The parking shortages created by the development are not premature or in excess of the supply of available shared parking which can be provided by the city through a public on-street and off-street parking system on a long-term basis as determined by the city.
   4. City not liable for additional parking. If the applicant cannot qualify for the conditional use permit authorized by this section and must provide all required on-site parking, the city shall have no responsibility to provide additional off-street or on-street parking to address any available shared parking deficiency or the failure of any applicant to meet the parking requirements of this section.
6. Contract required. The applicant may satisfy any portion of its parking requirement through a long-term contract between the applicant and the property owner of any privately owned off-street parking facility. The facility proposed to be utilized shall be analyzed in the shared parking analysis required by this section. The contract shall be subject to review and approval by the city, and shall not result in the lowering of the required parking for the property owner providing the off-street parking, or any other property owner using such off-street parking to satisfy its parking requirements. If approved, the contract must be continuously maintained in order for the property to remain in compliance with this section. If such parking is reduced or terminated, the property owner shall be required to replace the lost parking with another contract, replace the lost parking on site or qualify for the required conditional use permit authorized by this section.

(Code 1975, § 410:00; Code 1998, § 30-147; Ord. No. 345, 3-8-2007; Ord. No. 368, 9-14-2009; Ord No. 467, 11-13-2023)