Surfacing And Drainage.

Perimeter Curbing. Except for parking areas accessory to one-family and two-family dwellings, fixed and permanent wheel bumpers or curbs of concrete or comparable material at least four (4) inches high shall be installed for each parking stall which is located along the perimeter of any off-street parking area.

Access.

Parking Area Delineations. All parking lots shall be striped to provide a visible indicator for vehicle circulation and parking maneuvers. Parking spaces and other circulation markings shall be restored, as necessary, to maintain a clear identification of separate parking stall spaces and other markings at all times.

Traffic Control. Vehicular traffic to, from and within an off-street parking or loading area shall be controlled by appropriate traffic control signs, surface markings and curb islands. All parking areas which will, in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator, generate a significant volume of traffic movement shall have their entrances clearly marked and designated as to direction of traffic flow or other conditions of use of the access driveway by the use of low-profile signs.

All required off-street parking shall be provided on the same zoning lot occupied by the use or building to which it is appurtenant, except as provided for below.

In the event that there exist practical difficulties in satisfying the requirement for parking spaces and/or if the public safety and convenience would be adequately served by another location, the Zoning Administrator may authorize an alternate location, subject to the following conditions:

Except as otherwise limited by the provisions of this Chapter, parking areas, circulation aisles, and driveways may be located in a required front yard, side yard, or rear yard.

Exception: Where no building setback is required by this Chapter, or where a parking area is be located adjacent to a similarly zoned property and cross-access is provided between the two properties, the five-foot setback requirement shall not apply to the cross-access drive.

On lots developed with one-family or two-family dwellings, no motor vehicle shall be permitted to be parked between the dwelling and any street unless such vehicle is parked upon a driveway. Said driveway shall conform to all of the following standards:

Parking Areas. Except for off-street parking associated with one-family or two-family dwellings, and as otherwise provided in this Section, the minimum dimensional requirements shown in Figure 1 shall apply to all off-street parking areas.

Loading Areas. The area of loading berths or spaces shall be at least twelve (12) feet in width and at least twenty-five (25) feet in length [forty-five (45) feet for tractor/trailer loading berths], exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet.

Exceptions To Dimensional Standards:

Employees. Employees, when used as a measurement for determining the number of parking spaces, shall be based on the number of employees that can be expected to be on the premises during the largest shift. The number of employees shall be based on the use activity operating at full capacity.

Floor Area. Except as otherwise described in the minimum off-street parking and loading spaces (Section 400.265), the term "floor area," as employed in this Article, shall include the sum of the area of horizontal surfaces of all floors of a building, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls, less the floor area devoted to elevators, stairwells, mechanical rooms, restrooms, and areas devoted to off-street parking or loading.

Uses Not Specifically Established On Site Plan Or Not Listed In Schedule Of Required Parking. If there is any uncertainty with respect to the amount of parking space required by the provisions of this Article as a result of any indefiniteness as to the proposed use of a building or of land, the maximum requirement for the general type of use that is involved shall govern. In the event that a development proposal includes uses not specifically listed in the Schedule of Required Parking and Loading, the Zoning Administrator shall determine the number of required parking spaces based on the similarity of such use(s) to other uses contained in Section 400.265 of this Article.

Fractional Parking Spaces. When application of the schedule of parking requirements as hereinafter provided calls for a certain number of parking spaces plus a fraction of a space, then such fraction shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number to determine the number of spaces required.

The Zoning Administrator may require a specific number of handicapped parking spaces to be sized and located to allow safe, accessible vehicle parking for the physically handicapped. The number and design of such spaces shall not be less than standards established by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and any standards for such design established by the Missouri Department of Transportation. The following minimum standards shall be applicable:

Off-street parking of vehicles or vehicular parts or accessories in violation the Washington Municipal Code.

The use of recreational vehicles for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes when parked or stored in a dwelling zoning district.

Trucks and trailers designed and manufactured for or used for specific commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, wreckers, dump trucks, tracked vehicles, buses, construction vehicles and equipment vehicles and equipment carriers, bottling works delivery trucks, grain trucks and refrigerated trucks, are prohibited from parking in all residential districts as provided for in Article III of this Chapter. Vehicles (excluding mobile homes, recreational trailers, boats and recreational vehicles) licensed to haul in excess of twenty four thousand (24,000) pounds are not permitted. No mobile home, etc., may be parked in a front yard, as defined in Section 400.180(A) of this Chapter, for a total of thirty (30) days in a calendar year. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Subsection (D)(3) of this Section, any type of commercial vehicle, regardless of licensed or gross vehicle weight, delivering or picking up merchandise for delivery or employed in performing a repair or construction service may park for the purpose of making such pickup or delivery or for the duration of the period during which a repair or construction service is being performed on or to property in the area where parked.

Section 400.265(C) and (D) of this Article contain the required minimum number of parking and loading spaces for permitted uses, special uses, and uses authorized under the planned development procedure. In no case shall these standards be waived, except as provided for in Section 400.265(B).

For proposed uses not listed in the table of Section 400.265(C), the Table of Permitted and Special Uses of Article III, Section 400.120, may be used to determine the requirements based on the similarity of use. Uses in the same NAICS sector will, in many instances, have similar requirements. As an example, offices for accountants (NAICS Code 5411) will have similar requirements for those of architects or attorneys (also NAICS Code 5411). However, offices that have higher employment density (such as data processing or clearinghouse operations) may have greater requirements. In such instances, the provisions of Subsection (A)(3) below shall apply.

In situations where a use is proposed where the schedule of parking and loading requirements does not adequately address parking requirements for such use, then such use shall be considered a special use, if not already a special use. The special use permit for such use shall specify the required number of off-street parking spaces that satisfy the peak demand for parking associated with such use. In making its determination, the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council shall consider information on the parking demand associated with the proposed use as presented by the applicant and the Zoning Administrator.

Parking spaces for multiple-family subdivisions may be located and vehicles authorized to park in residential districts may be parked in the side or rear yards and in the front yard only where provisions for such parking are an integral part of the plan as shown on a final plat. Driveways and parking areas shall be an improved surface of either asphalt or concrete.

Parking facilities may be jointly used by certain land uses as follows:

Exception for the C-3 District:

Parking Exception For Places Of Worship. On-site parking facilities required for places of worship may be reduced by not more than fifty percent (50%) where such facilities are located in a non-residential district and within five hundred (500) feet of public or private parking lots having sufficient spaces to make up for the reduction. The use of an off-site public parking lot may only be authorized under the special use permit procedure (see Article V). The use of an off-site private parking lot shall comply with Section 400.255(C)(2)(a) and be subject to the approval of the Zoning Administrator.

Exception For Elderly Housing. The off-street parking requirements for housing marketed and intended for occupancy by elderly persons may be reduced to seventy-five hundredths (0.75) space per dwelling unit, subject to the special use permit procedure (see Article V) or the procedures associated with planned development districts (see Article III, Section 400.115). Approval of such a reduction shall be predicated on reserving an area on the site to accommodate the additional parking that would otherwise be required should conversion to conventional housing occur in the future.

Exception For Change Of Use Of Existing Commercial Buildings:

Offices, Institutional, And Personal Or Community Service Establishments. Uses, including, but not limited to, schools, administrative or professional offices, medical or dental offices, indoor recreation facilities, and places of public assembly shall provide loading spaces in accord with the provisions of Table A below.

Apartment Dwellings. Any building containing more than fifty (50) dwelling units shall provide one (1) loading space for every two hundred (200) units or fraction thereof.

Business, Commercial, Or Industrial Uses. Every building containing over three thousand (3,000) square feet of floor area designed or adaptable for retail business purposes, or manufacturing, warehouse (other than self-service storage), or wholesale uses shall be provided with loading spaces in accordance with Table A below.

Each ten-foot-by-forty-foot loading space shall have a height clear of obstruction of not less than fourteen (14) feet.