Except as otherwise provided for in this Subsection, the requirements for off-street parking of the City of Wildwood Zoning Ordinance shall be implemented with regard to the minimum dimensions in the following table:

Parking Spaces Designated For The Handicapped.

In all zoning districts, all parking and loading areas, including driveways, shall be paved, except in the "FP," "PS," "NU" and "R-1" Districts, where the City of Wildwood may approve an alternate dustproofing method.

All areas for off-street parking and loading in the "C-1" and "C-2" Districts shall be so arranged that vehicles at no time shall be required to back into any street or roadway to gain access thereto.

Off-street parking areas in the "C" Commercial or "M" Industrial Districts shall provide ingress and egress to any public right-of-way only at such location as approved by the City of Wildwood.

All parking spaces required by this Chapter shall be located on the same parcel of land as the use to be served except as provided in Subsection (D)(8).

Minimum off-street parking and loading requirements as specified in this Section shall not include parking and loading spaces located in the floodplain or floodway, as determined by the City of Wildwood, except when accessory to a permitted or conditional use in the "FP" Floodplain District.

Parking for one (1) or more uses in a "C" Commercial or "M" Industrial District may be provided on a separate lot from the use or uses to be served when said separate lot is within a similar zoning district type and within three hundred (300) feet of the use or uses to be served as measured along a pedestrian pathway. When two (2) or more uses combine to provide the required parking space jointly, the parking space so provided shall equal the total space required if each were to provide parking space separately. Joint or remote parking areas provided in accordance with this Subsection (D)(8) shall be comprised of a minimum of twenty (20) stalls except when provided in conjunction with uses in the "C-1" Neighborhood Business District. Such parking must be approved by the Director of Planning and Parks designated by the City of Wildwood. Subsequent to approval, said parking plan and an appropriate legal instrument of agreement among the owners of the various properties involved shall be recorded with the County Recorder of Deeds with a copy to be filed with the City of Wildwood. Such recorded plans and agreement shall be binding upon the owners of the properties involved and their successors and assigns and shall limit and control the use of land included in the plan to those uses and conditions approved by an officer designated by the City of Wildwood and agreed to by the owners of the properties involved.

No off-street parking space required under this Chapter shall be used for any other purpose. Where a change in use creates greater parking requirements than the amount being provided, an occupancy permit shall not be issued until provision is made for the increased amount of required off-street parking.

Where an addition is made to an existing use which does not comply with the parking requirements cited for such use, additional parking shall be provided in proportion to the addition.

Where no minimum requirement is specified or when one (1) or more of the parking requirements may be construed as applicable to the same use, lot or building, the final determination of required parking shall be made by the Department of Planning.

When located in the "C-2" or "C-3" Shopping Districts, the minimum parking requirements for shopping centers occupied by five (5) or more commercial entities and having a gross floor area of one hundred twenty-five thousand (125,000) square feet or more may be reduced by fifteen percent (15%), when authorized by the Department of Planning and where it has been demonstrated by study of the combined uses and customary operation of the uses that adequate parking would be provided.

The off-street parking requirements for housing for the elderly in residential zoning districts may be reduced to seventy-five hundredths (0.75) space per dwelling unit when approved by the Department of Planning. When such a reduction is approved, an area of sufficient size shall be designated on the site plan to accommodate additional parking, should conversion to conventional housing occur in the future.

The number of parking spaces required to be provided for physically handicapped persons shall be based upon the required number of parking spaces as determined by the following table:

The off-street parking requirements for the self-care unit aspect of nursing homes may be reduced to seventy-five hundredths (0.75) space per dwelling unit, when approved by the Department of Planning. Such a reduction may be approved upon verification to the Department of Transportation Services provided to the residents.