(a)

Purpose and intent. This district is established to provide areas for public or private parking lots within a zoning district that limits the permitted use only to surface parking and does not otherwise permit any other residential or nonresidential structures or buildings. This parking lot district then may be used to commit land to only a use as a surface parking lot. This zoning district may be utilized in any comprehensive plan future land use designation in the event of future redevelopment. Above-grade parking garages or decks are prohibited.

(b)

Permitted uses. The following is the only permitted use:

(1)

Surface parking lots including stormwater retention facilities but not parking garages or decks.

(c)

Development standards.

(1)

All parking lots shall meet the requirements of this article in terms of the design and construction, and other requirements as specified in the off-street parking and loading regulations and shall meet such other technical requirements as required by the city for traffic safety and visibility.

(2)

For surface parking lots, development shall not exceed 85 percent impervious coverage in this district.

(3)

Whenever the rear or side property lines within this district share a common property line with parcels zoned residential, either a solid wall or fence (other than wood) shall be provided along the entire common line. The wall or fence shall be six feet in height; except that such wall or fence shall be only three feet in height from the front setback line of the adjoining parcel to the front property line of the adjoining parcel.

(4)

Other Code sections related to development that should be referenced include, but are not limited to, off-street parking regulations, general provisions, definitions, sign regulations (article IV), environmental protection (article V) (this section includes division 1, stormwater; division 6, tree preservation; division 8, landscape regulations; division 9, irrigation regulations; and division 10, exterior lighting), subdivision regulations (article VI), historic preservation (article VIII) and concurrency management regulations (article II).

(d)

Cross access easements.

(1)

If deemed to be in the public interest, private parking lots, under certain conditions, may be required by design and function to have inter-connectivity with other adjacent properties so that vehicles and traffic may have alternate means of access to side streets or away from residential streets thereby promoting traffic safety.

(2)

As a term and condition of the city granting parking lot (PL) zoning, the city may require and the owner be obligated to grant to the city, a perpetual easement through the proposed parking lot that would allow use by other adjacent owners so that parking lots are interconnected and achieve the public interest cited above. The city shall declare that intent to require such easement, at the time the zoning is granted, so that the owner may choose not to accept parking lot zoning if the easement is unacceptable to the owner. However, once adopted, the easement may not be vacated except by subsequent action by the city commission.

(Ord. No. 2646-05, § 9, 9-12-05; Ord. No. 2796-10, § 1(Exh. A), 2-22-10; Ord. No. 3110-18, § 3, 6-11-18; Ord. No. 3317-24, § 1, 10-17-24)