§ 109-17. Parking and loading areas, and parking lots.

(a)

Off-street loading spaces required. In any district, except the C-1 Central Business District, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected, having a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same lot with such building, at least one off-street loading space for each 20,000 square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area so used in excess of 10,000 square feet.

(1)

Each loading space shall be not less than ten feet in width, 25 feet in length.

(2)

Such space may occupy all or any part of any required yard or court space or as specifically provided in the district in which it is located.

(b)

Off-street parking area required. In all districts, except the C-1 Central Business District, in connection with every industrial, commercial, business, trade, institutional, recreational, or dwelling use, and similar uses, space for parking and storage of vehicles shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule; however, no parking area required hereunder shall be less than 1,000 square feet in area except in the case of dwellings and retail stores and shops under 1,000 square feet. The waiver of off-street parking requirements within the C-1 Central Business District does not apply to dwelling uses.

(1)

Automobile sales and service garages, 50 percent of floor area.

(2)

Banks, business and professional offices, 75 percent of floor area.

(3)

Bowling alleys, five spaces for each alley.

(4)

Churches, one space for each six seats in a principal auditorium.

(5)

Dance halls, assembly halls, 200 percent of floor area used for dancing or assembly.

(6)

Dwellings:

a.

One- and two-family dwellings, two spaces for each family or dwelling unit.

b.

Multiple dwellings:

1.

One space for each efficiency (studio) unit.

2.

One and one-half spaces for each one-bedroom unit.

3.

Two spaces for each two- or more bedroom unit.

c.

Multiple dwellings for the elderly, one space per unit.

(7)

Funeral homes, mortuaries, one parking space for each five seats in the principal auditorium.

(8)

Furniture and appliance stores, household equipment or furniture repair shops over 2,000 square feet of floor area, 50 percent of floor area.

(9)

Hospitals, one space for each two beds.

(10)

Hotels, motels, and lodging, one space for each one bedroom.

(11)

Manufacturing plants, one space for each two employees on the maximum working shift.

(12)

Mobile home park, two parking spaces for each mobile home lot.

(13)

Nursing, convalescent and retirement homes, one space per two employees, plus one space for each two residents.

(14)

Restaurants, beer parlors, and nightclubs, over 1,000 square feet floor area, 200 percent of floor area.

(15)

Retail stores, super markets, etc., over 2,000 square feet floor area, 250 percent of floor area.

(16)

Retail stores, shops, etc., under 2,000 square feet, 100 percent of floor area.

(17)

Schools, one space for each four seats in the principal auditorium.

(18)

Sports arenas, auditoriums, other than in schools, one parking space for each three seats.

(19)

Theaters, assembly halls with fixed seats, one parking space for each three seats.

(20)

Wholesale establishments or warehouses, one space for each two employees.

(c)

In case of any building, structure or premises, the use of which is not specifically mentioned herein, and when such use is permitted under this chapter, the commission shall apply the provisions of a use specifically mentioned herein which is substantially similar to the proposed use.

(d)

Where a parking lot does not abut on a public or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than eight feet in width in the case of a one- or two-family dwelling, and not less than 16 feet in width in all other cases leading to the loading or unloading spaces and parking or storage areas required hereunder This shall be in such manner as to secure the most appropriate development of the property in question. Except where provided in connection with a use permitted in a residence district, such easement of access or access drive shall not be located in any residence district.

(e)

Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area, including a commercial parking lot, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements.

(1)

No part of any parking space shall be closer than five feet to any established street right-of-way or alley line. In case the parking lot adjoins an R district, it shall be set back at least five feet from the R district boundary and shall be effectively screen planted.

(2)

Any off-street parking area, including any commercial parking lot, for more than five vehicles shall be surfaced with an asphalt or Portland cement binder pavement or such other surfaces so as to provide a durable and dustless surface, shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area, and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe loading or unloading and parking and storage of self-propelled vehicles.

(3)

Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area including any commercial parking lot, shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any R district.

(f)

In any R Residence District abutting a C or M district, off-street parking lots shall be permitted in accordance with the following requirements:

(1)

Said off-street parking lot shall not extend further than 200 feet into an R Residence District or to the nearest street, whichever is closer to said off-street parking lot.

(2)

Off-street parking lots located in an R Residence District shall provide front and side yards in accordance with the district in which it is located. Provided further that front or side yards shall be used for fences, walks or landscaping only, with no vehicular parking in the yard area. Provided further that where a contiguous development of lots is used for parking purposes, no side yard shall be required for abutting parking lots having a common side lot line.

(4)

Off-street parking lots in any R Residence District shall provide a permanent fence or shrubbery screen on all side yards of the abutting R Residence District. Such screen to be located in the provided side yards

(5)

Off-street parking lots in any R Residence District shall be developed with an all-weather, dust free surface. Such surfacing shall be approved by the superintendent. Provided further that the parking lots shall be maintained in an orderly manner free from refuse or debris.

(6)

All lighting for any off-street parking lots shall be such that no light is directed or reflected on adjacent residential properties.

(Prior Code, § 121.17)