(A) General intent and application. It is the intent of these requirements that adequate parking be provided off the street easement for each use of land. Requirements are intended to be based on the demand created by each use. These requirements shall apply to all uses in all districts.
(60.40.01)
(B) Required off-street parking. Every building hereafter erected and every open use of land hereafter established shall be provided with parking spaces as required in this section, and such parking spaces shall be made permanently available and be permanently maintained for parking purposes and, except for parking areas used for playground purposes in connection with schools, shall be used only for the parking of automobiles or trucks. Any areas used to provide required off-street parking shall be of such size and shape and so designed that the area will accommodate the number of cars to be provided for. Where structural alterations or additions to a building provide additional floor space, or additional seats, additional beds, or other measure, as the case may be, the parking requirements shall only apply to the additional floor space, seats, beds, or other measure.
(60.40.10)
(C) Location of off-street parking spaces.
(1) Distance and access. Required off-street parking spaces shall be located within 200 feet, by route of pedestrian access, from the principal uses they serve and shall have direct access to a street or alley.
(2) Space serving nonresidential uses. Parking spaces accessory to nonresidential uses in districts other than A, R, or O districts shall not be located in A, R, or O districts.
(3) Parking in required yards. In A, R, and O districts, parking in required front yards shall be permitted only on driveways or other areas surfaced as required by this section, and not more than one vehicle shall be parked in such yard per 20 feet of abutting street. No driveway entrance serving a dwelling shall be more than 24 feet wide, and no parking area other than a driveway shall be within four feet of a street line.
(4) Parking of unlicensed vehicles. Automotive vehicles or trailers of any kind without current license plates shall not be parked or stored in an R district other than in completely enclosed buildings.
(60.40.20)
(D) Joint parking facilities. Whenever two or more uses are located together in a common building, shopping center, or other integrated building complex, the parking requirements may be complied with by providing a permanent common parking facility, cooperatively established and operated, which contains the requisite number of spaces for each use. The total number of spaces provided shall not be less than the sum of the individual requirements.
(60.40.30)
(E) Size of off-street parking space. The size of a parking space for one vehicle shall consist of a rectangular area having dimensions of not less than nine feet by 20 feet plus adequate area for ingress and egress.
(60.40.40)
(F) Number of off-street parking spaces required.
(1) Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in all districts, except the CI district, in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) Dwelling, single family or duplex: two spaces per dwelling unit;
(b) Dwelling, multiple family: one and one-half spaces per dwelling unit;
(c) Boarding or rooming house or hotel: one space for each two beds;
(d) Hospital: one space for each two patient beds, exclusive of bassinets;
(e) Medical or dental clinics or offices: one space per 150 square feet of floor area;
(f) Sanatoriums, convalescent, or nursing homes: one space for each four patient beds;
(g) Community center, theater, auditorium, or church sanctuary: one space for each four seats, based on maximum seating capacity;
(h) Convention hall, lodge, club, library, museum, place of amusement or recreation: one space for each 50 square feet of floor area used for assembly or recreation in the building;
(i) Office building other than medical or dental: one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area in the building, exclusive of the area used for storage, utilities, and building service;
(j) Commercial establishments not otherwise classified: one space for each 150 square feet of floor space used for retail trade in the building and including all areas used by the public; and
(k) Industrial establishments: one space per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(2) For all uses not covered in subsection (F)(1) above, the Board of Adjustment shall make a determination of the parking demand to be created by the proposed use and the amount of parking thus determined shall be the off-street parking requirement for the permitted use, except that no off-street parking shall be required of uses in the CI district.
(60.40.50)
(G) Paved surface required. All required parking spaces and all parking spaces in front and exterior side yards shall be paved with a sealed surface pavement and maintained in such a manner that no dust will result from continued use.
(60.40.60)
(H) Parking lots in or abutting R, P, or O districts. Whenever off-street parking lots for more than six vehicles are to be located within an R, P, or O district or abutting an R, P, or O district, the following provisions shall apply.
(1) All sides of the lot within or abutting the district shall be enclosed with screen meeting the requirements of § 60.60.
(2) No parking shall be permitted within a front yard setback line established 15 feet back of the property line of interior and corner lots, wherever the parking lot is located in a residential district or immediately abuts the front yard of a residential unit. In all other cases, no setback shall be required.
(3) All yards shall be landscaped with grass and shrubs and maintained in good condition the year round.
(4) Driveways used for ingress and egress shall be confined to and shall not exceed 24 feet in width, exclusive of curb returns.
(5) All of the lot used for parking and driveway purposes shall be paved with a sealed surface pavement and maintained in such a manner that no dust will be produced by continued use.
(6) Whenever lighting is provided, the intensity of light and arrangement of reflectors shall be such as not to interfere with residential district uses.
(7) No sign of any kind shall be erected, except information signs used to guide traffic and to state the condition and terms of the use of the lots. Only non-intermittent white lighting of signs shall be permitted.
(60.40.70)
(Prior Code, Appendix B, § 60.40) (Ord. 702, passed 3-15-1971)