No new building shall be erected or existing building structurally altered or used nor shall any lot or lands or buildings be put to new use after the passage of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 65-82, passed December 27, 1965) unless off-street parking facilities are provided in conformity with the following:
(Ord. 06-27. Passed 3-27-06.)
(a) An area not less than nine feet wide and not less than nineteen feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, and which has a means of ingress and egress from a street or alley shall be deemed parking space for one motor vehicle. Such space shall consist of an all-weather dustless surface constructed of concrete, asphalt or commercial paver material installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications and shall not be encroached upon as long as the herein specified uses remain in the building, unless an equivalent number of parking spaces are provided elsewhere in conformance with this Zoning Code.
(b) The parking spaces required in residential districts shall be equal to the number of families housed in the residence. Such parking spaces shall be located on the same lot with the main building or in the rear yard except as otherwise provided. A garage having a floor area of 200 square feet or multiples thereof shall be recognized as a parking space or spaces. Only one (1) driveway is permitted per approved building lot in a residential district.
(Ord. 18-26. Passed 7-23-18.)
(c) The parking spaces required for any use located in a C-1, C-2, I-1 District shall be located on the same lot or within 500 feet of the permitted use, the distance to be measured along the line of a public access to the property.
(d) Within any residence district which adjoins a C-1, C-2, I-1 District, The Board of Zoning Appeals, after public notice and hearing, subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, may authorize a modification of the application of the use regulations herein established and permit the location of off-street noncommercial parking spaces for private automobiles, where such use will not seriously injure neighboring properties with appropriate safeguards and has been approved by the Planning Commission.
(e) Off-street automobile parking spaces for each of the specified uses shall be provided in no less than the following amounts:
(1) Single-family, two-family and multiple-family dwellings - one parking space for each dwelling unit.
(2) Hotels - one parking space for each three guests.
(3) Motor court, motel or tourist camp - one parking space for each guest or sleeping room.
(4) Hospitals, nursing home - one parking space for each four patient beds, excluding bassinets, plus one additional space for each staff doctor, plus one additional space for each four employees, including nurses, plus additional parking space for loading and unloading hospital ambulances and similar vehicles.
(5) Medical or dental clinic - three parking spaces for each of the doctors engaged in the clinic, plus one additional space for every two employees.
(6) Funeral home - one parking space for each vehicle owned or utilized by the funeral home, plus one space for every four seats provided for funeral services.
(7) Dance hall or skating rink - one parking space for each sixty-four square feet of dancing or skating area, plus one space for each two employees.
(8) Bowling alley - four parking spaces for each alley, plus one additional parking space for each two employees.
(9) Theater, auditorium, church, stadium, sports arena or similar uses - one parking space for each four seats.
(10) School, college - one parking space for each two employees, including teaching and administrative staff.
(11) Office, professional or public building - two parking spaces for each separate office, plus one additional space for each two employees.
(12) Restaurant or bar - one parking space for each four employees, plus one space for each four seats provided for customers.
(13) In a C-1 or C-2 District parking regulations shall be as follows: one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area in active use. Motels, hotels and tourist courts shall have one parking space for each transient sleeping room offered for tourist accommodation in addition to parking spaces required for permanent residents of the building.
(14) Industrial and manufacturing establishments - one parking space for each four employees, based on a daily shift.
(15) In case of mixed uses, the parking facilities herein required shall be the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses, computed separately in accordance with the above requirements. Parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing the required parking facilities for any other use.
(16) On the same lot with every building, structure or part thereof, erected hereafter to be used for other than dwelling purposes, there shall be provided on the lot adequate space for standing, loading and unloading motor vehicles in order to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets or alleys. Such space shall be a ten-foot by fifty-foot area with a height clearance of sixteen feet.
(17) Where there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of carrying out the above off-street or unloading space provisions, the Board, after public notice and hearing, may vary the above regulations in a specific case in harmony with their intent so that substantial justice may be done.
(Ord. 65-82. Passed 12-27-65.)