(A) Scope Of Regulations: The off street parking and loading provisions of this zoning title shall apply as follows:
1. For all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established after the effective date hereof, accessory parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required by the regulations of the districts in which such buildings or uses are located. However, where a building permit has been issued prior to the effective date hereof, and provided that construction is begun within six (6) months of such effective date and diligently prosecuted to completion, parking and loading facilities in the amount required for issuance of said building permit may be provided in lieu of any different amounts required by this zoning title.
2. When the intensity of use of any building, structure or premises shall be increased through addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity or other units of measurement specified herein for required parking or loading facilities, parking or loading facilities as required herein shall be provided for such increase in intensity of use. However, no building or structure lawfully erected or use lawfully established prior to the effective date hereof shall be required to provide such additional parking or loading facilities unless and until the aggregate increase in units of measurement shall equal not less than fifteen percent (15%) of the units of measurement existing upon the effective date hereof, in which event, parking or loading facilities as required herein shall be provided for the total increase; provided, however, that in the case of the expansion or alteration of residential buildings, required parking or loading facilities shall be provided on the basis of the total required units of measurement for the entire capacity of the building.
3. Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. However, if the said building or structure was erected prior to the effective date hereof, additional parking or loading facilities are mandatory only in the amount by which the requirements for the new use would exceed those for the existing use if the latter were subject to the parking and loading provisions of this title.
(B) Existing Parking Facilities: Accessory off street parking facilities in existence on the effective date hereof and located on the same lot as the building or use served shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements for a similar new building or use under the provisions of this title.
(C) Permissive Parking And Loading Facilities: Nothing in this title shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of off street parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings; provided, that all regulations herein governing the location, design and operation of such facilities are adhered to.
(D) Damage Or Destruction: For any conforming or legally nonconforming building or use which is in existence on the effective date hereof, which subsequently thereto is damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion or other cause, and which is reconstructed, reestablished or repaired, off street parking or loading facilities need not be provided, except that parking or loading facilities equivalent to any maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored or continued in operation. However, in no case shall it be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required by this zoning title for equivalent new uses or construction.
(E) Control Of Off Site Parking Facilities: In cases where parking facilities are permitted on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served is located, such facilities shall be in the same possession as the zoning lot occupied by the building or use to which the parking facilities are accessory. Such possession may be either deed or long term lease, the term of such lease to be determined by the zoning board of appeals. The owner of the land on which the parking facilities are to be located shall be bound by covenant filed on the record in the office of the recorder of deeds or the registrar of titles of that county or counties in which said land is situated, requiring such owner, his heirs and assigns, to maintain the required number of parking facilities for the duration of the use served or of the said lease, whichever shall terminate sooner.
(F) Submission Of Plot Plan: Any application for a building permit, or for a certificate of compliance where no building permit is required, shall include therewith a plot plan, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing any parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with this zoning title. (Ord. 63-1, 4-1-1963)