(A) Regulations: Off street parking facilities for motor vehicles in business districts shall be provided in accordance with the regulations set forth hereafter, as well as in section 5-3-10 of this title.
(B) Area: A required off street parking space shall be at least nine feet (9') in width and at least eighteen feet (18') in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or any use other than parking. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least eight feet (8'). (Ord. 04-01, 2-23-2004)
(C) Access: Each required off street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space. All off street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as to minimize interference with traffic movement. No driveway across public property at the right of way line shall exceed a width of twenty five feet (25').
(D) In Yards: Off street parking spaces open to the sky may be located in any yard.
(E) Design And Maintenance:
1. Parking Spaces: Off street parking spaces shall be open to the sky.
2. Surfacing: All off street parking areas shall be improved with a compacted macadam base, not less than four inches (4") thick, surfaced with asphalt or treated with some comparable all weather dustless material.
3. Screening And Landscaping: All automobile parking areas shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining any property situated in a residence district or any institutional premises by a wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge, not less than five feet (5') nor more than eight feet (8') in height.
4. Lighting: Any lighting used to illuminate off street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties in such a way as not to interfere with the residential use.
5. Repair And Service: No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in association with parking facilities in a B1 or B2 district. No gasoline or motor oil shall be sold in conjunction with any accessory parking facilities provided in a B1 or B2 district.
(F) Location: All parking spaces required to serve buildings or uses erected or established after the effective date hereof shall be located on the same zoning lot as the building or use served. Buildings or uses existing on the effective date hereof which are subsequently altered or enlarged so as to require the provision of parking spaces under this title may be served by parking facilities located on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served is located, provided such facilities are within five hundred feet (500') walking distance of a main entrance to the use served.
(G) Employee Parking: Parking spaces required on an employee basis shall be based on the maximum number of employees on duty on the premises at any one time. (Ord. 63-1, 4-1-1963; amd. Ord. 04-01, 2-23-2004)
(H) Parking Specifications: All uses in the business districts shall provide off street parking as in the following table:
Table 5-6-10(H)
PARKING STANDARDS
Zoning District | Use | Parking Requirements |
Zoning District | Use | Parking Requirements |
B4 (special use) | Amusement uses except bowling alleys | 1 space per 200 square feet of floor area. |
B2, B3, B4 | Automobile service stations | 1 space for each employee. Accessory uses shall provide the space required for such uses. |
B4 (special use) | Bowling alleys | 5 spaces for each alley plus 1 space for each 200 feet of accessory use such as bar or restaurants. |
B4 (special use) | Hotels and motels | 1 space for each 3 rooms. |
B4 (special use), BP | Laboratories, medical and dental | 1 space for each 2 employees. |
B4 (special use), BP | Medical and dental clinics | 3 spaces for each regularly visited doctor or staff person. |
B3, B4, BP | Offices | 1 space per 250 square feet. |
B3, B4 | Post offices | 1 space for each 2 employees, 1 space for each truck stationed at the building, and 1 space per 200 square feet of public space. |
B3 (special use) | Recreation buildings and community centers | Spaces for 50 percent of the capacity in persons. |
B1, B2, B3, B4, BP | Restaurants, freestanding | 1 space per 66 square feet. |
BP | Restaurants in office buildings | 1.2 spaces per employee. |
All | All other uses | 1 space per 200 square feet. |
(Ord. 04-01, 2-23-2004)