(A) Scope of regulations. The off-street parking and loading provisions of this chapter shall apply as follows:
(1) For all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established after the effective date of this chapter, accessory parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in this chapter. However, where a building permit has been issued prior to the effective date of this chapter and provided that construction is begun within 6 months of such effective date and diligently prosecuted to completion (completion to be accomplished within 18 months of the effective date of this chapter), parking and loading facilities in the amounts required for the issuance of the building permit may be provided in lieu of any different amounts required by this chapter.
(2) When the intensity of use of any building, structure or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement specified herein for required parking or loading facilities, parking and loading facilities as required herein shall be provided for such increase in intensity of use and for at least 50% of any existing deficiency in parking or loading facilities.
(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 building or structure was erected prior to the effective date of this chapter, 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 chapter.
(B) Existing parking and loading facilities. Accessory off-street parking and loading facilities in existence on the effective date of this chapter 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 chapter.
(C) Permissive parking and loading facilities. Nothing in this chapter 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 of this chapter, which subsequently thereto is damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion or other cause, and which is reconstructed, re-established 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 chapter for equivalent new uses or construction.
(E) Submission of plot plan. Any application for a building permit, or for an occupancy certificate where no building permit is required, shall include therewith a plot plan, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing any off-street parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with this chapter.
(`95 Code, § 156.110) (Ord. 83-11, passed 9- -83)