(a) Off-street parking facilities shall be required when a new building is constructed, or a new use established.
(b) The number of off-street parking spaces established for an existing building or use shall be re- calculated for the following reasons:
(1) Whenever an existing building is altered, or an existing use is enlarged so there is an increase in the number of dwelling units, seating capacity or floor area.
(2) The changed use requires a different measuring standard.
(c) An off-street parking facility shall continue unobstructed in operation and shall not be used for any other purpose than parking, except in Residential Districts where a garage with customary uses incident to the dwelling is permitted.
(d) Parking facilities, once established, shall not be changed to another location, nor shall they be reduced, without the approval, in writing, of the Board of Zoning Appeals. Should such parking facility be reduced without such approval, then the main use of the premises shall cease. This shall be in addition to other remedies for violations herein provided.
(e) A parking space shall mean an open or enclosed area accessible from the street for the parking of motor vehicles of owners, occupants, employees, customers, or tenants of the main use. Each space shall not be less than nine feet by twenty feet, exclusive of all drives and turning places.
(f) A parking facility shall be hard surfaced and provided with proper drainage so no water drains into the street or onto adjacent property.
(g) A parking facility within a Retail Business District or a Commercial Service District may be located within a front yard.
(Ord. 73-94. Passed 10-4-94.)