1172.01 Purpose.
1172.02 Parking facilities required.
1172.03 Units of measure.
1172.04 Off-street parking standards.
1172.05 Allowance for shared parking.
1172.06 Reduced standards for C-3, Central Business District.
1172.07 Deferred construction of required spaces.
1172.08 Location of required parking spaces.
1172.09 Off-street waiting spaces for drive-thru facilities.
1172.10 Parking spaces for persons with disabilities.
1172.11 Parking design standards.
1172.12 Regulations for access drives.
1172.13 Access to other districts prohibited.
1172.14 Off-street loading requirements.
1172.15 Improvement and maintenance standards.
Off-street parking regulations are established to achieve, among others, the following:
(a) To relieve congestion so streets can be utilized more fully for movement of vehicular traffic;
(b) To promote the safety and convenience of pedestrians and shoppers by separating parking areas and extensive car movements in the vicinity of pedestrian ways;
(c) To protect adjoining residential neighborhoods from on-street parking related to nonresidential uses; and
(d) To promote the general convenience, welfare and prosperity of residential, business, service, and manufacturing developments which depend on off-street parking facilities. (Ord. 62-2023. Passed 1-16-24.)
Off-street parking facilities, including access drives, shall be provided prior to the occupancy of such building or use. Facilities shall be provided for the entire building or use in accordance with the regulations contained in this Chapter whenever:
(a) A building is constructed or a new use established.
(b) The use of an existing building is changed to a use requiring more parking facilities.
(c) An existing building is altered and there is an increase in seating capacity, floor area of the building, or number of employees.
(Ord. 62-2023. Passed 1-16-24.)
In computing the number of parking spaces required by this Code, the following rules shall apply:
(a) Floor Area. Where floor area is designated as the standard for determining parking space requirements, gross floor area shall be used for all land uses. If a cellar or basement is used for business or commercial purposes, it shall be counted as floor area in computing off-street parking requirements.
(b) Seats. Where seating capacity is the standard for determining parking spaces, the capacity shall mean the number of seating units installed or indicated, or one seat for each twenty-four (24) lineal inches of benches or pews, or when fixed seats are not indicated, the capacity shall be determined as being one seat for each twenty (20) square feet of floor area of the assembly room.
(c) Employees. Where employees are the standard for determining parking space requirements, employees shall mean the maximum number of employees on any two (2) successive shifts.
(d) Fractional Numbers. Where the computation results in a fractional unit, one (1) additional off-street parking space shall be provided.
(e) Parking for Mixed Uses. A building or group of buildings containing two (2) or more uses, operating normally during the same hours, and which have different off-street parking requirements, may jointly provide spaces for not less than the sum of the spaces required for each use.
(f) Parking Requirements for Uses Not Specified. When the off-street parking requirements for a use are not specifically defined herein, the parking facilities for such use shall be determined by the Planning Commission so as to be sufficient to meet all the parking needs of the proposed use, based on the parking standards for a specified use listed in Section 1172.04 that the Commission determines to be most similar to the proposed use. (Ord. 62-2023. Passed 1-16-24.)
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