(a) All buildings, structures and uses shall provide off-street parking and/or off-street loading facilities on the same lot, in accordance with the provisions specified in this Zoning Ordinance, and all applicants for a zoning certificate, application for development plan approval (R-5, three to four family or multiple family residential development; R-PUD planned unit developments) or conditional use permit shall include with their application a plot plan drawn to scale showing the location and arrangement of any off-street parking and/or loading and required planting trees as required by this Ordinance. In addition, the plot plan shall show:
(1) North arrow;
(2) Scale;
(3) Location, dimensions and labeling of all existing driveways, buildings, paved areas, fences, roof overhangs, streets and alleys and sidewalks;
(4) Location and labeling of all fire hydrants, trees and other objects on public property along the site boundaries;
(5) Necessary profile and elevations to insure that grades and drainage are adequately handled;
(6) Location of all required planting areas and the type and location of plant materials that will be used in the landscaping of the parking lot, in accordance with the provisions specified in Section 1161.04(d).
(Ord. 1993-14. Passed 2-16-93.)
(b) At least one required parking space for each residential use must be within a garage structure with a minimum of three sides enclosed and which complements the architectural style of the residential structure it services.
(c) Except for dwellings, no off-street parking area provided hereunder shall be less than 1,050 square feet in area. Parking spaces located within a garage structure, or on a driveway, exclusive of sidewalk, driving lanes and driveway apron, may be computed as off-street parking spaces.
(d) All required off-street parking and loading areas shall be solely for the parking and loading and unloading of operable motor vehicles, of patrons, occupants or employees of such uses and are not to be used to store inoperative vehicles or for motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind, except for emergency repairs.
(e) Each required off-street parking or loading 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 space. Such aisle or driveway shall not be used for the parking of other vehicles, except that the driveway of a single family residence may be counted as one parking space.
(Ord. 1973-44. Passed 12-18-73.)
(f) All required parking spaces, loading spaces and facilities shall be located off-street on the same lot as the building or use being served, and may occupy all or any part of any required side or rear yard area except that no loading area shall be located closer than fifty feet to any lot in any R District, unless wholly enclosed within a building.
(Ord. 1993-14. Passed 2-16-93.)
(g) All open off-street parking areas shall be separated from public rights of way by a space at least five feet in width, and a six inch high curb shall be provided on the parking lot side of the five foot width. All open off-street parking areas shall be separated from the principal building by a six inch high curb so as to maintain unobstructed a three foot corridor between the building and the parked vehicle.
(h) An unobstructed cone of vision shall be provided at exits from parking lots and/or garages so that pedestrians and other vehicular traffic can be properly seen. This cone shall be determined by a point eight feet behind any sidewalk or walk area or a point twenty feet from the edge of the through roadway, whichever provides the larger field of vision. Any landscaping, fencing or walls located closer than eight feet from the nearest sidewalk line or twenty feet from the nearest roadway edge shall not exceed twenty-four inches in height along any side having a driveway exit to a street. (Ord. 1995-28. Passed 5-17-95.)
(i) The parking of a recreational vehicle, boat trailer and/or travel trailer or utility trailer in a residential area is prohibited except when:
(1) Such vehicle is intended for pleasure purposes only, and is not part of a business; and
(2) Such vehicle is uninhabited; and
(3) Such vehicle is parked in the rear or side yards; and
(4) Such vehicle is at least five feet from any adjoining property line.
However, nothing contained herein shall prohibit the parking of a recreational vehicle in violation of subsection (i)(1) to (4) hereof for a period of time not to exceed four (4) days for cleaning, loading, unloading, minor maintenance, or preparation of the recreational vehicle for recreational use or storage.
(Ord. 2021-56. Passed 11-17-21.)
(j) A property owner who has failed to comply with subsection (i) herein shall receive a notice of violation in compliance with Section 1125.04(e). The notice shall state the nature of the violation and identify the measures necessary to correct the violation. The notice shall also state that there will be no further warnings for subsequent violations, and that subsequent violations shall cause a citation to be issued and penalties to be levied in accordance with Section 1133.99. The Zoning Inspector shall not be required to comply with the notice provisions of Section 1125.04(e) for violations subsequent to the notification of a violation of subsection (i) hereof as provided for herein. (Ord. 1995-28. Passed 5-17-95.)
(k) Loading facilities shall be designed so that trucks do not back in or out of major streets or use any street for parking.
(l) Truck facilities shall include off-street parking areas for trailers awaiting pick-up or arriving after hours.
(Ord. 1973-44. Passed 12-18-73; Ord. 1995-28. Passed 5-17-95.)
(m) (1) In all zoning districts within the Municipality, no resident or property owner shall park, or allow to be parked, any vehicle upon front yard areas as defined in Section 1123.01(121). Except that parking or standing of a vehicle is permitted on a portion of a front yard that is a driveway, graded and provided with a hard surface of granulated material, asphalt, portland cement concrete, brick or decorative stone. Nothing contained herein shall alleviate other parking or standing restrictions contained in these Codified Ordinances with regard to recreational vehicles, boat trailers and/or boats, travel trailers and utility trailers.
(Ord. 2022-10. Passed 3-2-22.)
(2) A property owner who has failed to comply with subsection (m)(1) hereof shall receive a notice of violation in accordance with Section 1125.04(e). The notice shall state the nature of the violation, and identify the measures necessary to correct the violation. The notice shall also state that there will be no further warnings for subsequent violations, and that penalties will be imposed for subsequent violations. Any violation subsequent to receipt of such notice shall cause a citation to be issued and penalties to be levied in accordance with Section 1133.99. The Zoning Inspector shall not be required to comply with notice provisions of Section 1125.04(e) for violations subsequent to notification after violation of subsection (m)(1) hereof.
(Ord. 1993-55. Passed 11-3-93; Ord. 1995-28. Passed 5-17-95.)