In the Central Business District, off-street parking shall be provided for permitted principal uses as follows.
(A) Off-street parking spaces shall not be required to be provided in conjunction with offices, retail sales establishments, services establishments and dwelling units as enumerated in § 155.136. Off-street parking areas that are provided in conjunction with these uses, however, must be constructed in conformance with the standards set forth below in divisions (C) and (D) below.
(B) (1) Off-street parking spaces for civic and recreation uses shall be provided in quantities not less than set forth in the following schedule:
Principal Use | Required Spaces |
Art galleries, libraries, museums | 10 plus 1 additional for each 300 square of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet |
Church or other place of worship | 1 for each 5 seats in the main assembly room |
Fraternal organizations, private clubs | 1 for each 5 seats in the main auditorium or assembly room; if eating and drinking are provided on site, then off-street parking shall be 1 for each 50 square feet of gross floor area |
Gaming and recreational facilities | 1 parking space for every 5 machines on the premises |
Indoor theaters | 1 for each 5 seats in the main auditorium |
(2) A building occupied by one use shall provide off-street parking as required for the specific use.
(3) A building or a group of buildings occupied by two or more uses shall provide spaces for not less than the sum of the spaces required for each use.
(C) Each side of a parking area in the Central Business District which is less than ten feet from a street right-of-way line shall be effectively screened with dense, evergreen hedges. Such hedges shall not be less than two feet or more than six feet in height.
(D) All required off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot as the use served.
(E) Each use shall be permitted one two-way access driveway or two one-way access driveways for each 75 feet of street and alley frontage of the lot occupied by that use. Such access driveways shall be at least ten feet, but not more than 12 feet, in width for each direction, and shall not be located less than 15 feet from any other access driveway which intersects the same street or alley as the proposed access driveway.
(F) Off-street parking areas shall be so designed that all required parking spaces are accessible and that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on any street, alley or sidewalk.
(G) Adequate area shall be provided on each lot for the accumulation of snow which is removed from the off-street parking areas located on that lot.
(H) If a lot is already built upon, then the required off-street parking spaces for any new use built upon the same lot shall be provided only within the area remaining after all applicable yard, lot coverage lot area and off-street parking requirements have been applied to the existing use.
(I) A parking garage or carport which faces a street or an alley shall be located at least 20 feet from the right-of-way line of such street or alley.
(Ord. 2052, passed 9-3-1998; Ord. 2317, passed 12-21-2006)