A. Joint Parking Facilities: Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures, or uses, or for mixed uses may be provided collectively in any zoning district, and in accordance with subsection B of this section, in which separate parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted; provided, that the total number of spaces so located together shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use.
B. Off-Site Facilities: All off-street parking facilities shall be located on the same lot, or on a lot adjacent to or across a public street or alley from the building, structure, or use which they are required to serve. When such facilities are provided elsewhere than on the lot on which the principal use served is located, they shall be in the same possession, either by deed or long-term lease, as the property occupied by such principal use. The required number of parking spaces must be maintained during the existence of said principal use. (Ord., 4-26-1978)
C. Design And Maintenance Standards: Standards for the design and maintenance of off-street parking facilities shall be as follows:
1. Description Of Parking Space: A required off-street parking space shall be an area of not less than nine feet wide by twenty feet long (9' x 20'), exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office and work areas, accessible from streets or alleys or from private driveways or aisles leading to streets or alleys, and shall be used for the storage or parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles under one and one- half (11/2) tons' capacity. (Ord., 4-26-1978; amd. 2001 Code)
2. Calculation Of Number Of Spaces: When determination of the number of required off-street parking spaces results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction, up to and including one-half (1/2), shall be disregarded, and any fraction over one-half (1/2) shall be interpreted as one parking space.
3. Access: Parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic. No driveway or curb cut in any district shall exceed twenty five feet (25') in width.
4. Signs: No signs shall be displayed in any parking area within any residential district except such as may be necessary for the orderly use of the parking facilities.
5. Required Setbacks: No off-street parking lot or area, other than a residential driveway, established on the same lot with a building shall be located within a required front yard. No parking lot or area nor portion thereof, established on a lot without a building, shall be located closer to any street line than the established building line on adjacent properties nor closer than the front yard setback required for the district in which the parking lot is located.
6. Surfacing: All open off-street parking areas and driveways, except those accessory to single-family dwellings, shall be improved by constructing with either:
a. Six inches (6") of compacted gravel base surfaced with two inches (2") of asphaltic concrete; or
b. Six inches (6") of concrete laid over a firm base. (Ord., 4-26-1978)
7. Screening And Landscaping: Within or adjacent to a residential district, all open off-street parking areas for six (6) or more cars shall be effectively screened by a wall, a privacy fence restricting visibility, or a densely planted compact hedge along any side which is adjacent to property in residential use unless that use is across a public street or alley from such parking area. (Ord., 4-26-1978; amd. 2001 Code)
8. Lighting: Any parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining property.
D. Special Use Public Parking Areas: Any automobile parking area developed for transient trade, and not accessory to specific main uses or groups of uses for which parking is required by this title shall be treated as a "special use", as defined in chapter 5 of this title and as approved by the city council. (Ord., 4-26-1978)