Off-street parking space shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use for which provided, except as otherwise specifically provided.
(A) Special location plan.
(1) Off-street parking. Pursuant to the procedure hereinafter set forth in § 35.04 of this chapter, either part or all of the required off-street parking space may be located off the lot of the use for which the space is provided. The following limitations shall apply to the “special location plan”.
(2) Separation from use. Off-street parking shall be located as hereinafter specified; where a distance is specified, such distance shall be the walking distance measured from the nearest point of the parking facility to the nearest point of the building that such facility is required to serve. In all Commercial Districts, parking facilities shall be located within 300 feet of the building they are required to serve. In all Industrial Districts, parking facilities shall be located within 600 feet of the building they are required to serve.
(B) Application. All applications for approval of a “special location plan” hereunder shall be filed with the Board by the owners of the entire land area to be included within the “special location plan”, the owner or owners of all structures then existing on said land area and all encumbrances of said land area; shall contain sufficient evidence to establish to the satisfaction of the Board that the applicants are the owners and encumbrances of the designated land and structures; shall contain such information and representation required by this chapter or deemed necessary; and shall include plans showing the following details: the location of the uses or structures for which off-street parking space is required and the location at which the off-street parking space is to be provided.
(C) Parking lot setbacks. In the “SA”, “R-1”, “R-2” and “R-3” Districts, for single-family and duplex structures, no vehicle shall be parked in any front yard except upon a regularly constructed driveway. Parking lots for all other uses shall be setback the distance indicated in the chart below. Parking lots may be allowed in the front yard in an “SA”, “R-1”, “R-2” or R-3” District if authorized by the Board of Adjustment and provided that the district does not require that the front yard be landscaped and devoted to no other use, and further provided that the parking is in accordance with all other chapter provisions. In Commercial and Industrial Districts, parking lots shall be setback as indicated in the chart below for each yard:
District | Front | Side | Rear |
District | Front | Side | Rear |
SA | 30 feet | 10 feet | 30 feet |
R-1 | 30 feet | 8 feet | 30 feet |
R-2 | 25 feet | 5 feet | 30 feet |
R-3 | 25 feet | 5 feet | 15 feet |
C-1 | 20 feet | 5 feet | 5 feet |
C-2 | 0 feet | 5 feet | 5 feet |
C-3 | 15 feet | 5 feet | 5 feet |
C-4 | 15 feet | 5 feet | 15 feet |
C/I | 10 feet | 5 feet | 10 feet |
I-1 | 25 feet | 5 feet | 10 feet |
I-2 | 25 feet | 5 feet | 10 feet |
(D) Landscaping requirements. One tree for each seven parking spaces provided on site shall be planted and maintained in the front yard or within the parking lot. All trees shall be at least six feet tall at the time of planting. For all vehicle use areas greater then 4,000 square feet, an area equivalent to a minimum of 6% of the total vehicular use area shall be landscaped. The required landscaping shall be located in the interior of the vehicular use area. The interior landscaping may be provided in the corners of the parking area, islands and strip plantings. All vehicular use areas must terminate at least five feet from any exterior building wall. An exception may be made where it is necessary to cross the non-vehicular use area to gain access to the building and for drive up facilities, such as banks and restaurants.
(E) Parkway. No parking shall be permitted between the property line and the curb line or edge of the pavement or roadway in the event no curb exists.
(F) Combined space. Off-street parking space shall be provided for each use. However, two or more uses located on the same zoning lot may jointly provide for one combined parking facility.
(1) Where off-street parking space is combined and used jointly by two or more uses having different standards for determining amount of off-street parking space required, the parking space shall be adequate in area to provide the sum total of off-street parking space requirements of all such uses.
(2) Where off-street parking space is combined and used jointly by two or more uses having the same standard for determining the amount of off-street parking space required, all such uses, for the purposes of this subsection, shall be considered a single unit and the gross floor area of all such uses in all structures on the same lot or the number of employees of all such uses in all structures on the same lot as fixed by the applicable standard, shall be taken as a single total for the purpose of determining the amount of off-street parking space required.
(G) Sharing of space. Two or more uses may share the same off-street parking space if the schedules of operation of all such uses are such that none of the uses sharing the space requires the off-street parking space at the same time as any other use sharing the space. Each such use that is sharing space shall be considered as having provided such shared space individually.
(H) Design, development and maintenance. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area, including a commercial parking lot and also an automobile or trailer sales lot, shall be designed, developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) Shall not be used for the sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies, except when parking is a permitted principal or special use;
(2) Shall be provided with an all-weather surfacing maintained, at all times, in such a manner as to prevent the release of dust and to be free of dust, trash and debris;
(3) Shall be pitch and drained so as to prevent the flow of water from such areas onto adjoining property or onto streets or alleys that have no drainage facilities;
(4) All weather surfacing shall be equivalent to a minimum of two inches of asphaltic concrete placed over a suitable rolled stone base;
(5) Within the “I-1” and “I-2” Zoning Districts, or “P/M” with a use on review, only those parking areas and driveways located between the building line and the street right-of-way shall be required to be surfaced with an all-weather surfacing. All other parking areas and driveways located behind the building line may be a rock surface that is treated and maintained with oil, calcium chloride, seal coat or other equivalent type material, which creates a dust free surface and is kept free of weeds and other vegetation;
(6) The driveway approach from the edge of the street slab to the right-of-way line shall be constructed of PCC concrete with a four-foot wide sidewalk delineated through the approach. The Zoning Administrator or City Engineer, or their designee, prior to construction, shall approve the proposed approach width, location, radii and overall design. All existing driveways with a rock surface shall have PCC concrete approaches constructed by no later then December 31, 2002;
(7) All existing driveways and parking areas located between the property line and the building setback line, which do not currently meet the all weather surface requirements, shall be brought into compliance by no later then December 31, 2009;
(8) Storage areas located in the “I-1” and “I-2” Zoning Districts, or “P/M” with a use on review, for the storage of materials and equipment used or produced in the conduct of the business and for which access to the area is restricted to employees of the company only, may be a rock surface that is treated and maintained with oil, calcium chloride, sealcoat or other equivalent type material, which creates a dust free surface and is kept free of weeds and other vegetation. Any driveway necessary to access the storage area must meet the all-weather surfacing requirements of parking areas; and
(9) (a) All parking areas shall been designed and laid out according to the parking table below included in these regulations. All required parking spaces shall be delineated by durable painted stripes. If a one-way parking layout is used, then directional arrows or signs shall be provided at parking lot entry points. Entrance driveways shall be a minimum of 12 feet wide for a one-way drive and 24 feet for a driveway having two-way traffic.
(b) For residential zoned properties the width of the driveway shall not exceed 30 feet, measured at the street side of the sidewalk, and 36 feet at the curb line. For commercial zoned properties, the width of the driveway shall not exceed 36 feet measured at the street side of the sidewalk (or where the sidewalk would normally be located if no sidewalk exists) and 42 feet at the curb line. For industrial zoned properties, the maximum width shall be 45 feet measured at the sidewalk or property line with a maximum radius on the driveway of 25 feet.
(c) In all cases noted above, if a detailed engineering analysis can show that alternative widths can be justified in order to avoid having vehicle turning movements into opposing lanes, the City Engineer and Zoning Administrator will consider alternative widths.
(Ord. 2023-09, passed 3-20-2023)