No building or structure shall be erected, substantially altered, or its use changed unless permanently maintained off-street parking and loading spaces have been provided in accordance with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance.
(a) Existing Buildings. The provisions of this chapter, except where there is a change of use, shall not apply to any existing building or structure.
(b) Change in Permitted Use. A permitted use that does not meet the parking requirements of this chapter may be converted to another permitted use without full compliance with the required number of parking spaces provided:
(1) The applicant provides the maximum amount of parking, loading, or stacking spaces possible without being required to remove or partially remove a structure or required landscaping or buffers.
(2) If a structure or a portion of a structure is voluntarily removed, the resulting area shall be used to provide the additional parking, loading, or stacking spaces necessary towards fulfilling the minimum requirements of this chapter.
(c) Expansions and Enlargements. Structures enlarged so as to increase the floor area, seating capacity, dwelling units, or otherwise increasing the unit of measurement used to determine the number of required parking spaces by more than twenty-five percent (25%) shall provide additional off-street parking spaces necessary for the enlargement, but shall not be required to remove any pre-existing parking deficit for the structure and use prior to the enlargement.
(d) Downtown Parking Exemption. Parking is not required in the Central Business District (CB) zoning district except for the following uses: dwellings, and lodging.
(Ord. 30-22. Passed 12-12-22.)