(a) Utilization. Required off street parking facilities as listed in Section 1175.02
shall be solely for the parking of motor vehicles in operating condition, or patrons, occupants, of employees of such uses.
(b) Size. A required off street parking space shall be at least ten feet in width and at least twenty feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, office, or work areas.
(c) Access. Each required off street parking 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 parking 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.
(d) Required Yards. Structures and buildings containing off street parking shall be subject to the yard requirements applicable in the district in which located. Off street parking areas open to the sky may be located on any yard, except that:
(1) In any "R" District, off street parking shall not be located in any required set backs.
(2) In any "R" or "B-1" District on a corner lot devoted to a residential use, the off street parking shall not be located closer to the side lot line bounding a street than the minimum side yard width prescribed by the development standards for the district.
(3) If a lot is devoted to a nonresidential use and if its front lot line, side lot line, or rear lot line separates the lot from a lot in a Residential District, the off street parking facilities located thereon shall not be closer to such lot line than the minimum front yard depth, side yard width, or rear yard depth prescribed by the development standard for the district.
(e) Location. All required parking spaces shall be located as follows:
(1) In any "R" or "B-1" District on the same lot as the building or use served, or a contiguous parcel, or within 300 feet of the nearest point of the principal structure.
(2) In a Business District (except a "B-1" District) on the same lot as the building or use served, or a contiguous parcel, or within 400 feet of the principal structure.
(3) In any Industrial District on the same lot as the building or use served, or a contiguous parcel, or within 1,000 feet of the nearest point of the principal structures, provided, however, that no off street parking facilities for a business or industrial use shall be located in a Residential District.
(f) Restricted Parking Lots; Conditional Use. Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (e) hereof, the Board of Zoning Appeals may permit the use of lots in a Residential or Office District as restricted parking lots.
(1) The Board's approval of a restricted parking lot must be based on a finding that:
A. The parcel to be used is located not more than fifty feet from the parcel on which is located the land use requiring such parking facilities.
B. The parking lot shall be for use in connection with an office, business, or industrial use located in the adjacent Business or Industrial District and shall be used solely for the parking of passenger vehicles.
C. The parking lot shall not be used for repair work or vehicle servicing or loading of any kind, and no advertising signs of any kind shall be erected on the lot.
D. The parking lot shall be closed between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except as may be otherwise permitted by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(2) Application for a Conditional Use Certificate shall be treated, processed, noticed, and heard in the manner prescribed for in Section 1183.06
.
(3) The Board shall impose further conditions, such as screening and landscaping, as may be deemed necessary and appropriate, in order to reduce the adverse effect of a parking lot upon the preservation of the residential character and development of the Residential District in which the parking lot is proposed to be located.
(Ord. 74-8. Passed 10-3-74.)