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Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be subject to the front yard, side yard and rear yard regulations for the use district in which the parking is located; except that:
(A) In a B-1, Limited Business District, parking or loading space shall be located not less than ten feet from any property line;
(B) In a B-2, Service Business District, parking or loading space shall be located not less than ten feet from any property line;
(C) In a B-3 or B-4, Business District, parking or loading space shall be located not less than ten feet from any property line that abuts or is across the street from any of the classes of residence districts;
(D) In a B-5, Neighborhood Shopping Center, parking or loading space shall be located not less than ten feet from any property line;
(E) In a B-6, Sub-Regional Shopping Center, parking or loading space shall be located not less than 20 feet from any property line;
(F) In an I-1, Planned Industrial District, no parking, loading space or sign shall be located in any front yard or in any side yard or rear yard that abuts any of the classes of residence districts, and in no instance shall parking or loading space be located within ten feet of a side or rear property line, except for railroad loading areas;
(G) In an I-2, General Industrial District, and I-3, Planned Industrial District, parking or loading space shall be located not less than ten feet from any property line that abuts any of the classes of residence districts, except for railroad loading areas; and
(H) In an R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4 Zone, off-street parking areas for one- or two-family residences shall be in the rear, side yards, garage, carport, upon a well-defined driveway or in an area not to exceed 12 feet in width abutting the driveway on one side only in the front yard. The parking area designated in the front yard abutting the driveway shall not be less than three feet from the side lot line, and shall be surfaced with either concrete, asphalt or gravel.
(2002 Code, § 7.41) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 49, Third Series, effective 1-1-1981; Ord. 181, Third Series, effective 1-15-1989; Ord. 30, Third Series, effective 5-15-1991)
Off-street parking and loading areas near or adjoining residence districts shall be screened by a buffer fence of adequate design or a planting buffer screen; plans of the screen or fence shall be submitted for approval as a part of the required site or plot plan and the fence or landscaping shall be installed as a part of the initial construction.
(2002 Code, § 7.41) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 49, Third Series, effective 1-1-1981; Ord. 181, Third Series, effective 1-15-1989; Ord. 30, Third Series, effective 5-15-1991) Penalty, see § 154.999
(A) Parking and loading space shall have proper access from a public right-of-way.
(B) The number and width of access drives shall be so located as to minimize traffic congestion and abnormal traffic hazard.
(C) In B-1, B-2 and B-3, Business Districts, direct access shall be provided to a thoroughfare as shown on the adopted city thoroughfare plan or to a related service road.
(D) Vehicular access to business or industrial uses across property in R-A, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5, Residence Districts, shall be prohibited.
(2002 Code, § 7.41) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 49, Third Series, effective 1-1-1981; Ord. 181, Third Series, effective 1-15-1989; Ord. 30, Third Series, effective 5-15-1991) Penalty, see § 154.999
(A) Required off-street parking space shall be provided on the same lot as the principal building or use, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter.
(B) Except that, off-street parking may be provided on adjacent lots or lots directly across the street from the principal building or use.
(2002 Code, § 7.41) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 49, Third Series, effective 1-1-1981; Ord. 181, Third Series, effective 1-15-1989; Ord. 30, Third Series, effective 5-15-1991) Penalty, see § 154.999
Combined or joint parking facilities may be provided for one or more buildings or uses in R-3, R-4 and R-5, Residence Districts, in B-1, B-2 and B-3, Business Districts, and in I-1 and I-2, Industrial Districts; provided that, the total number of spaces shall equal the sum of the requirements for each building or use.
(2002 Code, § 7.41) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 49, Third Series, effective 1-1-1981; Ord. 181, Third Series, effective 1-15-1989; Ord. 30, Third Series, effective 5-15-1991) Penalty, see § 154.999
(A) In any commercial or industrial district, establishments which pay or have paid an assessment for the provisions of off-street city parking lots shall be exempt from the provisions of this subchapter which refer to off-street parking.
(B) Due to the fact that municipal off-street parking is provided to serve the following described area, this area shall be exempt from the provisions of this subchapter which refer to off-street parking: the area bounded by Cavour Avenue on the north; Whitford and Friberg Avenues on the east; Washington Avenue on the south; and Vine Street on the west.
(2002 Code, § 7.41) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 49, Third Series, effective 1-1-1981; Ord. 181, Third Series, effective 1-15-1989; Ord. 30, Third Series, effective 5-15-1991)
(A) All parking areas and access drives, except those used for one- or two-family dwellings shall be surfaced with concrete or bituminous in conformance with the specifications of the city in all cases where the streets abutting the property are paved with bituminous or concrete. Gravel surface parking lots will be permitted in an I-3, Planned Industrial District, or where the only access is from a graveled street or alley. However, when the streets or alleys are subsequently paved, the lots and access drives in the abutting property shall also be paved accordingly.
(B) The owner of the principal building or property shall keep required parking, loading areas and driveways neat and accessible at all times, including the removal of snow and sanding of icy surfaces. When failure to comply with the above creates on-street parking problems, the city may cause to be removed from all required parking, loading areas and driveways, beginning 24 hours after snow has ceased to fall, all snow and sand, all ice which may be discovered thereon, and it shall keep a record of the cost of removal and the private property on which the accumulations were found and removed. The City Administrator shall, upon direction of the Council, extend the cost of removal or sanding as a special assessment against the lots or parcels which were cleared, and special assessments shall at the time of certifying taxes to the County Auditor be certified for collection as other special assessments are certified and collected. The City Administrator shall, in the alternative, upon direction of the Council, bring civil suit in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from the persons owning the lots or parcels which were cleared the cost of clearing and the costs and disbursements of a civil action therefor.
(2002 Code, § 7.41) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 49, Third Series, effective 1-1-1981; Ord. 181, Third Series, effective 1-15-1989; Ord. 30, Third Series, effective 5-15-1991) Penalty, see § 154.999
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