(A) Except as provided in this section, all off-street parking and loading spaces, access and aisles shall be provided with a pavement or an asphalt surface treatment within one year of the issuance of the building permit. Off-street parking in one- and two-family residential districts shall be provided with an all-weather surface within one year of the issuance of the building permit.
(B) Uses listed in §§ 159.098 through 159.100 of this chapter, inclusive, shall provide parking and loading in the amounts specified and at locations specified for the group in which such use falls. For any use not listed, the City Inspector or his or her designee shall determine the proper requirement by classifying the proposed use among the uses specified herein so as to assure equal treatment. In making any such determination, the City Inspector or his or her designee shall follow the principles set forth in the statement of purpose for the parking and loading provisions.
(C) For the purpose of this subchapter, a parking space shall be at least 180 square feet in size and shall be of easily usable and convenient shape, orientation and grade. Each such space shall be readily accessible, and aisles required for access to any space shall not be counted in meeting the requirements for spaces. Loading spaces shall be at least 12 feet wide and 60 feet long for industrial- and warehouse- type uses, but may be 12 feet wide and 30 feet long for retail, service and institutional establishments. Aisles adequate to accommodate the maneuvering into position of such vehicles shall be provided accessory to such space or spaces. Specified distances from the principal use for which a parking space is provided shall be measured from the edge of the useable parking space to a normal entrance to the building or use along a convenient and unobstructed pedestrian route.
(D) Required parking spaces for multiple-family dwellings shall not be provided within a required front yard or a required side yard at a corner without special permission of the City Council.
(Prior Code, § Q-3-103)