(A) Parking requirements based on use. In all districts there shall be provided at the time any building or structure is erected or structurally altered (except as provided in division (B) below), off-street parking spaces in accordance with the following requirements.
(1) Bowling lanes, six parking spaces for each lane.
(2) Business or professional office, studio, bank, medical or dental clinic, four parking spaces plus one additional parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area over 500.
(3) Church or other place of worship, one parking space for each three seats in the main auditorium.
(4) Community center, library, museum or art gallery, ten parking spaces plus one additional space for each 700 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet. If an auditorium is included as a part of the building, its floor area shall be deducted from the total and additional parking provided on the basis of one space for each three seats that it contains.
(5) Dance hall, assembly or exhibition hall without fixed seats, one parking space for each 75 square feet of floor area used therefor.
(6) Dwellings, including single-, two-family and multi-family, two parking space for each dwelling unit.
(7) Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service, clothing or shoe repair or service shop, two parking spaces plus one additional parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area over 1,000.
(8) Hospital, four parking spaces plus one additional parking space for each four beds.
(9) Hotels or motels, one parking space for each sleeping room or suite, plus one space for each 200 square feet of commercial floor area contained therein.
(10) Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, creamery, bottling plant, warehouse, printing or plumbing shop, or similar establishment, one parking space for each two employees working on the premises plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith, but not less than one parking space for each 400 square feet of floor area.
(11) Mortuary or funeral home, one parking snare for each 50 square feet of floor space in slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms.
(12) Motor-vehicles salesrooms and used car lots, one parking space for each 600 square feet of sales floor or lot area.
(13) Private club, lodge, country club or golf club, one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area or for every four members, whichever is greater.
(14) Retail store or personal service establishment, except as otherwise specified herein, one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
(15) Restaurant, night club, café or similar recreation or amusement establishment, one parking space for each 80 square feet of floor area.
(16) Rooming or boarding house, one parking space for each sleeping room.
(17) Sanitarium, convalescent home, home for the aged or similar institution, one parking space for each four beds.
(18) School, elementary, one parking space for each eight seats in the auditorium or main assembly room, or one space for each classroom, whichever is greater.
(19) School, secondary and college, one parking space for each six seats in the main auditorium or four spaces for each classroom, whichever is greater.
(20) Theater, auditorium (except school), sports arena, stadium or gymnasium, one parking space for each three seats or bench seating spaces.
(21) Tourist home, cabin or motel, one parking space for each sleeping room or suite.
(B) Rules for computing number of parking spaces. In computing the number of parking spaces required for each of the above uses, the following rules shall govern.
(1) FLOOR AREA shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use.
(2) Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the nearest whole number.
(3) The parking space requirement, for a use not specifically mentioned herein, shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.
(4) Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this subchapter is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, to create a need for an increase of 10% or more in the number of existing parking spaces, those spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use existing prior to the effective date of this subchapter is enlarged to the extent of 50% or more in floor area or in the area used, the building or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking requirements set forth herein.
(5) In the case of mixed uses, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately.
(C) Location of parking spaces. All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot with the building or use served, except as follows.
(1) Where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use or where the spaces are provided collectively or used jointly by two or more buildings or establishments, the required spaces may be located not to exceed 300 feet from an institutional building served and not to exceed 500 feet from any other non-residential building served.
(2) Not more than 50% of the parking spaces required for:
(a) Theaters, bowling lanes, dance halls, night clubs or cafes, and not more than 80% of the parking spaces required for a church or school auditorium may be provided and used; and
(b) Banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as those listed in division (C)(1)(a) above; provided, however, that written agreement thereto is properly, executed and filed as specified below.
(3) In case where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where the spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement thereby assuring their retention for such purposes, shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form by the City Attorney and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.
(D) Minimum dimensions for off-street parking.
(1) Ninety degree angle parking: each parking space shall be not less than eight feet wide nor less than 18 feet in length, maneuvering space shall be in addition to parking space and shall be not less than 24 feet perpendicular to the building or parking line.
(2) Sixty degree angle parking: each parking space shall be not less than eight feet wide, perpendicular to the parking angle, not less than 17 feet in length when measured at right angles to the building or parking line. Maneuvering space shall be in addition to parking space and shall be not less than 20 feet perpendicular to the building or parking line.
(3) Forty-five degree angle parking: each parking space shall be not less than eight feet wide, perpendicular to the parking angle, nor less than 16 feet in length when measured at right angles to the building or parking line. Maneuvering space shall be in addition to parking space and shall be not less than 18 feet perpendicular to the building or parking line.
(4) When off-street parking facilities are located adjacent to a public alley, the width of the alley may be assumed to be a portion of the maneuvering space requirement.
(5) Where off-street parking facilities are provided in excess of the minimum amounts herein specified, or when off-street parking facilities are provided but not required by this subchapter, the off-street parking facilities shall comply with the minimum requirements for parking and maneuvering space herein specified.
(E) Off-street loading space. Every building or part thereof erected or occupied for retail business, service, manufacturing, storage, warehousing, hotel, mortuary or any other use similarly involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, shall provide and maintain on the same premises loading space in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) In the District CR, one loading space for each 10,000 feet or fraction thereof, of floor area in the building;
(2) In District CI, one loading space for the first 5,000 square feet of floor area in the building and one additional loading space for each 10,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, of floor area in excess of 5,000 square feet; and
(3) Each required loading space shall have a minimum size of 12 feet by 30 feet.
(Ord. 3-86, passed 6-12-1986)