All off-street parking shall meet the following requirements:
(A) Number. Minimum number of off-street parking spaces required:
(1) None required in C-2 District;
(2) Dwellings: one per dwelling unit;
(3) Churches, auditoriums, mortuaries and other similar places of assembly: one per every four seats;
(4) Sanatoriums, convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes: one per every six beds; and
(5) Retail trade commerce other than in C-2 District:
(a) Restaurants: one per every three seats; and
(b) Other retail: one per every 100 square feet of retail floor space, but in no case less than one and one-half (gross parking area) to one (gross building floor area).
(6) Retail service commerce other than in C-2 District:
(a) Motels: one per unit;
(b) Personal and professional offices: one per every 150 square feet of office floor space; and
(c) Other service commerce: one per every 200 square feet of gross floor space.
(7) Industrial including wholesale: one per every two persons of maximum employment during any work period.
(B) Minimum size of parking space: 250 square feet of standing and maneuvering space. Fractional spaces over one-half count as one space.
(C) Location. Parking spaces shall be located in the following ways:
(1) Spaces for dwellings: on the same lot as the dwelling unit;
(2) Spaces for commercial uses not in the C-2 District or for public or semi-public uses: within 300 feet of the main entrance of the building served;
(3) Spaces for industrial uses: within 300 feet of the main entrance of the building being served; and
(4) No off-street parking spaces to be located within five feet of any street right-of-way.
(D) Surfacing and drainage. Off-street parking areas and accessways other than those for one and two family dwellings shall be surfaced with a durable material to control dust, and shall be graded so as to dispose of all surface water.
(E) Screening. All open off-street parking areas having more than six parking spaces shall be effectively screened by a compact hedge or a similar landscaped element along all sides which adjoin or are directly across a street or alley from a property in a residence district.
(2003 Code, § 9.51-13)