A. Accessible off-street parking and loading areas shall be provided and maintained for all uses based on the anticipated occupancy of a given building, structure, or area of land.
B. The requirements of this Chapter shall be applied and evidence of compliance provided prior to issuance of any building permit, certificate of occupancy, business license or other approval by the City which would authorize the construction or expansion of any building or structure or any change in type or intensity of use or occupancy which would require an increase in the number of parking spaces provided.
C. At the time an existing use is expanded or changed to another use, the regulations apply only to that portion of the development initiated after adoption of the ordinance in 1984, with the following exceptions:
1. No existing parking spaces may be eliminated to accommodate new development, except for those spaces which may exceed the number of spaces required for the existing use and the proposed new development combined.
2. No existing parking spaces may be counted toward the number of spaces required for new development (or a change of use), except that the total number of spaces provided need not exceed the number required for the existing use and the proposed new use or development combined.
D. When an existing use provides inadequate parking according to adopted code, and a change is proposed to a use which requires even more parking, an incremental increase in parking shall be provided which is equal to the difference between what is required for the old use and the new use. Example - 5000 square-feet of retail space (17 spaces required) being converted to a restaurant seating 60 people (20 spaces required) must provide 3 more spaces.
(Ord. 823-2016 § 26 (part), 2016)