§ 156.065 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   Rules for computing number of parking spaces. In computing the number of parking spaces required for each of the uses herein described, 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 singular nature.
      (4)   Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this chapter 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, such 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 chapter 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.
   (B)   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 (A) of this section), off-street parking spaces in accordance with the following requirements:
      (1)   Residential use requirements:
         (a)   Single-family dwellings: Two parking spaces per dwelling unit.
         (b)   Multiple-family dwellings: Two parking spaces per dwelling unit.
         (c)   Manufactured homes: Two parking spaces per dwelling unit.
      (2)   Non-residential use requirements:
         (a)   Barber and beauty shops: Two parking spaces per barber or beauty chair.
         (b)   Bowling alley: Five parking spaces for each alley.
         (c)   Business or professional office, studio, or bank: Three parking spaces plus one additional parking space for 200 square feet of floor area over 500.
         (d)   Child day care center: One storage space for loading and unloading children per every three children based on the center's child capacity plus one parking space for every employee.
         (e)   Church or other place of worship: One parking space for each four seats in the main auditorium.
         (f)   Community center, library, museum or art gallery: Ten parking spaces plus one additional space for each 300 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 four seats that it contains.
         (g)   Dance hall, assembly or exhibition hall without fixed seats: One parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area used therefor.
         (h)   Drive-in banks: Eight storage spaces per every teller window designed to serve drive- in patrons to be provided in the approach lane to each drive-in window or in a common reservoir storage area; provided it does not interfere with other required off-street parking plus one parking space per every three employees.
         (i)   Drive-in cleaners and other similar drive-in facilities not herein specified: Three storage spaces for every drive-in window designed to serve drive-in patrons to be provided in the approach lane to each service window or in a common reservoir storage area; provided it does not interfere with other off-street parking plus one parking space per every three employees.
         (j)   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 300 square feet of floor area over 1,000.
         (k)   Gasoline service station: Two parking spaces per each service stall (a service stall being an area for vehicles maintenance not including washing stalls or areas for pumping gasoline), plus two spaces for employees.
         (l)   Hospital: Four parking spaces plus one additional parking space for each four beds.
         (m)   Hotel: One parking space for each two sleeping rooms or suites plus one space for each 200 square feet of commercial floor area contained therein.
         (n)   Laundromats and self-service dry cleaning establishments. One parking space per every two washing and/or dry cleaning machines.
         (o)   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 on the maximum working shift plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith, but not less than one parking space for each 600 square feet of floor area.
         (p)   Medical professional services (medical or dental clinics and offices): One parking space per every 200 square feet of gross floor area.
         (q)   Mortuary or funeral home: One parking space for each 50 square feet of floor space in slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms.
         (r)   Motor-vehicle salesrooms and used car lots: One parking space for each 800 square feet of sales floor or lot area;
         (s)   Offices of non-medical professional services and financial institutions (financial and business offices, banks, offices of lawyers, architects, engineers, and the like): One parking space per every 300 square feet of gross floor area.
         (t)   Private club, lodge, country club or golf club: One parking space for each 150 square feet of floor area or for every five members, whichever is greater.
         (u)   Night club, cafe or similar recreation or amusement establishment: One parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area.
         (v)   Retail store or personal service establishment, except as otherwise specified herein: One parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
         (w)   Rooming or boarding house: One parking space for each two sleeping rooms.
         (x)   Sanitarium, convalescent home, home for the aged or similar institution: One parking space for each six beds.
         (y)   School, elementary: One parking space for each ten seats in the auditorium or main assembly room or one space for each classroom, whichever is greater.
         (z)   School, secondary: One parking space for each eight seats in the main auditorium or three spaces for each classroom, whichever is greater.
         (aa)   Supermarkets, convenience grocery stores, or self-service food stores containing over 2,500 square feet of gross floor area: One parking space per every 150 square feet of gross floor area.
         (bb) Theater, auditorium (except school), sports arena, stadium, or gymnasium: One parking space for each four seats or bench seating spaces.
         (cc)   Tourist home, cabin or motel: One parking space for each sleeping room or suite.
         (dd)   Vehicular washing facilities: Three storage spaces per every washing stall to be provided in the approach lane to each washing stall.
         (ee)   Warehousing, manufacturing and industrial concerns with retail business on premises: One parking space per every 300 square feet of gross floor area.
         (ff)   Restaurants with dine in facilities only: One parking space for each 100 square feet of dining area.
         (gg)   Restaurants with limited dine in facilities and a drive thru purveyance: One parking space for each 200 square feet of dining area.
   (C)   Location of parking spaces.
      (1)   All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot with the building or use served, except as follows:
         (a)   Where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use or where such 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.
         (b)   Not more than 50% of the parking spaces required for theaters, bowling alleys, dance halls, night clubs or cafes, nor more than 80% of the parking spaces required for a church or school auditorium may be provided and used by banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as such theaters, bowling alleys, dance halls, night clubs or cafes, or church or school auditoriums; provided, however, that written agreement thereto is properly, executed and filed as specified below.
      (2)   In any case where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such 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 dimension for off-street parking.
      (1)   Ninety degree angle parking. Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide nor less than 19 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 ten feet wide perpendicular to the parking angle nor less than 19 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 22 feet perpendicular to the building or parking line.
      (3)   Forty-five degree angle parking. Each parking space shall be not less than 12 feet wide perpendicular to the parking angle nor less than 19 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.
      (4)   Alley parking. 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)   Additional parking space. 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, they 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 District B-2, one loading space for the first 5,000 to 15,000 square feet of floor area in the building and one additional loading space for each 15,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, of floor area in excess of 15,000 square feet.
      (2)   Each required loading space shall have a minimum area of at least 50 feet in depth, 12 feet in width and with an overhang clearance of not less than 14 feet, exclusive of access, platform, or maneuvering area to be used exclusively for loading and unloading of merchandise.
(Ord. 100, passed 12-12-78)
   (F)   Minimum standards. All residential dwellings, commercial, and industrial buildings shall include provisions for adequate off-street parking to accommodate the parking needs for the type of occupancy for which the building is designed. However, in no case shall there be less than two off-street parking spaces provided which shall be constructed of all-weather material such as asphalt, gravel, concrete, and the like.
(`88 Code, Ch. 3, § 16.00) (Ord. 260, passed 1-10-89; Am. Ord. 98-030, passed 9-22-98; Am. Ord. O-2023-005, passed 2-28-23) Penalty, see § 156.999