A. Approval Required: No use shall provide on site parking for more than two hundred percent (200%) of the number of spaces required by this chapter unless permitted by specific action of the commission. Applications for parking in excess of that normally permitted will be heard by the commission as part of other applications, or, where no other application is pertinent, under the notice and hearing procedures set forth for design review.
B. Criteria: The commission shall consider the following criteria when evaluating any application for parking in excess of that normally permitted. Applicants are required to satisfy at least four (4) of the following criteria:
1. The excess parking area will be commonly used for public interests such as park and ride or carpool lots. The property owner will be permitted to reserve the use of the parking area twelve (12) days in any calendar year.
2. The excess parking area provided would relieve or help to relieve a substantial shortage of parking within an eight hundred foot (800') radius.
3. The excess parking area will not be adjacent to a public right of way, and will be separated from the right of way by a building.
4. The excess parking area is part of an overall development scheme which compensates for insufficient parking in other portions of the same development.
5. The excess parking area will be used as an alternate facility, such as a basketball court or skateboard park, when not in use as an overflow parking area. The property owner will be permitted to reserve the use of the parking area twelve (12) days in any calendar year.
6. The excess parking area will surfaced with an alternative and attractive material. (Ord. 1191, 2015)