(A) General provisions.
(1) Procedure. An application for a building permit for a new or enlarged building, structure, or use shall include therewith a plot plan, drawn to scale, and fully dimensioned showing any off-street parking or loading facilities to be provided to be provided in compliance with the requirements of this section.
(2) Extent of control. The off-street parking and loading requirements of this section shall apply as follows.
(a) All buildings and structures erected and all land uses shall provide accessory off-street parking or loading facilities as required hereinafter for the use thereof.
(b) When a building or structure erected or enlarged prior to or after the effective date of this section shall undergo a decrease in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required off-street parking and loading spaces through application of the provisions of this section, off-street parking and loading facilities may be reduced accordingly, provided that existing off-street parking and loading facilities are so decreased only when the facilities remaining would at least equal or exceed the off-street parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this section to the entire building or structure as modified.
(c) When a building or structure undergoes any increase in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required off-street parking or loading facilities and, further, when the increase will result in a requirement for additional total off-street parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this section, parking and loading facilities shall be increased so that the facilities will at least equal or exceed the off-street parking and loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this section to the entire building or structure as modified.
(3) Existing off-street parking and loading spaces. Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date of this section may not be reduced in number unless already exceeding the requirements herein for equivalent new construction; in which event, said spaces shall not be reduced below the number required herein for such equivalent new construction.
(B) Additional regulations.
(1) Joint parking facilities.
(a) Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures of uses, or for mixed uses may be provided collectively in any zoning district in which separate off-street parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted, provided that the total number of spaces so located together are not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use and not more than 300 feet from the lot on which the main building or use to be served in is located. 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 thereto assuring their retention for such purposes shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form and execution by the City Attorney or appointed legal advisor, and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.
(b) Not more than 50% of the parking spaces required for theaters and places of amusement and up to 100% of the parking spaces required for a church or school may be provided and used jointly by 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 (B)(1)(a) above; provided, however, written agreement assuring the retention for such purpose shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form and execution by the City Attorney, and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.
(2) Control of off-site facilities. When required, accessory off-street parking facilities are provided elsewhere than on the lot on which the principal use served is located, they shall be in the same possession, either by deed or long-term lease, as the property occupied by such principal use, and the owner shall be bound by covenants filed on record in the office of the City Clerk requiring the owner and his or her heirs and assignees to maintain the required number of off-street parking spaces during the existence of the principal use.
(3) Permitted districts for accessory parking. Accessory parking facilities provided elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served in accordance with the requirements below, may be located in any zoning district except as follows: no parking facilities accessory to a business or manufacturing use shall be located in a residential district where authorized by the corporate authorities as prescribed hereinafter.
(4) Non-residential parking in residential districts. Accessory off-street parking facilities serving non-residential uses of property may be permitted in any “R” District when authorized by the corporate authorities after review and study by the Zoning Commission, subject to the following requirements in addition to all other relevant requirements.
(a) The parking lot shall be accessory to and use in connection with one or more non-residential establishments located in adjoining districts or in connection with one or more existing professional or institutional office buildings of institutions, if the parking lot proposed is within 300 feet of the non-residential use which it is to serve.
(b) The parking lot shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles of not more than five-ton GVW.
(c) No commercial repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted on the parking lot.
(d) No sign of any kind other that signs designating entrances, exits, and conditions of use shall be maintained on the parking lot and shall not exceed 20 square feet in area.
(e) Each entrance to and exit from the parking lot shall be at least 20 feet distant from any adjacent property located in any residential district, except where ingress and egress to the parking lot is provided from a public alley or public way separating the residential areas from the proposed parking lot.
(f) In addition to the foregoing requirements, such parking lots shall conform to any further requirements and conditions as may be prescribed by the corporate authorities for the protection of properties adjacent to and in the vicinity of the proposed parking lot.
(5) Design and maintenance.
(a) Parking space - description. A required off-street parking space shall be an area of not less than 200 square feet nor less than ten feet wide by 20 feet long; measured perpendicularly to the sides of the parking space, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, column, or office and work area; accessible from street or alleys; and to be used for the storage or parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles under one and a half-ton capacity. Aisles between vehicular parking spaces shall be not less than 12 feet in width, when serving automobiles parked at a 45 degree angle in one direction, nor less than 25 feet in width when serving automobiles parked perpendicularly.
(b) Access. Parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic and so designed as to permit adequate maneuvering area for vehicles to turn around where only one entry or exit is provided in order that no backing of vehicles into the street is required. No driveway or curb cut in any district shall exceed 25 feet in width.
(c) Signs. No signs shall be displayed in any parking area within any residential district except such as may be necessary for the orderly use of the parking facilities.
(d) Striping. All parking spaces shall be properly marked by durable paint in stripes a minimum of four inches wide and extending the length of the parking space.
(e) Required setbacks. No parking space nor portion thereof established on the same zoning lot with a building shall be located within a required front yard. No parking spaces nor portion thereof established on a zoning lot without a building shall be located closer to any street line than the established building line on adjacent properties nor closer than the front yard setback required for the district in which the parking lot is located. Further, any wall, fence, or hedge developed around any parking area shall be subject to the front yard setback requirements of this section in the same manner as a building or structure.
(f) Surfacing. All open, off-street parking areas, except those accessory to single-family dwellings, shall be improved with a five-inch gravel base, surfaced with oil and wash gravel.
(g) Lighting. All lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from all adjoining properties.
(h) Stormwater. Adequate stormwater drainage facilities shall be installed in order to ensure that stormwater does not flow onto abutting property or abutting sidewalks in such a way or quantity that pedestrians using the sidewalk would be detrimentally affected or inconvenienced. The City Engineer shall approve all such facilities.
(Prior Code, Chapter 24, Article 16)