1. The appropriate number of off-street parking spaces, in accordance with the following provisions and with proper access from a street or way, shall be provided on any lot on which a principal building is hereafter erected. In no case shall any parking area be closer than 15 feet from any building.
A. Hotel, motel or tourist house. One parking space for each rental room or suite.
B. Restaurant, cafe, or tea room having a total floor area of more than 1,000 square feet one parking space for each 50 square feet of floor space devoted to patron use.
C. Theatre or Auditorium. One parking space for every ten seats.
D. Business/Professional. 3.5 car parking spaces shall be provided for each 1,000 square feet of net leasable area designated for office use.
E. Commercial. 5.5 car parking spaces shall be provided for each 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area designated for commercial use; except when commercial area (gross leasable area) is less than 10% of total planned office area (net leasable area), the office parking ratio of 3.5 parking spaces for each 1,000 square feet shall apply. Gross leasable area is defined as all that area on which the commercial area tenant pays rent. Net leasable area is defined as the area measured within the exterior walls, excluding common corridors, elevators, toilets, service closets and walls surrounding these areas.
F. Specialized Commercial Business. One space per each 1.2 employees or one space per 1,000 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater, except in those functions where retail trade is involved, then § 27-906(5), (commercial) shall apply.
The following additional off-street parking and loading requirements shall also be met:
(1) In addition to the minimum square footage per parking space required, adequate driveways, aisles and maneuvering spaces shall be provided. Parking areas and loading areas shall be graded for convenient access and shall be paved, along with all access drives, with a hard material or otherwise treated to prevent dust or other loose cover from becoming a nuisance or hazard. All parking areas adjacent to paved sidewalks or otherwise defined pedestrian walkways shall be curbed. In cases where curbs are not required, tire stops shall be provided. (Ord. 56)
(2) Parking, loading, or service areas used by motor vehicles shall be located entirely within the lot lines of the principal use served by the parking area, shall be physically separated from public streets by a buffer strip or other effective and suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle access or egress and shall have not more than two access ways, to any one public street.
(3) Areas provided for loading and unloading of delivery trucks and other vehicles and for the servicing of shops by refuse collection, fuel and other service vehicles shall be adequate in size and shall be so arranged that they may be used without blockage, or interference with the use of access ways or automobile parking facilities.
(4) When several uses requiring different parking ratios are conducted on the same lot under single ownership, the prorata distribution of parking requirements for each use shall be totalled and applied.
(5) Notwithstanding the specific provisions of this section, any requirements as to the amount of required off-street parking space may be reduced by the Zoning Hearing Board on the submission of satisfactory evidence that the potential parking needs of a particular use are less than required above.
(Ord. 45, Z-§ 906, 5/12/76; Ord. 56, § 16, 6/14/78)