1. Location. All parking spaces required to serve buildings or uses erected or established after the effective date of this Code shall be located on the same lot as the building or use served, except that parking spaces to serve buildings or uses in the I-1 and I-2 Districts may be located within 500 feet of the buildings or use served. In the C-2, C-3 and C-4 Districts parking may be located within 300 feet of such building or use served, but only if said spaces are located in a district wherein such parking use is permitted and when such parking is developed in accordance with all the applicable district regulations.
2. Existing Buildings and Uses. Buildings or uses existing on the effective date of this Code which are subsequently altered or enlarged so as to require the provision of additional parking facilities located on land other than the lot on which the building or use served is located, must provide such facilities within 500 feet walking distance of a main entrance to the use served in I-1 and I-2 Districts and within 300 feet in C-2, C-3 and C-4 Districts. Owners of property, nonconforming as to parking requirements, who elect to provide additional parking may locate such parking on land other than the lot on which the building or use is located subject to the provisions listed immediately above. In addition thereto, the owner of an existing multiple-family dwelling, which is nonconforming as to parking, and who elects to provide additional parking, may locate such parking on land other than the lot on which the building is located. However, such location shall be within 300 feet of such building and within a district wherein such parking is permitted, and such parking shall be developed in accordance with all the applicable district regulations.
3. Off-Street Spaces. Off-street spaces, including the adjacent area used for turning movements necessary to enter or leave the parking spaces, when open to the sky, may be located in any yard except the required front yards in the Agriculture and Residential Districts, and unless otherwise specifically restricted by this Code. Enclosed buildings and carports containing off-street parking shall be subject to the applicable district yard requirements.
4. Control of Off-Site Parking Facilities. In cases where parking facilities are permitted on land other than the lot on which the building or use served is located, such facilities shall be in the same possession as the lot occupied by the building or use to which the parking facilities are accessory. Such possession may be either by deed or long-term lease, the term of such lease to be determined by the City Council; and such deed or lease shall be filed with the Recorder of Deeds of Linn County. The deed or lease shall require such owner or his or her heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of parking facilities for the duration of the use served or of the deed or lease, whichever shall terminate sooner.
5. Size and Vertical Clearance. All minimum requirements as to size, shape, and design of spaces, aisles and drives shall meet standard Traffic Engineering Department specifications. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven and one half-feet.
6. Access. Except on lots accommodating single-family dwellings, each off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of a width and design meeting Standard Traffic Engineering Department specifications. All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement; and all such points of access must be approved by the City’s Traffic Engineer.
7. Access to Parking Areas in the C-2 District. With the exception of shopping centers in this district, access should be provided from an alley or other secondary access facility, such as frontage roads, where feasible. Access to such parking areas by curb cuts or driveways across the front lot line should be avoided whenever possible.
8. Computation. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this Code results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction shall be counted as one parking space. Required parking spaces based on the number of employees shall be based on the maximum number of employees on duty and/or residing on the premises at any one time.
9. Utilization. Accessory off-street parking facilities provided in accordance with the requirements of this section shall be solely for the parking of passenger motor vehicles or patrons, occupants, visitors, or employees of such uses. Additional parking may be provided for trucks and other large vehicles in accordance with the requirements of this Code.