Public or private parking areas and parking spaces shall not be permitted in any required yard of any residential land use zone, except as follows:
A. Trailers, camp trailers, boats, boat trailers, recreational vehicles and all other vehicles not in daily use are restricted from parking in the front and street side yard setbacks or adjacent street for more than forty eight (48) hours.
B. Alley loaded parking and parking structures may encroach into rear or interior side setbacks per Section 9-11-4.
C. Open air public or private parking areas and service drives, which are utilized in conjunction with any building or use permitted in a residential land use zone, shall be permitted in side yards that do not abut a street; provided that a minimum five foot (5') wide landscaping and screening area be constructed and maintained adjacent to the adjoining property line as provided for in Section 9-11-4-4. No vehicle or the parking thereof shall be permitted in said minimum five foot (5') wide landscaping and screening area. In the case of detached single family residential uses in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Zones, a three foot (3') wide landscaping and screening area is required.
D. Cars, trucks, trailers, boats, boat trailers and recreational vehicles shall not be parked on:
1. Required yard areas;
2. Unimproved parking areas;
3. Areas not designed for vehicle parking;
4. The required side and rear yard setbacks; and,
5. Adjacent residential zoned street for more than forty-eight (48) hours.
E. No commercial vehicle or trailer shall be parked, stored, or otherwise left unattended at any place in a residential Zone whether on a lot or on the public right-of-way for over two (2) hours except while actually engaged in pickup or delivery activities, or during the course of actual construction, alteration or repair of buildings and structures or any other permitted use in the immediate proximity.
F. All parking areas, driveways, and other vehicular access, for single family or two-family residential uses, shall be paved of asphalt, concrete, or other hard surface material approved by the Zoning Administrator. Other residential uses are subject to standards in accordance with Sections 9-11-4-2, 9-11-4-3 and 9-11-4-4.
G. Driveways for single family or two-family residential uses shall be a minimum of nine feet (9') wide. Driveways or service drives for other residential uses are subject to Section 9-11-4-3 J.
H. Interior garage dimensions shall comply with Section 9-11-4-4 A.1.
I. Driveways are permitted in the front and street side setbacks in accordance with Section 9-11-4-1.
J. For single family residential uses, individual driveways in the front setback shall not exceed a width of thirty-three feet (33') within the setback. For the purpose of this section, individual driveways are those vehicular access ways separated from any other vehicular access way by a minimum of five feet (5') of landscaping or similar material not designed to accommodate vehicles. More restrictive standards shall prevail where applicable.
K. The Zoning Administrator may permit up to one half (1/2) of the parking required for a single family or two-family residential use to conform to compact parking stall dimensional standards on lots having topographic or other physical constraints. However, interior garage dimensions must comply with Section 9-11-4-4 and the requirements of this section.
L. Parking on substandard lots of record is regulated by Section 9-11-4-3 F. (Ord. 232, 4-14-2010)