(A) General. Onsite parking or garage space shall be provided in all districts, except as specifically exempted. There shall be adequate drive access to prevent the need to back onto collector streets or county highways. Onsite parking spaces shall not be used for storage.
(B) Dimensions. Parking sites shall be a minimum of 20 feet long and ten feet wide.
(C) Parking ratios. Adequate parking shall be required, with the following standards to be guidelines subject to site specific review by the Planning Commission:
(1) Dwelling: two parking spaces for each unit;
(2) Multiple dwellings: one and one-half spaces per dwelling unit;
(3) Tourist accommodations: one and one-half parking spaces for each room or unit;
(4) Senior and/or physically handicapped housing: one space per dwelling unit;
(5) Business and professional offices: one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area;
(6) Medical and dental clinics: two spaces per examining room plus one space for each employee;
(7) Schools: one space per seven students and one space for each two employees;
(8) Hospital/nursing homes: one space for every three beds plus one space for each two employees;
(9) Retail stores: one space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area;
(10) Furniture and appliance stores, household equipment, carpet sales, furniture repair shop, or antique shop: one space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area;
(11) Theater, stadium, auditorium, church, or other places of public assembly: one parking space for each three seats, based on maximum seating capacity;
(12) Office building: one parking space for each 300 square feet of office floor area;
(13) Funeral homes: one space for each four seats, based on maximum capacity;
(14) Eating and drinking establishments: one parking space for each of three seats, based upon maximum seating capacity;
(15) Industrial, manufacturing, or wholesale establishments: one parking space for each two workers, based on peak employment and adequate space for loading and unloading all vehicles used incidental to the operation of the industrial or manufacturing establishment or one space for each 2,000 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is larger;
(16) Other uses not described: as determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council;
(17) Onsite parking shall not be closer than ten feet from a lot line, except in the DMU District;
(18) All parking areas shall be adequately drained to a pervious surface designed to allow entrapment of silts and nutrients prior to discharge to a public water;
(19) More than five parking stalls contiguously located and any commercial parking adjacent to residential shall be landscaped according to a plan approved by the Zoning Administrator with review by the Planning Commission;
(20) Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties in such a way as to not interfere with residential use. Lighting will be designed to eliminate glare from adjacent roadways to ensure safe vehicular traffic; and
(21) All required loading berths shall be off-street and shall be located on the same lot as the principal use served. Loading shall not occupy front yard space. Berths shall not be used for storage.
(Ord. passed 4-10-2017) Penalty, see § 150.999