(A) Use of parking facilities. Off-street parking facilities accessory to residential use and developed in any residential district per the requirements of this subchapter shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles owned by occupants of the dwelling structures to which such facilities are accessory or by guests of said occupants. Under no circumstances shall required parking facilities accessory to residential structures be used for the storage of commercial vehicles or for the parking of automobiles belonging to the employees, owners, tenants, visitors, or customers of business or manufacturing establishments, except as permitted in division (E) of this section.
(B) Joint parking facilities. Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures or uses, or for mixed uses, may be provided collectively in any zoning district in which separate parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted, provided that the total number of spaces so located together shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use.
(C) 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 Recorder of Deeds or the Registrar of Titles of the county, requiring the owner and his said heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of parking spaces during the existence of said principal use.
(D) Permitted districts for accessory parking. Accessory parking facilities provided elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served per § 155.125 may be located in any zoning district except as follows:
(1) No parking facilities accessory to an apartment use shall be located in an R-1, R-2 or R-3 District.
(2) No parking facilities accessory to any business or manufacturing use shall be located in a Residential District, except when authorized by the City Council as prescribed hereinafter.
(3) No parking facilities accessory to a manufacturing use shall be permitted in a B-1 or B-2 District.
(E) Nonresidential parking in residential districts. Accessory off-street parking facilities serving nonresidential uses of property may be permitted in all residential districts when authorized by the City Council, subject to the following requirements in addition to all other relevant requirements of this subchapter:
(1) A special use permit must be applied for and the permit shall be subject to the same process and receive the same consideration as any other request for a special use permit required by the City Code.
(2) The parking lot shall be accessory to, and for use in connection with, one or more nonresidential establishments located in adjoining districts or in connection with one or more existing professional or institutional office buildings or institutions.
(3) Said parking lot shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles.
(4) No commercial repair work, sales or service of any kind shall be conducted on said parking lot.
(5) No sign of any kind other than signs designating entrances, exits, and conditions of use, shall be maintained on said parking lot.
(6) Each entrance to and exit from said 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 way or public alley separating the residential areas from the proposed parking lot.
(7) In addition to the foregoing requirements, such parking lots shall conform to any further requirements and conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Commission for the protection of properties adjacent to and in the vicinity of the proposed parking lot.
(F) Design and maintenance.
(1) Parking space; description. A required off-street parking space shall be an area of not less than 162 square feet nor less than 8½-feet wide by 19-feet long, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office and work areas, accessible from streets or alleys or from private driveways or aisles leading to streets or alleys and to be used for the storage or parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles under 1½ ton capacity. Aisles between vehicular parking spaces shall be not less than 12 feet in width when serving automobiles parked at a 45° angle in one direction nor less than 20 feet in width when serving automobiles parked perpendicular to the aisles and accommodating two way traffic.
(2) Measurement of space. When determination of the number of required off-street parking spaces results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including ½ shall be interpreted as one parking space.
(3) Open and enclosed spaces. Parking areas may be open or enclosed except that when parking facilities accessory to a multiple dwelling are located in a Residential or B-1 or B-2 District elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served, such parking facilities shall be open to the sky.
(4) 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. No driveway or curb cut in any district shall exceed 30 feet in width.
(5) 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 facility.
(6) 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 space 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 chapter in the same manner as a building or structure.
(7) Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas, except those accessory to single family dwellings, shall be improved with a compacted macadam base, not less than four inches thick, surfaced with asphaltic concrete or some comparable all-weather dustless material.
(8) Screening and landscaping. All open off-street parking areas six or more cars shall be effectively screened by a wall, a solid fence or a densely planted compact hedge along any side which as joins or is directly across a street or alley from a property in Residential District or an institutional property. Such wall, fence or hedge, shall be at least four feet, but not more than seven feet, in height and shall be maintained in good condition.
(9) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining properties.
(G) Special use public parking areas: Any automobile parking area developed for transient trade, and not accessory to specific main uses or groups of uses for which parking is required by this chapter, shall be treated as a special use as defined in §§ 155.155 through 155.157 and as allowed per the provisions of said §§ 155.155 through 155.157 by the Council.
('71 Code, § 11-18-3) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 2097, passed 12-10-79; Am. Ord. 3047, passed 4-8-96) Penalty, see § 155.999