Extent of control. Off-street automobile parking facilities shall be located as hereinafter specified; where a distance is specified, such distance shall be walking distance measured from the nearest point of the parking area to the nearest entrance of the building that said parking area is required to serve.
(A) For one- and two-family dwelling: On the same lot with the buildings they are required to serve, provided however that any parking of vehicles on open land in the front yard shall only be allowed when on an improved surface which is directly accessible by a properly installed approach from the street.
This subsection applies only to parking customarily or routinely used by the occupant(s) of the dwelling(s) on the site, not to parking of visitor’s vehicles, nor to parking of a vehicle to facilitate care of same.
(B) For three- and four-family dwellings not over two stories in height: On the same lot or parcel of land as the buildings they are required to serve, provided however that any parking of vehicles on open land in the front yard shall only be allowed when on an improved surface which is directly accessible by a properly installed approach from the street. This subsection applies only to parking customarily or routinely used by the occupant(s) of the dwelling(s) on the site, not to parking of visitor’s vehicles, nor to parking of a vehicle to facilitate care of same. For the purposes of this requirement, a group of such uses constructed and maintained under single ownership or management shall be assumed to be on a single lot or parcel of land.
(C) For rooming houses, lodging houses, dormitories, sorority and fraternity houses, apartment houses containing four or more dwelling units and for other similar uses: On the same lot or parcel of land as the building they are required to serve, or on a separate lot or parcel of land not more than 300 feet from the nearest entrance to the main building being served; provided the lot or parcel of land selected for the parking facilities is located in a district which is the same as or less restricted than the district in which the main building or principal permitted use being served is located.
(D) For clubs, hospitals, sanitariums, orphanages, homes for the aged, convalescent homes and for other similar uses: The off-street parking facilities required shall be on the same lot or parcel of land as the main building or buildings being served or on a separate lot or parcel of land not more than 500 feet from the nearest entrance to the main building served; provided the lot or parcel of land selected for the parking facilities is located in a district which is the same as or less restricted than the district in which the main building or principal permitted use being served is located.
(E) For uses other than those specified above, off-street parking facilities shall be provided on the same lot or parcel of land as the main building being served or on a separate lot or parcel of land not over 1,000 feet of the entrance of the main building, measured from the nearest point of the parking area; provided the separate lot or parcel of land intended for the parking facilities is located in the same district as the principal permitted use or in a less restricted district.
('71 Code, § 11-18-5) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 2216, passed 7-27-81; Am. Ord. 3298, passed 2-26-01; Am. Ord. 3300, passed 3-26-01)