(A) Purpose. Accessory off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided and maintained for all buildings, structures or premises used in whole or in part for purposes permitted by this chapter. These regulations are designed to alleviate or prevent congestion of the public streets by establishing minimum requirements for on-site storage of motor vehicles in accordance with the use to which the property is occupied.
(B) Existing uses.
(1) No use lawfully established prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be required to provide and maintain the parking and loading requirements of this chapter.
(2) For any non-conforming use which is hereafter damaged or partially destroyed, and which is lawfully reconstructed, reestablished or repaired, off-street parking and loading facilities equivalent to those maintained at the time of the damage or partial destruction shall be restored and continued in operation; provided that in no case shall it be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required by this chapter for equivalent new uses.
(3) When the intensity of use of any building, structure or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, floor area, beds, seating capacity or other unit of measurement, parking and loading facilities as required in this chapter shall be provided for the increase in intensity of use.
(4) Whenever the existing use of a building, structure or premises shall hereafter be changed or converted to a new use permitted by this chapter, parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use.
(5) Accessory off-street parking or loading facilities in existence on the effective date of this chapter shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than shall not be further reduced below, the requirements for a similar new use under this chapter.
(6) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of accessory off-street parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings; provided that all regulations herein governing the location, design and operation of the facilities are adhered to.
(C) Location.
(1) Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided on the same lot as the use served, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and may be situated as one or more individual areas.
(2) Accessory off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use; provided that all regulations governing location of accessory parking spaces, in relation to the use served, are adhered to; provided further that no parking space or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use unless otherwise authorized by the Board.
(D) Parking utilization. Accessory off-street parking facilities required in this section shall be utilized solely for the parking of passenger automobiles or light trucks of less than one-ton capacity, of patrons, occupants or employees of specified uses. The parking facilities shall not be used for the storage, display, sales, repair, dismantling or wrecking of any vehicle, equipment or material.
(Ord. 2006-13, passed 4-3-2006; Ord. 2012-9, passed 7-2-2012)