All off-street parking and loading shall conform with the provisions of this section and any other ordinances and regulations of the city, and shall apply to all buildings and uses of land established after the effective date of this chapter.
(A) Minimum size regulations. Each off-street parking space shall contain a minimum area of not less than 260 square feet including access drives, a width of not less than eight and one-half feet, and a depth of not less than 20 feet. Each space shall be adequately served by access drives. Each off-street loading space shall contain a minimum area of not less than 500 square feet.
(B) Reduction and use of parking and loading space. Off-street parking facilities existing at the effective date of this chapter shall not subsequently be reduced to an amount less than that required under this chapter for a similar new building or use. Off-street parking facilities provided to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall not subsequently be reduced below the requirements of this chapter. The required parking or loading space shall not be used for storage of goods or for storage of vehicles that are inoperable or for sale or rent.
(C) Computing requirements. In computing the number of parking spaced required the following rules shall govern.
(1) Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the nearest whole number.
(2) The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature as determined by the City Planning Commission.
(D) Yards.
(1) In all classes of R Residence Districts, off-street parking and loading facilities shall be subject to the front yard, side yard and rear yard regulations for the use district in which the parking is located.
(2) In the B-1 and B-2 Business Districts, I-1 and I-2 Industry Districts, no off-street parking or loading shall be located within ten feet of any property line that abuts a street right-of-way or any of the classes of residence districts.
(E) Combined facilities. Combined or joint parking facilities may be provided for one or more buildings or uses in R Residence Districts, in B-1 and B-2 Business Districts, I-1 and in I-2 Industry Districts, provided that the total number of spaces shall equal the sum of the requirements for each building or use.
(F) Fences and planting screens. Off-street parking and loading areas adjoining a Residence District shall be screened by a fence of adequate design or a planting screen; plans of the screen or fence shall be submitted for approval as a part of the required site or plot plan, and the fence or landscaping shall be installed as a part of the initial construction.
(G) Access.
(1) Parking and loading space shall have proper access from a public right-of-way.
(2) The number and width of access drives shall be so located as to minimize traffic congestion and abnormal traffic congestion.
(3) Vehicular access to business or industrial uses across property in an R Residence District shall be prohibited.
(4) No dwelling shall hereafter be erected or altered unless there is direct access to it from a street, highway or alley through an open space at least as wide as the dwelling and on the same lot. No building shall hereafter be erected or altered so as to close the present means of access to diminish this means of access to a width less than the width of the existing dwelling.
(H) Location of parking facilities. Required off-street parking space shall be provided on the same lot as the principal building or use; the B-2 Central Business District shall be exempted from the requirement.
(I) Construction and maintenance.
(1) In B-1 and B-2 Business Districts, parking areas and access drives shall be covered with a dust-free, all-weather surface with proper surface drainage to specifications required by the City Council.
(2) The operator of the principal building or use shall maintain parking and loading areas, access drives and yard areas in a neat and adequate manner.
(J) Lighting. Lighting shall be reflected away from the public right-of-way and nearby or adjacent R Residence Districts.
(K) Required site plan. Any application for a building permit or for a certificate of occupancy shall include a site plan or a plot plan drawn to scale and dimensioned showing off-street parking and loading space to be provided in compliance with this chapter.
(L) Required number of off-street parking spaces.
(1) Off-street parking areas of sufficient size to provide parking for patrons, customers, suppliers, visitors and employees shall be provided on the premises of each use.
(2) The minimum number of required off-street parking spaced for the following uses shall be as follows:
(a) One-family detached dwelling: one parking space. No garage shall be converted into living space unless other acceptable off-street parking space is provided;
(b) One-family attached and two-family dwelling: one parking space for each family or dwelling unit;
(c) Multi-family dwelling or mobile home park: one parking space per dwelling unit or apartment unit;
(d) Boarding and lodging house: one parking space for each two persons for whom sleeping accommodations are provided;
(e) Convalescent or nursing home: one parking space for each four beds for which sleeping accommodations are provided;
(f) Hospitals: one parking space for each two hospital beds plus one parking space for each employee on the major shift;
(g) Public park and recreation area: five parking spaces for each acre of park, playground or playfield over two acres;
(h) Churches: one parking space for each four seats based on the design capacity of the main sanctuary;
(i) Public elementary school or similar private school: two spaces per classroom;
(j) Public junior and senior high school or similar private school: one parking space for each classroom, plus one parking space for each ten students, based on design capacity;
(k) Municipal administration buildings, community center, public library. Museum, art galleries, post office and other municipal service buildings: ten parking spaces plus one parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet of floor area;
(l) Golf course, golf clubhouse, country club, swimming club, tennis club, public swimming pool: 20 spaces plus one space for each 500 square feet of floor area in the principal structure;
(m) Professional offices, medical and dental clinics, and animal hospital: four parking spaces plus one parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet of floor area;
(n) Office buildings: ten parking spaces plus one parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet of floor area;
(o) Shopping center: where several business uses are grouped together on a single site, off-street automobile parking shall be provided in a ratio of not less than three square feet of gross parking area for each one square foot of gross floor area; separate off-street space shall be provided for loading and unloading;
(p) Automobile service station: four parking spaces plus two parking spaces for each service stall; the parking spaces shall be in addition to parking space required for gas pump areas;
(q) Auto sales, trailer sales, marine and boat sales, implement sales, garden supply store, building material sale, auto repair: six parking spaces plus one parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet;
(r) Bowling alley: five parking spaces for each bowling lane;
(s) Drive-in restaurant: 20 parking spaces or one space for each 20 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater;
(t) Motel or motor hotel: one parking space for each rental room or suite;
(u) Miniature golf course, archery range or golf driving rang: ten parking spaces;
(v) Assembly or exhibition hall, auditorium, theater or sports arena: one parking space for each four seats based upon design capacity;
(w) Restaurant, café, nightclub, tavern or bar: one parking space for each 75 square feet of floor area;
(x) Skating rink or dance hall: one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area;
(y) Retail stores and service establishments: one off-street parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area, plus one space for each employee on the major shift or one off-street parking space for each 350 square feet of gross floor area within the building, whichever is greater;
(z) Research, experimental or testing stations: one off-street parking space for each employee on the major shift or one off-street parking space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area within the building, whichever is the greater;
(aa) Wholesale business establishments: one off-street parking space for each employee on the major shift or one space for each 2,000 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater, plus one off-street parking space for each company motor vehicle when customarily kept on the premises;
(bb) Storage or warehouse establishments: one off-street parking space for each two employees on the major shift or one space for each 2,000 square feet of floor area, whichever is larger, plus one space for each company motor vehicle when customarily kept on the premises; and
(cc) Manufacturing or processing plant: one off-street parking space for each employee on the major shift or one off-street parking space for each 350 square feet of gross floor area within the building, whichever is the greater, plus one space for each company motor vehicle when customarily kept on the premises.
(M) Required loading areas. Loading and unloading areas for goods, supplies and services shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of each use.
(Ord. 266, passed 5- -2008)