(A) (1) All parking spaces required to serve buildings and structures erected or uses established after the effective date of this chapter or any amendment hereto shall be located on the same zoning lot as the building, structure or use served, except that parking spaces to serve business buildings or uses may be located in a business zoned area of the zoning lot on which the building structure or use served is located by special use permit.
(2) Buildings, structures or uses existing on the effective date of this chapter or any amendment hereto which are subsequently altered or enlarged so as to require the provision of parking spaces under this chapter may be so served by parking facilities located on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served is located, but such parking facilities shall be allowed only by special use permit. Owners of property, nonconforming as to parking, who elect to provide parking and become conforming, may locate such parking on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use is located, as allowed in this subchapter.
(3) Off-street parking spaces, open to the sky, may be located in any yard, except the required front yards in a residence, general residence and office district. Enclosed buildings and carports containing off-street parking shall be subject to applicable yard requirements.
(B) Design and construction: all off-street parking spaces required by this chapter except those required for one-and two-family dwellings, shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the Standard Specifications for Design and Construction of Parking Lots of the city, on file in the office of the city Surveyor and Engineer.
(1) Screening and landscaping. All open off-street parking areas containing more than three parking spaces shall be screened by fencing, landscaping or a combination of both on all sides in a general residence, business or office district, pursuant to the provisions of the trees, preservation and landscape ordinance (as codified in Chapter 99) and the fencing provisions in § 159.010.
(2) Lighting and speaker systems. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residence or general residence district zoned property and public streets in such a way as not to create a nuisance. However, in no case shall such lighting exceed three foot-candles measured at the lot line. Loudspeaker systems are not permitted.
(3) Identification and marking. Required off-street areas for three or more automobiles shall have individual spaces marked, and shall be designed, maintained and regulated so that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on any public street or walk.
(Prior Code, § 46-56) (Ord. eff. 1-15-1972; Ord. 91-1(A), passed 1-7-1991; Ord. 00-24, passed 6-22-2000)