The following shall apply generally:
(A) Permanent reservation. Areas reserved for off-street parking or loading in accordance with the requirements of this appendix shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use unless the permitted use which it serves is discontinued or modified, except where equivalent parking or loading space is provided.
(B) Determining required off-street parking and loading and unloading spaces.
(1) When units or measurements determining the number of required off-street parking and off-street loading spaces result in a measurement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half shall require one off-street parking or off-street loading space. However, this provision waiving fractional units of measurement shall not apply to the first off-street loading and unloading space.
(2) The space provided for loading and unloading purposes shall not be construed as providing required off-street parking space.
(C) Parking study. A parking study, when required by this code, shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Estimates of parking requirements based on recommendations in studies such as those from ULI, ITE, or the Traffic Institute, and based on data collected from uses or combinations of uses which are the same or comparable to the proposed use. Comparability shall be determined by density, scale, bulk, area, type of activity and location. The study shall document the source of data used to develop recommendations.
(2) An analysis of the extent to which a transportation system management program and/or use of alternative forms of transportation lessen the parking requirement.
(Ord. 241, passed 11-27-85; Am. Ord. 570, passed 10-3-91) Penalty, see § 154.04