(A) General requirements. To reduce traffic problems and hazards by eliminating unnecessary on- street parking, every use of land must include on- premises parking sufficient for the needs normally generated by the use, as provided by this section. Parking spaces or bays on street rights-of-way or contiguous to the street, required by subdivisions or other ordinances, are in addition to and not in place of the spaces so required.
(1) This section shall not apply to the Central Core District.
(2) The requirements of this section shall apply to all parking spaces and areas available for use or access by the public, for primary users of the facility, employee parking or for similar uses. This section shall not apply to internal access ways or storage yards not available for transient, public or employee parking.
(3) Parking spaces with a size of 162 square feet shall be provided as required in the accompanying table.
(4) The standard space is considered to be nine feet by 18 feet, exclusive of passageways. However, smaller spaces may be provided for compact cars, providing the total aggregate parking area provided totals 162 square feet per space for the total area.
(5) Parking spaces prescribed by this section for a business or industrial use must be located on the premises or on a site at least within 300 feet of the premises, as approved by the Board under the special exception parking use in the special exception section of this chapter. Required parking spaces may be located in the required front yard only in commercial or industrial districts.
(6) Parking areas and lots for special exception uses shall conform to the location requirements prescribed in § 153.120. Parking areas for such uses shall, if in the open, be paved with a hard or dust proof surface.
(7) A group of business or industrial uses may provide a joint parking area if the number of spaces in the area at least equals the aggregate of the spaces required for the several uses.
(8) Parking requirements may be waived by the Board for uses in a block in which 50% or more of the area is occupied, December 6, 1971, by business or industrial structures.
(9) A church or temple that requires a parking area at times when nearby uses do not need their parking facilities may, by agreement approved by the Board, use those facilities instead of providing its own.
(10) All parking areas and lots and loading areas shall be graded, drained, surfaced, striped and channelized in accordance with standards in this chapter or as otherwise adopted by a participating jurisdiction. Parking stalls shall be marked. Access lanes shall be clearly defined, including directional arrows to guide internal movements.
(11) Whenever a parking area for three or more cars is located in or adjacent to a residential district, it shall be effectively screened on any side, which adjoins or faces, including across a street right- of-way, any property used for residential purposes, by a wall, fence or planting screen. Such wall, fence, or planting screen shall be maintained in good condition and shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs, or evergreen ground cover and maintained in a good condition.
(B) Parking area development standards.
(1) Lighting where provided to illuminate parking areas shall be hooded and so arranged and controlled so as not to cause a nuisance to highway traffic. The amount of light shall be provided according to standards approved by the Commission.
(2) In no case shall parking spaces be so arranged that ingress or egress from a parking space requires backing into a public or private pedestrian way or a public street.
(C) Required spaces. Parking spaces shall be provided as defined in Appendix E.
(D) Loading.
(1) Business uses, except those that do not receive or transport goods in quantity by truck delivery, shall be provided with loading berths and paved with a hard or dust-proof surface if in the open, as follows:
(a) Retail stores, department stores, wholesale establishments, storage uses, and other business uses shall be provided one berth for each 3,000 through 15,000 square feet of use, plus one additional berth for each 25,000 or fraction thereof above 15,000 square feet;
(b) Office buildings shall be provided one berth for the first 100,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one additional for each additional 200,000 square feet of floor area.
(2) Industrial uses shall be provided with loading berths as follows.
Gross Floor Area Berths
0-15,000 square feet 1
15,001-40,000 square feet 2
40,001-100,000 square feet 3
Each additional 40,000 square
feet or fraction thereof 1
feet or fraction thereof 1
(3) Each loading berth prescribed in this section must provide at least a 12 feet by 45 feet loading space, with a 14 feet height clearance. Location of required berths shall be designed to minimize disruption of the use of other off-street parking spaces during business hours.
(1985 Code, § 36-7-4-600(4.2))