(A) Purpose. The purpose of this article is to ensure that:
(1) Provision of parking. Adequate, attractive, and safe off-street parking is provided by this Zoning Ordinance.
(2) Residential protection. Sufficient parking is provided in nonresidential areas that are near residential neighborhoods, so that the character and quality of life in the residential neighborhoods are protected from overflow parking;
(3) Provision of loading spaces. Adequate loading areas are provided that do not interfere with the function of other vehicular use areas;
(4) Provision of access. Access to sites are managed to maintain the desired function and safety of the adjacent street(s); and
(5) Lighting. Vehicular use areas and sites are designed and lighted to promote public safety without creating undue light pollution and off-site glare.
(B) Applicability.
(1) Development activities. The standards of this article apply to the following development activities:
(a) New residential, nonresidential, or mixed-use development or change in use from residential to nonresidential or mixed-use;
(b) Increase in apartment units, manufactured home pads, gross floor area, or impervious surface by 20% or more, cumulatively over a five-year period; or
(c) Change in use requiring additional parking, loading, or stacking spaces (also known as vehicle use areas).
(2) Exemptions.
(a) Changes in the use(s) of existing buildings that result in fewer required parking, loading, or stacking spaces shall not be required to provide additional parking spaces.
(b) A permitted use may be converted to another permitted use without full compliance with the required number of parking, loading, or stacking spaces if the Zoning Administrator determines:
1. No additional parking, loading, or stacking spaces could be provided without removing or partially removing a structure; and
2. The amount of parking, loading, or stacking spaces available is at least 80% of the parking, loading, or stacking required for the new use.
(3) Change of use (maximum parking). Uses with off-street parking in excess of the maximum allowed for a nonresidential use resulting from a change of use in an existing building are not required to remove the excess parking spaces.
(C) Timing of compliance. A Certificate of Occupancy will not be issued until all site improvements required in this article are constructed in conformance with the approved permit or plan required in § 156.J.002, Common Review Provisions.
(Ord. 15039, passed 4-11-2022)