(A) Generally. Off-street loading, stacking, and access shall be provided, located, and designed in accordance with the standards of this article.
(B) Lighting and noise. The following standards shall apply to all vehicle use areas:
(1) Lighting shall comply with Article H, Outdoor Lighting.
(2) An area used for primary circulation, frequent idling of vehicle engines, or loading activity shall be designed and located to minimize the effects of noise, pollution, and vehicle lights on an adjoining property.
(C) Associated building, use, or structure. Vehicle use areas (VUA) shall be maintained as long as the associated building, use, or structure is in use or operation. No person shall utilize such building, use, or structure without providing the VUAs required in this article. It shall be unlawful to discontinue, reduce, or remove the required VUAs apart from the discontinuance, removal, or reduction of the building, use, or structure that requires the VUA.
(D) Maneuvering space.
(1) Prohibited. No VUA shall be designed or built to require a vehicle to maneuver into a public right-of-way or overhang or encroach an adjacent property under separate ownership in order to park, load, unload, or stack, except:
(a) In the case of single-family and duplex dwellings where backing onto the public right-of-way is permitted; or
(b) Where a cross-access easement is in place.
(2) Barrier. In order to prevent overhang or encroachment described in division (D)(1), Prohibited, above, a VUA shall include a permanent curb, wall or other physical barrier. Such a physical barrier shall be located a minimum of two feet from the right-of-way or property line.
(E) Location. Except as permitted in § 156.E.006, Parking Credits and Reductions, a VUA required by this article shall be located on the same property as the building, use, or structure it serves and it shall be located behind any required bufferyard as set out in Article F, Landscaping, Buffering, and Screening.
(F) Calculations.
(1) Fractions. If the final calculated number of required parking, loading, or stacking spaces includes a fractional space, the number of required spaces shall be increased to the next whole number if the fraction is five-tenths or more, and when the fraction is less than five-tenths, the next lower whole number shall apply.
(2) Variables for calculating required spaces. The variables used for calculating spaces are measured as shown in Table 156.E.002, Parking, Loading, and Stacking Variable Meanings.
Table 156.E.002 Parking, Loading, and Stacking Variable Meanings | |
Variable | The number of required spaces is calculated based on the number of: |
Table 156.E.002 Parking, Loading, and Stacking Variable Meanings | |
Variable | The number of required spaces is calculated based on the number of: |
Per Dwelling Unit | Dwelling units on the subject property. |
Per Campsite | Spaces available for a recreational vehicle to connect to utilities provided at the recreational vehicle park. |
Per Bedroom | Bedrooms in the facility instead of the number of bed or some other measure. |
Per Gross Floor Area | Gross floor area of the establishment, which measurement is described in Subsection 156.B.008.a, Measurements. |
Per Employee | Employees during the shift in which the maximum number of employees is present. |
Per Seat | Seats affixed to the floor that are provided to guests (patrons, members, etc.), with benches or pews measured as one seat per two feet of width. Space requirements for uses with unaffixed seats shall be based on the seating capacity permitted by the Fire Code and approved by the Fire Marshal’s office. |
Per Student | Students or enrollees that the facility is permitted to have according to the appropriate licensing agency, if applicable. |
(3) Multiple nonresidential uses. If several nonresidential uses occupy a single parcel or building, the parking requirements shall be calculated separately for each use within the development, or as set out in § 156.E.006, Parking Credits and Reductions, whichever results in a lesser number of required spaces.
(G) Surfacing and drainage. All vehicle use areas shall be graded, surfaced, and maintained so that water does not accumulate, flow, or drain onto abutting public or private property. The surfacing of VUAs shall consist of asphalt, concrete, or other all-weather surface approved by the City Engineer.
(H) Dedication of spaces. Off-street parking, loading, and stacking spaces shall not be used interchangeably to meet one another's requirements nor shall their placement interfere with one another's use.
(I) Insufficient vehicle use area. The Zoning Administrator may require a landowner to provide additional VUA even if the number of spaces provided meets the minimum requirement for the established use, if vehicles are consistently required to park or unload on the street (where on-street parking is prohibited) or on other properties due to a lack of usable VUA.
(Ord. 15039, passed 4-11-2022)