§ 151.38 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING.
   (A)   Parking in the C-B district is exempt from all off-street parking and loading requirements.
   (B)   The required parking and loading spaces shall be provided on the premises of each use. Each parking space shall contain a minimum area of not less than 300 square feet, including access drives of a width of not less than nine feet. The minimum number of required off-street parking spaces for various uses shall be as follows:
      (1)   One- to four-family dwellings shall have one parking space per unit. No garage shall be converted into living space, unless other acceptable on-site parking space is provided;
      (2)   Apartments shall have 1½ parking spaces for each apartment, except housing for the elderly, which shall provide three parking spaces for each dwelling unit;
      (3)   Motels, hotels and boarding houses shall have one parking space for each rental room or suite;
      (4)   Manufactured home parks shall have one parking space per manufactured home berth;
      (5)   Churches shall have one parking space for each four seats, based on the design capacity of the main seating area;
      (6)   Schools shall have one parking space for each ten students in the senior high school;
      (7)   Public administration and public service buildings shall have one parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area in the principal structure;
      (8)   Assembly halls, armories, auditoriums, theaters or sports arenas shall have one parking space for every four seats, based upon design capacity;
      (9)   Golf courses, club houses, tennis courts and public swimming areas shall have 20 spaces per facility. One facility will include one golf course, one club house, one swimming area and five tennis courts or courts of similar nature;
      (10)   Automobile service stations shall have B-2 parking spaces, plus one parking space for each service stall. The parking space shall be in addition to gas pump service area;
      (11)   Drive-in restaurants shall have 15 parking spaces or one space for each 20 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater;
      (12)   Restaurants, cafes, night clubs, taverns or bars shall have one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area;
      (13)   Bowling alleys shall have five parking spaces for each bowling lane;
      (14)   Professional offices, office buildings, medical and dental clinics and animal hospitals shall have one parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area;
      (15)   Retail stores and service establishments shall have one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area;
      (16)   Auto sales, trailer sales, marine and boat sales, implement sales, building material sales and auto repairs shall have one parking space for each 500 feet of floor area;
      (17)   Shopping centers, where several businesses are grouped together according to a general development plan, on-site automobile parking shall be provided in a ratio of not less than three square feet of parking for each one square foot gross floor area;
      (18)   Storage, wholesale or manufacturing and processing plants or warehouse establishments shall have one parking space for each two employees on the major shift or one space for each 2,000 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater, plus one space for each motor company vehicle when customarily kept on the premises.
   (C)   Off-street loading design and maintenance.
      (1)   Location. All required loading or unloading into or out of trucks in excess of 3/4-ton capacity or railroad cars, shall be conducted at facilities specifically designed or designated for that purpose. These facilities shall be located upon the zoning lot of the principal use requiring them. These facilities shall not be counted as part of the area used for off-street parking.
      (2)   Access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be so designated as to avoid undue interference with other vehicular or rail access or use of public streets, alleys or other public transport system.
      (3)   Design. Truck berths shall be 50 feet in length, 12 feet in width and 15 feet in height.
      (4)   Uses. The following uses shall observe required loading and unloading spaces:
         (a)   Motels, hotels, lodging and rooming houses, private clubs and lodges shall have one for each structure over 20,000 square feet in gross floor area;
         (b)   Commercial uses, except where otherwise specified, shall have one space for the first 10,000 square feet of gross floor area and one space for each additional 50,000 square feet of gross floor area;
         (c)   Auditoriums, stadiums, community centers, religious institutions and schools, private and public, shall have one for each structure over 100,000 square feet of gross floor area;
         (d)   Office buildings and professional offices shall have one space for buildings between 30,000 and 100,000 square feet of gross floor area;
         (e)   Restaurants and other food dispensing establishments shall have one for each structure with over 10,000 square feet of gross floor area;
         (f)   Furniture, automobile, boat sales and bowling alleys shall have one space for each structure over 20,000 square feet in gross floor area.
(Ord. passed 4-24-78)