A. Nonconforming Vehicle Use Areas
1. An existing vehicle use area that does not comply with the requirements of this Code must be brought into full compliance when fifty percent (50%) or more of the paving of the vehicle use area is replaced.
2. When the square footage of a vehicle use area is increased, compliance with this Code is required as follows:
a. When a vehicle use area is expanded by twenty-five percent (25%) or less, only the expansion area must be brought into compliance with this Code.
b. When a vehicle use area is expanded by more than twenty-five percent (25%), the entire vehicle use area shall be brought into compliance with this Code.
3. After enactment of this Code, any existing vehicle use area having more than the number of spaces required by this Code, which is proposed to be changed shall be treated as follows:
a. The area shall be reconfigured to comply with requirements in this Code.
b. If, after the reconfiguration, a paved area or areas that are not needed to comply with the requirements of this Code remain, the developer may do any one (1) or combination of the following:
(1) Conform the area(s) to comply with this Code and continue to use them for parking.
(2) Remove the paving and use as grassed overflow parking.
B. Reduction in the number of parking spaces required for the purpose of saving a protected tree as set forth in the Tree Protection Section of this Code.
1. One (1) required surfaced parking space for each full ten (10) parking spaces may be waived if that parking space would endanger a protected tree as defined in the Tree Protection Section of this Code. The area that would have been a part of that parking space must also be set aside for landscaping.
(Ord. 711, passed 2-5-2019)