In all zoning districts, off-street vehicle parking facilities shall be provided and maintained as herein prescribed:
(a) Off-Street Parking Spaces for One and Two-Family Dwellings. Off-street parking facilities required for one and two-family dwellings shall consist of a parking strip, driveway, garage, or combination thereof and shall be located on the premises they are intended to serve subject to the provisions of this Ordinance.
(1) No parking shall be permitted in the required front yard except on a driveway which leads to an approved parking space.
(2) No more than fifty (50%) percent of the front yard may be occupied by a driveway and permitted parking stalls.
(3) Parking areas shall not be graded in such a manner as to cause the diversion of stormwater on to adjacent property.
(4) All residential parking areas shall be hard surfaced with at least four inches of stone, gravel, asphalt or concrete material.
(b) Off-Street Parking for Multiple-Family and Non-Residential Uses. Off-street parking facilities required for multiple-family (three or more units) and non-residential uses shall be located on the same lot or parcel as the building or use they are intended to serve, or within three hundred (300) feet of such building or use. Ownership or a use easement, duly recorded with the County Recorder, shall be shown for all land areas intended for use as parking by the applicant.
(c) Existing Parking Facilities. An area designated as required off-street parking facilities in existence at the effective date of this Ordinance shall not be reduced below the requirements for the use or building served as set forth in this Ordinance.
(d) Joint Use of Facilities. Provision of common parking facilities for several uses in the same vicinity is encouraged. In such cases, the total space requirement is the sum of the individual requirements at the same time of day. The maximum joint requirements will be less than the total individual requirements if the peak needs for the uses occur at distinctly different times of the day from the peaks of the other uses.
(e) Non-overlapping Operating Hours. In the instance of land uses requiring off- street parking spaces where operating hours of the uses do not overlap, the Planning Commission may grant an exception to the individual provisions of this Chapter and permit a shared or joint use of parking facilities.
(f) Restriction of Parking on Private Property. It shall be unlawful to park or store any motor vehicle on private property without the express written consent of the owner, holder, occupant, lessee, agent, or trustee of said private property.
(g) Storage and Repair Prohibited. An unenclosed off-street parking space may not be used for the storage or parking of junked or wrecked vehicles of any type or used as a storage area for merchandise or industrial equipment or material, or used as a dump for refuse of any description. No repairs or service to vehicles shall be carried on or permitted on areas designated as required off-street parking.
(h) Duration. Except when land is used as permitted storage space in direct connection with a business, a twenty-four (24) hour time limit for parking in non-residential off-street parking areas shall prevail, provided that it shall be unlawful to permit the storage of wrecked, inoperable, or junked vehicles on any parking area in any district.
(i) Use of Loading Space. Required loading spaces shall not be counted or used for required parking.
(j) Gross and Usable Floor Area. For the purpose of computing the number of parking spaces required, the definitions under for Gross and Usable Floor Area as defined by this Ordinance shall apply.
(k) Fractional Requirements. When units or measurements determining number of required parking spaces result in requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half shall require one (1) parking space.
(l) Uses Not Specified. For those uses not specifically mentioned in this Ordinance, the requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be in accord with a use which the Planning Commission considers to be similar in type.
(m) Availability of Public Facilities. The required spaces as determined by the following schedule and standards may be modified or waived by the Planning Commission in the Village Central Business District area where free parking areas and publicly owned and operated parking areas are readily accessible and where land in not available for development of accessory off-street parking as required herein.
(Ord. 1166. Passed 9-24-01.)