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(A) It shall be unlawful for the chicken(s) of any person who owns, harbors or keeps chickens, to run at large.
(B) Leg banding of all chickens is required and used to identify chicken owners.
(C) Any expenses incurred by the city in the enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of the chicken owner. Expenses may include but are not limited to staff time, shelter, and feed.
(D) Any person who owns, harbors or keeps chickens shall be afforded one warning of running at large. A second occurrence of chicken(s) running at large will result in indefinite permit revocation by the Community Development Director.
(E) A person who owns, harbors or keeps chickens which runs at large shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 460, passed 10-15-2019)
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Regulation of off-street parking and loading spaces in the zoning code is to alleviate or prevent congestion of the public right-of-way and so to promote the safety and general welfare of the public by establishing minimum requirements for off-street parking, loading and unloading from motor vehicles in accordance with the utilization of various parcels of land and structures. All applications for an occupancy certificate shall be accompanied by a site plan drawn to scale and dimensioned indicating the location of off-street parking and loading spaces in compliance with the following requirements:
(A) Exempted. Buildings or structures for which a permit has been issued prior to the effective date of the zoning code, but for which work has not been completed, shall be exempt from the stated parking requirements if the structure or building is completed within six (6) months after the above stated date.
(B) Existing parking not to be reduced. Existing off-street parking spaces and loading spaces on the effective date of the zoning code shall not be reduced in number unless said number exceeds the requirements set forth herein for a similar new use.
(C) Damaged or destroyed buildings. Should a building, structure or use in existence on the effective date of the zoning code be damaged or destroyed by fire or other cause, it may be reestablished except that in doing so any off-street parking or loading which existed must be retained and should plans be effected for enlarging the floor area, seating capacity or other facilities which would affect the parking or loading requirements, the parking lot or loading area shall be enlarged accordingly.
(D) Yards. Parking areas in B-2 districts shall be set back from all property lines a minimum of five (5) feet or as allowed per site plan approval. Other parking areas in other districts shall be subject to front yard setback requirements in accordance with the district in which the use is so located.
(E) Floor area. The term FLOOR AREA for the purpose of calculating the number of off-street parking spaces shall mean the sum of all floor areas in a building as calculated from the outside dimensions of the building. It shall not include areas used primarily for non-public purposes such as storage, incidental repair, offices of building management or maintenance, toilets or rest rooms, utilities, or dressing, fitting, or alteration rooms.
(F) Benches in places of public assembly. In stadiums, sport arenas, churches, and other places of public assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews, or other similar seating facilities, each twenty-two (22) inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one (1) seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking facilities under the zoning code.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010)
(A) Access. Parking areas shall be designed so as to provide adequate means of access to a public alley or street. Such driveway access shall not exceed twenty-four (24) feet in width for residential districts and for other districts shall be allowed pursuant to site plan approval by the city. Properties within residential districts shall be limited to two (2) accesses and a minimum of six (6) feet is required between accesses. Accesses shall be located so as to cause the least interference with traffic movement and shall be no closer than two (2) feet from side lot lines, except for those properties with an approved zero (0) foot lot line.
(B) Size of parking spaces. Each parking space shall be not less than nine (9) feet wide and nineteen (19) feet in length exclusive of an adequately designed system of access drives.
(C) Drive aisles. Drive aisles shall be no less than twenty six (26) feet in width.
(D) Fractional spaces. When the determining of the number of off-street parking spaces results in a fraction, each fraction of one-half (1/2) or more shall constitute another space.
(E) Signs. No signs shall be located in any parking area except as necessary for orderly operation of traffic movement.
(F) Surfacing. All new parking areas and driveways shall be hard surfaced in order to control dust and drainage. Allowable surfacing materials include bituminous, concrete, or other materials as approved by the Public Works Director. Parking areas designed for fewer than three (3) vehicles shall be exempt from the hard surfacing requirement; however, all parking areas and driveways shall be hard surfaced a minimum of fifty (50) feet as measured from the nearest edge of the public roadway. If the public roadway is not hard surfaced, the driveway need not be hard surfaced until such time that the property owner is given notice to do so by the city. Notice will be given by the city within thirty (30) days of the public roadway being hard surfaced. The notice shall specify a required completion date which shall not be less than three (3) months nor more than one (1) year from the date of the notice. At any time that a property owner installs a new garage, adds on to an existing garage or replaces a garage, the hard surfacing requirement shall be enforced. Plans for surfacing and drainage are subject to city review and approval. A surfacing deposit, in an amount set forth by the City Council from time to time, shall be paid to the city at the time of building permit issuance for any property owner developing a vacant property, installing a new garage, adding on to an existing garage or replacing an old garage. The payment shall be made in the form of cash, letter of credit, or other means as approved by the city. Upon completion of the hard surfacing, the deposit shall be refunded. Surfacing shall be completed within one (1) year of building permit issuance or the deposit shall be forfeited.
(G) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so designed and arranged as to reflect the light away from adjacent property.
(H) Curbing and landscaping. All open off-street parking areas designed to have head-in parking along the property line shall provide a bumper curb not less than three (3) feet from the side property line or guard of normal bumper height not less than one (1) foot from the side property line. When said area is for six (6) spaces or more, a curb or fence not over six (6) feet in height shall be erected along the front yard set back line with grass or planting occupying the space between the sidewalk and curb or fence.
(I) Fence required. When a required off-street parking area for six (6) or more vehicles is located adjacent to an R district a fence of adequate design, not over six (6) feet in height nor less than three and one-half (3-1/2) feet in height, shall be erected along the R district property line. Landscaping techniques approved by the city may be used to accomplish a buffer in lieu of fencing between the parking lot and the R district.
(J) Maintenance of off-street parking space. It shall be the joint responsibility of the operator and owner of the principal use, uses or building to maintain, in a neat and adequate manner, the parking area, access ways, landscaping and required fences.
(K) R districts. Required off-street parking spaces/areas in the R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 districts shall be on the same lot as the principal building.
(L) Commercial vehicle parking. Off-street parking facilities accessory to residential use shall be utilized solely for the parking of passenger automobiles or one (1) truck not to exceed one and one-half (1-1/2) ton capacity for each dwelling unit. Under no circumstance shall required parking facilities accessory to residential structures be used for the storage of commercial vehicles or for the parking of automobiles belonging to the employees, owners, tenants or customers of business or manufacturing establishments.
(M) Prohibited use of parking area. Required off-street parking space in any district shall not be utilized for open storage of goods or for the storage of recreational vehicles and campers and vehicles which are inoperable or for sale or rent.
(N) Recreational vehicle parking. Off street parking facilities utilized for recreational vehicles, including but not limited to RVs, campers and boats, shall have an improved, durable surface.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010) Penalty, see § 150.999
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