(A) Minimum number of parking spaces required.
(1) None required in C-2 District (to be provided in common area);
(2) Dwellings: one per unit;
(3) Churches, auditoriums, mortuaries and other similar places of assembly: one per every four seats;
(4) Sanitariums, convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes: one per every six beds;
(5) Retail commerce other than in C-2 District:
(a) Restaurants: one per every three seats; and
(b) Other retail: one per every 100 square feet of retail floor space but in no case less than one and one-half (gross parking area) to one (gross building floor area).
(6) Service commerce other than in C-2 District:
(a) Motels: one per unit;
(b) Personal and professional offices: one per every 150 square feet of office space; and
(c) Other service commerce: one per every 200 square feet of gross floor space.
(7) Industrial including wholesale: one per every two persons of maximum employment during any work period; and
(8) Shimer Square Mixed-Use District: parking spaces shall be made available, at no less than the minimum size set forth in division (B) below, generally consistent with the Shimer Square Community Campus Redevelopment Plan, dated as of January 2020, prepared by Rock Island Economic Growth Corporation and submitted to the city. There is no minimum number of spaces required; provided, that substantial deviations from such plan shall be treated as a special use, requiring approval of the City Council pursuant to § 12-3-6 of this code.
(B) Minimum size of parking space.
(1) Two hundred fifty square feet of standing and maneuvering space; and
(2) Fractional spaces over one-half count as one space.
(C) Location of parking spaces.
(1) Spaces for dwelling: on the same lot as the dwelling unit;
(2) Spaces for commercial uses not in the C-2 District or for public or semipublic uses: within 300 feet of the main entrance of the building served;
(3) Spaces for industrial uses: within 800 feet of the main entrance of the building being served;
(4) No off-street parking spaces to be located within five feet of any street right-of-way; and
(5) See division (A)(8) above.
(D) Surfacing and drainage. Off-street parking areas and access ways other than those for one- and two-family dwellings shall be surfaced with a durable material to control dust, and shall be graded so as to dispose of all surface water.
(E) Screening. All open off-street parking areas having more than six parking spaces shall be effectively screened by a compact hedge or a similar landscaped element along all sides which adjoin or are directly across a street or alley from a property in a residence district.
(1974 Code, § 9-11-3) (Ord. 501, passed 10-24-1967: Ord. 2020-10-9, passed 10-13-2020)