(a) Requirement for parking. In all districts, there shall be provided, at the time any building or structure is erected, is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces in accordance with the requirements set forth herein.
(1) Number of parking spaces required. The number of off-street parking spaces required shall be as set forth in § 1317.01 of this article.
(2) Size. Each off-street parking space shall have a minimum area of 200 square feet, exclusive of access drives and aisles, and shall be of usable shape and condition.
(3) Access. There should be adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Access drives or driveways should be no less than 12 feet wide for ingress and egress and 20 feet wide for both ingress and egress. No driveway or access drive shall be closer than 50 feet to any street intersection.
(4) Location. All permitted and required accessory off-street parking and loading spaces, open or enclosed, should be located on or immediately adjacent to the same lot as the use to which such spaces are accessory but may be provided within a radius of 300 feet from the lot boundary. Such spaces shall be in the same ownership as the use to which they are accessory and should be subject to deed restrictions, binding the owner and his or her heirs and all successors to maintain the number of spaces available throughout the life of such use. Parking is permitted on the roof of any structures; provided, a four-foot wall is constructed around the perimeter of the roof.
(5) Screening and landscaping. Off-street parking and loading areas for four or more vehicles shall be effectively screened by a fence or hedge on the side or sides adjoining or abutting an R district.
(6) Surfacing. Any off-street parking or loading area for four or more spaces shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or concrete pavement or any durable all-weather surface. All areas should be marked so as to provide for the orderly and safe loading, parking and storage of vehicles.
(7) Lighting. All lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking or loading area should be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises.
(8) Drainage. Any off-street parking and loading area should be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water without detriment to surrounding uses.
(b) Parking for houses of worship. The number of required off-street parking spaces may be eliminated or reduced if there exists, within 500 feet of the houses of worship, public or private parking lots containing a sufficient number of off-street parking spaces to satisfy the requirements of § 1317.01 of this article. The house of worship shall provide the difference if the number of parking spaces in the private or public lots is below the number required by § 1317.01 of this article. Any spaces provided in public or private lots must be shown to be available for worshipers on the day or days of greatest uses.
(c) Off-street loading.
(1) In commercial or industrial zones, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same lot with the principal use, off-street loading berths in accordance with requirements of § 1317.02 of this article.
(2) Each loading space shall not be less than 14 feet in width, 40 feet in length, and have a minimum clearance of 15 feet, may occupy all or any part of any required yard, except the front yard.
(d) Joint facilities for parking or loading. Off-street parking and loading facilities for separate uses may be provided jointly if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use; and, provided that, all regulations governing the location of accessory spaces in relation to the use served are adhered to. Further, no accessory space or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use unless otherwise approved by the Board in accordance with the purpose and procedures set forth herein.
(e) Service station, parking areas and garages. No filling station or commercial parking areas or garage for 25 or more motor vehicles shall have an entrance or exit for vehicles within 200 feet along the same side of a street on which is located a school, public playground, church, hospital, public library or institution for dependents or for children, except where such property is in another block or on another street on which the lot does not abut. Such access shall be not closer to the intersection of any two streets than 50 feet.
(1) Location of oil drainage pits and hydraulic lifts. No oil draining pit or hydraulic lift shall be located closer than 25 feet to any R district, except when such pit or lift is within a building.
(2) Work area. In any filling station or other establishment where motor vehicles are permitted to be serviced or repaired, all repair operations shall be conducted within a building.
(Ord. passed 2-14-1978)