(A) Application. The off-street parking and loading provisions of this chapter shall apply as follows:
(1) Accessory off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required by the regulations of this section for all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established in each district after the effective date of this chapter or any amendment thereto.
(2) When the intensity of use of any building, structure, or premises is increased through the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement specified herein for required parking or loading facilities, parking and loading facilities as required herein shall be provided for such increase in intensity of use.
(3) Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required for the use category for such new use.
(B) Existing parking and loading facilities. Accessory off-street parking and/or loading facilities which were in existence on the effective date of this chapter or any amendment thereto, or were provided voluntarily after such effective date, and are located on the same lot as the building or use served, shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already below, shall not be further reduced below, the requirements of this chapter.
(C) Future parking and loading facilities. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of off-street parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings, provided that there is adherence to all regulations herein governing the location, design, improvement and operation of such facilities, and further provided that, if the existing parking is a legal nonconforming use, additional parking may be established on the lot, even though the overall parking is still not in full conformance with the required number of parking spaces.
(D) Damage or destruction of principal use. The owner of any conforming or legal nonconforming principal building, structure or use that was in existence on the effective date of this chapter or any amendment thereto, which is subsequently damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion, or other cause, including the actions of the property owner, to the extent of more than 50% of the cost of reconstructing such building or structure, shall reconstruct, reestablish, or repair and continue in operation such off-street parking and loading facilities as are required in §§ 156.100 through 156.104.
(E) Plot plan. Any application for a building permit, or for a certificate of occupancy where there is a change of the use category for parking requirements, and no building permit is required, shall include a plot plan, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing any parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with this chapter.
(Ord. 07-21, passed 11-17-07)