17.12.010: APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS:
The off street parking and loading facilities whether they are principal uses, accessory uses, or a minimum requirement of the initiation, enlargement, or change of use, shall meet the requirements of this chapter as follows:
   A.   For all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established after the effective date of this zoning code, parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required by the applicable use unit.
   B.   When the intensity of use of any building, structure, or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, 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.
   C.   Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. However, if the existing use is nonconforming as to parking requirements, then parking requirements for a change in use shall be governed by the applicable use unit.
   D.   Accessory off street parking and loading facilities in existence on the effective date of this zoning code and located on the same lot as the building or use served shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements for a similar new building or use under the provisions of this zoning code. (Ord. 1953, 2010)