(A) (1) Except for approved on-street loading spaces designated by the city on existing streets and public alleyways, off-street loading space shall be provided for all retail uses as well as for any expansion of such uses or for changes in use requiring regular delivery or shipping of goods, merchandise, or equipment by semi-trailer trucks, in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(2) If a request to waive and/or modify the off-street loading space requirements for properties in the CBD (C-3) is made as part of a tax moratorium application in § 35.08 or an application for a grant or incentive in § 124.05, the City Commission may review available data and make a determination as to whether to waive and/or modify the requirements for the specific building under consideration.
(B) (1) Off-street parking shall be provided for all uses of land, structures and buildings as well as for any expansion of such uses or changes in use in accordance with the requirements of this section. No parking spaces required for any use located in any other zoning district shall be located in any other zoning district. In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street parking or loading space shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately.
(2) The Board of Zoning Adjustments shall have the power to hear and decide on applications for off-street parking and loading requirement variances whereby reason of the size or location of the lot or the unavailability of alternative off-site parking, or such other exceptional or extraordinary situation or condition of that site, the literal enforcement of the off-street parking and loading requirements of the zoning regulations would deprive the applicant of the reasonable capacity to make use of the land. In considering such variances, the Board must consider any pre-existing parking needs or requirements for the site if there was a pre-existing use, the effect of any additional parking requirements for the proposed use on the surrounding properties. The Board shall strive to prevent an additional burden upon existing on-street public parking if reasonable alternatives are available to the applicant to satisfy all or part of the off-street parking and loading requirements set forth herein. The Board may impose any reasonable conditions or restrictions on any off-street parking and loading variance it decides to grant.
(C) All required parking or loading space shall be located on the same zoning lot as the principal use or uses it serves, except as is provided for in accordance with the following provisions.
(D) In lieu of actual construction of required on-site parking spaces, all or any portion of the off-street parking required in this section may be provided by the following means:
(1) Required parking for a use on a zoning lot may be located on another zoning lot, either by itself or combined with parking for other uses, subject to the approval and certification by the Board of Zoning Adjustment that the following requirements have been met:
(a) The land use being served by the off-site parking shall be a permitted principal or special use in the zoning district within which the zoning lot containing such parking is located.
(b) For all zones except C-3, the off-site parking spaces are located within seven hundred (700) feet walking distance of a public entrance to the structure or land area containing the use for which such spaces are required. A safe, direct, attractive, lighted, and convenient pedestrian route exists or shall be provided between the off-site parking and the use being served.
(c) The continued availability of off-site parking spaces necessary to meet the parking requirements of this section shall be assured by an appropriate restriction on the title to the land providing the off-site parking spaces, in the form of a declaration, covenant, or contract.
(d) If a request to waive and/or modify off-street parking requirements for properties in the CBD (C-3) is made as part of a tax moratorium application in § 35.08 or an application for a grant or incentive in § 124.05. the City Commission may review available data and make a determination as to whether to waive and/or modify the requirements for the specific building under consideration.
(2) Up to one-half (1/2) of the parking spaces required for one use may be used to satisfy the parking requirements for either a second use on the same zoning lot or a use for which the provisions of division (1) are used, subject to the approval and certification of the Board of Zoning Adjustment that such joint usage of parking complies with the following provisions:
(a) The peak usage of the parking facility by one use will be at night or on Sundays (such as theaters, assembly halls, churches, or residences), and the peak usage of the parking facility by the second use will be at other times.
(b) The second use is an ancillary use to the first use, such as restaurants and meeting rooms to hotels and motels.
(c) Required parking area shall be available for the parking of operable vehicles of residents, customers, and employees, and shall not be used for the storage of vehicles or materials, or for the parking of vehicles used for loading or unloading, or in conducting the use.
(E) Parking design standards. All parking areas shall meet the following minimum design requirements:
(1) Ingress and egress to and from parking areas shall conform to the city's performance standards for access in § 156.129.
(2) In the C-3 zone (Central Business District), if a setback is provided between a principal structure and its fronting street, such setback shall not be used for off-street parking.
(3) Except for single-family detached or two-family semi-detached dwellings, all parking spaces and maneuvering space shall be surfaced with an all-weather, dustless paving material of a depth approved by the Street Department which shall be maintained in a safe, litter-free condition.
(4) No parking areas or maneuvering space shall be located within a public street right-of-way. Parking vehicles in off-street parking spaces shall be prevented from intruding on travel lanes, walkways, public streets, or adjacent properties by means of walls, curbs, wheelstops, or other appropriate means.
(5) The size of parking spaces shall be adequate for the safe parking of vehicles. Sufficient maneuvering space shall be provided so that parking and unparking can be accomplished in one continuous maneuver. Except for single- and two-family dwellings, each parking space shall be arranged so that any vehicle may be parked or unparked without moving another vehicle.
(6) The minimum area for each parking space, including circulation and maneuvering space, shall be a minimum of three hundred seventy (370) square feet. Parking facilities designed to accommodate five (5) or more vehicles shall be designed in accordance with the standards for stalls and aisles as set forth and illustrated below. Where parking facilities are designed to accommodate more than ten (10) vehicles, up to fifty percent (50%) of the parking spaces may be designed in accordance with the standards set forth below, provided the smaller spaces are designated to be used only by compact vehicles. For parking facilities designed for twenty-five (25) or more vehicles at least one (1) parking space, twelve (12) feet in width, shall be provided for each fifty (50) spaces or major fraction thereof, and designated for use only by handicapped persons.
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(7) Curbed islands shall be required at the ends of or between parking aisles where necessary for traffic control or drainage control.
(8) Except for single- or two-family dwellings, parking spaces shall be provided with adequate aisle or turnaround areas so that all vehicles may enter adjacent streets in a forward manner.
(9) Parking facilities shall be designed, where appropriate, to connect with parking facilities on adjacent lots to eliminate the need to enter adjacent streets for cross-movement.
(10) All of-street parking facilities, except as otherwise noted, must conform to all other design standards pertaining to their development.
(F) Parking landscape standards. Except for one- or two-family dwellings, all parking facilities, unless located entirely underground, shall meet the following minimum landscaping requirements.
(1) All open off-street parking areas containing more than four (4) spaces and the ground level of parking structures shall be screened from adjacent streets by means of an effective screening device which is at least three (3) feet in height above the grade of the edge of the parking area.
(2) Entry ways into parking facilities shall be bordered by a landscaped buffer strip at least five (5) feet in width and ten (10) feet in length, except in the Central Business District.
(G) Loading space design standards.
(1) Off-street loading spaces shall be located and arranged so that a semi-trailer truck shall be able to gain access to and use such by means of one continuous parking maneuver.
(2) All loading spaces and maneuvering space shall be surfaced with a dustless, all-weather paving material which shall be maintained in a safe, litter-free condition.
(3) No loading space shall be located so that a vehicle using such space intrudes on travel lanes, walkways, public or private streets, or adjacent properties.
(4) Each required off-street loading space shall have a minimum width of twelve (12) feet, a minimum depth of fifty-five (55) feet, and a vertical clearance of fourteen (14) feet.
(H) Minimum parking and loading requirements.
(1) The minimum number of parking spaces shall be as follows:
Use | CBD (C-3) District* | All Other Districts Except Institutional (INS) | ||
Use | CBD (C-3) District* | All Other Districts Except Institutional (INS) | ||
Residential: | ||||
Dwelling, single-family | One per dwelling unit | Two per dwelling unit | ||
Dwelling, two-family and multi-family: | ||||
Efficiency | One per each dwelling unit | One per each dwelling unit | ||
One or two bedrooms | One per each dwelling unit | One per each dwelling unit | ||
Three or more bedrooms | One per each dwelling unit | One and one-half per each dwelling unit | ||
Motel or Hotel | One per each lodging unit | |||
Mobile home and mobile home park | N/A | Two per each unit | ||
Rooming house | One per each lodging unit | One per each lodging unit | ||
Hospital | One and one-half per bed | One and one-half per bed | ||
Use | CBD (C-3) District* | All Other Districts Except Institutional (INS) | ||||
Use | CBD (C-3) District* | All Other Districts Except Institutional (INS) | ||||
Commercial Uses: | ||||||
Places of assembly | One per each four persons structure was designed to accommodate | One for every four persons structure was designed to accommodate | ||||
Restaurants and taverns | One per 400 square feet of floor area | One per every four seats | ||||
All other commercial uses | One per 400 square feet of floor space | One per every 400 square feet of floor space | ||||
Industrial Uses: | ||||||
All industrial uses | N/A | One per every two employees on largest shift | ||||
Conditionally Permitted Uses: | ||||||
Elementary schools | One per each staff member | One per each staff member | ||||
Secondary schools | One per every four students | One per every four students | ||||
Vocational schools | One per every four students | One per every four students | ||||
*To the maximum extent feasible; subject to review by the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
(2) Minimum off-street loading space requirements shall be as follows:
Use | Minimum Loading Space |
All commercial uses | One space for 10,000 to 20,000 square feet of floor area; |
Two spaces for floor area of 30,000 square feet or more | |
Industrial uses | One space per 10,000 square feet of floor area - not exceeding three spaces |
Required loading space shall be available for the loading and unloading of vehicles and shall not be used for the storage of vehicles or materials, or to meet off-street parking requirements, or in conducting the use.
(Ord. passed 1-27-87; Am. Ord. 0-95-007, passed 10-25-95; Am. Ord. O-2019-08, passed 3-11-19) Penalty, see § 156.999