(A) Purpose. It is the purpose and intent of this section to apply flexible off-street parking and loading requirements for the Central Business District (CBD). The goal is to accommodate the special needs of the area, encourage and promote redevelopment, optimize existing parking facilities, promote shared parking and public transportation and prevent existing historic structures from being demolished for new parking areas. The parking regulations are reduced in the CBD to aid in the renewal and rebuilding of the downtown.
(B) General provisions.
(1) For purposes of this section, the Central Business District (CBD) shall be defined as areas with downtown district zoning (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5).
(2) No off-street parking spaces shall be permitted in front of a structure.
(3) In all downtown zoning districts, the off-street parking requirements may be reduced to 50% of the parking spaces otherwise required; provided the subject property or lot is located within 600 feet of a municipal parking lot which is primarily available for public parking (as distinguished from a municipal parking lot reserved for employee or other reserved parking).
(4) The reciprocal (shared) use of parking facilities provided to serve any property or use is encouraged in the downtown districts. The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the buildings or uses for which the reciprocal use of parking is proposed. A reciprocal parking agreement shall be approved by the Department of Planning and Development and recorded with the County Recorder’s office.
(5) All shared parking facilities shall be located within 600 feet (horizontal distance) of the use served.
(6) Shared parking proposals involving existing municipal parking lots shall be reviewed during the site plan review process.
(7) The street frontage of all parking areas shall be screened from the public right-of-way with adequate landscaping and/or iron, brick or natural stone fencing between 36 and 42 inches in height as approved by the Department of Planning and Development on the site development plan. New landscaping installations must achieve the screening height within two years. The use of parking lot landscaping at the perimeter, and on landscape islands is strongly encouraged and shall be shown on a landscaping plan to be submitted with the site plan for review by the Department of Planning and Development.
(8) Existing buildings not in compliance with the off street parking requirements of this section may be remodeled, repaired, and structurally altered and may change use without complying with the minimum off street parking standards. Downtown buildings that have a change in use to a nightclub or cabaret are required to comply with § 162.092 Off Street Parking Requirements.
(9) Parking requirements in all downtown districts will not be enforced on new construction provided the new building has the same footprint of the previous structure. To qualify for this exemption, new construction shall be initiated within two years after a building is demolished. This information needs to be shown on the site plan for review by the Department of Planning and Development.
(10) Where parking is provided in a downtown district adjacent to an residential district, all parking spaces, loading spaces and drives shall be setback from the residential district ten feet. This setback shall provide sight proof landscaping and/or fencing to screen the use from adjacent properties as approved on a site plan per requirements in §§ 162.280 through 162.285.
(1980 Code, § 29.604) (Ord. 9290, passed 5-23-2016) Penalty, see §
162.999