CHAPTER 1159
Off Street Parking and Loading Facilities
1159.01   General requirements.
1159.02   Parking space dimensions.
1159.03   Loading space requirements and dimensions.
1159.04   Paving.
1159.05   Drainage.
1159.06   Maintenance.
1159.07   Lighting.
1159.08   Location of parking spaces.
1159.09   Screening and/or landscaping.
1159.10   Minimum distance and setbacks.
1159.11   Joint use.
1159.12   Wheel blocks.
1159.13   Width of driveway aisle.
1159.14   Striping.
1159.15   Parking space requirements.
1159.16   General interpretations.
 
   CROSS REFERENCES
      Off-street parking facilities - see Ohio R.C. 717.05 et seq.
      On-street parking - see TRAF. Ch. 351
 
 
1159.01 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
   (a)   No building or structure shall be erected, substantially altered, or its use changed unless permanently maintained off street parking and/or loading spaces have been provided in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. Any exceptions to this provision shall be granted only by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
   (b)   The provisions of this chapter, except where there is a change of use, shall not apply to any existing building or structure.
     (c)    Whenever a building or use is constructed or established or changed, in any way, or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity, or otherwise to create a need for an increase in the number of existing parking spaces, additional parking spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or structure existing prior to the effective date of this Ordinance is enlarged to the extent of fifty percent (50%) or more in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity, or otherwise, said building or structure shall then and thereafter comply with the full parking requirements set forth herein.
1159.02 PARKING SPACE DIMENSIONS.
   A parking space shall have minimum rectangular dimensions of not less than nine (9) feet in width and nineteen (19) feet in length for ninety (90) degree angle parking, nine (9) feet in width and twenty-three (23) feet in length for parallel parking, ten (10) feet in width and nineteen (19) feet in length for sixty (60) degree parking, and twelve (12) feet in width and nineteen (19) feet in length for forty-five (45) degree parking. All dimensions shall be exclusive of driveways, aisles, and other circulation areas. The number of required off-street parking spaces is established in Section 1159.15.
1159.03 LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND DIMENSIONS.
   A loading space shall have minimum dimensions of not less than twelve (12) feet in width, fifty (50) feet in length, exclusive of driveways, aisles, and other circulation areas, and a clearance height of not less than fifteen (15) feet. One off-street loading space shall be provided and maintained on the same lot requiring delivery of goods and having a modified gross floor area of up to five thousand (5,000) square feet. One loading space shall be provided for each additional ten thousand (10,000) square feet or fraction thereof of ground floor area.
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