(A) General application. No buildings or structures shall be erected or land uses initiated after the effective date of this subchapter without providing accessory off-street parking and loading as required herein.
(B) Buildings under construction. Buildings lawfully under construction or approved for construction prior to the adoption of this subchapter shall not be required to modify or change the approved plans for off-street parking and loading; provided, that such construction is completed within one year from the date of passage of this subchapter.
(C) Reduction in parking or loading need. When a building or structure shall undergo any decrease in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities, and further, when said decrease would result in a requirement for fewer total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this subchapter, parking and loading facilities may be reduced accordingly; provided, that existing parking or loading facilities remaining would at least equal the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this subchapter to the entire building or structure as modified.
(D) Increase in parking or loading need. When a building or structure shall undergo any increase in the number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities, and further, when said increase would result in a measurement for additional parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this subchapter thereto, parking and loading facilities shall be increased to accommodate only the additional need as a result of such change.
(E) Existing parking or loading not to be reduced. Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date of this subchapter may not be reduced in number unless already exceeding the requirements of this subchapter for equivalent new construction; in which event, said spaces shall not be reduced below the number required herein for such equivalent new construction.
(F) Parking and loading for reconstructed nonconforming uses. Any nonconforming building, structure or use in existence on the effective date of this subchapter shall, if partially destroyed by fire, collapse or other cause and permitted to rebuild or reconstruct under appropriate provisions of this subchapter, provide off-street parking and loading equivalent to those maintained prior to such damage being sustained.
(G) Schedule of requirements for off-street parking and loading; requirement for uses not specified. Schedule for requirements for the number of off-street parking and loading spaces for various uses is provided in this subchapter. The parking and loading requirements for any use not specified shall be the same as the use in the schedule set forth in § 156.190, most closely approximating the proposed use.
(2009 Code, § 40-11-3) (Ord. 15-08, passed 8-31-2015)