1. Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the public by providing for safe and efficient traffic circulation, ensuring an appropriate quantity of vehicular and bicycle parking areas to support a variety of land uses, minimizing impervious surface coverage associated with parking and loading, and providing for adequate site access and loading facilities.
2. Applicability. The requirements of this Section shall apply to the following:
a. New construction of a principal structure or principal use.
b. Planned developments.
c. Alteration of an existing structure or a change in use that results in an increase in the number of required parking spaces.
d. The construction of new parking facilities, loading facilities, drive-thrus, and/or driveways.
e. The reconfiguration, expansion, or reconstruction of an existing parking lot.
3. General Requirements. The following requirements apply to all off-street parking lots, loading areas, drive-thru facilities, and driveways.
a. Site Plan Review Approval. Site plan review approval is required prior to either the construction of a new parking lot, or the expansion of an existing parking lot (see § 156.03.A.2 (Site Plan Review)).
b. Certificate of Occupancy. Construction of off-street parking lots and loading areas required by this Section shall be completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the uses served by the parking lots and loading areas.
c. Change in Use. When an existing use is changed to a new use, parking and loading spaces shall be provided as required for the new use. Additional parking and/or loading spaces shall be required in the amount by which the requirements for the new use exceed the existing number of parking spaces. If the number of existing parking spaces is more than the number of spaces required for the new use, the number of parking spaces may be decreased to meet the minimum requirement for the new use.
d. Materials. All motorized and non-motorized vehicles, including, without limitation, trailers and recreational vehicles, shall be parked and/or stored on a hard, all-weather, dustless surface.
(1) Pervious and Semi-Pervious Materials. All off-street parking lots, loading areas, drive-thru facilities, and driveways shall be constructed using a hard surface, all-weather, dustless material. Semi-pervious materials and permeable pavements may also be used subject to the prior written approval of the Zoning Administrator.
(2) Recycled Materials. When asphalt paving is utilized for off-street parking lots, the asphalt mixture must contain a minimum of 20% recycled materials. Parking areas that serve single-unit, two-unit, and townhouse dwellings are exempt from this requirement.
e. Location. In the B-1, B-2, VC, and I Districts, parking areas shall only be permitted in the allowable yards stated in each district's design requirements (see Section 156.06 (Zoning District Regulations)).
f. Encroachment. Parking lots are allowed to encroach into the required interior side and/or rear yard, but shall be at least one foot from any lot line in the VC District, and at least five feet from any lot line in the B-1 District, provided no parking lot perimeter landscape (see § 156.09.E.3 (Parking Lot Perimeter Landscape)) or buffer yard (see § 156.09.F (Buffer Yards)) is required.
g. Maintenance Responsibility. All parking and loading areas shall be maintained and kept in good repair by the property owner.
(Am. Ord. 2021-22, passed 5-3-21)