A. General: There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building or at the time any main building is enlarged or increased in capacity, minimum off street parking space with adequate provision for ingress and egress by standard size automobiles in accordance with the requirements herein.
B. Size: For the purpose of this section, one parking space shall be assumed to be one hundred eighty (180) square feet, exclusive of adequate interior driveways.
C. Access: Adequate ingress and egress to all uses shall be provided as follows. Access shall be by either:
1. A maximum of two (2) driveways for each one hundred feet (100') of frontage on a public street, such driveways to be not over thirty feet (30') in width, or less than twelve feet (12') for one-way traffic. Provided however, that in commercial zones, the planning commission may require the said driveways to be thirty six feet (36') in width; or
2. A maximum of one driveway for each one hundred feet (100') of frontage on a public street, such driveways to be not over fifty feet (50') in width.
3. Access driveways shall not be closer to each other than twelve feet (12').
4. No residential driveway shall be closer than twenty feet (20'), measured along the property lines to the point of intersection of two (2) property lines at any corner.
5. In a commercial zone, no driveway shall be closer to an intersection of two (2) streets than forty feet (40'), measured from the corner point of the property line.
6. Height, location, structural specifications, maximum and minimum curb radii permitted, and minimum roadway approach angles to the center line of the street are subject to city standards.
D. Floor Area Defined: "Floor area" in the case of offices, merchandising or service types of uses, shall mean the gross floor area used or intended to be used by tenants or for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sales or merchandise. It shall not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise.
E. Alternatives To On Site Parking: For any new use, structure or building other than a dwelling, required off street parking which, due to the size or location cannot be provided on the premises, may be provided on other property not more than five hundred feet (500') distant from the nearest point of the parcel, or for a use in a commercial district (C, C-H) not more than six hundred feet (600') distant.
F. Parking Areas, Development And Maintenance: Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area, including a commercial parking lot and also an automobile, farm equipment or other open-air sales lot, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
1. Screening: The side of any off-street parking area for more than five (5) vehicles shall be effectively screened by fencing or landscaping of acceptable design, such wall or fence shall be not less than four feet (4') nor more than six feet (6') in height and shall be maintained in good condition with no advertising thereon.
2. Landscaping: Landscaping for off-street parking and loading shall be incorporated in the landscape plan and shall meet the requirements of chapter 15 of this title.
3. Surfacing: Except as provided in subsection 3b of this section, all off street parking areas shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete pavement, masonry pavers, or comparable material and shall be graded to dispose of all surface water. Surfacing may be installed in stages as approved by the planning commission. All parking and grading plans shall be reviewed and approved by the city engineer.
a. Residential Parking Areas: All new main residential driveways, approaches, and parking spaces required by this title shall be surfaced with concrete, asphalt, or other hard surfaced pavement material.
b. Gravel or crushed rock may be installed for accessory parking in a residential zone and must be a minimum of four inches (4") deep, compacted, placed atop a weed barrier, be maintained completely free of grass and weeds, and contained within durable borders.
4. Parking for public use shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed as determined by the zoning administrator and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe loading or unloading and parking and storage of vehicles.
5. Lighting: Lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises. (1989 Code § 12-14-002; amd. Ord. 2001-6, 2-27-2001; Ord. 2002-4, 3-26-2002; Ord. 2021-15, 12-7-2021)