(A) Area requirement. Three hundred square feet of lot area shall be deemed a parking space for one motor vehicle including an access aisle, except that 180 square feet of lot area which has direct means of ingress and egress from an alley or street may also be deemed a parking space.
(B) Fractional units. In computing units or measurements to determine the number of required spaces, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half shall require one space.
(C) Loading spaces. Loading spaces shall not be construed as supplying an off-street parking space.
(D) Location of spaces. The off-street parking facilities required for one- and two-family dwellings shall be located on the same lot or plot of ground as the building they are intended to serve and shall consist of a parking strip, parking apron or garage. A parking strip or driveway shall be located such that it leads to at least one parking space in a yard other than the required front or street side yard. Additional spaces may be located in the required front or street side yard provided the space is not located in a space bound by the front building line, the side building line nearest the parking strip or driveway and the front lot line or on corner lots the space bound by the front lot line, the street side yard lot line. Off-street parking facilities required for all other uses shall be located on the lot or on property within 400 feet of any entrance to the building such parking is intended to serve, measured between such entrance and the nearest point of such required parking area.
(E) Surfacing.
(1) Generally. Off-street parking and loading areas, including access drives, unless otherwise specifically approved by the Planning Commission, for all uses shall be surfaced with either:
(a) Six inches of portland cement concrete; or
(b) Two inches of asphaltic concrete laid over a base of crushed stone with a compacted thickness of six inches and shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water on the property.
(2) Exception. Divisions (E)(1)(a) and (E)(1)(b) above for single-family dwellings parking spaces, strips or aprons shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete or six inches of stone mix or gravel. Gravel and stone mix surfaces shall be maintained such that the parking space, strip or apron is free from ruts or holes.
(F) Private property. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to park any motor vehicle on any private property, or use said private property as parking space, without the express or implied consent, authorization or ratification of the owner, holder, occupant, lessee, agent or trustee of such property.
(G) Off-street parking lots.
(1) All off-street parking lots of more than 40 spaces shall incorporate and provide protected landscaped areas located within the parking lot. The ratio of landscaped area to number of parking spaces shall be 100 square feet for each 20 parking spaces. The minimum size for an interior parking lot landscaped island shall be 100 square feet. Required parking lot setback areas shall not satisfy the requirement for interior landscaping. Applicants are encouraged to locate landscaped islands adjacent to end parking stalls to protect end vehicles and improve sight distance.
(2) In all landscaped areas, at least one evergreen tree with a minimum height of four feet or one deciduous tree with a minimum caliper of three inches shall be provided for every 200 square feet of parking lot landscaping required. The landscaping shall be provided with a variety of plant materials including trees of a selected variety and size as may be practical for planting and architectural effect. When parking lot landscaping is provided in one or more end islands, the maximum mature height of shrubs and similar species shall be 30 inches and the minimum canopy height of deciduous trees shall be eight feet, in order to provide clear sight distance. In order to delineate on-site circulation, ensure adequate sight distance at the intersection of parking aisles, ring roads and private roads, protect vehicles at the end of parking bays, and define the geometry of internal intersections, end islands (painted or landscaped/ curbed) shall be required at the end of all off-street parking spaces adjacent to an aisle or road. At a minimum, one landscaped island shall be provided for every painted islands.
(H) Required parking area. Where the required parking area of three spaces or more is within 40 feet of an adjoining Residential District or lot, said parking area shall be no closer to any side or rear property line than ten feet and within said ten-foot strip, either of the following shall be established.
(1) A planting strip five feet in width approved by the Building Inspector. Said planting strip shall not be less than five feet in height and shall consist of a sufficiently dense material to screen the parking and shall be adequately maintained.
(2) A solid masonry wall or uniformly treated wood fence not less than five feet in height.
(3) Said wall or planting strip shall be as such length of the parking area.
(4) Off-street parking areas shall be lighted when provided for all uses, except single-family and two-family duplexes, in accordance with a plan approved by the Planning Commission and as specified in § 156.066.
(5) Parking as specified and/or provided in any Residential District shall not be allowed to encroach into the front yard area.
(Prior Code, § 15.403) (Ord. eff. 12-1-2019)