(a) Utilization. Accessory off-street parking facilities as listed herein shall be solely for the parking of motor vehicles in operating condition of patrons, residents, occupants or employees of such uses.
(b) Size. An off-street parking space shall be a minimum of eighteen (18) feet by nine (9) feet for angular parking, eighteen (18) feet by nine and one half (9-1/2) feet for perpendicular parking, or twenty-two (22) feet by ten (10) feet for parallel parking, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, office, or work areas. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven (7) feet. Residential drives, access drives, aisles and ramps shall be of usable size and in accordance with acceptable City of Troy engineering standards which permit reasonable access to and from the parking spaces. (Ord. 15-2009. Passed 6-15-09.)
(c) Access. Each off-street parking area shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space, and which, except for single-family and two-family residences, does not require a vehicle to back into a street or highway. Such aisle or driveway shall not be used for parking of other vehicles, except that the driveway of a single-family or two-family residence may be counted as one (1) parking space for each dwelling unit. Parking shall not be permitted in established lawn areas. (Ord. 17-2014. Passed 7-7-14.)
(d) In A-R, R, and O-R Districts, driveways may be widened in conformance with the following standards:
(1) The terminous shall not be in the required front yard.
(2) Shall not extend fifteen (15) feet wider than driveway.
(3) Shall have a minimum of four (4) feet of landscaped area between extension and adjoining property line.
(4) Shall be hard surfaced with the same material as the driveway.
(e) Required Yards. Structures and buildings containing off-street parking shall be subject to the yard requirements applicable in the district in which located, except as provided herein. Off-street parking areas open to the sky may be located on any yard, except that:
(1) In any Agricultural, Residential, Office-Residential, or Office-Commercial District, off-street parking shall not be located in any required front yard, except that one (1) of the required off-street parking spaces for single-family and two-family residences may be located in the required front yard in an established driveway. Parking shall not be permitted in established lawn areas of residential lots.
(2) In any Agricultural, Residential, Office-Residential, or Office-Commercial District, on a corner lot devoted to a residential use, the off-street parking shall not be located closer to the side lot line bounding a street than one-half (½) the depth of the required front yard.
(f) Location. All parking spaces shall be located in the same zoning districts as the use served or in an adjacent zoning district in which the use served is either a permitted or conditional use. The parking areas shall also be under the same ownership or control and in accordance with the following:
(1) In Agricultural, Residence and Office-Residence Districts on the same lot as the building or use served. If a lot is devoted to a non-residential use and if its front lot line, side lot line, or rear lot line separates the lot from a lot in a residential district, the off-street parking facilities located thereon shall not be closer to such lot line than the minimum front yard depth, side yard width, or rear yard depth prescribed by the development standard for the district.
(2) In Office-Commercial and Business Districts on the same lot as the building or use served or within three hundred (300) feet of the nearest point of the principal structure.
(3) In an Industrial District on the same lot as the building or use served, or within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest point of the principal structure.
(g) Time. The parking facilities required under this Zoning Code shall be made available as soon after the time they become required as weather conditions permit, but in no case more than six (6) months after the date of the certificate of occupancy.
(h) Restricted Parking Lots. Restricted parking lots are those lots which do not meet the location standards of Section 1155.07(f) of this Zoning Code.
(1) For lots located in Office-Residence, Office-Commercial, Business or Industrial Districts, an application for a restricted parking lot requires a variance and shall be filed pursuant to the requirements of this Zoning Code.
(2) In addition to meeting the required findings for variances of this Zoning Code, shall comply with the following standards:
A. The parcel of property to be used is located adjacent to an Office-Residential, Office-Commercial, Business or Industrial District in which the use is located or is separated from that district by a distance of not more than fifty (50) feet.
B. The parking lot shall be used solely for the parking of passenger vehicles and shall not be used for repair work, vehicle servicing, loading of any kind, or the erection of advertising signs of any kind on the lot.
C. The parking lot shall be closed between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. unless otherwise modified by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
D. All restricted parking lots with ten (10) parking spaces or less shall provide front, rear and side yards that conform to the requirements set forth by the underlying zoning district. The yards shall also contain a solid wall, fence, or dense living hedge of at least four (4) feet in height and one (1) hardy deciduous canopy tree of at least two (2) inches caliper placed no farther apart than twenty-five (25) feet on center in the required yard.
E. All restricted parking lots with more than ten (10) parking spaces shall provide side yards abutting a residential district of at least five (5) feet, plus two (2) additional feet for every ten (10) spaces or part thereof in excess of ten (10) spaces. Front and rear yards shall conform to the requirements of the underlying zoning district. The yard shall also contain a solid wall, fence or dense living hedge of at least six (6) feet in height or one (1) hardy deciduous canopy tree of at least two (2) inches caliper placed no farther apart than twenty (20) feet on center in the required yard.
F. Where the yard requirements of the district in which the restricted parking lot is located are stricter than those specified in this section, then the stricter yard requirements shall apply in addition to the screening and vegetation requirements specified above.
1. No parking shall be permitted in any required yard.
2. Restricted parking lots with more than twenty-five (25) spaces shall provide a landscaped island of at least forty (40) square feet with a hardy deciduous canopy tree of at least two (2) inches caliper for each twenty-five (25) spaces or part thereof.
G. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall impose such further restrictions as may be deemed necessary and appropriate in order to reduce the adverse effect of a restricted parking lot upon the preservation of the residential character and development of the residence district in which the parking lot is proposed to be located. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall schedule and hold such public hearings as may be necessary to make detailed findings and arrive at specific conclusions with respect to the suitability and applicability of the proposed restricted parking lot.
(i) Handicapped Parking. All parking facilities shall have provisions for the physically handicapped. Such parking spaces shall be located as near as practicable to the entrance(s) of the building and shall comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements.
(j) Repair and Service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind, except emergency repairs, shall be permitted in or in association with any off-street parking area.