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a. Description
Shared parking represents an arrangement in which two or more nonresidential uses with different peak parking periods (hours of operation) use the same off-street parking spaces to meet their off-street parking requirements.
b. Authorization and Criteria
1. The Planning Director is authorized to approve an alternative compliance parking plan allowing shared parking arrangements for nonresidential uses with different hours of operation.
2. The Planning Director may permit up to 100 percent of the parking required for one use to be supplied by the off-street parking spaces provided for another use if the Planning Director determines that the various activities will have peak parking demands at different periods of the day or week.
3. In order to approve an alternative compliance parking plan for shared parking, the Planning Director must find, based on competent evidence provided by the applicant, that that there is no substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the uses for which the sharing of parking is proposed.
4. A request for approval of a shared parking arrangement must be accompanied by such information determined by the Planning Director as necessary to evaluate the peak parking demand characteristics or difference in hours and/or days of operation, including, but not limited to, a description of the uses, the space occupied by each use, and their operational characteristics, a site plan, nearest transit stop, and a parking study prepared by a licensed professional traffic engineer or equivalent qualified professional which justifies the reduction in parking requested. (Ord. No. 0-2018-83; 10/24/18)
c. Location of Shared Parking Facility
A use for which an application is being made for shared parking is proposed must be located within 1,000 feet walking distance of the shared parking, measured from the entrance of the use to the nearest parking space within the shared parking lot.
d. Agreement
An agreement providing for the shared use of parking areas, executed by the parties involved, must be filed with the Planning Director, in a form approved by the City Attorney and recorded at the Smith County Land Records office by the applicant. Shared parking privileges will continue in effect only as long as the agreement, binding on all parties, remains in force. Agreements must guarantee long-term availability of the parking, commensurate with the use served by the parking. (Ord. No. 0-2018-83; 10/24/18)
e. Shared Parking at Schools and Places of Worship
A facility or use located within 1,000 feet of the property line of a school or place of worship (measured by a straight line from the nearest points), may use the parking lot of such use to provide a maximum of 25 percent of its required off-street parking provided the operating schedules of the facility and the school or place of worship do not conflict.
The long-term parking or storage of any large recreational or other special vehicle, as defined in this section, in any residentially zoned district, must meet the following requirements:
a. Vehicle Measurement and Description
1. The length of a vehicle will be measured to include the trailer tongue and other connections, and any overhang of the vehicle or trailer, including the item(s) being transported on the trailer.
2. A large recreational or special vehicle is any camper, travel trailer or other trailer (including boats, autos, or any other item stored thereon), designed to be towed on public streets and which exceeds 22 feet in length; or any motor home, coach, bus or other self-propelled vehicle which exceeds 22 feet in length; or a truck-tractor (without trailer).
3. A truck-tractor is a vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so as to carry a load other than a part of the weight and load so drawn.
4. Commercial or heavy vehicles otherwise prohibited in residential areas will not be considered a large recreational or special vehicle for the purposes of this section (Ord. 0-2000-52, 7/26/00)
b. Vehicle Storage
Storage is defined as the continuous parking of the vehicle for 48 hours or longer.
c. Recreation Vehicle Parking and Storage
1. Only one large recreational vehicle, which is defined as a self-propelled vehicle or other vehicle designed to be towed on public streets and which exceeds 22 feet in length, may be stored per lot.
2. All large recreational vehicles parked or stored in a residentially zoned district must meet the following requirements.
3. A large recreational vehicle:
(a) may not be stored on required off-street parking.
(b) may not extend over a public easement or right-of-way.
(c) may not be used for housekeeping, living, or sleeping quarters.
(d) must be maintained in an operable condition.
(e) must be secured with wheel stops or maintained so as not to present a safety problem to the neighborhoods in which the vehicle is parked.
(f) must be stored on an improved driveway or improved parking surface such as concrete, asphalt, paving stones, or brick. Gravel or crushed rock may be used in the side and rear yards, but not in the front yard. The parking surface must be continuous from a driveway or accessible from a rear alley.
(g) must be stored behind the rear building line of the principal building.
(h) Recreational vehicles stored in the side yard or rear yard behind the front building line must be screened from view from adjacent lots and side streets.
4. All large recreational vehicles parked in residential areas must have a valid federal or state license and registration if required.
5. On a residential lot, all self-propelled vehicles not defined as a large recreational vehicle must be parked on an improved surface. (ORD. 0-97-62, 12/10/97)
a. All Residential Districts
1. Commercial vehicles larger than 22 feet in length, 7.5 feet in height, and weighing more than 4 tons (8,000 lbs.) may be not parked overnight in any residential district on public streets, private driveway, or other improved surface. (Ord. No. 0-2017-69; 8/23/17)
2. The following exceptions apply to the parking of commercial vehicles that exceed the maximum permissible size described in subsection a:
(a) Vehicles temporarily parked on or in front of a residential lot while loading, unloading, or rendering a service.
(b) If the principal use of the lot is other than residential (such as a church or office) and the vehicle is directly related to that use.
(c) Vehicles that are temporarily parked, weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., off the street and on premises owned or occupied by the driver of the vehicle.
(d) Properly licensed and plated vehicles designed or used for accommodating the needs of disabled occupants of the site, which exceed the height limitations.
(e) Trailers otherwise restricted by this section may be parked or stored on a site when housed within a garage.
b. Mixed-use Districts
1. Light- and medium-weight commercial vehicles are permitted without screening in the Planned Mixed Use District 1 (PMXD-1) and Planned Mixed Use District 2 (PMXD-2) where residential and nonresidential uses are vertically integrated in the same building.
2. In mixed-use districts where the residential uses are separated from the nonresidential uses, light- and medium-weight commercial vehicles are only be permitted in accordance with the standards of subsection a above.
3. This section should not be construed as to prevent the temporary parking of emergency vehicles, delivery trucks, moving vans, and similar vehicles used for delivery of goods and services nor the parking of commercial vehicles at an active job site or staging area.
DIVISION F.
Accessible Parking Requirements
Accessible Parking Requirements
All parking facilities subject to the requirements of this code must also be in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibility Standards set forth by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and available online at www.license.state.tx.us/ab/tas/abtas.htm#1.3. Any applicant for a development subject to Article VI, Division E, Off-Street Parking and Loading in this code is also responsible for meeting the requirements of the Texas Accessibility Standards.
It is unlawful to park and leave unattended, upon any private street, or upon any off-street public or private property used for parking and accessible to the public, a motor vehicle with the engine running or that has the key in the ignition, with the following exceptions:
a. The unattended vehicle is parked in a private, single-family, residential driveway; or
b. The unattended vehicle is rendered un-drivable by an anti-theft device with no key in the ignition.
(Ord. No. 0-2004-41; 5/26/04) (Ord. No. 0-2008-48: 04/23/08 [Exh.A])
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