CHAPTER 10: OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING

Section

12-10-1 Purpose

12-10-2 Applicability

12-10-3 Existing facilities

12-10-4 Additions or changes

12-10-5 Construction and maintenance

12-10-6 Parking; off site and joint facilities

12-10-7 Standards; authority to adjust

12-10-8 Parking standards (Rep. by Ord. 22(1999) § 4)

12-10-9 Loading standards

12-10-10 Parking requirements schedules

12-10-11 Parking schedule applicability

12-10-12 Credit for multiple use parking facilities

12-10-13 Loading requirements schedule

12-10-14 Loading schedule applicability

12-10-15 Credit for multiple use loading facilities

12-10-16 Exempt areas; Parking Fund established

12-10-17 Leasing of parking spaces

12-10-18 Variances

12-10-19 Core areas identified

12-10-20 Special review provisions

12-10-21 Parking pay in lieu zones established

§ 12-10-1 PURPOSE.

   In order to alleviate progressively or to prevent traffic congestion and shortage of on street parking areas, off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided incidental to new structures, enlargements of existing structures or a conversion to a new use which requires additional parking under this chapter. The number of parking spaces and loading berths prescribed in this chapter shall be in proportion to the need for such facilities created by the particular type of use. Off-street parking and loading areas are to be designed, maintained and operated in a manner that will ensure their usefulness, protect the public safety, and, where appropriate, insulate surrounding land uses from their impact. In certain districts, all or a portion of the parking spaces prescribed by this chapter are required to be within the main building in order to avoid or to minimize the adverse visual impact of large concentrations or exposed parking and of separate garage or carport structures.

(Ord. 8(1973) § 14.100; Ord. 19(1976) § 12; Ord. 26(1982) § 1)

§ 12-10-2 APPLICABILITY.

   Off-street parking and loading space shall be provided for any new building, for any addition or enlargement of an existing building or for any conversion of uses which requires additional parking under this chapter.

(Ord. 8(1973) § 14.200; Ord. 19(1976) § 12; Ord. 26(1982) § 2)

§ 12-10-3 EXISTING FACILITIES.

   Off-street parking and loading facilities used for off-street parking and loading on the effective date hereof shall not be reduced in capacity to less than the number of spaces prescribed in this chapter, or reduced in area or number to less than the minimum standards prescribed in this chapter.

(Ord. 8(1973) § 14.201; Ord. 19(1976) § 12; Ord. 26(1982) § 3)