(A) Procedure. An application for a building permit for a new or enlarged building, structure or use shall include therewith a plot plan, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing any parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the requirements of these standards.
(B) Extent of control. The off-street parking and loading requirements of these standards shall apply as follows.
(1) All buildings and structures erected or enlarged and land uses initiated after the effective date of these standards shall provide accessory off-street parking or loading facilities as required hereinafter for the use thereof, except that a building or structure for which a building permit has been issued prior to the effective date of these standards shall not be required to furnish parking or loading facilities if construction is begun thereon within 6 months of the effective date of the building permit and diligently prosecuted to completion.
(2) When a building or structure erected or enlarged prior to or after the effective date of these standards shall undergo a decrease in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities, and further, when the decrease would result in a requirement for fewer total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions herein, parking and loading facilities may be reduced accordingly provided that existing parking or loading facilities shall be so decreased only when the facilities remaining would at least equal or exceed the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of these standards to the entire building or structure as modified.
(3) When a building or structure shall undergo any increase in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement specified herein after for required parking or loading facilities, and further, when the increase would result in a requirement for additional total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of these standards, parking and loading facilities may be increased accordingly, provided that existing parking or loading facilities shall be so increased that the facilities would at least equal or exceed the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of these provisions to the entire building or structure as modified.
(C) Existing parking and loading spaces. Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date of these standards may not be reduced in number unless already exceeding the requirements of this section for equivalent new construction; in which event, the spaces shall not be reduced below the number required herein for the equivalent new construction.
(D) Permissive parking and loading spaces. Nothing in this section shall prevent the establishment of off-street automobile parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings, subject to full compliance with the provisions of this section, except that off-street parking areas accessory to existing multiple-family structures cannot be located off the premises containing the principal use, unless on a lot adjacent thereto, without special authorization by the City Council.
(E) Damage or destruction. Any building, structure or use which is in existence and in a conforming use on the effective date of these standards and which subsequently shall be damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion or other cause may be reconstructed, re-established or repaired with or without off-street parking or loading facilities, except that parking or loading facilities equivalent to any maintained at the time of the damage or destruction shall be restored or continued in operation. However, it shall not be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required herein for equivalent new construction.
(F) Schedule of requirements.
(1) Tables for required parking and loading. Requirements governing the number and location of off-street parking and off-street loading facilities in relation to the use of property are established hereinafter in this section. The parking and loading requirements for any use not specified herein shall be the same as for a similar specified use, as determined by § 155.171.
(2) Floor area. The term FLOOR AREA as employed in this parking and loading section in the case of office, merchandising or service types of use shall mean the gross floor area of a building or structure used or intended to be used for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients, patients or tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. FLOOR AREA for the purposes of this section, shall not include any area used for:
(a) Storage accessory to the principal use of a building;
(b) Incidental repairs;
(c) Processing or packaging of merchandise;
(d) Show windows, or offices incidental to the management or maintenance of a store or building;
(e) Rest rooms;
(f) Utilities; or
(g) Dressing, fitting or alteration rooms.
(1992 Code, § 155.161) (Ord. passed 5- -1969) Penalty, see § 155.999