It is the intent of this section to provide adequate parking in the various districts established by this chapter. Off-street automobile parking or storage space shall be provided on every lot on which any of the following uses are hereafter established. At the time of the erection of any building, or at the time any principal building is enlarged or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, guest rooms, seats or floor area, or before conversion from one type of use to another, permanent off-street parking space in the amount specified by this section shall be provided. Such parking space may be provided in a parking or properly graded open space.
(A) Certification of minimum parking requirements. Each application for a zoning compliance permit or certificate of occupancy submitted to the Zoning Enforcement Officer as provided for in §§ 94.82 and 94.83 shall include information as to the location and dimensions of off-street parking and loading space and the means of ingress and egress to such space. This information shall be in sufficient detail to enable the Zoning Enforcement Officer to determine whether the requirements of this section are met.
(B) Combination of required parking space. The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be combined in one lot, but the required space assigned to one use may not be assigned to another use, except that one-half of the parking space required for churches, theaters, or assembly halls whose peak attendance will be a night or on Sundays may be assigned to a use which will be closed at night or on Sundays.
(C) Requirements for parking lots in residential districts. Where parking lots for more than five automobiles are permitted or required in residential districts, the following provisions shall be complied with:
(1) The lot may be used only for parking and not for any type of commercial loading, sales, repair work, dismantling or servicing.
(2) All entrances, exits, barricades at sidewalks, and drainage works shall be approved by the Zoning Enforcement Officer prior to construction.
(3) Only one entrance and one exit sign not larger than two square feet in area prescribing parking regulations, but bearing no advertising matter, may be erected at each entrance or exit. No other signs shall be permitted.
(D) Minimum parking requirements. The required number of off- street parking spaces for each land use is specified below:
Land Use | Required Parking Space |
Land Use | Required Parking Space |
Churches | One space for each four seats in the main chapel. |
Kindergartens or nurseries | One space for each employee and four spaces for off-street drop-off and pickup. |
Medical Offices and clinics | Six for each doctor practicing at the clinic, plus one space for each employee. |
Offices, business, professional or public, including banks. | One space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area. |
Outdoor recreation areas and amusement parks | One space for each three persons able to use such facility at its maximum capacity, plus ten spaces for waiting plus one space for each two employees. |
Places of public assembly, including private clubs, auditoriums, dance halls, community centers, and all similar places of public assembly | One space for each four seats provided for patron use, plus one space for each 100 square feet of floor or ground area used for amusement or assembly, but not containing fixed seats. |
Residential dwellings, single-family, two-family | Two spaces for each dwelling unit. |
Residential dwellings, multi-family | Two spaces for each dwelling unit. |
(Ord., passed 2-22-79)