The following standards apply to all off-street parking areas, unless otherwise provided for:
(a) Parking must be located on the same lot of the building it serves, unless certain circumstances are met, as follows:
(1) Public parking lots. Businesses may use public parking lots to count towards their required parking when adjacent to their site (this includes parking lots that are separated by an alley).
(2) Residential. Parking facilities accessory to dwelling units must be on the same zoning lot as the use served. Spaces accessory to uses other than dwellings (such as religious institutions) may be located on a lot adjacent to or directly across a street or alley from the lot occupied by the use served, but in no case greater than 300-feet radius from such lot (measured from property line to property line).
(3) Non-residential. Parking facilities accessory to non-residential uses may be located on other than the same zoning lot as the use served (off-site). All required parking spaces must be within 500-feet of such lot. No parking spaces accessory to a use in a business or industrial district may be located in a residential district, unless authorized by the Planning Commission.
(4) Agreement. A written agreement must be drawn to the satisfaction of the City Attorney and executed by all parties concerned, assuring the continued availability of the off-site parking facilities for the use they are intended to serve.
(b) Parking must be located within a rear yard or within a non-required side yard and is prohibited within a front yard.
(c) Off-street parking existing at the effective date of this Zoning Code, in connection with the operation of an existing building/use, does not need to be reduced to an amount less than required for a similar new building/use.
(d) Parking must be for the use of occupants, employees, visitors, and patrons and is limited in use to motor vehicles. The storage of merchandise or motor vehicles for sale and the repair of vehicles is prohibited.
(e) Where a parking lot is contiguous to or across the street from a residential district, a ten-foot landscaped yard is required.
(f) Where permitted, any outdoor display areas for ancillary sales of products such as, vehicles or merchandise, must be provided in a specific area designated on the site plan and may not block parking spaces or interfere with site circulation of automobiles or pedestrians.
(g) Residential Parking.
(1) Parking may consist of a parking bay, driveway, garage, or combination thereof that consists of asphalt or concrete. Driveways cannot be wider than three-feet on either side of the opening of the garage door(s).
(2) Driveways must be setback a minimum of two-feet off any side or rear property line.
(3) Parking is prohibited on lawn areas.
(4) The parking or storage of commercially licensed motor vehicles is not permitted in the following cases if such parking or storage exceeds a one-hour period of time. This subsection does not apply to the lawful and expeditious loading, unloading, delivery or pick-up of materials, goods, merchandise, or persons.
A. The parking or storage of commercially licensed motor vehicles, including, but not limited to: semi-trailers, semi-trucks, and tow trucks.
B. The parking or storage of commercially licensed motor vehicles used to transport persons for hire, including, but not limited to, taxicabs, limousines, hearses, and buses.
C. The parking or storage of commercially licensed motor vehicles which weigh over 6,000 pounds when empty but fully equipped for service.
(Ord. 2023-01. Passed 2-7-23.)