(a) Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this section for all buildings, structures or premises used in whole or in part for purposes permitted by this Code.
(b) When the intensity of use of any building, structure or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, floor area, beds, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement, parking and loading facilities as required herein shall be provided for such increase in intensity of use.
(c) For any non-conforming use which is hereafter damaged or partially destroyed, and which is lawfully reconstructed, re-established, or repaired, off-street parking and loading facilities equivalent to those maintained at the time of such damage or partial destruction shall be restored and continued in operation; provided, however, in no case shall it be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required by this Code for equivalent new uses.
(d) No building permit shall be issued, no use shall be established or changed, and no structure shall be erected, enlarged or reconstructed unless the applicant has presented satisfactory evidence via parking lot design, that the off-street parking and loading spaces herein are provided in the minimum amounts and maintained in the manner specified; provided, however:
(1) For the enlargement of a structure or for the expansion of a use of structure or land there shall be required only the number of additional off-street parking and loading spaces as would be required if such enlargement or expansion were a separate new structure or use; and
(2) For a change in the class or use of a structure or land, the number of additional off-street parking and loading spaces required shall be equal to the number required for the new use, less the number of spaces which would have been required for the previous use if it had been established in conformance with this section; but in no case shall the total number of spaces furnished be required to exceed the minimum required for the new use.
(e) Off-street parking or loading facilities in existence at the time of the effective date of this article shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements for a similar new use under the provisions of this Code.
(f) Nothing in this Code shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of off- street parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings, provided that all regulations herein governing the location, design, and operation of such facilities are adhered to.
(g) Off-street parking and loading facilities provided to comply with the provisions of this Code shall not subsequently be reduced below the requirements of this Code.
(Ord. 318. Passed 2-4-08.)