(a) No structure shall hereafter be built or moved, unless the sufficient off-street parking spaces required by this section are provided.
(b) Expansion. Whenever a building or use, constructed or established after the effective date of this ordinance, is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity, or otherwise to create a need for an increase of ten percent or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided based on the degree of enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use existing prior to the effective date of this ordinance is enlarged to the extent of fifty percent or more in floor area or in the area used, such building or use shall then comply with the parking requirements set forth herein.
(c) Except in the case of dwellings, no parking area provided hereunder shall be established for less than three spaces.
(d) The number of off-street parking spaces required for each use is set forth in Table 9-A of this section or by occupancy as determined by the Wheeling Fire Department based on the NFPA Life Safety Code. For uses not expressly set forth in Table 9-A of this section, parking spaces shall be provided on the same basis as required for the most similar listed use as determined by the Zoning Administrator. When determinations of the number of accessory off-street parking spaces required by these regulations result in a requirement of a fractional space, the fraction of ½ (0.5) or less may be disregarded, and a fraction in excess of ½ (0.5) shall be counted as one parking space.
(e) All permitted and required accessory off-street parking spaces, open or enclosed, shall be located on the same lot as the use to which such spaces are accessory, except that such spaces may be provided within a radius of 250 feet from the lot lines. Such spaces shall be in the same ownership as the use to which they are accessory and shall be subject to deed restrictions filed with the County, binding the owner and his heirs, successors and assigns to maintain the required number of spaces available throughout the life of such use.
(f) The parking requirements of this section do not apply to the downtown zones of D- 1, D-2, and D-3. Parking requirements within the D-1, D-2, and D-3 districts shall be reviewed and approved on a case by case basis with the Planning Administrator and the Planning Commission, pursuant to Section 1355.09, Joint or Shared Parking, and subsection (k) hereof, Modifications.
(g) Each short-term parking space shall measure nine feet by eighteen feet. Each long- term parking space shall measure seven and one-half feet by eighteen feet. In parking areas containing ten or more parking spaces, up to twenty percent of the parking spaces may contain long-term parking spaces. If such spaces are provided, they shall be conspicuously designated as reserved for long-term parking. Short-term parking shall be used by shoppers and visitors. Long- term parking shall be used for commuters and employees. In parking areas containing five or more parking spaces, handicapped accessible spaces shall be provided in accordance with "Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards."
(h) Required accessory off-street parking facilities provided for the uses hereinafter listed shall be solely for the parking of motor vehicles that are registered and in operating condition (i.e., drivable), of patrons, occupants, or employees of such uses.
(i) No motor vehicle repair, work or service of any kind shall be permitted in connection with any non-residential accessory off-street parking facilities.
(j) The Planning Administrator may allow an applicant for new construction to reserve an unbuilt area for future required parking, if the applicant can satisfactorily demonstrate that the full amount of required parking will not be needed until a later phase of the build-out and occupancy program.
(k) Modifications. The Planning Commission may authorize a modification, reduction, or waiver of parking requirements if it should find that the peculiar nature of the residential, business, trade, industrial, other use, exceptional situation, or condition would justify such action.