(A) Surfacing and drainage. Off-street parking areas shall be improved with a durable and dustless surface which may include an aggregate material or similar treatment. Such areas shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water without damage to adjoining property. These requirements shall also apply to open sales lots. The Planning Commission may require the use of asphalt, concrete or other aggregate material as part of a conditional or interim use permit.
(B) Location. All accessory off-street parking facilities required herein shall be located as follows:
(1) Spaces accessory to one- and two-family dwellings on the same lot as the principal use served;
(2) Spaces accessory to multiple-family dwellings on the same lot as the principle use served or within 200 feet of the main entrance to the principal building served;
(3) Spaces accessory to uses located in a business, within 800 feet of a main entrance to the principal building served;
(4) There shall be no off-street parking space within five feet of any street right-of-way; and
(5) No off-street open parking area containing more than four parking spaces shall be located closer than five feet from an adjacent lot zoned or used for residential purposes.
(C) General provisions.
(1) General. Access drives may be placed adjacent to property lines; except that, drives consisting of crushed rock or other non-finished surfacing shall be no closer than one foot to any side or rear lot line.
(2) Parking spaces. Each parking space shall not be less than nine feet wide and 20 feet in length exclusive of an adequately designed system of access drives.
(3) Control of off-street parking facilities. When required accessory off-street parking facilities are provided elsewhere than on the lot in which the principal use served is located, they shall be in the same ownership or control, either by deed or long-term lease, as the property occupied by such principal use, and the owner of the principal use shall file a recordable document with the county requiring the owner and his or her heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of off-street spaces during the existence of said principal use.
(4) Use of parking area. Required off-street parking space in any district shall not be utilized for open storage of goods or for the storage of vehicles which are inoperable or for sale or for rent.
(D) Design and maintenance of off-street parking areas.
(1) General. Parking areas shall be designed so as to provide adequate means of access to a public alley or street. Such driveway access shall not exceed 22 feet in width and shall be so located as to cause the least interference with traffic movement.
(2) Signs. No signs shall be located in any parking area, except as necessary for orderly operation of traffic movement and such signs shall not be a part of the permitted advertising space.
(3) Curbing and landscaping. All open off-street parking areas designed to have head-in parking along the property line shall provide a bumper curb not less than three feet from the side property line or a guard of normal bumper height not less than one foot from the side property line. When said area is for six spaces or more, a curb or fence not over five feet in height shall be erected along the front yard setback line and grass or planting shall occupy the space between the sidewalk and curb or fence.
(4) Parking space for six or more cars. When a required off-street parking space for six cars or more is located adjacent to a Residential District, a fence of adequate design, not over five feet in height, nor less than four feet in height, shall be erected along the Residential District property line.
(5) Maintenance of off-street parking space. It shall be the joint and several responsibility of the operator and owner of the principal use, uses and/or building to maintain, in a neat and adequate manner, the parking space, access ways, landscaping and required fences.
(6) Determination of areas. A parking space shall not be less than 300 square feet per vehicle of standing and maneuvering area.
(E) Other parking in residential areas. Parking in residential areas (off-street and on-street) shall be limited to the use of the residents of those homes. Except for short-term parking (six hours or less) and guest parking, the number of vehicles parked on or in front of a residential lot shall not exceed double the number of persons residing on the premises and having automobile driver’s licenses.
(F) Off-street spaces required. (One space equals 300 square feet.)
Automobile service station | At least 2 off-street parking spaces, plus 4 off-street parking spaces for each service stall |
Bowling alley | At least 5 parking spaces for each alley, plus additional spaces as may be required herein related uses such as restaurant, plus 1 additional space for each employee |
Business and professional offices | 1 space for each 400 square feet of gross floor space |
Churches, theaters, auditoriums and other places of assembly | 1 space for each 3 seats or for each 5 feet of pew length; based upon maximum design capacity. |
Drive-in food | At least 1 parking space for each 15 establishment square feet of gross floor space in building allocated to drive-in operation |
Hospital | At least 1 parking space for each 3 hospital beds, plus 1 space for each 4 employees, other than doctors, plus 1 parking space for each resident and regular staff doctor |
Hotel or motel | 1 space per rental unit, plus 1 space per employee |
Medical and dental clinics | 5 spaces per doctor or dentist, plus 1 space for each employee |
Multiple dwellings | 2 spaces per dwelling unit |
One- and two-family residences | 2 spaces per dwelling unit |
Restaurants, cafés, bars, taverns, nightclubs | At least 1 space for each 3 seats based on capacity designs |
Retail store | At least 1 off-street parking space for each 150 square feet of gross floor area |
Schools | At least 1 parking space for each 4 students based on design capacity, plus 1 additional space for each classroom |
Uses not specifically noted | As determined by the governing body following review by the Planning Commission |
(Ord. 18-4, passed 6-19-2018; Ord. 19-6, passed 11-19-2019; Ord. 23-1, passed 5-2-2023)