(a) Any commercial building that is erected, converted or structurally altered shall provide a minimum of one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space in the building, and any restaurant or establishment that serves meals, lunches or drinks to patrons either in their cars or in the building shall provide one parking space for each 100 square feet of gross floor space in the building, provided, however, that two or more establishments may provide necessary parking space upon a single parcel of land within the E Commercial District and within 300 feet of the establishments. Any commercial property that provides more than ten percent of parking spaces above the minimum number of spaces required, shall provide additional landscaping islands in the parking lot areas at a rate of one ten foot by twenty foot island for each five additional spaces or portion thereof.
(b) Each parking space shall have minimum dimensions of ten feet by twenty feet, 200 square feet. Provided, however, that when a parking space or spaces abut a landscaped area, grassy strip, or yard, that a maximum of two feet of the overall length (twenty square feet) of any such space or spaces may extend into the landscaped area, grassy strip or yard. No part of a parking space shall be permitted to extend over a public or private sidewalk or pedestrian way.
(c) No parking area shall be permitted within ten feet of the front property line, not including any public right-of-way, and such ten-foot strip shall be planted in grass, landscaped, or surfaced with decorative paving unsuitable for parking use or, in the alternative, be physically separated from parking areas immediately to the rear of the ten-foot strip by some type of natural or artificial barrier.
(Ord. 12-2012. Passed 10-15-12.)
(Ord. 12-2012. Passed 10-15-12.)