(a) Location of parking - nonresidential use. Required parking spaces shall be located on the same parcel with the primary use or structure, or on an immediately adjacent and contiguous parcel. If it is not feasible to provide the required amount of parking on the same or adjacent parcel, as determined by the Planning Director, parking spaces located within two hundred fifty (250) feet of the premises to which the parking requirements pertain, may be leased or purchased. An agreement providing for the shared use of private parking indicating the hours of the expected use by type of activity, executed by the parties involved, shall be filed with the Planning Director. Property within the existing or anticipated future right-of-way of a street or highway shall not be used to provide required parking or loading facilities, unless allowed through the issuance of a Use Permit.
(b) Location of parking - residential use. Required parking shall not be located in any required front or side yard, except as otherwise permitted for accessory second units in residential (R) zones according to Article 5, Section 8-2.506(b).
(c) Change in nonresidential use. When the occupancy or use of a property, except for property within the Downtown Mixed Use (DMX) zone, is changed to a different use, or the lessee, tenant, or owner of a specific use occupying more than five hundred (500) square feet of leasable commercial floor area, or one thousand (1,000) square feet of leasable industrial floor area is changed, through issuance of a discretionary or non-discretionary permit, parking to meet the requirements of this section shall be provided for the new use or occupancy, to the extent feasible.
(d) Increase in nonresidential use. When an existing occupancy or use of more than five hundred (500) square feet of leasable commercial floor area, or one thousand (1,000) square feet of leasable industrial floor area is altered, enlarged, expanded, or intensified, except for property within the Downtown Mixed Use (DMX) zone, through issuance of a discretionary or non-discretionary permit, additional parking to meet the requirements of this section shall be provided for the altered, enlarged, expanded, or intensified portion only, to the extent feasible.
(e) Two or more uses. Where two (2) or more uses are located in a single structure or on a single parcel, required parking shall be provided for each specific use (i.e., the total parking required for an establishment that has both industrial and office uses shall be determined by computing the parking for the industrial use and the office use and then adding the two requirements together). A reduction of the required parking spaces may be approved, as allowed in Section 8-2.1310.
(f) Parking and loading spaces to be permanent. Parking and loading spaces shall be permanently available, marked, and maintained for parking or loading purposes, for the use they are intended to serve. The Planning Director may approve the temporary reduction of parking or loading spaces in conjunction with a seasonal or intermittent use.
(g) Parking and loading to be unrestricted. Owners, lessees, tenants, caretaker or persons having control of the operation of the premises for which parking or loading spaces are required by this section shall not prevent, prohibit or restrict authorized persons from using these spaces without prior approval of the Planning Director.
(h) Use of parking lot for activities other than parking. Required off-street parking, circulation, and access areas shall be used exclusively for the temporary parking and maneuvering of vehicles and shall not be used for the sale, lease, display, repair, or storage of vehicles, trailers, boats, campers, mobile homes, merchandise, or equipment, or for any other use not authorized by the provisions of this Code. The temporary use of parking lots for display and sales may be permitted in advance through the issuance of a Site Plan Review by the Zoning Administrator, with a finding that an adequate amount of parking will still be available for customers.
(Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014; as amended by § 4, Ord. 1497, eff. June 7, 2018)