(A) Duty to provide. The duty to provide and maintain off-street parking and loading spaces herein required shall be the joint and several responsibility of the owner and occupant of the land on which is established any use for which any off-street parking or loading space is required to be provided and maintained.
(B) Permit. 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 to the Building Official that the off-street parking and loading spaces herein required 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 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 subchapter; but in no case shall the total number of spaces furnished be required to exceed the minimum number required for the new use.
(C) Paving; materials. All off-street parking spaces, parking lots, access ways, and loading areas shall be paved with a durable, dust-free surface of masonry; portland cement concrete, asphalted concrete or other durable, hard-faced material, except residential uses in the agriculture, suburban ranch, Low Density Residential (R-1-40), or the Residential Estate (RE-35) zoning districts where alternative paving materials, such as rock, gravel or ABC may be used. Secondary driveways in residential districts may also utilize gravel or rock.
Alternative paving materials.
(1) The rock or gravel may not be smaller than one-quarter inch and no larger than three-quarter inch.
(2) The depth of the gravel shall be three inches.
(3) The gravel driveway must be contained within a permanent border deep enough to maintain required gravel depth.
(D) Gross floor area. Gross floor area, for determining off-street parking and loading requirements, shall mean the sum total of the gross areas of the several floors of a building or buildings measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the centerline of walls separating two buildings; and including open areas either covered or open to the sky used for serving the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients. Gross floor area shall not include: underground parking space, uncovered steps, exterior balconies, exterior walkways, restrooms or mechanical equipment areas.
(E) Shared parking. Shared parking may be applied to mixed use developments or two (2) or more nonresidential uses in which the uses operate at different peak times from one another.
Shared parking shall be subject to the review and approval of the Director of the Department of Planning and Neighborhood Services. An application for shared parking shall conform to the following standards:
(1) A narrative statement shall be supplied explaining how shared parking will be managed. This narrative must explain the proposed hours of operation for each use on site;
(2) Floor plans and a parking count analysis shall be included, and the analysis shall illustrate parking needs without a shared use and with a shared use plan, while also demonstrating a plan to address any future change of use; and
(3) Completion of a recorded agreement between business and/or property owners with an acknowledgement that any changes in use or hours of operation may invalidate the agreement. City regulations shall be consulted.
(F) Parking spaces for people with disabilities. In accordance with the current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, parking for people with disabilities shall be provided in all public places in convenient locations and reserved for people with disabilities.
(G) Fractional measurements. Unless otherwise provided for in the specific regulations, one additional parking space shall be required if the fractional number of one-half or more is calculated for required parking spaces.
('80 Code, App. A, § 160) (Ord. 583, passed 9-16-1952; Ord. 800, passed 5-17-1960; Ord. 1812, passed 2-7-1979; Ord. O2010-32, passed 7-7-2010; Ord. O2017-016, passed 5-17-2017; Ord. O2023-040, passed 1-3-2024) Penalty, see § 154-999