Off-street parking facilities shall be provided
in individual zoning districts as specified herewith:
A. Residential districts (includes R-1, R-2 and R-3):
a minimum of one off-street parking space per family living unit.
Off-street parking facilities shall be provided as follows:
(1) Recreational uses: one per 300 feet of gross lot area.
(2) Home occupations: three units.
(3) Churches, auditoriums or other places of public assembly:
one for each six seats.
(4) Professional offices and clinics: one per office,
plus one for every 200 square feet of floor space.
B. Business and industrial districts (includes B, I-1
and I-2): to be determined by the Planning Commission. Prior to the
issuance of a zoning permit, plans of the proposed commercial or industrial
development shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for approval.
Parking needs are to be based on the type and scope of activity proposed
by the developer. Parking in these districts should preferably be
developed in lots, integrating individual needs within a three-hundred-foot
radius, and shall be limited by the following minimum provisions:
(1) B District. Off-street parking facilities for recreational
uses and nursing and funeral homes shall be located a minimum of 15
feet from any lot line. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided
as follows:
(a)
Restaurants, etc.: one for each three seats.
(b)
Retail sales and services: one per 100 square
feet of net floor area.
(c)
Automobile uses: one per 500 square feet of
floor space.
(d)
Bowling alleys: five per alley.
(f)
Recreational uses: one per 300 square feet of
gross lot area.
(g)
Churches, auditoriums, stadiums or other places
of public assembly: one for each six seats.
(2) I-1 and I-2 Districts: one parking stall per every
two employees for any two shifts.
Off-street loading facilities shall be provided
in the business and industrial districts as follows:
A. One loading unit shall consist of a space 12 feet
wide, 15 feet high, if covered, and 45 feet long, exclusive of access
and turning area.
B. Retail sales, wholesaling, merchandising, storage
or processing: one unit for each 3,000 square feet of floor area.
In the business and industrial zoning districts
covered by this chapter, the loading and unloading of trucks and all
other vehicles shall be conducted in such a manner that no part of
said truck or vehicle or the operations of the loading or unloading
shall extend onto the adjacent sidewalk or roadway or in any other
manner hinder or impede the use thereof.
This section is not meant to regulate parking
but is intended to regulate the provision of off-street parking facilities
in the interest of the safety and general welfare of the community.