All parking and loading space need generated
by development shall be accommodated off street as specified in this
article. Such parking spaces shall not be fewer in number than the
parking and loading space requirements of Table 1,[1] and all required parking shall be maintained for the life
of the use.
[1]
Editor's Note: Table 1 is included at the end of this chapter.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
A durable and dust-free area, paved with bituminous, concrete,
or other comparable hard-surface material, which is designed for bulk
pickup and delivery. Such loading space shall be readily accessible
when required parking spaces are filled and shall be located totally
outside of any street or alley right-of-way.
A durable and dust-free area, paved with bituminous, concrete,
or other comparable hard-surface material, which is designed for parking
a motor vehicle. Such parking areas shall have clear access to a public
street or alley and shall have sufficient maneuvering room which shall
be located totally outside of any street or alley right-of-way. Parking
spaces within garages or other enclosures are considered parking spaces
for purposes of interpretation of this article.
A.
Interpretation by Zoning Administrator. Parking spaces
for other permitted or conditional uses not listed in this article
shall be determined by the Administrator based on the requirements
for comparable uses.
B.
Fractional numbers. Fractional numbers shall be increased
to the next whole number.
C.
Preexisting parking and loading spaces. Parking and
loading spaces that were in existence on the effective date of this
chapter or were provided voluntarily after such date shall not hereafter
be reduced in number except to conform to the requirements herein.
D.
Use exclusively for parking and loading. Parking and
loading spaces shall be used solely for the intended use and not for
the storage of goods, or of vehicles that are inoperable, for lease,
rent, or sale except for the sale of a vehicle at an owner's home.
E.
Temporary waivers. The Administrator may temporarily
suspend parking requirements for major unused portions of buildings
for periods of one year, renewable for periods of one year.
Parking and loading spaces generated by development
shall be located on the same parcel as the use that they are intended
to serve.
A.
Mixed occupancies. In the case of two or more uses
in the same building, the total requirements for off-street parking
facilities shall be the sum of the requirements for the several uses
computed separately. Off-street parking facilities for one use shall
not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any
other use, except as approved specifically by the Administrator for
joint but alternative uses.
B.
Joint but alternative use. The Administrator may authorize
the joint use of parking facilities under the following conditions:
(1)
Up to 50% of the parking facilities by nighttime uses
may be supplied by the off-street parking facilities of daytime uses.
(2)
Up to 50% of the parking facilities of daytime uses
may be supplied by the off-street parking facilities of nighttime
uses.
(3)
Up to 100% of the parking facilities of a church or
auditorium incidental to a school may be supplied by the off-street
parking facilities of daytime uses.
(4)
For the purposes of this section, "daytime uses" are
defined as offices, banks, retail stores, personal service or repair
shops, household equipment or furniture stores, manufacturing or wholesale,
or similar primarily daytime uses, and "nighttime uses" are defined
as auditoriums incidental to schools, churches, bowling alleys, dance
halls, theaters, bars or restaurants, motels, or similar primarily
nighttime or Sunday uses.
(5)
Conditions required for joint use.
(a)
The building or use for which application is
being made to utilize the off-street parking facilities provided by
another building or use shall be located within 500 feet of such parking
facilities.
(b)
The applicant shall show that there is no substantial
conflict in the principal operating hours of the two buildings or
uses for which joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed.
(c)
A properly drawn legal instrument, executed
by the parties concerned for joint use of off-street parking facilities,
subject to the approval of the City Attorney, shall be filed with
the Administrator. Joint use parking privileges shall continue in
effect only so long as such an instrument, binding on all parties,
remains in force. If such instrument becomes legally ineffective,
then parking shall be provided as otherwise required in this chapter.
[Amended 10-10-2006 by Ord. No. A-361]
A.
Plot plan. Any application for a building permit shall
include therewith a plot plan, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned,
showing any parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance
with this chapter, excluding required parking of four spaces or less.
The plot plan shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator.
[Amended 10-10-2006 by Ord. No. A-361]
B.
Size. Parking and loading spaces shall be of adequate
size and shape to accommodate the required number of vehicles. Except
when modified by the Administrator, parking spaces shall be a minimum
of 170 square feet in area, exclusive of access; and loading spaces
shall be a minimum of 250 square feet in area exclusive of access.
Loading spaces to accommodate tractors and trailers shall be a minimum
of 650 square feet in area, exclusive of access.
C.
Surfacing and drainage. Parking and loading areas
shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water accumulated
within the area. The method of discharge of such water to public facilities
shall be subject to approval of the City Engineer. All required parking
and loading spaces and access drives shall be paved with concrete
or bituminous pavement.
D.
Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street
parking or loading areas shall be directed away from residential properties
in such a way as not to create a nuisance to either residential properties
or oncoming vehicles.
E.
Landscaping.
(1)
Parking areas with 20 or more spaces shall have at
least 10% of the total parking area landscaped. Parking areas with
100 or more spaces shall have at least 25% of the required 10% to
be landscaped located in the interior of the lot. No island shall
be less than 100 square feet.
(2)
When landscaping is required, as set forth above,
then an average of at least one tree shall be planted for every 16
parking spaces within the parking area.
F.
Setback.
[Amended 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. S-142]
(1)
Paved off-street parking areas containing more than four parking spaces shall be set back a minimum of two feet from a property line. See exemption under § 340-84E.
(2)
No
newly constructed off-street parking area containing more than four
parking spaces shall be located closer than 15 feet to an adjacent
lot zoned for residential purposes.
A.
C-2 Central Business District exception. No accessory
off-street parking is required in the C-2 Central Business District,
except for dwelling units located above the ground floor of permitted
uses, which shall require one stall per dwelling unit.
[Amended 2-5-2019 by Ord.
No. A-528]
B.
C-3 Central Business District Fringe. The Commission
may grant exceptions, through the issuance of a conditional use permit,
to the off-street parking requirements in the C-3 Central Business
District Fringe where, because of small lot sizes or historic development
patterns, it is either impractical or not feasible to meet the provisions
of this article.
C.
Elderly housing developments. The Plan Commission
may grant exceptions, through the issuance of a conditional use permit,
to the off-street parking requirements for certain elderly housing
developments where the developer can successfully demonstrate that
automobile ownership will be sufficiently low so that the required
number of stalls would be unnecessary. In no instance may the number
of stalls be reduced to less than 0.5 per dwelling unit.
D.
Off-site parking. The Plan Commission may grant exceptions,
through the issuance of a conditional use permit, whenever required
parking and loading spaces cannot be located on a parcel because of
development restrictions imposed by the presence of an existing principal
structure that is to continue in use. Required parking may then be
provided off the parcel, for the permitted use only, subject to the
following requirements:
(1)
If the use is residential, hotel, motel, or tourist
home, the off-site spaces shall be within 200 feet of the principal
entrance or the entrance for individual occupants for whom spaces
are reserved.
(2)
If the use is other than residential, hotel, motel,
or tourist home, the farthest portion of the parking lot shall be
within 1,000 feet of an entrance to the establishment.
(3)
Distances indicated above shall be measured along
routes generally available to the pedestrians involved.
(4)
Off-site parking areas shall be held in fee simple
by the same owner as the use requiring the off-street parking space
or under lease, rental, or other form of agreement satisfactory to
the Plan Commission with respect to assuring continuing availability
for required off-site parking for the use.
E.
Parking
area setback. The Plan Commission may grant exceptions to the off-street
parking two-foot setback requirement if the parking area is designed
to prevent parking vehicles from extending over any pedestrian ways;
street right-of-way lines, or lot lines and damaging any structure
and landscaping, such as buildings, fences, light poles, shrubs or
trees.
[Added 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. S-142]
