[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. X §1001, 2-7-1968]
A. 
Section 405.230, Article VII is hereby reconfirmed providing that after August 11, 1994, per Ordinance No. 861 which extensively amends the City's Zoning Code adopted February 11, 1968, land or structures or the uses of land or structures that would be prohibited under the regulations for the district in which they are located shall be considered as non-conforming. It is the intent of this Chapter to permit these non-conforming uses to continue, provided they conform to the provisions of Subsection (B)(1 — 4).
B. 
After February 11, 1968, land or structures or the uses of land or structures that would be prohibited under the regulations for the district in which they are located shall be considered as non-conforming. It is the intent of this Chapter to permit these non-conforming uses to continue, provided they conform to the following provisions:
1. 
No existing structure devoted to a use not permitted by this Chapter in the district in which it is located shall be enlarged, extended, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered except in changing the use of the structure to a use permitted in the district in which it is located.
2. 
If no structural alterations are made, any non-conforming use of a structure, or structure and premises, may be changed to another non-conforming use provided that the Board of Adjustment, either by general rule or by making findings in the specific case, shall find that the proposed use is equally appropriate or more appropriate to the district than the existing non-conforming use. In permitting such change, the Board of Adjustment may require appropriate conditions and safeguards in accord with the provisions of this Chapter.
3. 
When a non-conforming use of a structure, or structure and premises in combination, is discontinued or abandoned for six (6) consecutive months or for eighteen (18) months during any three (3) year period, the structure, or structure and premises in combination, shall not thereafter be used except in conformance with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
4. 
No non-conforming use of a structure, or structure and premises in combination, which has been damaged to the extent of more than sixty percent (60%) of its fair market value immediately prior to damage shall be rebuilt, altered or repaired except in conformity with the district regulations.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. X §1002, 2-7-1968]
Following the adoption of this Chapter, all signs located along the Federal primary and interstate highway systems shall be subject to the provisions of the Federal Development and Beautification Bill (Public Law 89-285) which will become effective in 1970.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. X §1003, 2-7-1968]
Off-street vehicle parking or storage space shall be provided on every lot on which any of the following uses are hereafter established in all districts; provided that no parking space can be reasonably provided on the same lot, such space shall be provided on any lot a substantial portion of which is within three hundred (300) feet of such uses. Each automobile parking space shall be not less than two hundred (200) square feet in area exclusive of adequate access drives and maneuvering space. Such space shall be provided with vehicular access to a street or alley; such use shall be equal in number to at least the minimum requirements for the specific use set forth herein.
Use Classification
Parking Space Requirement
Vehicle sales and repair
One (1) space for each two (2) employees at maximum employment on a single shift, plus two (2) spaces for each three hundred (300) square feet of repair or maintenance space.
Vehicle service stations
Two (2) spaces for each fuel pump, plus three (3) spaces for each grease rack or similar facility.
Bowling alleys
Two (2) spaces for each alley, plus one (1) additional space for each two (2) employees.
Churches
One (1) space for each five (5) seats.
Elementary schools and junior high schools, both public and private
One (1) space for each classroom and administrative office.
Hospitals
One (1) space for each four (4) patient beds, plus one (1) space for each staff or visiting doctor, plus one (1) space for each four (4) employees.
Mortuary or funeral homes
One (1) space for each four (4) seats in the assembly room or chapel.
Motels, hotels, tourist homes or tourist courts
One (1) space for each accommodation, plus two (2) additional spaces for employees.
Offices--professional, business or public, including banks
One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.
Medical offices and clinics
Four (4) spaces for each doctor practitioner at the clinic, plus one (1) space for each employee.
Places of public assembly, including private clubs and lodges, auditoriums, dance halls, poolrooms, theaters, stadiums, gymnasiums, amusement parks, community centers, and all similar places of public assembly
One (1) space for each four (4) seats provided for patron use, plus one (1) space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor or ground area used for amusement or assembly, but not containing fixed seats.
Residential dwellings
One (1) space for each dwelling unit.
Retail business
One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.
Sanitariums, rest and convalescent homes, homes for the aged and similar institutions
One (1) space for each six (6) patient beds, plus one (1) space for each staff or visiting doctor, plus one (1) space for each four (4) employees.
Senior high schools and colleges, both public and private
One (1) space for each five (5) students for which the school was designed, plus one (1) space for each classroom and administrative office.
Mobile home parks
One (1) space for each dwelling unit.
Wholesaling and industrial uses
One (1) space for each two (2) employees at maximum employment on a single shift.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. X §1004, 2-7-1968]
Every building or structure used for business, trade or industry hereafter erected shall provide space as indicated herein for the loading and unloading of vehicles off the street or public alley. Such space shall have access to an alley or, if there is no alley, to a street. For the purpose of this Section, an off-street loading space shall have minimum dimensions of twelve (12) feet by forty (40) feet and an overhead clearance of fourteen (14) feet in height above the alley or street grade.
Use Classification
Loading Space Requirements
Retail business
One (1) space for each five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area.
Wholesale and industry
One (1) space for each ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor space.