[Ord. No. 88-12 §15, 7-19-1988]
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Required parking and loading spaces for residential, commercial, manufacturing or public use shall be provided on the premises of every land parcel having a principal structure built thereon. Each parking space other than those required in a "R-3" Mobile Home Park District shall contain a minimum area of not less than three hundred (300) square feet including access drives, and a width of not less than nine (9) feet, and a depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet. The minimum number of required off-street parking spaces for various uses shall be as follows:
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Dwelling units three (3) stories or less. One (1) parking space for each unit.
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Multiple dwelling over three (3) stories. Two (2) parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
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Mobile home park. One (1) parking space per mobile home.
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Motel or motor hotel. One and one-half (1½) parking spaces for each rental room or suite.
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Churches. One (1) parking space for each eight (8) seats, based on the design capacity of the main seating area.
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Elementary school or junior high school. Two (2) parking spaces for each classroom.
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Senior high school. Three (3) parking spaces for each classroom.
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Public administration buildings, community center, public library, museum, art galleries, post office and other public service buildings. Ten (10) parking spaces plus one (1) additional space for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area in the principal structure.
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Assembly or exhibition, hall, armory, auditorium, theater, or sports arena. One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats, based upon design capacity.
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Golf course, golf clubhouse, country club, swimming club, tennis club, public swimming pool. Thirty-six (36) spaces, plus one (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area in the principal structure.
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Hospitals. One (1) parking space for each three (3) beds; Convalescent or nursing home. One (1) parking space for each four (4) beds.
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Automobile service station. Four (4) parking spaces plus two (2) parking spaces for each service stall. Such parking spaces shall be in addition to gas pump service area.
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Drive-in restaurant. Twenty (20) parking spaces or one (1) space for each twenty (20) square feet of floor area, whichever is greater.
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Restaurant, cafe, night club, tavern or bar. One (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area.
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Bowling alley. Five (5) parking spaces for each bowling lane.
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Office building. Three (3) parking spaces for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area.
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Retail stores and service establishments. One (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area.
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Auto sales, trailer sales, marine and boat sales, implement sales, garden supply store, building materials sales, auto repair. One (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area.
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Shopping center. Where several business uses are grouped together according to a general development plan, on-site automobile parking shall be provided in a ratio of not less than three (3) square feet of gross parking area for each one (1) square foot of gross floor area; separate on-site space shall be provided for loading and unloading.
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Storage, wholesale or warehouse establishments. One (1) parking space for each two (2) employees on the major shift or one (1) space for each two thousand (2,000) square feet of floor area, whichever is greater, plus one (1) space for each company motor vehicle when customarily kept on the premises.
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Manufacturing or industrial plant, research or testing laboratory, warehouse or similar establishment. One (1) parking space for each two (2) employees on the major shift, but not less than one (1) space for every one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area.
[Ord. No. 88-12 §15, 7-19-1988]
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The following general requirements shall be observed:
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Location. All required loading or unloading into or out of trucks in excess of three-fourths (3/4) ton capacity, or railroad cars, shall be conducted at facilities specifically designed or designated for that purpose. Any loading area consisting of more than one (1) loading dock shall be separate from any off-street parking.
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Access. Each required off-street loading dock shall be so designed as to avoid undue interference with other vehicular or rail access or use of public streets, alleys, or other public transport systems.
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Surfacing. All off-street loading facilities, including loading docks and maneuvering areas, shall be surfaced with a hard, all-weather, dust-free, durable surfacing material and shall be well-drained and landscaped and shall be maintained in a sightly and well-kept condition.
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Design. All loading areas shall consist of a maneuvering area in addition to the dock and shall not use any of that portion of the site containing parking stalls. Maneuvering areas shall be of such size as to permit the backing of truck tractors and coupled trailers into a dock, without blocking the use of other docks, the drive or maneuvering areas.
[Ord. No. 88-12 §15, 7-19-1988]
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The following requirements are set forth to insure that off-street parking and loading design features are provided:
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Space for loading and unloading of goods, supplies, and services shall be provided in addition to required off-street parking spaces and shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of each use.
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The following uses shall observe required loading and unloading spaces as indicated:
a. 
Motels, hotels, lodging and rooming houses, private clubs and lodges. One (1) for each structure over twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area.
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Light and heavy commercial uses except where otherwise specified. One (1) space for the first ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area and one (1) space for each additional fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of gross floor area.
c. 
Auditorium, stadium, gymnasium, community centers and religious institutions and schools (private and public). One (1) for each structure over one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of gross floor area.
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Office building and professional offices (other than doctor and dentist) banks. one (1) space for buildings between thirty thousand (30,000) and one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of gross floor area and one (1) space for each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of gross floor area.
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Restaurants, and other food-dispensing establishments except drive-in restaurants. One (1) for each structure over ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area.
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Furniture, automobile and boat sales and applicant sales. One (1) space plus one (1) additional space for each twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of gross floor area.
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Hospitals, rest homes, nursing homes, etc. One (1) space plus one (1) additional space for each twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of gross floor area.
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Bowling alleys. One (1) space for each structure over twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area.
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In case of any building, structure or premises, the use of which is not specifically mentioned herein, the provisions for a use which is mentioned and to which said use is similar, as determined by the Planning Commission, shall apply.
[Ord. No. 88-12 §15, 7-19-1988; Ord. No. 03-23 §2, 9-2-2003]
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Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private housing area, including a commercial parking lot, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
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No part of any parking space shall be closer than five (5) feet to any established street right of way or alley line.
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Any off-street parking area, including any commercial parking lot, for more than two (2) vehicles, shall be surfaced with a material approved by the Board of Aldermen, so as to provide a durable surface; shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area; and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe loading or unloading and parking and storage of self-propelled vehicles.
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Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area, including any commercial parking lot, shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any residential district.
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No recreational vehicle shall be parked or stored on a lot in a residential district for a period longer than thirty (30) days when said vehicle is occupied or being used for human habitation, except in an "R-3" District under special permit.
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Automobile vehicles or trailers of any kind or type without current license plates shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property other than in completely enclosed buildings.
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Goods, equipment, supplies, materials, machinery, and parts thereof, shall not be stored on any residentially zoned property other than in completely enclosed buildings or in spaces screened by fencing and/or evergreen shrubbery.