Adequate off-street parking spaces and loading areas shall be provided for all new construction and uses. Prior to performing any driveway, parking lot, or grading excavation, the developer must comply with the grading and excavation plan submission requirements of Article
XVIII of this chapter, or else demonstrate that the work falls within one or more of the exceptions thereto.
A. Every parcel or lot used as a public or private parking garage, lot
or loading area and all off-street parking and loading areas shall
be developed, maintained and used in accordance with the provisions
set forth in this article.
B. All uses shall meet the off-street parking and loading requirements
set forth in this article, except that there shall be no off-street
parking requirements for nonresidential uses lawfully existing as
of the date of adoption of this chapter [May 2, 2011] in the C-N Zoning
District; and further, that there shall be no additional off-street
parking required for new and expanded business uses in the Parking
Overlay District beyond that which exists on January 1, 2013.
[Amended 3-4-2013 by Ord.
No. 2013-628]
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any firm or corporation
to use any structure without acquiring such land as is necessary to
permit vehicle parking and loading space which meets the requirements
of this chapter. When off-street parking is required and cannot be
provided within the principal structure or on the same lot as the
principal structure, but can be provided on another parcel or property,
such parcel or property provided for and utilized for off-street parking
shall be owned by the owner of the principal structure or, in the
alternative, shall be restricted be recorded agreement to off-street
parking purposes during the lifetime of the principal structure, or
as long as off-street parking is required for such principal structure
in accordance with the terms of this section. Each permitted use shall
not have more than the number of access driveways authorized for that
use. Insofar as possible, the use of common accessways by two or more
adjoining premises shall be permitted in order to reduce the number
of access points along the street. No accessway in a business or manufacturing
zone shall be nearer than 50 feet from the nearest curbline intersecting
two streets. In a business or manufacturing zone, no accessway shall
be less than 20 feet nor more than 36 feet in width. In a residential
zone, accessways shall not be less than eight feet nor more than 20
feet in width.