§ 44-166. Off-street parking development conditions.

In all zoning districts, off-street parking facilities for the storage or parking of self-propelled motor vehicles hereafter erected, altered or extended after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived shall be provided and maintained as herein prescribed:

(1)

Loading space as required in section 44-165 shall not be construed as supplying off-street parking space.

(2)

When units or measurements used in determining the number of required parking spaces result in requirement of fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half shall require one space.

(3)

Whenever a use requiring off-street parking is increased in floor area, and such use is located in a building existing on or before the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, additional parking space for additional floor area shall be provided and maintained in amounts hereafter specified for that use. Provided, however, in the existing business districts where the city and various property owners have or may cooperatively develop parking facilities, and additional parking space as required for the increased floor space is not available within the required 300 feet as required in the second sentence of subsection (5) of this section, the planning commission may, through negotiations with the owner of such property, vary the location of such required parking spaces or agree to the owner's participation in other authorized parking facilities which will furnish the same amount of space as required for his increased floor space within a distance of not more than 500 feet of the building.

(4)

For the purpose of this article, "floor area," in the case of offices, merchandising or service types of use, shall mean the gross floor area used or intended to be used for services to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients or as tenants, including areas occupied for fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise.

(5)

Off-street parking facilities for one-family and two-family dwellings shall consist of a parking strip, driveway, parking space, carport, or garage, or combination thereof, and shall be located on the same plot of ground as the building they are intended to serve. No parking shall be permitted on lawns or other unpaved areas of residential lots, with the exception of approved gravel parking areas. This prohibition shall not, however, prevent the occasional parking on lawns or other unpaved areas for guests of the residents during private special occasions, to accommodate persons during their period of short-term disability, to provide visitor parking for community festivals, and for other similar temporary events. The location of required off-street parking facilities for other than one- and two-family dwellings shall consist of a parking strip, driveway, parking space, carport, garage, or combination thereof and shall be within 300 feet of the building they are intended to serve, measured from the nearest point of the off-street parking facilities and the nearest point of the building.

(6)

In the case of a use not specifically mentioned, the requirements for off-street parking facilities for a use which is so mentioned and which such use is similar shall apply.

(7)

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent collective provision of off-street parking facilities for two or more buildings or uses; provided, collectively, such facilities shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses computed separately in accordance with the table in section 44-167.

(8)

Nothing in this section shall prevent the extension of or an addition to a building into an existing parking area which is required for the original building when the same amount of space taken by the extension or addition to a building is provided by an enlargement of the existing parking lot or an additional area within 300 feet of such building.

(9)

Such parking areas will be used solely for the parking of private passenger vehicles for periods of less than 24 hours and shall not be used as off-street loading areas.

(10)

No commercial repair work or service of any kind, or sales or display activities, shall be conducted in such parking areas.

(11)

Such parking lots shall be used only for parking automobiles and no commercial activities, such as washing or greasing, sale of merchandise or purveying of foodstuffs, repair work or servicing of any kind, shall be done thereon.

(12)

No building or structure shall be hereafter built or permitted, except necessary buildings for attendant of not more than 50 square feet each in area and not more than 15 feet in height.

(13)

Plans for development of any such parking lot must be approved by the building inspector before construction is started. No such land shall be used or parking until approved by the city engineer/building inspector.

(14)

Any area once designated as required off-street parking shall not be changed to any other use unless and until equal facilities are provided elsewhere.

(15)

Bus parking is not permitted within off-site parking lot.

(Code 1977, § 28-116; Ord. No. 190, 6-22-1992; Ord. No. 264, § 1, 10-11-1999; Ord. No. 375, 12-22-2014)