§ 6.110. Off-street parking requirements.

In all districts at the time of the erection of any building, or at the time any principal building is enlarged or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, guest rooms, seats and/or floor area, or before conversion from one (1) type of use of occupancy to another, there shall be provided permanent off-street parking space in accord with the following requirements:

6.111 Combination of required parking space. The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be combined in one (1) lot but the required space assigned to each use may not be assigned to another use, except where the parking space required for churches, or other assembly halls whose peak attendance will be at night, on Sunday, or otherwise does not coincide with an adjacent use, said required parking may be assigned to the adjacent use.

6.112 Proximity of off-street parking spaces to use. All required parking for all uses shall be either on the same lot or within three hundred (300) feet of the building (or open use area) it is to serve; provided, however, that no required parking spaces may be located across any major street from the use it is intended to serve.

6.113 Parking lot design requirements. All off-street parking areas developed or modified after the effective date of this ordinance shall conform to the following minimum standards of design:

a.

Except for parcels of land devoted to one- and two-family residential uses, all areas devoted to off-street parking shall be so designed and be of such size that no vehicle is required to back into a public street to obtain egress.

b.

Consideration for parking lot or space utilization will be determined on an individual basis consistent with reasonableness as to lot size and structures located or to be located on the lot. (Ord. of 7-9-86)

c.

Entrances and exits for all off-street parking areas shall be developed consistent with the minimum requirements for street access control as specified in this article.

d.

Each parking space shall be not less than two hundred (200) square feet in area.

6.114 Off-street parking requirements by use. The minimum number of off-street parking spaces required for each type use follows:

a.

Single-family residences: Two (2) spaces per residence.

b.

Multifamily residences, rooming, and boarding houses: One and one-half (1½) spaces for each room to be rented.

c.

Tourist home, motel, hotel, motor court: One (1) space for each room to be rented, plus one (1) additional space for each three (3) employees.

d.

Medical and dental clinics: Six (6) spaces per doctor, plus one (1) additional space for each two (2) employees.

e.

Hospital: One (1) space for each two (2) beds intended for patients' use, exclusive of bassinets, plus one (1) space for each three (3) employees including doctors.

f.

School: One (1) space for each classroom and administrative office, plus one (1) additional space for each six (6) seats in the largest assembly area or room.

g.

Auditorium, theaters, churches, funeral homes, and similar places of public assembly: One (1) space for each four (4) seats, or twelve (12) feet of benches, or per thirty (30) square feet of usable floor area in the largest assembly room, plus one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor or ground area used for amusement, entertainment, or assembly exclusive of the major assembly room.

h.

General and professional offices: One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

i.

Gasoline service stations: Five (5) spaces for each service bay, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees.

j.

Restaurants: One (1) space per one hundred fifty (150) square feet of usable floor area, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees.

(For drive-in restaurants, one (1) space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area.)

k.

Other retail uses: One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

l.

Wholesale uses: One (1) space for each employee on the largest shift, plus one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of selling area.

m.

Warehouse and storage uses: One (1) space for each employee on the largest shift, plus one (1) space for each six hundred (600) square feet of storage or warehousing area.

n.

Industrial uses: One (1) space for each employee on the largest shift.

6.115 Restriction of use of required parking. The required off-street parking shall be for employees, occupants, clients, and visitors and shall be limited in use to temporary storage of motor vehicles with current license plates. The storage of merchandise or motor vehicles for sale, the servicing or repairing of vehicles or equipment, and regular truck loading and unloading thereon is prohibited.