§ 20-1117. General standards.

Parking and loading shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following:

(1)

No change of use, tenancy or occupancy of a parcel of land or building, including construction of a new building or an addition to a building, which requires additional parking or loading spaces shall be allowed until such additional parking or loading is approved and furnished. Review may be required under the site and building plan review procedures of division 6 of this article.

(2)

Required parking and loading areas and the driveways providing access to them shall not be used for storage, display, sales, rental or repair, of motor vehicles or other goods or for the storage of inoperable vehicles or snow.

(3)

Required parking and loading spaces shall be located on the same development site as the use served. On-street parking, if allowed in the vicinity of the site, cannot be used to satisfy parking requirements. The city may approve off-site parking if the city council finds the following:

a.

Reasonable access shall be provided from the off-site parking facilities to the use being served;

b.

The parking shall be within 400 feet of a building entrance of the use being served;

c.

The parking area shall be under the same ownership and merged into a single tax parcel as the site served, under public ownership or the use of the parking facilities shall be protected by a recorded instrument, acceptable to the city;

d.

Failure to provide on-site parking shall not encourage parking on the public streets, other private property or in private driveways or other areas not expressly set aside for such purposes; and

e.

The off-site parking shall be maintained until such time as on-site parking is provided or an alternate off-site parking facility is approved by the city as meeting the requirements of this ordinance;

f.

Certain uses that have their highest peak demand for parking at substantially different times of the day or week can consider a plan to provide required parking by sharing parking with adjacent uses based on the following criteria:

1.

Up to 30 percent of the off-street parking stalls required for a theatre, bowling alley, dance hall, bar, or restaurant may be supplied by the off-street parking facilities provided by types of uses specified as a primarily daytime use in subsection (3)f.4. below.

2.

Up to 30 percent of the off-street parking stalls required for any use specified under subsection (3)f.4. below, as primary daytime uses may be supplied by the parking facilities provided by the following nighttime or Sunday uses: auditoriums incidental to a public or parochial school, churches, bowling alleys, dance halls, theatres, bars or restaurants.

3.

Up to 30 percent of the off-street parking stalls required for a church or for an auditorium incidental to a public or parochial school may be supplied by off-street parking facilities provided by uses specified under subsection (3)f.4. below, as primarily daytime uses.

4.

For the purpose of this section, the following uses are considered as primarily daytime uses: banks, business offices, retail stores/shopping centers, personal service shops, household equipment or furniture shops, clothing or shoe repair or service shops, manufacturing, wholesale, and similar uses.

(4)

a.

Because of the hours of operation of the respective uses, their sizes and their modes of operation there will be available to each use during its primary hours of operation an amount of parking sufficient to meet the needs of such use by sharing parking with adjacent uses based on the following criteria:

1.

Up to 30 percent of the off-street parking stalls required for a theatre, bowling alley, dance hall, bar, or restaurant may be supplied by the off-street parking facilities provided by types of uses specified as a primarily daytime use in subsection (4)a.4., below.

2.

Up to 30 percent of the off-street parking stalls required for any use specified under subsection (4)a.4., below as primary daytime uses may be supplied by the parking facilities provided by the following nighttime or Sunday uses: auditoriums incidental to a public or parochial school, churches, bowling alleys, dance halls, theatres, bars or restaurants.

3.

Up to 30 percent of the off-street parking stalls required for a church or for an auditorium incidental to a public or parochial school may be supplied by off-street parking facilities provided by uses specified under subsection (4)a.4., below as primarily daytime uses.

4.

For the purpose of this section, the following uses are considered as primarily daytime uses: banks, business offices, retail stores/shopping centers, personal service shops, household equipment or furniture shops, clothing or shoe repair or service shops, manufacturing, wholesale, and similar uses.

b.

The joint use of the parking facilities shall be protected by a recorded instrument, acceptable to the city.

(Ord. No. 117, § 1, 1-8-90; Ord. No. 612, §§ 7, 8, 12-14-15)