§ 154.095. OFF-STREET PARKING.

(A) In order to lessen or avoid congestion in the streets and to secure safety and promote general welfare, the following regulations are established to require that each building hereafter erected, reconstructed or structurally altered, which is arranged, intended or designed to be used for any of the following uses shall provide off-street parking space of not less than 180 square feet for each space, with dimensions of not less than nine feet by 20 feet, within the building, or on the premises surrounding the building, or on other premises when specified, as follows:

(1) Single-family and two-family dwellings, one vehicle parking space for each dwelling unit in each building;

(2) Multi-family dwellings, two vehicle parking spaces for each dwelling unit in each building;

(3) Hotels and motels, one vehicle parking space for each sleeping room plus one space per employee;

(4) Theaters, sports arenas, mortuaries and other places of congregation, one vehicle parking space for each six seats;

(5) Bowling alleys, skating rinks, lodge halls and union halls, one vehicle parking space for each 125 square feet of floor space devoted to the use;

(6) Super markets, retail stores, restaurants, taverns and night clubs, each having an area of 1,000 square feet or more, one vehicle parking space for each 125 square feet devoted to the use;

(7) Industrial, manufacturing, wholesale and office uses, one vehicle parking space for every three employees or occupants; (The maximum number of employees of a manufacturing, industrial or wholesale use or occupant of an office building shall be used as a basis for determining the number of parking spaces to be provided.)

(8) Roadside sales stand, a minimum of six vehicle parking spaces, plus one additional space for each 125 square feet of the area of the stand; and

(9) Contingent uses and special exceptions listed herein, a number of vehicle parking spaces to be determined and required as a part of the permit for the special use.

(`93 Code, § 10-75)

(B) For the purposes outlined in division (A) above, loading and unloading berths shall be provided in connection with each building hereafter erected or reconstructed, which is arranged, intended or designed to be used for any of the following purposes:

Square Feet of Gross Floor Area

Required Number of Berths

Buildings for manufacturing, storage, wholesale:
15,000 or less	1
15,001 to 40,000	2
40,001 to 100,000	3
One additional berth for each 40,000 square feet above 100,000 square feet
Hotels:
100,000 or less	1
100,001 to 336,000	2
336,001 to 624,000	3
624,001 to 944,000	4
944,001 to 1,300,000	5
One additional berth for each 400,000 square feet above 1,300,000 square feet

(`93 Code, § 10-76)

(C) The following general and special provisions shall apply to furnishing off-street parking facilities for motor vehicles and for loading and unloading berths:

(1) The vehicle parking spaces and loading and unloading berths required are the minimum areas to be provided. Open areas devoted to vehicle parking may be used in computing open spaces required by this chapter. Required parking space shall be counted only once in determining off-street parking requirements for individual buildings.

(2) Space for off-street vehicle parking may be provided on the lot occupied by the building which it serves, or, upon approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals, on adjacent areas within 300 feet of the building, provided the property is zoned to permit the use.

(3) The Board of Zoning Appeals may grant a permit for the establishment of a parking lot in a residential district, provided that the entire area of the parking lot is within 200 feet of a local business, general commercial or industrial district, or place of congregation in a residential district and immediately adjacent to the structure requiring the parking lot, and provided further that:

(a) There shall be no sales, dead storage, repair work, dismantling or servicing of any kind on the parking lot.

(b) Entrances and exits shall be approved as to location by the Plan Commission.

(c) Except for approved exits and entrances, a masonry wall four feet in height and six inches thick shall be erected at the required front line of the building and may be required along boundaries of the parking area as determined by the Commission for the protection of residentially zoned or used property.

(d) The lot shall be paved with a dust-proof or hard surface meeting the standard specifications of the town.

(e) No advertising signs shall be erected upon the lot, except not more than one sign for each street side to indicate the operator and purpose of the lot. The sign shall not exceed 20 square feet in area and shall not extend more than six feet in overall height above the ground.

(f) Lighting facilities, if provided, shall be so arranged as to be reflected away from residentially zoned or used property.

(g) If at any time after the issuance of the required permits, any of the provisions of this section are not complied with, the permits shall be revoked.

(4) Any other place of congregation, which requires parking facilities at times when other nearby uses would not require their established parking facilities, may enter into a joint agreement for the use of the facilities and, if the agreement is approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Board may relieve the other place of congregation from establishing its own off-street vehicle parking facilities.

(5) Groups of stores, or other buildings and uses requiring off-street parking facilities, as prescribed herein, may join in establishing group parking lots with adequate capacity for all the buildings and uses participating in the establishment.

(6) The regulations herein prescribed shall not apply to lots within the GC district or the industrial district in a block which, at the time of the passage of this chapter, was occupied by structures used for commercial or industrial purposes.

(7) Open parking lots shall be paved with a dust-proof or hard surface meeting the standard specifications of the town.

(`93 Code, § 10-77) (Ord. 374, passed 4-19-83)