Off-street parking and loading
(a) Off-street parking.
(1) Any structure or use, erected or developed after the date of passage of this chapter (July 8, 1961) must provide off-street parking facilities in accordance with the following regulations:
a. Residential structures: Two car spaces for each dwelling unit.
b. Hotels, motels, lodging or guest house: One car space for each room for rent or each suite, plus one car space for each two employees.
c. Office uses: One car space for every 250 square feet of floor area.
d. Retail and service business: One car space for every 90 square feet of floorspace devoted to sales, plus one car space for every two employees.
e. Restaurants, theaters, churches, schools and other places of assembly: One car space for every five persons of capacity.
f. Industrial and wholesale uses: Two car spaces for every three employees.
g. All other uses: Two car spaces for every three employees.
(2) Plans and specifications for the required parking facility and its access drives shall be submitted at the time of application for the zoning certificate for the main use. In allotting space for off-street parking facilities, each parking space shall have a minimum width of nine feet, a minimum length of 18 feet and shall be served by suitable aisles to permit access and automobile maneuverability into all parking spaces.
(3) All parking facilities provided under this section must be constructed on or adjacent to the site of the main use. Parking facilities shall conform to the following standards of construction:
a. The area shall have a dust-free hard surface and shall be provided with bumper guards where needed.
b. Where such area lies within a residential district, an opaque fence not less than four feet nor more than six feet in height or a compact evergreen [hedge] not less than four feet in height shall be erected and maintained between such area and the adjoining residential district.
c. Lighting fixtures used to illuminate the parking area shall reflect away from adjoining property and away from adjacent traffic arteries.
d. In any residence or farming district, the parking or storage of commercial vehicles of 1.5 tons capacity or greater and commercial or house trailers [shall] not be permitted except where such parking [or] storage is directly related to and is accessory to a permitted use or legal nonconforming use.
e. All parking lots subject to this section shall be screened and landscaped.
(b) Off-street loading.
(1) All commercial and industrial structures erected subsequent to the adoption of this chapter shall provide off-street loading facilities. Plans and specifications for such loading facilities shall be submitted to the zoning enforcement officer at the time of application for the zoning certificate for the main use.
(2) Where a loading facility is to be located in or abutting a residential or farming district, the restrictions contained in subsection (a)(3) concerning surfacing, screening and lighting shall apply.
(c) Major recreational equipment parking/storage.
(1) The parking or storage of major recreational equipment, which includes travel trailers, pickup campers, motor homes, tent trailers, boats and boat trailers, but does not include house trailers or mobile homes, in farming or residence districts, shall comply with the following:
a. Such equipment may not be more than 12 feet in height.
b. Such equipment must be maintained for the personal use of a resident of the lot on which it is located.
c. No major recreational equipment:
1. May be used for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes while parked or stored;
2. Shall be parked or stored in any front yard unless the side or rear yards are inaccessible;
3. Shall be stored outdoors unless it is in condition for safe and effective performance of the function for which it was intended or may be made so within a six-month period.
(Ord. of 5-27-2009; Ord. No. 12-13-2023(2))