OFFSTREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
Any structure or use, erected or developed after the date of passage of this ordinance, must provide offstreet parking facilities in accordance with the following regulations:
Dwellings and motels—One (1) car space for each unit or suite
Hotels and lodging houses—One (1) car space for every two (2) suites or rooms
Office uses—One (1) car space for every two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area
Retail and service business—One (1) car space for every ninety (90) sq. ft. of floor space devoted to sales plus one (1) car space for every two (2) employees
Restaurants, theatres, churches and other places of public assembly—One (1) car space for every five (5) seats or for every five (5) persons of capacity
Industrial and wholesale uses—Two (2) car spaces for every three (3) employees
All other uses—One (1) car space for every two hundred fifty (250) sq. ft. of floor area
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 allocating space for offstreet parking facilities, each car space shall have a minimum width of eight and one-half (8½) feet and minimum length of eighteen (18) feet and shall be served by suitable aisles to permit access to all car spaces. In no case shall the gross area of the facility be less than two hundred seventy (270) square feet per car space.
All parking facilities, provided under this section must be constructed on or adjacent to the side of the main use. Offstreet parking lots of more than two (2) motor vehicle capacity shall conform to the following standards of construction:
(1) The area shall have a dustfree hard surface and shall be provided with bumper guards where needed.
(2) Where such area adjoins or lies within a residential district, an opaque fence not less than four (4) feet nor more than six (6) feet in height or a compact evergreen screen not less than four (4) feet in height shall be erected and maintained between such area and the adjoining residential district.
(3) Lighting fixtures used to illuminate the parking area shall reflect away from adjoining property and away from adjacent traffic arteries.
In any residence district, the parking or storage of commercial vehicles of over one and five tenths (1.5) tons capacity and of 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.