A. Surfacing and drainage. Off-street parking areas, except for single-family residences, shall be paved or surfaced with a dust-free material approved by the City. Such areas shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area. Open sales lots for cars, trucks and other equipment shall also be graded, drained and paved, but the interior landscaping is not required. All accessory off-street parking facilities required herein shall be located as follows:

(1) Spaces accessory to one- and two-family dwellings shall be on the same lot as the principal use served.

(2) Spaces accessory to the multiple-family dwellings shall be on the same lot as the principal use served or within 300 feet of the main entrance to the principal building served.

(3) There shall be no off-street parking space within three feet of any street right-of-way.

B. General provisions.

(1) Access drives. Access drives may be placed adjacent to property lines.

(2) Size. Each parking space shall not be less than nine feet wide and 20 feet in length.

(3) Control of off-street parking facilities. Where accessory off-street parking facilities are provided elsewhere than on the same lot in which the principal use served is located, they shall be in the same ownership or control, either by deed or long-term lease, as the property occupied by such principal use, and the owner of the principal use shall file a recordable document with the City Council requiring the owner and his/her heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of off-street spaces during the existence of said principal use.

(4) Use of parking area. Required off-street parking space, in any district, shall not be utilized for open storage of goods or for the storage of vehicles which are inoperable or for sale or rent.

(5) Prohibition. Parking shall not be allowed in areas not designated for off-street parking.

C. Design and maintenance of off-street parking areas.

(1) Design. Parking areas shall be designed so as to provide adequate means of access to a public alley or street. Such driveway access shall not exceed 30 feet in width and shall be so located as to cause the least interference with traffic movement.

(2) Curbing and landscaping. All open off-street parking areas designed to have head-in parking along the property line shall provide a bumper curb not less than five feet from the side property line or a guard of normal bumper heights not less than three feet from the side property line.

(3) Parking space of six or more cars. When a required off-street parking space for six or more cars is located adjacent to a residential district, a fence approved by the City Council shall be erected along the residential district property line.

(4) Maintenance of off-street parking space. It shall be the joint and several responsibility of the operator and owner of the principal use, uses and or building to maintain, in a neat and adequate manner, the parking space accessways, landscaping and required fences.

(5) Determination of areas. A parking space shall not be less than 300 square feet, per vehicle, of standing and maneuvering area.

D. Parking in public streets and residential areas. No person shall encumber or obstruct any street, sidewalk or alley with any kind of vehicle, machinery, box, firewood, lumber, posts, signs, awnings, merchandise or other material or substance whatsoever so as to hinder the free use by the public of said street, sidewalk or alley.

E. Off-street space required (one space equals 300 square feet).

(1) One- and two-family residences: two spaces per dwelling unit.

(2) Multiple dwellings: 1 1/2 spaces per dwelling unit.

(3) Business and professional offices: one space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space.

(4) Medical and dental clinics: five spaces per doctor or dentist plus one space for each employee.

(5) Hotel or motel: one space per rental unit plus one space per full-time employee.

(6) Schools, elementary: two spaces for each class room.

(7) Drive-in food establishment: one space for each 15 square feet of gross floor space in building allocated to the drive-in operation.

(8) Bowling alley: six spaces for each alley plus additional spaces, as may be required herein, for related uses such as a restaurant.

(9) Automobile service station: at least two off-street parking spaces plus four off-street parking spaces for each service stall.

(10) Retail store: at least one off-street parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space.

(11) Restaurants, cafes and bars: at least one space for each three seats based on capacity design.

(12) Theaters, auditoriums, stadiums, arenas, dance halls Editor's Note: See Ch. 88, Dance Halls. and other places of assembly: spaces equal to 1/3 of the capacity in persons.

(13) Churches: spaces equal to 1/3 of the capacity in persons of the main sanctuary or auditorium plus provisions for supplementary parking space needs for other portions of the church facilities as determined by final site and building plans when reviewed by the Planning Commission.

(14) Industrial, warehouse, storage, handling of bulk goods: at least one space for each employee on maximum shift or one space for each 2,000 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is larger.

(15) Uses not specifically noted: as determined by the City Council following review by the Planning Commission.

F. Off-street loading and unloading areas.

(1) Location. All required loading berths shall be off-street and shall be located on the same lot as the building or use to be served. A loading berth shall be located at least 25 feet from the intersection of two street rights-of-way and at least 50 feet from a residential district unless within a building. Loading berths shall not occupy the required front yard space.

(2) Size. Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a required loading berth shall not be less than 12 feet in width, 50 feet in length and 14 feet in height exclusive of aisles and maneuvering space.

(3) Required loading spaces. Required loading spaces shall be determined by the City Council following review by the Planning Commission.

(4) Surfacing. All loading berths and accessways shall be improved with a durable material to control the dust and drainage.

(5) Noise. Where noise from loading or unloading activity is audible in a residential district, the activity shall terminate between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except for the loading and unloading of grain.