ARTICLE XVI: OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOAD REGULATIONS

16.10   Purpose:  It is the purpose of the Off-Street Parking and Load Regulations to reduce the congestion on streets due to excessive use for parking and loading of motor vehicles.  The requirements apply uniformly to all buildings and uses, regardless of the districts in which they are located.

16.20   Off-street motor vehicle storage or parking space shall be provided on any lot on which any of the following uses are hereafter established
            A.         Dwelling:  Two (2) parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
B.         Tourist accommodations, hotel or motel:  one parking space for each room offered and other general parking to be reviewed by the planning commission.
            C.         Theater, stadium, auditorium, or other places of public assembly:  one parking space for each five (5) seats, based on maximum seating capacity.
            D.         Removed
            E.         Stores and other establishments in commercial business districts:  two (2) square feet of parking space for each one (1) square foot of retail commercial floor area.
            F.         Office building:  one parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of office floor area.
            G.        Industrial or manufacturing establishments:  adequate off-street parking for employees, visitors, loading and unloading vehicles, to be approved by the planning commission.

16.30   Such space shall be provided with vehicular access to street or alley and shall be considered required open space associated with a permitted use.  It shall not be reduced or encroached upon in any manner after the use is established.  Where such space cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot with the principal use, the council, with the recommendation of the planning commission, may permit such space to be located on other off-street property if the space is within five hundred (500) feet of the permitted use, measured along lines of public access.

16.40   In any commercial or industrial district, space for loading of vehicles shall be provided on the same lot for every building used or assigned to be used for commercial purposes and any required yard may be used for that purpose.  Adequate off-street parking shall be provided for parking, loading, and unloading, to be approved by the planning commission.