[Ord. No. 433 §9.01, 5-18-2005]
Off-street parking and loading shall be provided as required
in accordance with the regulations of this Article. Off-street parking
and loading shall be adequate to meet demand in all cases and spaces
shall be made available for use before the final inspection is completed
by the City Engineer. Existing off-street parking and loading spaces
shall not be reduced below the minimums required in this Section.
Any change in use of a building or lot which increases the off-street
parking as required under this Article shall be unlawful and a violation
of this Article until such time as the off-street parking and loading
complies with the provisions of this Section.
[Ord. No. 433 §9.02, 5-18-2005]
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with
the following off-street parking schedule.
|
Land Use
|
Number Spaces Required
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|---|---|---|
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Single-family
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2 enclosed per unit
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Two-family
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2 enclosed per unit
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|
Multi-family
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3 per unit
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|
Town house
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3 per unit
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|
Dormitories
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1 per resident
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|
Fraternity and sorority houses
|
1 per resident
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|
Club, lodge
|
Spaces to meet the combined requirements of the uses being conducted
such as hotel, restaurant, auditorium, etc.
| |
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Hotel or motel
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1 per guest room, plus 0.5 per employee
| |
|
Boarding house
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1 per guest room; minimum two spaces
| |
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Convalescent care facility
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1 per three beds, plus 0.5 per employee
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Hospital
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1 per four beds, plus 0.75 per employee
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|
Correctional facility
Auditoriums and stadiums
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1 per five beds, plus 0.5 per employee 1 per three seats
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|
Religious assembly
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1 per three seats
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College or university
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1 per three students, plus 0.5 per faculty member and employee
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|
Vocational school
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1 per three students, plus 0.5 per faculty member and employee
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School, high
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1 per three students, plus 0.5 per faculty member and employee
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|
School, elementary and middle
|
2 per classroom or 1 per five seats auditorium or assembly room,
whichever is greater
| |
|
Library
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1 per 400 square feet, plus 0.5 per employee
| |
|
Bowling center
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5 per lane, plus 0.5 per employee
| |
|
Golf course or country club
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1 per four members or spaces required to serve eating and drinking
facilities, whichever is greater
| |
|
Entertainment, indoor
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1 per 100 square feet
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|
Auction houses
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1 per two employees, plus 1 per three seats, plus 1 per 75 square
feet within main sales area
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Banks or financial institutions
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1 per 250 square feet
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Service station
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1 per service bay, plus 0.5 per gas pump
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Car wash:
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Self-service
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Two holding spaces for each car washing stall plus 2 drying
spaces for each car washing stall
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Automatic
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Ten spaces minimum for customers awaiting service
| |
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Vehicle repair
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1 per 500 square feet; minimum 5 spaces
| |
|
Vehicle sales and service
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1 per 3,000 square feet of open sales lot, plus 1 per employee
| |
|
Auto wrecking or salvage yard
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1 per employee, plus 1 per 10,000 square feet of storage area
| |
|
Barber and beauty shop
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2 per operator/employee
| |
|
Bars, taverns and nightclubs
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1 per two seats and 1 per 75 square feet
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|
Dance halls or ballrooms
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1 per 100 square feet of dance area
| |
|
Dance or music studios
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1 per 200 square feet
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Day care
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1 per ten pupils, plus 1 per employee
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|
Laundromats
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1 per three washing machines
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|
Funeral homes
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1 per four seats, plus 0.5 per employee
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|
Health club
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1 per 200 square feet
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|
Office, medical
|
7 per doctor, plus 2 per three employees, or
1 per 120 square feet, whichever is greater
| |
|
Greenhouse or nursery
|
1 per employee, plus 2 per company vehicle and 1 per 600 square
feet
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|
Office, general
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1 per 300 square feet
| |
|
Personal care service and personal improvement service
|
1 per 200 square feet
| |
|
Restaurant, general
|
20, plus 1 per 100 square feet
| |
|
Restaurant, limited
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1 per 75 square feet
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|
Restaurant, fast-food
|
1 per 50 square feet
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|
Repair service
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1 per 400 square feet
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|
Research service
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1 per employee
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|
Retail, general:
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0 — 1,999 square feet
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1 per 200 square feet
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|
2,000 plus square feet
|
10, plus 1 per 400 square feet for space in excess of the first
2,000
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|
Theater
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1 per four seats
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|
Animal care, limited or general
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1 per 300 square feet
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|
Warehouse
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1 per employee, plus 1 per 400 square feet
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Freight terminal
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1 per employee, plus 1 per 400 square feet
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|
Light industrial
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1 per employee, plus 1 per 400 square feet
| |
[Ord. No. 433 §9.03, 5-18-2005]
A.
Multiple Uses. Lots containing more than one (1) use shall provide parking and loading in an amount equal to the total of the requirements for all uses, unless a shared parking plan is approved pursuant to Section 400.560.
B.
Fractions. When measurements of the number of required spaces
result in fractions, any fraction of one-half (½) or less shall
be disregarded and any fraction of more than one-half (½) shall
be rounded upward to the next highest whole number.
C.
Floor Area. Unless otherwise noted in the provisions, all
square footage based parking and loading standards shall be computed
on the basis of gross floor area of public access areas.
D.
Employees, Students And Occupant-Based Standards. For the
purpose of computing parking requirements based on the number of employees,
students, residents or occupants, calculations shall be based on the
largest number of persons working on any single shift, the maximum
enrollment or the maximum fire-rated capacity, whichever is applicable.
E.
Unlisted Uses. Upon receiving a development application
for a use not specifically listed in the off-street parking schedule,
the City Engineer shall apply the parking and loading requirements
specified for the listed use that is deemed most similar to the use
proposed in the application.
F.
Variance Process. The parking requirements heretofore established
may be varied by the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 433 §9.04, 5-18-2005]
A.
A portion
of the total number of required parking spaces in each off-street
parking area shall be specifically designated, located and reserved
for use by persons with disabilities.
1.
Number of spaces. The minimum number of spaces to
be provided shall be a portion of the total number of parking spaces
required as determined from the following schedule. Parking spaces
reserved for persons with disabilities shall be counted toward fulfilling
a development's overall off-street parking requirements.
|
Total Parking Spaces
|
Minimum Number of Spaces
| |
|---|---|---|
|
1 — 25
|
1
| |
|
26 — 50
|
2
| |
|
51 — 75
|
3
| |
|
76 — 100
|
4
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|
101 — 150
|
5
| |
|
151 — 200
|
6
| |
|
201 — 300
|
7
| |
|
301 — 400
|
8
| |
|
401 — 500
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9
| |
|
501 — 1,000
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2% of total spaces
| |
|
over 1,000
|
20 plus 1 per each
100 spaces over 1,000
|
2.
Dimensions. All parking spaces reserved for persons
with disabilities shall be at least thirteen and one-half (13½)
feet in width, measured perpendicular to the angle of parking, provided
that the minimum width shall be reduced to nine (9) feet for stalls
located adjacent to an area that is well protected and available for
each ingress and egress, with a minimum width of four and one-half
(4½) feet.
3.
Location of spaces. Required spaces for persons
with disabilities shall be located in close proximity to building
entrances and shall be designed to permit occupants of vehicles to
reach the building entrance on an unobstructed path with a minimum
width of three (3) feet. The City Engineer may require that off-street
parking spaces provided for persons with disabilities be dispersed
throughout the project if deemed necessary to ensure safe, convenient
and accessible parking spaces for all users of the project.
4.
Signs and marking. Required spaces for persons with
disabilities shall be designated with signs and pavement markings
identifying them as reserved for persons with disabilities. Signs
shall be posted directly in front of the parking space at a height
of no less than thirty-six (36) inches and no more than sixty (60)
inches above pavement level. Signs required by this Section shall
not exceed four (4) square feet in area.
[Ord. No. 433 §9.05, 5-18-2005]
A.
On Site. Except as otherwise specifically provided, required
off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot as the
principal use.
B.
Within Required Setbacks. Except as otherwise provided,
required off-street parking spaces may be located in required front,
side or rear setbacks, provided that a ten (10) foot setback shall
be maintained between off-street parking areas serving non-residential
uses and the lot lines of lots with residential uses. In no case shall
off-street parking areas be located in a required transition strip.
C.
On Residential Driveways. Residential driveways and space
within the required front yard setback shall not be counted toward
satisfying the off-street parking space requirements of single-family
and two-family uses.
[Ord. No. 433 §9.06, 5-18-2005]
A.
The
City Engineer may authorize a reduction in the number of required
parking spaces for multiple use developments and for uses that are
located near one another that have different peak parking demands
and operating hours.
1.
Up to fifty percent (50%) of the parking spaces required for:
a.
Theaters, public auditoriums, bowling centers, dance halls and nightclubs
and up to one hundred percent (100%) of the parking spaces required
for a church auditorium may be provided and used jointly by
b.
Banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as those listed in Subsection (1)(a) and up to one hundred percent (100%) of parking spaces required for schools may be provided and used jointly by a church auditorium.
2.
Shared parking shall be subject to the following standards:
a.
Location. Shared off-street parking spaces shall
be located no further than three hundred (300) feet from the buildings
and uses they are intended to serve.
b.
Study. A parking study acceptable to the City Engineer
shall be submitted which clearly establishes that users will make
use of the shared spaces at different times of the day, week, month
or year.
c.
Agreement. A shared parking plan shall be enforced
through written agreement. Proof of recordation of the agreement shall
be presented to the City Engineer prior to issuance of a building
permit.
d.
Revocation of permit. Failure to comply with the
shared parking provisions of this Section shall constitute a violation
of this Article and shall specifically be cause for revocation of
a building permit.
[Ord. No. 433 §9.07, 5-18-2005]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for the driver, owner or operator of a bus, truck,
tractor, trailer, house trailer, tractor-trailer, truck-trailer combination
in excess of one (1) ton to park or cause to be parked for longer
than two (2) hours at any time on any residential street, except that
any operator may park said vehicle for a longer period while actually
and continuously engaged in loading or unloading, except on Sundays
and public holidays.
1.
Overnight parking of motor vehicles in the residential areas shall
be limited to passenger vehicles and not more than one (1) commercial
vehicle not exceeding one (1) ton capacity. No person, firm, corporation
or partnership shall drive through, park or conduct any activity from
a pickup truck rated more than one (1) ton capacity, four-wheel van,
semi-tractor or commercial vehicle upon any street, highway or roadway
within a residential area except for local deliveries, meaning the
active loading or unloading of the vehicle for no more than one hundred
twenty (120) minutes. The parking of vehicles with more than two (2)
axles and any semi-tractor unit upon any private or public parking
lot in the residential areas is expressly prohibited without a variance.
The City of Truesdale may cause the removal of any vehicle or part
thereof from any residential area where found in violation of the
requirements of this Section. Any expense incurred by said removal
shall be at the expense of the driver, operator or owner of the towed
unit.
2.
In the trial of any complaint of a violation of any provision of
this Article, evidence of the presence of any vehicle on any street
or other public place in the City in violation of any such provision
and evidence of the person's name in which such vehicle is registered
on the records of either the City Treasurer or the Director of Revenue
of the State shall be prima facie evidence that the person in whose
name such vehicle is registered committed or authorized the violation.
3.
This Section shall not apply to trucks used in street construction
work and maintenance, laying of water pipe and sewer pipe, street
lighting, fire and police alarm systems work and maintenance or trucks
of any other public utility company while engaged in work.
[Ord. No. 433 §9.08, 5-18-2005]
An off-street parking plan, prepared in a form established by
the City Engineer and made available to the public, shall be submitted
with each building permit application.
[Ord. No. 433 §9.09, 5-18-2005]
A.
Surfacing. All off-street parking and circulation areas,
with the exception of strict residential use in residential areas,
shall have concrete, asphaltic concrete or asphalt double-seal surfaces,
maintained adequately for all-weather use, with drainage facilities
to avoid water flows across sidewalks and adjacent property. Vehicle
storage lots for the overnight storage or long-term warehousing of
vehicles under one (1) ownership may be exempted from this surfacing
requirement if approved by the Board of Aldermen.
B.
Access To Off-Street Parking Areas. Non-residential off-street
parking areas that make it necessary to back directly onto public
streets are prohibited. No entrance or exit for any off-street parking
area with over four (4) spaces shall be located within seventy-five
(75) feet of the intersection of any two (2) street right-of-way lines.
C.
Lighting. Lighting fixtures used to illuminate non-residential
off-street parking areas shall be arranged to reflect light away from
lots containing residential uses and from public streets.
D.
Screening. Non-residential off-street parking areas containing
five (5) or more parking spaces shall be screened from view of adjacent
residential areas and from lots containing residential uses.
E.
Striping. Non-residential off-street parking areas shall
be delineated by pavement striping.
F.
Parking Space Dimensions. Required parking spaces shall
be designed in accordance with the following minimum standards. In
the event that proposed parking angles are not shown in the table,
the City Engineer shall interpolate required dimensions from the table:
|
Parking Angle
|
Stall Width
(feet)
|
Stall Depth
(feet)
|
Aisle Width
(feet)
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
90 degrees (2-way aisle)
|
9
|
20
|
24
|
|
60 degrees (2-way aisle)
|
9
|
20
|
24
|
|
75 degrees (2-way aisle)
|
9
|
18.5
|
22
|
|
60 degrees (1-way aisle)
|
9
|
18
|
18
|
|
45 degrees (1-way aisle)
|
9
|
16.5
|
15
|
|
Parallel (1-way aisle)
|
22 (curb length)
|
8
|
12
|
|
Parallel (2-way aisle)
|
22 (curb length
|
8
|
24
|
[Ord. No. 433 §9.010, 5-18-2005]
At least one (1) off-street loading space shall be provided
for each business that customarily receives or distributes material
or merchandise by vehicle. Additional off-street loading spaces shall
be required as shown in the table to ensure traffic safety and convenient
traffic circulation patterns.
|
Use or Use Category
|
Floor Area in Square Feet
|
Loading Spaces Required
|
|---|---|---|
|
Retail store, department store, restaurant, wholesale house,warehouse,
general service, manufacturing or industrial establishment
|
2,000 — 10,000
10,000 — 20,000
20,000 — 40,000
40,000 — 60,000
Each 50,000 over 60,000
|
One
Two
Three
Four
One additional
|
|
Apartment building, motel, hotel, offices or office building,
hospital or similar institutions or places of public assembly
|
5,000 — 10,000
10,000 — 100,000
100,000 — 200,000
Each 100,000 over 200,000
|
One
Two
Three
One additional
|
|
Funeral home or mortuary
|
2,500 — 4,000
4,000 — 6,000
Each 10,000 over 6,000
|
One
Two
One additional
|
[Ord. No. 433 §9.011, 5-18-2005]
Off-street loading spaces may occupy part of any required interior
side or rear setback, provided that unenclosed loading spaces shall
be set back at least fifty (50) feet from adjacent residential areas
and in no case shall loading spaces or driveways be located within
transition strips. In no case shall off-street loading spaces occupy
any part of a required front setback except in the industrial areas.
[Ord. No. 433 §9.012, 5-18-2005]
An off-street plan, prepared in a form established by the City
Engineer and made available to the public, shall be submitted with
each building permit application. The off-street loading plan shall
serve a the basis for the City Engineer's determination of the adequacy
of proposed off-street loading areas.
[Ord. No. 433 §9.013, 5-18-2005]
A.
Surfacing. All off-street loading spaces shall be hard surfaced.
B.
Dimensions. Off-street loading spaces shall be at least
twelve (12) feet in width and thirty-five (35) feet in length.
C.
Access. Off-street loading facilities that make it necessary
to back directly onto a public street shall be prohibited. All maneuvering
of trucks, autos and other vehicles shall take place on site and not
within a public right-of-way. No loading space shall be located within
seventy-five (75) feet of the intersection of any two (2) street right-of-way
lines.
[Ord. No. 433 §9.014, 5-18-2005]
A.
Residential Lots. No vehicle may be parked in the front,
back, or side yards of residential private property except on an approved
form of hard surface including gravel, oil and chip, concrete, asphalt
or brick pavers. Unapproved surfaces include dirt, grass, wood or
rubber chips. Driveways in platted subdivision shall be required to
meet the requirement of hard surface of concrete or asphalt.
[Ord. No. 904, 2-12-2020]
B.
Commercial And Industrial Lots. All vehicles must be parked
on areas paved by concrete or asphalt. This Subsection does not limit
the number of vehicles that may be parked in a fully enclosed garage.
1.
Lots of less than one-half (½) acre. The
owner or lessee of the lot may not park more than four (4) of its
vehicles outside, and then only on exterior paved areas, for more
than two (2) consecutive hours.
2.
Land of one-half (½) acre or more. The owner or lessee of the land may park an additional one (1) of its vehicles on exterior paved areas in addition to that allowed under Subsection (B)(1) for more than two (2) hours for each one-quarter (¼) acre of land that said owner or lessee has above one-half (½) acre, provided that no exterior parking of more than four (4) vehicles of the owner or lessee shall be allowed within fifty (50) feet of any adjoining single-family residential property line.
