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City of
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(8) If at any time there is a complaint of noncompliance of the above which is sustained,
the convenience license shall be revoked.
(b) Home occupations existing at the time this section is adopted will comply substantially
with the standards of this section on or before April 1, 1990.
(c) This section shall prevail over any ordinances of the city which may conflict herewith.
(Ord. No. 90-82-74, § 2(III, H, 8), 7-26-82; Ord. No. 90-88-138, § 1, 3-27-89; Ord. No. 90-89=146,
§ 1, 8-28-89; Ord. No. 45-97-12, § 1, 2-24-97)
Sec. 24-160. Miniwarehouses.
The business commonly known as miniwarehouses shall be utilized for the sole purpose of
storage of tangible personal property.
(Ord. No. 95-79-18, § 2, 10-8-79)
Sec. 24-161. Off-street parking and loading.
(a) General. Minimum off-street vehicular parking spaces shall be provided at the time of
the construction of any main building for the uses described in this section. The facilities shall
be arranged for convenient access and safety of pedestrians and vehicles; shall be paved,
adequately drained and maintained in a dustproof condition; shall provide barriers when
located at the perimeter of the lot to prevent encroachment on to adjacent property; and when
lighted, lights shall be directed away from adjacent property Parking areas and driveways
shall not obstruct storm water drainage swales, guttering, etc.
(b) Plans required. A plan shall be submitted with the application for a building permit for
any building requiring off-street parking and loading with accurate dimensions for parking
and loading spaces, access aisles and driveways and location of parking and loading in
relationship to the buildings or uses to be served.
(c) Measurement. Where floor area determines the amount of off-street parking and loading
required, the floor area of a building shall be the sums of the gross horizontal area of every
floor of the building, using exterior wall dimensions. In places of public assembly in which
occupants utilize benches, pews or similar seating, each twenty-four (24) lineal inches of such
seating shall be considered one (1) seat. When computations result in requirement of a
fractional space, a fraction equal to or more than one-half shall require a full space.
(d) Uses not specifically mentioned. Requirements for off-street parking and loading for
uses not specifically mentioned in this section shall be the same as required for the most
similar to the one sought, it being the intent of 'this article to require all uses to provide
off-street parking and loading.
(e) Location:
(1) Parking spaces for dwellings shall be located on the same property with main building
to be served, where feasible.
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(2) Parking spaces for other uses shall be provided on the same lot or not more than four
hundred (400) feet away.
(f) Design requirements:
(1) Parking space dimension shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet by twenty (20) feet;
(2) Handicapped parking spaces shall have a minimum width of twelve (12) feet;
(3) Minimum width for one-way driveway aisle shall be twelve (12) feet and the minimum
width for two-way driveway shall be twenty-two (22) feet.
(g) Parking space requirements:
(1) Auditoriums, theaters or other places of assembly. One (1) space for every four (4) seats
or seating places;
(2) Bowling alleys. Four (4) spaces for each alley;
(3) Business or commercial buildings. One (1) space for each three hundred (300) square
feet of gross floor area;
(4) Churches, temples or places of worship. One (1) space for each four (4) seats or seating
places;
(5) Clubs or lodges. One (1) space for each four (4) seats or seating places or one (1) space
for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater;
(6) Dwelling structures.
a. Single-family, two (2) spaces per dwelling unit;
b. Multiple -family, two (2) spaces per dwelling unit plus one (1) space for owner or
operator plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees.
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(7) Hospitals, sanitariums and convalescent homes. One and one-half (1'/a) spaces for
each hospital bed;
(8) Hotels and motels. One (1) space for each sleeping unit plus spaces required for
accessory uses such as restaurants, lounges, etc.;
(9) Libraries and museums. One (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of gross
floor area;
(10) Manufacturing, warehousing and industrial uses. One (1) space for each two; (2)
employees on the largest working shift, plus one (1) space for each company vehicle
operating from the premises;
(11) Medical or dental clinic. One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross
floor area;
(12) Mortuaries. One (1) space for each four (4) seats or seating spaces in chapel plus one
(1) space for each three (3) employees;
(13) Marinas. One (1) space for each boat berth plus one (1) space for each two (2)
employees;
(14) Office and professional buildings. One (1) space for each four hundred (400) square
feet of gross floor area;
(15) Restaurants, cocktail lounges and/or other eating places. One (1) space for each two
(2) seats;
(16) Rooming and boardinghouses. One (1) space for each guest bedroom;
(17) Schools and educational uses:
a. Elementary and junior high schools. Two (2) spaces for each classroom, office and
kitchen;
b. Senior high schools. Six (6) spaces for each classroom plus one (1) space for each
staff member.
(18) Vocational, trade and business schools. One (1) space for each three hundred (300)
square feet of gross floor area;
(19) Day care centers. One and one-half (11/2) spaces for each employee;
(20) Shopping centers. Four (4) spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross
leasable area.
(h) Off-street loading spaces. Off-street loading spaces shall be provided and maintained
for hospital, institutions, single occupancy commercial or industrial building, or similar use
requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials and merchandise as follows: One
(1) space for the first ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area and one (1)
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additional space for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area, or fraction
thereof, over and above the first ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(i) Method of requesting deviations from the requirements of this section.
(1) Deviations from the requirements of this section shall be accomplished by filing with
the appropriate administrative official an application for an exception which said
application shall follow the procedures set forth in section 24-63 herein.
(Ord. No. 90-82-74, § 2(1II, H, 9), 7-26-82; Ord. No. 90-85-92, § 1, 7-8-85; Ord. No. 90-87-119, § 1,
4-27-87)
Cross reference—Stopping, standing and parking generally, § 21-16 et seq.
Sec. 24162. Parking lots.
Off-street parking lots shall be a permissible use by exception in all districts where such
lots are within four hundred (400) feet of a premises requiring off-street parking, provided
such lots in residential districts shall also conform to the following:
(1) Such parking lots may be permitted only between the principal use and the nearest
street in the residential district.
(2) An approved wall, fencing, shrubbery or as otherwise required by the planning
agency and the city commission shall be erected along edges of portions of such lots as
adjoin land' in the residential district unless releases are secured from all adjoining
property owners. Height limitations as required in other sections of this article shall
not apply.
(3) No source of illumination for the lots shall be directlyvisible from any window in any
residence in the residential district.
(4) There shall be no sales or service activity of any kind on any parking lot unless a
permit is applied for and is granted by the administrative official.
(Ord. No. 90-82-74, § 2(III, H, 10), 7-26-82)
Cross reference—Stopping, standing and parking generally, § 21-16 et seq.
Sec. 24463. Storage and parking of vehicles and equipment in residential districts.
(a) Commercial vehicles of less than eighteen thousand five hundred (18,500) gross vehi-
cle weight, and trailers of all types, including travel, boat, camping and hauling, shall not be
parked or stored on any lot occupied by a dwelling or on any lot in any residential district,
except in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) No more than one (1) commercial vehicle per dwelling shall be permitted; and in no
case shall a commercial vehicle used for hauling explosives, gasoline or liquefied
petroleum products be permitted;
(2) Travel trailers, motor homes, hauling trailers or boat trailers shall be permitted if
parked or stored behind the front yard building line;
(3) A travel trailer or motor home shall not be occupied, either temporarily or perma-
nently, while -it is parked or stored in any area except in a trailer park authorized
under this article;
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