157.308 Parking location and shared parking.
(A) Location.
(1) Vehicle parking is allowed only on approved parking shoulders (streets for transient parking), within garages, carports and other structures, or on driveways or parking lots that have been developed in conformance with this chapter.
(2) Vehicle parking shall be located on the same lot, parcel or tract that the use (residential, commercial and the like) occupies, unless otherwise provided for within this chapter.
(B) Off-site parking.
(1) Except for residential dwellings (not including apartments and the like, with five or more units), the vehicle parking spaces required by this subchapter may be located on another parcel of land; provided that, the parcel is within a reasonable walking distance of the use it serves and is located within the same land use zone as the primary use. A rezoning of a parcel to comply with this division (B) will not be permitted.
(2) The distance from the parking area to the use shall be measured from the nearest parking space to a building entrance, following a sidewalk or other pedestrian route.
(3) The right to use the off-site parking must be evidenced by a recorded deed, lease, easement or other similar written instrument.
(4) At no time will off-site parking include parking on a right-of-way or on/within a publicly-owned parking lot.
(C) Mixed-uses. If more than one type of land use occupies a single structure or parcel of land, the total requirements for off-street automobile parking shall be the sum of the requirements for all uses, unless it can be shown that the peak parking demands are actually less (i.e., the uses operate on different days or at different times of the day). In that case, the total requirements shall be reduced accordingly.
(D) Shared parking. Required parking facilities for two or more uses, structures or parcels of land may be satisfied by the same parking facilities used jointly, to the extent that the owners or operators show that the need for parking facilities does not materially overlap (e.g., uses primarily of a daytime versus nighttime nature); and, provided that, the right of joint use is evidenced by a recorded deed, lease, contract or similar written instrument establishing the joint use.
(E) Availability of facilities. Owners of off-street parking facilities may post a sign indicating that all parking on the site is available only for residents, customers and/or employees, as applicable. Signs shall conform to the standards of §§ 157.325 through 157.333 of this chapter. (Ord. 80-2, passed 06/14/2010)