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<br /> Z | 11 - 1 <br />Zoning Code <br />Chapter 11 <br /> <br />Parking Standards <br /> <br />Article 1. General Conditions, §§ 11-010–11-050 <br /> <br />Article 1. General Conditions <br /> <br />Sec. 11-010. General Requirements. <br /> <br />(1) Application. Off-street parking and loading regulations shall apply to all buildings and land uses <br />established after December 13, 1988. At the time an existing land use or building use changes, a building <br />expands, or an existing parking lot expands or is altered, the existing and any required additional off- <br />street parking and loading areas must be brought into conformance with the regulations of this Chapter, <br />subject to the provisions of Sections 8-410 through 8-480. <br /> <br />(2) Required Plan. Except for single and two family residences, all applications for a building permit or <br />for a certificate of occupancy shall include a site plan drawn to scale and dimensioned indicating the <br />location of off-street parking and loading spaces in compliance with this Chapter. <br /> <br />(3) Reduction and Use of Parking or Loading Space. Off-street parking facilities existing as of <br />December 13, 1988 shall not be reduced to an amount less than that required under this Chapter for a <br />similar new building or use. Off-street parking facilities provided to comply with this Chapter shall not <br />be reduced below the Chapter requirements. Required parking or loading space shall not be used for <br />storage of goods, trash disposal containers, or vehicles that are inoperable or for sale or rent, or any use <br />other than the parking of vehicles. <br /> <br />(4) Location of Parking. Required off-street parking space shall be provided on the same lot as the <br />principal building except as noted in Section 11-040 (5). <br /> <br />(5) Buffers and screens. Off-street parking areas of four or more spaces and loading areas on properties <br />that are adjacent to any residential district shall be screened from the residential district by one or more of <br />the following: an opaque fence per Section 4-540, a planting screen, a land berm of appropriate height or <br />combination of the foregoing. Plans for a fence or landscaping screen shall be submitted for approval at <br />the time of site plan application and shall be installed as part of the approved site improvements. Off- <br />street parking for single and two family residences shall not be required to be screened. <br /> <br />(6) Lighting. <br />A. Maximum site illumination shall be regulated as follows: <br />1. Site illumination shall not exceed .4 foot-candles at ground level when measured at an <br />adjoining residential property. <br />2. Lighting on the site and building shall be directed downward, and installed so as to <br />prevent direct light from being detectable at the lot line of the site on which the light <br />source is located. <br />B. Lighting structures shall be located within a safety island or around the perimeter of the <br />parking area and shall not be placed as freestanding structures within the parking area.