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Chapter 17 — Parking and Loading Regulations, Article 4 — GENERAL PARKING AND LOADING AREA SPECIFICATIONS
§ 17-4.1
Location of Parking and Loading Areas.
All off-street parking and off-street loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the structure or use, except as otherwise specifically permitted by this Chapter.
(A)Interference with Right-of-Ways Prohibited. Parking space and loading area arrangements that require vehicles to back out into the public road right-of-way are prohibited except in village activity centers where speeds are low and the arrangement is approved by the Director of Engineering. Entrances to off-street parking for single family detached dwellings and manufactured homes onto a local street shall be exempt from this requirement.
(B)Connections. The director may require that parking areas and loading zones connect to other parcels.
§ 17-4.2
Accessory Uses of Parking Lots and Loading Areas.
Parking facilities and loading areas shall be operated and maintained in accordance with the following:
(A)Parking and loading areas shall not be used for the sale, storage, repair or dismantling of any equipment, materials or supplies, except that upon application the Planning Director may approve temporary structures and uses such as tent sales.
(B)Parking and loading areas shall not be used to store vehicles for sale, except in cases where the property owner owns the vehicle(s), provided auto sales is a permitted use in the district in which the property is located. This provision shall not apply to the placing of a "For Sale" sign on or in one licensed vehicle, boat, or other vehicle at the same time located in a private residential driveway or front yard and which licensed vehicle, boat, or other vehicle is owned by an occupant of said private residence.
(C)An attendant's shelter building which does not contain more than 50 square feet of gross floor area and which is set a distance of not less than 20 feet from any boundary of the parking lot may be permitted.
ARTICLE V, PARKING AND LOADING AREA IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS: