§ 51A-4.324 — REVIEW BY THE DIRECTOR

SEC. 51A-4.324. REVIEW BY THE DIRECTOR.

(a) Conformity with standards required. The building official shall deny an application for special parking or loading unless it meets all of the applicable standards in this section. (b) General standards. (1) Special parking and loading may not be located in a residential district, except that Chapter 51 community service, religious, and educational uses, and Chapter 51A institutional and community service uses may share parking in residential districts on the same lot where both uses are located. Nonresidental uses in residential districts may also use special parking or loading if the special parking or loading is not located in a residential district. (2) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this subsection, special parking may not account for more than 50 percent of the off-street parking required for any use. Special loading may account for up to 100 percent of the off- street loading required for any use. (3) The 50 percent limitation in Paragraph (2) does not apply to: (A) remote parking within a walking distance of 900 feet of the main use; and (B) shared parking on the same lot as the main use if all uses sharing the parking have mutually exclusive hours of operation. (4) Special parking and loading must comply with all codes, ordinances, rules, and regulations of the city. (5) Special parking and loading may not create safety hazards. (c) Packed parking standards. Packed parking may not be used unless a license is obtained pursuant to Section 51A-4.329 . (d) Remote parking and loading standards. (1) Walking distance. Remote parking and loading must be located within a walking distance of 300 feet from the use served by the remote parking or loading unless an extension of walking distance for remote parking is approved by the building official. (2) Extension of walking distance for remote parking. (A) The building official may extend the walking distance for remote parking to no more than 600 feet unless the extension would: (i) significantly discourage patrons of the use from using the remote parking; (ii) unreasonably endanger the safety of persons or property; or (iii) not otherwise be in the public interest. (B) A license is required to authorize an extension of walking distance beyond 600 feet. (See Section 51A-4.329.) (3) Signs required at main use and at parking lot. A sign must be prominently displayed at all entrances of a remote parking lot and at all entrances of a parking lot providing on-site parking for the main use. Each sign must: (A) illustrate or describe the location of the remote parking in relation to the main use; (B) be constructed of weather resistant material; (C) be no less than 30 inches wide and 24 inches long; and (D) contain clearly legible letters in a color that contrasts with the background material of the sign. (e) Shared parking and loading standards. Uses sharing parking or loading must have either mutually exclusive or compatibly overlapping normal hours of operation. The building official shall determine whether hours of operation are compatibly overlapping on a case by case basis. (Ord. Nos. 19786; 21660; 25290; 27404; 33112 )