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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 13, Page 963, No Ordinance Number963 AN ORDINANCE MENDING SECTION 9 OF THE "PADUCAH ZONING ORDINANCE", ?JHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COV241ISSIONERS ON APRIL 8, 1952, AND AMENDED ON JUDiEE 3, 1952 AND AUGUST 12, 1952. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMAISSIONERS OF TIE CITY OF PADUCAH, IhMMUCIM SECTION 1. That Section 9 of the "Paducah Zoning Ordinance" which was adopted by. the Board of Commissioners on April 8, 1952 and amended on June 3, 1952 and August 12, 1952, be amended and reordained so that said section as amended and reordained shall read as follows: "SECTION 9. General Use Provisions I. Conformance and Permits Required No building or structure shall be erected, reconstructed, en- larged or moved for any use other than that which is permitted in the zone in which such building, structure or land is located, nor shall any building, structure or land be used for any other use than is permitted in the zone in which it is located, except as othervrise provided in this ordinance. II. Zone Group Classification :.rhenever the terms R zone, B zone, C zone or M zone are used, they shall be deemed to refer to all zones containing the same letters in their names; e.h., B zone shall include the B-1, B-2 and B-3 zones. III. Off -Street Parking A. Requirements - The following off-street parking shall be provided and satisfactorily maintained, by the owner of the property, for each building which is hereafter erected or enlarged, or altered to accomodate a change in a use requiring a greater number of parking spaces than the existing use under the terms hereof, or to accomodate an increase in the number of use units provided, for any of the follow- ing purposes: 1. Dwellings (a) For each one -family or two-family dwelling there shall be one (1) permanently maintained parking space on the same lot for each dwelling unit, (b) For any building or structure containing three (3) or more dwelling units there shall be provided one (1) parking space for each unit thereof. 2. For any general auditorium; gymnasium; church; high school, colle,re, or university auditorium; stadium; theatre; or other 964 similar place of assembly there shall be provided at least one (1) park- ing space for each eight (8) seats provided for its patrons, based on the maximum seating capacity, including fixed and moveable seats. For any church there shall be allowed the use of joint park- ing facilities in connection with any building or use not normally open, used, or operated during the principal operating hours of a church, pro- vided a properly drawn legal instrument is executed by the parties con- cerned for the joint use of such off-street parking facilities, which instrument, duly approved as to form by the Corporation Counsel, shall be filed with the application for a building permit. 3. For any hotel, apartment hotel, club house, dormitory, fraternity house or any other similar use or establishment there shall be provided at least one parking space for each three (3) guest sleeping acc.omodations. L;. For any dancing, exhibition, labor temple, lodge hall, skating rink or other assembly hall without fixed seats there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each 120 square feet of gross floor area thereof. 5. For any bank, clinic,. funeral home, business or profes- sional office, welfare institution or any other similar use or estab- lishment there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area thereof. 6. For any hospital, sanitarium, convalescent home or any other similar use or establishment there shall be provided not less than one parking space for each five (5) beds, or any portion thereof. 7. For any eating or drinking establishment or any similar use there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area thereof. 8. For any retail store, except a food market, there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each 600 square feet of gross floor area thereof. 9. For any food market establishment or any similar use with a gross floor area of less than 2500 square feet there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area 'thereof. For each gross floor area in excess of 2500 square feet there shall be one (1) parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area thereof. 10. For any manufacturing, processing, wholesaling, or any other industrial use or establishment including any printing or engrav- ing establishment or any warehouse or storage building there shall be provided one (1) parking space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area thereof. 965 11. For an -Laundromat, launderette, washerette, washeteria, self-service laundry, or any similar use or establishment under a diff- erent name there shall be provided one (1) parking space for each two (2) washing machines or portion thereof. 12. For any bowling alley there shall be provided four (4) parking spaces for each bowling alley thereof. 13. For any motel, tourist court, camp ground or'similar use or establishment there shall be provided one (1) parking space on the same parcel of land for each individual sleeping or living unit in addition to such unit. 14.. For any trailer park there shall be provided on the same parcel of land not less than one (1) parking space per trailer, in addition to the space provided for the trailer. 15. For any gasoline, oil or lubricating service station, motor vehicle service and repair establishment, or any similar use there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each 1,000 square feet of gross plot plan area thereof. 16. For any automobile washing or cleaning establishment or any similar use there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space at the locations of ingress and egress for each 600 square feet of gross floor area thereof. For any such establishment using the same facility for ingress and egress there shall be provided not less than one (1) parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area thereof. E. Distance Measurements - The distance to any parking space area as herein required shall be measured between the nearest point of the off-street parking facility and the nearest point of the building said parking area or facility is to serve. C. i-ii;ced Uses - In the case of any use not listed herein, the number of parking spaces required for such use shall be the same as for a similar use which is listed. In the case of mi;ced uses in the same building or structure, the total requirement for off-street parking facilities shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately from the items set out in this section, and off- street parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as provid- ing required parking facilities for any other use except as hereinafter specified for collective use. 966 D. Collective Parking Facilities - Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent collective provision of any off-street parking facility for two or more buildings or uses providing, however, that the total number of off-street parking spaces shall not be less than the sum of requirements for the various individual uses computed separately in accordance with the items set,out in this section. E. General - All parking spaces provided pursuant to this sec- tion shall be on the same lot with the building or within 300 feet thereof, except for the special requirements set forth in paragraphs 13 and 14 of this section. F. Requirements Uaived - The requirements set forth in para- graphs 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 first above shall be waived by the Enforcement Officer and Executive Secretary, acting jointly, upon their determina- tion that: 1. A building is being erected or altered as a result of destruction by: fire, Act of God or other casualty or calamity; or 2. More than seventy-five (75') percent of the privately owned lands within three hundred (300) feet of (a) a building altered to accomodate a change in a use requiring a greater number of parking spaces than the existing use under the 'terms hereof, or (b) a building altered to accommodate an increase in the number of use units provided, or (c) a building to be erected containing less than 30,000 cubic feet, or (d) a building to be enlarged to the extent of not more than 30 per- cent of its gross floor area as it existed on April 8, 1952, are improved with buildings regularly occupied and used. The remaining requirements set forth by this section for off- street parking spaces shall be subject to action by the Board as provided for in Section 36. IV, Off -Street Loading On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof, hereafter erected, established or enlarged and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods displat, department store, wholesale store, market, hotel, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses, involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandive, there shall be provided and maintained adequare space for standing, loading and unloading in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the street or alley. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall include a 12 foot by 35 .foot loading space with 14 foot height clearance 967 for every 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof in excess of 3,000 square feet of floor and land area used for above mentioned purposes. These requirements may, upon application, be increased, modified, or waived by the Board where the conditions or circumstances justify such action, provided it has obtained thereon the recommendation of the Police Department. V. Public Parking Area Every parcel of land which, after the effective date of this ordinance, is changed to a public parking area, automobile, motor vehicle or trailer sales or storage area, or automobile or motor vehicle service station or garage shall be developed as follows (a) Such area, where subject to wheeled traffic, shall be paved with bituminous, concrete or other all-weather, dust -proof surfac- ing and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed. (b) Where such area adjoins a lot in an R zone a solid wall, compact evergreen screen or uniformly painted board fence having a height of not less than four (4) feet shall be erected and maintained between such area and the property in R zones. Such enclosures shall be at least five (5) feet from the side of a lot in an R zone, and all required front and side yards shall be properly maintained as gush. Where such area is across the street from an R zone a compant evergreen screen having a height of not less than four (4) feet shall be erected and maintained between such area and the property in the R zone, and all required front yards shall be maintained as such. (c) Any light used to illuminate said parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the adjoining premises in an R zone. VI. Permanency of Spaces Provided Any off-street parking or loading space established prior to the effective date of this ordinance and which is used or intended to be used in connection with any main building, structure or use, or any spaces designed and intended to comply with the requirements of this ordinance for any such main building or structure erected after such effective date, shall hereafter be maintained so long as said building or structure remains, unless the owner provides and maintains in another location an equivalent number of required spaces in conformance with the provisions of this ordinance. Any conveyance of such parking or loading space, or transfer of interest therein, but the owner of the property served thereby orithout a simultaneous conveyance or transfer of the property served thereby 968 to the same grantee or transferee, or v.,Ithout suitable provision being made in another location for the maintenance of an equivalent number of required spaces in conformance Ath the provisions hereof, shall be unlawful. 11 SEC`i'IO:i 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict hereirith are, to the e; went of such conflict, hereby repealed. SECTIO -H 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. is it 'c G;/_•/'� ^— ;'/_!. .�,-.-. iayor -�._— Passed by the Board of Commissioners September 26, 1958 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Cleric, September 26, 1958.