6-3-1 Parking Standards Pertaining to All Districts

§ 6-3-1 Parking Standards Pertaining to All Districts.

1. No building permit shall be issued until the applicant has presented satisfactory evidence to the Zoning Administrator that he owns or has otherwise available for his use, sufficient property to provide required parking.

2. No additions to or enlargement of an existing building or use shall be permitted unless the parking requirements are met for the entire building or use.

3. For new buildings, building expansions or conversions, plans must show the arrangement of required parking and loading spaces, and indicate sufficient space for vehicle maneuvering and adequate ingress and egress by patrons and delivery vehicles to the parking area before a permit is granted. In the design of parking areas, safe, adequate and convenient pedestrian routes shall be provided. Plans shall be submitted, fully dimensioned, to the Zoning Administrator for approval prior to the permit being granted.

1. All parking and loading spaces, drive aisles, maneuvering areas, driveways, and fire lanes shall be paved with an asphalt, concrete, or masonry surface to a sufficient thickness to withstand repeated vehicular traffic based on an engineered design approved by the City Engineer, or his designee, except as provided below:

a. The surfacing of the areas referenced above shall not be required by the City during construction on any site or project which is otherwise covered by an individual or general air quality permit issued by the Maricopa County Air Quality Department, but all surfacing improvements related to a specific building permit shall be completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for such permit.

b. The City Engineer, or his designee, at his discretion, may allow the use of other materials for surfacing the areas referenced above when these areas:

1. are in excess of the minimum number of spaces required by this Article; or,

2. were established and existing as of October 1, 2008; or,

3. are temporary in terms of frequency of use (i.e., infrequent or intermittent use) or duration of use (i.e., only used for a specific period of time until paved or, for model home complexes, until substantial completion of a residential development).

c. Any alternative surfacing materials allowed by the City Engineer, or his designee, shall be appropriate to the use for which they are approved and at a minimum shall minimize the generation of dust or particulate matter.

d. Any property with parking and loading spaces, drive aisles, maneuvering areas, driveways, and fire lanes that were not surfaced as of the effective date of Ordinance No. 08-1108, April 24, 2008, shall be improved with surfacing to meet the minimum standards specified above no later than October 1, 2008, except for residential property developed with four (4) or fewer dwelling units that has less than three thousand (3,000) square feet of parking and loading spaces, drive aisles, maneuvering areas, driveways, and fire lanes and except for agricultural uses and construction sites operating under an individual or general air quality permit issued by the Arizona Department of Air Quality or the Maricopa County Air Quality Department.

2. All vehicular egress from parking lots to public right-of-way shall be by forward motion only, except in the case of single family and two family residences fronting on a local street or a primary or secondary collector street.

3. The permanent or unauthorized temporary use of off-street parking or loading areas for other than the said purpose shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance. Should the owner or occupants of a building change the use of the building and thus increase the requirement for off-street parking, it shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance, until there is compliance with the parking requirements.