§ 47-20.20. Compliance.

A.

No building, use or structure shall be erected, altered or used or land or water used in whole or in part without providing required parking and loading spaces in accordance with the ULDR.

B.

No parking spaces, whether required or optional, shall be erected, altered or used without meeting the requirements of the ULDR.

C.

All required parking facilities shall be maintained and continued as long as the use which the parking serves is continued.

D.

Except as provided herein, parking facilities shall not be used for the storage or sale of merchandise, nor shall they be used for the storage, display, washing, sale or repair of vehicles or equipment. Parking facilities may be used for the sale of merchandise on a temporary basis for special events when approved as provided by Volume I of this Code.

E.

Except as otherwise provided herein, parking facilities shall only be used for the parking of motor vehicles by occupants, employees, visitors or patrons of the use or structure which the parking facility is serving.

F.

Required parking facilities shall not be used by commercial vehicles owned, operated or used in the business of such owner during regular hours of business.

G.

Except as provided herein, required parking may not be used for storage of vehicles. Storage of vehicles shall mean the placement of a vehicle in a parking space for the purpose of sale, lease, rent, repair or display of the vehicle or placement while waiting service for a period of time which exceeds twenty-four (24) consecutive hours or for a purpose unconnected with the use which the parking serves.

H.

Parking facilities shall be kept in good operating condition. All parking lots and spaces shall be maintained so as not to create a hazard or nuisance. Such maintenance includes, but is not limited to, removing glass and litter; pruning, nourishing, and watering vegetation; resurfacing and restriping surface markings; reanchoring or replacing loose and broken wheelstops; and replacing or painting signs.

I.

Maintenance of approved parking facilities, including restriping, shall conform with the plans submitted to the city upon which a building permit was issued.

J.

It shall be unlawful for an owner or operator of any building or structure or use to discontinue, change or dispense with, or to cause the discontinuance or reduction of the required parking facilities apart from the discontinuance, sale, or transfer of such structure or use, without establishing alternative parking facilities which meet the requirements of the ULDR.

K.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to utilize a building, structure, or use without providing and maintaining the off-street parking facilities meeting the requirements of and being in compliance with the ULDR.

L.

It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of a building provided with valet parking to cause or permit such parking area to be operated or used without providing the service of attendants. Each day that such attendant service is not provided for or maintained shall be a new offense.

M.

Termination of an off-street parking agreement or valet parking agreement without a release of the department recorded in the public records of the county shall constitute a violation of Section 47-20.2 which provides for required parking in accordance with the ULDR.

(Ord. No. C-97-19, § 1(47-20.20), 6-18-97)