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Home My Public Portal AboutORD 246-09-20_Amend 11-12-1 of City Code_09152020Instrument # 1655967 Bonneville County Idaho Falls, Idaho 09/17/2020 03 : 03 : �22 PM No. of Pages: 4 Recorded for: CITY OF IONA Penny Manning Fee: $0.00 Ex-Officio Recorder Deputy Index to: ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 246-09-20 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO; AMENDING SECTION 11-12-1 OF THE IONA CITY CODE; CLARIFYING GENERAL OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS; AMENDING SECTION 11-12-2 OF THE IONA CITY CODE; ALTERING CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING; DESCRIBING METHODOLOGY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO THAT: Section 1. Amendment of Section 11-12-1 of the Iona City Code. Section 11-12-1 of the Iona City Code is amended as follows: (A) No building or structure shall be erected, substantially altered, or its use changed unless permanently maintained off-street parking and loading spaces have been provided in accordance with the provisions of this Title. (B) The provisions of this Chapter except whcrc thcrc is a change of use, shall not apply to any existing building or structure unless and until there is a change of use, substantial alteration or addition, or an enlargement of a current use. `1ri,e�the ne olyes ., additio.olves .. additions Title. (C) Whenever a building or structure constructed after the effective date of this Title is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, to create a need for an increase in the number of existing parking spaces, additional parking spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or structure existing prior to the effective date of this Title is enlarged to the extent of fifty per cent (50%) or more in floor area, number of employees, number of housing units, seating capacity or otherwise, said building or structure shall then and thereafter comply with the full parking requirements set forth herein. Section 2. Amendment of Section 11-12-2 of the Iona City Code. Section 11-12-2 of the Iona City Code is amended as follows: (A) Location of Parking Spaces. Unless otherwise allowed by the City, tThe following regulations shall govem the location of off-street parking spaces and areas: (1) Parking spaces for all detached residential uses shall be located on the same lot as the use which they are intended to serve. (2) Parking spaces for commercial, industriat or institutional use shall be located not more than five hundred (500) feet from the principal use. Parking spaces for apartments, dormitories, or similar residential uses shall be located not more than thrcc hundred (300) feet from the principal use. (B) Loading Space Requirements and Dimensions. Off-street loading spaces for commercial uses shall be provided as set forth in Section 11-12-4 of this Chapter. (C) Maintenance. The owner of property used for parking and/or loading shall maintain such area in good condition without holes and free of dust, trash and other debris. (D) Surface. The required number of parking and loading spaces as set forth in section 11-12-4 below, together with driveways, aisles and other traffic circulation areas, and shall be improved to a standard equal to or better thante the surface of the public street it adjoins, unless otherwise approved by the City. (E) Drainage. All parking and loading areas shall provide for proper on -site drainage of surface water as approved by the City. (F) Lighting. Any parking area, whiekeither located in a commercial zone or used in a commercial manner, that is intended to be used during night-time hours shall be properly directed to avoid glare into on -coming vehicular traffic. Any lights used to illuminate a parking lot shall be so arranged as to reflect light away from the adjoining property. (G) Access. Any commercial or industrial parking area shall be designed in such a manner that any vehicle leaving or entering the parking area from or onto a public or private street shall travel in a forward motion. Access driveways for parking areas or loading spaces shall be located in such a way that any vehicle entering or leaving such area shall be clearly visible by a pedestrian or motorist approaching the access or driveway from a public or private street. (H) Striping and Paving. All parking areas, either located in a commercial zone or used in a commercial manner, with a capacity over twe20) vehicles shall be paved and striped with-Eletib4e-tinesTsix-(6)-inehes-bettrside-ef-eenterbetween parking stalls to facilitate the movement into and out of the parking stalls. (I) Screening and/or Landscaping. Whenever a parking area is screened on any sides whieli that adjoins or faces other properties,. the tint -screen shall be maintained in good condition and shall be not less than four-(4) feet nort more than six (6) feet in height, unless the screen is made up of trees in accordance with Chapter 4 of Title 8 of this Code, provided that in no event shall any screening obstruct the view around corners of any road, street, alley, or ingress/egress to a parking area and shalt be maintained in good oonditio" The space between such fence, wall,. or planting screen and the lot line of the adjoining (3) (J) premises in any residential district shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs, or evergreen ground cover, and maintained in good condition. Wheel Blocks. Whenever a parking lot extends to a property line, wheel blocks or other suitable devices shall be installed to prevent any part of a parked vehicle from extending beyond the property line. (K) Minimum Distance Setbacks. No part of any parking area, either located in a commercial zone or used in a commercial manner, for more than ten (10) vehicles shall be closer than twenty{2$) feet to any dwelling unit, school, hospital or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot, unless; such parking area is separated by an acceptably designed screen. In no case shall any part of a parking area be closer than four (4) feet to any established street or alley right-of-way. (L) Vehicles. (1) No person shall park or allow to be parked any inoperable motor vehicle or vehicle not having a current registration upon a public street for a period of more than 72) consecutive hours at the same location. (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below. (M) (a) The term "motor vehicle" shall mean every vehicle which is self-propelled and is or may be operated upon a public highway. Motor vehicle does not include vehicles moved solely by human power, electric personal assistive mobility devices and motorized wheelchairs or other such vehicles that are specifically exempt from titling or registration requirements under title 49, Idaho Code. (b) The term "vehicle" shall mean every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. Joint Use. Two{) or more non-residential uses may jointly provide and use parking spaces when their hours of operation do not normally overlap, provided a written agreement provided for such joint use; is filed with the application for a building permit. Section 3. Methodology. Text that is underlined in the preceding sections means new text added to the former Ordinance or City Code Section, and text that is stricken through means text that is being deleted from the former Ordinance or Code Section. Text that is moved from one location in the former Ordinance or Code Section to another location is similarly shown as underlined text, being stricken through in its prior position. Section 4. Severability. The sections and subsections of this Ordinance are severable. The invalidity of any section or subsection shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or subsections. Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage, execution and publication in the manner provided by law. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this °� day of 5e'ef7 , 2020. ATTEST: Keri West '.City Clerk/Treasurer • • • • • •';STATE OF IDAHO )ss. County of Bonneville Dan Gubler Mayor I, KERI WEST, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, DO HEREBY CERTIFY: That the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO; AMENDING SECTION 11-12-1 OF THE IONA CITY CODE; CLARIFYING GENERAL OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS; AMENDING SECTION 11-12-2 OF THE IONA CITY CODE; ALTERING CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING; DESCRIBING METHODOLOGY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." Keri West City Clerk \\Law\data\WPDATA\DAR\_I Pending\2708-2020 City of Iona\ORDINANCES \Off -Street Parking ORD v03.docx