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Off -Street Parking, Loading and Transportation Section 1161.01 Purpose The purpose of this chapter is to prescribe regulations for off-street parking of motor vehicles in residential and non-residential zoning districts; to ensure by the provision of these regulations that adequate parking and access are provided in a safe and convenient manner; and to afford reasonable protection to adjacent land uses from light, noise, air/water pollution and other effects of parking lot proximity. Section 1161.02 General Requirements A. Applicability of Parking Requirements. For all buildings and uses established after the effective date of this ordinance, off-street parking shall be provided as required by this chapter. In addition, the following shall also apply: 1. Whenever the use of a building or lot is changed to another classification of use, off- street parking facilities shall be provided for that use as required by this chapter. 2. If the intensity of use of any building or lot is increased through the addition of floor area, increase in seating capacity or by other means, additional off-street parking shall be provided as required by this chapter. 3. Off-street parking facilities in existence on the effective date of this ordinance shall not be reduced below the requirements of this chapter, nor shall .nonconforming parking facilities that exist as of the effective date of this ordinance be further reduced or made more nonconforming. 4. An area designated as required off-street parking including' areas reserved for landbanked parking shall not be changed to another use unless equal facilities are provided elsewhere in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. B. Location. 1. Off-street parking facilities required for one and two-family dwellings shall be located on the same lot as the building(s) they are intended to serve and shall consist of a driveway and garage. 2. Off-street parking facilities required for all other uses shall be located on the lot where the parking is required. In the event that required parking is proposed on a lot in common ownership or leasehold with the lot where the parking is required, the applicant must present and record a permanent easement and parking agreement for access and parking. 3. All driveways,,:drives roadways and sidewalks used or intended for use as access to buildings or uses in anon -residential district, or for any other use or purpose, including access for emergency vehicles and apparatus, shall be located in their entirety within the area zoned for that non-residential district. C. Shared/Common Parking. 1. Two (2) or more buildings or uses may share a common parking facility, provided the number of parking spaces available equals the required number of spaces for all the uses computed separately. Cumulative parking requirements for mixed-use developments or shared facilities may be reduced by the reviewing authority where it can be determined that one (1) or more of the factors listed in Section 1161.02.D applies. In any case, the continued availability of required parking, either shared or by other means provided in this chapter, shall be made a condition of any development plan approval and/or conditional use permit approval, as provided by this ordinance. 2. Parking facilities for a place of worship or similar sporadically used facility may be used to meet up to 50% of the off-street parking for theaters, stadiums and other places of public assembly, stores and office buildings within 300 feet of the facility, as measured Page 1161-1 City of North Olmsted Zoning Code