YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE Page 135 Usable Area: In calculating the total number of required parking spaces, Usable Area shall mean the area devoted to the specified use (does not include such spaces as kitchens, restrooms, hallways, etc.), and the term "seat" shall also include each thirty inches (30") of bench seating when individual seats are not provided. Use: The purpose for which a building, or lot, or structure, is arranged, designed, occupied or maintained. A. REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING: 1. Maintenance of Existing Parking: All off-street parking required by this Section shall be established and improved before operation of the use or uses requiring such parking area may begin, and shall be maintained for the duration of such use. 2. Existing off-street parking shall not be reduced or modified for any existing business except in instances where parking space allocations meet all requirements of these Zoning Ordinance regulations. Modifications to the parking allocation may be considered by the Chief Land Use Specialist and/or the Board of Adjustment in instances where the Institute of Traffic Engineer Standards further clarify the parking ratio or allocation for a business not specified herein. 3. The use of off-street parking space for the storage of merchandise, vehicles for sale or rent, or for repair of vehicles, shall be expressly prohibited. 4. When the use of any existing building, structure, or premises is changed to a new use, or the intensity of the use is increased through the incorporation of additional dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement specified for required parking or loading facilities, and which change of use or intensity creates a need for an increase in the total number of required parking spaces of ten percent (10%) or twenty (20) spaces, either with a single change or cumulative changes, subsequent to the effective date of this Ordinance, then parking and loading facilities as required shall be provided for the entire building, structure or premises. When such an increase in required parking is less than ten percent (10%) cumulatively, the change of use or intensity is exempt from the requirements of this Section. 5. Required improvements shall be completed in accordance with these Zoning regulations prior to commencement of the use or occupancy of the site. B. LOCATION OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES: 1. Residential Uses: Required off-street parking for single-family dwellings shall be provided on the same site as the building or use being served. Off-street parking for multiple-family dwellings or residences in PAD zoning districts may be provided in a parking area on or off the site not farther than two hundred feet (200’) from an entrance to each dwelling unit it is intended to serve. 2. Non-Residential Uses: Required off-street parking shall be located on or off the site within three hundred feet (300’) of the building or use it is intended to serve, the distance being measured from the nearest point of the building or use; provided, however, that parking facilities for sports assembly, public assembly for outdoor entertainment, sports, and recreational activities,