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40 Specific requiremen~ to be determined by planning commission after review of site plan Sec. 40-45.1. Reduction of pal, kin~ for elderly housing. The city council may authorize a reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces required for multi-family dwellings when such housing is designed exclusively as housing for the elderly as defined in Section 40-22. A reduction in the number of spaces required shall be subject to the following conditions: (a) No such reduction shall be authorized except upon assurance satisfactory tc the city council that such housing will be used by families in which the head of household is sixty-two (62) years of age or older; (b) No such reduction shall be authorized if more than ten (10) percent of the total housing units in a given project is occupied by persons without regard to age; (c) No such reduction shall be authorized exeep~ upon a finding by the city council that in view of the location of such housing, the economic status of the anticipated occupants and other pertinent considerations, reductions in the required number of off-street parking spaces will leave adequate off-street parking for occupants and visitors. In no event shali requirements for such off-street parking be reduced to less than one space for each two (2) dwellings; (d) After such reduc*.ion of parking requirements shall have been authorized, the premises shall not be used other than for housing for the elderly unless and until compliance with any parking requirements applying to the new use has been made. Sec. 40-45.2. ?arking and mixed uses. Required parking spaces for any number of separate uses may be combined in one parking area, but the required spaces assigned to one use may not be assigned to another use aU the same time, except that one-half (1! 2) of the parking required for churches, theaters, assembly halls or other uses where peak attendance is at night or on Sundays may be assigned ~o other commercial or public uses. Sec. 40-45.3. Lo~ational requirements. In all zoning districts, where four (4) or more off-street parking spaces are permitted or required, the following shall be required: (a) INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. Required off-street parking spaces shall be provided upon the premises of the principal use or within five hundred (500) feet thereof. This distance shall be measured along the lines of public access between the entry portal of the principal use and the parking facility site. Under no circumstances shall required parking for 62