All regulated off-street parking areas shall conform with the following design standards:
(A) All parking spaces shall have minimum dimensions of nine feet in width and 18 feet in length. All access or backup aisles shall conform to the following minimum dimensions:
Parking Angle (Degree) | Aisle Dimension (Feet) |
90 | 24 |
60 | 18 |
45 | 14 |
30 | 12 |
Parallel | 12 |
(B) Where off-street parking is provided for ten or more vehicles, 30% of the stalls may be designated for compact cars. The dimensions for compact car stalls shall be at least eight feet in width and 16 feet in length. A majority of such compact car stalls shall be located closer to the main entrance of the use for which the parking is provided than the majority of other parking stalls. Such compact car stalls shall be readily identified as such by some form of signage.
(C) The use of streets, sidewalks, or other public rights-or-way for parking or maneuvering to and from off-street parking spaces is prohibited. All off-street parking areas shall be so arranged that ingress and egress is by forward motion of the vehicle. One- and two-family dwellings are exempt from this provision. Improved alleys are likewise exempt from this provision.
(D) Parking structures on more than one level shall be designed in accordance with the standards set forth herein for grade level parking facilities insofar as they are reasonably applied.
(E) Required off-street parking areas, including drives and access ways, shall be paved with an all-weather hard surface material.
(F) Parking area edges shall be protected by suitable curbing to prevent vehicular encroachment on a public right-of-way or on adjacent property, and to protect the public right-of-way and adjoining properties from the damaging effects from surface drainage from parking lots.
(G) Where parking or loading areas are provided adjacent to a public street, ingress or egress thereto shall be made only through driveways not exceeding 30 feet in width at the curb line of said street, except where the Zoning Administrator finds that a greater width is necessary to accommodate the vehicles customarily using the driveway.
(H) Where two or more driveways are located on the same lot, the minimum distance between such drives shall be 30 feet or one-third of the lot frontage, whichever is greater.
(I) Businesses integrated into a unified shopping center or cluster of commercial facilities shall use the common access with other business establishments in that center.
(J) No driveway shall be located closer than 25 feet to any street intersection.
(K) Nonresidential facilities for ten or more spaces shall be lighted, and any lighting of parking areas shall be shielded so as to cast no glare upon adjacent properties and streets.
(Ord. 101-1986, passed 10-7-86) Penalty, see § 157.999