All driveways, parking areas, curbs, and bumper guards shall be constructed in accordance with standards established by the City Engineer and the following:
(a) Paving. Except as provided in division (a)(1) of this section, all required parking spaces provided, together with their necessary access drives shall be paved with a hard surface pavement, such as asphalt or concrete approved by the City Engineer. Additional parking shall be paved in a manner adequate to eliminate dust and mud problems.
(1) Access drives within residential districts, where the residence is set back in excess of 75 feet from the City right-of-way, shall install a concrete apron within the City right-of-way pursuant to City standards, plus an additional 10 feet of concrete pavement from the edge of the sidewalk back towards the dwelling. Further, there shall be installed
(b) Drainage. Parking areas shall be graded to provide for drainage so that injury will not be caused to adjacent properties, nor will water drain across a public sidewalk or flow directly onto the street or highway pavement.
(c) Illumination in Open Areas. All parking areas shall be illuminated to a minimum of one foot-candle to protect the public safety. Light sources shall be so designed and located to shield and/or control adjoining residential districts and streets and shall not be of excessive brightness or cause a glare hazardous to pedestrians or drivers. The maximum height of light poles shall comply with the following:
(1) Residential Districts. No freestanding light post shall exceed 12 feet in height.
(2) Nonresidential districts. No freestanding light post shall exceed 30 feet in height.
(d) Curbs and Wheel/Bumper Guards. Appropriate wheel/bumper guards, curbs and markings shall be provided in order to define parking spaces, access drives or limits of paved areas and to prevent vehicles from projecting into required yards, walkways or alleys. Wheel/bumper guards shall only be utilized in specific limited locations as recommended by the City Engineer and approved by Planning Commission.
(e) Marking. Any off-street parking area for five or more parking spaces shall indicate the location of each parking space, the location of spaces for persons with disabilities, and the location and direction or movement along the aisles and access drives providing access thereto by painting upon the surface, by raised directional signs, or by markers or other similar measures placed on the surface.
(g) Maintenance. Parking areas, access drives, waiting spaces and loading spaces shall be maintained in a manner to keep it as free as practicable from rubbish, paper and other loose particles, and snow and ice shall be promptly removed by the operator. All adjacent sidewalks shall be kept free from dirt, ice, sleet and snow and in a safe condition for use by pedestrians. All signs, markers or any other methods used to indicate direction of traffic movement and location of parking and/or loading spaces shall be maintained in a neat and legible condition. Any walls, trees and shrubbery, as well as surfacing of parking areas, access drives, waiting spaces and loading areas shall be maintained in good condition.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01; Ord. 169-04. Passed 3-14-05; Ord. 108-16. Passed 12-12-16; Ord. 39-17. Passed 6-12-17.)