1181.07 DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKING AREAS.
Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area, including a commercial parking lot and also an automobile or trailer sales lot, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) Pavement, Grading Etc. All parking areas and access driveways, except for single-family dwellings, shall be constructed of concrete asphalt pavement. Parking areas shall be graded to provide drainage so that injury will not be caused to adjacent properties and so that water will not drain across a public sidewalk. Parking areas having a capacity of ten or more automobiles shall provide bumper guards or curbs around the parking areas to prevent vehicles projecting into required yards and to define parking areas. A masonry wall, fence or hedge, six feet in height, and landscaped ground cover shall be required between such parking areas and a side or rear lot line of a residential district.
(b) Single-Family Dwellings. Driveways for single-family dwellings, not including town houses, to the extent located within street lines, shall be constructed of concrete or asphalt pavement.
(c) Illumination of Parking Areas. All parking areas and driveways, except those for single-family dwellings, shall be thoroughly illuminated during the night season to protect the public safety. Such illumination shall be so designed and located that light sources are shielded from adjoining residential districts and streets and shall not be of excessive brightness or cause a glare hazardous to pedestrians or drivers.
(Ord. 72-13. Passed 7-11-72.)
(d) Yard Regulations.
(1) Parking areas shall be not less than ten feet from any street line with the area between the parking area and the street line landscaped or planted with grass, except that for motels, hotels and Multifamily Residence Districts no parking area shall be closer to the street than the building setback line. In Industrial Districts no parking shall be closer to the street right-of-way line than twenty-five feet.
(2) Side or rear yards abutting a residential district shall be not less than ten feet wherein no parking or driveways shall be permitted. If abutting other use districts, no side or rear yard shall be required.
(Ord. 73-13. Passed 5-15-73.)
(3) Open parking may be allowed in any side or rear yard, provided that there is an open and continuous access around the entire building of not less than ten feet for fire protection purposes, which will not be blocked by any parking spaces whatsoever, and provided further, that such parking area shall not extend into the minimum required side or rear building yard without a special permit from the Building Commissioner. (Ord. 81-32. Passed 5-5-81.)
(4) No commercial vehicle may occupy space in a parking area for multifamily dwellings, town houses, motels or hotels except to make deliveries or pickups.
(5) An area for permanent or overnight parking of any vehicle shall not be permitted in any front yard in any district.
(Ord. 73-13. Passed 5-15-73.)