All off-street parking areas, loading facilities and driveways required by the city shall be constructed with concrete or asphalt surfaces and shall conform to the following standards.
(A) (1) Plans and specifications for parking areas, loading facilities and driveways shall be submitted to the City Clerk at the time application is made for a building permit for the construction, enlargement or alteration of a building or buildings to be served by the parking area, loading facilities and driveways. If no building construction, enlargement or alteration is to take place, application for a building permit to construct those areas shall be made to the City Clerk prior to commencement of construction of the areas.
(2) The plans and specifications shall show the location of the areas; the location of adjoining proposed or existing buildings, sidewalks and other structures; the proposed grade of the parking area; a cross-section of the area; the location of expansion joints; and the proposed means of storm water drainage.
(B) (1) The subgrade shall be prepared in accordance with the Illinois Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, adopted 7-2-1973.
(2) After the subgrade has been prepared, the contractor, prior to placing the proposed pavement, shall notify the Building Commissioner for an inspection of the subgrade.
(C) (1) Portland cement concrete parking areas, loading facilities and driveways shall be constructed at a minimal thickness of ten inches in accordance with the line and grade as indicated on the plans and specifications.
(2) This work shall be performed in accordance with the applicable articles under § 408 of the Illinois Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction.
(3) Prior to pouring the proposed pavement, the contractor shall notify the Building Commissioner for an inspection of the forms and placement of proposed expansion joints where the proposed improvement may abut the existing back of curbs, walks or steps as well as at intermediate locations as the forms may provide.
(D) (1) Asphalt pavement parking areas, loading facilities and driveways shall be constructed on an eight-inch aggregate base course, type B, in accordance with the applicable articles under the Illinois Standard Specifications.
(2) After placing the base course, the asphalt paving surface shall be constructed with one and one-half inches of bituminous concrete binder course and a final surface of one-inch bituminous concrete surface course, Class I (modified).
(3) This work shall be performed in accordance with the Illinois Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction.
(E) Penalty provisions for any violation of this section can be found in § 10.99 of this Code.
(Prior Code, § 150.101) (Ord. 1837, passed 7-13-1959; Ord. 2026, passed 2-27-1967; Ord. 2249, passed 10-14-1974; Ord. 2022-065, passed 12-13-2022) Penalty, see § 10.99