The following parking requirements shall apply to business uses in the Office/Professional, General Business, Retail Business, and Light Manufacturing Districts, and conditional uses in the Residential District:
(a) Parking shall be provided with buildings of undesignated uses. The builder or developer must comply with the requirements of Section 1151.07.
(b) All required off-street parking spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least 6 feet 6 inches.
(c) Lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from properties within an Residential District which do not contain uses for which the parking is being provided.
(d) An off-street parking space is a rectangular area for parking one motor vehicle and is exclusive of the right-of-way of any public or private street or any driveway, aisle, circulation space, or off-street loading space. Off-street parking spaces shall have the following minimum rectangular dimensions:
Angle of Parking Minimum Aisle Width Minimum Space Size
(in degrees) (in feet) (in feet)
90 20 10 x 20
90 25 9 x 19
60 17 one way travel 9 x 19
60 20 two way travel 9 x 19
45 13 one way travel 10 x 20
45 20 two way travel 10 x 20
Parallel 25 10 x 23
(e) (1) The parking area shall be paved with asphalt or concrete and contain adequate base material. Concrete parking areas shall consist of either a six-inch minimum depth of item 452 plain portland cement concrete pavement or six inch minimum depth of item 451 reinforced portland cement concrete pavement, and shall have a sub-base consisting of a minimum thickness of three inches of item 310 as designated by the Ohio Department of Transportation current dated construction and material specifications. Asphalt parking areas shall consist of a one and one-half inch minimum depth of 488 asphalt, and shall have a base consisting of a minimum of two inches of item 304 aggregate base as designated by the Ohio Department of Transportation current dated construction and material specifications.
(2) Permeable pavement solutions may be used to pave the parking area, upon approval from both the Village Engineer and the Planning Commission. The Village Engineer shall determine if a geotechnical engineer is needed to conduct subsurface exploration in connection with the permeable pavement solution.
(f) Parking areas and access driveways shall be so graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water and drainage into proper outlets so that such surface water and drainage shall not be allowed to flow onto adjacent properties or remain standing in said driveways or parking areas. In other than one or two family uses all surface water and drainage shall not be allowed to flow across a public sidewalk.
(g) Entrances and exits shall be located to minimize traffic congestion and avoid undue interference with pedestrian access at street intersection corners. There shall not be more than two accessways abutting any one street. Such accessways shall have a throat width of not less than twenty-five feet and a width using a minimum of twenty feet radius curve from the street curb line. All points of ingress and egress shall be located at least 100 feet from all road intersections as measured between the road right of way and the centerline of the ingress or egress point.
(h) Any off-street parking area for five or more parking spaces and all waiting/queuing spaces shall indicate the location of each parking or waiting/queuing 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 in the surface.
(i) All parking areas, waiting/queuing 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.
(j) Special event parking areas shall comply with the following conditions:
(1) Special event parking shall not be used for more time than approved by the Village Council.
(2) Special event parking shall be set back at least fifty feet (50') from any off- site lot in any Residential District or any residential development area in a PUD.
(3) Special event parking areas shall be on the same lot or lots approved for the principal use to which they are accessory.
(k) Any open parking area (including parking spaces and interior access lanes, but excluding loading, unloading and storage areas) that contain more than six thousand square feet (6,000 sq. ft.) of area or twenty (20) or more vehicular parking spaces shall provide interior landscaping in addition to any other required perimeter landscaping.
(1) The amount of this interior parking area landscaping shall be not less than five square feet (5 sq. ft.) of landscaped area for each one hundred square feet (100 sq. ft.) or fraction thereof, of off-street parking area.
(2) Landscaped areas shall be dispersed throughout the parking area in peninsulas and islands, provided that each island or peninsula is not less than sixty-four square feet (64 sq. ft.) in size.
(3) Landscaped islands or peninsulas shall be vegetated with grass or similar plant material not to exceed two feet (2 ft.) in height and for each three thousand square feet (3,000 sq. ft.) of open parking area, there shall be not less than one, three inch (3 in.) caliber deciduous tree placed in the landscaped islands or peninsulas. Trees shall have a clear trunk of at least five feet (5 ft.) above the ground.
(l) All parking facilities shall reserve spaces for handicapped persons with parking space numbers, sizes and configurations in conformance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). (Ord. 2017-7-15. Passed 9-12-17.)