The following requirements are provided so that the required off-street parking facilities shall be developed in such manner as to interfere as little as possible with the use of neighboring properties and with vehicular traffic on neighboring streets.
(A) Required off-street parking facilities shall be located on the same lot as the main building or use served.
(B) The gross floor area of a building is the total area of all the floors, including the basement, measured from the exterior faces of the building.
(C) A parking space shall be not less that 180 square feet, nine feet by 20 feet, exclusive of drives and turning spaces.
(D) All parking areas and driveways shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete or other similar hard surface. All parking areas and driveways shall provide adequate drainage so that all water is contained within the lot on which the parking area or driveway is located in such manner that water will not drain across other private property. Adequate bumper guards or curbs shall be provided to establish the limits of the parking area except at exits and entrances. Such guards or curbs shall restrain the vehicles so that no part of the parked vehicle projects into that portion of a required yard in which off-street parking is prohibited.
(E) (1) The location and width of entrance and exit driveways to parking facilities shall be planned, whenever possible, so that the nearer edge of an access driveway on the frontage street of a corner lot is at least 50 feet from the right-of-way line of the nearest intersecting street. Whenever possible, driveways shall be spaced at not less than 120-foot intervals, measured from the centerline of the driveways. Entrances and exits to a Class E District shall be limited to streets along which the frontage is located in a Class E District or a Class C District. The width of such entrances and exits shall conform to the following schedule:
Lane(s) | Minimum Width (ft.) | Maximum Width (ft.) |
One lane | 10 | 12 |
Two lanes | 20 | 24 |
Three lanes | 30 | 33 |
(2) In all cases, the radius of the edge of the apron shall be at lest 25 feet so that a car may enter or leave the curb lane without obstructing vehicles in other traffic lanes. The maximum curb cut shall be limited to the width of the entrance or exit plus each radius of the apron.
(F) Sources of light for illumination of buildings or grounds shall be shielded so as not to be objectionable or hazardous to owners of adjacent property or public streets.
(Ord. 88-137, passed 9-6-1988; Ord. 13-10, passed 2-1-2010)