(a) Generally. This section shall apply to all uses, including single-family residential driveways. Parking areas and driveways shall be designed so as to interfere as little as possible with traffic movement on adjacent streets and with the use of adjacent property.
(b) Dimensions. Parking spaces and aisles shall be arranged and marked to provide orderly and safe parking and circulation in accordance with the dimensions in Table 1276-3 following the text of this chapter.
(c) Pavement and Curbing. Parking areas and driveways shall be graded and drained in accordance with the City's Storm Water Drainage Manual adopted by Ordinance 22-81, passed April 27, 1981, or as subsequently amended. All parking areas, driveways and aprons, including single family dwellings, shall be paved according to specifications approved by the City Engineer, based on subgrade conditions and traffic loads. Bumper guards or curbs shall be required at the perimeter of parking lots and in other necessary locations to define the limits of paved areas designated for parking. Not more than two feet of the nineteen-foot stall depth in Table 1276-3 may extend across the curb or bumper guard into an unpaved overhang area, provided that vehicles will not extend across a property line, right-of-way line or public sidewalk.
(d) Driveway Widths. Driveways widths shall comply with the requirements in Table 1276-4 following the text of this chapter. The Planning Commission may permit wider driveways of three or more lanes for those drives with a high volume of traffic. In the case of a four-lane drive, the lanes shall be designed as two adjacent entrance and exit lanes separated by a barrier with a minimum width of six feet.
(e) Locations. Except for single family detached dwellings, driveways to parking areas shall be located according to the requirements in Table 1276-5 following the text of this chapter. The Planning Commission may modify these requirements in order to minimize conflicts with traffic on adjacent streets.
(f) Forward Movement. Parking areas shall be designed so that all vehicles may be driven forward into the street, except for single family detached dwellings located on local or subcollector streets. Single family detached dwellings located on collector, minor arterial or arterial streets, as designated on the City's Thoroughfare Plan, shall comply with this requirement.
(g) Sight Distance. All driveways shall exit onto adjacent streets in locations which afford an adequate unobstructed sight distance as determined by the City Engineer.
(i) Internal Access. The Planning Commission may require parking areas for adjacent commercial sites to be designed to provide internal pedestrian and vehicle access between sites. Such access points shall be in well-defined locations, and landscaping or other visual or physical barriers along the balance of common property lines shall be main tained. The Commission may also require the existence and location of internal access points to be guaranteed through easements or other means.
(j) Drive-In Storage Areas. Drive-in facilities which provide services to customers waiting in their cars, such as fast-food pick-up windows, drive-in bank windows and car washes, shall provide a storage area for waiting vehicles of at least 130 feet, in order to ensure that waiting vehicles will not extend into a public right-of-way or interfere with on-site traffic movement. The Planning Commission may increase the required storage area for a use which requires additional vehicle storage space. To the extent possible, storage areas should be segregated from aisles so that parking spaces are not blocked.
(k) Maintenance. Parking areas and related driveways, landscaping and screening shall be maintained in good condition and free of holes, dust, dirt, trash and other debris. Striping of parking spaces and signage for handicapped parking spaces and fire lanes shall also be maintained in good, legible condition.
(Ord. 50-05. Passed 4-25-05.)