Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public, commercial or private parking area shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) Screening and Landscaping. Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any "R" District or institutional premises, by a masonry wall or solid fence. Such wall or fence shall be not less than four feet or more than six feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition without any advertising thereon. The space between such wall or fence and the lot line of the adjoining premises in any "R" District shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs or evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition. In lieu of such wall or fence, a strip of land not less than fifteen feet in width and planted and maintained with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four feet in height may be substituted.
(b) Minimum Distance and Setbacks. No part of any parking area for more than five vehicles shall be closer than ten feet to any dwelling, school, hospital or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot, unless screened by an unpierced masonry wall. If on the same lot with a main building the parking area shall not be located within the front yard or side street yard required for such building. In no case shall any part of a parking area be closer than five feet to any established street right of way. The wall or hedge required in subsection (a) hereof shall be set back from each street the same as if it were a building wall, so as to observe the front yard and side street yard requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
(c) Surfacing. Any off-street parking area for more than five vehicles shall be graded for proper drainage and surfaced with an asphaltic or Portland cement binder pavement so as to provide a durable and dustless surface and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe parking and storage of self-propelled vehicles. The foregoing surfacing requirements shall not apply to a parking area in an "M" District if more than 200 feet distant from any "R" District, except that a dustless surface shall be provided in any case.
(d) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any "R" District and shall be so arranged as to not interfere with traffic on any adjoining street.
(Ord. 914. Passed 11-8-66.)
(Ord. 914. Passed 11-8-66.)