(a) Dimension. Each parking stall shall be a minimum size of ten feet by twenty feet exclusive of aisles, drives and obstructions. Aisles shall be twenty-four feet minimum for two-way traffic with parking on both sides and twenty feet minimum for one-way traffic with parking on one or both sides. However, where the principal structure on the lot served by the aisle way is a residential structure, aisles of twelve foot minimum for two way traffic with parking on both sides and ten foot minimum for one way traffic with parking on one or both sides shall be allowed. Head-in parking should allow three feet of car overhanging adjacent to a building or curb. Rear overhang normally amounts to four and one-half feet.
(1) In all cases, a minimum clear distance of three feet shall be provided when parking is adjacent to a building.
(2) Each off-street loading space for over the road tractor trailers shall include a twelve foot wide stall, sixty foot stall depth, sixty foot maneuvering apron and a fifteen foot vertical clearance. For City delivery trucks, a twelve foot stall width, thirty foot depth, thirty foot apron and a twelve foot vertical clearance shall be provided.
(3) Driveways having relatively high volumes of large trucks shall be provided with radii of twenty-five feet plus widths of thirty to forty feet so that entry and exit can be made without encroachment beyond the curb lane of the abutting street.
(b) Surfacing. All open parking and loading spaces, except a required parking space accessory to a single-family dwelling, shall be graded and provided with a hard surface of bituminous asphalt or Portland cement concrete. All paved areas shall be separated from all unpaved areas by six inch high curbing.
(c) Drainage. All open, off-street parking and loading areas shall be provided with adequate drainage facilities as approved by the Municipal Engineer, in order to ensure that storm water does not flow onto abutting property or abutting sidewalks in such a way or quantity that adjoining owners or users of the sidewalk would be detrimentally affected or inconvenienced.
(d) Screening and Landscaping.
(1) When any open off-street parking or loading area used for any nonresidential purpose containing more than two spaces is not separated from a residential district by a dedicated street, an effective buffer or screen, consisting of a solid wall, fence, landscaped earth mound or view- obscuring dense planting of evergreen shrubs, hedge tree-line, mass tree planting or various combinations thereof, shall be provided at the lot lines adjoining such residential district to protect the privacy of the adjoining residential uses. Such wall, fence or earth mound, shall be not less than four feet or more than six feet in height, or may be higher if necessary to provide visual privacy for the adjacent residential property owner, and shall be maintained in good condition by the owner. Exception to this height requirement occurs at the immediate exit point from the parking or loading area as shown in Section 1161.01(g).
(2) Where the principal structure served by a parking area is a residential structure, parking shall be prohibited in the front yard area. In other instances where required parking areas are developed in the front yard or along street frontage, a fifteen foot planting area shall be provided between the property line and the parking area. Such planting area shall be planted with grass or evergreen ground cover and shall be landscaped with flowers, trees and/or shrubs and be maintained in good condition by the owner. Plantings which are diseased or dead shall be removed and replaced with healthy specimens.
(3) All off-street parking or loading areas which provide parking spaces for fifteen vehicles or more shall have planting areas incorporated into their design. A minimum area equal to five percent of the total paved parking lot area shall be provided, with no individual planting area consisting of less than 200 square feet, or having a minimum dimension less than ten feet. Such areas shall be located so as to break up the visual appearance of the parking lot, and shall be shown on the plans which are submitted by the applicant for a zoning certificate, application for development plan approval or conditional use permit in accordance with the provisions specified in this Zoning Ordinance. All such planting areas shall be separated from paved areas by means of a six inch high curb.
(4) All open off-street parking or loading areas which are unusable, either for parking or for traffic, shall be landscaped with plantings of grass, flowers, shrubs and/or trees, which shall be maintained in good condition by the owner. Plantings which are diseased or dead shall be removed and replaced with healthy specimens. All tree lawns shall be landscaped and/or planted with grass, and maintained in good condition by the owner, in such a way as to clearly distinguish their separation from adjacent public streets or private drives.
(Ord. 2007-11. Passed 4-18-07.)