The following standards shall apply to all off-street parking spaces, except those required for one- and two-family dwellings:
(a) Off-street parking spaces shall have access to a public street or alley in such a manner that any vehicle leaving or entering the parking area into or from a public street or alley shall be traveling in a forward motion.
(b) The location and width of entrance and exit driveways to parking facilities shall be planned to interfere as little as possible with the use of nearby property and with pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the nearest streets.
(c) The centerline of the access driveways shall be at least fifty feet from the right-of- way line of the nearest intersecting street and spaced at not less than 120-foot intervals measured from the centerline of the driveways.
(d) Parking areas of more than ten spaces shall be served by a driveway or driveways with a total of at least one entrance lane and a separate exit lane.
Entrances and exits shall be limited to three lanes. The width of such entrances and exits, measured at the setback line, shall conform to the following schedule:
Width Measured in Feet | ||
Minimum | Maximum | |
One lane | 10 | 12 |
Two lanes | 20 | 24 |
Three lanes | 30 | 36 |
In all cases the radius of the edge of the apron shall be at least fifteen feet so that a car entering from the curb lane shall be perpendicular to the setback line at the driveway without obstructing vehicles in other traffic lanes.
(Ord. 2019-39. Passed 8-13-19.)