Whenever the off-street parking requirements in § 82-455 require the building of an off-street parking facility, or where P-1 vehicular parking districts are provided, such off-street parking lots shall be laid out, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and regulations.
(A) No parking lot shall be constructed unless and until a permit therefor is issued by the building official. Applications for a permit shall be submitted to the city in such form as may be determined to the city in such form as may be determined by the building official and shall be accompanied with two sets of plans for the development and construction of the parking lot showing the provisions of this section will be fully complied with.
(B) Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot shall be provided and approved by the city engineer who shall have full power to regulate and determine the places of ingress and egress so that traffic on the streets and highways of the city shall be controlled, regulated and coordinated and to require the installation and maintenance of suitable barriers to insure the safety of pedestrians passing any such parking lot, in order to provide for the greatest possible public safety and welfare. Such necessary directional signs and controls as are required by the city shall be established and maintained by the owner or lessee of the parking lot. All drives and parking shall be surfaced in a manner equivalent to that which is provided for the parking areas under § 82-404.
(C) All spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes.
(D) All drives shall be surfaced in a manner equivalent to that which is provided for the parking areas under § 82-404. Screening and landscaping and lighting shall be provided in keeping with the requirements of §§ 82-403 and 82-405. Plans for the layout of a parking lot shall show a total dimension across two tiers of spaces and one aisle (maneuvering lane) of at least the standards as required in § 82-400.
(E) Off-street parking areas shall be provided with a continuous and completely obscuring wall or fence in accordance with the specifications of § 82-403, on all sides where the next zoning district is designated as a residential district.
(Ord. passed 10-10-1992)