Whenever the off-street parking requirements in §§ 154.102 and 154.103 above require the building of an off-street parking facility, or where P-1 vehicular parking districts (§ 154.073) 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 Inspector. Applications for a permit shall be submitted in such form as may be determined by the Building Inspector and shall be accompanied with two sets of plans for the development and construction of the parking lot showing that the provisions of this section will be fully complied with.
(B) Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accord with the following minimum requirements:
Parking Pattern | Maneuvering Lane Width | Parking Space Length | Parking Space Width |
0 deg. (parallel parking) | 12 ft. | 8 ft. | 23 ft. |
30 deg. to 53 deg. | 12 ft. | 8 ft. 6 in. | 20 ft. |
54 deg. to 74 deg. | 15 ft. | 8 ft. 6 in. | 20 ft. |
75 deg. to 90 deg. | 20 ft. | 9 ft. | 20 ft. |
Parking Pattern | Total Length of One Tier of Spaces Plus Maneuvering Lane | Total Width of One Tier of Spaces Plus Maneuvering Lane |
0 deg. (parallel parking) | 20 ft. | 28 ft. |
30 deg. to 53 deg. | 32 ft. | 52 ft. |
54 deg. to 74 deg. | 36 ft. 6 in. | 58 ft. |
75 deg. to 90 deg. | 40 ft. | 60 ft. |
(C) All spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. Backing directly onto a street shall be prohibited.
(D) Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided for all vehicles. Ingress and egress to a parking lot in an area zoned for other than single-family residential use shall not be across land zoned for single-family residential use.
(E) All maneuvering lane widths shall permit one-way traffic movement, except that the 90 deg. pattern may permit two-way movement.
(F) Each entrance and exit to and from any off-street parking lot located in an area zoned for other than residential use shall be at least 20 feet distant from adjacent property located in any residential district.
(G) The off-street parking area shall be provided with a continuous and obscuring masonry wall not less than four feet, six inches in height measured from the surface of the parking area on all sides where the next zoning district is designated as a residential district. When a front yard setback is required, all land between said wall and the front property line or street right-of-way line shall be kept free from refuse and debris and shall be landscaped with deciduous shrubs, evergreen material and ornamental trees. The ground area shall be planted and kept in lawn. All such landscaping and planting shall be maintained in a healthy, growing condition neat and orderly in appearance.
(H) The entire parking area including parking spaces and maneuvering lanes, required under this section, shall be provided with a durable and dustless surface and shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water in accord with the requirements and subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer.
(I) All lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so installed as to be confined within and directed onto the parking area only.
(J) In all cases where a wall extends to an alley which is a means of ingress and egress to an off-street parking area, it shall be permissible to end the wall not more than ten feet from such alley line in order to permit a wider means of access to the parking area.
(K) The Board of Appeals, upon application by the property owner of the off-street parking area, may modify the yard or wall requirements where, in unusual circumstances, no good purpose would be served by compliance with the requirements of this section.
(`73 Code, 15.318, § 5.115) (Ord. eff. 8-1-67; Am. Ord. passed 1973)