(a) Dimensions.
(1) Each parking stall shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and nineteen feet in length.
A. Exception: Parallel parking requires that stalls be twenty-two feet in length.
(2) Aisle width shall vary with the angle of the parking:
A. 45 degree parking requires twelve feet wide aisles;
B. 60 degree parking requires sixteen feet wide aisles;
C. 75 degree parking requires twenty-three feet wide aisles;
D. 90 degree parking requires twenty-six feet wide aisles;
E. Parallel parking requires twelve feet wide aisles.
(3) Head-in parking should allow three feet of car overhang adjacent to the curb or building.
(4) A minimum clear distance of three feet shall be provided when parking is adjacent to a building.
(5) Each off-street loading space shall be at least ten feet in width, twenty-five feet in length, and shall have a vertical clear distance of twenty-five feet.
(b) Surfacing. All open parking and loading spaces, except a required parking space accessory to a single-, two-, or three-family dwelling, shall be graded and provided with a hard surface of bituminous or Portland cement.
(c) Drainage. All open, off-street parking and loading areas shall be provided with adequate drainage facilities, as determined by the Service Director, in order to ensure that storm water does not flow onto abutting sidewalks in such a way or quantity that adjoining property 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 nonresidential purpose and containing more than two spaces is not separated from a residential district by a dedicated street or by an open area twenty-five feet in width, an effective buffer or screen consisting of a solid wall, fence, or view-obscuring dense planting of evergreen shrubs shall be provided to protect the privacy of the adjoining residential uses. Such wall, fence, or hedge shall not be less than four feet or more than six feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition.
A. For conditionally permitted uses, the Board of Zoning Appeals may allow an open area of at least twenty-five feet between the off-street parking and adjacent residential uses.
(2) All tree lawns shall be landscaped and/or planted with grass and maintained in good condition, in such a way as to clearly distinguish their separation from adjacent public streets or private drives.
(e) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking or loading areas shall be equipped with suitable shielding or be so designed as to prevent a glare at eye level on surrounding public or private property.
(f) Marking and/or Signing. Designated parking or loading spaces shall be marked on the surface of the parking area with paint or permanent marking materials and maintained in a clearly visible condition. Signing as necessary shall be placed in order to designate particular loading areas or required movements of vehicles as determined by the layout of the parking or loading area.
(Ord. 1985-40. Passed 8-6-85.)