A. Surface material: Areas used for standing, parking, and maneuvering of vehicles shall have portland concrete or asphaltic concrete surfaces, maintained adequately for all weather use, and so drained as to avoid flow of water across sidewalks or as sheet flow onto adjacent properties. All driveways and access points to public or private streets shall be paved.
Exception:
1. Single-family residences with driveways exceeding 76 feet in length except that they shall pave the curb cut to the back of the sidewalk or a distance of 10 feet, whichever is greater;
2. Vehicle storage lots for the fleet storage of vehicles under one ownership, with the approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals as a special exception.
B. Access to parking areas: All off-street parking spaces, with the exception of single-family residences, that make it necessary to back out directly into a public road are prohibited. The use of alleyways as an access to a commercial, industrial, or multi-family parking lot or spaces, is specifically prohibited without the express permission of the Director of Community Development and/or the Board of Public Works and Safety.
C. Sight triangle: On a corner lot in any district, development shall conform to the requirements of the sight triangle in which nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of 2 feet and 8 feet above the grades at the back of the curb of intersecting streets, within the triangular area formed by the edge of the pavement or its curbing when applicable and a line connecting them at 15 feet from their point of intersection, or at equivalent points on private streets, driveways, or entry/exit points into lots, except that the sight triangle requirements may be modified by the Director of Community Development and/or the Board of Public Works and Safety or the County Commissioners when deemed necessary for traffic safety. Parking areas shall not extend into the required sight triangle.
D. Access near street corners: No entrance or exit for any commercial, industrial, or multi-family off-street parking area with over four parking spaces, nor any loading berth, shall be located within 75 feet of the end of the turn radius at the corner of any two streets. On corner lots where 75 feet is not available, driveways shall be placed adjacent to the interior, or side, property line the furthest distance attainable away from the street corner subject to review and modification by the Director of Community Development and/or the Board of Public Works and Safety in the city limits or the County Commissioners depending on the jurisdiction.
E. Drainage: The manner of site drainage proposed shall be subject to review and approval by the City's Director of Community Development or the County Engineer, with appeal to the Board of Public Works and Safety or County Commissioners within their respective jurisdiction.
F. Lighting: Lighting shall be provided to illuminate any off-street parking or loading spaces to be used at night in accordance with the following standards:
1. The light from any luminary (the light source and its enclosure, including any reflectors or other devices for the control of light, but excluding bracket arms or posts for supporter mounting) shall be shaded, shielded, or directed to prevent direct light from being cast upon any adjacent properties and to prevent glare or other objectionable conditions detrimental to surrounding areas.
2. Lighting fixtures shall not exceed 25 feet in height unless specifically approved by the Director of Community Development and/or Board of Public Works and Safety.
3. No luminary shall have any blinking, flashing, or fluttering lights or other illumination device which has a changing light intensity, brightness, or color.
4. Neither the direct, nor reflected light from any luminary shall create a disabling glare causing traffic hazards to motor vehicle operators on public thoroughfares.
5. All proposed luminary shall be of either the high or low pressure sodium-type, or fixture of similar energy-savings nature.
G. Setback: Unless otherwise provided by specific provisions of this ordinance, all required parking spaces may be located in required front yard, side yard, or rear yard areas, provided that a five-foot buffer between separate ownership's. However, in no instance shall a parking lot be located in a required transition strip (see § 10.04, Screening and Landscaping Regulations).
Exception: Where the proposed parking area will be located within the side yard or front yard adjacent to a similarly zoned property and where internal access will be provided between the two properties through the recording of appropriate cross easements, the five-foot setback requirement along the common side property line need not apply. The front yard setback on both properties, however, will be maintained. Following the recording of the cross-easement document(s), a copy of the document(s) will be filed in the Plan Commission office.
H. Striping required: Open parking spaces for multiple-family dwellings (containing three or more dwelling units) and all nonresidential uses shall be delineated by pavement striping and must meet minimal parking stall sizes as described below.
I. Minimum parking space dimensions:
1. If 90-degree parking space:
Stall depth 19' 0"
Stall width 9' 0" See Plate 1
Aisle width 24' 0"
2. If 60-degree parking space:
Stall depth 19' 0"
Stall width 9' 0" See Plate 2
Aisle width 18' 0"
3. If 45-degree parking space:
Stall depth 19' 8"
Stall width 9' 0" See Plate 3
Aisle width 13' 0"
4. If 30-degree parking space:
Stall depth 19' 0"
Stall width 9' 0" See Plate 4
Aisle width 11' 0"
5. If parallel parking space:
Stall depth 8' 0"
Stall width 23' 0"
Aisle width 12' 0"
or if adjacent to angle parking, use largest width.
J. Handicapped parking: The number, size, and location of handicapped parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the Indiana Handicapped Accessibility Code, Indiana Administrative Code, Sections 134.1 and 134.2.
(1980 Code, Ch. 156, § 10.03) (Ord. 1995-7, passed 6-5-1995)