An off-street parking and/or loading area, and dimensional requirements showing compliance with this Zoning Code, shall be submitted to the Building Official for approval before the issuance of a building permit for the structure for which the parking facility and/or loading area is required.
(a) Required off-street parking areas for three (3) or more automobiles shall have individual spaces marked, and shall be so designed, maintained and regulated that no parking shall be on any public street, walk or alley, and so that any automobile may be parked and maneuvered without moving or damaging another. Backing directly onto a street shall be prohibited.
(b) Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accordance with Figure I, Parking Layouts, following the text of this chapter, and the parking layout standards.
(c) There shall be a curb or bumper rail provided wherever an off-street parking and loading area adjoins a public sidewalk or right-of-way, so designed to prevent any portion of a vehicle from encroaching upon such walk or right-of-way.
(d) Lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking and loading area shall be so arranged as to direct light away from adjoining property and streets.
Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accordance with the following minimum requirements:
TOTAL WIDTH OF TOTAL WIDTH OF
ONE TIER OF TWO TIERS OF
PARKING PARKING SPACES PLUS SPACES PLUS
PARKING MANEUVERING SPACE SPACE MANEUVERING MANEUVERING
PATTERN LANE WIDTH WIDTH LENGTH LANE LANE
0° 12 FT. 8 FT. 22 FT. 20 FT. 28 FT.
(PARALLEL PARKING)
30° TO 53° 13 FT. 9 FT. 18 FT. 32 FT. 51 FT.
54° TO 74° 18 FT. 9 FT. 18 FT. 38 FT. 58 FT.
75° TO 90° 24 FT. 9 FT. 18 FT. 42 FT. 60 FT.
(e) Off-street parking and loading areas, maneuvering lanes and ingress and egress routes shall be surfaced with asphalt, bituminous or concrete pavement and shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water into the storm sewerage system.
(f) Any construction or rearrangement of existing drives which involves the ingress and/or egress of vehicular traffic to or from a public street shall be so arranged as to ensure the maximum of safety and the least interference with traffic upon such streets and shall be approved in advance by the Building Official, in writing.
(g) 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 lying in an area zoned other than RA, A-1, A-2, or A-3 shall not be across land zoned RA, A-1, A-2, or A-3.
(h) All required loading spaces shall be laid out in the dimension of at least ten (10) by fifty (50) feet, or five hundred (500) square feet in area, with a clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet in height. Loading dock approaches shall be provided with a pavement having an asphaltic or cement binder so as to provide a permanent durable and dustless surface.
(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)