(A) Generally. Off-street parking required for uses herein specified shall be for use only by vehicles of employers, customers and residents of the activity served.
(B) Locations. Off-street parking as required by this title shall be located as specified herein.
(1) Single-family dwellings: on the same lot with the dwelling they are required to serve.
(2) Multi-family dwellings: on the same lot with the dwelling they are required to serve.
(3) Hospitals, sanitariums, apartments, rooming and boarding houses, fraternity, and sorority houses: within 100 feet of the facility. The specified distance is a straight-line measurement between the nearest point of the parking lot and the main, public entrance of the facility.
(4) Commercial and industrial zones: within 300 feet of the facility. The specified distance is a straight-line measurement between the nearest point of the parking lot and the main, public entrance of the facility.
(C) Size. An off-street parking space shall be at least nine feet in width and 18 feet in length, exclusive of access drives, yards or ramps. Such spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet.
(D) Plans. A plan of the proposed off-street parking facility shall be submitted along with the application for the building permit for the building the off-street parking is required to serve. Said plan shall clearly indicate curb cuts, lighting, landscaping, constructions details, fencing and other features which may be required by the Planning Board, as defined in § 11.01.010.040.
(E) Construction. All permanent off-street parking spaces and access areas thereto shall be paved with two inches of asphalt material over all packed base composed of three-fourths inch crushed rock with a minimum depth of three inches or four inches of concrete with three inches of sub-base gravel. All off-street parking areas shall be designed and constructed to allow proper drainage.
(F) Screening. Any parking area built to serve any commercial or industrial use with ten or more parking spaces shall be screened from view at ground level by a decorative wall or landscaping from adjacent property zoned residential.
(1) Any use having more than 3,500 square feet of required permanent parking shall have 2% of the gross parking area landscaped with suitable trees and/or shrubs having a low profile. Such landscaping shall be in place before occupancy to the building or use being served.
(2) If, due to climatic conditions, the parking area cannot be improved as prescribed, a written request for an extension of time shall be submitted to the Planning Board. Said extension may then be granted for a time period not to exceed nine months.
(G) Lighting. Lighting used to illuminate a parking area shall be arranged in such a manner that it will not be a hazard to passing motorists or constitute a nuisance of any kind. Where said parking area is within 150 feet of any property classified as residential by this title and where the parking area is directly visible by the residents within 150 feet, illuminating devices shall be shaded in a manner that would direct the light away from the residential property.
(Prior Code, § 11.01.080.020) (Ord. 2021-15, passed 12-20-2021)