(a) Vehicular Use Areas to be Permanent. All vehicular use areas provided as part of this chapter shall be permanently available, marked, and maintained for the applicable parking, loading, or mobility purposes for the use it is intended to serve; provided, that the approval of a temporary use permit (see Section 1169.11 Temporary Use Regulations) may allow the temporary use of a parking or loading space for other purposes.
(b) Maintenance.
(1) All vehicular use areas shall be maintained and kept free from debris, litter, junk, or rubbish.
(2) All signs, markers or any other methods used to indicate direction of traffic movement and location of parking and/or loading spaces shall be maintained in a neat and legible condition.
(3) The duty to provide and maintain all parking, loading, or other vehicular use areas shall be the responsibility of the property owner where the vehicular use areas are required. The owner shall maintain all paved surfaces and repair any disintegration of the surface by patching or resealing/resurfacing when such disintegration takes place.
(c) Landscaping and Screening. Landscaping and screening for vehicular use areas shall be as established in Chapter 1177 Landscaping and Buffer Standards.
(d) Fire Code. All parking and loading plans shall conform to all requirements set forth in the fire code as adopted by City of Defiance Fire & Rescue Division, or as approved by City of Defiance Fire & Rescue Division.
(e) Drainage. All vehicular use areas shall provide for the proper drainage of surface water in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and City run-off control and sediment abatement regulations, to prevent the drainage of such water onto adjacent properties and onto sidewalks.
(f) Surfacing.
(1) Any off-street parking area for five or more vehicles shall be graded for proper drainage and surfaced with ODOT Item No. 400 flexible asphalt pavement or Item No. 450 rigid concrete pavement.
(2) Pavers or porous pavement systems that allow for storm water drainage to pass through or grass to grow through them may be permitted for use in up to 50% of the parking areas and aisles in nonresidential districts, and up to 100% of the parking areas in residential districts.
(g) Lighting. All lighting within a vehicular use area shall be subject to the standards of Section 1173.03
Outdoor Lighting.
(h) Striping. The individual parking spaces and loading spaces shall be striped according to the approved layout of the vehicular use area.
(i) Disabled Vehicles. The parking of a disabled vehicle within a residential district for a period of more than two weeks shall be prohibited, except that vehicles may be stored in an enclosed garage or other accessory building. No business shall be conducted in connection therewith while the vehicle is parked or stored.
(Ord. 7675. Passed 11-11-14.)