Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area greater than four (4) spaces, including a commercial parking lot and an automobile or trailer sales lot, shall be designed, developed, and maintained in accordance with the following requirements. The parking area:
(a) Repair, Dismantling, and Servicing of Vehicles. Shall not be used for the repair, dismantling, or servicing of any vehicles, equipment, materials, or supplies.
(b) Drainage and Surfacing. Shall be graded for proper drainage and provided with an all-weather surfacing maintained at all times in such a manner as to prevent the release of dust and to be free of dust, trash and debris.
(c) Access. Shall be designed such that each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space.
(d) Interference with Traffic Movement. Shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as to minimize interference with traffic movement.
(e) Entrance and Exit Points. Shall be provided with entrances and exits each of which shall not be less than twelve (12) feet in width nor more than twenty-five (25) feet in width, excluding any lane control island or other such device as may be commonly used to separate traffic.
(f) Curbing and Guards. Shall be provided with curbs, wheel guards, or bumper guards located along all exterior parking lot lines in such a manner so as to prohibit protrusion of any portion of a parking vehicle(s) beyond established parking area.
(g) Lighting. Shall, if hazards exist which can be eliminated or lessened by properly designed and located lighting, be required to be illuminated. The Town Council may authorize, any required parking facilities to be illuminated at such hours and in such a manner as deemed to be in the best interest of the public safety and security. Lighting facilities, if required, shall be so arranged and operated so that they neither unreasonably disturb occupants of adjacent properties nor interfere with traffic. All exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded so that no direct light is cast upon any property located in a residential district.
(Ord. 08-02. Passed 12-4-08.)