All driveways, parking areas, waiting areas, queuing areas, loading/unloading areas shall be constructed in accordance with standards established by the City Engineer and the following:
(a) Paving Specifications. Parking areas shall be improved with asphaltic or concrete binder or other durable and dustless pavement or surface approved by the City Engineer and the Planning Commission.
(b) Grading and Drainage. Parking areas shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area. The design of the parking lots that reduce the surface runoff is encouraged, and the City Engineer shall have the authority to approve alternate surface treatments or grading.
(c) Illumination. All lighting used to illuminate parking areas shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from adjoining premises or streets, and no open light sources, such as stringing of light bulbs, shall be permitted.
(d) Marking. Any off-street parking area for five (5) or more parking spaces and all queuing spaces shall indicate the location of each parking or queuing space, the location of spaces for persons with disabilities, and the location and direction or movement along the aisles and access drives providing access thereto by painting upon the surface, by raised directional signs, or by markers or other similar measures placed in the surface.
(f) Maintenance. All parking areas, queuing spaces, and loading spaces shall be maintained in a manner to keep it as free as practicable from rubbish, paper and other loose particles, and snow and ice shall be promptly removed by the operator. All adjacent sidewalks shall be kept free from dirt, ice, sleet and snow and in a safe condition for use by pedestrians. 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. Any walls, trees and shrubbery, as well as surfacing of the parking lot, shall be maintained in good condition throughout its use for parking purposes.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11; Ord. 2020-021A. Passed 6-15-20.)