(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, access drives shall be constructed into the property parallel with the side lot lines, or in the case of a corner lot, shall be constructed parallel with the rear lot line or with a side lot line. No lot shall have more than one access drive, except as provided in subsection (b) hereof. No access drive parallel with the side lot lines or parallel with the rear lot line shall exceed eighteen feet in width between the front lot line and the nearest exterior wall of the main building or between the exterior side lot line and the side yard lot line on a corner lot when the access drive is constructed parallel with the rear lot line.
(b) Crescent (half circle) drives within the front yard are permitted provided that all the following design criteria are met:
(1) The distance of the outside radius of the curve is a minimum of thirty feet;
(2) There is no curve within five feet of the front lot line;
(3) No part of the crescent drive is curbed;
(4) No part of the crescent drive is located closer than five feet from the front foundation of the main dwelling;
(5) No part of the crescent drive is located closer than three feet from any side lot line or access drive of an abutting property;
(6) No part of the crescent drive exceeds sixteen feet in width;
(7) There is provided sufficient landscape features, such as compact evergreen hedges or shrubs not more than four feet in height above natural grade, subject to the provisions of Section 1117.17
, as required by the Planning and Design Commission, to screen the expanse of pavement from view.
(c) Two parking spaces shall be provided per each dwelling unit for a vehicle carrying a license provided for passenger cars, one of which shall be enclosed for each dwelling unit.
(d) The outside parking or the outside storage of passenger vehicles on any lot shall be permitted only on access drives, crescent drives, or on improved asphalt concrete, portland cement or other impervious surface parking areas.
(e) The rebuilding, overhauling or dismantling of any vehicle as defined in Section 301.51 or the storage of motor or body parts in an open yard is prohibited. Accessory off-street parking facilities may be used for minor repair services on passenger vehicles of an occupant of the dwelling or a member of the occupant's family only. Permitted minor repair services shall be completed within forty-eight hours; otherwise such repairs shall be performed within a permitted building.
(f) Except for recreational equipment as defined and permitted in Section 1117.07, one motor vehicle which does not exceed three-fourths ton capacity and which either carries or is required to carry a license other than a license provided for passenger vehicles or which is not used for general highway transportation may be stored or parked on a lot provided that such vehicle is stored or parked at all times within an enclosed private garage, the rebuilding, overhauling, repairing, modifying or dismantling of such vehicle is confined to an enclosed private garage and, provided further, that such vehicle storage or parking shall be permitted only if such vehicle is used solely by an occupant of the dwelling.
(g) Upon lots abutting an arterial street as defined herein, a turnaround or parking pad may be installed in a front yard provided the turnaround or parking pad is an integral part of the access drive, does not exceed eighteen feet in width or eighteen feet in length, is not installed closer than twenty feet from the front lot line or five feet from a side lot line, and is constituted of asphalt concrete, portland cement concrete or other impervious surface. Arterial street as used herein means: Story Road, Wooster Road, West 210th Street, West 220th Street, Mastick Road, Brookpark Road, Lorain Road and Westwood Road.
(Ord. 94-32. Passed 6-6-94.)