(A) Use of parking area or loading space. All vehicular parking areas and loading spaces required by this section shall be used only for those purposes. Any other use, including but not limited to vehicular storage, vehicle sales, vehicular repair work, vehicle service, or display of any kind, shall constitute a separate business use of the space.
(B) Identified as to purpose and location. Except for residential uses in the RSF and RTF districts, off-street parking areas of three or more spaces and off-street loading areas methods of identifying individual parking spaces and loading areas and distinguishing such spaces from aisles.
(C) Surfacing. Except for residential uses in the RSF and RTF districts, all required off-street parking, staking spaces, and loading areas shall be surfaced shall be maintained in a smooth, well-graded condition. In no case shall spaces provided in addition to the minimum number of spaces be surfaced with impervious materials.
(D) Arrangement.
(1) Off-street parking areas with three or more spaces shall be arranged so that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on a public street or sidewalk, and so that an automobile may be parked and unparked without moving another automobile.
(2) Lot entrance and exit curb cuts shall not be more than 30 feet in total width. Curb cuts shall be greater than 25 feet apart, provided that this distance shall be increased should the lot frontage on a street permit the increase. Entrance and exit drives shall be located at least 15 feet from a street intersection.
(E) Drainage. All off-street parking spaces and loading areas shall be properly drained so as not to cause any nuisance on adjacent land.
(F) Landscaping. All off-street parking spaces and loading areas shall be landscaped to soften their visual impact on adjacent areas, and unless exempted, shall comply with the standards of § 166.02-05, Vehicular Use Area Landscaping.
(G) Responsibility for provision. The responsibility for providing the off-street parking spaces and loading areas required by this section shall be that of whoever develops the land that requires parking and loading facilities. Review for compliance with the standards of this section shall occur at the time of site plan, § 162.03-06; preliminary subdivision plat, § 162.03-07(D); planned development, § 162.03-02; or zoning permit, § 162.03-13, whichever occurs first.
(Ord. 05-10, passed 3-23-10)