(A) Design. All parking lots, spaces, driving aisles, and circulation patterns shall be designed in conformance with the minimal dimensional requirements and layout configurations in § 153.135.
(B) Location of parking spaces. All required off-street parking spaces in all districts shall be on the same lot as the principal building, unless allowed through the issuance of a conditional use permit (CUP).
(C) Queuing of vehicles. Parking and circulation shall be designed to avoid the queuing of vehicles within the public right-of-way. Gates or other access limiting devices shall not be installed until the city finds that the devices will have no adverse impact on the public right-of-way.
(D) Circulation design. Parking areas shall be so designed that circulation between parking bays or aisles occurs within the designated parking lot. Parking area design that requires backing into the public street is prohibited.
(E) Access to parking spaces. All off-street parking spaces shall have access from private driveways or parking lot aisles and shall not depend on a public street for access to parking spaces or for circulation within the parking lot. Backing onto a public street from a parking space, other than for parallel parking spaces on the street, is prohibited. This requirement applies to parking for all uses except single and two-family dwellings and townhouses where parking is accessed by individual driveways. The width of the driveways and aisles shall conform to the minimal dimensional requirements as regulated in § 153.135 and shall be so located as to cause the least interference with traffic movement.
(F) Fire access lanes. Fire access lanes shall be provided as required by the Building and Fire Codes.
(G) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be in accordance with §§ 153.185 et seq.
(H) Curbing. All open off-street parking areas designed to have head-in parking along the property line shall provide a curb not less than 5 feet from the property line. The curbing requirement applies to parking in all uses except private single and two-family dwellings and townhomes unless requested by the City Engineer for drainage purposes.
(I) Landscaping. Landscaping design requirements and maintenance shall comply with §§ 153.230 et seq.
(J) Non-residential surface and drainage. Off-street parking areas and driveways in commercial districts, industrial districts, mixed use districts and non-residential uses in residential districts shall be improved with a durable and dustless surface such as concrete or bituminous. The city may consider the use of permeable pavers, pervious asphalt, or other surface technology to improve storm water management as part of an overall system.
(K) All surfacing for driveways in SF, MXR-1, MXR-2, MXR-3, and MF Districts furnishing access to a dwelling unit or garage and all parking areas shall be surfaced with concrete or bituminous material so as to be dust free. Off-street parking areas and driveways in C, AP, A and RR Districts may be surfaced with a crushed rock material or other approved material. All surfacing must be completed prior to occupancy of the structure unless other arrangements have been made with the city. Parking lots and adjoining areas shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the parking area. Plans for surfacing and drainage shall be subject to approval of the City Engineer.
(L) Marking of spaces. To assure full parking capacity as designed, except in single-family, two-family, and townhouse development, spaces shall be marked with painted lines 4 inches wide in accordance with the approved site plan. Accessible parking spaces shall be marked with a symbol that is in accordance with the adopted Building Codes.
(M) Signs. No signs shall be located in any parking area except as necessary for orderly operation of traffic movement.
(N) Screening. Screening of parking lots and driveways into parking lots shall be required as specified in § 153.146.
(O) Maintenance of off-street parking spaces. It shall be the joint responsibility of the operator and owner of the principal use, uses, and/or building to maintain, in a neat and adequate manner, the parking spaces, drive aisles, landscaping, screening, and fences.
(P) Approval of parking plans. Except for single-family and two-family dwellings, before any construction occurs on any new, enlarged, reduced, reconfigured, or altered parking lot, plans for the parking lots shall require review and approval by the city through the site plan approval process. When the parking lot is in conjunction with an application for a new structure, expansion of an existing structure, or expansion of a use of land, parking lot plans shall be a part of the site plan review and approval process as specified in § 153.038. The parking lot plans shall be shown on a site plan drawn to scale and shall include: a layout of spaces, accessible spaces, drive aisles and access drives with dimensions; construction materials; grading and drainage; screening; landscaping; signage; lighting; and a tabulation of the number of spaces required relative to square footages of specific uses on the site and the number of spaces provided.
(Ord. 537, passed 11-8-2004; Am. Ord. 596, passed 2-8-2010)