(a) All required parking areas and driveways for multi-family business or industrial areas shall have a smoothly graded, hard surface, such as asphalt, asphalt-concrete or concrete, and be adequately drained. Surface waters shall not be permitted to be discharged over or on to public sidewalks or roadways, or adjoining premises. Lighting of such parking lots shall be reflected away from adjacent residences in the area and so arranged as to cause no annoying glare.
(b) Entrance and exit driveways shall be not less than sixteen feet wide and located in such places that shall interfere the least with normal traffic movement on the street, and such locations shall be approved by the Police Chief, and the Building Commissioner before construction. Unless existing site or street conditions make it impractical, there shall be at least two curb cuts in any parking area containing more than 20 cars, so that ingress and egress are on separate drives.
(c) Whenever a parking lot or driveway thereto adjoins a residential area, such parking lot and/or driveway or easement of ingress or egress shall not be more than five feet to the lot line, and all the land lying between the edge of the parking area, driveway or easement and the lot line shall be kept free of debris and shall be landscaped and maintained with at least one hedge row of hardy shrubs at least four feet in height or a solid retaining wall or fence. The fence shall conform with Chapter 1155.
Along the street frontage there shall be erected a safety curb or barrier set at a distance of at least five feet from the street line, not over two feet in height, and of such design and construction as to prevent any portion of a vehicle parking in such area from overhanging any portion of a public sidewalk or street.
(d) No bus, trailer, semi-trailer, van or truck more than one-half ton capacity shall be permitted to be parked on such parking lots continuously for a period exceeding twenty-four hours except in case of emergency; and whenever such emergency arises the owner or operator or person in charge shall immediately notify the Police Department of such fact. Trucks not exceeding one ton capacity, which are regularly used in the business for which such parking lot is adjunct, are exempted from this provision.
(e) No vehicle of any kind which is damaged or in need of repairs shall be parked continuously in such lots for a period exceeding forty-eight hours. Whenever the owner, operator or person in charge is unable to remove such vehicles from such parking areas he shall immediately notify the Safety Director of such fact together with his reasons for his inability to have such vehicle removed. The Safety Director may then extend such period of continuous parking for an additional period of forty-eight hours
(f) Parking areas in U4 Districts shall not be used for all-day parking of vehicles where such parking lots are not incident to the business and meant to be used as parking area.
(Ord. 9-1976. Passed 1-26-76.)