(A) General. Off-street parking and loading areas for each building or use shall be of sufficient size to provide parking or loading and unloading space for owners, patrons, customers, suppliers, visitors and employees.
(B) Site plan. All plans requiring parking spaces or loading facilities submitted for a zoning permit shall include a site plan. This site plan shall be considered as part of the zoning permit and the zoning permit will not be issued until all the following items are shown on the site plan:
(1) Zoning, setbacks and statement of use;
(2) North point and scale;
(3) All adjacent rights-of-way;
(4) Entire ownership of lot or parcel being developed;
(5) Completely dimensioned parking layouts;
(6) All parking spaces clearly marked; and
(7) Owner’s name and current address.
(C) Driveway or curb cuts. No driveway or curb cuts in any district shall exceed 35 feet in width. Also, the number and width of driveways or curb cuts shall be so located as to minimize traffic congestion and abnormal traffic hazards.
(D) Access. Parking lot and loading areas shall have proper access from a public right-of-way. Vehicular access to business or industrial uses across property in any residential district is prohibited.
(E) Paving. All parking lots and loading areas shall be paved with an asphalt or concrete surfacing affording adequate drainage, reduced dust and bumper guards where needed.
(F) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking or loading areas shall be directed away from residential properties and public rights-of-way. They shall also be positioned in a way as not to create a nuisance.
(G) Buffer fences and planting screens.
(1) On-site parking and loading areas in, near or abutting residence districts shall be screened by a buffer fence. Plans for such a screen or fence shall be submitted for approval as part of the required site or plot plan and the fences or landscaping shall be installed as part of initial construction. In parking lots and driveways in or abutting residence districts, a solid masonry wall or substantial fence not less than six feet and not more than ten feet in height shall be constructed. This wall shall be maintained at least five feet from the side or rear lot line and up to, but not beyond, the front building setback line.
(2) All berths in a loading area shall be screened from view of property in a residential district. This screening shall be accomplished by a solid wall not less than eight feet in height and shall be so designed as to be architecturally harmonious with the principal structure.
(3) Screen plantings may be substituted for the prescribed wall or fence. However, the plantings must not be less than two and one-half inches in diameter and of a type as to permit a minimum of 90% capacity during all months of the year.
(H) Other. The Planning Commission may require other conditions as may be deemed necessary to protect character, value or usefulness of the district.
(2001 Code, § 11.12) Penalty, see § 10.99