All off-street parking facilities including entrances, exits, circulation areas and parking spaces shall be in accordance with the following standards and specifications:
(a) Parking Space Dimensions. Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 162 square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles and shall be of useable shape and condition. All parking spaces must be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long. Stacking spaces for drive-through windows must provide a space equal to the required parking space size.
(b) Access. There shall be adequate provisions for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Where the lot or parking spaces do not provide direct access to a public street or alley, an access drive shall be provided, with a dedicated easement of access as follows:
(1) For single family detached dwellings or two family dwellings, the access drive shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width.
(2) For all other uses, the access drive shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width.
(3) All parking spaces, except those required for single family detached dwellings and two family dwellings, shall have access to a public street or alley in such a manner that any vehicle leaving or entering the parking area from or into a public street or alley shall be traveling in a forward motion.
(4) Parking for uses not permitted in a residence zone shall not be permitted in a residence zone, nor shall any Residence District property be utilized as access for uses not permitted in that Residence District.
(c) Setbacks. Except for paved driveways with a maximum width of 20 feet that lead to an attached garage or carport, no parking shall be permitted within the required front yard of a single family or two-family residence. Parking and vehicular use areas for non-residential uses and multi-family dwellings shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from the right-of-way line or access easement and at least five (5) feet from a side or rear property line. Front parking setback areas shall be landscaped according to the regulations for streetscape bufferyards as established in Chapter 1145.
(d) Screening. Off-street parking areas for more than five (5) vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces any premises situated in any residence district or institutional premises, by a masonry wall or a solid fence of acceptable design. Such wall or fence shall not be less than four (4) feet nor more than six (6) feet in height, and shall be maintained in good condition without any advertising. The space between such wall or fence and the lot shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs or evergreen ground cover, and maintained in good condition, free of debris and weeds. In lieu of such wall or fence, a strip of land not less than fifteen feet in width and planted with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four (4) feet in height may be substituted and this shall be maintained in good condition.
(e) Paving. Every off-street parking lot including aisles, access drives and parking spaces shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or Portland cement binder pavement providing an all-weather, durable, and dustless surface. Pervious pavement materials, including pervious pavers, pervious concrete or asphalt, and interlocking grass pavers may be utilized for required parking spaces. Provided that the location of the pervious pavement shall not be permitted for use in any loading area or as part of any access drive providing access to the property or to any loading area.
(f) Drainage. All parking spaces, together with driveways, aisles and other circulation areas shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water which might accumulate within or upon such area, and shall be designed to prevent the excess drainage of surface water onto adjacent properties, walkways or onto public streets. Adequate arrangements shall be made to insure acceptable diversion to an adequate storm water drainage system. Interior landscaped areas may be used for surface drainage when employing stormwater best practices design approved by the Hamilton County Stormwater District or other appropriate regulating body.
(g) Barriers. Wherever a parking lot extends to a property line, fencing, wheelstops, curbs or other suitable barriers shall be provided in order to prevent any part of a parked vehicle form extending beyond the property line and from destroying the screening materials.
(h) Visibility. Access of driveways for parking areas shall be located in such a way that any vehicle entering or leaving such parking area shall be clearly visible by any pedestrian or motorist approaching the access or driveway from a public street, private street or alley.
(i) Marking. All parking areas, excluding those for single family detached dwellings and two family homes, shall be marked with paint lines, curb stones or in some other manner approved by the Village and shall be maintained in a clearly visible condition.
(j) Maintenance. Any owner of property used for parking areas shall maintain such areas in good condition without holes and free from all dust, trash, weeds and other debris.
(k) Signage. Where necessary, due to multiple curb cuts, the entrance, exits and the intended circulation pattern shall be clearly marked in the parking area. Signage shall consist of pavement markings or freestanding directional signs in accordance with Chapter 1149.
(Ord. 2013-04-CD. Passed 4-2-13.)