All commercial parking lots in operation shall be paved and maintained with an all-weather cohesive dust-free surface and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed along sidewalks and public rights-of-way. In addition, lots determined not to be commercial (i.e. employee and/or customer lots) by the City shall be paved and maintained with an all-weather cohesive dust-free surface and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed along sidewalks and public rights-of-way, in the following instances:
(a) Non-commercial lots with a capacity of greater than ten automobiles, located in or abutting residentially zoned land, shall also be subject to the paving and bumper guard requirements of this section, or shall be included in a regular chemical dust maintenance program as approved by the Director of the Department of Community and Economic Development. In addition, such lots shall be effectively screened from the residentially zoned land by landscape materials or allowable screening fences.
(b) Non-commercial lots with a capacity of greater than twenty-five automobiles, located in or abutting areas other than that identified in subsection (a) hereof, shall also be subject to the paving and bumper guard requirements of this section, or shall be included in a regular chemical dust maintenance program as approved by the Director of the Department of Community and Economic Development.
(c) A limited exception from the requirements of this section is hereby granted for the Washington Street Parking Lot, unpaved portions of which are and have been utilized for City service vehicles and City employees. The Washington Street lot and/or relevant portions thereof shall be exempt from any penalties and fines to be imposed as a result of non-compliance with this section, unless/until the Washington Street lot and/or any non-compliant portions thereof are either sold and/or re-purposed.
(Ord. 4856. Passed 5-10-00; Ord. 5205. Passed 10-12-16.)