(A) Use of parking area, stacking area or loading space. All vehicular parking areas, stacking areas and loading spaces required by this subchapter shall be used only for those purposes. Any other use, including, but not limited to, vehicular storage, vehicle sales, vehicular repair work, vehicle service or display of any kind, shall constitute a separate use of the space.
(B) Identified as to purpose and location when not clearly evident. Off-street parking areas of three or more spaces and off-street loading areas shall include painted lines, wheel stops or other methods of identifying individual parking spaces and loading areas and distinguishing such spaces from aisles.
(C) Surfacing. All off-street parking loading and stacking areas shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete, brick, stone, pavers or an equivalent material, except as provided for in division (D) below. These materials shall be maintained in a smooth, well-graded condition.
(D) Limitations on impervious surface.
(1) Where an off street parking area containing 50 or more vehicle parking spaces is constructed or enlarged, no more than 80% of the parking area may be surfaced with impervious material.
(2) At a minimum, 20% of the designated off-street parking area shall be paved with pervious paving materials. Materials used for these areas may include permeable concrete, permeable asphalt, open jointed blocks, permeable pavers or other materials designed to allow the maximum infiltration of water.
(3) Regular maintenance of these pervious areas is required to ensure that they continue to function properly after their installation.
(E) Arrangement.
(1) All off-street parking and loading areas shall be arranged for convenient access and safety of pedestrians and vehicles.
(2) Except for detached residential uses, off-street parking areas with three or more spaces shall be arranged so that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on a public street or sidewalk, and so that an automobile may be parked and un-parked without moving another automobile.
(3) All off-street parking and loading areas, except on lots used for detached residential uses and townhouses, shall be arranged so that no vehicle shall be required to back from such facilities directly onto public streets.
(F) Curbs and vehicle stops. All off-street parking and loading areas shall provide curbs, wheel stops or similar devices so as to prevent vehicles from overhanging on or into public right-of-way, sidewalks, walkways, adjacent land or landscape areas.
(G) Maintenance.
(1) All off-street parking and loading areas shall be maintained in good repair, and in safe condition at all times, so as not to constitute a hazard to public safety or a visual or aesthetic nuisance to surrounding land.
(2) All off-street parking and loading areas shall be periodically re-striped or otherwise restored to maintain a clear identification of separate parking stalls.
(H) Responsibility for provision. The responsibility for providing the off-street parking and loading areas required by this section shall be that of whomever develops the land that requires parking and loading areas.
(I) Construction of off-street parking and loading areas. All off-street parking and loading areas shall be completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the use or uses they serve.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018)