A. Whenever off street parking is required by this code a parking layout drawing shall be submitted to and approved by the city engineer. The layout shall show a sketch of all parking spaces, access aisles, entrances to the site and exits from the site drawn to scale and the dimensions of each item shown and shall indicate all information necessary to determine the employee and customer parking requirements. The entrances to and/or exits from the parking site shall conform to the requirements of this code for driveway approaches. Parking spaces shall have a minimum size of nine feet by twenty feet (9' x 20'), or if parallel to the access aisle, nine feet by twenty three feet (9' x 23'), or if compact car space, seven feet six inches by fifteen feet (7'6" x 15') or if parallel to access aisle, seven feet six inches by eighteen feet (7'6" x 18').
B. Backing a vehicle from an off street parking space directly into a public trafficway creates a traffic hazard. Parking layouts requiring this maneuver shall not be approved by the city engineer except for residential uses exiting onto a local trafficway of low traffic volume. (Ord. 542, 2007)