A. Pedestrian Access: Access to each building shall be provided by connecting the principal entrance into each building to the parking areas intended for the use of the occupants with a sidewalk that is not more than three hundred feet (300') in length.
B. Surfacing: All parking and maneuvering areas shall be hard surfaced with Portland concrete or asphaltic concrete surface material. In the LI zoning district the requirement does not apply.
C. Striping: Parking areas that are intended to provide more than ten (10) spaces on a single site shall be marked off with a four inch by fifteen foot (4" x 15') long painted stripe along the sides of each parking space.
D. Lighting: Parking areas that are intended to provide more than eighteen (18) spaces on a single site shall have lighting that will provide at least one foot-candle of light at the ground surface on the entire parking site. Lighting shall be screened so that it does not directly illuminate any adjacent residential uses with more than one-fourth (0.25) of a foot-candle and so that it does not create a traffic hazard.
E. Vehicle Access:
1. Any motor vehicle entrance to a public trafficway from private property shall be considered a driveway approach and shall conform to the standards established herein.
2. The city engineer shall establish construction standards for all driveway approaches. The standard depressed curb type approach shall be constructed unless otherwise directed by the city engineer. The city engineer may require an arterial street driveway approach, with rounded curbing when traffic conditions on arterial streets warrant a more rapid entrance and exit through the driveway approach. This decision of the city engineer requiring an arterial street driveway approach may be appealed to city council. Nothing in this subsection should be construed to prevent the construction of an arterial street driveway approach, if desired by the property owner.
3. The City Engineer may allow driveway approaches conforming to the following standards, providing they do not pose any unusual traffic hazards:
a. Residential use driveway approaches: Shall not exceed twelve feet (12') for a single drive or twenty feet (20') for a double drive. Joint use drives between two (2) separate properties to serve multi-family residences will be allowed; however, the total width of the curb cut shall not exceed forty feet (40'). There shall be at least twenty five feet (25') between driveways entering curb between the end of a driveway and the end of a corner radius and at least two feet (2') between the end of a driveway and side property line.
b. Commercial and manufacturing use driveway approaches: Shall not exceed forty feet (40') nor be less than thirty feet (30') except one-way approaches which shall not be less than twelve feet (12'). There shall be at least twenty five feet (25') of curb between driveways and at least eighteen feet (18') of straight curb between the end of driveways and the end of a corner radius and at least thirteen feet (13') between the end of a driveway and a side property line when parking is allowed on the street.
c. The City Engineer may allow curb cuts up to sixty five feet (65') for commercial or industrial drives where it appears that it is necessary to accommodate large trucks and trailers and to reduce the distance between a commercial or industrial driveway and a side property line when on street parking is not allowed or not practical because of existing conditions. The public welfare, safety and convenience shall be considered in granting such applications.
d. The City Engineer may allow additional driveway width under the following conditions: the street is not an arterial or collector street; the traffic generated by the land use is minimal (no high traffic generating retail trade uses, services, residential uses or public assembly); a parking plan is submitted and adhered to that conforms to section 17.10.030 of this title; and driveways conform to standard slope and height dimensions to control drainage. (Ord. 542, 2007)