Off-street parking in a Neighborhood Business District (NBD), Municipal Business District (MBD), Central Business District (CBD), or Regional Business District (RBD) shall conform to the following requirements:
(a) Plans for the development of any parking facility must be submitted in triplicate to the Building Department and must be approved by the Building Superintendent prior to the start of construction. The Superintendent may also forward such plans to the City Engineer, City Planner, Police Department, Fire Department, and Public Works and Public Services Department for review and comment. The construction shall be in accordance with the Building Code and this Zoning Code, and such construction shall be completed and approved by the Superintendent and the Police Department before the actual use of the property as a parking lot. Parking structures may be built in off-street parking B areas to satisfy parking requirements, subject to the area, height, bulk and placement regulations for buildings and structures in the zoning district wherein they are located.
(b) Adequate means of ingress and egress shall be provided and shown in the plan submitted.
(c) Such parking facilities, and all required access drives and maneuvering aisles, shall be hard surfaced with concrete or plant-mixed bituminous material, maintained in a usable dustproof condition and graded and drained to the storm sewer, if available, so as to dispose of surface water in accordance and conformity with the requirements of the City.
(d) Off-street parking B areas shall be curbed with concrete curbs and gutters. Necessary curbs or other protection for the public and for the protection of adjoining properties, streets and sidewalks shall be provided and maintained.
(e) Whenever such parking facility adjoins residential property and/or a residential street or alley, a solid masonry wall, ornamental on both sides, and not less than six (6) feet in height, shall be erected and maintained. Such walls shall be constructed of the same materials as that of the main or principal building, and be faced with either brick, decorative block, or pre-cast concrete formed into a decorative pattern and painted in the same color scheme as that of the principal building. The location of the wall and lot barrier facing a residential street shall be determined with due regard for side yard requirements and the building setback line adjoining the Residential District, as may be required in the particular business district. Bumper guards of a type described in subsection (k) hereof shall be provided to prevent vehicles from striking the wall.
(f) All street boundaries of such parking facilities, where residential property is located on the opposite side of the street, shall be treated the same as set forth in Section 1290.04, Off-Street Parking A Areas; Residential Districts Adjoining Business or Industrial Districts.
(g) The entrance to such area shall be only from the adjoining principal use or adjoining alley. Parking lots shall be designed to prevent vehicles from backing into the street, backing into an access drive, or requiring the use of the street for maneuvering between parking rows.
(h) Parking may be with or without charge.
(i) All illumination for such parking facilities shall be deflected away from residential areas and shall be installed in such manner as to allow the reduction of the amount of light after normal parking hours each day. All parking lot lighting shall be designed, located, and shielded to prevent glare onto adjacent properties, and shall be arranged to prevent adverse effects on motorist visibility on adjacent rights-of-way. The source of illumination shall not be more than twenty-five (25) feet above the parking surface.
(j) Where street setback lines are provided by ordinance or established through the adoption of a street and traffic plan, such setback lines shall be maintained.
(k) In all cases where such parking facilities abut public sidewalks, a wall or curb at least six (6) inches high, or steel posts twenty-four (24) to thirty (30) inches high and not more than five (5) feet apart, set three (3) feet in concrete, shall be placed thereon so that a motor vehicle cannot be driven or parked with any part thereof extending within two (2) feet of a public sidewalk.
(l) No person shall park or store a motor vehicle in an off-street parking B area for a continuous period of more than forty-eight (48) hours.
(Res. 98-340A. Passed 9-21-98.)