Every lot used as a public or private parking area and having a capacity of five or more vehicles shall be developed and maintained in the following manner:
(A) Surface of parking area. Off-street parking areas shall be paved or otherwise surfaced and maintained so as to eliminate dust or mud and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water. In no case shall such drainage be allowed to cross sidewalks, unless approved by the City Engineer.
(B) Border barricades, screening, and landscaping.
(1) Every parking area not separated by a fence from any street or alley property line upon which it abuts shall be provided with a suitable concrete curb or timber barrier not less than six inches in height, located not less than two feet from such street or alley property lines, and such curb or barrier shall be securely installed and maintained; provided, however, no such curb or barrier shall be required across any driveway or entrance to such parking area.
(2) Every parking area abutting property located in any R or PD zone shall be separated from such property by a solid wall, view-obscuring fence, or compact evergreen hedge a maximum of eight feet in height measured from the grade of the finished surface of such parking lot closest to the contiguous R or PD zone property, and a minimum of six feet in height as measured from the finished grade of the adjacent residential property; provided, however, no fence over three feet in height shall be constructed or grown to the front of any adjacent dwelling or within 25 feet of the street corner of any corner lot.
(3) The lights provided to illuminate any parking area or used car sales area permitted by this subchapter shall be arranged so as to reflect the light away from any premises upon which a dwelling unit is located.
(C) Entrances and exits. The location and design of all entrances and exits shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer.
('61 Code, § 10-3.1206) (Ord. 26 C.S., passed 4-16-62; Am. Ord. 580 C.S., passed 12-18-91; Am. Ord. 652 C.S., passed 3-6-96)