(A) (1) No parking lot shall be established or operated in any place where the establishment or operation would be in violation of any ordinance of the city. Not more than one car for each 200 square feet of area shall be accepted for parking in any such place.
(2) Each parking lot shall have sufficient entrances and exits to permit the entrance and egress of cars without obstruction to traffic.
(B) No driveway to a parking lot shall be constructed, excepting in full compliance with the ordinances relative to the issuance of permits for driveways, and it shall be the duty of the operator of each parking lot to maintain the sidewalk and parkway over which the driveway passes in good condition.
(C) (1) It shall be unlawful to operate any parking lot unless there are available on the premises adequate fire extinguishers and personnel competent to use the same.
(2) There shall be maintained at each parking lot at least one hand chemical fire extinguisher having a capacity of one quart of liquid or 2 pounds of carbon dioxide for each 15 cars for which accommodations are offered, which extinguishers shall always be maintained in good order and in accessible places.
(D) If any business other than that of operating a parking lot is conducted on the same premises with a parking lot, the business shall be conducted in full compliance with all ordinances pertinent thereto, and any license required for the operation of the business must be procured and the fee therefor required must be paid.
(E) (1) At the entrance of each parking lot, there shall be posed in words and figures large enough to be read by prospective patrons a statement of the rates to be charged and of the closing hours.
(2) There shall be at least one attendant on the premises at all times during which the parking lot is open for business.
(3) If a parking lot is maintained in connection with a licensed establishment serving food for consumption on the premises, and food or drinks are served to the occupants of cars, sufficient adequate containers must be maintained for all trash and refuse, and the premises must be kept thoroughly clean by the proprietor.
(4) It shall be unlawful to operate a parking lot unless the surface thereof is at all times kept clean and free from dust.
(F) No person, firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of this section shall permit any gasoline, benzine or other volatile oil to stand open and exposed in any garage; nor to keep the same except in air-tight containers: nor shall the floors or walls be permitted to become coated with grease and oil; nor shall rubbish be permitted to collect in any room or rooms used as a garage or adjacent thereto. Every garage and the entrances thereto must be kept in a reasonably clean and safe condition. All garages shall be sufficiently ventilated so as to permit a free circulation of air and the dissipation of all poisonous gases and fumes.
(Ord. 694, passed 5-17-1955; Am. Ord. 1612, passed 5-6-2003) Penalty, see § 116.99