(a) Off-Street parking facilities may be parking Lots, parking bays, or other types approved by the City Engineer/Planning Director or designee. Parking facilities shall be designed in accordance with the design standards and details established by the City Engineer/Planning Director or designee.
(b) All parking Lots and parking bays (except for parallel parking along a townhouse/condominium complex Street) shall be physically separated from the Street and confined by curbing, unless other suitable design is approved by the City Engineer/Planning Director or designee.
(c) All curb lines in parking areas shall have a minimum radius of curvature of five (5) feet.
(d) The layout of parking areas shall permit safe and efficient internal circulation in accordance with generally accepted engineering principles and practices.
(e) All dead-end parking areas shall be designed to provide sufficient back-up area for the end stalls of the parking area; and to allow turn-around of cars without having to back out of parking bays.
(f) Handicapped parking spaces and access ramps shall be provided, designed, located and delineated in accordance with the latest edition of the American with Disabilities Act, ADA Standards for Accessible Design (28 CFR, Part 36). Calculations showing the required number of handicapped parking spaces shall be provided on the site Plan; and details and dimensions shall be provided for the access ramps, parking spaces, pavement markings and signs, etc.
(g) Parking area and drive aisle grades shall be as follows:
(1) Maximum 6.5%.
(2) Minimum 0.5%.
(h) Parking area Access Driveways and entrances leading from the public Road or
Subdivision Street, and also the parking area internal Access Drives connecting physically separated parking bays, shall not exceed an eight percent (8%) grade.
(i) The maximum embankment Cut or Fill-grade inside and/or adjacent to parking areas shall not exceed (3:1) three (3) feet horizontal to one (1) foot vertical Slope. The City
Engineer/Planning Director or designee may accept steeper embankment Slopes up to (2:1) two (2) feet horizontal to one (1) foot vertical upon review and approved by a geotechnical engineer.
(1) A minimum three (3)-foot-wide strip, not to exceed five percent (5%) Slope, shall be provided between parking areas, sidewalks, and parking area Access Drives, and the toe or top of any embankment Slope.
(2) When retaining walls are used, they shall be designed and certified by a Professional Engineer licensed in the state of West Virginia. The construction details and specifications shall be shown on the site Plan.
(j) There shall be a minimum ten (10) foot median between the end of a row of parking spaces and any parking area Access Drive in order to provide for adequate Sight
Distance.
(k) All cart storage areas, parking area internal pedestrian pathways, parking spaces,
directional arrows, fire lanes, and handicapped parking symbols, etc., shall be shown on
the Preliminary Plan and delineated on the pavement with traffic grade paint.
(l) All parking areas shall be bituminous asphalt, paved concrete, or pervious pavers per Section 1307.17
(e)(4). Paving sections shall be established by the City Engineer/Planning
Director or designee.
(m) Parking area dimensions shall be no less than those listed in Table 1307-2, as follows:
Table 1307-2, Parking Area Dimensions
Parking Angle | Stall Width | Stall Depth | Drive Aisle One-Way | Drive Aisle Two-Way |
90 | 9' | 20' | 24' | 24' |
60 | 9' | 22' | 18' | 24' |
45 | 9' | 21' | 14' | 24' |
Parallel | 9' | 22' | 12' | 24' |
(n) The City Engineer/Planning Director or designee may establish standard details as
deemed necessary to depict and convey the parking requirements.
(Ord. 2022-13. Passed 11-10-22.)