Whenever the off-street parking requirements in Section 1183.01 require the building of an off-street parking facility, or where P-1 Vehicular Parking Districts are provided, such off-street parking lots shall be laid out, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and regulations:
(a) No parking lot shall be constructed unless and until a permit therefor is issued by the Building Inspector. Applications for a permit shall be submitted to the Building Department in such form as may be determined by the Building Inspector and shall be accompanied with two sets of site plans for the development and construction of the parking lot showing that the provisions of this section will be fully complied with.
(Ord. 82-1970. Passed 11-2-70.)
(b) Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accordance with the following minimum requirements:
Parking Pattern | Maneuvering Lane Width | Parking Space Width | Parking Space Length | Total Width of One Tier of Spaces Plus Maneuvering Lane | Total Wdith of Two Tiers of Spaces Plus Maneuvering Lane |
0 degrees parallel parking | 12 ft. | 8 ft. | 28 ft. | 20 ft. | 28 ft. |
30 to 53 degrees | 12 ft. | 9 ft. | 20 ft. | 32 ft. | 59 ft. |
54 to 74 degrees | 15 ft. | 9 ft. | 20 ft. | 36 ft. | 60 ft. |
75 to 90 degrees | 20 ft. | 9 ft. | 20 ft. | 44 ft. | 64 ft. |
(Ord. 110-1977. Passed 11-21-77.)
(c) All spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. Backing directly onto a street shall be prohibited.
(d) Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot by means of clearly limited and defined drives shalL be provided for all vehicles. Ingress and egress to a parking lot lying in an area zoned for other than single-family residential use shall not be across land zoned for single-family residential use.
(e) All maneuvering land widths shall permit one-way traffic movement, except that the ninety degree pattern may permit two-way movement.
(Ord. 82-1970. Passed 11-2-70.)
(f) Each entrance and exit to and from any off-street parking lot located in an area zoned for other than single-family residential use shall be placed at least twenty-five feet measured along the street right-of-way line from adjacent property located in any single-family residential use. Such entrances and exits shall be provided with an adequate apron as approved by the Site Plan Review Committee. (Ord. 110-1977. Passed 11-21-77.)
(g) The off-street parking area shall be provided with a continuous and obscuring wall not less than four feet six inches in height measured from the surface of the parking area. This wall shall be provided on all sides where the next zoning district is designated as a residential district.
When a front yard setback is required, all land between such wall and the front property line or street right-of-way line shall be kept free from refuse and debris and shall be landscaped with deciduous shrubs, evergreen material and ornamental trees. The ground area shall be planted and kept in lawn. All such landscaping and planting shall be maintained in a healthy, growing condition, neat and orderly in appearance.
(h) The entire parking area, including parking spaces and maneuvering lanes, required under this section shall be provided with asphaltic or concrete surfacing in accordance with specifications approved by the City Engineer. The parking area shall be surfaced within one year of the date the occupancy permit is issued.
(i) Off-street parking areas shall be drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulated in the parking area in such a way as to preclude drainage of water onto adjacent property or toward buildings or onto any public roadway, street or alley.
(j) All lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so installed as to be confined within and directed onto the parking area only.
(k) In all cases where a wall extends to an alley which is a means of ingress and egress to an off-street parking area, it shall be permissible to end the wall not more than ten feet from such alley line in order to permit a wider means of access to the parking area.
(l) The Planning Commission, upon application by the property owner of the off-street parking area, may modify the yard or wall requirements where, in unusual circumstances, no good purpose would be served by compliance with the requirements of this section.
(Ord. 82-1970. Passed 11-2-70.)
(m) All parking spaces shall be provided with bumper blocks or curbs three feet from the exterior dimensions of the off-street parking lot or from the setback requirements.
(Ord. 110-1977. Passed 11-21-77.)