(A) Wherever the off-street parking requirements in this section or § 150.091 require the building of an off-street parking facility, such off-street parking lots shall be laid out, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and regulations.
(1) No parking lot shall be constructed unless and until a permit therefore is issued by the Building Inspector. Applications for a permit shall be submitted to the Building Inspector in such form as may be determined by the Building Inspector and shall be accompanied with two sets of plans for the development and construction of the parking lot showing that the provisions of this section will be fully complied with.
(2) 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 |
0-degree (parallel parking) | 12 ft. | 8 ft. | 23 ft. |
30-degree to 53-degree | 12 ft. | 8 ft. 6 in. | 20 ft. |
54-degree to 74-degree | 15 ft. | 8 ft 6 in. | 20 ft. |
75-degree to 90-degree | 25 ft. | 9 ft. | 20 ft. |
Parking Pattern | Total Width of One Tier of Spaces Plus Maneuvering Lane | Total Width of Two Tiers of Spaces Plus Maneuvering Lane |
0-degree (parallel parking) | 20 ft. | 28 ft. |
30-degree to 53 degree | 32 ft. | 52 ft. |
54-degree to 74 degree | 36 ft. 6 in. | 58 ft. |
75-degree to 90 degree | 40 ft. | 60 ft. |
(3) All spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. Backing directly into a street shall be prohibited.
(4) (a) Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided for all vehicles.
(b) 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.
(5) All maneuvering lane widths shall permit one-way traffic movement, except that the 90 degrees pattern may permit two-way movement.
(6) 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 at least 25 feet in distance from any adjacent property located in any single-family residential district.
(7) The off-street parking area shall be provided with a continuous and obscuring masonry or brick wall or a wall of other acceptable opaque material approved by the Planning Commission, not less than four feet six inches in height measured from the surface of the parking area. When a front yard setback is required, all land between said wall and the property line or street right-of-way line shall be kept free from refuse and debris and shall be landscaped and maintained in a healthy, neat condition and orderly in appearance.
(8) All such parking areas including lanes and spaces shall be hard-surfaced with a pavement having an asphalt or concrete binder and shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water. No surface water shall be permitted to drain into adjoining property.
(9) 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.
(10) 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.
(B) The Board of Appeals, 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.
(1979 Code, § 5.105) Penalty, see § 150.999