(a) Commercial/Industrial Zones: All parking surfaces including access drives and parking aisles shall be improved with asphalt, concrete or permeable type pavers approved by the City. Parking areas shall be graded to drain and minimize standing water, provide positive drainage away from buildings, and to prevent runoff onto public roadways and adjacent properties. Every parking lot designed for storage of vehicles shall have pavement markings to delineate the spaces. Additional traffic control as necessary shall be designed and maintained in conformance with the current edition of The Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(b) Residential Zones: Driveways and parking surfaces for one and two family homes shall be improved with a four (4) inch (minimum) depth of asphalt, concrete or permeable type pavers approved by the City. Existing gravel driveways and parking surfaces may be maintained but not expanded to occupy a greater area. The maximum coverage area of driveway surfaces in the front yard (area between the home and street right-of-way) shall be forty percent (40%). Asphalt and concrete driveways and parking surfaces shall have a four (4) inch (minimum) aggregate base or an existing clean sand base approved by the City. Driveways and parking surfaces for multi-family developments shall be surfaced with a four (4) inch (minimum) depth of asphalt or concrete with a four (4) inch (minimum) aggregate base or an existing clean sand base as approved. Concrete driveways and parking surfaces shall be constructed of portland cement concrete in conformance with O.D.O.T. specifications, Section 499, Class C with five percent (5%) to seven percent (7%) air entrainment. Driveways and parking surfaces shall be graded to drain and minimize standing water, provide positive drainage away from buildings, and to prevent runoff onto adjacent properties.
(Ord. 13-O-57. Passed 9-3-13.)