(a) Parking Area and Driveway Improvements. Parking areas and access driveways shall be designed, graded, constructed, altered and maintained as follows:
(1) Grading and pavement. Parking areas and access driveways shall be graded and drained so that surface water will not flow onto adjacent properties. Parking areas and driveways shall be improved with asphaltic concrete or Portland cement pavement, in accordance with standards established by the City Engineer. Gravel or other loose material not comprising a dust free hard surface shall be prohibited for use in any off-street parking and loading area including spaces, driveways, aisles and circulation drives.
(2) Design of parking areas. Parking areas shall be so arranged and marked to provide for orderly and safe parking and storage of vehicles in accordance with the parking area design standards referred to in this section and shall be improved with a six-inch concrete curb to define the limits of parking areas, except at entrances and exits.
(3) Signs. Signs located on or related to parking areas shall be limited to instructions for parking and vehicular and pedestrian circulation.
(4) Whenever a parking area extends to a property line, parking blocks or other suitable devices shall be installed to prevent any part of a parked vehicle from extending beyond the property line.
(5) The location, width and number of entrance and exit driveways serving accessory parking facilities, drive-in businesses, fee parking lots and public parking lots shall be planned in such a manner as to interfere as little as possible with the use of adjacent property and the flow of traffic on the streets to which they connect.
(6) Parking areas of less than twenty spaces shall have at least one 2-lane driveway located at least 100 feet from the right-of-way line of the nearest intersecting street.
(7) Parking areas of twenty spaces or more should, if physically possible, provide for two 2-lane driveways, the nearest of which shall be located at least 100 feet from the right-of-way line of the nearest intersecting street.
(8) Entrance or exit driveways shall not exceed three lanes in width and shall be designed so that all cars can be driven forward into the street. The width of such driveways, measured at the street right-of-way line, shall conform with the following:
Number of Lanes | Width of Driveway (ft.) | |
Minimum | Maximum | |
One | 12 | 4 |
Two | 20 | 24 |
Three | 29 | 35 |
(9) The angle of intersection between the driveway and the street shall be between seventy degrees (70°) and ninety (90°) degrees. The radii of the edge of the driveway apron shall be at least twenty-five feet (25').
(10) Driveways shall be spaced at not less than 120 foot intervals measured from the centerline of the driveways.
(11) All off-street parking and loading areas including spaces, driveways, aisles and circulation drives shall be graded and maintained so that water does not unreasonably accumulate on such areas nor flow or drain onto adjacent public or private property. All such surfaced areas shall be maintained free of chuck holes, litter, glass, nails or other dangerous materials.
(12) Stormwater retention requirements shall be reviewed by the City Engineer and designed according to the applicable standards set forth in the stormwater regulations.
(13) Appropriate curbs shall be provided to define off-street parking spaces from access and circulation driveways, and to prevent the extension of vehicles beyond parking spaces.
(14) An apron with a radius of six feet at the curb line shall be provided to join the driveway to the street.
(b) Off-Street Loading and Unloading Areas. Off-street loading and unloading areas shall conform to the design standards set forth in this section, as applicable.
Parking Blocks Illustration
(Ord. 2022-24. Passed 5-24-22.)