Wherever the off-street parking requirements in § 153.169 above require the building of an off-street parking facility, such off-street parking lot 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 therefore is issued by the Building Inspector or Official. Applications for a permit shall be submitted in such form as may be determined by the Building Inspector or Official, 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.
(B) Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accord with the following minimum requirements:
Parking Pattern (degrees) | Maneuvering Lane Width | Parking Space Width | Parking Space Length | Total Width of One Tier of Spaces Plus Maneuvering Lane | Total Width of Two Tiers of Spaces Plus Maneuvering Lane |
0 parallel parking | 12 feet | 8 feet | 23 feet | 20 feet | 28 feet |
30 to 53 | 12 feet | 8 feet 6 inches | 20 feet | 32 feet | 52 feet |
54 to 74 | 15 feet | 8 feet 6 inches | 20 feet | 36 feet 6 inches | 58 feet |
75 to 90 | 24 feet | 9 feet | 20 feet | 44 feet | 64 feet |
(C) All spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. Backing directly onto a street shall be prohibited.
(D) (1) Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided for all vehicles.
(2) 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 lane widths shall permit one-way traffic movement, except that the 90 degree pattern may permit two-way movement.
(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 at least 25 feet distance from any adjacent property located in any single-family residential district.
(G) (1) 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, on all sides where the next zoning district is designated as a residential district. Variations from the requirement of a masonry wall may be permitted by the Planning Commission in accordance with § 153.177.
(2) When a front yard setback is required, all land between said 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) (1) 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 Township Board. The parking area shall be surfaced within one year of the date the permit is issued.
(2) 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, and plans shall meet the approval of the Township Board.
(I) 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.
(J) In all cases where a wall extends to any 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.
(K) The Board of Appeals, after recommendation of 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. passed 10-11-2000) Penalty, see § 153.999