1177.03 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE .

      A.   Automobile Parking Spaces, When Required

         In all districts, except B-2, in connection with every industrial, business, institutional, recreational, residential, or other use, there shall be provided at any time any building or structure is erected or enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces for vehicles shall be in accordance with Section 1177.08.

      B.   Dimensions

         Parking spaces shall have minimum rectangular dimensions and driveway aisles shall have a minimum width of not less than the following:

 

	Parking Space
	Width	Length	Width of Driveway Aisle
90° parking	9 feet	19 feet	25 feet
60 °parking	10 feet	19 feet	17 ½ feet
45 °parking	12 feet	19 feet	13 feet
Parallel parking	9 feet	23 feet	12 feet

 

All dimensions for parking spaces shall be exclusive of driveways, aisles, and other circulation areas. Except in the case of dwellings, no parking area provided hereunder shall be less than six hundred square feet (600 sf.) in area. The number of required off-street parking spaces is established in Section 1177.08 of this Ordinance.

      C.   Access

         1.   There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress. Any parking area shall be designed in such a manner that any vehicle leaving or entering the parking area from or into a public or private street shall be traveling in a forward motion.

         2.   Access driveways for parking areas or loading spaces shall be located in such a way that any vehicle entering or leaving such area shall be clearly visible for a reasonable distance to any pedestrian or motorist approaching the access or driveway from a public or private street.

         3.   Where a lot does not abut on a public or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive leading to the parking or storage areas or loading or unloading spaces required hereunder, in such a manner as to secure the most appropriate development of the property in question. Such access drive shall be not less than eight feet (8') in width in the case of a dwelling, and not less than eighteen feet (18') in width in all other cases; provided, however, that one-way aisles for either ingress or egress for uses other than dwellings may be reduced to not less than ten feet (10') in width. Such access drive or easement shall not be located in any R District except where provided in connection with a use permitted in an R District.

      D.   Width of Access Driveway

         The entrances and exits of the parking area shall be clearly marked. Interior vehicular circulation by way of access roads shall maintain the following minimum standards:

         1.   For one-way traffic, the minimum width of fourteen feet (14') except for forty-five degree (45°) parking, in which case the minimum width of the access road shall be eighteen feet (18').

         2.   Access roads for two-way traffic shall have a minimum width of twenty-four feet (24').

         3.   Parking areas having more than one (1) aisle or driveway shall have directional signs or markings in each aisle or driveway.