All off-street parking and loading facilities, including entrances, exits, maneuvering areas, waiting spaces, and parking and loading spaces, shall be provided in accordance with the following standards and specifications:
(a) Parking Space Dimensions. Each off-street parking space, open or enclosed, shall have an area of not less than 180 square feet (measuring nine feet by twenty feet) exclusive of access drives or aisles.
(b) Loading Space Dimensions. Each off-street loading space shall contain an area of at least twelve feet by thirty feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall have at least fifteen feet of vertical clearance.
(c) Handicapped Parking Spaces. Handicapped parking spaces shall be provided according to ADA or other applicable requirements.
(d) Waiting Space Dimensions. Each off-street waiting space for a drive-thru facility shall have an area not less than 144 square fee (measuring eight feet by eighteen feet) exclusive of access drives and parking aisles and shall not interfere with parking or circulation.
(e) Circulation Aisles. Circulation aisles, defined as the clear access space providing entry or exit to one or more banks of parking spaces, shall conform to the following minimum aisle widths:
(1) Twenty-five feet for ninety degree perpendicular parking on a double loaded aisle;
(2) Sixteen feet for sixty degree parking and a one-way aisle; and
(3) Thirteen feet for forty-five degree parking and a one-way aisle.
Circulation aisles having a width less than twenty-two feet shall be one-way aisles. (Ord. 24-97. Passed 10-14-97.)
(f) Parking and Loading Spaces, and Driveways. All parking and loading spaces and all driveways shall be constructed of concrete, asphalt, or other material approved by the Planning Commission. Existing unpaved driveways and parking areas shall be clearly defined by permanent edging such as curbs or embedded rot-resistant timbers. Existing gravel driveways and parking areas for one or two family dwellings may be extended with gravel.
(Ord. 75-2005. Passed 10-11-05.)
(g) Curbs and Wheel Bumper Guards. All sides of parking areas for five cars or more which abut a public right-of-way shall be defined by curbing, wheel guards, or bumper guards. Additional curbing, wheel guards, or bumper guards, as may be necessary, shall be provided in connection with any off-street parking area for five cars or more to define parking areas, contain the cars on sloping surfaces, and to prevent bumper over-hang or other encroachment into the required aisles and spaces.
(h) Screening and Landscaping. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be screened and landscaped in accordance with the requirements of Section 1274.01.
(i) Drainage. All parking and loading areas shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulation by means of catch basins or intakes, so that water from such lot does not run across a public sidewalk or directly into a public street.
(j) Lighting. Parking areas shall be thoroughly illuminated whenever necessary to protect the public safety. All lighting used to illuminate such parking areas shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from adjacent dwellings, D, P, or MUPD Districts, and streets, and shall not be of excessive brightness or cause a glare hazardous to pedestrians or drivers.
(k) Marking. Any off-street parking area of five or more parking spaces shall indicate the location of each parking space, the location of handicapped spaces, and the location and direction or movement along the driveways providing access thereto by painting upon the surface, by raised directional signs, or by markers or other similar measures placed in the surface.
(m) Maintenance. A parking lot or loading space shall be maintained in a manner to keep it as free as practicable from rubbish, paper, and other loose particles, and snow and ice shall be promptly removed by the operator. All adjacent sidewalks shall be kept free from dirt, ice, sleet, and snow, and maintained in a safe condition for use by pedestrians. All signs, markers, or any other methods used to indicate the direction of traffic movement and the location of parking and/or loading spaces shall be maintained in a neat and legible condition. Any walls, trees, and shrubbery, as well as surfacing of the parking lot, shall be maintained in good condition throughout its use for parking purposes. All exposed concrete walls shall be painted or finished.
(Ord. 24-97. Passed 10-14-97.)