1138.03 OFF-STREET PARKING.
   (a)   Parking Requirements for the Dustin Road C-4 Business District. In computing the number of parking spaces required, the provisions and regulations of Section 1157.05 of the Planning and Zoning Code shall be utilized.
   (b)   Public Parking Lots. Within the Dustin Road C-4 Business District, if a new building is adjacent to or abuts a public parking lot, the parking space requirement may be reduced by a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the requirement stated above, if based upon a site plan and use review done by the Planning Commission and approved by the Planning Commission.
 
   (c)   Construction. The off-street parking area shall be improved with a concrete, bituminous or similar impervious and dustless surface and shall be graded to drain all surface water within the parking area.
 
   (d)   Screen. All off-street parking lots shall be effectively screened from adjoining residential districts, as provided for in Section 1157.03 (d) of the Planning and Zoning Code.
   (e)   Size of Lot. Parking space dimensions shall comply with the provisions and regulations of Section 1157.04 of the Planning and Zoning Code. All parking spaces shall be designated properly and painted lines or other methods approved by the Commissioner of Building and Zoning Inspection.
   The parking lot servicing the entrance shall have a minimum of five percent (5%), but at least one of the parking spaces located near or adjacent to a walkway or drive as identified and reserved for physically handicapped persons. Each reserved parking space shall be surfaced suitably for wheelchair travel and shall be at least twelve feet wide, unless paralleling a walkway or drive. Where a curb exists between a parking lot surface and sidewalk surface, an included walk or a curb cut with a maximum gradient of one foot in twelve feet shall be provided for a wheelchair access.
   (f)   Illumination. Illumination of parking facilities shall be arranged so as not to reflect direct rays of light into any adjacent residential area. In no case shall direct or indirect illumination from the source of light exceed an illumination level maximum of one-half foot candle when measured at the nearest point of the lot line in a residential areas. Illumination of all parking lots shall be required.
   (g)   Existing Structures. Existing structures are exempt from the above parking requirements unless they are structurally modified, added to or rebuilt.
(Ord. 269-2001. Passed 12-17-01.)