(A) Locational standards.
(1) Off-street parking spaces for all residential uses shall be located on the same lot as the residential structure or on a lot adjacent to the lot on which the residential structure is located.
(2) Off-street parking spaces for commercial, industrial or institutional uses shall be located not more than 700 feet from the principal use building.
(3) Off-street parking spaces may be located in any yard, subject to applicable setback standards. However, parking spaces may not be located on the shared portions of shared driveways.
(4) Off-street parking areas, except those serving single-family detached dwelling units, shall be set back from all public rights-of-way lines a minimum of ten feet. Any such areas abutting a zone or use with a more restrictive setback shall comply with the more restrictive setback.
(B) Parking space dimensions. Off-street parking spaces shall have minimum rectangular dimensions of not less than nine feet in width and 18 feet in length, except that parallel parking spaces shall be at least 24 feet in length. Not more than 10% of the required parking spaces may be compact stalls with minimum rectangular dimensions of not less than eight feet in width and 16 feet in length. Each such space shall have vertical clearance of at least seven feet. All dimensions shall be exclusive of obstructions and of driveways, aisles, and other circulation areas.
(C) Parking space access.
(1) Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or a driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space. The following minimum aisle or driveway width standards shall apply: 25 feet wide for 90 degree parking; 20 feet wide for 60 degree parking; 20 feet wide for 45 degree parking; and 15 feet wide for parallel parking.
(2) Clearly defined driveways shall be provided for ingress and egress to off-street parking areas.
(3) All areas devoted to off-street parking shall be designed to prevent traffic congestion on adjacent streets. Whenever possible, the number of traffic access points for uses fronting on arterial streets shall not exceed one per 300 feet. Where direct access to an off-street parking area is provided by an arterial or federal and secondary road, acceleration and deceleration lanes shall be provided on both sides of the access road in accordance with AASHTO standards.
(4) All areas devoted to off-street parking shall be designed so that no vehicle is required to back into a street. Off-street parking areas that exclusively serve single-family detached and two-family dwelling units shall be exempted from this requirement unless direct access to the dwelling unit is provided by an arterial street.
(D) Surfacing requirement.
(1) Off-street parking areas (including parking spaces, aisles and driveways) may use crushed stone except for commercial or industrial uses in which case the off-street parking shall consist of plant mix asphalt or concrete.
(2) Poured-in-place concrete curbs shall be installed to separate off-street parking areas from the front and sides of any abutting building or structure, otherwise barrier curbs may be installed as necessary to safely and efficiently direct the movement and parking of motor vehicles. Single-family detaches and two-family dwellings are exempted from this requirement.
(3) The off-street parking area shall be drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulated in the parking area in such a way as to preclude channeled or concentrated drainage of water onto adjacent property or toward buildings.
(4) No part of any off-street parking area, excluding drives that do not provide direct access to abutting parking spaces, shall have a slope of greater than 5%.
(5) The surface of off-street parking areas shall be maintained and kept in good repair, free from refuse and debris.
(E) Screening and landscaping. The Director may condition the approval of an off-street parking area or for a building or structure that will use an existing, on-site parking area on: the establishment of buffer landscaping between the parking area and adjoining or nearby residential districts or uses; and/or the establishment of a lawn on unpaved portions of the parking area.
(F) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate a required off-street parking area shall be shielded with appropriate light fixtures directing the light away from adjacent properties in order that the illumination at any property line shall not exceed one foot candle.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003) Penalty, see § 155.999