Off-street parking spaces accessory to uses allowed in residence districts shall be provided in accordance with the regulations set forth.
(A) Except as may otherwise be provided for parking of trucks in the granting of special uses, required accessory off-street parking facilities provided for uses listed herein shall be solely for the parking of passenger automobiles.
(B) Computation. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this comprehensive amendment results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of 1/2 or less may be disregarded, while a fraction in excess of 1/2 shall be counted as one parking space.
(C) Collective provision. Off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided collectively is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each such use, and provided that all regulations governing location of accessory parking spaces in relation to the use served are adhered to. Further, no parking space or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use.
(D) Size. A required off-street parking space shall be at least 9 feet in width and at least 19 feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office or work areas. The space shall have a vertical clearance of at least 7 feet.
(E) Access. Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to the parking space. All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements. No driveway across public property, nor curb cut, shall exceed a width of 25 feet.
(F) In yards. Off-street parking spaces may be located in any yards except required front yards.
(G) Design and maintenance.
(1) Open and enclosed parking spaces. Accessory parking spaces located on the same lot as occupied by the use served may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building.
(2) Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas, except parking spaces accessory to a single-family dwelling, shall be improved with a compacted macadam base not less than 4 inches thick, surfaced with asphaltic concrete or some comparable all-weather dustless material.
(3) Screening and landscaping. All open automobile parking areas containing more than 4 parking spaces shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on any property situated in a residence district, or any institutional premises, by a wall, fence, or densely planted compact hedge not less than 5 feet nor more than 7 feet in height. The required screening shall conform with the front and side yard setback requirements of the district in which the parking is located.
(4) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties in such a way as not to create a nuisance.
(5) Repair and service. No commercial motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with parking facilities provided in a residence district.
('69 Code, App. A, § 4.7-5)
(6) Landscaping for parking areas shall also conform to the general landscaping requirements of § 153.29.
(Ord. O-07-80, passed 4-l-80)