(a) Description of Space. A required off-street parking space shall be an area of not less than 162 square feet, nor less than eight and one-half feet wide by nineteen feet long, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns or office and work areas, shall be accessible from streets or alleys or from private driveways or aisles leading to streets or alleys, and shall be used for the storage or parking of passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles under one and one-half tons capacity where permitted under this Zoning Code. Aisles between vehicular parking spaces shall not be less than twelve feet in width when serving automobiles parked at a forty-five degree angle in one direction, or less than twenty feet in width when serving automobiles parked perpendicular to the aisles and accommodating two-way traffic. Notwithstanding the foregoing, provided the area of a required off- street parking space is at least one hundred sixty-two (162) square feet, the length of the parking space may be reduced to eighteen (18) feet.
(b) Measurement of Space. When determination of the number of required off-street parking spaces results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded, and fractions over one-half shall be interpreted as one parking space.
(c) Open and Enclosed Spaces. Parking areas may be open or enclosed except that when parking facilities accessory to a multiple dwelling are located in a Residential or B-1 or B-2 District elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served, such parking facilities shall be open to the sky.
(d) Access. Parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic. No driveway or curb cut in any district shall exceed twenty-five feet in width.
(e) Required Setbacks. No parking space or portion thereof, established on a zoning lot without a building, shall be located closer to a street line that the established building line on adjacent properties, or closer than the front yard setback required for the district in which the parking lot is located. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where said parking lot is being used in conjunction with a parking lot on adjacent property on which a building is located, the parking spaces may be located as close to the street line as are the parking spaces on the adjacent lot with the building on it. Further, a wall, fence or hedge developed around a parking area shall be subject to the front yard setback requirements of Part Twelve, Title Six in the same manner as a building or structure. Any open off- street parking area for other than a residential use, which parking area adjoins a Residential District, shall be set back a minimum of fifteen feet from the property line adjacent to the Residential District.
(f) Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas, except those accessory to single-family dwellings, shall be improved with a compacted macadam base, not less than four inches thick, surfaced with asphaltic concrete or constructed to some comparable specification, at the discretion of the Plan Commission. An improvement of crushed stone may be recommended.
(g) Screening and Landscaping. All open off-street parking areas for six or more cars shall be effectively screened by a berm, planting or combination of both, consisting of a densely planted compact hedge of coniferous trees, along any side that adjoins or is directly across a street or alley from property in a Residential District. Such berm or planting shall be at least four feet high and shall be maintained in good condition.
(h) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 1476 of this Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. 1982-17. Passed 10-25-82; Ord. 1987-53. Passed 10-12-87; Ord. 2001-37. Passed 9-10-01; Ord. 2016-14. Passed 3-28-16; Ord. 2021-13. Passed 5-10-21.)