(a) Whenever the off-street parking requirements in this chapter require the building of an off-street parking facility, such off-street parking lots shall be laid out, constructed and maintained in accordance with the followign standards and regulations:
(1) No parking lot shall be constructed unless and until a permit therefore is issued. Applications for permit shall be submitted with three (3) sets of site plans for the development and construction of the parking lot and landscape layout showing that the provisions of this chapter will be fully complied with.
(2) Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accord with the following minimum requirements (Table 1250.06.b) except as modified by ADA.
(3) All spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. Backing directly onto a street is prohibited.
(4) All maneuvering lane widths shall permit one (1) way traffic movement except that the ninety (90) degree pattern shall permit two (2) way movement.
(5) All parking areas for commercial or industrial district uses shall be screened on all sides abutting or across a street or alley from a residential district. The screen shall be a wall or berm as provided in Section 1250.23 and may be provided as a landscape screen as may be approved by the City.
(6) Each entrance to and exit from any off-street parking lot located in an area zoned for other than single-family residential use shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet distant from adjacent property located in any single-family residential district.
(7) The entire parking and loading area including parking spaces and maneuvering lanes required under this chapter shall provide surfacing in accordance with specifications approved by the City. The parking areas shall be surfaced within one (1) year of the date the Certificate of Occupancy is issued.
(8) Off-street parking areas shall be drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulated in the parking area to preclude drainage of water onto adjacent property or toward buildings.
(9) All lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so installed as to be confined within and directed onto the parking area only.
(10) Repair and maintenance of existing pavement shall be encouraged. For the purposes of these requirements repair and maintenance work shall be exempt from the permitting requirements of this code section providing that the work is limited to the following:
(1) Seal coating of existing asphalt;
(2) Removal and replacement of twenty percent (20%) or less of the existing area of the surface.
(3) Leveling of an existing surface.
(4) Filling pot holes or repairing areas around drainage structures.
(Ord. 19-2020. Passed 10-20-20.)
(b) Parking space layout standards shall be provided in accord with the specification in the following table:
Parking Stall Dimensions
Degree of Parking Angle | ||||
Angle of Parking Stall (1) | Parallel | 30-53 | 54-74 | 75-90 |
Maneuvering Lane Width | 12 ft. | 12 ft. | 15 ft. | 20 ft. |
Parking Space Width | 8.5 ft. | 10 ft. | 10 ft. | 10 ft. |
Parking Space Length | 23 ft. | 20 ft. | 20 ft. | 20 ft. |
[1] The standard-size parking stall shall be at least ten (10) feet wide and twenty (20) feet long unless otherwise noted above.
(Ord. 26-2006. Passed 3-7-06; Ord. 103-2007. Passed 7-10-07; Ord. 32-2009. Passed 3-3-09.)