Sec 122-406 Parking Requirements
All industrial uses shall provide off-street parking for employees, customers and/or clients, and for vehicles used by the industry. Off-street parking facilities or lots shall be designed, located, and constructed in accordance with the following provisions:
   A.   The lot shall be located within two hundred (200) feet, exclusive of street and alley widths, of the principal use and shall have direct access to a street or alley.
   B.   Land upon which the lot is located shall be owned or controlled by the same entity which owns or controls the land upon which the principal use is located, except that the City may own and use the land solely for off street parking purposes.
   C.   The intensity of light and the arrangement of reflecting devices shall be such as not to interfere with the surrounding or adjacent residential uses.
   D.   All parking areas required under the provisions of this chapter shall be surfaced with concrete, asphalt, or double bituminous asphalt pavement and maintained in a manner such that no dust will result from continued use, unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission.
   E.   The front yard and exterior side yard areas of the lot in which a parking lot is located shall include a landscaped area equal to five percent (5%) of the parking area. Such landscaped area shall be maintained in good condition. All parking areas which are not visible from a public street shall be excluded from the landscaping requirement.
      1.   "Landscaping" shall be defined as live vegetation and/or other features, such as decorative rock, bark, and other items commonly used to improve the appearance of property.
(Ord. No. 96-11, § 2, 8-5-1996)