(A) Off-street parking may be provided through a special permit in any residential zone for a multi-family residential, office and institutional, business, or industrial use subject to the following requirements:
(1) The parking lot shall directly abut the multi-family, office and institutional, business, or industrial use;
(2) No portion of the parking lot shall extend more than 150 feet into the adjacent residential zone;
(3) All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of access to a public street or alley, as well as maneuvering space;
(4) Parking areas shall have adequate drainage and shall be provided with bumper guards where required by the Public Works Director;
(5) Parking areas shall be used for parking of automobiles only, with no sales, storage, repair work, dismantling, or servicing of any kind to be permitted;
(6) All required parking spaces shall be of a design and located so as to be convenient and readily usable by the patrons thereof;
(7) Sufficient area shall be provided within the property lines so that all vehicles may enter and leave in a forward motion;
(8) All parking lots shall be paved with concrete, penetration macadam, or plant mix;
(9) If illuminated night time parking is to be permitted, the lights shall be shielded so as to prevent direct beaming into a residential area;
(10) A screen containing a mixture of deciduous and evergreen trees spaced in a staggered triangular pattern not more than ten feet apart and containing not less than two rows of dense plant materials shall be planted in a 15-foot buffer strip along the rear or side lines, either or both. The screen shall be planted at an initial height of at least three feet and shall be of a variety that an average height of six feet can be expected by normal growth within four years from the time of initial planting. No plant material which would be a host to insects, would affect the plants on adjoining property, or would spread disease can be used; and all plant material must be nursery grown and conform to the guidelines as published by the American Nursery Association in its 1959 edition. All plant materials shall be planted at least three feet from the side or rear lot line of adjoining property and shall be planted in the required buffer strip prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the Inspections Superintendent. The buffer strip shall be maintained in neat order and condition by the property owner and/or occupant of the premises. The plant material shall be periodically trimmed or pruned at a height of not less than six feet and diseased or dead plant material shall be removed and replaced; and
(11) The requirements set forth herein shall be in addition to the off-street parking requirements of § 154.046.
(B) The Board may, in the special permit, restrict the hours of parking.
(C) A special permit for this use shall be limited to a period of two years initially and thereafter may be renewed by the Board, for a period not to exceed 12 months; provided, however, that a violation of any provision of the special permit shall revoke the license granted. No special permit shall be issued or renewed until after a public hearing is held on the matter.
(Prior Code, § 9-4043) (Ord. passed 4-27-1970)