All off-street parking facilities including entrances, exits, circulation areas and parking spaces shall be in accordance with the following standards and specifications:
(A) Dimensions. Minimum standards dimensions for off-street parking spaces shall be as follows:
Angle of Parking (Degrees) | Width | Depth | Aisle Width |
45 feet | 9 feet | 19.5 feet | 12 feet |
60 feet | 9 feet | 20.5 feet | 16 feet |
90 feet | 9 feet | 18.5 feet | 26 feet |
(B) Striping. All parking areas with a capacity of over five vehicles, shall be striped between stalls to facilitate the movement into and out of the parking stalls.
(C) Wheel blocks. Whenever a parking lot extends to a property line, wheel blocks or other suitable devices, shall be installed to prevent any part of a parked vehicle from extending beyond the property line or into any required landscaping or screening.
(D) Screening and landscaping. Whenever a parking area for five or more vehicles is located in, or adjacent to a residential district, or is adjacent to a church, school, or other institution located on an adjoining lot, it shall be effectively screened on all sides which adjoin or face any property used for these purposes on adjacent lots. Screening shall be as established in § 1276.07.
(E) Maintenance. The owner of property used for parking shall maintain such area in good condition without holes and free of all trash, abandoned or junk vehicles, and other rubbish.
(F) Access requirements. Any off-street parking area accessed from a public right-of-way shall be designed in such a manner that any vehicle leaving or entering the parking area shall be traveling in a forward motion. Access driveways for parking areas or loading spaces shall be located in such a way that any vehicle entering or exiting the area shall be clearly visible to any pedestrian or motorist approaching the access or driveway from a public or private street. The entrance and exits to the parking area shall be clearly marked.
(G) Paving. All parking spaces, together with driveways, aisles, and the other circulation areas shall be surfaced with bituminous concrete or equivalent pavement material to provide a durable, dustless surface.
(H) Drainage. All parking areas shall provide for proper drainage of surface water to prevent the drainage of such water onto adjacent properties and onto sidewalks. For any off-street parking area of more than five vehicles, plans for drainage shall be submitted to the City Engineer for approval prior to the commencement of construction.
(I) Lighting. Any parking area for five or more vehicles, which is intended to be used during non-daylight hours, shall be illuminated. Lighting fixtures shall be as follows:
(1) Any lights used to illuminate a parking lot shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the adjoining property.
(2) All lighting fixtures serving parking lots shall be of full cutoff fixtures. Such shielding shall obstruct a line of sight to the bulb with an opaque material when viewed from the property line.
(3) Light poles used in lots designed to contain 50 vehicles or less shall not exceed 20 feet in height.
(K) Minimum distance and setbacks. Minimum distances and setbacks shall be as follows:
(1) In any business or industrial district, off-street parking spaces may occupy all or any part of any required side or rear yard except where the parking space abuts any residential district in which case a minimum five foot setback shall be required from the residential district line.
(2) In any residential district, or on the same lot with a one or two family residence building in any other district, the parking area, except for parking on driveways, shall not be located within the front yard or required side yard for such residential district or building. In no case, shall any part of a parking area be closer than five feet to any established street or alley right-of-way.
(L) Parking of commercial vehicles in parking lots. Commercial vehicles with or without signage, which are over nine feet in width and 18 feet in length, shall not be parked in a parking area when not in use or during non-business hours. Such vehicles shall be parked or stored in the required off-street loading space(s).
(M) Signage. Except for one directional sign at each point of ingress and egress, no advertising signs shall be erected in any required off-street parking area. Such signs shall not exceed dimensions and requirements of the sign regulations of this code.
(Ord. 2003-51, passed 5-20-03)