(a) No building or structure shall be erected or used, or land used for off-street parking, loading or driveway purposes for more than three required parking spaces unless a site plan therefor has been approved by the Planning Commission.
(b) On all residential, commercial or industrial parcels, all parking surfaces, including access aisles and parking drives, shall be improved with either concrete or asphalt or with other materials that may be approved by the Planning Commission upon the recommendation of the City Engineer.
(c) No off-street parking or loading facilities shall be constructed without proper permit issued by the Building Inspector.
(d) All driveway and parking surfaces shall be constructed per specifications as follows:
(1) In commercial and industrial districts, all parking surfaces, including access aisles and parking drives, shall be improved with concrete or asphalt material or, if approved by the Planning Commission, another suitable material. Surfaces designed for automobiles, sport-utility vehicles and light trucks may be constructed of four inches (4") of 4,000 PSI concrete reinforced with 6 x 6, 10 / 10 welded wire fabric or with asphalt consisting of two and a half inches (2.5") of number 402 base coat and two inches (2") of number 404 finish coat installed over a four-inch (4") thick compacted layer of stone aggregate.
(2) In residentially-zoned districts, driveways and parking surfaces for one-, two- or three-family dwellings, or multi-family dwellings in areas where no heavy-truck traffic - e.g., garbage trucks, delivery vehicles, semi-trailer truck - is expected or permitted shall be paved with concrete or asphalt material, or, if approved by the Planning Commission, another suitable material. Concrete paving shall be a minimum thickness of four inches (4") of 4,000 PSI concrete reinforced with 6 x 6, 10/10 welded wire fabric or approved alternate. Asphalt shall consist of four-inch (4") thick compacted stone aggregate base layer, a minimum one and a half (1.4") thickness of number 402 base coat and a minimum of one-inch of number 404 finish coat. Paving on multi-family parcels in areas supporting heavy-truck traffic, such as access to dumpsters, shall be a minimum of eight inches (8") of reinforced concrete or an asphalt specification approved by the City Engineer.
(3) All paving in the public right-of-way, including any portion of a public sidewalk included within the driveway areas, shall be Portland Cement Concrete in accordance with Ohio Department of Transportation’s Specification No. 499, Class C, with a five percent to seven percent (5% - 7%) percent air entrainment, and a minimum thickness of seven inches (7") in all residentially-zoned districts, or a minimum thickness of nine inches (9") in all commercial or industrial districts. Concrete in the public right- of-way shall be reinforced using a minimum of 6 x 6, 8/8 rigid sheet welded wire fabric, or by a method and with material approved by the City Engineer.
(4) All driveway and parking surfaces shall be graded to drain and eliminate standing water, provide positive drainage away from buildings and to prevent runoff from going upon adjacent properties, streets and sidewalks.
(5) The stone aggregate base layer for concrete paving and asphalt paving shall be placed on an approved sub-grade.
(6) All poured-in-place concrete shall comply with the applicable requirements set forth in the latest editions of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) publications 318 entitled Building Code requirements for Structural Concrete, ACI 325 for the Construction of Concrete Paving, ACI 330 for the installation of unreinforced concrete parking lots and paving, ACI 302.1R entitled Guide to Concrete Floor and Slab Construction, ACI 332R entitled Guide to Residential Cast-in-Place Concrete Construction and/or ACI 360R entitled Guide to Design of Slabs-on-Ground.
(d) An application for a permit to construct, replace or to make major repairs or alterations to a building or parking or loading area, and for a certificate of occupancy for a change in use, shall be accompanied by two sets of site plans drawn to scale and dimensioned, showing that the provisions, schedules and standards for designing parking areas set forth in this chapter will be fully complied with.
(Ord. 77-2016. Passed 8-23-16.)