(A) Businesses are required to provide off-street parking and parking lots shall be designed to accommodate the required quantity of parking spaces and handicap parking spaces as required by Chapter 156.
(B) Parking lots and entrances shall be surfaced with concrete or asphalt and shall be designed properly for traffic and weight loads (such as cars, tractor trailers, and the like).
(C) Parking lots and entrances shall have lane and parking spaces striped and clearly marked with traffic direction flow arrows. Disabled parking spaces shall be striped per ADA and shall have the current regulation signage and fine indicated.
(D) Businesses that offer shopping carts for customers shall provide exterior holding racks or stalls for carts.
(E) Provide loading and unloading areas and those areas are to be clearly labeled and marked.
(F) Entrances shall be designed with locations being selected with relationship to existing and future intersections and entrances, and shall comply with state Department of Transportation and all pertinent regulations and access permits shall be obtained.
(G) Upon request of the Planning and Zoning Commission, a traffic impact study shall be required and shall address the following issues:
(1) Increased traffic burden;
(2) Increased exhaust emissions;
(3) Parking impact;
(4) Traffic counts daily and peak;
(5) Pedestrian safety;
(6) Vehicular weight design requirements;
(7) Fire department access;
(8) Hazardous material cargo; and
(9) Traffic signage or traffic lights warrants.
(H) The design of the site, parking and entrances shall provide for emergency vehicular access, with access clearances maintained around all structures.
(I) When determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission that an emergency lane is required based upon the physical dimensions of the structure, an emergency lane shall be indicated with proper signage to indicate “NO PARKING - EMERGENCY LANE” and shall be 12 inches wide by 18 inches tall and placed 50 feet apart along the required lane at the mounting height of six and one-half feet above the sidewalk. Curbs shall be painted yellow by painting the vertical face of the curb and six inches wide across the top.
(Ord. 10-09-01, passed 10-09-2001
; Ord. 21-04, passed 3-8-2021
)