All driveways, parking areas, waiting areas, queuing areas, loading/unloading areas shall be constructed in accordance with standards established by the City Engineer and the following:
(a) Grading and Pavement. Parking areas and access driveways shall be so graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water and drainage into proper outlets so that such surface water and drainage shall not be allowed to flow onto adjacent properties or remain standing in said driveways or parking areas. In other than one or two family uses all surface water and drainage shall not be allowed to flow across a public sidewalk. All parking areas and driveways improved or constructed shall be bituminous or Portland cement pavement, brick pavers, embossed concrete, or other approved pavement materials in accordance with standards established by the City and approved by the City Engineer and the Planning Commission. All existing gravel or other non-paved parking areas and driveways shall be maintained so as not to create a hazard. Gravel or other driveway material shall not collect on sidewalks, driveway aprons or public right of way. For purposes of this Section "improved or constructed" is not intended to include maintenance.
(b) Design of Parking Areas for Other Than Single Family Detached and Two Family Dwellings. Parking areas other than for single-family detached and two-family dwellings shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe parking and storage of vehicles in accordance with the design standards in this Chapter. Parking areas shall be improved, except at entrances and exits, with curbs or other devices to define parking spaces or limits of paved areas, if necessary. Curbs or other devices shall be provided along the perimeter of any parking area, around landscape areas, or a driveway that is within six (6) feet of a public sidewalk or of a lot line of an adjoining parcel, so as to prevent encroachment of vehicles into adjacent areas or public ways, yards, landscape areas, or setbacks required by this Code, city ordinances and regulations adopted thereunder, and so as to regulate the flow of traffic within the lot.
(c) Parking Setbacks for One and Two-Family Uses. Parking areas, including driveways, for single family detached and two family dwellings shall be located not less than three (3) feet from adjoining property lines.
(d) Illumination in Parking Areas. Parking areas shall be illuminated whenever necessary to protect the public safety. All lighting shall comply with the regulations in Chapter 1181, General Use Regulations.
(e) Marking. Any off-street parking area for five (5) or more parking spaces and all waiting/queuing spaces shall indicate the location of each parking or waiting/queuing space, the location of spaces for persons with disabilities, and the location and direction or movement along the aisles and access drives providing access thereto by painting upon the surface, by raised directional signs, or by markers or other similar measures placed in the surface.
(g) Maintenance. All parking areas, waiting/queuing spaces, and loading spaces shall be maintained in a manner to keep it as free as practicable from rubbish, paper and other loose particles, and snow and ice shall be promptly removed by the operator. All adjacent sidewalks shall be kept free from dirt, ice, sleet and snow and in a safe condition for use by pedestrians. All signs, markers or any other methods used to indicate direction of traffic movement and location of parking and/or loading spaces shall be maintained in a neat and legible condition. Any walls, trees and shrubbery, as well as surfacing of the parking lot, shall be maintained in good condition throughout its use for parking purposes. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain and repair parking lots and loading areas as may be necessary, in the opinion of the Municipality, so as to provide a continuous, hard, dustless surface in good condition, properly drained, and free of obstructions and nuisances in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter.