The following standards shall be taken into consideration as minimum requirements for off-street parking areas.
(A) Off-street parking shall be located as herein specified. Where a distance is specified, such distance shall be the walking distance measured from the nearest point of the parking facility to the nearest point of the building that such facility is required to serve:
(1) For one- and two-family dwellings: on the same building site with the building they are required to serve;
(2) For multiple dwellings: on the same building site with the building they are required to serve; and
(3) For uses other than those above: not more than 200 feet.
(B) An off-street parking space shall be at least nine feet in width and at least 18-1/2 feet in length, exclusive of access drives or yard area. Such spaces shall have a minimum vertical clearance of at least eight feet.
(C) All off-street parking areas and access drives shall be paved or made of concrete. No such surfaces shall be permitted between the curb and the property line, except for access drives.
(D) Adequate drainage structures shall be provided within the off-street parking area to handle surface water. If a storm drain system does not exist, concrete drainage sumps shall be provided. An estimated quantity of one sump per 10,000 square feet shall be used or a minimum of one. The minimum of one may be waived by the City Engineer if he or she determines that surroundings drainage is adequate.
(E) All open areas containing four or more spaces shall be effectively screened by a wall, fence or landscaping from grounds of an institutional or public property or from any residential property.
(F) No lighting used to illuminate a parking area or its sign shall face or have its source directly visible from any residential district and shall not be a nuisance or hazard to passing traffic.
(G) Any uses having more than 3,500 square feet of required parking shall have 6% of the gross required parking area landscaped with trees and shrubs. This landscaping shall be properly maintained and shall be of a profile so as not to interfere with street traffic.
(H) All traffic-control devices, such as parking stripes designating vehicle stalls, directional arrows or signs, pin-down curbs, curbing and other developments shall be installed and completed as shown on the approved plan.
(I) Where exclusive pedestrian walks are used in the parking lots, they shall be protected by a physical barrier, such as, raised or pin-down curbs.
(J) All traffic signs shall conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic-Control Devices.
(1992 Code, § 9-1-506)