1251.12 DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE.

   A.    Non-residential off-street parking facilities may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building.

   B.    A required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway. All off-street parking facilities shall be provided with appropriate means of vehicular access to a public street.

   C.    All open, off-street parking areas, including driveways for residential dwellings, shall be improved with a paved dustless surface, in accordance with the standards established in the Building Code of the City. Gravel is specifically prohibited as a parking or driveway surface.

   D.    All open, off-street parking areas, excluding single and two-family dwellings, containing more than four (4) parking spaces shall be striped and shall include wheelstops of portland cement concrete curbing not less than six (6) inches in height, and shall be placed two (2) feet into the required length of the space. Wheelstops may be replaced by a curb constructed within the parking aisles. A six (6) inch curb and sidewalk shall be placed at the perimeters of the parking lot rather than the concrete wheelstops.

   E.    Required off-street parking facilities shall be solely for the parking of automobiles of patrons, occupants or employees. When bus transportation is provided for patrons, occupants or employees of a specific establishment, or when the use is a public assembly use such as in an

auditorium or place of worship, additional open or enclosed off-street parking spaces for each bus to be parked on the premises shall be provided.

   F.    Cars awaiting repair in Automotive Fuel Stations may be stored on-site no longer than thirty (30) days.

   G.    No motor vehicle repair work, other than emergency repairs, shall be permitted in unenclosed off-street parking areas.

   H.    Landscaped areas provided in a parking area shall be provided pursuant to Section 1253.08.C, Interior Parking Lot Landscaping.

   I.    Parking areas and access driveways shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water and drainage into proper storm sewer outlets and so that such water and drainage does not flow across a public sidewalk or onto adjacent properties.

   J.     All parking lots shall be illuminated as needed to accommodate public safety in relation to the use being served. Such lighting shall be composed of ornamental light posts, wired internally and underground.

   K.    Illumination of an off-street parking area shall be arranged so as not to reflect direct rays of light into adjacent residential districts and streets. In no case shall such lighting cause more than one (1) footcandle of light to fall on adjacent properties as measured horizontally at the lot line. Shields shall be used where necessary to prevent exposure of adjacent properties. Lighting shall conform with Section 1260.06, Environmental Performance Standards.

   L.    Any wall, fence or landscaping provided shall be adequately protected from damage by vehicles using the parking lot and shall be properly maintained and kept in good repair at all times.