(a) Plans for the design of off-street parking facilities shall be prepared in accordance with the minimum requirements stated in the following schedule:
Parking Angle Base Line (degrees) | Parking Width (ft.) | Space Length (ft.) | Maneuvering at Lane Width (ft.) |
45 | 8-1/3 | 20 | 16 |
60 | 8-1/2 | 20 | 20 |
90 | 9 | 20 | 24 |
(b) Access into all parking spaces shall be through means of maneuvering lanes. Backing directly from a parking space onto a street is prohibited.
(c) Parking areas shall be of usable shape improved with bituminous, concrete or other suitable surfacing material, and graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulation.
(d) All lighting used to illuminate such parking areas shall be arranged so as to direct the light away from adjoining properties or streets, and no open sources, such as floodlights or the stringing of light bulbs, shall be permitted.
(e) Entrance and exit driveways shall be clearly limited and adequately defined according to standards approved by the engineer of jurisdiction.
(f) Parking lots in B-Business or I-Industrial Districts which abut any R-Residential District shall be provided with a continuous and obscuring fence six feet in height, measured from the surface of the parking lot. Such fence shall be provided where the side or rear lot lines abut onto a residential district or on those sides facing the residential district only.
(Ord. 1-91, passed 3-4-1991)