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a. All portions of access driveways or public right-of-ways connected to paved streets for which the grade has been established must comply with the city's driveway requirements in Article V, Division D, on file with the development services engineer.
b. Parking spaces and loading areas must be graded for proper drainage and provided with an all-weather surface such as asphalt, concrete, brick or as approved by the development services engineer.
c. Maximum Pavement Area
In all residential districts developed for single-family or two-family occupancy, pavement in the front yard may not exceed 55 percent of the area between the property line and the building face.
d. In all zones, vehicles must be parked on an improved surface. (Ord. No. 0-2010-20, 3/10/10)
All off-street parking spaces and the public right-of-way of a street, without a minimum eight inch high curb, must be separated by a six inch high concrete header curb, bumper or landscape timbers. All parking spaces must be designed so that vehicles do not overhang public sidewalks or adjacent private property.
Lighting of off-street parking spaces and loading areas must conform to Article VI, Division J, regarding outdoor lighting and must not create a traffic hazard for traffic or a nuisance to adjoining properties.
a. A vertical clearance free of all obstructions to a height of eight feet is required for all portions of any off-street parking space, except when off-street parking spaces are provided in a parking garage structure, a residential garage, or carport.
b. No obstruction within or near the bounds of any required off-street parking space must interfere with the normal use of the parking space.
a. Off-street parking areas must be designed to provide systematic and orderly circulation, traffic separation, and parking spaces in accordance with this Section and with sound traffic engineering practices. Each parking space or loading area must be usable and readily accessible without the need to drive over another space.
b. Required off-street parking spaces and loading areas must be provided with designated entrances and exits located so as to minimize traffic congestion and avoid undue interference with public use of streets, alleys, and walkways. Parking lots are to be connected so it is not necessary to drive on public streets to access parking lots for the same site.
For the purpose of this section, the term “private center” includes shopping centers, office parks, industrial parks, medical centers, apartment complexes, and business establishment.
a. Authority and Applicability
The owner or operator of a private center will have authority to display and/or designate the following:
1. Appropriate signs and markings which have been approved by the traffic engineer indicating the parking time limit which, the areas in which parking is permitted or prohibited, and the times when parking of vehicles is prohibited
2. Time limits, parking bans, parking spaces and no parking areas;
b. Approval Required
Subsection A is not effective until the owner or operator of a private center submits a parking plan to the traffic engineer for review and has received approval. Amendments to the private center parking plan must be submitted and reviewed in the same manner.
c. Erection and Content of Signs
The owner or operator of a private center is authorized to erect suitable signs of uniform size and design upon approval of the traffic engineer, which must be placed in parking areas advising the public of limited conditions of parking. A sign must be erected with the words painted thereon in legible red or green lettering setting out that parking in this area is limited to customers for the times indicated by signs, or as otherwise prohibited, as provided by subsections a. through c. of this section.
d. Pavement Marking
The owner or operator of a private center must mark off by painting on the parking area the most suitable manner in which cars may be parked, either 90 degree or angled parking.
e. Presumption of Registered Owner
The registered owner of any vehicle found in violation of rules displayed on signs posted pursuant to this code will be presumed to be the person who illegally parked the vehicle. A vehicle parked on the parking lot of the private center must be parked within the lines so marked.
f. Enforcement
1. The owner or operator of a parking area in a private center will have a responsibility to report such parking violations to police department personnel or other persons approved and authorized to enforce parking laws by the city council. Within this subsection, "owner" or "operator" means an individual, association, or corporation who has title to or possession of any such parking area, or a greater right to possession of any such parking area than one who violates thereon any provision of this section, including but not limited to any lessee or tenant of one holding such title.
2. Police department personnel or other persons so authorized by the city council will have and possess full and complete authority to enforce the provisions of this section and to issue parking citations to any vehicle which is parked in contradiction to the signs posted. (Ord. No. O-2000-68, 9-6-00)
g. Fire Lane
Fire lanes in private centers must be designated by the fire marshal and governed by Chapter 17 of the Tyler City Code.
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