(a) Parking facilities shall be planned and developed for total off-street use with adequate ingress and egress in such manner as to interfere as little as possible with the use and enjoyment of neighboring residential properties and with pedestrian and vehicular traffic on neighboring streets.
(b) Parking facilities shall be located on the same lot as the main building or use served.
(c) In addition to ingress and egress driveways, parking spaces shall be provided by applying the greater of divisions (1), (2) and (3) hereof.
(1) One parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area of the entire building or use, but not less than 30 parking spaces.
(2) One parking space for each two seats provided or to be provided within any and all rooms used for assembly such as auditorium, chapel, meeting rooms, dining rooms, cafeteria or lunch room.
(3) One parking space for each two persons allowed as the maximum occupancy under applicable State fire laws, rules or regulations.
(4) For exceptional circumstances or in cases of clear hardship, the Planning Commission, may, after consideration of the proposed building or use, recommend a parking variance subject to the approval, modification or rejection of Council, and provided that such variance will not violate the spirit or intent of this chapter and provided further that a more harmonious and beneficial use of the property will result.
(d) The gross floor area of a building shall be the total area of all the floors, including the basement, measured from the exterior faces of the building.
(Ord. 89-26. Passed 7-6-1982.)
(e) The City of University Heights requires that parking spaces are not less than the dimensional guidelines published in the latest edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineer's, Traffic Engineering Handbook, chapter on "Parking and Terminals", exclusive of drives and turning spaces which shall be added parking area.
(Ord. 2001-14. Passed 3-19-2001.)
(f) All parking areas and driveways shall be provided with an asphalt, concrete or other similar hard surface as shall be approved by the Building Commissioner. All parking areas and driveways shall provide adequate grading and drainage so that all water is drained within the lot on which the parking area or driveway is located in such manner that water shall not drain across public or private property. Concrete or stone curbs at least six inches above the level of the surface of the parking area and at least 18 inches below the surface shall be provided to define the limits of the parking area except at exits and entrances. Such curbs shall be at least six inches thick.
(g) The location and width of entrance and exit driveways to parking facilities shall be planned to interfere as little as possible with the use of nearby property and with pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the nearest streets. Whenever possible, the centerline of the access driveways on the frontage street shall be at least 40 feet from the right-of-way line of the nearest intersecting street and spaced at not less than 120 feet intervals measured from the centerline of the driveways. Parking areas of 15 spaces or less shall have at least one single lane driveway and shall be designed so that vehicles can be driven forward into the street. Those having 16 or more spaces shall have two single-lane driveways, if possible, or at least one two-lane driveway.
(h) Entrances and exits shall be limited to three lanes. The width of such entrances and exits, measured at the setback line, shall conform to the following schedule:
Width (in feet) | ||
Lanes | Min. | Max. |
One | 10 | 12 |
Two | 18 | 24 |
Three | 27 | 33 |
In all cases, the radius of the edge of the apron shall be at least 12 feet so that a car entering from the curb lane shall be perpendicular to the setback line at the driveway without obstructing vehicles in other traffic lanes.
(i) Sources of light for illumination of buildings or grounds shall be shielded so as not to be objectionable or hazardous to owners or users of adjacent property or public streets.
(1982 Code, § 1124.04) (Ord. 82-26. Passed 7-6-1982; Ord. 99-45. Passed 12-20-1999.)