Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public, commercial or private parking lot shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements.
(A) Screening and landscaping. Off-street parking areas for more than 10 vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any R District, or institutional premises, by a fence of acceptable design. Such fence shall be not less than 4 feet nor more than 6 feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition without any advertising thereon. The space between such wall or fence and the lot line of the adjoining premises in any district shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs, or evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition. In lieu of such wall, or fence, a strip of land not less than 10 feet in width, and planted and maintained with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than 4 feet in height, may be substituted.
(B) Minimum distance and setbacks. No part of any parking area for more than 10 vehicles shall be closer than 20 feet to any dwelling, school, hospital or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot, unless separated by an acceptably designed screen. If on the same lot with a main building, the parking area shall not be located within the front yard required for such building. In no case shall any part of a parking area be closer than 10 feet to any established street or right-of-way, nor closer than 5 feet to any alley right-of-way. The wall or hedge required in division (A) hereof shall be set back from each street, the same as if it were a building wall, so as to observe the front yard requirements of this chapter. Exceptions to these parking area location requirements may be referred to the Board where existing conditions prevent reasonable compliance to the off-street parking requirements of the article.
(C) Joint use. Two or more nonresidential uses may jointly provide and use parking spaces when their hours of operation do not normally overlap, provided that a written agreement, approved by the Law Director and accepted by the Board of Zoning Appeals shall be filed with the application for a zoning certificate.
(D) Other locations. Parking spaces may be located on a lot within 300 feet other than that containing the principal use with the approval of the Board, provided a written agreement, approved by the Law Director and accepted by the Board, shall be filed with the application for a zoning certificate.
(E) Surfacing. Any off-street parking area for more than 10 vehicles shall be graded for proper drainage and surfaced so as to provide a durable and dust-free surface.
(F) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any R District.
(G) Disabled vehicles. The parking of a disabled vehicle within a residential district for a period of more than 2 weeks shall be prohibited except that such vehicle may be stored in an enclosed garage or other accessory building provided that no business shall be conducted in connection therewith while such vehicle is parked or stored.
(1981 Code, § 150.31) (Ord. 6570-93, passed 12-13-1993)