Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private off-street parking area, which is required to accommodate five or more vehicles, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) Access. Each required off-street parking space shall have direct access to an aisle or driveway and all required off-street parking areas shall have vehicular access to a street or alley so designed to minimize interference with pedestrian and traffic movement.
(b) Pavement and Drainage.
In all R and B districts, all required off-street parking shall be paved with bituminous, concrete or other all-weather, dustproof surfacing and shall be provided with bumper guards or barrier curbs where needed to prevent encroachment onto sidewalks or into landscaped or areas used for screening.
No surface water from parking areas shall accumulate or drain over a public sidewalk. Interior landscaped areas may be used for surface drainage. The use of pervious asphalt or pavers for non-residential use is encouraged to prevent surface water runoff. Pervious asphalt or pavers for non-residential use shall be approved by the Planning Commission prior to installation.
(c) Lighting. Fixed lighting shall comply with the provisions contained below and be so arranged to prevent direct glare of beams onto any public or private property or street. The following restrictions shall apply to any outdoor lighting located in any district or parcels where there are non-residential off-street parking spaces.
(1) Lighting plan required. A lighting plan is required for any off-street parking and loading area lighting. The following information shall be submitted, as a minimum, in order to effectively evaluate the proposed lighting:
A. Pole height or mounting height of lighting fixture;
B. Type of luminaries;
C. Site coverage;
D. Uniformity including the maximum, average and minimum footcandles;
E. Intensity at property line in footcandles.
(2) Height of lighting structure. All outdoor lighting shall be designed, located, and mounted at heights no greater than 20 feet. A greater height may be authorized in any district by a variance approved pursuant to Chapter 1254. Cutoff and non-cutoff lights are illustrated below:
(3) Illumination. All outdoor lighting shall be designed and located with a maximum illumination of 1.0 footcandles as measured at the property line.
(4) Shielding. All outdoor lighting for non-residential uses shall be located, screened, or shielded so that adjacent lots located in residential districts are not directly illuminated.
(5) Color and glare. No outdoor lighting shall be of such an intensity or color distortion as to cause glare or to impair the vision of drivers or pedestrians.
(d) Screening. All open off-street parking areas shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on any property situated in a residential district, or any institutional premises, by a wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge, not less than five feet nor more than eight feet in height.
(e) Parking Space Dimension.
A parking space shall have minimum rectangular dimensions of not less than:
(1) Ten feet in width and twenty feet in length for 90 degree parking,
(2) Ten feet in width and 23 feet in length for parallel parking, and
(3) Ten feet in width and 20 feet in length for 45 degree parking.
All dimensions shall be exclusive of driveways, aisles, and other circulation areas.
(f) Driveway Dimension.
Driveways (aisles) serving individual parking spaces shall not be less than:
(1) Twenty-five feet wide for 90 degree parking,
(2) Twelve feet wide for parallel parking,
(3) Seventeen and one-half feet for 60 degree parking, and
(4) Thirteen feet for 45 degree parking.
These dimensions do not include any parking spaces.
(g) Joint Use. Two or more non-residential 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 Board of Zoning Appeals shall be filed with the application for a permit.
(h) Collective Use. The required off-street parking spaces for any number of separate buildings, structures or uses may be provided collectively on one lot, provided the total number of such spaces shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the various individual buildings, structures or uses computed separately in accordance with the following requirements.
(i) Spaces for the Handicapped. Parking spaces for handicapped individuals shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of the Ohio Basic Building Code and the Ohio Revised Code.
(j) Maximum Number of Parking Spaces Permitted. In order to prevent excessive lot coverage, the artificial increase in air temperature, and surface water run-off, no minimum off-street parking space requirement in Section 1284.08, shall be exceeded by more than 15% unless good cause can be shown by the applicant and approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Single-family dwellings and two family dwellings are exempt from this provision.
(k) Parking of Inoperable or Abandoned Vehicles. The parking or storage of inoperable or abandoned vehicles is prohibited outdoors in all districts and as further provided herein. The location and duration or temporary parking or storage of an unlicensed operable vehicle may be approved by the Zoning Administrative Officer through the issuance of a temporary zoning certificate on the basis of the adequacy of the parcel size, condition of the vehicle, visibility from other properties and absence of undue adverse impact on adjacent property or on the area as a whole.
(Ord. 2010-29. Passed 7-5-10.)