Whenever the off-street parking requirements in Section 1140.02 require the building of an off-street parking facility, such off-street parking lots shall be laid out, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and regulations.
(a) No parking lot shall be constructed until a permit is issued by the Administrator. Applications for a permit shall be submitted to the Administrator and shall be accompanied with two sets of plans for the development and construction of the parking lot showing that the provisions of this Section will be fully complied with.
(b) Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accordance with the following minimum requirements (see illustration):
Parking Pattern | Manueu- vering Lane Width (feet) | Parking Space Width (feet) | Parking Space Length (feet) | Total Width of One Tiers of Spaces Plus Manueu- vering Lane (feet) | Total Width of Two Tiers of Spaces Plus Manueu- vering Lane (feet) |
0 parallel parking | 12 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 28 |
30 to 53 | 13 |
9 | 20 | 32 | 52 |
54 to 74 | 18 |
9 | 21 | 39 | 60 |
75 to 90 | 25 |
9 | 19 | 44 | 63 |
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(c) The construction of any parking lot shall be in accordance with the requirements and provisions of this Zoning Code and such construction shall be completed and approved by the Administrator before actual use of the property as a parking lot. Plans for the development of any parking lot must be submitted to the Administrator, prepared at a scale of not less than fifty feet equal one inch and indicating existing and proposed grades, drainage, water mains and sewers, surfacing and be materials to be used and the layout of the proposed parking lot. The plans are to be prepared in a presentable form by person or persons competent in such work.
(d) All such parking lots shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water which might accumulate within or upon such area. No surface water from such parking area shall be permitted to drain onto adjoining private property or public property, except through public drain.
(e) All illumination for or on such parking lots shall be deflected away from adjacent residential areas and shall be installed in such manner as to allow the reduction of the amount of light in other than normal parking hours each day. The source of illumination in all parking lots abutting a residential area shall not be more than thirteen feet above the parking lot surface.
(f) Side yards shall be maintained for a space of not less than six feet between the side lot lines of adjoining residential lots and the parking area. The depth of the front yard of setback line from the street as established for houses in any block in any given residential area shall be continued and made applicable to parking space in such residential area and it shall be unlawful to use the space between such setback line and the sidewalk for the parking of motor vehicles.
(Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)
(g) Screening and/or Landscaping. Whenever a parking area is constructed in or adjacent to a residential district it shall be effectively screened on all sides which adjoin or face any property used for residential purposes, by an acceptably designed wall, fence or planting screen. Such fence, wall or planting screen shall be not less than three feet nor more than four feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition. The space between such fence, wall or planting screen, and the lot line of the adjoining premises in any residential district, as required in subsection (f) hereof shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs or evergreen ground cover, and maintained in good condition. In the event that terrain or other natural features are such that the erection of such fence, wall or planting screen will not serve the intended purposes, then no fence, wall or planting screen and landscaping shall be required.
(Ord. 1991-5. Passed 2-4-91.)
(h) Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided for vehicles.
(i) Wheel shocks shall be provided and so located as to prevent any vehicle from projecting over the lot line.
(Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)