Off-street parking lots must be laid out, constructed, and maintained as follows:
(a) Parking facilities must be in accord with the following dimensions:
Parking Pattern | Maneuvering Lane Width | Parking Space Width | Parking Space Length | Total Width of 1 Tier of Spaces and Maneuvering Lane | Total Width of 2 Tiers of Spaces and Maneuvering Lane |
Parallel | 12 feet | 9 feet | 23 feet | 21 feet | 30 feet |
35° – 50° | 15 feet | 9 feet | 19 feet | 34 feet | 57 feet |
51° – 74° | 15 feet | 9 feet | 19 feet | 34 feet | 60 feet |
75° – 90° | 24 feet | 9 feet | 19 feet | 43 feet | 62 feet |
(b) All maneuvering lane widths permit one-way traffic movement, except that the 90° pattern may permit two-way movement.
(c) All spaces must be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes; backing directly onto a street is prohibited.
(d) Parking aisles cannot exceed 300-feet without a break in circulation.
(e) Appropriate signage and striping must be included within all parking lots. Designating the traffic flow at all entrances and exits (i.e., directional arrows) may be required by the Planning Commission if traffic safety is a concern.
(f) Bumper stops, wheel chocks or curbs must be provided and so located as to prevent a vehicle from projecting into any required front yard space, and to prevent a vehicle from touching any required wall or fence, extending beyond the property line or extending into landscaped areas and/or pedestrian ways.
(g) A wall must be provided on all sides of an off-street parking area abutting or adjacent to a residential district. Where a wall extends to an alley which is a means of ingress and egress to an off-street parking area, the wall may end not more than ten-feet from such alley line in order to permit a wider means of access to the parking area.
(1) The masonry wall cannot be less than six-feet in height (measured from the surface of the parking lot) and must consist of either stone, brick, stamped concrete, or split-faced concrete block.
(2) The Planning Commission, upon application by the property owner of the off-street parking area, may waive or modify the wall requirement by approving either an earth berm or evergreen screen (minimum six-feet in height) in its place. The Planning Commission may waive the wall requirement in specific cases where cause can be shown that no good purpose is served by compliance.
(h) The parking lot must be graded and adequately drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulated in the parking area in such a way as to preclude drainage of water onto adjacent property or toward building.
(i) The entire parking area, storage area and non-landscaped portion of the lot, including parking spaces and maneuvering lanes, must be provided with asphalt or concrete surfacing.
(1) Concrete surfacing consists of four-inches of stone aggregate base (MDOT, 21aa), six-inches of nonreinforced concrete, six sacks, air entrained, twenty- eight-day compressive strength of 3,500 psi minimum.
(2) Asphalt surfacing consists of six-inches of aggregate base (MDOT, 21aa), two-inches of bituminous base (MDOT, 1,300l), and one and one-half-inches of wearing course (MDOT, 1,100t minimum).
(Ord. 2023-01. Passed 2-7-23.)