Every lot hereinafter used as a public or private parking area including a public parking lot as well as motor vehicle and trailer sale lots shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements.
(A) Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces institutional premises or premises situated in any R district by a masonry wall or solid fence. Such wall or fence shall not be less than four feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition. Where the capacity of the parking area exceeds 30 vehicles, it shall be screened by a masonry wall of at least the height herein above prescribed.
(B) No part of any parking area for more than five vehicles shall be closer than ten feet to any dwelling, school, hospital or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot unless screened by an unpierced masonry wall; provided, however, that, parking areas for 25 or more automobiles or for trucks and buses shall not have an entrance or exit for vehicles within 200 feet along the same side of the street of any school, public playground, church, hospital, public library or institution for dependents or for children, except where such property is in another block or on another street which the lot in question does not abut.
(C) Any off-street parking area for more than five vehicles shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or portland cement binder pavement so as to provided a durable, dustless surface; shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulated within the area; and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe loading and unloading and parking and storage of self-propelled vehicles.
(D) Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises.
(Ord. passed 3-10-1993)