(A) Parking space location. Residential parking spaces shall be on the same lot with the main building(s). Commercial, industrial or manufacturing parking spaces may be located no farther than 500 feet from the building entrance.
(B) Public parking lot standards. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public parking area shall be paved with an asphalt or concrete surface, and shall have appropriate bumper guards or curbs where needed.
(C) Maximum yard area to be used for parking and this subchapter's parking/access regulations vehicle access lanes.
(1) No front yard area in any residential zone shall be used for parking, except for driveway or side/rear yard access, both of which must be improved with a hard surface such as gravel, asphalt or concrete.
(2) In the case of multiple-family dwellings and non-residential uses in a Residential Zone, not more than 50% of the required side and rear yards shall be used for parking.
(3) Any yard area used over these limits shall be provided in an equivalent amount of land elsewhere on the same lot as the building as open green space, patios, play area, or courts.
(D) Additional provisions. The design and maintenance of off-street parking facilities shall be subject to the following provisions.
(1) Each parking space shall encompass not less than 180 square feet of net area. Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide, the width being measured at a right angle for the side lines of the parking space.
(2) All commercial, manufacturing, industrial, institutional and multi-family residential uses shall provide site access which is no less than 24 feet wide at any given point. Should the site access on to a major corridor (2100 South, Wilson Lane, 4000 South, 1900 West), or should the City Engineer determine that it is necessary, the access may be widened to accommodate a turn lane.
(3) All non-residential parking and associated access lanes which are adjacent to any residential zone shall be screened by a hedgerow shrub, masonry wall or fence not less than five feet, nor more than seven feet high.
(4) Hedgerow shrubs shall be maintained and replaced where necessary in order that the hedge may become an effective screen from bordering property within a maximum five-year period. Front yard and corner lot fences or plantings shall maintain height requirements of their respective zones.
(5) Lighting and signs shall conform to the requirements set forth in this subchapter.
(6) All parking facilities must be improved with a hard surface, such as concrete or asphalt, and must be sloped and graded to prevent drainage of stormwater onto adjacent properties.
(Prior Code, § 44.12) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992; Ord. 13-2020, passed 5-6-2020; Ord. 07-2023, passed 4-5-2023)