In order to minimize traffic and hazards, control street access in the interest of public safety and encourage the appropriate development of street or highway frontage:
(A) No parking lot or area for off-street parking or for the storage or movement of motor vehicles shall abut directly a public street or highway and each such area shall be separated from the street or highway by a raised curb, planting strip, wall or other suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle entrance or exit, except for necessary accessways;
(B) Each separate use, planned business center or similar grouping of buildings shall have not more than two accessways to any one public street or highway for each 300 feet of frontage and, where practicable, access to parking areas shall be provided by a common service driveway or minor street in order to avoid direct access on a major street or highway. No such accessway shall be less than 20 feet or more than 30 feet in width, and the location of any accessway or driveway to a public street shall be in accordance with the regulations of the municipality. Such accessway shall comply with any more restrictive requirements of the State Highway Department relative thereto;
(C) In the case of a required buffer area, no more than one entrance and one exit shall be permitted from a lot to each street on which the lot abuts, except that an additional entrance and exit through a buffer area may be permitted when authorized as a special exception;
(D) Where practicable:
(1) All parking, loading or service areas used by motor vehicles shall be located entirely within the lot lines of the property;
(2) All accessways to a public street or highway shall be located not less than 50 feet from the intersection of any street lines; and
(3) All streets and accessways shall be designed in a manner conducive to safe exit and entrance and shall conform to the highway specifications and subdivision requirements of the municipality.
(E) An outdoor parking space is part of the open space on the lot on which it is located, except parking spaces in front yards of a residential use are permissible only as special exceptions;
(F) Adequate off-street loading and unloading space with proper access from a street, highway, common service driveway or alley shall be provided on any lot on which a building requiring frequent service by delivery-type trucks is located. All such areas for the loading and unloading of delivery trucks and other vehicles and for the servicing of establishments or shops by refuse collection, fuel and other service vehicles, shall have adequate and unobstructed access from a street, service driveway or alley and shall be so arranged that they may be used without blocking or otherwise interfering with the use of automobile accessways, parking facilities or pedestrian ways; and
(G) Automotive vehicles or trailers of any kind or type without current license plates and current state inspection stickers shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property other than in a completely screened space, garage or carport.
(1986 Code, § 1317.04) (Ord. passed 1-28-1991)