All off-street parking and loading facilities including entrances, exits, maneuvering areas, waiting spaces, and parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following standards and specifications:
(a) Parking Space Dimensions. Each off-street parking space, open or enclosed, shall have an area of not less than 162 square feet (measuring nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet) exclusive of access drives or aisles. When such parking space is adjacent to a landscaped area or sidewalk that has a width greater than six (6) feet, the parking space shall have a minimum area of 153 square feet (measuring nine (9) feet by seventeen (17) feet).
(b) Handicapped Parking Spaces. Handicapped parking spaces shall be provided according to the ADA or other applicable requirements.
(c) Waiting Space Dimensions. Each off-street waiting space for a drive-thru facility shall have an area not less than 144 square feet (measuring eight feet by eighteen feet) exclusive of access drives and parking aisles and shall not interfere with parking or circulation.
(d) Circulation Aisles. The minimum width for a circulation aisle shall be:
(1) Twenty-two (22) feet for 90° perpendicular parking on a double loaded aisle;
(2) Eighteen (18) feet for 60° parking and a one-way aisle;
(3) Thirteen feet (13) for 45° parking and a one-way aisle.
(4) Circulation aisles having a width less than twenty-two (22) feet shall be one-way aisles.
(e) Paving. All parking spaces, except those provided in conjunction with one and two-family dwellings, and loading spaces shall be improved with bituminous, concrete or equivalent paved surfacing including permeable pavement alternative, unless otherwise waived by the Planning Commission. The owner shall, at his own expense, maintain the surface, and repair any disintegration of the surface by patching or resealing when such disintegration takes place.
(f) Drainage. All parking areas shall be graded, drained, and provided with adequate drainage facilities so that the adjacent properties and rights-of-way including public sidewalks shall not be subject to flooding by run-off water from the proposed parking area. All drainage plans must be approved by the City Engineer according to Section 1161.13.
(g) Lighting. Parking areas shall be thoroughly illuminated whenever necessary to protect the public safety. All lighting used to illuminate such parking areas shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from adjoining Residential Districts and streets, and shall not be of excessive brightness or cause a glare hazardous to pedestrians or auto drivers. No open light sources such as the stringing of light bulbs shall be permitted.
(h) Curbs and Wheel/Bumper Guards. All sides of parking areas of five (5) cars or more which abut a public right-of-way shall be defined by curbing, wheel guards, or by fencing in compliance with the regulations for fences in Section 1161.12. Additional curbing, wheel guards or bumper guards, as may be necessary, shall be provided in connection with any off-street parking area of five (5) cars or more to define parking areas, contain the cars on sloping surfaces, and to prevent bumper overhang or other encroachment into the required aisles and spaces.
(i) Marking. Any off-street parking area of five or more parking spaces shall indicate the location or each parking space, the location of handicapped spaces and the location and direction or movement along the driveways providing access thereto by painting upon the surface, by raised directional signs, or by markers or other similar measures placed in the surface.
(k) Maintenance. A parking lot or loading space shall be maintained in a manner to keep it as free as practicable from rubbish, paper and other loose particles, and snow and ice shall be promptly removed by the operator. All adjacent sidewalks shall be kept free from dirt, ice, sleet and snow and in a safe condition for use by pedestrians. All signs, markers or any other methods used to indicate direction of traffic movement and location of parking and/or loading spaces shall be maintained in a neat and legible condition. Any walls, trees and shrubbery, as well as surfacing of the parking lot, shall be maintained in good condition throughout its use for parking purposes. All exposed concrete walls shall be painted or finished.
(Ord. 2020-21. Passed 2-18-20.)