(A) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PARKING FACILITY. A group of parking spaces or an open area not including any part of a street or alley, designed or used for the temporary parking of motor vehicles.
(B) All parking facilities for manufacturing, commercial, business, public and private employee parking, offices, and places of assembly, and all interior drives for commercial developments, must be paved. In addition, all parking facilities must also conform to all the following requirements:
(1) They shall be striped so as to show each parking space;
(2) They shall meet all of the parking space requirements in § 156.055 and Appendix C of this chapter;
(3) They shall be constructed to allow proper drainage;
(4) They shall be designed so as to prevent vehicles from having to back into public streets; and
(5) No point of ingress or egress shall be allowed closer than 25 feet to any right-of-way line of any intersection street or alley.
(C) All parking facilities are encouraged to be located in the rear and side yards for all uses of property. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall hear requests for variations from this subchapter’s requirements only if parking areas are located in the rear or side lots; front lot parking shall have no flexibility.
(D) Unless otherwise specified herein, all parking facilities, including approach aprons, entrances, exits, and loading spaces, shall be improved with six inches of compacted No. 53 stone and two inches of HAC or equivalent dust free, durable, and cohesive surface as approved by the Building Administrator.
(Ord. 23, § 2.40.60, passed 3-19-1997) Penalty, see § 156.999