Wherever the off-street parking requirements in § 190.324 of this chapter require the building of an off-street parking facility which consists of three or more parking spaces, or where P-1 Vehicular Parking Districts are provided, such off-street parking areas shall be laid out, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and regulations.
(A) No parking area or off-street parking facility shall be constructed or reconstructed unless and until a permit therefor is issued by the City Engineer. Applications for a permit shall be submitted to the City Engineer for approval. The application shall be submitted with two sets of site plans for the development and construction of the parking area or off-street parking facility showing the provisions of this section will be fully complied with. The dumpster and transformer, if required, shall be shown on submitted plan. Landscape plans shall be submitted as required in § 190.328 of this chapter.
(B) Adequate ingress and egress to the parking area or parking facility by means of clearly defined drives shall be provided for all vehicles. Such necessary directional signs and controls as are required shall be established and maintained by the owner or lessee. All spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. Backing directly onto a street shall be prohibited.
(C) In an industrially zoned area, the requirements of division (B) above may be modified with the approval of the City Engineer and the Police Department.
(D) (1) Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accord with the following minimum requirements.
Parking Pattern (degrees) | Maneuvering Lane Width | Parking Space Width | Parking Space Width |
0 (parallel parking) | 12 ft. | 8 ft. | 23 ft. |
30 to 53 | 12 ft. | 8 ft. 6 in. | 20 ft. |
54 to 74 | 15 ft. | 8 ft. 6 in. | 20 ft. |
75 to 90 | 22 ft. | 8 ft. 6 in. | 19 ft. |
Small car design (90 degrees only) | 21 ft. | 8 ft. | 15 ft. |
(2) Only parking lots with double loaded aisles may incorpor ate small car design standards into their parking layout. A maximu m of 20% of the parking spaces may utilize the small car design standard. Such spaces shall be clearly marked for small car usage.
( E) All maneuvering lane widths shall require one-way traffic moveme nt, with the exception of the 90- degree pattern where two-way movement may be permitted.
( F) Each entrance to and exit from any off-street parking lot or parking facility shall be at least 20 feet in distance from adjacent property which is zoned residential.
( G) The entire parking area, including parking spaces and maneuve rings lanes, required under this section shall be provided with asphaltic or concrete surfacing in accordance with specificat ions approved by the City Engineer .
(H) Off-street parking areas or parking facilities shall be constructed or reconstructed as specified in this section and require a permit from the Department of Engineering and Building before work begins. Two sets of plans must be submitted showing, but not limited to, the following information: Location, dimensions and elevations with respect to lot lines and existing building, location and elevations of paved streets or alleys and existing drainage structures, type of surface construction, proposed drainage pattern, proposed drainage structures and landscaping.
(I) Off-street parking areas shall be drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulated in the parking area in such a way as to prevent drainage of water onto adjacent property or toward buildings. Surface water on all paved areas shall be collected at intervals as required so that it will not obstruct the flow of vehicles or pedestrian traffic and will not create nuisance ponding in paved areas.
(1) Surface run-off is acceptable for small parking lots if the engineer determines that a nuisance to pedestrian or vehicular traffic is not created.
(2) When catch basins are utilized, plans must be submitted for the permit. Plans must include a maximum six-inch diameter storm sewer where connecting to the public sewer, details of the catch basin (must have a two-foot sump), sewer main connection, grades indicating surface flow of the parking lot, and a restrictive catch basin grate. Hydraulic information may be required by the City Engineer showing the impact on the public sewer and verifying that the proposed additional flow will not adversely affect the public sewer main capacity.
(J) In all cases where such parking facilities abut public or private sidewalks, a curb at least six inches in height or bumper guards shall be placed thereon so that a motor vehicle cannot be driven or parked extending over a public or private sidewalk or within five feet of a front of a building. A sidewalk not less than five feet in width shall be provided wherever parking abuts a wall of the main entrance to a building.
(K) A six-inch high curb or bumper guards shall be provided to prevent motor vehicles from striking any structure, wall or fence.
(L) (1) Off-street parking areas shall be provided with a continuous and completely obscuring wall or fence not less than five feet, but not more than six feet in height measured from the surface of the parking area.
(2) This wall or fence shall be provided on all sides where the abutting or adjacent property is used or designated as residential and shall be of solid type material such as brick, block or poured concrete or other approved material as determined by the Zoning Board of Appeals upon appeal and shall meet the requirements of the P-1 District, § 190.262 of this chapter, minimum distances and setbacks.
(3) The obscuring wall or fence shall be properly maintained.
(4) The side lot line required wall shall end a minimum distance of ten feet from the front line.
(M) Dumpster areas shall be screened to obscure the dumpster from any public street or residential area. Screening materials shall be masonry or other durable material. Transformers shall be screened with landscaping.
(N) (1) All lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so installed as to be confined within and directed onto the parking area only. When a parking lot abuts a major thoroughfare lighting fixtures shall be provided in the private greenbelt adjacent to the street.
(2) This lighting will be required to be the following:
Manufacture | Holophane Unique Solutions |
515 McKinley Avenue, Newark, OH 43055 | |
Post | Burlington Series, Black Cast Aluminum 11” Sq. Base 4” dia. Fluted Shaft |
Light | GranVille Series Luminaire, Leaf Style Housing |
Arm mount | Philadelphia Series, Black Cast Aluminum 36” -2 Arm 180 deg. |
Height | 12 feet except on Eureka, Biddle and Fort Streets where the height shall be 14 feet |
Spacing | Lights shall be spaced not more than 50 feet apart |
Fixture heads | 2 head fixtures are required on Eureka, Biddle and Fort Streets; all other streets require single head fixtures; 2 headed fixtures shall be located perpendicular to the street |
OR
Manufacture | Cooper Lighting |
1121 Highway 74, South Peach Tree City, GA 30269 | |
Post | Grand, Black Cast Aluminum, 11.5”, 1 Piece Structural |
Catalog #CLB050LEDU33x32 BK | |
Height | 12 feet, except on Eureka, Biddle and Fort Streets where the height shall be 14 feet |
Spacing | Lights shall be spaced not more than 50 feet apart |
Fixture heads | 2 headed fixtures are required on Eureka, Biddle and Fort Street which will require the use of Holophane Unique Solutions approved light. All other streets require single headed fixtures which allow the approved light from Cooper Lighting; 2 headed fixtures shall be located perpendicular to the street |
(O) In all cases where a wall extends to an alley which is a means of ingress and egress to a parking area, it shall be permissible to end the wall not more than ten feet from such alley line in order to permit a wider means of access to the parking area.
(P) The Planning Commissi on, where it has site plan review, upon application by the property owner of the off-street parking area, may modify the yard or wall requireme nts where no good purpose would be served by the complianc e with the requireme nts of this section.
(Q) For all new parking areas and used car lots of six or more spaces, and all existing parking areas and used car lots to be reconstruc ted consisting of 20 or more spaces, the following requireme nts shall apply. These requirements shall also apply to existing parking lots that are reconfigured or add additional parking spaces. If the existing parking lot consists of 20 or more spaces, these requirements shall apply when 50% of the parking lot area is reconstructed. The off-street parking area shall have a planting area of at least five feet in width along any abutting dedicated street right-of-way. Additional planting areas shall be required equaling at least ten square feet in area for each parking space. Parking and used car lots of 20 or more parking spaces shall provide 15 square feet of landscaping for each parking space. Planting areas shall be so located as to divide and break-up the expanse of paving. Landscape planting areas shall be subject to the requirement of § 190.328 of this chapter.
(R) All parking lot landscaped areas shall be provided with underground irrigation.
(S) Bars and restaurants shall not have parking access from an alley which abuts residential properties.
(T) A survey by a registered land surveyor may be required by the City Engineer.
(Prior Code, App. A, § 2404) (Ord. 1277, passed 4-2-2007; Ord. 1298, passed 9-15-2008; Ord. 1335, passed 10-11-2010)