§ 1103. Standards for off-street parking facilities

Off-street parking facilities shall conform to the following standards:

A.

All parking areas shall have adequate ingress and egress to and from a street or alley. Sufficient room for turning and maneuvering vehicles shall be provided on the site. Bumper rails or other barriers shall be provided where needed for safety or to protect property, as determined by the public works director.

B.

Entrances and exits to parking lots and other parking facilities shall be provided only at locations approved under site plan review procedures of this code.

C.

Each parking space shall be not less than 20 feet in length and nine feet in width, exclusive of aisles and access drives, except that up to 40 percent of all spaces may be provided for compact cars with such spaces not less than 17 feet in length and eight feet in width, and marked for compact cars. Spaces for disabled persons shall meet state standards.

D.

Parking lot lighting shall be deflected away from abutting sites so as not to cause annoying glare to such sites.

E.

No commercial repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted on a parking site.

F.

The parking area, aisles and access drives shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water, with the design and specifications of such work subject to city standards and the approval of the city engineer.

G.

The requirements of this section shall apply to all uses for which a site plan must be approved in accordance with the provisions of articles 14 and 15.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 1, 4-8-2015)