a. If a parking lot or driveway to a parking lot is proposed to abut a residential use, the applicant must screen the lot or drive and provide adequate sight distance triangle.

b. Required Landscaping. The following landscaping standards apply to new development:

a. No driveway shall be less than fifty feet from intersecting rights-of-way.

b. Driveways that exceed fifteen feet in width at the lot frontage must be separated by a landscaped area of at least twelve feet in width and ten feet in depth.

c. Development Requiring Five or More Parking Spaces. The minimum two-way drive width is twenty-four feet. The maximum two-way drive width is thirty-six feet.

d. Development Requiring Four or Fewer Parking Spaces. The minimum two-way drive width is twenty feet. The maximum two-way drive width is thirty feet.

a. A minimum of seventy-five feet spacing between major driveways is recommended. Shared use of drives is strongly recommended.

b. Centerline. The centerline of intersections of the driveways of major traffic generators entering from opposite sides of roadway must be either perfectly aligned or offset by a minimum of one hundred fifty feet.

c. Deviations. The city engineer may approve minor spacing deviations (equal to or less than ten percent).

a. Parking spaces must be nine feet wide by eighteen feet long;

b. ADA parking space width requirements vary and shall be consistent with current building code standards; and

c. Compact spaces with dimensions of nine feet wide by sixteen feet long may be provided. These spaces are not code spaces for the purpose of satisfying parking requirements.

a. Parking areas must be graded for proper drainage with surface water diverted to keep the parking area free of accumulated water and ice;

b. Adequate control curbs must be installed to control drainage and direct vehicle movement;

c. Parking area drainage must be detained on site, treated (if required by NPDES), and channeled to a storm drain or gutter as approved by the city engineer;

d. Driveways may not exceed a ten percent slope.

a. Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking areas must have unobstructed access to a street or alley. The parking area design for five or more vehicles must not encourage cars to back onto adjoining public sidewalks, parking strips, or roadways. With the exception of permitted tandem parking, parking spaces shall be independently accessible and unobstructed.

b. Corner Lots. No landscape obstruction is allowed in excess of two feet in height above street grade within the sight distance triangle. A reasonable number of trees with lower branches pruned to six feet to permit automobile drivers and pedestrians an unobstructed view of the intersection may be allowed by administrative permit.

c. Driveway Access. For corner lots, the triangular area is defined by the intersection of the road right-of-way, the line extending from the point-of-curve at the top-back-of-curb, and a line connecting them at points twenty-five feet from their intersection.

d. Drive-Through Developments. Applicants for all drive-up or drive-through service windows or facilities must provide sufficient stacking space for vehicles waiting for service, to prevent vehicles from waiting in the right-of-way.

e. Common Driveways. To encourage the location of parking in the rear yard and/or below grade, the city allows common driveways along shared side yards to provide access to parking if the owner restricts the deeds to both properties to preserve the shared drive in perpetuity.

f. Off-Street Loading Spaces. Every structure that is to be used for any purpose which involves the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by vehicle must provide and maintain adequate space for standing, loading, or unloading services off street.

a. Parking structures shall contain ground level retail, office or display windows along all street-fronting facades of the parking structure. Parking structures with street frontage in primarily residential areas may utilize residential units or residential architecture that reflects surrounding residential units to mask the visual impact of the parking structure.

b. Parking structures that are not located adjacent to or within clear sight of a public street or other major transportation thoroughfare shall utilize plant material as screening to minimize the visual impact of the parking structure.

c. Parking structures shall be designed with an architectural theme similar to the adjoining structures. Openings that face and can be seen from major vehicular and pedestrian thoroughfares shall be of similar size and, whenever possible, shape to those found on adjacent buildings.

d. Walls, materials, patterns, colors, roof forms, and front entryways shall conform to the standards for all buildings in the applicable project area and shall reflect those used for adjacent buildings.

e. Parking stalls shall be a minimum of nine feet by eighteen feet.

f. The minimum aisle width is twenty-four feet.

g. The parking structure must be designed to ensure that each required parking space is readily accessible, usable and safe for automobiles and pedestrians.

h. Parking stalls located adjacent to walls or columns shall be one foot wider than the minimum required width to accommodate door opening clearance and vehicle maneuverability.