Section 27-479
§ 27-479 Application. This section shall apply to the construction,
alteration, and use of open parking lots. Open parking lots shall be
unobstructed and free of other uses. All driveways and open spaces used
for the parking or storage of motor vehicles shall be surfaced with
concrete asphalt, or equivalent durable, dustless material.
Section 27-480
§ 27-480 Curb cuts. For the purpose of this section, a curb cut shall
be defined as the total length of cut curb, including splays.
(a) For street frontages of one hundred feet or less, the amount of
cut curb shall not exceed sixty per cent of the frontage of the lot. No
single curb cut shall exceed thirty feet in length, and there shall not
be more than two curb cuts on any street frontage of one hundred feet or
less. The minimum distance between two curb cuts shall be five feet.
(b) For additional street frontage over one hundred feet there may be
an additional curb cut for each fifty feet of frontage.
(c) No curb cut shall commence within eight feet of a side lot line,
except that on lots with street frontages of fifty feet or less, or on
corner lots, the curb cut may commence two feet six inches from the side
lot line.
(d) The distance of curb cuts from the intersection of street lines
shall comply with the zoning resolution.
(e) Notwithstanding any of the above computations, no curb cut shall
be less than ten feet.
Section 27-481
§ 27-481 Protection of adjoining property. (a) Curbs and bumpers. Open
parking lots shall be completely separated from adjoining land by curbs
or bumpers of concrete, masonry, steel, heavy timber, or other similar
and equally substantial materials, securely anchored so as to stop motor
vehicles. Curbs and bumpers shall be at least eight inches high and
eight inches wide. The only openings permitted in required curbs and
bumpers shall be for drainage and for motor vehicle entrances and exits,
and at pedestrian entrances.
(b) Drainage.--Where the surface paving of an open parking lot is
non-porous, such lot shall be drained as required by subdivisions (b),
(c) or (d) of section P110.2 of reference standard RS-16, as applicable.
An asphaltic concrete surface, not to exceed one and one-half inches in
thickness after compaction, shall be considered a porous surface
provided such surface will pass an amount of water equivalent to
one-half inch of rainfall per hour and provided such surface is
underlaid by permeable soil, except that whenever an off-street parking
facility is constructed in connection with the construction of a new
building, or whenever such parking facility falls within the definition
of a substantial horizontal enlargement as set forth in subdivision (a)
of section P110.2 of reference standard RS-16, all storm water falling
or coming to rest on such parking facility shall be disposed of as
provided in section P110.2 of reference standard RS-16.
Section 27-482
§ 27-482 Accessory uses and occupancies. Parking lot offices,
attendant shelters, storage facilities, and similar structures used in
conjunction with open parking lots may be provided for accessory use,
but shall comply with all of the provisions of this code applicable to
the specific use or occupancy.
Motor vehicle fuel pumps. Fuel pumps for the servicing of motor
vehicles may be provided for accessory use in conjunction with open
parking lots when complying with the requirements for the storage and
handling of volatile flammables as provided in chapter four of this
title. Fuel pumps shall be at least thirty feet from any parking space
or interior lot line.
Section 27-483
§ 27-483 Parking spaces for people having physical
disabilities.--Parking spaces for people having physical disabilities
shall comply with the requirements of section 27-292.19 and reference
standard RS 4-6.
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