17.58.060 Parking lots.
A. All parking lots shall be paved, including driveways, drive aisles and loading areas, with concrete, asphaltic concrete, or any other paved street surfacing material approved by the city engineer. Unless otherwise approved by the city engineer, if asphaltic concrete is used, it shall be a minimum thickness of two inches over three inches of approved base material with adequate drainage provided; if concrete is used, it shall be a minimum thickness of four inches.
B. Lighting shall be installed in all parking lots and parking garages which accommodate passenger vehicles, with the exception of parking areas for residential projects with four units or less, in compliance with the following provisions:
1. Illumination shall be generally distributed across the parking area and operational during business hours. Lighting shall be designed and arranged in such a manner so that light is directed downward and is reflected away from adjacent properties and streets. The building official may at any time require use of glare shields or baffles for glare reduction or control of backlight.
2. Light poles, standards and fixtures, including bases or pedestals, shall not exceed a height of forty feet. Light sources less than fifty feet from the property line of any residentially zoned or designated lot or existing residential development shall not exceed a height of fifteen feet.
3. Lighting sources, fixtures and related structures shall be maintained in sound operating condition at all times. Maintenance shall include but is not limited to replacement of broken lenses, burned out light sources, adjustments to fixture tilt, cleaning of fixtures and lenses, painting of standards and replacement of shields or baffles.
4. All parking lots established prior to the effective date of this subsection shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection; however, at such time changes or modifications occur on the site that necessitate a site plan review pursuant to Chapter 17.08 of this code, the planning director or designee shall determine whether some or all said provisions will be implemented under the approved site plan.
C. No parking lot for any number of automobiles shall have conducted upon it any dead storage, dismantling, or sale of vehicles, or any repair or servicing of vehicles other than that of an emergency nature.
D. Sales or storage of materials and merchandise, including seasonal merchandise, shall not be permitted in any required parking or loading area but shall be within a screened area dedicated for such use.
E. Any parking lot with more than ten spaces adjacent to a public street shall be screened via one of the following options: (1) landscaped berms, (2) retaining walls, (3) evergreen hedges or (4) a combination thereof, a minimum height of forty-eight inches at the time of installation, as measured from the adjacent parking lot top of pavement. Option 2 shall include the planting of shrubs between the wall and the sidewalk.
F. Shopping cart corrals, if provided, shall not be located within required parking stalls, drive aisles or loading areas. (Ord. 4943 § 1, 2018; Ord. 4521 § 10, 2008)