§ 46-555. Off-street driveways, parking and loading.

In addition to the provisions set forth in article V of this chapter, the following regulations shall apply in the B-5 district:

(1)

Off-street parking and loading space shall be provided on each building site in such size and/or quantity so as to accommodate all planned or anticipated parking and loading on the site. No parking of motor vehicles or trailers will be allowed on streets, driveways or access easements that are common to other building sites.

(2)

Loading space shall be separate from parking spaces on any site where possible.

(3)

All parking, loading and driveway areas shall be hard-surfaced with appropriate materials within 90 days from the date of building occupancy, or as soon thereafter as weather will permit if such period occurs during winter months, but in no event later than nine months from the date of building occupancy.

(4)

All parking, loading and driveway areas shall be properly sloped and graded to ensure positive drainage to public utilities, or drainage or detention facilities, if any, within or beyond the premises or on/off-site impoundments, if any. In this regard, where necessary, the perimeter of all hard-surfaced areas on the site shall be edged with a permanent vertical-face concrete curbing. Such curbing shall be constructed to transition with curbs within the public or private right-of-way.

(5)

No perimeter curbing or hard-surfaced parking areas shall be constructed closer than 30 feet back from any front yard property lines. Front yard property lines shall be considered to be any side of the property that fronts on a public roadway. Side yard and rear yard curbing or hard-surfaced parking areas shall be 15 feet back from the side and rear yard property lines. Permanent ingress and egress to the building or shared parking facilities that have been approved, shall be excepted from this requirement.

(6)

The visual effect of all parking, loading and driveway areas shall be softened by the use of landscape materials and structures in accordance with section 46-553, landscaping, so as to minimize the visual impact of hard-surfaced areas, automobiles and trucks from view of the motoring public and people working on the premises.

(7)

Truck and truck-trailer loading, receiving and parking areas shall not be located on the street sides of any building, where possible, and shall be designed and located to accommodate all truck maneuvering on the building site. In addition, all such loading areas shall be given special attention in terms of landscape screening.

(8)

There shall be no long-term storage of trailers or vehicles on any building site; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit the uses expressly set forth in subsections (1)—(7) of this section.