Any pervious or impervious driveway shall first require a permit from the building inspections department, and shall comply with section 7.9 of the zoning ordinance. Plans and specifications for the required off-street parking facility and its access drives shall be submitted with the application for site plan review, pursuant to section 18 of this ordinance, or, if site plan review is not required, with the application for a building permit for the main use. In all residential developments exceeding four bedrooms and all non-residential developments, each car space shall be at least 8½ feet wide and 18 feet long and shall be served by suitable aisles (each lane being a minimum ten foot width or greater if required by the building official based on site conditions) to permit access to all car spaces and egress from the site in a forward manner. In no case shall the gross area of the facility be less than 300 square feet per car space, except for single family dwellings of four bedrooms or less, where there shall be no less than 200 square feet of gross area per car space.

The facility shall have a dust-free, hard surface, either pervious or impervious, and shall be provided with bumper guards where needed.

(Ch. 1087, § 5, 6-21-2021)

Cross reference— Traffic and vehicles, ch. 74.

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