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Municode <br />(h) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to <br />reflect the light away from adjoining property, abutting residential uses and public right-of- <br />way. <br />(i) Curbing. Except for single-family, two-family and townhouse dwellings, all open off-street <br />parking shall have a curb barrier not closer than two feet to all street frontage. <br />Required screening. Any screening required shall consist of the following: <br />(�} A planting strip shall consist of evergreen groundcover, and shall be of sufficient width <br />and density to provide an effective screen. The planting strip shall contain no <br />structures or other use. Such planting strip shall not be less than six feet in height. <br />Earth mounding or berms may be used, but shall not be used to achieve more than <br />two feet of the required screen. <br />(2) Standards: <br />a• Width of planting strip: Four feet. <br />b. Type of planting: Evergreen. <br />C. Size of plants: Minimal height of four feet at time of planting. Must reach a <br />height of six feet within two years. <br />d. Planting density., Such that within two years of normal growth, a solid screen <br />will be formed to a height of at least six feet above adjacent grade. <br />(3) Screening will be required in the following situations: <br />a. Parking areas for recreational buildings, community centers, religious, and <br />private and public educational institutions. <br />b• Manufactured housing parks and subdivisions screened from abutting uses. <br />(4) Required screening will count toward the required percentage of landscaping. <br />(k) Parking lot screening. A landscape buffer shall be maintained between all open, <br />nonresidential off-street parking areas of five or more spaces abutting residential districts. <br />Landscape buffers shall be a minimum of four feet in width. Plantings should consist of trees <br />and low evergreen shrubs. Planting plans shall be approved by the director. <br />(Ord. No. 1501-JJ, § 9, 10-14-02, Ord. No. 1501-N6, § 6(Exh. F), 1-12-09) <br />Sec. 106-836. - Maintenance. <br />It shall be the joint and several responsibility of the lessee and owner of the principal use, <br />uses or building to maintain, in a neat and adequate manner, the parking spaces, accessways, <br />striping, landscaping, and required fences. <br />Sec. 106-837. - Location. <br />All accessory off-street parking facilities required by this chapter shall be located and <br />restricted as follows: <br />(1) Required accessory off-street parking shall be on the same lot under the same <br />ownership as the principal use being served, except under the provisions of <br />subsections 106-444(e) and (f), off -site parking, and joint parking. <br />(2) Except for single-family, two-family and townhouse dwellings, head -in parking, directly <br />off of and adjacent to a public street, with each stall having its own direct access to <br />the public street, shall be prohibited. <br />(3) There shall be no off-street parking within 15 feet of any street surface. <br />(4) The boulevard portion of the street right-of-way shall not be used for parking. <br />8/6/2012 <br />