Inglewood Municipal Code § 12-55 Parking Lot Circulation

Traffic circulation within any parking facility shall be designed to insure that no automobiles need enter a public street in order to progress from one aisle to any other aisle within the same lot, nor drive backwards onto a public street or sidewalk in order to leave such lot. If such circulation is not otherwise possible, a turnaround area within the lot. not less than thirty-five feet in diameter, shall be provided. Directional signs or markings shall be provided and maintained in all facilities in which one-way traffic has been established. Entrances to parking lots having more than two hundred parking spaces shall be so designed that vehicles can enter into the lot along a drive aisle not less than forty feet in length and protected along both sides by raised concrete curbing. Such drive aisles shall intrude into the parking lot so as to provide queuing space for cars entering and exiting said lot.

(Ord. 87-3 3-17-87)

Every parking space shall be clearly marked to define the most central seven feet of width for each space, except that spaces which are parallel to the aisleway shall be marked to indicate the ends and the width of each space and the location of the required four feet maneuver area. All markings shall be maintained so that they are always visible and/or legible.

(Ord. 87-3 3-17-87)

(A) The entire surface devoted to vehicular traffic shall be paved with not less than two inches of asphaltic concrete upon four inches of crushed rock base or with three and one-half inches of Portland cement concrete, unless soil conditions necessitate greater requirements as determined by the City Division of Building and Safety.

(B) All lots shall be graded so that surface water will drain to an alley, street or to a public storm drain. Surface water must be conducted under any intervening public sidewalk by a drain approved by the City Public Works Department.

(Ord. 87-3 3-17-87; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)

Parking lots and parking structure floors shall not exceed seven percent slope along either the length or width of a parking space. Such slope shall not exceed two percent for any handicapped parking space.

(Ord. 87-3 3-17-87)

Continuous raised concrete curbs shall be provided three feet from the end of each parking space so that any parked vehicle will not touch any wall, building, or other object and will not project across any property line. Each parking space, when located in a parking lot having three hundred or fewer parking spaces, shall have raised concrete curb wheel stops. Any planter area abutting the forward end of a parking space shall be enlarged by three feet so that the raised concrete curb along the planter edge shall be used as the wheel stop. In instances of substantial vehicular traffic, particularly due to customer patronage, continuous raised concrete curbs shall also be provided so as to prevent vehicles from touching walls or other obstructions along driveways and turning areas. Concrete curbs shall not be substituted by individual pre-made concrete wheel stops.

(Ord. 87-3 3-17-87)

(A) Perimeter Walls. Except at driveways and pedestrian walkways, all parking lots abutting a public street or sidewalk shall be bounded by a decorative masonry wall parallel to the street and set back not less than three feet from the property line. Such walls shall be not less than three feet nor more than three and one-half feet high, as measured from the parking lot side. The space between the wall and the abutting sidewalk or street shall be landscaped. Such facilities abutting any residential property shall be bounded by a continuous decorative masonry wall not less than five feet nor more than eight feet high, measured on the parking lot side; provided, however, that any portion of such wall immediately adjacent to the required front yard of abutting property shall be not less than three feet nor more than three and one-half feet high, measured from the parking lot's side.

(B) Landscaping. Parking lots and the exterior of parking structures shall be provided with landscaped and irrigated areas including, but not limited to, property edges, perimeter walls, tree wells within parking lots, driveway edges and pedestrian walkways. All such areas shall be planted pursuant to the Design and Development Standards and Guidelines per Section 12-39.53 of this Chapter. All landscaped areas shall be protected from vehicular traffic with raised concrete curbs.

(C) Lighting. Any lights provided to illuminate parking areas shall be installed, directed and shielded to confine all direct rays of artificial light within the boundaries of the subject development.

(Ord. 87-3 3-17-87)

Facilities used for the display of automobiles for sale or lease, and not requiring repair, shall conform to applicable requirements of Sections 12-55 to 12-55.5 including perimeter landscaping, except that the wall paralleling the street is not required.

(Ord. 87-3 3-17-87)