Lincoln Municipal Code Art. II Development and Maintenance of Parking, Loading and Similar Outdoor Areas

The purpose of this article is to provide safeguards to life, limb and property and to promote the public welfare by providing for the erection and maintenance of curbs or barriers near sidewalk areas and the surfacing and drainage of property which is utilized for:

(1) Off-street parking areas;

(2) Off-street loading and unloading areas;

(3) Off-street pickup and delivery areas;

(4) Storage, sale, rental and service areas for any type of mobile equipment, goods, materials or objects.

(Ord. 387B §1(part), 1981: Ord. 357B §4.06.210(1), 1979)

Except at approved driveways, every off-street parking area, every off-street loading or unloading area, and every storage, sale, rental or service area for any type of mobile equipment, goods, materials or objects shall have erected and maintained thereon barriers which shall be so located as to prevent any portion of a parked vehicle, equipment or object from projecting into the public right-of-way. The required barriers shall be as follows:

(1) For off-street parking areas, there shall be developed and maintained a buffer area between the parking area and the adjacent sidewalk or sidewalk area of not less than three feet in total width surrounded by a curbing not less than six inches in height and thickness.

(2) For off-street loading or unloading or storage, sale, rental or service areas for any type of mobile equipment, goods, materials or objects, there shall be erected and maintained thereon, adjacent to the sidewalk or sidewalk area, a curb or barrier, at least six inches in height or thickness, of either concrete, wood, masonry, iron, steel or other suitable material.

(Ord. 387B §1(part), 1981: Ord. 357B §4.06.210(2), 1979)

Every off-street parking area, every off-street loading or unloading area, and every storage, sale, rental or service area for any type of mobile equipment, goods, materials or objects shall be surfaced with hard, durable, plant-mix asphaltic paving at least two inches thick after compaction and four inches of aggregate base material or with Portland cement concrete paving at least three inches thick. Alternative hard surface materials, which in the opinion of the city engineer are of equal durability to asphalt/concrete may be approved by the city. All such areas shall be surfaced and graded as approved by the city engineer in such a manner as to provide the site with adequate drainage. No building permit shall be issued for any building with an accompanying parking or service area unless the surfacing and drainage plans for such areas have been approved by the city engineer.

(Ord. 629B §2, 1995: Ord. 387B §1(part), 1981: Ord. 357B §4.06.210(3), 1979)

Every person desiring to establish, change or enlarge an off-street parking area, off-street loading or unloading area, or storage, sale, rental or service area for any type of equipment, goods, materials or objects shall make an application to the city engineer for the approval of such facilities. Such application shall be accompanied by three copies of the layout, grading and paving plans.

(Ord. 387B §1(part), 1981: Ord. 357B §4.06.210(4), 1979)

Except for single-family and two-family dwellings, no parking area or facility shall be developed and maintained which requires that vehicles back out over the sidewalk or sidewalk area into the adjacent street. All parking areas and facilities, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be designed so that vehicles enter and exit the street right-of-way in a head-on manner, and that all traffic circulation occurs within the boundaries of the parking site.

(Ord. 387B §1(part), 1981: Ord. 357B §4.06.210(5), 1979)

Wherever any portion of a parking area abuts property zoned for residential use, an approved solid fence shall be erected to a height not less than six feet as prescribed by the building inspector.

(Ord. 387B §1(part), 1981: Ord. 357B §4.06.210(6), 1979)

Parking areas shall be used for automobile parking only, with no sales, dead storage, repair work, dismantling or servicing of any kind.

(Ord. 387B §1(part), 1981: Ord. 357B §4.06.210(7), 1979)

If lighting is provided, such lighting shall be arranged to reflect away from residential areas, public streets and highways.

(Ord. 387B §1(part), 1981: Ord. 357B §4.06.210(8), 1979)