20C.40.85 Residential Parking and Access.

20C.40.85-010 Parking Quantity.

Parking shall be required per Chapter 20D.130 RCDG. (Ord. 1901)

20C.40.85-020 Access to Parking.

Access to parking shall be provided via alley, where one exists or is determined to be feasible and desirable to mitigate parking access impacts by the Technical Committee through site plan review.

Driveways and drive aisles should not run along interior property lines if possible. (Ord. 1901)

20C.40.85-030 Location of Parking.

(1) Required parking shall be on-site.

(2) At grade parking is prohibited within required yard areas. Except developments with ground floor commercial uses and enclosed parking garages in and adjoining non-residential design areas shall be required to maintain a zero foot setback in the front one-half of the lot. Open parking shall provide the minimum perimeter planting required in RCDG 20D.80.10, Landscaping and Natural Screening. (See figure below.)

(3) Semi-subterranean parking may be located within five feet of interior property lines when screened with Type II landscape buffers at the perimeter.

(4) Subterranean parking (below natural grade) may be located up to interior property lines when sufficient soil depth (three feet) is provided atop the garage for landscaping in required yard areas. (Ord. 1901)