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Stacking Spaces

4.9.8 cUrBS AND BArrierS TAble 4.10-1. STACKING SPACe ReQUIReMeNTS
Curbs or similar barriers approved by the community
development director must be provided to prevent Use Minimum Spaces (per lane)
motor vehicles from encroaching into required setbacks Car wash, attendant hand 3 (measured from vehicle en-
and landscape areas, as follows: wash trance)
A. All open off-street parking areas must provide Drug store 2 (measured from pick-up win-
dow)
a 6-inch curb or approved wheel barrier when
abutting required setbacks, landscape areas and Restaurant drive-through 3 (measured from order board)
adjoining property lines. Kiosks 2 (measured from service win-
dow)
B. Wheel barriers must be located at least 2 feet from
the edge of pavement or the area to be protected Other As approved by community devel-
from encroachment. opment director
4.9.9 VerticAl cleArANce 4.10.2 DiMeNSiONS
All required parking spaces must have overhead vertical Each lane of stacking spaces must be at least 8 feet in
clearance of at least 7 feet. width and at least 17 feet in length. Stacking lanes must
be delineated with pavement markings.
4.9.10 liGHtiNG 4.10.3 lOcAtiON AND DeSiGN
A. All lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas
must use full-cutoff directional lighting to prevent A. Stacking lanes must be located on the subject
glare and light spillover onto streets and abutting property. They may not be located within required
N-zoned lots. driveways or drive aisles, parking spaces or loading
B. The maximum horizontal illuminance at grade and areas and may not interfere with access to parking
and ingress and egress from the street.
the maximum vertical illuminance at 5 feet above
grade measured at the property line may not exceed B. See also 135-1.19.3 for additional regulations
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America associated with the accessory structure.
(IESNA) recommended practices for light trespass 4.10.4 PeDeStriAN AcceSS
(0.5 footcandles for residential, 2.0 footcandles for The principal pedestrian access to the entrance of the
commercial). use from a public sidewalk may not cross the drive-
c. Light standards within parking lots may not exceed through facility stacking lane.
20 feet in height.
135-4.11 temporary Parking
4.9.11 lANDScAPiNG
See Chapter 135, Article 5 for landscape and screening 4.11.1 Temporary parking for the state fair, Drake
regulations. Relays, and other events officially designated by the city
council are exempt from the parking location, layout
135-4.10 Stacking Spaces and design regulations of this article.

4.10.1 SPAceS reQUireD 4.11.2 Overflow temporary parking for school athletic
In addition to the parking required for each use, events is exempt from the parking location, layout and
establishments with drive-through facilities must design regulations of this article provided such parking
provide stacking spaces for each drive-through station is restricted to the school grounds.
as indicated in Table 4.10-1.

TAble 4.10-1. STACKING SPACe ReQUIReMeNTS 135-4.12 loading 6
Use Minimum Spaces (per lane) 4.12.1 APPlicABilitY
Automated teller machine 2 (measured from ATM) Any new construction of a principal building with a
Bank 3 (measured from service area) gross floor area of 25,000 square feet or more and
Car wash, automated or 2 (measured from vehicle en- that is expected to regularly handle materials or
customer-operated trance)
6 Current loading regulations require one loading space for
first 10,000 sq. ft. of floor area, the one add’l space per

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