15.04.280 Design requirements.
Parking and loading areas shall be designed in accordance with the following requirements and the requirements of the Town of Parachute Manual of Public Works Improvements:
A. Surfaces. All off-street parking spaces and maneuvering areas shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete material.
B. Maneuvering Space. All parking areas servicing a use requiring three (3) or more parking spaces shall be designed and traffic controlled so that access to and from a public street shall require vehicular traffic to be traveling in a forward direction when entering or exiting from the parking area. The off-street parking shall be designed so that the parking lot is separated from the street by a physical barrier which will be adequate to prevent a driver from backing from the off-street parking space directly into the street or across a sidewalk.
C. Access Requirements and Service Drives.
1. Service drives to off-street parking shall be designed and constructed to facilitate the flow of traffic, and to provide maximum safety of traffic access and egress and maximum safety for pedestrians and vehicular traffic on the site. The number of service drives shall be limited to the minimum that will allow the property to accommodate the traffic to be anticipated.
2. Service drives shall not be more than twenty-four feet (24') in width and shall be clearly and permanently marked and defined through the use of rails, fences, walls or other barriers or markers on frontage not occupied by service drives.
3. Service drives on the same lot frontage shall be separated by a minimum length of curb of thirty feet (30'). For every foot by which the lot frontage exceeds one hundred feet (100'), the minimum required length of curb separation shall be increased by one foot (1') for every five feet (5') of property length beyond one hundred feet (100'), up to a maximum requirement of two hundred feet (200'). In the case of a corner lot, service drives shall not be located closer than fifty feet (50') to the intersecting curb and gutter flow lines.
4. The access to a service drive from a street shall be located not closer than fifteen feet (15') to a side lot line, except that a common service drive to two (2) adjacent properties with width not exceeding twenty-four feet (24') may be provided at the common lot line.
5. Access onto any state highway will require an access permit from the Colorado Department of Transportation.
D. Parking Space Minimum Dimensions. The minimum parking lot spacing requirements are listed in Table 4.2.
|
Parking Angle |
A |
B |
C |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stall Width (Feet) |
Stall Length (Feet) |
Aisle Width (Feet) |
|
|
0° |
22.0 |
9.0 |
12.0 |
|
22.0 |
9.5 |
12.0 |
|
|
22.0 |
10.0 |
12.0 |
|
|
30° |
9.0 |
18.0 |
11.0 |
|
9.5 |
18.0 |
11.0 |
|
|
10.0 |
20.0 |
11.0 |
|
|
45° |
8.5 |
21.0 |
13.0 |
|
9.0 |
21.0 |
12.0 |
|
|
9.5 |
21.0 |
11.0 |
|
|
60° |
8.5 |
21.1 |
18.0 |
|
9.0 |
21.0 |
16.0 |
|
|
9.5 |
21.0 |
15.0 |
|
|
75° |
8.5 |
19.5 |
25.0 |
|
9.0 |
19.5 |
23.0 |
|
|
9.5 |
19.5 |
22.0 |
|
|
90° |
8.5 |
18.5 |
28.0 |
|
9.0 |
18.5 |
25.0 |
|
|
9.5 |
18.5 |
24.0 |
1. Where larger vehicles may be frequent users of the parking facilities, it is appropriate to increase the parking stall dimensions according to the dimensions and turning characteristics of the vehicle.
2. Parking aisles shall be designed to accommodate the turning characteristics of the vehicles that will most commonly use the parking facilities. Dead-end parking aisles are prohibited without provision of an adequate turnaround. Aisles should not exceed three hundred feet (300') to three hundred fifty feet (350') in length without a break in circulation.
E. A maximum of twenty percent (20%) of a parking lot containing five (5) or more spaces may be used for compact cars.
F. All area to be considered as off-street parking shall be unobstructed and free of other uses.
G. Unobstructed access to and from a street shall be provided for all off-street parking spaces.
H. Handicap Parking Requirements. A portion of the required off-street parking spaces shall be specifically designated, located and reserved for use by persons with physical disabilities in accordance with the requirements specified in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Information on these requirements can be obtained at 1-800-514-0301 or at www.accessboard.gov.
1. The required handicap spacing requirements are listed in Table 4.3.
|
Total Spaces In Parking Lot |
Required Handicap Accessible Spaces |
|---|---|
|
1 – 25 |
1 |
|
26 – 50 |
2 |
|
51 – 75 |
3 |
|
76 – 100 |
4 |
|
101 – 150 |
5 |
2. The maximum grades in the areas designated for handicap parking shall be two percent (2%) or less.
3. One (1) in every eight (8) handicapped accessible spaces, but not less than one (1), shall be served by an access aisle ninety-six inches (96") in width. The minimum aisle width on all other handicapped parking spaces shall be sixty inches (60").
4. If a curb ramp is located where pedestrians must walk across the ramp, or where it is not protected by handrails or guardrails, it shall have flared sides: the maximum slope of the flare shall be one to ten (1:10). Curb ramps with returned curbs may be used where pedestrians would not normally walk across the ramp.
I. Construction Standards. All construction shall be required to meet the standards specified in the Town of Parachute Manual of Public Works Improvements. (Ord. 711 §1 (Exh. A), 2017)