6-7 Maintenance of Parking Lots

Every parcel of land, or portion thereof, used as a public or private parking lot, accessed by customers, employees, for deliveries, and/or for other commercial or manufacturing purposes, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements: A. Parcel with a retail store front: 1. Customer Parking and Receiving areas (shared with customer parking area) - Each off-street parking lot shall be surfaced with a minimum of 2 inches of asphalt or 3½ inches of Portland cement or equivalent. The parking area shall be so graded as to dispose of all surface water. If such water is to be carried to adjacent streets, it shall be piped under sidewalks. Areas used solely for the purpose of displaying vehicles and boats for sale or rent need not be hard surfaced, however any areas designated for customer or employee parking shall be hard surfaced. 2. Employee Parking and Receiving areas (not shared nor routinely accessed by customers and not facing or adjacent to a public street) shall, at a minimum, be surfaced with certified road base with one of the following: packed gravel; asphalt; concrete; or a double chip seal. 3. All entrances and exits shall be hard surface with asphalt or concrete aprons, in accordance with Kanab City Standards, that extends a minimum of twenty (20) feet into the parking area 4. All parking areas shall be well maintained and free of standing water, potholes, washboard bumps, ruts, mud, weeds and debris. 5. Landscaping – Each parking lot accessed by customers or facing or adjacent to a public street shall be landscaped, including a tree diamond installed every twelve (12) parking spaces, or with a 6-foot-wide island with a tree at the end of all parking rows, and shall be permanently maintained. B. Parcel without a retail store front: 1. Surfacing for roadways and/or employee parking shall be certified road base with one of the following: packed gravel; asphalt; concrete; or a double chip seal. 2. All roadways and spaces shall be well maintained and free of standing water, potholes, washboard bumps, ruts, mud, weeds and debris. 3. All entrances and exits shall be hard surface with asphalt or concrete aprons, in accordance with Kanab City Standards, that extends a minimum of twenty (20) feet into the parking areas. 4. All customer parking for office areas shall be hard surface with asphalt or concrete, in accordance with Kanab City Standards. 5. Shall follow landscaping requirements as outlined in Chapter 9 of the Kanab City Land Use Ordinances Examples of Dark-Sky Sensitive Lighting