§ 16-32.021. Lighting, security and maintenance requirements for parking structures and surface parking lots.

All surface parking lots and structures, whether primary or accessory in use and whether commercial or noncommercial, shall have the following minimum requirements:

1.

Lighting shall be provided throughout all parking facilities to equal a minimum of one-fifth footcandle of light. A footcandle of light is a uniformly distributed flux of one lumen on a surface of one square foot in area. Where applicable, public street lighting may be utilized to either partially or totally fulfill the lighting requirements; however, where such street lighting is removed, it shall be the responsibility of the parking facility to independently provide these required levels of illumination.

2.

Parking lots adjacent to residential buffer areas shall reduce light spillage onto residential properties by providing cutoff luminaries which have a maximum 90 degree illumination.

3.

[ Reserved. ]

4.

Parking facilities shall be maintained in a clean, safe, sanitary and attractive condition. Parking spaces and driving lanes shall be clearly defined and maintained as such. Parking lots shall not be operated when any damage impairs the derivability of the parking lot. See section 16-28.014 for additional requirements.

(Ord. No. 2000-52, § 1, 9-26-00; Ord. No. 2008-67(08-O-0196), § 19, 7-21-08)