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k. Surfacing. i. All parking area plans shall be submitted to the city and are subject to the review and approval of the Building Official. The Building Official may refer the plans to other city staff for review. ii. Driveway construction requires a permit, as established by Chapter 821 of the Little Canada City Code. iii. All areas intended to be utilized for parking space accessory to commercial, industrial, and attached housing, including associated driveways, shall be paved with asphalt, bituminous, modular pavers, or concrete to control dust and drainage. Other paving materials may be approved by the City Council. iv. For construction of new single family homes (including reconstruction of any home in which estimated construction cost is equal to, or greater than, the assessed valuation of the existing building) in all R -1 and R -2 districts, areas intended to be used for vehicle parking spaces and driveways shall comply with the paving requirement in paragraph k.iii. of this section. v. Paving of any existing unpaved driveway shall be required at the time of construction of a new garage with access to the public street. vi. Paving of any existing unpaved driveway shall be required at the time of any driveway construction or reconstruction subject to the permitting regulations of this section. vii. Parking areas and driveways for existing garages and /or homes shall in all cases be surfaced with a material suitable to control dust and drainage, minimizing erosion or siltation in the public street and /or stormwater system. A covering permitting growth of grass or weeds in the R -1 or R -2 districts does not constitute an acceptable surfacing material. 1. Striping. Except for single family and two - family dwellings, all parking stalls shall be marked with white or yellow paint lines not less than four (4) inches wide. m. Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off - street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining property, abutting residential uses and public rights -of -way and be in compliance with Section 903.020.I of this Ordinance. n. Signs. No sign shall be so located as to restrict the sight lines and orderly operation and traffic movement within any parking lot. o. Curbing and Landscaping. Except for single family and two - family dwellings, all open off - street parking areas shall have a perimeter continuous curb barrier around the entire parking lot. Said barrier shall not be closer than five (5) feet to any lot line. In the case of commercial, industrial, or multiple family property which abuts R -lor R -2 Zoning Districts, said barrier shall be no closer than twenty (20) feet from the shared property line. Landscaping in accordance with Section 903.020.G. shall be provided in all areas bordering the parking area. In addition, within off - street parking areas of fifty (50) or more stalls, irrigated, landscaped islands shall be provided at a rate of one island per fifteen (15) surface spaces or fraction thereof. For the purposes of this ordinance, an island shall be required to consist of one hundred (100)sgy'nre feet of landscaped surface. Such islands shall be contained in raised, curbed beds.consistent with parking lot construction requirements of this ordinance, except that infiltration basins. and rain- gardens may be allowed in appropriate locations. It is not the intent of this paragraph to a project of the installation of islands which are necessary to promote the safe and efficient fiowof traffic, regardless of parking lot size. p. Curbing Around Metal Buildings. In districts in which metal buildings are permitted, a perimeter curb barrier shall be provided around metal buildings, said barrier shall not be closer than five (5) feet to the building wall. - 7 7 -