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h. The grade elevation of any parking area or driveway shall not exceed ten percent. Other <br />grade elevations shall be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer. <br />i. Adequate snow storage space shall be provided to maintain the minimum number of <br />parking spaces in the winter months. If excessive snow cannot be stored on site, while <br />maintaining the minimum number of parking spaces required, the property owner shall <br />remove the snow from the site. <br />j. Driveway turnarounds may be required by the City Engineer, where necessary, to avoid <br />interference with traffic flow on any public street. <br />k. Parking ramps and related facilities may be exempted from the strict provisions of this <br />section if approved by the City Engineer. <br />(2) Landscaping <br />a. All open, off-street parking areas of five or more spaces shall be landscaped in <br />accordance with Section 90-181. <br />(3) Lighting <br />a. Exterior lighting shall be directed down and shielded (downcast cut-off fixture) from <br />adjacent properties and roadways and shall be in accordance with Section 90-239. <br />b. The maximum height of parking lot lighting adjacent to or within residential areas shall <br />be 20 feet. <br />(e) Number of Spaces Required. <br />(1) Calculating Parking Space Requirements. In calculating parking space requirements, the <br />following rules shall apply: <br />a. When determining the number of off-street parking spaces results in a fraction, each <br />fraction shall constitute another space. <br />b. In facilities where patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews, or similar seating <br />facilities, each 22 inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat for the <br />purposes of determining parking requirements. <br />c. For structures containing two or more types of uses, the parking requirements shall be <br />determined independently, and combined to determine the total off-street parking <br />spaces required. <br />d. On -street parking shall not be used when calculating the number of parking spaces <br />require for a use, unless approved by the City Council. <br />(2) The minimum number of parking spaces designated in the following table shall be provided <br />for the use specified, unless the property is part of a shared parking system approved with <br />a Planned Unit Development (PUD) or a variance is granted by the City Council. The <br />parking spaces shall be evaluated in accordance with this section in any zoning district <br />whenever a new use is established or existing use is enlarged. Fractions over one-half shall <br />be count as one additional space. <br />Page 3 <br />