37-35 - Parking Wrap and Screening Requirements

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024


All #accessory# off-street parking spaces on the #ground floor level# of a #building# shall be wrapped by #floor area# in
accordance with paragraph (a) or, where applicable, screened in accordance with applicable provisions of paragraph (b) of this
Section.

(a)    Along #primary frontages#

       For #ground floor levels#, or portions thereof, fronting along a #primary frontage#, any portion of an #accessory# off-
       street parking facility that is located above #curb level#, except for permitted entrances and exits, shall be located behind
       permitted #commercial#, #community facility# or #residential# #floor area# so that no portion of such facility is visible
       from adjacent public sidewalks or publicly accessible areas. Such #floor area# shall extend to the #minimum qualifying
       depth#.

(b)    Along #secondary frontages#

       For #ground floor levels#, or portions thereof, fronting along a #secondary frontage#, off-street parking facilities, or
       portions thereof, may either be wrapped by #floor area# in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section, or shall be
       subject to the following design requirements:

       (1)      any non-horizontal parking deck structures shall not be visible from the exterior of the #building# in elevation
                view;

       (2)      opaque materials shall be located on the exterior #building# wall between the bottom of the floor of each parking
                deck and no less than three feet above such deck; and

       (3)      a total of at least 50 percent of such exterior #building# wall, or portion thereof, with adjacent parking spaces shall
                consist of opaque materials which may include permitted #signs#, subject to the provisions of Section 32-60
                (SIGN REGULATIONS), murals or other visual artwork, decorative screening or latticework, or living plant
                material.