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Outdoor Parking Development Standards Ail lots shall be graded so that surface water will drain to an alley, street or public storm drain and will be conducted under any intervening public sidewalk by a drain approved by the Public Works Department. 2e The entire surface devoted to vehicular traffic shall be paved with not less than four inches of asphaltic concrete upon eight inches of crushed rock base or with three and one-half inches of Portland cement concrete, unless soil conditions necessitate greater requirements as determined by the Development Processing Division and a soils report. Parking spaces shall be double paint-striped to define the central 7 feet · of width, except that parallel spaces shall be paint-striped to define the width of each space and the maneuver area. Each parking space for the use of the handicapped shall be clearly desig- nated on the space itself and with a sign in front of the space "RESERVED FOR THE HANDICAPPED." Parking lots shall be designed to provide concrete curbs or other elements to protect structures and planter areas and to prevent parked cars from projecting beyond perimeter property lines. Poured concrete curbs shall be provided at the perimeter of planter areas that abut paved vehicle areas. Planter areas that abut the forward end of a parking space shall be enlarged by three feet and the raised curb shall be used as the wheel stop. A landscape planter strip shall be provided along all street frontages of parking lotS. The minimum depth of the planter shall determine whether or not a wall is also required. When the landscape planter is not less than 8 feet in depth, no wall is required. If the planter area abuts the forward end of a parking space, the planter shall be enlarged by 3 feet and the raised concrete curb along the planter edge shall be used as the wheel stop (see Landscaping section). A landscape planter between 3 feet and 8 feet in depth may by provided when a 3 feet to 3 feet 6 inches high masonry wall is constructed along the parking lot side of the planter (see Landscaping section). Landscape planter areas sufficient to plant trees equal in number to one for every 5 parking spaces shall be provided within all parking facilities. Tree planted areas within parking lots shall have no dimension less than 4 feet including the thickness of raised Curbing (see Landscaping section). 9. With the exception of those provided for one and two family residential properties, all parking facilities including driveways shall be separated from any abutting residential property by a masonry wall not less than 6 feet high. All portions of this required wall which are adjacent to the required front yard of the residential property shall be 4 feet high (see Walls and Fences section). 10. In developments utilizing a gated entry to pa~king areas, gates shall be set back a minimum of 25 ft. from the property in order to provide proper stacking of motor vehicles - 22 -