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ARTICLE XV. OFF-STREET PARKING Page 2 of 19 (a) No person shall use or allow the use of any parking space or area designed for the parking of vehicles, and necessary to provide parking spaces in full or partial satisfaction of the off-street parking requirements of this chapter, for any purpose which obstructs or prevents the use of such parking space or area for the parking of vehicles on a regular basis. (b) The use of a required parking space for the storage of any automobile for more than seventy-two (72) hours, or for the storage of equipment, shall be deemed to be an obstruction or activity which prevents the use of such parking space for the parking of vehicles on a regular basis within the meaning of subsection (a} of this section. (c) Subsection (b) does. not apply to the parking of a vehicle at a residence provided the vehicle is operational and the parking of the vehicle does not conflict with access and parking of other vehicles. (Ord. No. NS-2091, § 1, 11-19-90; Ord. No. NS-2340, § 2, 12-15-97) parking Sec. 41-1303. Dimension of parking area and access. (a) Open and garage parking stalls shall not be less than eight (8) feet six (6) inches wide and eighteen (18) .feet long. Where double-striping is required and the width of stalls shall be measured from lines midway between each pair of stripes. Structural, mechanical, utility or similar appurtenances are only permitted adjacent to required stall areas if the required width of the stall is increased at least six (6) inches and' if ~ the appurtenance is not located so as to interfere with safe and free parking movement or car door opening or of visibility. No appurtenance shall be permitted in the area in front of a parked car unless located in its entirety at least four (4) feet above surface level. Parking lot lights and tree wells, however, may encroach no greater than eighteen (18) inches into a front corner of a parking stall. (b) Aisles to and from parking stalls shall not be less than: (1) Thirteen (13) feet wide for one-way aisles with thirty-degree parking. (2) Fifteen (15) feet wide for one-way aisles with forty-five-degree parking. (3) Eighteen (18) feet wide for one-way aisles with sixty-degree parking. (4) Twenty-three (23) feet wide for ninety-degree parking. (c) Circulation within a parking area must be such that: (1) A car entering the parking area need not enter a street to reach another aisle except on a street with a standard industrial street cross section. (2) A car need not enter a street backwards. This provision shall not apply to off-street parking required in sections 41-1320 and 41-1321, or prohibit the backing of motor vehicles into a street which has a standard industrial street cross-section regardless of the use on the lot abutting said industrial street. (3) All parking stalls and garages shall be accessible and usable. (Ord. No. NS-2091, § 1, 11-19-90; Ord. No. NS-2340, § 3, 12-15-97) Sec. 41-1304. Maintenance and operation. (a) Bumper guards, curbs or other suitable barriers shall be provided to protect public streets and sidewalks, to prevent parking in areas where no parking is permitted, to 31~1~5 ~ ~-- --- ,,, ~__ ~..,.vr_~_.. innti cis y c.f i~ ~ ~n~-r F~,.~,.1.,+a~4'r;-_,a., ~ici~nnc