Sec. 4C.6.4.C.2. | Los Angeles City Law Search

e areas shall include a containment perimeter that obstructs motor vehicles from leaving the designated motor vehicle use area. the containment perimeter shall be provided using one or more of the following containment methods around the entire perimeter except for crossings and access points required for driveways, drive aisles, pedestrian accessways, pedestrian passageways: i. continuous curbs of no less than four inches in height. ii. Permanent bollards, walls, raised planters, or a similar containment method having a height no less than 30 inches and having a clear width of no more than 66 inches. iii. A planting area meeting Sec. 4C.6.4.C.2. (Planting Areas) with no horizontal dimension less than five feet. d. Surfacing i. All automobile parking areas shall be graded and drained to collect, retain and infiltrate surface water on-site by applying low impact Development practices and standards in accordance with Chapter VI. (Public Works and Property), Sec. 64.72. (Stormwater Pollution Control Measures for Development Planning and Construction Activities) of this code. ii. Motor vehicle use areas shall be surfaced with hard, durable asphaltic paving which has been mixed at a plant and is at least two inches thick after compaction, with portland cement paving at least three inches thick or with an alternative paving material described in sub-subparagraph iii. below. iii. Alternative paving materials include the following: porous asphalt, porous concrete, permeable interlocking concrete pavers, permeable pavers, decomposed granite, crushed rock, gravel, and restrained systems (a plastic or concrete grid system confined on all sides to restrict lateral movement, and filled with gravel or grass in the voids). iv. Alternative paving materials are permitted for use in every motor vehicle use area, subject to the following standards: a) Any product installed within areas designated by the Fire Department as a fire lane must be approved by the Fire Department. b) Permeab