Chapter 1A Article 4 | Los Angeles City Law Search

ers and pedestrians along the adjacent public right-of-way, while also mitigating heat island effects, absorbing noise pollution, managing stormwater runoff, sequestering carbon emissions and supporting urban biodiversity through landscaping and surface design. B. Applicability 1. Parking lot design standards apply to new construction, a major remodel, a site modification, or a use modification, subject to the following: a. Parking lot design standards apply to all parking areas not contained within a parking structure. b. Parking lot landscaping standards apply to all parking areas containing five or more automobile parking stalls. c. Standards 1. Surfacing a. 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. b. Parking lots 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 below. i. 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 plants in the voids.) ii. Alternative paving materials are permitted for use in every parking lot, 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) Permeable interlocking concrete pavers and permeable pavers shall have a minimum thickness of 80 millimeters (3.14 inches). c) if plants are an element of the alternative paving material, the irrigation system shall not utilize potable water except for plant establishment. | 4-79 [ FOrM - FrONt AGe -