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Ail parking lots shall be designed and constructed in such a manner that dust, dirt, sand, gravel and similar materials will not be deposited on public streets or rights-of-way. The owner or occupant of any land within the City in which a parking lot exists shall be respcnsible for cleanup operations. The depositing and tracking of dust, dirt, sand, g~avel and similar materials from a parking lot shall be unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance. Whenever it is determined that a nuisance as defined herein exists, the owner or occupant of the site shall be given notice in writing of the existence of the nuisance, and if same is not abated within fifteen (15) days of receipt of said written notice, the City may cause the nuisance to be abated and bill the owner or occupant thereof for all costs incurred thereby. In addition, the city engineer may require that unimproved or graveled lots be promptly sealed with Bituminous concrete Portland cement concrete or Bituminous surface treatment (double prime and seal) or be modified at the owner or occupants expense as may be necessary to assure the elimination of the nuisance noted herein. The same requirement may also be imposed on parking lots with paved surfaces which have become neglected or not maintained, thus, causing the nuisance. The improvements to parking facilities required in this paragraph (b) may be phased in accordance with a schedule of improvements approved by the city engineer after considering the proposed use of the parking facility including the anticipated number of persons utilizing the area during the period of construction of the parking facility. (c) Internal drainage is required for parking lots where the city engineer considers sufficient room to exist for ten (10) or more parked cars in standard configuration and where, in the opinion of the city engineer, the combination of rooftop area and parking lot area will cause sufficient storm water runoff to warrant the requirement. Internal dra.inage is defined to cover all storm water runoff within the property to be developed. This includes rooftops and parking areas. Only the concrete apron between the property line and the curb is allowed to fall to the street. Catch basins for the internal drainage shall be provided in all parking areas outside of the street right-of-way and storm drainage pipe shall extend to the nearest drainage facility of sufficient capacity. These are mandatory ~eauirements except: (i) Where underground drainage pipe culverts are not available within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the parking lot and when the developer receives the concurrence of the city engineer with the certified statement and calculations of the developer's registered professional engineer or a licensed (3) (b) land surveyor that no hazard or danger would result