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area, all off - street parking and loading areas shall comply with the standards of Section 40.1- 52(D), Vehicular Use Area Landscaping. (8) Maintained in Good Repair (a) Maintained at All Times All off - street parking, loading, and circulation areas shall be maintained in a safe condition and good repair at all times so as not to constitute a hazard to public safety or a visual or aesthetic nuisance to surrounding land. Poorly maintained parking shall not count toward required parking minimum. (b) Periodically Restored All off- street parking, loading, and circulation areas shall be periodically painted or otherwise restored to maintain a clear identification of separate parking stalls or loading areas. (9) Markings (a) General Each required off- street parking space and off - street parking facility must be identified by surface markings and must be maintained in a manner so as to be readily visible and accessible at all times. Such markings must be arranged to provide for orderly and safe loading, unloading, parking, and storage of vehicles. Markings required to be maintained in a highly visible condition includes striping, directional arrows, lettering on signs and in handicapped - designated areas. (b) Car Accessible One -way accesses into required parking facilities must be identified by directional arrows. Any two -way access located at any angle other than 90 degrees to a street must be marked with a traffic separation stripe the length of the access. This requirement does not apply to aisles. (10) Placement The location or placement of off - street parking areas on a development site shall be limited in accordance with the standards of this section, Section 40.1 -5.5, Multi - Family Development Standards, Section 40.1 -5.6, Commercial Development Standards, and Section 40.1 -5.7, Transitional Standards, as appropriate. (11) Minimum Separation (a) All off - street parking areas shall be separated at least seven feet from buildings in order to allow room for sidewalks, landscaping, and other plantings between the building and the parking area. (b) In the event foundation plantings are required in accordance with Section 40.1- 5.2(G), Site Landscaping and Building Foundation Priming, additional minimum separation may be needed to maintain a minimum five - foot -wide pedestrian clear zone along with the minimum area needed for landscaping. (c) This separation may be eliminated to the rear of buildings in areas designed for unloading and loading of materials. (12) Completion A -14