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4. Each of the parking spaces required by this section must be at least 9 feet wide and 20 feet long, exclusive of pedestrian passageways. 5. The parking spaces prescribed by this section for a business or an industrial use must be located on the premises. 6. Open parking areas for business uses must be paved with a hard or dust proof surface. 7. A group of business or industrial uses may provide a joint parking area if the number of spaces in the area at least equals the aggregate oftbe spaces required for the several uses. 8. All areas shall be surfaced, striped, and channelized as required by the Commission and shall be maintained in good condition. Parking stalls shall be marked and the access lanes shall be clearly defined, including directional arrows to guide internal movements. All parking lots and loading areas shall be suitably graded, surfaced, and drained in accordance with the standards approved by the Commission. Wheel stops, marked off spaces, and directional signs, where necessary, shall be required. Adequate fire lanes and emergency access shall be provided. 9. Where such parking area abuts another property, there shall be a concrete curb or barrier, not less than 6 inches in height, securely installed and maintained as a safeguard to abutting properties or public rights-of-ways. The barrier shall be not less than 3 feet from any property line on the subject property. 10. Where such parking area abuts a residential district, there shall be a border of Appropriate landscaping, including fencing, not less than 5 feet along the residential boundary. Such landscaping shall be maintained in good condition. Landscaping shall be designed to prevent nuisance from lights or noise to abutting properties and shall be approved by the Commission. 11. Lighting, where provided to illuminate such parking areas, shall be hooded and so arranged so as not to cause a nuisance to traffic on adjacent thoroughfares or properties. 12. In no case shall parking spaces be so arranged that ingress and egress from a parking space requires backing into a public or private pedestrian access way, or from a public alley. 13. In no case shall any property owner cause a condition to exist due to the use of his property that will create a traffic condition to occur that will be dangerous to the public safety within the public fights-of-way or interfere with the use and enjoyment of surrounding properties. 14. In a platted subdivision recorded in the office of the Morgan County Recorder, or in a multi-family apartment development, no parking of commercial vehicles of over one and one-half tons capacity shall be allowed. 39.