(a)

All buildings and structures erected and all land uses shall provide accessory off-street parking or loading facilities as required herein for the use thereof.

(b)

When a building or structure erected or enlarged prior to or after the effective date of this chapter shall undergo a decrease in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required off-street parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter, off-street parking and loading facilities may be reduced accordingly, provided that existing off-street parking and loading facilities are so decreased only when the facilities remaining would at least equal or exceed the off-street parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.

(c)

When a building or structure undergoes any increase in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement specified herein for required off-street parking or loading facilities, and further, when the increase will result in a requirement for additional total off-street parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter, parking and loading facilities shall be increased so that the facilities will at least equal or exceed the off-street parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.

(Code 1999, § 40-15-1(B); Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 15, § 1(1)B, 8-14-2002)

An application for a building permit for a new or enlarged building, structure, or use shall include therewith a plot plan drawn to scale and fully dimensioned showing any off-street parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.

(Code 1999, § 40-15-1(A); Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 15, § 1(1)A, 8-14-2002)

Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date of this chapter may not be reduced in number unless already exceeding the requirements of this article for equivalent new construction; in which event, the spaces shall not be reduced below the number required herein for such equivalent new construction.

(Code 1999, § 40-15-1(C); Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 15, § 1(1)C, 8-14-2002)

Off-street parking facilities accessory to residential uses and developed in any residential district in accordance with the requirements of this article shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles of not more than five tons gross vehicle weight (GVW) owned by occupants of the dwelling structures to which such facilities are accessory or by guests of the occupants.

(Code 1999, § 40-15-2(1); Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 15, § 1(2)A, 8-14-2002)

(a)

Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures or uses, or for mixed uses, may be provided collectively in any zoning district in which separate off-street parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted, provided that the total number of spaces so located together are not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use and not more than 300 feet from the lot on which the main building or use to be served is located. In any case where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement thereto ensuring their retention for such purposes shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form and execution of the village attorney or appointed legal advisor, and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.

(b)

Not more than 50 percent of the parking spaces required for theaters and places of amusement, and up to 100 percent of the parking spaces required for a church or school, may be provided and used jointly by banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally open, used or operated ; provided, however, that written agreement ensuring the retention for such purpose shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form and execution by the village attorney, and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.

(Code 1999, § 40-15-2(2), (3); Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 15, § 1(2)B, C, 8-14-2002)

When required accessory off-street facilities are provided elsewhere than on the lot on which the principal use served is located, they shall be in the same possession, either by deed or long-term lease, as the property occupied by such principal use, and the owner shall be bound by covenants filed on record in the office of the village clerk, requiring the owner and his heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of off-street parking spaces during the existence of the principal use.

(Code 1999, § 40-15-2(4); Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 15, § 1(2)D, 8-14-2002)

Accessory parking facilities provided elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served may be located in any zoning district except a residential zoning district.

(Code 1999, § 40-15-2(5); Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 15, § 1(2)E, 8-14-2002)

Accessory off-street parking facilities serving nonresidential uses of property may be permitted in an "R" district, when authorized by the village board after review and study by the plan commission, subject to the following requirements, in addition to all other relevant requirements:

(1)

The parking lot shall be accessory to, and for use in connection with, one or more nonresidential establishments located in adjoining districts or in connection with one or more existing professional or institutional office buildings or institutions, if the parking lot proposed is within 300 feet of the nonresidential use which it is to serve.

(2)

The parking lot shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles of not more than five tons GVW.

(3)

No commercial repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted on the parking lot.

(4)

No sign of any kind other than signs designating entrances, exits and conditions of use shall be maintained on the parking lot. Signs shall not exceed ten square feet in area.

(5)

Each entrance to and exit from the parking lot shall be at least 20 feet from any adjacent property located in any residential district, except where ingress and egress to the parking lot is provided from a public alley or public way separating the residential areas from the proposed parking lot.

(6)

In addition to the foregoing requirements, such parking lot shall conform to any further requirements and conditions as may be prescribed by the village board for the protection of properties adjacent to and in the vicinity of the proposed parking lot.

(Code 1999, § 40-15-2(6); Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 15, § 1(2)F, 8-14-2002)

(a)

Construction specifications. A required off-street parking space shall be an area of not less than 200 square feet or less than ten feet wide by 20 feet long measured perpendicularly to the sides of the parking space exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office and work areas accessible from streets or alleys and to be used for the storage or parking of passenger automobiles of commercial vehicles under 1½ ton capacity. Aisles within parking lots shall be sufficiently wide to permit safe and efficient vehicular movement in the aisles, and into and out of parking spaces. Aisles designed for two-way traffic shall be at least 25 feet wide. One-way aisles designed for 60-degree parking shall be at least 18 feet wide, and for 45-degree parking shall be at least 14 feet wide.

(b)

Accessways. Parking areas shall be designed so that ingress to or egress from a parking space is from an aisle or driveway, not directly from the public right-of-way.

(1)

No accessway to any parking area shall be located within 25 feet of any corner formed by the intersection of the right-of-way of two or more streets. At intersections where traffic control devices are installed, the zoning officer may increase this requirement as necessary to prevent hazards.

(2)

Parking area accessways (including residential driveways) and public streets shall be aligned to form, as closely as feasible, right angles.

(3)

The accessway to every parking lot located in any commercial or industrial district shall be at least 24 feet wide, unless two one-way drives, each 12 feet wide, are provided.

(c)

Striping. All nonresidential parking spaces shall be properly marked by durable paint in stripes a minimum of four inches wide and extending the length of the parking space. Striping shall be restored as often as necessary to clearly delineate each parking space.

(d)

Required setbacks. No parking space or portion thereof established on the same lot with a building shall be located within a required front yard. No parking spaces or portion thereof established on a zoning lot without a building shall be located closer to any street line than the established building line on adjacent properties or closer than the front yard setback required for the district in which the parking lot is located. Further, any wall, fence or hedge developed around any parking area shall be subject to the front yard setback requirements of this chapter in the same manner as a building or structure.

(e)

Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas, except those accessory to single-family dwellings, shall be improved with a five-inch gravel base, surfaced with oil and wash gravel.

(f)

Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from all adjoining properties.

(g)

Stormwater drainage. Adequate stormwater drainage facilities shall be installed to ensure that stormwater does not flow onto abutting property or abutting sidewalks in such a way that pedestrians using the sidewalk would be detrimentally affected or inconvenienced.

(Code 1999, § 40-15-2(7); Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 15, § 1(2)G, 8-14-2002)