No obstructions, such as structures, parking, or vegetation, shall be permitted in any district between the heights of 2 1/2 feet and 10 feet above the plane through the mean curb grades (see Appendix A, Illustration No. 1)[1] within the triangular space formed by any two existing or proposed intersecting street or alley right-of-way lines and a line joining points on such lines located a minimum of 15 feet from their intersection. (See Appendix A, Illustration No. 2.)

In the case of arterial streets intersecting with other intersecting streets or railways, the corner cutoff distances establishing the vision triangle clearance space shall be increased to 50 feet. (See Appendix A, Illustration No. 2.)

Number of loading and unloading spaces required.

Each loading and unloading space shall have access to a public dedicated street or alley.

The minimum area for each loading and unloading space, excluding the area needed to maneuver, shall be 250 square feet.

At no time shall any part of a truck or van be allowed to extend into the right-of-way of a public thoroughfare while the truck or van is being loaded or unloaded.

Adequate access to a public street shall be provided for each parking space, and driveways shall be at least 10 feet wide for one- and two-family dwellings and a minimum of 24 feet at the property line, not including apron approach flare, for all other uses.

The minimum dimensions of each parking space shall be nine feet by twenty feet, except for spaces provided for use by physically disabled persons.

Parking spaces for use by physically disabled persons.

Location of parking spaces is to be on the same lot as the principal use or not more than 400 feet from the principal use. No parking space or driveway, except in residential districts, shall be closer than 25 feet to a residential lot line or a street right-of-way opposite a residential district.

Surfacing.

Landscaping. All public off-street parking areas which serve five or more vehicles and are created or redesigned and rebuilt subsequent to the adoption of this chapter shall be provided with accessory landscaped areas totaling not less than 5% of the surfaced area. The minimum size of each landscaped area shall be 100 square feet. Location of landscaped areas, plant materials, protection afforded the plantings, including curbing, and provision for maintenance shall be subject to approval by the Plan Commission. All plans for proposed parking areas shall include a topographic survey and grading plan which shows existing and proposed grades and location of improvements. The preservation of existing trees, shrubs, and other natural vegetation in the parking area may be included in the calculation of required minimum landscaped area. Parking areas for five or more vehicles which adjoin residential districts shall be visually screened with a solid wall, fence, or evergreen planting of equivalent visual density, or other effective means, built and maintained to a minimum height of six feet.

Curbs or barriers shall be installed at least four feet from a property line so as to prevent parked vehicles from extending over any lot line.

The following guide specifies the minimum number of parking spaces required. In the case of structures or uses not specified herein, the number of spaces specified for a similar use shall apply. In developments involving the establishment or addition of two or more uses on one lot or parcel, the cumulative number of spaces required for each use shall determine the total number of spaces required.

Islands between driveway openings shall be provided with a minimum of six feet between all driveways and three feet at all lot lines. The Plan Commission may modify this requirement where lots are so narrow as to require a shared driveway between adjacent properties.

Openings for vehicular ingress and egress shall not exceed 30 feet at the street right-of-way and 35 feet at the curbline (or roadway).

Vehicular entrances and exits to drive-in theaters, banks, restaurants, motels, funeral homes, vehicular sales, service stations, or washing and repair stations or garages shall be located not less than 200 feet from any pedestrian entrance or exit to a school, college, university, church, hospital, park, playground, library, public emergency shelter, or other place of public assembly.

Vehicular parking. In all zoning districts of the Village, except the A-1 General Agricultural District, parking of any vehicles, including snowmobiles and recreational vehicles, is prohibited in the street yard of a lot, except upon an approved driveway or parking lot.

Surfacing. Except in the A-1 General Agricultural/Holding District, all driveways shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or portland cement pavement so as to provide a durable and dust-free surface and shall be graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water. Surfacing of driveways shall be completed within three years following occupancy.

No direct private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of expressways, nor to any controlled access arterial street without permission of the highway agency that has access control jurisdiction.

No direct public or private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of the following:

Access barriers, such as curbing, fencing, ditching, landscaping, or other topographic barriers, shall be erected to prevent unauthorized vehicular ingress or egress to the above-specified streets or highways.

Temporary access to the above rights-of-way may be granted by the Village Board after review and recommendation by the highway agencies having jurisdiction. Such access permit shall be temporary, revocable, and subject to any conditions required and shall be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months.

Purpose. The purpose of this section is to allow adjustments to the minimum number of parking spaces required to avoid constructing unneeded and excessive off-street parking facilities. Reducing the amount of excess off-street parking facilities is intended to provide for more cost-efficient site development, to eliminate constructing more impervious surface than necessary, to minimize stormwater runoff, to avoid construction of unnecessarily large stormwater management facilities, and to provide more landscape areas and open space on commercial and industrial sites. To achieve these purposes, the Plan Commission may reduce the minimum number of required off-street parking spaces in specific cases as described in this section.

Adjustments. In all business and manufacturing districts, the minimum number of required parking spaces may be adjusted by the Plan Commission on a case-by-case basis. The petitioner for such an adjustment shall show to the satisfaction of the Plan Commission that adequate parking will be provided for customers, clients, visitors, and employees. The following provisions and factors shall be used as a basis to adjust parking requirements:

Space to be set aside for reduced parking. The site plan for the commercial or industrial use shall be designed to provide sufficient open space on the subject site to accommodate the additional parking spaces otherwise required by this chapter. Such open space shall be in addition to required yards, setbacks, driveways, private streets, and loading and service areas. Sufficient open space shall be provided which, if converted to parking spaces, would provide off-street parking to meet the full requirements of this chapter at the time of application.

Changes in occupancy or use. When the use of a building, structure, or land is changed to another use or occupancy that requires more parking spaces than required for the use existing immediately prior to such change, additional parking spaces shall be constructed for the new use or occupant in the amount necessary to conform to this chapter.

Changes in intensity of use. When the intensity of use of a building, structure or land is increased by an addition of employees, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement, additional parking spaces shall be constructed for such additions in the amount necessary to conform to this chapter.