Belvidere City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIX
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 505-91 Off-street parking for passenger vehicles.
Off-street parking spaces for the storage or parking of passenger vehicles shall be provided in accordance with the following regulations:
A.
Boarding- or rooming house or tourist home: one parking space for each guest bedroom, plus two parking spaces for the resident family.
B.
Single- and two-family dwellings.
[Amended 3-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-30]
(1)
Two parking spaces for each dwelling unit or one garage space per dwelling unit.
C.
Multiple dwelling: two parking spaces for each dwelling unit; one garage space for each two dwelling units.
D.
Hotel, motel, membership club, country club: one parking space for each guest bedroom or guest suite, plus one parking space for each three persons customarily employed at any one period of time.
E.
Auditorium, convention hall, stadium, theater, studio or other place of public assembly not otherwise classified: one parking space for each six fixed seats of capacity, or one parking space for each 90 square feet of floor area available to patrons in cases where the capacity is not determined by the number of fixed seats. Benches shall be deemed to have a capacity of one person for each 20 inches of length.
F.
Bank, savings and loan association: one parking space for each 150 square feet of floor area.
G.
Bowling alley: three parking spaces for each alley.
H.
Drive-in restaurant or refreshment stand or outdoor retail establishment: one parking space for each 1,000 square feet of lot area devoted to retail sales and the display of goods for sale.
I.
Filling station, public garage or service station: sufficient parking spaces for all vehicles being serviced at one time and a minimum of five parking spaces.
J.
Funeral home: one parking space for each 75 square feet of floor area devoted to assembly rooms for services.
K.
Home occupation or home professional office: two parking spaces in addition to the requirements for the dwelling to which such use is accessory.
L.
Hospital: one parking space for each three beds.
M.
Manufacturing or industrial establishment, wholesale establishment or distribution station: one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area or one parking space for every two employees customarily employed at one time.
N.
Public library, art gallery or museum: one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area available to patrons.
O.
Professional office: one parking space for each 200 square feet of aggregate floor area of such office.
P.
Research institute or laboratory: one parking space for each two employees customarily employed at one time.
Q.
Restaurant: one parking space for each three places customarily available to patrons.
R.
Retail store, personal service store or studio, shop for custom work: one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
S.
School: one parking space for each employee, plus one parking space for each eight pupils in the 11th and 12th grades or above, or such number of parking spaces as are required for an auditorium, computed pursuant to Subsection E above, whichever is greater.
T.
Wholesale establishment: one parking space for each two persons customarily employed at any one period of time, but not less than one parking space for each 600 square feet of gross floor area.
U.
Mixed uses. Total requirement shall be the sum of the requirements of the component uses computed separately.
V.
Cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and processing facility. One parking space per employee on the main work shift.
[Added 2-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-02]
§ 505-92 Required off-street truck loading spaces.
Every building or structure, lot or land hereafter put into use for business or industrial purposes or for a hospital and which has an aggregate floor area of 4,800 square feet or more in any LM District or 15,000 square feet or more in any other district where such uses are permitted shall be provided with off-street truck loading spaces in accordance with the following schedule:
Aggregate Floor Area Devoted to Such Use (square feet) | District | Required Number of Off-Street Truck Loading Spaces |
|---|---|---|
4,800 to 25,000 | LM | 1 |
15,000 to 25,000 | Other than LM | 1 |
25,001 to 40,000 | All | 2 |
40,001 to 100,000 | All | 3 |
Each additional 60,000 | All | 1 additional |
§ 505-93 Access driveways.
All access driveways for a public garage, public parking area, filling station, service station or car washing station may have separate or combined entrances and exits. Every separate entrance or exit access driveway shall have a minimum unobstructed width of 10 feet. Every combined entrance and exit access driveway shall have a minimum total unobstructed width of 20 feet.
§ 505-94 Placement of accessory buildings and required off-street areas.
The placement of a private garage, accessory garage, accessory parking area or other accessory building or use shall be subject to the following requirements:
A.
In all districts, where applicable.
(1)
No accessory building shall be constructed within five feet of any rear lot line.
(2)
Nothing contained herein shall prevent the construction of a private garage as a structural part of a main dwelling, provided that when so constructed, the garage walls shall be regarded as the walls of the main dwelling in applying the front, rear and side yard regulations of this chapter.
(3)
In any district, no private garage or other accessory building or parking area shall be within a required front yard nor within a required side yard, except that in any Business or Light Manufacturing District, a parking area may utilize that portion of a side yard not otherwise required for a planting screen.
(4)
No private garage or other accessory building in any district, if detached, shall be placed within 10 feet of the main building.
(5)
Any access drive may be located within a required side yard or required front yard.
(6)
Required accessory buildings and uses shall be on the same lot as the main building or buildings or on an immediately adjacent lot in the same ownership or within the site limits of a site plan of development approved by the Planning Board as prescribed in this chapter.
(7)
Required accessory parking areas and truck loading spaces shall have safe and adequate access to a public street either by a driveway on the same lot or by means of a permanent easement across an adjoining lot.
(8)
No required accessory parking area or off-street truck loading space shall be encroached upon by buildings, open storage or any other use.
(9)
Accessory private garages may be constructed within or under any portion of a main building, provided that the access driveway does not at any point have a grade in excess of 10%.
(10)
Accessory parking areas and off-street truck loading spaces shall be suitably paved, drained and lighted and appropriately planted and fenced for the protection of adjacent residential properties in accordance with specifications of the Town. Driveways and turning areas shall be of adequate width and radii to ensure ease of mobility, ample clearance and convenient access, egress and safety of vehicles and pedestrians. Such facilities shall be maintained in good condition by the owner.
B.
In any residential district.
(1)
Not more than 40% of the area of a minimum required rear yard shall be used as a parking area.
(2)
Wherever the average level of the ground within 10 feet of the street line at the front of the lot is eight feet or more above curb level, an accessory private garage for not more than two cars may be located not less than four feet from such street line.
(3)
The aggregate area of all private garages and other accessory buildings shall not occupy more than 50% of the rear yard area.
C.
In any nonresidential district.
(1)
An accessory parking area may be situated in whole or in part on the roof of the main building to which it is accessory.
(2)
Accessory parking areas shall be marked off into parking spaces, each with a minimum width of 10 feet and a minimum area of 200 square feet, exclusive of access driveway and turning areas.
(3)
An off-street truck loading space shall have a minimum width of 10 feet, a minimum length of 25 feet and a minimum clear height of 14 feet, including its access from the street.
(4)
No manufacturing or industrial building or use of land and no wholesale business shall have any truck loading space or spaces or access driveway for trucks within 30 feet of any side or rear lot line which constitutes the boundary of any residence district.
§ 505-95 Special parking regulations.
A.
In all districts. When the required parking area or number of parking spaces results in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction under 1/2 may be disregarded and any fraction over 1/2 shall be construed as requiring a full space.
B.
In any residential district. A private garage or private parking area may be utilized only as an accessory to the main use. Not more than one commercial vehicle, with a gross weight limited to two tons, may be housed on any lot.
C.
In any multiple-dwelling district. In private garages accessory to multiple dwellings, no repairing of automobiles for profit or commercial reasons shall be done, but washing of tenants' cars shall be permitted.
D.
Temporary parking exception. Temporary parking for the purpose of loading and/or unloading of a commercial-type vehicle is permitted in any zone up to but not to exceed four hours.