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

(Code 1964, § 30-7.01(A); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996; Ord. No. 2000-28; Ord. No. 2000-29; Ord. No. 2000-30, 4-24-2000)

All buildings, structures and land uses and all modifications of existing buildings, structures or land use initiated after the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, shall be provided with accessory off-street parking and loading as required herein. A building or structure for which a permit has been issued prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall comply with the requirements in effect at the time of the issuance of the permit.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.01(B); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996; Ord. No. 2000-28; Ord. No. 2000-29; Ord. No. 2000-30, 4-24-2000)

Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived may not be reduced in number, except in compliance with the requirements of this article.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.01(D); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996; Ord. No. 2000-28; Ord. No. 2000-29; Ord. No. 2000-30, 4-24-2000)

Nothing in this article shall prevent the establishment of off-street automobile parking facilities to serve any legally established use of land or buildings, subject to the provisions of this article. Principal uses located in SA districts or in C-1 or C-2 district may share off-street parking areas with other principal uses located in SA districts or in C-1 or C-2 districts. Such shared off-street parking areas may be located outside of SA, C-1 or C-2 district. In districts other than SA, C-1 or C-2 districts, off-street parking areas not contained on the same zoning lot as the principal use must be located in the same zoning district in which the principal use is located. In districts other than the C-1 and C-2 districts, if such remote off-street parking facilities are intended to be located in another zoning district, different from that of the principal structure or use, then a special use permit must be sought before any such use can be established and recognized as fulfilling the requirements for off-street parking established by this chapter. Special use permit approval is not required if the district in which the off-street parking facilities are to be located permits public parking garages or public parking lots.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.01(D); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996; Ord. No. 2000-28; Ord. No. 2000-29; Ord. No. 2000-30, 4-24-2000; Ord. No. 2017-9, § 4.E., 1-9-2017)

Joint or "shared" parking refers to the practice of two or more users who have need for parking at different times voluntarily agreeing to make use of some of all the same parking spaces. Joint parking is encouraged as a means of conserving scarce land resources, reducing stormwater runoff. reducing the heat island effect caused by large paved areas and improving village appearance. Special use permit approval is required for approval of joint parking arrangements. Special use permit for joint off-street parking and/or loading facilities may be approved if the applicant demonstrates to the village's satisfaction that such combination of buildings, structures and/or use is of such a unique nature that the cumulative number of parking and/or loading spaces can be reduced. However, the granting of such a special use permit will require proof from the petitioner that no increased congestion in the public streets nor any other violation of the intent and purpose of this chapter will occur. The village may establish criteria and stipulations with the granting of any such special use permit to provide safeguards from building, structure or use changes which will create congestion upon the public streets or otherwise measurably degrade the health, safety, or the general welfare of the public. Such safeguards may include, but are not limited to, the holding of vacant land in retention for future parking space needs, voiding licenses for business operation in the village, establishment of a performance bond, or other such action. The burden of proof showing that a reduction in the number of parking and/or loading spaces as required by this chapter is solely the responsibility of the petitioner. Each such request shall be reviewed in light of its own merits.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.01(E); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996; Ord. No. 2000-28; Ord. No. 2000-29; Ord. No. 2000-30, 4-24-2000; Ord. No. 2017-9, § 4.F., 1-9-2017)

When required accessory off-street parking facilities are provided elsewhere than on the lot other than on which the principal building, structure or use is located, those parking facilities shall be in the same possession, either by deed or long-term lease, as the property occupied by such principal building, structure, or use. Any such off-site/remote parking facilities must be located within 1,000 feet of the main entrance of the principal building, structure or use being served in the C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, I-1, and SA districts. The owner shall be bound by covenants recorded in the office of the Cook County Clerk's Office, requiring the owner and his heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of parking spaces during the existence of the use of the principal building or structure.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.01(F); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996; Ord. No. 2000-28; Ord. No. 2000-29; Ord. No. 2000-30, 4-24-2000; Ord. No. 2017-9, § 4.G., 1-9-2017; Ord. No. 2024-2, § 4, 1-8-2024)

An off-street loading space shall be a dust-free hard-surfaced area of land, open or enclosed, other than a street or public way, used principally for the standing, loading or unloading of motor trucks, tractors and trailers so as to avoid undue interference with the public uses of the streets, sidewalks and alleys.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.04; Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

Exclusive of aisles and maneuvering space, except as otherwise specifically dimensioned hereafter, no required standard truck loading space shall be less than ten feet in width, 25 feet in length, and 14 feet in height, nor for tractor-trailer trucks shall be less than 12 feet in width, 50 feet in length, and 15 feet in height.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.04(A); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

All loading spaces shall comply with the yard requirements applicable to that districts principal uses in the zoning district in which they are located, except that open-air loading space, unless otherwise restricted in this section, may be located in a rear yard. No open-air loading space shall be placed closer than 25 feet of any side yard, nor closer than ten feet of any rear yard in any residential zoning district, or where a nonresidential zoned zoning lot abuts a residential zoning district. No loading space may be located within 50 feet of the nearest intersection of any two street rights-of-way. No loading space may be located closer to any public right-of-way than the facade of the building facing such right-of-way, except if the building is set back a minimum of 20 feet from said right-of-way. All loading spaces shall be located and arranged to provide logical and convenient access between the street and the use they serve.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.04(B); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

When determination of the number of required off-street loading spaces results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to one-half shall be disregarded and fractions equal to one-half or more shall be interpreted as requiring one loading space.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.04(C); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

(a)

Loading spaces shall be designed and arranged to provide access to a street or alley in a manner that will create the least possible interference with through traffic and, where abutting residentially zoned property, to minimize the use of residential streets.

(b)

Every loading space shall be so designed as to be able to adequately accommodate the maneuvering into the loading space without having to make backing movements upon any public sidewalk or into any public street.

(c)

Every loading space shall be hard surfaced and drained. Adequate and complete plans and specifications must be presented to the village engineer for his review and receive his approval prior to any construction being undertaken.

(d)

Any fixed lighting utilized in connection with any loading space shall be so arranged so as to prevent direct glare onto any public or private property through the use of luminary cutoffs.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.04(D); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

No extension or expansion of a facility located in any C-3 Centralized Commercial District shall be required to provide any off-street loading area unless the additional extension or additional expansion causes the need for at least 1.0 or more loading spaces.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.04(E); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

For the uses set forth in the table in this section, the indicated minimum number of loading spaces shall be provided. Every existing building or structure shall be credited with having the number of loading spaces required of such property upon the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, even if such spaces are of a lesser number than herein stated, or where such loading spaces may not exist. Buildings used solely for residential purposes require no loading spaces. Where at least one loading space is required to be provided, such space shall be designed to accommodate a tractor-trailer, unless otherwise approved by the village manager in writing.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.04(F); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

Except as may be governed as to the materials to be used, parking lot and parking area drainage standards, lighting, landscaping, cleaning and maintenance requirements of the village off-street parking lot ordinance as set forth in this Code, as amended, shall govern design criteria for any new parking lot or parking area or any substantially renovated parking lot or parking area situation within the village and to the extent herein stated. The number of required spaces shall include both those which are open to the air, as well as those which are enclosed. No off-street parking lot or garage shall be used for any purpose other than the temporary storage of motor vehicles related to the premises. The storage of merchandise and the sale or commercial repair of vehicles is prohibited.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.02; Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

Each off-street parking space, excluding its associated circulation aisle, shall have the following minimum dimensions, in feet:

Note: The foregoing dimensions represent standard parking spaces. Spaces required or utilized for disabled individuals must meet all requirements of Public Law 101-336, the Americans with Disability Act of 1990, as amended. Consideration for variations from the terms of these dimensions are not permitted.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.02(A); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

Each parking space, except spaces accessory to a single-family or two family dwelling, shall be accessed by a circulation aisle of a width, in feet, as specified:

(Code 1964, § 30-7.02(B); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

No parking space nor portion thereof located in any residential zoning district may be located within any front yard setback. Nor shall any such parking space be located in any side or rear yard, except to the extent exempted within those sections governing side and rear yard usage within residential zoning districts. No parking spaces in any other zoning district may be located closer than five feet to any front yard property line or corner property line, or lot where landscaping is required under the terms of any special use of planned development permit. In all cases, no vehicle may be parked nor property owner maintain any parking lot or parking space to be occupied wherein any vehicle overhangs any public right-of-way or public sidewalk.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.02(C); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

Parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street. Alley access may be permitted only to a garage or parking space required by a detached single family dwelling or a two family dwelling or to the C-3 Centralized Commercial Districts. No driveway or curb cut in any district shall exceed 24 feet in width, except that turning radii, divided entrances/exits with island dividers, and joint driveway/curb cuts serving more than one lot or parcel may be permitted to exceed this width upon a case-by-case review and written recommendation of the village engineer.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.02(D); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

All parking lots, garages and parking areas shall be properly maintained at all times so as to be free of pot holes, broken curbs and other damage or neglected features.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.02(E); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

(a)

Whenever a legal use existing on the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived is changed thereafter to a new use, parking facilities for the new use shall be provided as required herein for the number of parking spaces needed in excess of the number of spaces which would have been required under the terms of this chapter for the prior use or degree of prior existence. However, no use may be so expanded as to reduce the total minimum number of parking spaces required by this chapter. Any new structure or any structure renovated or remodeled creating an increase in the exterior bulk to accommodate additional floor area shall provide the number of parking spaces required herein for the new structure, or that portion of the structure so enlarged.

(b)

Notwithstanding the provisions contained in this subsection, no building or use lawfully existing on the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall be required to provide any additional parking spaces pursuant to the foregoing subsection, unless and until the aggregate increase in units of measurement shall equal ten percent or more of the units of measurement existing upon such effective date, in which parking spaces shall be provided for the total aggregate increase.

(c)

When determination of the number of required parking spaces results in the requirement of any fractional parking space, any such fraction shall require one additional parking space, unless the total number of additional parking spaces is less than one, where the applicant shall be absolved of providing such a singular parking space.

(d)

In stadiums, auditoriums, houses of worship, and other places of assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy bench-type or similar seating, each 22 inches of such seating shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining the requirements for off-street parking under this chapter.

(e)

When parking spaces are required on the basis of the number of employees, customers, students or similar population measure, the maximum number for which the structure is designed shall govern, except that when the structure has no design capacity, the maximum number present at any time shall govern.

(f)

The determination of floor area per unit of measurement shall be determined on a square footage basis and shall mean each square footage of usable area exclusive of storage area, mechanical equipment rooms, stairwells, restrooms, hallways, lobbies not used for reception, and other areas not normally occupied by either employees or customers, and exclusive of other facilities for which separate parking requirements are established, unless otherwise stated herein and as applicable to a specific use.

(g)

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the continued utilization of any parking space as an accessory use to any structure or use for parking of a vehicle that may be lawfully parked in such a space solely because such space does not satisfy the location or design requirements of this chapter, if such space was validly in use as an accessory use to such structure or use on the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, and if the forced abandonment of such space shall reduce the total number of parking spaces required by this chapter.

(h)

In all residential zoning districts or in any other zoning district where off-street parking area or garage is used for residential purposes, no off-street parking area or garage parking space which is required to meet the minimum off-street parking requirements of this chapter shall be used for other than the temporary storage of motor vehicles related to the premises. The commercial repair vehicles as well as repairs to vehicles other than passenger automobiles is prohibited. Passenger automobiles shall not include vehicles licensed by the state for taxicab, delivery or towing use.

(i)

No parking spaces required to meet the minimum quantity of parking spaces needed to meet that ordinance may be stacked, unless such stacked spaces are required as part of a drive-up facility or are used solely for employee parking and the housing of the businesses own commercially licensed vehicles. Stacking, as prohibited by this section, means the design of parking accommodations where parking spaces are located to the front and the rear of another parking space and where no aisle exists to allow ingress and egress without moving other parked vehicles. Only those spaces required by this chapter specifically for employees are exempted. In all residential zoning districts or in any other zoning district or where an off-street parking area or garage is used for residential requirements of this chapter which is so located as to preclude direct ingress and egress from a garage space which is also counted in meeting the minimum requirements of this chapter.

(j)

All structures containing multiple residential dwelling units must be able to provide for all required off-street parking requirements prior to such units being converted to condominium use.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.03(A); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996)

For the uses set forth in the table in this section, the specific minimum number of off-street parking spaces or stacking spaces, as allowed elsewhere in this chapter, shall be provided.

Note— Where several uses are combined in the same structure, the total number of parking spaces required is the cumulative total of all such uses unless otherwise approved in accordance with section 62-224. Commercial uses in Station Area-1, Core Mixed-Use District, and Station Area-4a, General Mix District, do not require on-site parking.

Special note: When the ultimate use of a structure or facility is not known or not specified herein, the maximum number of spaces that might be required for any use to which the structure or facility might reasonably be devoted to shall be provided as required by the village engineer on a case-by-case basis. Appeal from the number of spaces required by the village engineer must be made to the planning and zoning commission in the manner set forth for interpretations in this chapter.

(Code 1964, § 30-7.03(B); Ord. No. 96-14, 3-25-1996; Ord. No. 2013-69, § 23, 12-16-2013; Ord. No. 2017-9, § 4.H., 1-9-2017; Ord. No. 2022-22, § 4, 5-9-2022)

(a)

Motorcycle and scooter parking. In parking lots containing more than ten parking spaces, the provision of motorcycle or scooter parking spaces may be credited toward satisfying the minimum off-street parking requirements of section 62-290 at the rate of one motor vehicle parking space for each two motorcycle or scooter parking spaces. The maximum credit allowed under this provision is two spaces or ten percent of the total minimum motor vehicle parking requirement for the subject property, whichever is greater. To receive credit, each motorcycle and scooter space must have a concrete surface and minimum dimensions of four feet by eight feet. This provision applies to existing and proposed parking lots.

(b)

Car-share and bike-share service. The following parking credits apply to nonresidential uses that are required to provide ten or more motor vehicle parking spaces and to residential or mixed-use projects that are required to provide 20 or more motor vehicle parking spaces.

(1)

The number of required motor vehicle parking spaces is reduced by four spaces for each parking space that is leased by a village-approved car-share program for use by a car-share vehicle.

(2)

The number of required motor vehicle parking spaces is reduced by two spaces for uses that provide space for a village-approved bike-share program facility with a minimum of ten bicycle parking docks.

(c)

Long-term bicycle parking. Each six long-term bicycle parking spaces is credited as one motor vehicle space. In residential and station area districts, the maximum credit allowed under this provision is 15 percent of the total number of dwelling units of the development. In calculating the credit for long-term bicycle parking that results in a fraction, any fraction less than one-half shall be rounded down, and fractions greater than or equal to one-half shall be rounded up.

Calculation example: (Using a development with 100 dwelling units and the parking requirement of 1.25 parking spaces per dwelling unit):

One hundred dwelling units x 15 units

Fifteen dwelling units x 1.25 parking requirement = 18.75, round up to 19 maximum credits allowed

To calculate parking required for development:

One hundred dwelling units x 1.25 parking requirement = 125 spaces

One hundred twenty-five spaces -19 credits = 106 spaces required after credits applied

(1)

Long-term bicycle parking spaces provided to receive parking credit must be provided in the building or in a weather-protected area. Long-term bicycle parking spaces must be protected from access by unauthorized persons.

(2)

Long-term bicycle parking spaces provided to receive parking credit must:

a.

Consist of bike racks or lockers anchored so that they cannot be easily removed;

b.

Allow both the bicycle frame and the wheels to be locked with the bicycle in an upright position using a standard U-lock;

c.

Be designed so as not to cause damage to the bicycle;

d.

Facilitate easy locking without interference from or to adjacent bicycles; and

e.

Have minimum dimensions of two feet in width by six feet in length, with a minimum overhead vertical clearance of seven feet. Bicycle lockers are exempt from overhead clearance requirements.

(d)

Public parking. Nonresidential uses may receive credit for parking spaces within a nearby public parking lot or public parking garage, as follows:

(1)

The nearest pedestrian entrance to the public parking lot or garage must be located within 1,000 feet of the lot on which the subject use is located;

(2)

The parking facility must be open to the general public from at least 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.;

(3)

Minimum parking requirements may be reduced by one parking space for every four parking spaces within the public parking lot or garage, not to exceed a total reduction of more than 25 spaces.

(e)

On-street parking. Nonresidential uses may count on-street parking spaces on public street rights-of-way abutting the subject property towards satisfying off-street motor vehicle parking requirements. One on-street parking space credit may be taken for each 20 linear feet of abutting right-of-way where on-street parking is allowed. Only space on the same side of the street as the subject use may be counted, except that the opposite side of the street may be counted if the property on that side of the street does not have the potential for future development. In calculating credit for on-street parking, all fractional spaces are rounded down.

(Ord. No. 2017-9, § 4.I., 1-9-2017; Ord. No. 2021-73, § 4, 10-11-2021)