(a)

On a corner lot in all zoning districts, no fence, wall, hedge, planting or structure shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to obstruct vision between a height of 2½ feet and ten feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lots and a line joining the points along side street lines 25 feet from the point of intersection.

(b)

In the case of arterial streets intersecting with other arterial streets or railways, the corner cutoff distances establishing the triangular vision clearance space shall be increased to 50 feet, or upon request from the zoning administrator, shall comply with the requirements of the facilities development manual from the department of administration.

(Prior Code, § 24.40)

(a)

Generally. On every lot on which a business trade or industrial use described below is hereafter established, space with access to a public street or alley shall be provided as indicated below for the loading and unloading of vehicles off the public right-of-way.

(b)

Multiple or mixed uses. Where a building is devoted to more than one use or for different uses, and where the floor area for each use is below the minimum required for a loading space but the aggregate floor area of such uses is above such a minimum, then off-street loading space shall be provided as if the entire building were devoted to that use in the building for which the most loading spaces are required.

(c)

Location. Required off-street loading spaces shall be located on the same lot with the principal use requiring such space. No loading space shall be located within 30 feet of the nearest point of intersection of two streets or require any vehicle to back into a public street.

(d)

Design standards. Each off-street loading space shall have a width of at least 12 feet, a length of at least 60 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet. Dimensions for loading spaces in connection with funeral homes shall be reduced to ten feet in width, 25 feet in length, and eight feet in vertical clearance. All loading berths shall be completely screened from residential properties by building walls or a uniformly painted solid fence, wall, or door, or any combination thereof, not less than eight feet in height.

(e)

Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with a compacted macadam base, not less than ten inches thick, surfaced with no less than three inches of asphalt or treated with some comparable all-weather dustless material.

(f)

Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities provided in any residence district.

(g)

Utilization. Space allocated to any off-street loading berth shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.

(h)

Central loading. Central loading facilities may be substituted for loading berths on the individual zoning lots provided the following conditions are fulfilled:

(1)

Each zoning lot served shall have direct access to the central loading area without crossing streets or alleys at grade.

(2)

Total berths provided shall meet the requirements based on the sum of the several types of uses served. (Areas of types of uses may be totaled before computing number of loading berths.)

(3)

No zoning lot served shall be more than 300 feet removed from the central loading area.

(4)

The tunnel or ramp connecting the central loading area with the zoning lot served shall be not less than seven feet in width and have a clearance of not less than seven feet.

(Prior Code, § 24.41)

All new parking lots and all alterations of existing lots shall be subject to the approval of the village board, after a recommendation from the plan commission. Requests for said parking lots shall be accompanied with detailed plans on landscaping, parking layout, drainage provisions and driveway locations. In all districts, there shall be provided at the time any use or building is erected, enlarged, extended, or increased, off-street parking stalls for all vehicles in accordance with the following:

(1)

Access. Adequate access to a public street shall be provided for each parking space.

(2)

Design standards. Each required off-street parking space shall have a stall width of at least nine feet and a stall length of at least 18 feet. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least 6½ feet. Minimum width of aisles providing access to stalls for one-way traffic shall be as follows: Aisles shall be not less than 24 feet wide for 90-degree parking, 18 feet wide for 60-degree parking, 15 feet wide for 45-degree parking (angle shall be measured between centerline of parking space and centerline of aisle), and 12 feet wide for parallel parking. Aisles for two-way traffic shall be not less than 24 feet wide for 90-degree parking. No parking area of more than four spaces shall be designed as to require any vehicle to back into a public street. Any parking area of more than five spaces shall be sufficiently screened in the form of a solid fence or shrubbery to protect adjacent residential uses. Large expanses of unchanneled parking areas shall be avoided by interior landscaping and safety islands.

(3)

Location.

a.

Location is to be on the same lot as the principal use or not over 400 feet from the principal use.

b.

Off-street parking is permitted in all yards of all districts except in the front yards of single-family and multifamily residence districts, but shall not be closer than five feet to a side lot line, right-of-way line, or rear lot line.

c.

Off-street parking in a single-family residence and multifamily residence districts is permitted in the front yard in the driveway, even though closer than five feet to a side lot line. Parking stalls for single- and two-family residences may be placed one behind the other.

d.

ADA. Stalls shall be located per ADA requirements.

(4)

Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas shall be surfaced with a dustless all-weather material capable of carrying a wheel load of 4,000 pounds. "Dustless all-weather material" includes asphalt, concrete and brick. Gravel or crushed stone is not an acceptable surface for off-street parking constructed after January 1, 2005. Any parking area for more than five vehicles shall have the aisles and spaces clearly marked.

(5)

Landscaping requirements.

a.

Landscaping. All public and private off-street parking areas which serve five vehicles or more and are created or redesigned and rebuilt subsequent to the adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall be provided with accessory landscape areas totaling not less than ten percent of the surfaced area. The minimum size of each landscape area shall not be less than 100 square feet.

b.

Location. Location of landscape areas, plant materials, protection afforded the plantings, including curbing and provision for maintenance by the property owner, shall be subject to approval by the zoning administrator.

c.

Plans. All plans for such proposed parking areas, at the discretion of the zoning administrator and building inspector, shall include a topographic survey or grading plan which shows existing and proposed grades and location or improvements. The preservation of existing trees, shrubs, and other natural vegetation in the parking area may be included in the calculation of the required minimum landscape area.

d.

Special residential requirements. Those parking areas for five or more vehicles if adjoining a residential use shall be 50 feet from the lot line and screened from such use by a solid wall, fence, evergreen planting of equivalent visual density, or other effective means, built and maintained at a minimum height of five feet. When a solidly constructed decorative fence is provided along the interior lot line, the minimum setback for the parking area shall be five feet from said lot line. Said fence shall be located a minimum of one foot from the said lot line. A street separation from the parking would exclude the screening requirements.

e.

Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in association with parking facilities provided in residence districts.

f.

Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties and public streets in such a way as not to create a nuisance. However, in no case shall such lighting exceed three footcandles measured at the lot line.

(6)

Parking stalls required. Parking stalls for particular buildings, businesses, uses and districts shall be set forth below. In the absence of a specific ratio for a particular business, building or use, the ratio or number of parking stalls shall be recommended by the plan commission and approved by the village board.

a.

Single-family dwellings: see R-1 and R-2 district requirements.

b.

Mobile homes: see R-1 and R-2 district requirements.

c.

Two-family dwellings: see R-3 district requirements.

d.

Multi-family dwellings: see R-4 requirements.

e.

Hotels and motels: one stall per room, plus one extra stall per eight rooms or dwelling units.

f.

Clubs, lodges, sororities, dormitories, lodginghouses and boardinghouses: one stall per room or dwelling unit, plus one extra stall per eight rooms or dwelling units.

g.

Sanitariums, institutions, rest and nursing homes: one stall per room or dwelling unit, plus one extra stall per eight rooms or dwelling units.

h.

Hospitals, medical and dental clinics: one stall per 300 square feet of gross floor area.

i.

Manufacturing and processing plants, laboratories and warehouses: one stall per FTE employee or a minimum of four, plus one for each vehicle owned by the business; plus one visitor space for each 500 square feet of office space.

j.

Financial institutions, libraries, business, governmental and professional offices: one stall per 300 square feet of gross floor area.

k.

Funeral homes: eight stalls per chapel or parlor, plus one stall/business vehicle.

l.

Bowling alleys: five stalls per alley.

m.

Repair, retail, service: one stall per 300 square feet of gross floor area.

(Prior Code, § 24.42)

All driveways installed, altered, changed, replaced or extended after the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall meet the following requirements:

(1)

Islands. Islands between driveway openings in business and industrial areas shall be provided with a minimum of 12 feet between all driveways and six feet at all lot lines.

(2)

Ingress and egress openings. Openings for vehicular ingress and egress shall not exceed 30 feet at the outer or street edge of the sidewalk, nor 40 feet in width at the curb.

(3)

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

(Prior Code, § 24.43)

(a)

Private access restricted. 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.

(b)

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

(1)

Freeways, interstate highways and their interchanges or turning lanes, nor to intersection of interchanging streets within 1,500 feet of the most remote end of the taper of the turning lanes.

(2)

Arterial streets intersecting another arterial street within 100 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines.

(3)

Streets intersecting an arterial street within 50 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines.

(c)

Public access barriers. 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.

(d)

Temporary access. 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 permits shall be temporary and revocable and subject to any conditions required, and shall be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months.

(Prior Code, § 24.44)