(a)

Corner lot. On a corner lot in any district, no obstructions, such as structures, parking or vegetation, shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow to impede vision between a height of two feet and ten feet above centerline grades of any two existing or proposed intersecting minor streets or alley right-of-way lines and a line joining points on such lines located a minimum of 15 feet from their intersection.

(b)

Arterial and collector streets. In the case of arterial and collector streets intersecting with other arterial or collector streets or railways, the distance establishing the vision clearance space shall be increased to 60 feet from the intersection of the right-of-way lines. This provision shall apply to existing and proposed streets.

(c)

Exceptions. The plan commission may grant exceptions to the vision clearance requirements in the CBD-1 district where the characteristics of the intersection are such that traffic safety hazards would not be created and the placement of signs or structures within the vision triangle would contribute to the objectives of the CBD-1 district. Such an exception shall be subject to review and approval by the department of public works.

(Code 1997, § 17.50; Rep. and Recr. #411)

In all businesses and industrial districts, except CBD-1, adequate loading areas shall be provided so that all vehicles loading, maneuvering or unloading are completely off the public ways and need not back onto any public way. All loading spaces shall be at least ten feet wide and 45 feet long with 14 feet of height clearance.

(Code 1997, § 17.51; Rep. and Recr. #411)

In all districts and in connection with every use, there shall be provided at the time any use or building is erected, enlarged, extended or increased sufficient off-street parking stalls for all vehicles in accordance with the following:

(1)

Adequate access. Adequate access to a public street shall be provided for each parking space; driveways shall be at least ten feet wide for one- and two-family dwellings and a minimum of 24 feet for all other uses.

(2)

Size. Size of each parking space to be provided for a housing project serving elderly persons developed under the provisions of the R-7-EH district shall be not less than 200 square feet, exclusive of the space required for ingress and egress. The size of each parking space for other than a project for elderly persons shall be not less than 160 square feet, exclusive of the space required for ingress and egress.

(3)

Parking lot location. Parking lot location to be on the same lot as the principal use or with plan commission approval, not over 400 feet from the principal use. No driveway, except in residential districts, shall be closer than 25 feet to a residential district lot line or a street line opposite a residential district.

(4)

Surfacing. All off-street parking areas shall be graded and surfaced so as to be dust free and properly drained. Any required parking area for more than five vehicles shall have the aisles and spaces clearly marked. Any off-street parking areas for multiple-family, industrial and business uses shall be hard surfaced, paved with asphalt, concrete, or other comparable hard surfaced material, unless an exception to this requirement is granted by the plan commission.

(5)

Screening. Any off-street parking area other than that provided for a residence which abuts or faces a residence district shall provide a planting screen, landscaped fence or wall at least four feet in height along the side abutting or fronting on a residence district.

(6)

Offset. No off-street parking area shall include space within ten feet of an abutting residential lot line, except as such parking area may be accessory to a residence.

(7)

Lighting. Lights provided in any parking area shall be hooded and directed so as to minimize glare and illumination of adjacent residential property or public road. All parking areas are required to be lighted in compliance with the following criteria:

Maximum allowable light trespass measured at the boundary of the property shall not exceed 1.0 cumulative footcandle where abutting a non-residentially-zoned property. Maximum allowable light trespass measured at the boundary of the property shall not exceed 0.5 footcandle where abutting a residentially-zoned property or public right-of-way. The plan commission may exercise discretion in regard to light trespass into public rights-of-way if it is determined to be beneficial to safe lighting conditions of the adjacent sidewalks.

(8)

Curbs or barriers. Curbs or barriers in all required parking areas shall be installed so as to prevent the parked vehicles from extending over any lot lines.

(9)

Floor area defined. For purposes of determining the off-street parking requirements for commercial establishments, "floor area" shall include the gross floor area as defined in section 52-11 and as applied elsewhere in this chapter.

(10)

Number of parking stalls.

(11)

Uses not listed. In the case of structures or uses not mentioned, the provision for a use which is similar shall apply and will be determined by the plan commission.

(12)

Combinations. Combinations of any of the above uses shall provide the total of the number of stalls required for each individual use.

(13)

Exception for elderly housing. Where in the opinion of the plan commission, an elderly housing development may need less than 1.5 parking spaces per dwelling unit due to the nature of the facility or the fact that many of the residents will not own or drive automobiles, the plan commission may grant an exception to the required 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit.

(Code 1997, § 17.52; Rep. and Recr. #411; Cr. #455; Am. #474; Am. #491)

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 shall be provided with a minimum of 12 feet between all driveways and six feet at all lot lines.

(2)

Openings. Openings for vehicular ingress and egress shall not exceed 24 feet in width at the right-of-way line and 30 feet in width at the roadway, except that in business and industrial districts, the openings may be increased to 30 feet and 36 feet, respectively.

(3)

Vehicular entrances and exits. Vehicular entrances and exits to drive-in 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 any pedestrian entrance or exit to a school, college, university, church, hospital, park, playground, library, public emergency shelter or other place of public assembly.

(Code 1997, § 17.53; Rep. and Recr. #411)

(a)

No direct public or private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of the following, except by plan commission approval:

(1)

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

(2)

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

(b)

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.

(c)

Temporary access to the above rights-of-way may be granted by the plan commission 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.

(Code 1997, § 17.54; Rep. and Recr. #411)

No vehicular equipment of a commercial or industrial nature, shall be parked or stored for more than two consecutive hours and four accumulative hours during any 24-hour period on any lot in any zoning district except business districts or as follows:

(1)

Agricultural equipment (such as farm tractors, plows, farm plows, seeders, combines, cultivators, trucks owned and used by the farmer in the operation of his farm, etc.) used in a farm operation.

(2)

One panel van, or pickup truck used in the conduct of a conforming business activity being carried on in a residential or agricultural district. No limitation shall be placed on vans or pickup trucks if they are used for private nonbusiness or noncommercial recreational purposes.

(3)

A conditional use permit pursuant to section 52-136 may be granted to permit the parking of commercial or industrial types of vehicles in any zoning district. In business districts where such vehicles are necessary to an otherwise permitted business or commercial use, a conditional use permit will not be required and there are no limitations as to the number of such vehicles that may be parked on the property except as may be hereinafter established under the provisions of the applicable zoning district.

(Code 1997, § 17.545; Rep. and Recr. #411)