The off-street parking and loading provisions of this chapter shall apply as follows:

A.

Off-Street Parking and Loading Facilities: For all buildings and structures erected and for all uses of land established after the effective date of this chapter, or any amendment hereto, accessory off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided for each particular type of permitted or conditional use. Where a building permit has been issued prior to the effective date of this chapter, provided construction is begun within ninety (90) days after the effective date thereof and diligently prosecuted to completion (completion to be accomplished within eighteen (18) months from the effective date of this chapter), parking and loading facilities in the amounts required for the issuance of said building permit may be provided in lieu of any different amount required by this chapter.

B.

Increased Parking and Loading Facilities: Where the intensity of use of any building, structure, or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement specified herein for required parking or loading facilities, additional parking and loading facilities as required herein shall be provided for such increase in intensity of use only.

C.

New Off-Street Parking and Loading Facilities: Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. If the said building or structure was erected prior to the effective date of this chapter, additional parking or loading facilities are mandatory only in the amount for the new use.

D.

Existing Off-Street Parking and Loading Facilities: Accessory off-street parking and loading facilities in existence on the effective date of this chapter, or any amendment hereto, and located on the same zoning lot as the building, structure or use served, shall not here after be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements for a similar new building or use under the provisions of this chapter.

E.

Floor Area Determination Adjustment: The amount of gross floor area for land uses appearing in Section 37-1203 of this chapter, items 1-1 through 1-7 inclusive of this chapter, utilized for determining the number of off-street parking spaces required shall be reduced in the amount by which the building places for such land uses show space devoted to atriums, auditoriums and cafeterias which are not open to the general public. Any reduction in required off-street parking spaces provided herein shall be based upon final architectural plans and specifications.

F.

Damage or Destruction: For any building containing a conforming use, legal conditional use, or legal nonconforming use which is in existence on the effective date of this chapter, and which building is subsequently damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion, or other cause, such building may be constructed, reestablished, or repaired provided off-street parking and loading facilities in an amount equivalent to that maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored or continued in operation. In no case, however, shall it be necessary to restore or maintain parking and loading facilities in excess of those required by this chapter for equivalent new uses or construction.

G.

Submission of Plot Plan and Plat of Survey: Any application for a building permit, or for a zoning certificate where no building permit is required, shall include therewith, a plot plan and an up to date plat of survey drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing off-street parking and loading facilities to be provided in compliance with this chapter. The plan shall show:

1.

The use of the building, structure, or parcel of land;

2.

The number of dwelling units, gross floor area, design capacity, estimated number of employees, or other units of measurement specified herein for determining the number of off-street parking spaces or loading berths required by the ordinance; and

3.

The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade, and location of all parking facilities shall be considered in relation to existing and planned streets; to reasonable circulation for traffic within and adjacent to parking areas; to topographical conditions and to runoff of stormwater; and public convenience and safety. No building, entrance permit, or zoning certificate shall be issued until the plot plan showing all required off-street parking and loading facilities is approved by the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning.

H.

Permissive Off-Street Parking and Loading Facilities: Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of off-street parking or loading facilities to serve an existing use of a building, structure or parcel of land provided that all regulations governing the location, design, and control of such facilities are adhered to.

When off-street parking or loading facilities are established, they may be decreased only when the facilities remaining will be at least equal to, or exceed the off-street parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the standards of this chapter to the entire use of the building, structure, or parcel of land as modified.

I.

Parking Area Design: It shall be the responsibility of the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning, to review and approve plans for all parking lots containing more than four (4) spaces located less than forty feet (40′) from a residence district line. Upon approval of the plans, the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning shall issue a zoning certificate for such parking area.

The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade and location of all parking areas shall be considered in relation to existing and planned streets; to reasonable circulation for traffic within and adjacent to parking areas; to topographical conditions and to the runoff of stormwater; and public convenience and safety. All parking areas including entrances and exists shall be designed in accordance with the "off-street parking chart," Section 37-1204, of this chapter.

J.

Accessible Parking: All uses except single-family detached or attached dwellings shall be required to provide off-street parking spaces for disabled persons in accordance with the standards established by the State of Illinois.

K.

Time of Construction; Off-Street Parking and Loading Facilities: Off-street parking and loading facilities, as required by this chapter, shall be constructed at the time of erection, establishment, alteration, or enlargement of any building, structure, or use of land. No occupancy certificate shall be issued by the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning, until the required parking and loading facilities have been installed.

(2005 Code)

A.

EXEMPTION: When the application of the off-street parking provisions specified in Section 37-1203 of this chapter results in a requirement of not more than three (3) spaces on a single zoning lot in any business, office research, or industrial district, such parking spaces need not be provided where the building is unmanned; however, where two (2) or more uses are located on a single lot, only one (1) of those shall be eligible for the above exemption.

B.

LOCATION: All required off-street parking spaces including aisles and driveways shall be located on the same zoning lot (principal lot) as the building or use to which they are accessory, or on a contiguous lot which bears a zoning classification allowing parking as a permitted use and which is under the same ownership or possession as the principal lot. Where there are particular difficulties, or if the public safety and/or public convenience would be better served by a location other than on the same lot or on a contiguous lot, the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning, acting upon specific application, may authorize an alternative location. All off-street parking spaces including aisles and driveways shall be subject to the following conditions:

1.

For a single-family dwelling of Categories 1-1 and 1-2 of Section 37-1203 of this chapter, if only one (1) of the required parking spaces is provided within a garage, the other required parking space may be located on the garage access driveway and may intrude into a required front yard but may not be located on a driveway turnaround. If none of the required spaces are provided within a garage, however, the required spaces shall not be located in a required front or side yard.

2.

For a single-family dwelling, Category 1-2 of Section 37-1203 of this article, the additional required one-half (½) parking space may be permitted contiguous to a local street subject to the approval of the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning. Such parking spaces shall be located entirely within the development and may be located within the adjacent travel way of the street. Parking stalls shall be oriented at right angles to the travel way and shall be not less than twenty feet (20′) in depth and nine feet (9′) in width.

3.

Required parking space shall be located on the same lot as the use to which they are accessory or on land under the same ownership or control as that of the principal use. In this case, such required spaces shall be located within three hundred feet (300′) walking distance of a building entrance to the use that the spaces serve. In the case of a collective provision of parking spaces, as provided in Section 37-1202.1 of this article, such land shall be in the ownership of not less than one (1) of the participants in the collective provision, and such required space shall be located within three hundred feet (300′) walking distance of a building entrance to the use that such spaces serve.

4.

Off-street parking spaces, open to the sky, may be located in any required yard in any zoning district where such parking is not inconsistent with the zoning provisions of that district. Enclosed buildings and carports containing off-street parking spaces shall be subject to the applicable yard requirements in all districts.

5.

As an integral part of any planned development, where the design of a retail or business use has an orientation toward pedestrian or bicycle traffic which can be justified by appropriate documentation, a reduction in the number of required off street parking spaces may be granted of up to fifteen percent (15%) of the number of parking spaces otherwise required by the strict application of this chapter.

C.

CONTROL OF OFF SITE PARKING FACILITIES: In cases where required off site parking facilities are permitted on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served is located, such facilities shall be in the same ownership or possession as the zoning lot occupied by the building or use to which the parking facilities are accessory. Such ownership or possession may be either by deed or other instrument, the term of such instrument to be determined by the County Board, subject to a minimum of thirty (30) years.

D.

SIZE AND CONFIGURATION: Where the public safety or public convenience would be better served, the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning, acting upon a specific application, may authorize modifications in all zoning districts for nonresidential and nonsingle-family residential uses as follows:

1.

Compact car facilities where allowed shall be limited to twenty-five percent (25%) of the spaces required for the site.

2.

The minimum stall size for compact car facilities shall be not less than eight and one-half feet (8½′) in width and not less than fifteen feet (15′) in depth.

3.

All compact car facilities (areas) shall be appropriately marked by signs designating those spaces as "For Compact Cars Only."

E.

OFF-STREET PARKING CHART: All other requirements as to parking stall and aisle width shall be as or set forth or interpolated from Section 37-1204, "Off-Street Parking Chart," of this article.

F.

ACCESS: Access to parking areas along collector/arterial streets shall be designed, located and controlled pursuant to the Arterial Highway Development Policies and Standards for DuPage County, adopted by resolution of the County Board.

All areas providing for off-street parking facilities shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway not less than nine feet (9′) wide for single-family, and twelve feet (12′) wide for all others, or such additional width and design as shown in the "off-street parking chart," Section 37-1204 of this chapter. Where there are practical difficulties; where public safety convenience would be better served; or where due cause is shown, modification may be granted by the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning, for lots of record existing on the date of application of this chapter.

G.

COLLECTIVE PROVISION: Off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each such use for those uses that have the same or overlapping hours of operation. For those uses which have different hours of operation with no overlap, the number of parking spaces shall be equal to the greatest requirement of any group of uses in operation at the same time. The Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning, shall have the discretion to determine when such reduction in required parking is justified based on appropriate documentation.

H.

COMPUTATION: When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this chapter results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of less than one-half (½) may be disregarded, while a fraction of one-half (½) or more, shall be counted as one (1) parking space. Where parking spaces are required on an employee basis they shall be based on the maximum number of employees on a shift (duty) at any one (1) time.

I.

UTILIZATION: Except as may otherwise be provided for the parking of trucks where a conditional use has been granted, required accessory off-street parking facilities provided for uses listed in Section 37-1203 of this chapter shall be solely for the parking of passenger automobiles in operating condition by patrons, occupants, or employees. No vehicle repair work except emergency service shall be permitted in association with any off-street parking facility.

J.

DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE:

1.

Permit Required: The creation of new off-street parking facilities and the expansion of existing off-street parking facilities for all nonresidential uses shall require the issuance of a permit from the Department of Economic Development and Planning, prior to such creation or expansion of parking facilities.

2.

Plan: Except for residential uses, the design for parking lots or areas shall be subject to the approval of the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning, in accordance with standards approved by the County Board.

3.

Character: Accessory parking spaces may be open to the sky, or enclosed in a parking structure.

4.

Surfacing: All off-street parking spaces, drives and aisles or lanes accessory to any building, structure or use shall be improved with an all weather material in accordance with the following requirements:

a.

Dwellings, as established under Section 37-1203 of this chapter, parking categories 1-1 and 1-2.

(1)

Access driveways shall be paved from the street traveled way to the property line of the residential lot.

(2)

For any residential zoning lot of category 1-1 accessing to an unimproved road, no paving shall be required. The minimum requirement for the driveway surface shall be eight inches (8″) of compacted aggregate.

(3)

For all other uses, the following standards shall apply: Surfacing shall consist of six inches (6″) of compacted aggregate base course and two inches (2″) of asphaltic wearing surface, or four inches (4′) of aggregate base course with four inches (4″) of concrete pavement.

b.

Apartments and other residential uses, as established under Section 37-1203 of this chapter, parking categories 1-3, 1-4, 1-5 and 1-6. Surfacing shall consist of one (1) of the following:

(1)

Six inch (6″) unreinforced concrete pavement.

(2)

Six inch (6″) asphaltic concrete base with a two inch (2″) asphaltic wearing surface.

(3)

Ten inch (10″) compacted aggregate with a two inch (2″) asphaltic concrete wearing surface.

c.

Other uses, as established under Section 37-1203 of this chapter, parking categories, number 2 through number 7, surfacing shall consist of one (1) of the following:

(1)

Six inch (6″) unreinforced concrete pavement.

(2)

Six inch (6″) asphaltic concrete base with a two inch (2″) asphaltic wearing surface.

(3)

Ten inch (10″) compacted aggregate with a two inch (2″) asphaltic concrete wearing surface.

Where in the opinion of the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning the driveway will carry heavy loads, requirements shall be one (1) of the following:

(A)

Eight inch (8″) reinforced concrete pavement.

(B)

Ten inch (10″) asphaltic concrete base with a two inch (2″) asphaltic concrete wearing surface.

See Subsection 37-1205.1H. of this chapter for surfacing of off-street loading areas and access aisles thereto.

5.

Other Construction Specifications:

a.

Entrance drives for business and industrial complexes for passenger car use from public rights-of-way shall be a minimum of ten inches (10″) of aggregate base course with three inches (3″) of bituminous concrete surface course, unless the local political jurisdiction or appropriate highway authority requires a more restrictive improvement requirement.

b.

Aggregate base course shall be either a crushed stone or crushed gravel.

c.

Materials and construction methods shall be in accordance with the latest revision of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) standard specifications for road and bridge construction or the specifications of the Department of Economic Development and Planning or appropriate highway authority.

d.

Service drives for business, office, and industrial parking areas and access drives to business, office, and industrial areas shall be reviewed on an individual basis. Design thickness shall be dependent on the specified use. However, the minimum requirement for a truck service drive shall be twelve inches (12″) of aggregate base course with three inches (3″) of bituminous concrete surface course.

e.

Where curbs are hereinafter required, the construction specification shall be as follows: All curbs shall be barrier concrete curb, Type B, pursuant to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Standard Design and Specification. Where such curb(s) are constructed adjacent to flexible pavement, the depth of curb below pavement surface shall be not less than nine inches (9″).

6.

Curbs: In all cases where off-street parking areas are used for stormwater management purposes, such areas shall be improved with permanent Portland concrete curb(s) or good quality railroad ties. Off-street parking areas shall be so located that no part of any parked vehicle shall extend beyond the property line or overhang any adjacent sidewalk or landscaped area.

7.

Wheel Guards: All off-street parking space within parking lots shall be provided with concrete wheel guards, bumper guards or continuous curbs permanently secured to the finished surface along the perimeter line and abutting the building. Wheel guards, bumper guards or continuous curbs shall be so located that no part of any parked vehicle will extend beyond the property line or encroached upon any adjacent sidewalk, and/or landscaped areas.

8.

Striping: All off-street parking spaces, within parking lots, shall be properly marked by a four inch (4″) wide painted stripe. All such striping shall be clearly visible at all times.

9.

Screening and Landscaping: All open automobile parking areas containing four (4) or more parking spaces located less than forty feet (40′) from a residential property line or from a street right-of-way line shall be effectively screened by a full landscape screen according to the provisions of Section 37-419, "Landscaping," of this chapter.

In all off-street parking facilities open to the sky which have a paved area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet or more, a minimum of ten percent (10%) of such area shall be landscaped to create visual relief. This landscaping shall be required in addition to any other landscaping required under this chapter and shall be established to break (soften) the expanse of paving being located throughout the paved area.

Landscaped areas shall not be planted so that there is any interference with required parking spaces.

10.

Exposed sources of light shall be shielded in such a way that the light source shall not create harmful glare that is deleterious to adjacent properties, a road or road right-of-way or access easement.

11.

Headlight Glare: All off-street parking areas shall be designed in such a way that headlight glare from any vehicle on the site shall be intercepted on the site. This shall be accomplished by site grading design, earth berming, or, where allowable, solid walls or fences.

12.

Lighting or Other Equipment: Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking facilities and circulation drives shall be directed away from residential properties and public streets in such a way as to not create a nuisance. In no case shall lighting exceed three (3) foot-candles measured at the property line, except, where the property is in a residential district or the property line is adjacent to or across a street right-of-way from a residential use or a residential zoning district, the light shall not exceed one-half (½) foot-candle measured at the property line. Lighting standards used to illuminate off-street parking spaces and circulation drives may be located in required front, side or rear yards where off-street parking and circulation drives are allowed as permitted or conditional uses or by variations. The height of the lighting standards shall be as determined by the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning. Loudspeaker systems shall not be permitted except by ordinance of the County Board after recommendation by the Zoning Board of Appeals.

13.

Shelter Building: All parking area for accessory off-street parking shall have no more than one (1) attendant shelter building which shall conform to all setback requirements for buildings in the district and which shelter building in the R-1 through R-7, and B-1 districts shall contain not more than fifty (50) square feet gross floor area.

14.

Signs: Accessory signs shall be permitted for parking facilities in accordance with the provisions specified in Article XI of this chapter.

15.

Repair and Service: No motor vehicle repair work or service, or selling of gasoline or motor oil of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with off-street parking facilities located in any district.

16.

Slopes: Minimum parking lot grades shall be five-tenths percent (0.5%). Desirable parking lot grades should not exceed five percent (5%). Maximum parking lot grades shall be seven percent (7%).

K.

EXCEPTIONS: All required off-street parking spaces and their appurtenant aisles and driveways (size of space and aisles) shall be provided on the same lot as the use for which the parking is provided. Areas provided for off-street parking spaces shall not be encroached upon or reduced in any manner except upon the granting of an exception by the County Development Committee of the County Board. Exceptions may be granted in the following instances:

1.

Shared Ride/Car Pooling Programs: Increasing the number of passengers per motor vehicle, decreases parking demand, e.g., employer sponsored van pooling, car pooling and subscription bus service. Utilization of these programs may warrant a reduction of required parking.

To qualify for van pooling, car pooling or subscription bus service, the petitioner shall submit evidence to the County Development Committee of the County Board that their van pooling, car pooling or subscription bus service program meets the requirements of this chapter.

a.

Shared Ride/Subscription Bus Service Program: An exception to reduce required parking by up to ten percent (10%), based on substantiated projections reducing parking demand, may be granted for any business, office or industrial building or complex containing not less than fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of gross floor area, where the petitioner has instituted or proposes to institute a shared ride/subscription bus service program which meets the following requirements:

(1)

The petitioner is participating or shall participate in an appropriate van pooling/subscription bus service program established under the provisions of the County Board of DuPage County.

(2)

Petitioner will obtain for lease to qualified employees, vans, buses, or other high passenger capacity vehicles, for the purpose of providing transportation of additional passengers.

(3)

Petitioner will operate or hire vans, buses or other high passenger capacity vehicles to provide exclusive or nonexclusive commuter transportation of employees from residential areas, train stations or other transit terminals.

(4)

Petitioner shall promote "third party" employee owned/leased and operated vans, buses or other high passenger capacity vehicle for the purpose of providing transportation of additional passengers.

b.

Car Pooling Program: An exception to reduce required parking by up to ten percent (10%), based on substantiated projections reducing parking demand, may be granted for any business, office or industrial building or complex containing not less than fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of gross floor area, when the petitioner has instituted or proposed to institute a car pooling program which meets the following requirements:

(1)

Car pooling program shall be the specific responsibility of a designated individual or department.

(2)

Program shall provide an active matching service using manual or automated matching of addresses and providing employees with potential car pools (passive matching alone such as bulletin boards is not acceptable).

(3)

Program shall endeavor to register all existing and all new employees.

(4)

Program shall actively promote car pooling to employees through newsletter posters and other media.

2.

Transit Facilities: The availability of rapid rail and scheduled bus service can decrease the parking demand in certain instances. To qualify for permissible reductions in parking space requirements because of close proximity to transit rail or bus transit services, the Petitioner shall submit evidence to the County Development Committee of the County Board that their business location meets the general guidelines of DuPage County as follows:

a.

An exception to reduce required parking by up to ten percent (10%) based on substantiated projections (ridership) reducing parking demand, may be granted for any residential subdivision or planned development of ten (10) dwelling units or more, office, business or industrial building or complex located within one-half (½) mile of any commuter rail station or other recognized transit station.

b.

An exception to reduce required parking by up to five percent (5%) based on substantiated projections (ridership) reducing parking demand, may be granted for any residential subdivision or planned development of ten (10) dwelling units or more office, business or industrial building or complex located within one-quarter (¼) mile of any regularly scheduled bus route with service during peak commuting hours.

3.

Reserved Land Area for Parking: All business, office or industrial buildings or complexes containing not less than fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of gross floor area where the petitioner is considering instituting shared ride/subscription bus service programs and/or car pooling program shall reserve adequate land area consistent to the requirements of this chapter to provide for the required off-street parking in case any one (1) of the above programs or any other similar programs ceases to operate.

(2005 Code; Ord. No. T-2-12, 10-23-2012)

37-1203: SCHEDULE OF OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS

(Ord. No. T-3-10A, § 1, 3-20-2011; Ord. No. T-2-12, 10-23-2012; Ord. No. DC-O-0043-24, 6-25-2024; Ord. No. DC-O-0056-24, 8-27-2024)

TABLE OF DIMENSIONS (IN FEET)

A.

LOCATION: All required off-street loading facilities shall be located on the same zoning lot as the building or use to which they are accessory, or central loading facilities may be established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Off-street loading berths, open to the sky, may be located in any required side or rear yard in any zoning district where such berth is not inconsistent with the zoning provisions of that district. Enclosed buildings containing off-street loading spaces shall be subject to the applicable yard requirements in all districts.

1.

Central Loading Facilities: Central loading facilities may be substituted for off-street loading facilities on individual zoning lots provided the following conditions are fulfilled.

a.

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

b.

The total number of off-street loading berths provided shall meet the minimum requirements of this chapter, based on the sum of the several types of uses served. Area of types of uses may be totaled before computing number of loading berths.

c.

No zoning lot served shall be located more than three hundred feet (300′) from the central loading area.

2.

Control of Central Loading Facilities: When the required off-street loading facilities are collectively provided and used in central loading facilities, written covenants and easements assuring their retention, maintenance, and use for such purposes shall be executed by the parties concerned. Such covenants and easements shall be reviewed by the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning, approved as to content and form by the States Attorney and filed for record in the office of the County Recorder.

B.

ACCESS: All off-street loading facilities shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway not less than twelve feet (12′) wide or to a public street.

C.

COMPUTATION: When determining the number of off-street loading berths required by this chapter, the computation results in a requirement of a fractional berth, any fraction of less than one-half (½) may be disregarded, while a fraction of one-half (½) or more, shall be counted as one (1) loading berth.

D.

SIZE: See Section 37-1205.3, "Schedule of Off-Street Loading Requirements," of this chapter.

E.

SHELTER BUILDING: No loading area for accessory off-street loading shall have more than one (1) attendant shelter building which shall conform to all setback requirements for structures in the district and shall contain not more than fifty (50) square feet of gross floor area.

F.

UTILIZATION: Space allocated to any off-street loading facility shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the requirement for any off-street parking facilities or portion thereof.

G.

MINIMUM LOADING FACILITIES: Uses of buildings, structures, or parcels of land which require off-street loading facilities, but which have less area than the minimum prescribed for such required facilities, shall be provided with adequate receiving facilities, accessible by motor vehicle off any adjacent service drive on the same lot.

H.

SURFACING: All open off-street loading areas and access aisles shall be improved with a compacted stone base not less than twelve inches (12″) thick, and shall be surfaced with not less than four inches (4″) of asphaltic concrete or reinforced Portland cement concrete not less than eight inches (8″) thick with compacted stone base of not less than four inches (4″) thick.

I.

SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING: All open off-street loading areas located less than forty feet (40′) from a residential property or from a street right-of-way line shall be effectively screened by a full landscape screen according to the provisions of Section 37-4.19, "Landscaping," of this chapter.

J.

LIGHTING: Any lighting used to illuminate off-street loading areas shall be directed away from residential properties and public streets in such a way as to not create a nuisance.

K.

SIGNS: Accessory signs shall be permitted for loading areas in accordance with the provisions specified in Article XI of this chapter.

L.

VARIATIONS: Reserved.

M.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION/PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT:

1.

Charging stations spaces are reserved for use by electric vehicles only.

2.

Electric vehicles may park in any parking space otherwise designated for parking, subject to the restrictions that would apply to any other vehicle generally.

3.

Charging Station Space Requirements:

a.

Minimum Requirements: A charging station space may be included in the calculation for minimum parking spaces that are required pursuant to other county and state regulations.

b.

Number: No minimum number of charging station spaces is required.

4.

Charging Station Space Location and Design Criteria:

a.

Where provided, spaces for charging station purposes are required to include the following:

(1)

Signage: Each charging station space shall be posted with signage indicating the charging station space is only for use by electric vehicles for charging purposes. Days and hours of operations shall be included if time limits or tow away provisions are to be enforced.

(2)

Maintenance: Charging station equipment shall be always maintained with a phone number or other contact information provided on the charging station equipment for reporting purposes when the equipment is not functioning, or other equipment problems are encountered.

(3)

Accessibility: Where charging station equipment is provided within a pedestrian circulation area, such as a sidewalk or other accessible route to a building entrance, the charging station equipment shall be located so as not to interfere with accessibility requirements of the Illinois accessibility code or other applicable accessibility standards.

(4)

Lighting: Where charging station equipment is installed, adequate site lighting shall be provided in accordance with county of DuPage lighting and glare performance standards and ordinances.

(5)

Charging Station Equipment: Charging station outlets and connector devices shall be no less than thirty-six inches (36″) and no higher than forty-eight inches (48″) from the ground or pavement surface where mounted and shall contain a retraction device and/or a place to hang permanent cords and connectors a sufficient and safe distance above the ground or pavement surface.

(a)

Equipment mounted on pedestals, lighting posts, bollards, or other devices shall be designated and located as to not impede pedestrian travel or create trip hazards on sidewalks.

(b)

Charging Station Equipment Protection: Adequate charging station equipment protection, such as concrete filled steel bollards, shall be used.

(6)

Non-mountable curbing may be used in lieu of bollards if the charging station is set back a minimum of twenty-four inches (24″) from the face of the curb.

(7)

Usage Fees: An owner of a charging station is not prohibited from collecting a fee for the use of a charging station, in accordance with applicable state and federal regulations.

(a)

Fees shall be prominently displayed on the charging station.

(2005 Code; Ord. No. DC-O-0056-24, 8-27-2024)

All off-street loading berths shall be provided in accordance with the specific loading classes as hereinafter set forth in the off-street loading requirements (loading classes). If, for any reason, the classification of any use, for the purpose of determining the amount of off-street loading, or the number of berths to be provided by such use is not readily determinable, the loading class of such use shall be fixed by the Director, Department of Economic Development and Planning.

(2005 Code)

(2005 Code)