A.   Location: In all districts at the time of erection, conversion or enlargement of any main building or structure, automobile off street parking spaces shall be provided as follows:

      1.   For residential buildings, off street parking shall be provided on the lot or in a building thereon.

      2.   For all commercial buildings and all buildings combining commercial and residential uses, off street parking shall be provided on the lot or in a building on the lot, or on a lot or in a building on a lot within two hundred fifty feet (250') thereof.

      3.   All off street parking spaces shall have adequate access and egress and all off street parking spaces and maneuvering and access areas shall be surfaced with a dustproof or hard surface meeting the standard specifications of the village.

   B.   General Requirements:

      1.   For the purpose of this title, a required parking space shall consist of an area in the form of a rectangle measuring not less than nine feet (9') in width by nineteen feet (19') in depth, and such additional space as shall be necessary for maneuvering and access area. Each such space shall be accessible from streets, alleys or private driveways or aisles leading to streets and driveways. In any residential district, no required off street parking space, except that area required for access to such parking space, shall occupy any portion of a front yard or a side yard.

      2.   "Floor area" shall mean the gross floor area and the open land area required for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. It shall not include areas used as restrooms, or areas or parts of areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as storage, automobile parking, incidental repairs, processing or packaging of merchandise, show windows or for offices incidental to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings.

      3.   Every parcel of land hereafter used as a parking space or a loading space shall have an all weather surface. All public off street parking spaces shall be illuminated, and all lights used to illuminate said parking spaces shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining lots in residential districts. No signs other than those necessary for orderly parking control are to be erected or displayed in any public parking area.

The standard specifications for the construction of certain municipally owned parking lots, including the lots located at 7418 Randolph and 415 Beloit in the village, and such other locations as may be designated from time to time by the corporate authorities, are hereby declared to be satisfied by the installation of a gravel parking surface, provided that such gravel parking surface shall be replaced with a surface meeting the standard specifications of the village, as provided in this subsection B3, at such time as the corporate authorities authorize the expenditure of funds for the construction of such standard parking surface.

      4.   The parking of more than one commercial vehicle, or the parking of a commercial vehicle of more than one ton capacity, on any lot in any residential district shall be considered a commercial use and is hereby prohibited.

      5.   For the purpose of providing off street parking spaces as required in accordance with this title, plans must be submitted to and approved by the director of public health and safety before issuance of a building permit. The plans shall show how the required off street parking spaces shall be arranged and shall indicate sufficient space for turning maneuvers, as well as adequate ingress and egress to the parking area.

      6.   Before issuance of a building permit, the director of public health and safety shall obtain the approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission for all such plans requiring six (6) or more off street parking spaces.

      7.   Whenever a building permit has been granted and the plans so approved for off street parking, the subsequent use of such property shall be deemed to be conditional upon the unqualified continuance and availability of the parking provisions contained in such plans. Any use of such property in violation hereof shall be deemed a violation of this title. Should the owner or occupant of any building to whom a building permit has been granted containing off street parking requirements so change the use to which such building is put as to increase off street parking as required under this title, it shall be unlawful and a violation of this title to begin or maintain such altered use until such time as the increased off street parking provisions of this chapter are complied with.

      8.   No addition, conversion or enlargement of an existing building or use shall be permitted unless the parking requirements of this title are met for the entire building or use.

      9.   In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off street parking space shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately as specified in this chapter, and the off street parking space for one use shall not be considered as providing the required off street parking for any other use. (Ord. O-16-63, 10-14-1963; amd. Ord. O-30-65, 10-25-1965; Ord. O-4-66, 2-28-1966; April 1969; Ord. O-44-03, 10-27-2003; Ord. O-7-10, 2-8-2010; Ord. O-20-22, 5-9-2022)

Automobile parking spaces shall be provided according to the following schedule and shall be subject to the following conditions in any district in which any of the following uses shall be established, except the DBD downtown business district, for which such standards are set forth in section 9-4C-6 of this title:

 

(Ord. O-32-24, 9-9-2024)

   A.    Handicap Spaces: all off-street parking must include designated handicap parking spaces in accordance State of Illinois Vehicle Code and the Americans With Disabilities Act. (Ord. O-32-24, 9-9-2024)

   A.   General Requirements:

      1.   Off-street loading space: For the purpose of this title, an off street loading space shall mean an on the property space for the standing, loading and unloading of vehicles to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets, alleys and sidewalks. Such space shall be not less than twelve feet in width and thirty feet in length (12' x 30'), exclusive of access aisles and loading space; and such loading space shall have a minimum overhead clearance of fourteen feet (14').

      2.   Location: The off street loading facilities required shall in all cases, be on the same lot or parcel of land as the structure they are intended to serve. In no case shall the required off street loading space be part of the area used to satisfy the off street parking requirements of this title.

      3.   Access: Within any commercial or light manufacturing district, all vehicular entrances and exits on public streets, alleys and highways shall be designed and constructed in a manner to best facilitate the flow of traffic to and from the premises and such entrances and exits shall be subject to the approval of the traffic or highway authority having jurisdiction over the street or highway on which they are located.

      4.   Construction: All area provided in accordance with the off street requirements shall be surfaced with a bituminous or other all weather dust free surface. (Ord. O-32-24, 9-9-2024)

   A.   General Requirements:

      1.   Long-term bicycle parking definition: For the purpose of this Chapter, a long-term bicycle parking space shall be defined as a facility to store and secure a bicycle for a time period longer than twenty-four (24) hours.

      2.   Short-term bicycle parking definition: For the purpose of this Chapter, a short-term bicycle parking space shall be defined as a facility used to store and secure a bicycle for a time period lasting less than twenty-four (24) hours.

      3.   Location:

         a.   Long-term bicycle parking shall be located on the same lot or parcel of land as the structure they are intended to serve and within a structure or protected shelter.

         b.   Short-term bicycle parking shall be located within at least one hundred (100) feet of the building entrance of the use it intends to serve.

      4.   Access:

         a.   Long-term bicycle parking shall be located as close as is reasonable to the main entrance of the building it intends to serve. If not located on the ground floor, sufficient elevator access shall be provided for access.

   B.   Required Bicycle Parking Spaces:

 

 

 

(Ord. O-32-24, 9-9-2024)