In connection with any building or structure which is to be erected or substantially altered and which requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or other similar vehicles, there shall be provided off-street loading berths not less than the minimum requirements specified in this article.

A.

Location. All required loading berths shall be located on the same lot as the use to be served and no portion of the vehicle shall project into a street or alley. In the manufacturing district, no loading berth for vehicles of more than two-ton capacity shall be located less than fifty (50) feet to any residence district. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two (2) streets, nor shall it be located in a required front yard.

B.

Size. A required off-street loading berth shall be at least ten (10) feet in width by at least thirty (30) feet in length, exclusive of aisles and maneuvering space, and shall have vertical clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet.

C.

Access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements.

D.

Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with a compacted macadam base not less than seven (7) inches thick, or equal, surfaced with not less than two (2) inches of asphaltic-concrete or some comparable all-weather, dustless material.

E.

Repair and service. No storage of any kind nor motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted within any required loading berth.

F.

Space allowed. Space allowed 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.

G.

Required loading berths. For the uses here listed, loading berths shall be provided as specified:

(1)

Auditoriums: For such a building containing up to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, one (1) loading berth. For each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof in such a building, one (1) additional loading berth.

(2)

Banks, business and professional offices, or public administration buildings: For such a building containing up to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, one (1) loading berth. For each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof in such a building, one (1) additional loading berth.

(3)

Bowling alleys: For such a building containing up to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, one (1) loading berth. For each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof in such a building, one (1) additional loading berth.

(4)

Hospitals, schools, colleges, sanitariums and other similar institutional uses: For such a building having up to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in such a building, one (1) additional loading berth.

(5)

Hotels or private clubs and lodges: For such a building containing up (150,000) square feet of floor area, one (1) loading berth. For each additional to one hundred fifty-thousand (150,000) square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof in such a building, one (1) additional loading berth.

(6)

Manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, disassembly, warehousing, storing, cleaning, serving, testing and repairing establishments: For such a building containing up to forty thousand (40,000) square feet of floor area, one (1) loading berth, plus one (1) additional loading berth for each additional forty thousand (40,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.

(7)

Retail stores, furniture and appliance stores, household equipment and furniture stores, repair shops, wholesale stores and establishments handling the sale and consumption of food on the premises: Loading berths in accordance with the following schedule:

For each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in such a building, one (1) additional loading berth.

(8)

Theaters: For such a building containing up to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of floor area, one (1) loading berth. For each additional fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof, one (1) additional loading berth.

(9)

Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors: For such a building containing up to fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of floor area, one (1) loading berth. In a building containing more than fifty thousand (50,000) square feet, additional loading berth or berths as determined by the building commissioner.

(10)

Other uses: Off-street loading berths shall be provide d in accordance with requirements determined by the building commissioner and approved by the village board of trustees, based upon requirements heretofore set forth for the most similar use.

Any off-street parking space in connection with existing buildings or structures, on the effective date of this appendix, shall not be removed, enlarged, or altered, except in conformance with the requirements of this appendix.

In connection with any building or structure which is to be erected or substantially altered and which requires off-street parking spaces, there shall be provided such off-street parking space in accordance with regulations set forth hereinafter.

A.

Use. Except as may be otherwise provided for the parking of trucks or for special uses required accessory off-street parking facilities, required as accessory to uses listed herein, shall be solely for the parking of passenger automobiles of patrons, occupants or employees.

B.

Location. All parking spaces required to serve buildings or uses erected or established after the effective date of this appendix shall be located on the same zoning lot as the building or use served. Buildings or uses existing on the effective date of this appendix which are subsequently altered or enlarged so as to require the provision of parking spaces under this appendix may be served by parking facilities located on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served is located, provided such facilities are within four hundred (400) feet walking distance of a main entrance to the use served.

C.

Computation. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this appendix results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of one-half (½) or less may be disregarded, while a fraction in excess of one-half (½) shall be counted as one (1) parking space.

D.

Collectible provisions for nonresidential uses. Off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements of each such use and if all regulations governing the location of accessory parking spaces in relation to the use served are observed. But no parking space, or portion thereof, shall serve as the required space for more than one (1) use unless otherwise authorized in accordance with this appendix.

E.

Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work of any kind shall be permitted in parking lots. No gasoline or motor oil shall be sold in conjunction with any accessory parking facilities unless such facilities are located within a completely enclosed building, in which case gasoline and motor oil may be sold within such building to the uses of such facilities, provided that no advertising sign is visible from outside the building, and provided further that all gasoline pumps shall be effectively screened from view of the street.

F.

Size. A required off-street parking space shall be at least nine (9) feet in width and at least twenty (20) feet in length, exclusive of access drives, aisles, ramps, columns and office or work area. Such space shall have vertical clearance of at least seven (7) feet.

G.

Access. Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or a driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space.

All off-street parking facilities shall be provided with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street, alley, or driveway in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements.

A parking area containing four (4) or more parking spaces shall have vehicular access to it over a street, alley or driveway, containing all-weather, hard-surfaced pavement and the location and route of access to such a parking area shall be identified. No driveway across public property shall have a width exceeding twenty-four (24) feet, exclusive of curb returns.

H.

In yards. Off-street parking spaces may be located in yards, except required front yards and side yards adjoining a street.

I.

Design and maintenance.

(1)

Open and enclosed parking spaces: Accessory parking spaces located on the same lot as occupied by the use served may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building. Accessory parking spaces, located elsewhere than on the same lot occupied by the use, shall be open to the sky.

(2)

Surfacing: All open off-street parking areas, including but not limited to driveways, shall be improved with a compacted macadam base, or equal, not less than four (4) inches thick surfaced with asphaltic concrete or comparable hard-surfaced, all-weather, dustless material. No motor vehicles may park in any yard or other area which is not surfaced in the manner described herein.

(3)

Screening and landscaping: All open automobile parking areas containing more than four (4) parking spaces shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on any residential or institutional property by a wall or fence not less than five (5) feet high or more than six (6) feet high, or a densely-planted compact hedge not less than five (5) feet in height; and wheelstops of masonry, steel or heavy timber, shall be placed not nearer than five (5) feet from the street line in districts where a front yard is not required or from side lot lines.

(4)

Lighting: Illumination of an off-street parking area shall be arranged so as not to reflect rays of light into adjacent residential districts and streets. All lighting shall be extinguished no later than thirty (30) minutes after the close of business of the use being served, except as may be otherwise authorized by the village board of trustees.

J.

Required spaces. Off-street parking spaces accessory to designated uses shall be provided as follows:

(1)

Single-family dwellings: At least one (1) parking space for each dwelling, plus one (1) additional parking space for each two (2) roomers or lodgers accommodated, but no more than four (4) parking spaces for each single-family dwelling.

(2)

Two-family dwellings: At least one (1) parking space for each dwelling unit.

(3)

Multiple-family dwellings: Efficiency and one-bedroom dwelling units—At least one and one-half (1½) parking spaces per each dwelling unit.

Two (2) or more bedroom dwelling units—At least two (2) parking spaces per each dwelling unit (Ord. No. 1-1978, 1/10/78).

(4)

Hotels and apartment hotels: At least one (1) space for each three (3) separate rooms and for each three (3) suites of more than one (1) room, one (1) parking space.

(5)

Boarding or lodging houses: At least two (2) parking spaces plus one (1) parking space for each three (3) persons for whom living accommodations are provided.

(6)

Private clubs and lodges: One (1) parking space shall be provided for each lodging room, plus parking spaces equal in number to twenty-five (25) per cent of the capacity in persons of such club or lodge.

(7)

Motels, tourist homes or tourist courts: At least one (1) parking space for each dwelling unit or lodging room.

(8)

Schools, elementary or junior high—Private or public: At least one (1) parking space for each three (3) faculty members and other full-time employees.

(9)

School, high—public or private: At least one (1) parking space of design capacity for each seven (7) students.

(10)

Churches: At least one (1) parking space for each seven (7) seats.

(11)

School and institutional auditoriums: At least one (1) parking space for each two (2) persons employed on the premises, and one (1) additional parking space for each five (5) seats.

(12)

Theaters: At least one (1) parking space for each five (5) seats in the theater.

(13)

Hospitals: At least one (1) parking space for each three (3) hospital beds, plus one (1) parking space for each four (4) employees other than doctors, plus one (1) parking space for each two (2) doctors assigned to the staff.

(14)

Libraries and museums: At least one (1) parking space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area.

(15)

Recreational buildings or community centers: Parking spaces equal in number to thirty (30) per cent of the capacity in persons.

(16)

Restaurants and taverns: Parking spaces equal in number to twenty-five (25) per cent of the capacity in persons.

(17)

Medical and dental clinics: At least one and one-half (1½) spaces for each examining or treatment room, plus one (1) for each doctor and employee in the building.

(18)

Public utility and public service uses: At least one (1) parking space for each three (3) employees, plus spaces in adequate number as determined by the village board of trustees to serve the visiting public.

(19)

Bowling alleys: At least six (6) parking spaces for each alley, plus such additional spaces as may be required for affiliated uses such as restaurants and the like.

(20)

Banks: One (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area in excess of two thousand (2,000) square feet.

(21)

Business and professional offices or public administration buildings: At least one (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area.

(22)

Automobile service stations: At least one (1) parking space for each employee, plus two (2) for each service stall.

(23)

Furniture and appliance stores, motor vehicle sales, wholesale stores, stores for repair of household equipment or furniture, retail stores: One (1) parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area in excess of two thousand (2,000) square feet.

(24)

Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors: At least ten (10) parking spaces for each chapel or parlor, plus one (1) parking space for each funeral vehicle maintained on the premises.

(25)

Manufacturing, fabricating and processing plants not engaged in retail trade: At least one (1) parking space for each three (3) employees.

(26)

Warehouse and storage establishments and freight terminals: At least one (1) parking space for each three (3) employees.

(27)

Other uses: Parking spaces on the same basis.

K.

Required spaces—Combined parking. Where any structure or parcel contains two (2) or more separate and distinct uses, parking shall be provided in an amount equal to the total amount of parking required for all of the separate uses combined (Rev. 1/64).