Kenilworth City Zoning Code
OFF-STREET AUTOMOBILE
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
§ 153.185 GENERAL STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS.
In all districts, off-street automobile parking facilities, both those permitted under the provisions of this chapter and those required herein, shall conform to the requirements set forth in this subchapter.
(Ord. 577, passed 4-14-1969)
§ 153.186 RESTRICTIONS.
(A) Restrictions as to use. Except as may otherwise be provided in the zoning regulations, off-street parking spaces accessory to principal uses permitted by the zoning regulations shall be solely for the parking of automobiles of occupants, patrons, visitors or employees.
(B) Time for complying with parking requirements. In order to provide for off-street automobile parking facilities in accordance with the conditions specified herein, a private garage constructed on the lot or parcel of land occupied by the principal building or use, or an off-street automobile parking area, shall be provided at the time of the erection of any of the principal buildings or structures on the lot or parcel of land, or, except in the case of a church or public school on an existing site, at the time the principal buildings or structures are enlarged, converted or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, floor area, seating capacity or any other unit of measurement specified in this subchapter or are increased in the intensity of use or in occupancy content, regardless of structural change.
(Ord. 577, passed 4-14-1969)
§ 153.187 PARKING AREAS AND DRIVEWAYS.
(A) Location. Parking spaces required for single-family dwellings, single-family attached dwellings or multiple-family dwellings shall be located on the same lot as the dwelling or dwellings served. Parking spaces required for all other buildings may be located on the same lot or within 500 feet of the lot on which the building is located. All parking spaces, parking areas and garages shall be so located and designed as to provide vehicular access to adjacent streets and alleys with the least interference with through traffic movements.
(B) Parking areas separate from principal building. Only parking areas open to the sky may be used to satisfy the off-street facilities parking requirements when the parking facilities are to be constructed on a separate lot or parcel of land which is removed from the site of the principal building which requires the parking facilities. This provision shall not apply in a business district or other district where a public garage for the storage of private automobiles and vehicles is a permitted use.
(C) Plot plan showing location of parking area. No application for a building permit for a new, enlarged or altered structure or improvement or use shall be approved unless there is included with the plan for the structure or improvement or use a plot plan drawn to scale, showing the required off-street automobile parking facilities in accordance with the conditions specified herein; nor shall a permit be issued for the improvement of a parking area to serve as an accessory use to an existing building or buildings until a plot plan, drawn to scale, has been submitted in accordance with the provisions contained herein.
(D) Location of off-street parking and driveways in yards. Within the maximum number of spaces allowed, off-street parking spaces may be located in rear yards and side yards, subject, in the case of lots in residence districts, to the restrictions stated in § 153.080, but in no case shall they be located in any front yard; provided, however, that driveways serving single-family dwellings and single-family attached dwellings and driveways providing direct access from a garage or parking area to a street or alley (and not serving as a circulation aisle in connection with any parking space) may traverse any required yard. Permanent off-street parking shall not be located in the portion of a driveway that traverses the front yard.
(E) Private garages; driveways located below grade. Except in the B Business District, no building or part of a building shall be constructed or structurally altered to create any private garage or other place for the storage or parking of automobiles if any part of an automobile stored or parked in the space would be below the natural, unaltered adjoining grade of the lot on which the building is situated. Except in the B Business District, no part of any driveway or other impervious surface leading to a private garage shall be constructed so the surface thereof is below the natural, unaltered adjoining grade of the lot on which it is situated, except to the extent that the Administrative Official shall have determined that the topography of the lot requires all or any part of the driveway to be below the natural, unaltered adjoining grade of the lot and the driveway would not present undue risks to public safety or create excessive additional burdens upon village sewer systems for drainage of stormwater.
(Ord. 577, passed 4-14-1969; Ord. 976, passed 4-9-2007; Ord. 1024, passed 8-10-2009)
§ 153.188 COLLECTIVE PROVISIONS; CONTROL.
(A) Collective provisions. Parking spaces required for separate uses in nonresidence districts may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use; and if all regulations governing the location of accessory parking space in relation to the uses served are observed. But no parking space, or portion thereof, shall serve as the required space for more than one use.
(B) Control of parking areas. Where required parking facilities are provided off the site of the principal building or structure generating the need for parking facilities in accordance with the provisions of this section, the land upon which the parking facilities are located, or to be located, shall be in the same possession, either by deed or long term lease, as the property occupied by the use to which the parking facilities are auxiliary, in which case the owner of the land shall be bound by covenants filed of record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds or the Registrar of Titles of the county, requiring the owner, his or her heirs or assigns to maintain the required number of parking facilities throughout the existence of the principal use.
(Ord. 577, passed 4-14-1969)
§ 153.189 SIZE; IMPROVEMENTS; SCREENING; SIGNS.
(A) A required parking space shall be at least eight and one-half feet in width and at least 20 feet in length, exclusive of access drives, aisles, ramps and columns.
(B) All required parking spaces shall be surfaced with all weather hard surface materials, as herein defined.
(C) All open automobile parking areas containing more than three parking spaces shall be effectively screened on each side, adjoining or fronting on any property located in a residence district, by a densely planted compact hedge.
(D) No signs of any kind shall be maintained on any parking areas except as permitted by the Kenilworth Sign Code.
(Ord. 577, passed 4-14-1969; Ord. 1057, passed 2-22-2011)
§ 153.190 REPAIR WORK.
No motor vehicle repair work shall be permitted in required parking spaces except of an emergency nature.
(Ord. 577, passed 4-14-1969)
§ 153.191 REQUIREMENTS OF SIZE, ACCESS AND MARKING OF SPACES.
For the purposes of this subchapter, an off-street parking space shall consist of a space adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening its doors on both sides, together with properly related access to a public street or alley and maneuvering room. Required off-street parking areas for three or more automobiles shall have individual spaces marked, and shall be so designated, maintained and regulated that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on any public street, walk or alley, and so that any automobile may be parked and unparked without moving another. Tandem parking is permitted in the B Business District for multiple-family dwellings.
(Ord. 577, passed 4-14-1969; Ord. 1024, passed 8-10-2009)
§ 153.192 SCHEDULE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
The following minimum off-street parking facilities shall be provided. When the determination of the number of required parking spaces results in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction shall require one additional space.
Use | Number of Spaces |
Church on a new site | At least 1 parking space for each 10 seating spaces in the main auditorium |
Library or art gallery | At least 1 parking space for each 1,000 square feet of floor area open to the public |
Multiple-family dwelling | At least three parking spaces for each two dwelling units |
Nonresidential uses in the B Business District | At least 1 parking space for each 600 square feet of floor area above the ground floor |
School on a new site | At least 3 parking spaces for each 2 rooms in which classes are conducted |
Single-family dwelling and single-family attached dwelling | At least one parking space |
(Ord. 577, passed 4-14-1969; Ord. 918, passed 5-10-2004; Ord. 976, passed 4-9-2007; Ord. 1024, passed 8-10-2009)