A.

Purpose and applicability. The purpose of this section is to alleviate or prevent congestion of public rights-of-way so as to promote the safety and general welfare of the public by establishing minimum requirements for the provision of off-street parking and circulation. The requirements of this section shall apply to all uses other than agricultural uses.

B.

Depiction on required site plan. Any and all parking and traffic circulation areas proposed to be located on a property shall be depicted as to their location and configuration on the site plan, if required under subsection 520-16.J. A garage stall shall be considered a parking space.

C.

Use of off-street parking areas; snow storage. Except as otherwise allowed below, the use of all off-street parking areas shall be limited to the parking of licensed and operable vehicles not for lease, rent, or sale. Within residentially zoned property, only licensed and operable cars and trucks with a rated capacity of 26,000 pounds or less shall be parked or kept in parking areas or any other exterior location. The use of parking spaces and their circulation areas for purposes such as seasonal sales and snow storage shall be permitted only if sufficient parking spaces remain available to meet the parking requirements of this chapter and normal traffic and pedestrian movement and safety is not impeded.

D.

Traffic circulation and traffic control. Site circulation shall be designed to provide for the safe and efficient movement of all traffic entering, exiting, and on the site. Circulation shall be provided to meet the individual needs of the site with specific mixing of access and through movements, and where required, shall be depicted on the required site plan. Circulation patterns and traffic control measures shall conform to the general rules of the road and the requirements of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

E.

Installation and maintenance of off-street parking and traffic circulation areas. All off-street parking and traffic circulation areas shall be completed prior to building occupancy and shall be maintained in a dust-free condition at all times. No required off-street parking or traffic circulation area may be used as a storage area for materials or for snow.

F.

Off-street parking and traffic circulation design standards.

(1)

Surfacing.

(a)

All off-street parking, driveway, and traffic circulation areas constructed after the effective date of this chapter, including residential driveways, shall be surfaced and continuously maintained with a hard surface as defined in section 520-138, except that gravel, crushed stone, or a similar material is permitted for:

1.

Agricultural uses.

2.

Driveways in rural and open space zoning districts, where the intersecting road is gravel or the driveway is greater than 50 feet in length.

3.

Emergency access driveways where required or approved by the zoning administrator.

4.

Lightly traveled service drives for nonresidential uses where included as part of an approved site plan under section 520-124, and where at least the first 50 feet connecting to a public street is paved with a hard surface.

(b)

In cases where gravel or crushed stone is permitted under one of the above exceptions, the portion of the driveway within the public street right-of-way shall be hard-surfaced, except where serving agricultural uses or where the intersecting public road is gravel-surfaced.

(2)

Marking. All hard-surfaced areas intended for six or more parking stalls shall be striped in a manner that clearly indicates the boundaries of required parking spaces.

(3)

Lighting. All off-street parking and traffic circulation areas serving six or more cars shall be lit so as to ensure the safe and efficient use of said areas during the hours of use, with said illumination level not exceeding the standards of section 520-90.

(4)

Access. Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway that is wide enough and designed to provide a safe and efficient means of vehicular access to the parking space without directly backing or maneuvering a vehicle into a public right-of-way. All off-street parking and traffic circulation facilities shall be designed with an appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley, in a manner that least interferes with traffic movements. Off-street parking spaces for residential uses may be stacked or in front of one another for the same dwelling unit. Parking spaces located behind an enclosed garage and located directly off a through aisle shall be a minimum of 30 feet deep.

(5)

Signage. All signage located within, or related to, required off-street parking or traffic circulation areas shall comply with the requirements of article XIII.

(6)

Handicapped parking spaces. Parking for the handicapped shall be provided at a size, number, location, and with signage as specified by state and federal regulations.

(7)

Parking space design standards. Other than parking required to serve the handicapped, the minimum required length of parking spaces shall be 18 feet, and the minimum required width is ten feet (8½ feet for end spaces). All parking spaces shall have a minimum vertical clearance of seven feet.

(8)

Parking lot design standards. Horizontal widths for driveways serving parking spaces shall be no less than 24 feet for two-way driveways and 12 feet for one-way driveways, except that wider driveways may be required for loading and service routes. Parking lot landscaping shall comply with the requirements of the hard- and gravel-surfaced area landscaping requirements in subsection 520-79.C(2).

G.

Calculation of minimum required parking spaces. The minimum number of required parking spaces is stated for each land use in article IV.

H.

Potential reduction in automobile parking spaces. The site plan approval authority may approve a decrease in the required number of off-street automobile parking spaces for each land use in article IV by up to 25 percent of the normal requirement. Such a reduction must be supported by technical documentation furnished by the applicant that indicates that actual off-street parking demand for that particular use is less than the normally required minimum.

I.

Limit on maximum number of required parking spaces. No site plan may be approved for a multifamily residential or nonresidential use that contains more than 150 percent of the use's minimum number of required parking spaces under article IV, except by conditional use permit.

J.

Joint and off-site parking facilities.

(1)

Parking facilities providing required parking for one or more uses shall provide a total number of parking spaces that shall not be less than the sum total of the separate parking needs for each use during any peak-hour parking period when said joint parking facility is utilized at the same time by said uses, unless reduced by the site plan approval authority per subsection H.

(2)

To obtain a greater reduction in required parking spaces that is enabled under subsection H, the applicant(s) for approval of a joint parking facility shall demonstrate that there is no substantial conflict in the demand for parking during the principal operating hours of the two or more uses the joint parking facility is proposed to serve.

(3)

A legally binding instrument, addressing the particulars of the parking arrangement and potentially limiting future change of uses, shall be executed by any and all parties to be served by said joint parking facility, where there is a reduction in required parking spaces that is greater than that enabled under subsection H. This instrument shall be approved by the village attorney, recorded with the register of deeds office prior to the issuance of any zoning permit or building permit associated with the facility, and filed with the zoning administrator once recorded.

K.

Locational prohibitions for off-street parking areas. Off-street parking shall not be located between the principal structure on a residential lot and a street right-of-way, except within residential driveways and parking lots designated on any approved site plan. No private parking shall occur on street terraces, driveways, or any other areas located within a public right-of-way, except by conditional use permit. See also figures V(2) and V(6).

L.

Minimum permitted throat length. All uses requiring site plan approval shall have a minimum permitted throat length of access drives serving parking lots of 20 feet from the nearest street right-of-way, except as modified by the site plan approval authority based on unique site conditions or suitable assurance that traffic will not back up into public rights-of-way.

M.

Bicycle parking. Off-street bicycle parking spaces shall be provided for all uses requiring 20 or more vehicular parking spaces. All bicycle parking shall be on a hard-surfaced area in a location accessible to building entrances.

(Ord. No. 16-07, 6-20-2016)