Lake Zurich City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 10
PARKING AND LOADING
9-10-1: OFF STREET PARKING:
A. Authorization: Subject to the limitations of this section and subsections 9-9-1C3, C4, and C5 of this title, off street parking is permitted as an accessory use in all districts. Off street parking as a principal use is permitted only when expressly authorized by the regulations applicable to the district in question. No person shall provide off street parking in excess of the requirements established in this section except in compliance with the provisions of subsection G of this section.
B. General Requirements:
1. Applicability To Existing, New, And Expanded Uses:
a. General Applicability: Except as provided otherwise in this subsection B1, the provisions of this section shall apply to, and off street parking spaces sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this section shall be provided for, all existing and new uses, in accordance with the provisions of chapters 11 and 23 of this title.
b. Change In Existing Use: Whenever a use existing on the effective date of this zoning code is changed thereafter to a new use, parking facilities shall be provided as required herein for such new use; provided, however, that when any such existing use was deficient in required parking spaces on such effective date, such new use may be established with a deficiency in required parking spaces equal in number to not more than such preexisting deficiency.
c. Increase In Use Intensity: Whenever the intensity of use of any structure or use is increased through the addition of dwelling units, floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement specified herein for required parking spaces, parking spaces as required herein shall be provided for such increase in intensity of use; provided, however, that this regulation shall not apply to the addition of dwelling units in any structure in the B-2 central business district.
d. Exceptions:
(1) Minor Additions: Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection B1, no building or use lawfully existing on the effective date of this zoning code, or any amendment to it establishing parking requirements with respect to such structure or use, shall be required to provide any additional parking spaces pursuant to this subsection B1 unless and until the aggregate increase in the units of measurement by which the parking requirement is calculated shall equal ten percent (10%) or more of the units of measurement required upon such effective date, in which event parking spaces as required herein shall be provided for the total aggregate increase.
(2) Nonconforming Locations And Designs: Nothing in this subsection B1 shall be construed to prohibit the continued utilization of any parking space as an accessory use to any structure or use for parking of a vehicle that may lawfully be parked in such space solely because such space does not satisfy the location or design requirements of this zoning code, or any amendment to it, if such space was validly in use as an accessory use to such structure or use on the effective date of this zoning code or such amendment.
2. Location Of Required Parking Spaces:
a. General Rule: Except as provided in subsections B2c and B2d of this section, parking spaces required by this section shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use to which they are accessory.
b. In Residential Garage: At least two (2) of the parking spaces required by this section for each residential dwelling unit shall be located in an enclosed garage.
c. Parking For Townhouses:
(1) Townhouses: At least one of the parking spaces required by this section for each townhouse shall be located in an enclosed garage.
(2) Multiple-Family Dwellings: Not more than two (2) parking spaces located in a garage, driveway, or other area reserved for the exclusive use of the residents of an individual dwelling unit shall be counted toward the parking spaces required pursuant to subsection F2a(1) of this section for multiple-family dwellings. Not more than two (2) spaces required by said subsection may, and at least one such space shall, be located in an area or areas available for use in common by at least three (3) such individual units. Such areas may include parking spaces located in parking areas or lots within the development in which such units are located, whether located on or off the lot on which such units are located; provided, however, that no such required space shall be located farther than three hundred feet (300'), measured along an established pedestrian circulation route, from the unit it is required to serve.
d. Deficiency Spaces: When proposed to eliminate a parking deficiency or when required because of a change in use or an increase in use intensity pursuant to subsections B1b or B1c of this section, parking spaces may be located within any district adjacent to the district in which the principal use in question is a permitted use, or within the same zoning district as, and within five hundred feet (500') of, the zoning lot on which the use to be served is located; provided, however, that such remote parking spaces may be allowed only when such remote site is covenanted to remain as parking for so long as said parking spaces are required to meet the standards of this code and only when such remote site is authorized by the regulations of the district within which it is located.
C. Design And Maintenance: Every parking area, lot, and garage shall be designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance with the standards and requirements herein set forth:
1. Location On Lot: Off street parking spaces may be provided on surface areas or lots, underground, under a building, or in parking structures. Parking lots, areas, and garages shall comply with the yard requirements made applicable to them by the regulations of the district in which they are located. See subsection 9-9-1C4 of this title for additional regulations concerning the off street storage of vehicles in residential districts.
2. Landscaping: All parking lots and garages shall comply with the landscaping requirements set forth in chapter 8, article A of this title.
3. Design: Design standards for all parking lots and garages are set forth in title 10 of the Lake Zurich municipal code.
4. Surface: Every parking lot shall be constructed with a paved asphaltic or cement surface.
D. Use: No off street parking area, lot, or garage shall be used for any purpose other than the temporary storage of motor vehicles related to the premises. No motor vehicle shall be so stored for longer than seventy two (72) hours or stored in violation of the provisions of subsections 9-9-1C4 and C5 of this title. The storage of merchandise in or outside of any motor vehicle, and the sale or commercial repair of vehicles, are prohibited.
E. Land Banking Of Required Parking:
1. Land Banking Authorized: Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the board of trustees may reduce the total number of off street parking spaces required to be paved pursuant to subsection F of this section or the stall length and width dimension required pursuant to subsection C3 of this section, subject to acceptance by the property owner of the conditions set forth in subsections E2 through E4 of this section. The board of trustees may grant such reductions up to ten percent (10%) of the required numbers as part of a site plan review pursuant to chapter 20 of this title and may grant such reductions to any extent by special use permit granted pursuant to chapter 19 of this title.
2. Termination Of Land Banking: The board of trustees shall have the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require the property owner or his or her successor at any time to increase the stall length and width to the dimension required pursuant to subsection C3 of this section or to increase the number of parking spaces provided to serve said development up to the maximum required pursuant to subsection F of this section for the property in question as if no special use permit for land banking had been granted.
3. Alternate Plans Required: Every application for land banking of required parking spaces shall be accompanied by alternate detailed parking plans. One plan shall show the full stall length and width required pursuant to subsection C3 of this section and the full number of parking spaces required pursuant to subsection F of this section; the other plan shall show the reduced stall length and width or the reduced number of parking spaces or both, as the case may be, proposed to be provided pursuant to the special use permit being sought and also shall show the landscaping treatment of areas proposed to be reserved for future parking requirements. Both such plans shall show the location on the site of all parking areas, the exact number of parking spaces to be provided, and complete details for: a) wheel stops, b) markings, c) curbing, d) surfacing, e) screening and landscaping, f) lighting, g) signing, and h) access. The design plans for such parking areas shall be subject to the approval of the board of trustees.
4. Open Space Covenant: As a condition of approval of any land banking, the applicant shall file with the village manager the applicants' unconditional agreement and covenant in form and substance satisfactory to the village attorney that areas reserved for future parking shall be maintained as landscaped open space until and unless required to be used for off street parking pursuant to subsection E2 of this section or until such covenant is released by the board of trustees. The ordinance approving land banking, together with such agreement and covenant, shall be recorded with the recorder of deeds in Lake County, Illinois.
F. Required Spaces:
1. Computation Of Required Spaces:
a. Fractional Spaces: When determination of the number of required parking spaces results in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction shall require one additional parking space.
b. Capacity Calculations: When parking spaces are required on the basis of capacity, capacity shall be determined based on the occupancy standards established by the Lake Zurich building code.
c. Bench Seating: In stadia, auditoria, houses of worship, and other places of assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews, or other similar seating facilities, each twenty two inches (22") of such seating facility shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining the requirement for off street parking facilities under this zoning code.
d. Population Calculations: When parking spaces are required on the basis of the number of customers, students, or similar measure, the maximum number for which the structure is designed shall govern, except that when the structure has no design capacity the maximum number present at any one time shall govern. When parking spaces are required on the basis of the number of employees, the number of employees working during the largest work shift shall govern.
2. Specified Uses: For the following uses, the following minimum number of off street parking spaces or stacking spaces shall be provided:
Use | Required Spaces | ||
Use | Required Spaces | ||
a. | Residential: | ||
(1) | Multiple-family dwellings | 11/2 for each efficiency dwelling unit plus 2 for each 1- or 2-bedroom dwelling unit plus 3 for each 3 or more bedroom dwelling unit plus 1 for each 10 spaces required by this paragraph | |
(2) | Single-family dwellings | 3 for each dwelling unit | |
(3) | Senior housing | 1 for each dwelling unit plus 1 for each 2 employees | |
(4) | Transitional service facilities | 1 for each 3 beds plus 1 for each licensed practitioner, not including nurses and assistants, plus 1 for each employee | |
b. | Retail trade: | ||
(1) | All retail trade uses not otherwise listed in this subsection F2b | 1 for each 200 square feet of net floor area, except 1 for each 400 square feet of net floor area in the B-2 district | |
(2) | Gasoline service stations, not including minimarts | 3 for each service bay plus 1 for each employee | |
(3) | Car washes | 5 stacking spaces leading to each washing rack or bay plus 1 parking space for each employee | |
(4) | Eating and drinking places | 1 for each 3 persons of design capacity, except 1 for each 5 persons of design capacity in the B-2 district | |
(5) | Drive-in facilities | 8 stacking spaces leading to each drive-in window | |
c. | Finance, insurance, and real estate | 1 for each 250 square feet of net floor area, except 1 for each 300 square feet of net floor area in the B-2 district | |
d. | Business and professional offices: All uses except as otherwise listed in this subsection F, as follows: | ||
Gross square footage: | 1 for each 300 square feet of net floor area in the B-2 district | ||
0 to 10,000 | 1 for each 250 square feet of net floor area | ||
10,001 to 50,000 | 1 for each 275 square feet of net floor area | ||
50,001 to 100,000 | 1 for each 300 square feet of net floor area | ||
100,001 or more | 1 for each 335 square feet of net floor area | ||
e. | Services: | ||
(1) | All services not otherwise listed in this subsection F2e | 1 for each 250 square feet of net floor area, except 1 for each 300 square feet of net floor area in the B-2 district | |
(2) | Hotels and other lodging places | 1 for each lodging room plus 1 for each 200 square feet of net floor area devoted to affiliated meeting, lobby, recreational, and administrative uses plus parking for affiliated eating and drinking places as herein specified | |
(3) | Motion picture theaters and auditoriums | 1 for each 3 persons of design capacity | |
(4) | Bowling and billiard establishments | 6 for each lane plus 2 for each table | |
(5) | Physical fitness facilities | 1 for each 3 persons of design capacity | |
(6) | Membership sports and recreation clubs and other commercial recreation uses | 1 for each 3 persons of design capacity | |
(7) | Health service offices | 1 for each 175 square feet of net floor area | |
(8) | Nursing and personal care facilities | 1 for each 3 beds plus 1 for each licensed practitioner, not including nurses and assistants, plus 1 for each additional 2 employees | |
(9) | Hospitals | 1 for each 2 beds plus 1 for each active practitioner, not including nurses and assistants, plus 1 for each additional 2 employees | |
(10) | Elementary schools | 1 for each 2 employees or 1 for each 15 students, whichever is greater | |
(11) | Secondary schools | 1 for each 5 students or 1 for each 3 persons of auditorium design capacity, whichever is greater, plus 1 for each employee | |
(12) | Libraries and information centers | 1 for each 250 square feet of public area plus 1 for each 3 persons of auditorium design capacity | |
(13) | Vocational schools, except correspondence schools | 1 for each 200 square feet of net floor area | |
(14) | Child daycare services | 1 for each employee plus 1 for each 6 children or 4 for each 1,000 square feet of net floor area, whichever is greater | |
(15) | Museums and art galleries | 1 for each 250 square feet of public area plus 1 for each 3 persons of auditorium design capacity | |
(16) | Undertaking and funeral establishments | 25 for first chapel or parlor plus 10 for each additional chapel or parlor | |
(17) | Public parks | None for the first acre; plus 5 for each additional acre up to 5 acres; plus 5 for each acre in excess of 5 acres; plus 1 for each 5 persons of design capacity of any structure or facility located in the park | |
(18) | Golf courses, including all related facilities | 80 for each 9 holes related facilities | |
(19) | Membership organizations (including churches) | 1 for each 250 square feet of net floor area or 1 for each 4 persons or auditorium design capacity, whichever is greater | |
(20) | Skating rinks | 1 for each 300 square feet of net floor area | |
(21) | Cemeteries | 1 for each acre of property | |
(22) | Swimming pools | 1 for each 75 square feet of gross water surface area | |
f. | Industrial: | ||
(1) | Manufacturing uses | 1 for each 500 square feet of gross floor area | |
(2) | Truck terminals | 1 for each employee plus 1 for each truck regularly stored on site plus 1 for each patron to design capacity | |
(3) | Warehouse uses | 1 for each employee plus 1 for each 6,000 square feet of gross floor area | |
g. | Public administration: | 1 for each 250 square feet of net floor area or 1 for each 3 persons of design capacity, whichever is greater | |
h. | Uses conducted outside structures: | ||
All uses except as otherwise specifically listed | 1 space for each 1,500 square feet of outdoor area devoted to such use plus spaces as above required for any aspect of the use conducted within a structure | ||
3. Unspecified Uses: When the ultimate use of a structure is not known, the maximum number of spaces that might be required for any use to which the structure might reasonably be devoted, as determined by the village manager, shall be provided.
G. Spaces In Excess Of Minimum Requirement: Any person may provide off street parking in excess of the requirements established in this section up to a maximum of one space or ten percent (10%) of the minimum number of off street parking spaces required by this section, whichever is greater. No person shall provide off street parking in excess of the standard set in this subsection except upon issuance of a special use permit as provided in chapter 19 of this title. (Ord., 10-2004)
9-10-2: OFF STREET LOADING:
A. Authorization: Subject to the limitations of this section, off street loading is permitted as an accessory use in all districts other than single-family residential districts. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the right of any person to provide off street loading in excess of the requirements herein established, but all such loading shall comply with the standards of this section.
B. General Requirements:
1. Applicability To Existing, New, And Expanded Uses:
a. General Applicability: Except as provided otherwise in this subsection B1, the provisions of this section shall apply to, and off street loading spaces sufficient to satisfy the requirements of, this section shall be provided for all existing and new uses, in accordance with the provisions of chapters 11 and 23 of this title.
b. Change In Existing Use: Whenever a use existing on the effective date of this zoning code is changed thereafter to a new use, loading facilities shall be provided as required herein for such new use; provided, however, that when any such existing use was deficient in required loading spaces on such effective date, such new use may be established with a deficiency in required loading spaces equal in number to not more than such preexisting deficiency.
c. Increase In Use Intensity: Whenever the intensity of use of any structure or use is increased through the addition of dwelling units, floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement specified herein for required loading spaces, loading spaces as required herein shall be provided; provided, however, that this regulation shall not apply to the addition of dwelling units in any structure in the B-2 central business district.
d. Exception: Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection B1, no building or use lawfully existing on the effective date of this zoning code, or any amendment to it establishing loading requirements with respect to such structure or use, shall be required to provide any additional loading spaces pursuant to this subsection B1 unless and until the aggregate increase in units of measurement shall equal the full number of units for which one additional loading space would be required pursuant to subsection D of this section, in which event loading spaces as required herein shall be provided for the total aggregate increase.
2. Location Of Required Loading Spaces: Loading spaces shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use they serve.
C. Design And Maintenance: Every loading space must be designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance with the standards and requirements of this subsection.
1. Location On Lot: All loading spaces must be located and arranged to provide logical and convenient access thereto from the use they serve. All loading spaces must comply with the yard requirements applicable to principal uses in the district in which they are located, except that open loading spaces may be located in a required rear yard. No loading space may be located within fifty feet (50') of the nearest point of intersection of any two (2) public or private streets. A loading space or dock may open onto any building facade facing a public right of way only pursuant to subsection C2 of this section.
2. Loading Spaces Or Docks Facing Public Streets: A loading space or dock may not open onto a building facade facing a public street except only under the following circumstances:
a. Small Zoning Lots: One loading space or one loading dock may open onto a building facade facing a public street if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The zoning lot on which the loading space or dock is located is classified in the I industrial district.
(2) The longest street frontage of the zoning lot is not more than four hundred feet (400') long.
(3) The loading space or dock meets the following setback requirements:
(A) On a zoning lot with a longest street frontage of two hundred feet (200') or less, the loading space or dock is set back at least one hundred feet (100') from the lot line it faces.
(B) On a zoning lot with a longest street frontage greater than two hundred feet (200') (but not greater than 400 feet), the loading space or dock is set back at least one hundred feet (100') from that lot line and fifty feet (50') behind the building line facing that street.
b. Large, Street Bounded Zoning Lots: Up to twelve (12) loading spaces or docks may open onto a building facade facing a public street if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The zoning lot on which the loading spaces or docks are located is located in the I industrial district;
(2) That zoning lot is bounded on all sides by improved public streets.
(3) That zoning lot has a single lot line abutting a public street that is at least six hundred feet (600') long.
(4) Each loading space or dock on that zoning lot that faces a public street is set back at least one hundred feet (100') from the lot line it faces or a distance not less than the closest point of the building to that lot line, whichever is farther.
(5) Each loading space or dock on that zoning lot that faces a public street is screened to not less than forty percent (40%) opacity by a continuous planting of evergreen conifers and ornamental trees of not less than six feet (6') in height at the time of planting as well as bushes, shrubs, and similar understory plantings.
3. Design:
a. Access To Street: Loading spaces shall be designed and arranged to provide access to a street or alley in a manner that will create the least possible interference with through traffic movements. No curb cut across public property shall exceed thirty feet (30') in width without the written approval of the village manager.
b. Maneuvering Space: Every loading space shall be provided with sufficient maneuvering space on the zoning lot where it is located to allow vehicles to access and exit the space without having to make any backing movement on or into any public or private street.
c. Surface, Drainage; Markings: Every loading space shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or portland cement pavement providing an all weather, durable, and dustless surface. Unless otherwise approved by the village engineer, such construction shall have a coefficient rating for structural materials as derived from the "Illinois Department Of Transportation Design Manual", current edition. All loading space surfaces shall be graded and drained to dispose of surface water accumulation by means of a positive stormwater drainage system connected to a public sewer system. Individual stalls shall be clearly identified by markings four inches to six inches (4" - 6") in width.
d. Lighting: All lighting shall comply with the requirements of chapter 8, article B of this title. Fixed lighting shall be so arranged as to prevent direct glare of beams onto any public or private property or streets by the use of luminaire cutoffs. All lighting shall be reduced to security levels at all times of nonuse of the loading space.
e. Space Dimensions: Each loading space, excluding required maneuvering areas, shall have the following minimum dimensions, in feet:
(1) | Tractor-trailer | 12W x 50L x 15H |
(2) | Standard | 10W x 25L x 14H |
D. Required Spaces:
1. General Requirement: Loading spaces or receiving areas shall be provided in sufficient number, of sufficient size, and so located that no loading and unloading operations infringe upon any street or sidewalk.
2. Minimum Requirements: For the following uses, the following minimum number of loading spaces shall be provided:
Use | Required Spaces |
a. Hotels | 1 for each building with more than 10,000 square feet but less than 150,000 square feet of gross floor area plus 1 for each additional 200,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof |
b. Multiple-family dwellings | 1 for each building having in excess of 20,000 feet of gross floor area |
c. Office uses | 1 for each building with more than 10,000 square feet but less than 100,000 square feet of gross floor area plus 1 for each additional 100,000 square feet of gross floor area up to total of 500,000 square feet plus 1 for each additional 500,000 square feet of gross floor area or any fraction thereof |
d. Food stores | 1 for each building with 50,000 square feet of gross floor area or any fraction thereof plus 1 for each additional 100,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof |
e. Other uses | 1 for each building for the first 150,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof plus 1 for each additional 200,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof |
Unless waived by the village manager, the first space required for any building having in excess of ten thousand (10,000) square feet shall be sized to accommodate a tractor trailer and, unless otherwise required by the manager, all other spaces may be standard size. The decision of the manager shall be based upon the anticipated needs of each particular building. (Ord. 2013-12-944, 1-6-2014)