Manawa City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VII
Parking, Loading and Access Requirements
§ 303-60 Visibility at intersections.
A.
On a corner lot in all zoning districts, no fence, wall, parking, vegetation, hedge, planting or structure shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to obstruct vision between a height of 2 1/2 feet and 10 feet above the center-line grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lots and a line joining the points along said street lines 15 feet from the point of intersection.
B.
In the case of arterial streets intersecting with other arterial streets or railways, the corner cutoff distances establishing the triangular vision clearance space shall be increased to 30 feet.
C.
This regulation shall not apply to the trunks of trees and posts not over six inches square or in diameter.
§ 303-61 Loading requirements.
A.
Loading space requirements. On every lot on which a business, commercial or industrial use is hereafter established, space with access to a public street or alley shall be provided as indicated below for the loading and unloading of vehicles off the public right-of-way:
Use | Square Feet of Gross Floor Area | Required Off-Street Loading Spaces | |
|---|---|---|---|
School | 1 | ||
Hospital | Under 10,000 | None | |
From 10,000 to 30,000 | 1 | ||
For each additional 30,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 additional | ||
Funeral home | 1 | ||
Office, hotel, | Under 10,000 | None | |
retail, service, | From 10,000 to 25,000 | 1 | |
wholesale, ware- | From 25,001 to 40,000 | 2 | |
house, manufac- | From 40,001 to 60,000 | 3 | |
turing, processing | From 60,001 to 100,000 | 4 | |
or repairing uses | |||
B.
Multiple or mixed uses. Where a building is devoted to more than one use or to different uses and where the floor area for each use is below the minimum required for a loading space but the aggregate floor area of such uses is above such a minimum, then off-street loading space shall be provided as if the entire building were devoted to that use in the building for which the most loading spaces are required.
C.
Location. Required off-street loading spaces shall be located on the same lot with the principal use requiring such space. No loading space shall be located within 30 feet of the nearest point of intersection of two streets or require any vehicle to back into a public street.
D.
Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with a compacted gravel base, not less than seven inches thick, surfaced with not less than two inches of asphalt or treated with some comparable all-weather, dustless material.
E.
Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities provided in any residential district.
F.
Utilization. Space allocated 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.
Central loading. Central loading facilities may be substituted for loading berths on the individual zoning lots, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:
(1)
Each zoning lot served shall have direct access to the central loading area without crossing streets or alleys at grade.
(2)
Total berths provided shall meet the requirements based on the sum of the several types of uses served. (Areas of types of uses may be totaled before computing number of loading berths.)
(3)
No zoning lot served shall be more than 300 feet removed from the central loading area.
(4)
The tunnel or ramp connecting the central loading area with the zoning lot served shall not be less than seven feet in width and shall have a clearance of not less than seven feet.
§ 303-62 Parking requirements.
[Amended 1-3-2000; 3-20-2023]
All new nonresidential parking lots and all alterations of existing lots shall be subject to the approval of the Common Council after a recommendation from the Plan Commission. Requests for said parking lots shall be accompanied by detailed plans on landscaping, parking layout, drainage provisions and driveway locations. In all districts, there shall be provided, at the time any use or building is erected, enlarged, extended or increased, off-street parking stalls for all vehicles in accordance with the following:
A.
Access. Adequate access to a public street shall be provided for each parking space.
B.
Design standards. The size of each parking space shall be not less than 180 square feet, exclusive of the space required for ingress and egress. Minimum width of aisles providing access to stalls for one-way traffic shall be as follows: 11 feet for thirty-degree parking and 20 feet for ninety-degree parking. Minimum width of aisles providing access to stalls for two-way traffic shall be 24 feet. No parking area of more than two spaces shall be designed so as to require any vehicle to back into a public street. Any parking area of more than five spaces shall be sufficiently screened in the form of a solid fence or shrubbery to protect adjacent residential uses. Large expanses of unchanneled parking areas shall be avoided by interior landscaping and safety islands.
C.
Location.
(1)
(Reserved)
(2)
Off-street parking is permitted in all yards of all districts, except in the front yards of One-Family and Two-Family Residence Districts, but shall not be closer than five feet to a nonresidential side lot line or rear lot line or closer than 15 feet to a right-of-way. No parking space or driveway, except in residential districts, shall be closer than 25 feet to a residential district lot line.
(3)
Off-street parking in One-Family and Two-Family Residence Districts is permitted in the front yard in the driveway, even though closer than five feet to a side lot line, provided that the driveway conforms to the requirements in Chapter 122, Driveways, of this Code. An ATV/UTV, boat, snowmobile, and/or related trailer, may be parked or stored in the driveway.
D.
Surfacing. All off-street parking areas, except a single parking space accessory to a single-family dwelling, shall be surfaced with a dustless, all-weather material capable of carrying a wheel load of 4,000 pounds. (Normally, a two-inch blacktop on a four-inch base or five inches of portland cement will meet this requirement.) Any parking area for more than five vehicles shall have the aisles and spaces clearly marked. Compacted stone or gravel may used only with the approval of the Common Council.
E.
Landscaping.
(1)
Accessory landscape area. All public and private off-street parking areas which serve four vehicles or more, are located within 15 feet of any lot line or public right-of-way and are created or redesigned and rebuilt subsequent to the adoption of this code shall be provided with accessory landscape areas totaling not less than 10% of the surfaced area. The minimum size of each landscape area shall not be less than 100 square feet.
(2)
Location. Location of landscape areas, plant materials and protection afforded the plantings, including curbing and provision for maintenance by the property owner, shall be subject to approval by the Zoning Administrator.
(3)
Plans. All plans for such proposed parking areas, at the discretion of the Zoning Administrator, shall include a topographic survey or grading plan which shows existing and proposed grades and location of improvements. The preservation of existing trees, shrubs and other natural vegetation in the parking area may be included in the calculation of the required minimum landscape area.
(4)
Special residential requirements. Those parking areas for five or more vehicles, if adjoining a residential use, shall be screened from such use by a solid wall, fence, evergreen planting of equivalent visual density or other effective means, built and maintained at a minimum height of five feet. Where a solidly constructed decorative fence is provided along the interior lot line, the minimum setback for the parking area shall be five feet from said lot line. Said fence shall be located a minimum of one foot from said lot line.
(5)
Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in association with parking facilities provided in residence districts.
(6)
Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties and public streets in such a way as not to create a nuisance. However, in no case shall such lighting exceed three footcandles measured at the lot line.
(7)
Street setback area. No parking shall be permitted between the street right-of-way line and the individual setback line prevailing in the zone in which the proposed parking area is to be located. The resulting open area shall be planted in grass or otherwise landscaped to create a permanent green area.
F.
Curbs. Curbs or barriers shall be installed a minimum of four feet from a property line so as to prevent the parked vehicles from extending over any lot lines.
G.
Handicapped parking requirements. In addition to any other requirements relating to parking spaces contained in this chapter, the provisions contained in W.S.A. §§ 101.13, 346.503 and 346.56 and any Wisconsin Administrative Code sections adopted pursuant thereto are hereby adopted by reference and made applicable to all parking facilities whenever constructed.
H.
Changes in buildings or use. Whenever a building or use is changed, structurally altered or enlarged to create a need for an increase of 25% or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use is enlarged to the extent of 50% or more in the floor area, said building or use shall then comply with the parking requirements set forth in the district in which it is located.
I.
Off-lot parking.
(1)
Required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot with the principal use, or, when this requirement cannot be met, such parking spaces may be located off lot, provided that the parking spaces are located in the same district and not over 400 feet from the principal use. In cases where off-street parking facilities are permitted on land other than the same lot as the principal use, such facilities shall be in the same possession as the lot occupied by the use to which the parking facilities are necessary or in the possession of the controller of the principal use to which the parking facilities are accessory. Such possession shall be by deed whereby the owner of the land on which the parking facilities are to be located shall be bound by a covenant filed and recorded in the office of the County Register of Deeds requiring such owner, his or her heirs or assigns to maintain the required facilities for the duration of the use served.
(2)
Off-lot parking spaces for residential uses shall be within 250 feet of the principal entrance or the entrance for the individual occupants for whom the spaces are reserved while the farthest portions of a parking lot for all other uses shall be within 400 feet of the entrance of the establishment.
(3)
Accessory parking may be located in residential districts, provided that said lots or property is immediately adjacent to a business or industrial zoning district.
(4)
All off-street parking lots adjoining lots zoned for residential use shall have a minimum setback of 10 feet from any interior lot line, except if the adjoining lot is used for legally conforming parking purposes.
J.
Signs. Signs located in parking areas necessary for orderly operation of traffic movement shall be permitted in addition to others permitted in this chapter.
K.
Lighting. Lighting used to illuminate off-street parking shall have no direct source of light visible from a street or adjacent land.
L.
Reduction of parking areas. Off-street parking spaces shall not be reduced in number unless said number exceeds the requirements set forth herein.
§ 303-63 Highway access.
A.
No direct private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of expressways nor to any controlled access arterial street without permission of the highway agency that has access control jurisdiction. No direct public or private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of freeways, interstate highways and their interchanges or turning lanes nor to intersecting or interchange streets within 1,500 feet of the most remote end of the taper of the turning lanes (such as exit and entrance ramps). No driveway openings shall be permitted within 100 feet of the intersection of an arterial street right-of-way line.
B.
Access barriers, such as curbing, fencing, ditching, landscaping or other topographic barriers, shall be erected to prevent unauthorized vehicular ingress or egress to the above specified streets or highways.
C.
Temporary access to the above rights-of-way may be granted by the Zoning Administrator after review and recommendation by the highway agencies having jurisdiction. Such access permit shall be temporary, revocable and subject to any conditions required and shall be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months.
§ 303-64 Recreational vehicle parking and storage.
[Amended 1-3-2000; 3-20-2023]
A.
Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
BOAT
Every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
MOBILE HOME
See § 303-7, Definitions and word usage.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
Any of the following:
(1)
TRAVEL TRAILER
A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis and on wheels that is between 10 feet and 36 feet long, including the hitch, and eight feet or less in width and designated to be used for temporary travel, recreation, vacation or other uses and towed by a car, wagon or truck. It includes so-called "fifth-wheel units."(2)
PICKUP COACH
A structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses.(3)
MOTOR HOME
A portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.(4)
CAMPING TRAILER
A canvas or folding structure mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses.(5)
CHASSIS MOUNTS, MOTOR HOMES AND MINI-MOTOR HOMES
Recreational structures constructed integrally with a truck or motor-van chassis and incapable of being separated therefrom.(6)
CONVERTED AND CHOPPED VANS
Recreational structures which are created by altering or changing an existing auto van to make it a recreational vehicle.(7)
ATV/UTV, BOAT, ICE SHANTY (W/TRAILER CHASSIS), SNOWMOBILE, AND/OR TRAILER
A trailer is a vehicle on which an ATV/UTV, boat, or snowmobile may be transported and which is towable by a motor vehicle. When removed from the trailer, an ATV/UTV, boat, or snowmobile, for purposes of this article, is termed an unmounted ATV/UTV, boat, or snowmobile.YARD, FRONT
That part of a lot between the front lot line and front(s) of the principal building on the lot and extended to both side lot lines. The front yard is the side of the building where the address is assigned.
YARD, REAR
That part of a lot between the rear lot line and the back(s) of the principal building on the lot and extended to both side lot lines.
YARD, SIDE
That part of a lot not surrounded by a building and not in the front or rear yard.
B.
Permitted parking or storage of recreational vehicles. In all residential and business districts provided for in this Zoning Code, it is permissible to park or store a recreational vehicle of trailer on private property in the following manner:
(1)
Parking is permitted pursuant to the requirements of § 303-21C(6).
(2)
No parking or storing of a recreation vehicle or trailer in the front yard.
(3)
If the residence is a corner lot, the body of the recreation vehicle or trailer must be at least 15 feet from the face of any curb on the side yard and back yard.
(4)
No part of the unit may extend over the public sidewalk or public right-of-way.
(5)
Parking is permitted only for storage purposes. Recreational vehicles or trailers shall not be:
(a)
Used for dwelling purposes, except for overnight sleeping for a maximum of 14 days in any one calendar year. Cooking is not permitted at any time.
(b)
Permanently connected to sewer lines, water lines or electricity. The recreational vehicle may be connected to electricity temporarily for charging batteries and other purposes.
(c)
Used for storage of goods, materials or equipment other than those items considered to be part of the unit or essential for its immediate use.
(6)
Notwithstanding the above, a unit may be parked anywhere on the premises during active loading or unloading, and the use of electrical or propane fuel is permitted when necessary to prepare a recreational vehicle for use.
(7)
The recreational vehicle or trailer shall be owned by the resident on whose property the unit is parked for storage.
(State law reference: W.S.A. § 30.50 and chs. HSS 177 and 178[1] of the Wisconsin Administrative Code)
[1]
Editor's Note: For Ch. HSS 178, see new Ch. DHS 178.
§ 303-65 Truck, tractor and road machinery parking and storage.
A.
Truck parking in residential areas. No motor vehicle over 12,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rated capacity bearing a commercial license, including school buses, and no commercially licensed trailer, including semitrailers, shall be parked or stored in a residential district, except when loading, unloading or rendering a service. Said vehicles may only be kept and parked on said premises in an enclosed building when the premises is located as described in § 303-65A or when the property is located adjacent to a heavy truck route as designated in § 289-10F.
[Amended 10-5-2009 by Res. No. 2009-9]
B.
Tractors and road machinery. No person, firm or corporation shall park, keep or maintain on properties zoned for residential or multiple-residential dwellings the following types of vehicles: tractors, tractor trailers, semitrailers, farm tractors in excess of six feet in width, dump trucks, auto wreckers and road machinery. Said vehicles may not be kept or parked on said premises, whether or not they are in enclosed buildings, except for the purposes of unloading or servicing the premises.