Markham City Zoning Code
OFF-STREET PARKING
AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
§ 156.310 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FLOOR AREA. The gross floor area and the open land area required for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. It does not include areas used as rest rooms, or areas or parts of areas used principally for non- public purposes, such as storage, automobile parking, incidental repairs, processing or packaging of merchandise, show windows or for offices incidental to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings.
OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE. An on-the-property space for the standing, loading and unloading of vehicles to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets, alleys and sidewalks. Such space shall be not less than 12 feet in width and 30 feet in length, exclusive of access aisles and loading space, and such loading space shall have a minimum overhead clearance of 14 feet.
REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE. An area in the form of a rectangle measuring not less than nine feet in width by 20 feet in depth, and an additional 120 square feet shall be provided for each parking space as maneuvering and access area. Each such space shall be accessible from streets or alleys or private driveways or aisles leading to streets or driveways. In any residential district, no required off-street parking space, except that area required for access to such parking space, shall occupy any portion of a front yard or a side yard.
(Prior Code, § 156.245)
§ 156.311 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIRED.
There shall be provided in all districts at time or erection or enlargement of any main building or structure, automobile off-street parking space with adequate access and egress to all spaces.
(Prior Code, § 156.246)
§ 156.312 PLAN FOR OFF-STREET PARKING; APPROVAL OF PLAN COMMISSION; COMPLIANCE.
(A) (1) For the purpose of providing off-street parking spaces as required in accordance with these zoning regulations, plans must be submitted to, and approved by, the Director of Building and Housing before issuance of a building permit. The plans shall show how the required off-street parking spaces shall be arranged and shall indicate sufficient space for turning maneuvers, as well as adequate ingress and egress to the parking area.
(2) Before issuance of a building permit, the Inspector shall obtain the approval of the Plan Commission for all such plans requiring six or more off-street parking spaces.
(B) Whenever a building permit has been granted and the plans so approved for off-street parking, the subsequent use of such property is deemed to be conditional upon the unqualified continuance and availability of the parking provisions contained in such plan. Any use of such property in violation of this chapter is deemed a violation of these zoning regulations. Should the owner or occupant of any building to whom a building permit has been granted containing off-street parking requirements so change the use to which such building is put as to increase off-street parking as required under these zoning regulations, it is unlawful and a violation of the zoning regulations to begin or maintain such altered use until such time as the increased off-street parking provisions of this section are complied with.
(Prior Code, § 156.247)
§ 156.313 ALL-WEATHER SURFACING AND ILLUMINATION REQUIRED.
(A) Every parcel of land used as a parking space or a loading space after 8-26-1956, shall have an all- weather surface (asphalt or concrete surface).
(B) All public off-street parking spaces shall be illuminated, and all lights used to illuminate the parking spaces shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining lots in residential districts.
(C) No signs other than those necessary for orderly parking control are to be erected or displayed in any public parking area.
(Prior Code, § 156.248) (Ord. 18-O-2204, passed 8-1-2018)
§ 156.314 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
No truck or commercial vehicle, other than a Class B Truck or Class B Commercial Vehicle as defined in the Illinois Motor Vehicle Code or by the Illinois Secretary of State, may be parked or stored in any residential zoning district. All trucks greater than a Class B, heavy equipment and/or trailers used for commercial purposes shall be removed from residential property and not allowed to be parked or stored in any residential zoning district after January 1, 2024.
(Prior Code, § 156.249) (Ord. 21-O-2316, passed 11-17-2021)
§ 156.315 ADDITIONS OR ENLARGEMENTS OF EXISTING BUILDING OR USE.
No addition or enlargement of an existing building or use shall be permitted unless the parking requirements of these zoning regulations are met for the entire building or use.
(Prior Code, § 156.250)
§ 156.316 MIXED USES; NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRED.
In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street parking space shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately as specified in this chapter, and the off-street parking space for one use shall not be considered as providing the required off-street parking for any other use.
(Prior Code, § 156.251)
§ 156.317 SCHEDULE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
Automobile parking spaces shall be provided according to the following schedule and shall be subject to the following schedule and conditions in any district in which any of the following uses shall be established:
(A) Dwellings: one off-street parking space for each family unit;
(B) Places of public assembly including private clubs, lodges and fraternal buildings not providing overnight accommodations; assembly halls, auditoriums, skating rinks, dance halls, bowling alleys, theaters, stadiums, gymnasiums, amusement parks, funeral homes, community centers, libraries: one off-street parking space for each four seats provided for patron use and/or one off-street parking space for each 50 square feet of floor area used as public assembly but not containing fixed seats;
(C) Churches: one off-street parking space for each five seats and/or one off-street parking space for each 90 lineal inches of pew space in such church;
(D) Restaurants, bars, taverns, nightclubs and all other similar dining and/or drinking establishments: one off-street parking space for each 50 square feet of floor area exclusive of kitchen, rest room and storage area;
(E) Motels and tourist homes: one off-street parking space for each guest room, plus one additional space for the owner or manager;
(F) Medical or dental offices: five parking spaces per doctor engaged in clinic;
(G) Banks, savings and loan associations, businesses or professional offices: one parking space for each 125 square feet of floor area, plus one space for each two employees;
(H) Furniture and appliance stores; wholesale stores; household equipment, or furniture repair offices, or machine sales: one parking space for each 75 square feet of floor area;
(I) Barbershops and beauty parlors: three off-street parking spaces for each operator;
(J) Retail stores: one parking space for each 75 square feet of floor area;
(K) Community shopping district areas: one parking space for each 220 square feet of floor area;
(L) Motor freight terminals and local cartage companies: one space for each two employees, based on the maximum number of persons to be employed for any work period, plus one adequate space for each vehicle used in the conduct of such operations;
(M) Manufacturing and industrial uses: one parking space for each two employees based upon the maximum number of persons to be employed at any one work period during the day or night, plus one adequate space for each vehicle used in the conduct of such operation; and
(N) Schools, including elementary, junior high schools, high schools and all other similar institutions of learning: one off-street parking space for each two employees, based on the maximum number of persons to be employed for any work period, plus one off-street parking space for each ten high school, college or university students predicated upon the designed capacity of the physical plant.
(Prior Code, § 156.252) (Ord. 77-O-962, passed 11-7-1977; Ord. 02-O-1735, passed 6-5-2002; Ord. 02-O-1735, passed 6-5-2002)
§ 156.318 OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE REQUIRED.
In the use of land for any purpose other than residential, no building or structure shall be erected unless provision is made for the location on the lot of off-street loading space on the basis of the following requirements: one off-street loading space for each 20,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(Prior Code, § 156.253) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.319 SURFACE REQUIREMENT OF LOADING AREA.
All area provided in accordance with the off-street loading requirements shall be surfaced with a bituminous or other all-weather dust-free surface.
(Prior Code, § 156.254) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.320 ENTRANCE AND EXIT IN COMMERCIAL OR MANUFACTURING DISTRICT.
Within any commercial or light manufacturing district, all vehicular entrances and exits on public streets, alleys and highways shall be designed and constructed in a manner to best facilitate the flow of traffic to and from the premises and such entrances and exits shall be subject to the approval of the traffic or highway authority having jurisdiction over the street or highway on which they are located.
(Prior Code, § 156.255)
§ 156.321 LOADING SPACE TO BE SEPARATE FROM PARKING AREA.
The off-street loading facilities required shall, in all cases, be on the same lot or parcel of land as the structure they are intended to serve. In no case shall the required off-street loading space be part of the area used to satisfy the off-street parking requirements of these zoning regulations.
(Prior Code, § 156.256)
§ 156.322 LOADING REQUIREMENT IN L-1 OR L-2 DISTRICTS.
No loading docks shall be erected within a L-1 or L-2 District unless the front of such loading platform shall be set back at least 65 feet from the property line abutting the street on which lot a dock fronts. No standing, loading or unloading of vehicles shall be permitted where the vehicle extends onto and stands in any dedicated street or alley during the loading or unloading operation.
(Prior Code, § 156.257) (Ord. 70-O-748, passed - -1970) Penalty, see § 156.999