The purpose of these off-street parking and loading requirements is to alleviate and prevent congestion of the public streets and to promote the safety and welfare of the public by establishing minimum requirements for the off-street parking and loading or unloading of motor vehicles in accordance with the use of the property.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

   Employee parking: One (1) parking space required per one and one-half (1½) employees, unless otherwise stated.

   Employees or the expression number of employees: The greatest number of persons to be employed in the building in question during any season of the year in any time of the day or night.

   Off-Street Parking Space: A space with a minimum size of one hundred eighty (180) square feet and of appropriate dimensions for the parking of an automobile, exclusive of the access drives or aisles thereto as shown on the Off-Street Parking Details table located in this article. Each required parking space shall have at least seven (7) feet of vertical clearance. Markings shall be laid and restored as often as necessary to clearly delineate each parking space.

   Seats: The seating capacity of a particular building as determined by the specifications and plans filed with the zoning officer; in the event individual seats are not provided, each twenty-four (24) inches of benches or similar seating accommodations shall be considered as one (1) seat for the purposes of this article.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

The off-street parking and loading provisions of this article shall apply to zoning districts and land uses as follows:

      (1)   In case of a use not specifically mentioned, the requirements for off-street parking or off-street loading for a use which is so mentioned, and to which said use is similar, shall apply.

      (2)   For all establishments, buildings, or structures erected and land uses established after April 1, 2010, accessory parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required by these regulations.

      (3)   Where a building permit has been issued prior to April 1, 2010, and provided that construction has begun within one (1) year of April 1, 2010 and diligently prosecuted to completion, parking and loading facilities as required hereinafter need not be provided, but shall instead conform to the off-street parking and loading requirements applicable at the date of the issuance of the building permit.

      (4)   Parking facilities and buildings and structures existing as of April 1, 2010, with parking and loading facilities which do not meet the requirements of this article shall be treated as nonconforming uses and be subject to the requirements for nonconforming uses set forth in this ordinance.

      (5)   When the intensity or use of any establishment, building, structure, or premises is increased through the addition of gross floor area, seating capacity, or other similar units of measurement specified herein for required parking or loading facilities, the parking and loading facilities as required herein shall be provided for such increase in intensity of use.

      (6)   Whenever the existing use of a building, structure, premises, or zoning lot is hereafter changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use.

      (7)   Any nonconforming building, structure, or use which is in existence on April 1, 2010, and is damaged or destroyed by fire, explosion, or other casualty and is reconstructed, reestablished, or repaired in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance may be continued in operation with parking or loading facilities equivalent to those maintained at the time of such casualty or destruction.

      (8)   Off-street parking lots or loading areas which are located on the same lot as an establishment, building, structure, or use served by the parking or loading facility and were in existence on April 1, 2010, or were provided voluntarily after April 1, 2010, shall not thereafter be reduced below, or if presently less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements of this article for a similar new building, structure, or use.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

All parking lot and loading areas shall conform in every respect to any other provision of applicable state or federal law concerning the installation or maintenance of parking or loading areas, including, but not limited to, requirements relating to parking for the disabled or handicapped and the provision of fire lanes or public safety access. To the extent that the provisions of this article are in conflict with any other such applicable statutes or regulations, the more stringent shall apply.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

      (1)   No access way or lane shall be within twenty (20) feet of any corner formed by the intersection of the right-of-way of two (2) or more streets. On a corner where a traffic signal or stop sign exists such entrance or exit shall be located at such distance and in such manner so as not to cause or increase traffic hazard or undue congestion.

      (2)   The alignment of access ways or lanes shall be at right angles.

      (3)   Curb cuts in public streets or highway access to provide access to any parking area shall be subject to any additional requirements of any agency, including the Department of Public Works of the City of Marshall, the Clark County Highway Department, or the Illinois Department of Transportation, for access to a public street or way.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

All parking aisles and parking spaces shall be entirely within lot lines, and not on a public right-of-way. Parking spaces and loading spaces shall be so arranged that no part of any vehicle overhangs the public right-of-way.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

      (1)   All parking lots containing more than four (4) spaces shall be required to provide adequate surface drainage. Such drainage shall be designed so as to both eliminate stormwater accumulation upon the parking lot or loading area and to prevent excessive runoff from the parking lot or loading area onto adjacent properties or into any stormwater sewer system or public street.

      (2)   Such drainage system may include, but is not limited to, the installation of retention systems to control stormwater drainage from the parking lot or loading area.

      (3)   Any parking lot which exceeds the size of forty (40) spaces must be designed by an engineer and approved by the city engineer for adequacy of the stormwater drainage design.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

      (1)   Lighting shall be provided in parking lots and loading areas as appropriate for the use of such lot or loading area and to assure the safety of persons using the facility. Any such lighting shall be designed, installed, and operated in a manner to prevent the spillage of light away from the parking lot or loading area and shall be directed so as not to create a nuisance or hazard.

      (2)   Lighting systems for parking lots in excess of forty (40) spaces must receive approval of the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

All parking lots and loading areas shall be appropriately marked by striping or other generally acceptable marking methods. Such marking shall include appropriate directional signals, stall designations, and lane designations. Markings shall be maintained in adequate condition to provide direction and guidance to persons using the parking lot or loading area.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

   Parking areas in all districts and uses other than R1 and R3 One and Two family Residential Districts, including driveways, shall be paved, except as hereinafter provided. Parking areas shall be properly graded for drainage, maintained in good condition, and improved with:

      (1)   A 1.5" Surface Course; Mix C, Class 1, Type 2; 2.5" Binder Course, Mix B, Class 1, Type 2; 8" Sub-Base Crushed Stone, Type A; Woven or nonwoven pavement fabric; or

      (2)   A 1.5" Surface Course; Mix C, Class 1, Type 2; 1.5" Binder Course; Mix B, Class 1, Type 2; 8" Emulsified Asphalt Base; or

      (3)   A 6" P.C. Concrete Pavement, 12" Lime Modified Soil Base (40# lime/SY); or

      (4)   A 6" P.C. Concrete Pavement, 4" Sub-Base Crushed Stone, Type A; Woven or nonwoven pavement fabric; or

      (5)   A Double Oil & Chip Surface, 8" Sub-Base Crushed Stone, Type A; Woven or nonwoven pavement fabric.

      (6)   Parking lots exceeding the size of forty (40) spaces must be designed by an engineer and must meet or exceed one (1) set of standards listed above and the design must be approved by the city engineer. In any application or use where traffic loading warrants additional paving thickness, the city engineer may require submission of a pavement design for the parking lot.

      (7)   Parking lots in which it is determined by the city engineer upon application that it would be impractical to pave a parking lot or loading area in a particular use or application may utilize an alternative surfacing material or design approved by the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10; Ord. No. 2023-O-36, § 1, 9-25-23)

      (1)   The off-street parking facilities required for the uses mentioned in this ordinance, and for other similar uses, shall be on the same lot or parcel of land as the structure they are intended to serve, but in case of nonresidential uses when practical difficulties prevent their establishment upon the same lot, the required parking facilities shall be provided within three hundred (300) feet of the premises to which they are appurtenant.

      (2)   In residential districts, parking in the front yard is prohibit except for access drives which clearly serve one-family and two-family dwelling units. Such spaces may be stacked.

      (3)   No part of an off-street parking area required for any building or use for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall be included as a part of an off-street parking area similarly required for another building or use unless the type of structure indicates that the periods of usage of such structures will not be simultaneous with each other.

      (4)   In case of mixed uses, the total requirement for off-street loading space shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately as specified in the preceding sections, and the off-street loading space for one (1) use shall not be considered as providing the required off-street loading space for any other use.

      (5)   Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to prevent the joint use of off-street parking or off-street loading for two (2) or more buildings or uses, if the total of such spaces when used together shall not be less than the sum of the requirement for the various individual uses computed separately in accordance with the preceding sections. Provision for the maintenance and repair of such joint parking and loading facilities shall be made.

      (6)   All off-street parking areas in any district which adjoin an interior lot line or street lot line shall be provided with wheel stops of masonry, concrete, steel or heavy timber, such wheel stops to be securely anchored and attached near such interior or street lot lines so as to prevent the protrusion of vehicles into adjoining property or public streets.

      (7)   No access way to any parking area shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any street intersection. At intersections where traffic control devices are installed the requirement may be increased as necessary to prevent hazards. Parking area access ways (including residential driveways) shall intersect at right angles to the primary public street serving that property.

      (8)   No certificate of occupancy will be issued upon completion of any building or repair operations unless and until all off-street parking requirements, shown upon the plans, or made a part of the building permit, shall be in place and ready for use.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

In the use of land for residential, commercial, industrial or any other purposes, no residential, commercial, industrial or any other building or structure shall be erected unless provision is made for the location on the lot, concurrently with the erection, off-street parking space on the basis of the following minimum requirements provided in Table Two: Parking Standards.

 

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10; Ord. No. 2023-O-37, § 1, 9-25-23)

      (1)   Purpose. Off-street loading shall be provided which is adequate for the use located on the zoning lot. Off-street loading facilities shall be provided to allow adequate ingress and egress to establishments, buildings, structures, or uses upon each zoning lot in a manner which will not interfere with the movement of vehicular traffic to and from the zoning lot or adjacent public streets and ways.

      (2)   Access. Each off-street loading space shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements upon the zoning lot and the street or alley. All such access ways shall be not less than twelve (12) feet in width.

      (3)   Buffer strips. Off-street loading spaces for vehicles over two (2) tons capacity shall not be closer than fifty (50) feet to any property in a residential district unless such loading space is completely enclosed by a building, walls, a solid fence, or a foliage buffer not less than ten (10) feet in height.

      (4)   Location of off-street loading spaces. All loading spaces, whether permitted or required, shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served, shall not be located within fifty (50) feet of the intersection of any two (2) streets, and shall not be located within required front yards for the zoning lot.

      (5)   Loading facility not to be used for parking. Space allocated to any off-street parking loading berth shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy any space requirements for off-street parking facilities on the zoning lot or portions thereof.

      (6)   Size. Unless otherwise specified, a required loading space shall be at least fourteen (14) feet in width by fifty (50) feet in length, and shall have a vertical clearance of not less than fourteen (14) feet, or such greater size as may be needed to accommodate vehicles so that no vehicle loading or unloading overhangs into the public right-of-way or interferes with internal circulation upon the zoning lot. Reasonably adequate turning and maneuvering space shall be provided in addition to the minimum sized loading space requirements.

      (7)   Surfacing. Loading areas in all districts and uses including driveways, shall be paved, and loading areas shall be properly graded for drainage, maintained in good condition, and improved with:

         (a)   A 1.5" Surface Course; Mix C, Class 1, Type 2; 2.5" Binder Course, Mix B, Class 1, Type 2; 8" Sub-Base Crushed Stone, Type A; Woven or nonwoven pavement fabric; or

         (b)   A 1.5" Surface Course; Mix C, Class 1, Type 2; 1.5" Binder Course; Mix B, Class 1, Type 2; 8" Emulsified Asphalt Base; or

         (c)   A 6" P.C. Concrete Pavement, 12" Lime Modified Soil Base (40# lime/SY); or

         (d)   A 6" P.C. Concrete Pavement, 4" Sub-Base Crushed Stone, Type A; Woven or nonwoven pavement fabric.

In any application or use where traffic loading warrants additional paving thickness, the city engineer may require submission of a pavement design for the loading areas.

      (8)   Loading spaces required. Off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the basis of gross floor area of the establishment, building, structure, or use which is subject to the requirement for such off-street loading and shall be provided at a ratio of one (1) loading space for the first ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area per building with one (1) additional loading space at the rate of one (1) space for each additional fourteen thousand (14,000) square feet of gross floor area.

      (9)   Joint off-street loading. See section 13.11(5).

      (10)   No certificate of occupancy will be issued upon completion of any building or repair operations unless and until all off-street loading requirements, shown upon the plans, or made a part of the building permit, shall be in place and ready for use.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

Any establishment that does not provide the minimum number of parking and loading spaces required by this article shall not be allowed to further reduce the amount of parking and loading space. No existing parking or loading area which complies with this article shall be decreased so as to become a nonconforming area.

When the existing use of a structure is damaged or destroyed by means other than usual deterioration, the structure may be repaired or rebuilt. Parking and loading facilities equivalent to any maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored, but additional parking and loading facilities need not be provided.

Whenever the use of any structure or premises is substantially altered, spaces shall be provided to satisfy the requirements of this article.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 22, 3-26-10)