Mclean County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 350-60 Scope of regulations.
The off-street parking and off-street loading provisions of this chapter shall apply as follows:
A.
Accessory off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided as required by the regulations of this article for all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established in each district after the effective date of this chapter.
B.
When the intensity of use of any building, structure, or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement in the amount specified herein requiring parking or loading facilities, such additional parking and loading facilities as required herein shall be provided.
C.
Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. However, if said building or structure was erected prior to the July 27, 1966 effective date of this chapter, additional parking or loading facilities are mandatory only in the amount by which the requirements for the new use would exceed those for the existing use, if the latter were subject to the parking and loading provisions of this chapter.
§ 350-61 Existing parking facilities.
Accessory off-street parking facilities in existence on the effective date of this chapter and located on the same lot as the building or use served shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than shall not be further reduced below, the requirements for a similar new building or use under the provisions of this chapter.
§ 350-62 Permitted facilities.
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of off-street parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings, provided that all regulations herein governing the location, design, and operation of such facilities are adhered to.
§ 350-63 Damage or destruction of buildings or uses.
For any conforming or nonconforming building or use which is in existence on the effective date of this chapter, which subsequently is damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion, or other cause, and which is reconstructed, reestablished, or repaired, additional off-street parking or loading facilities need not be provided, except that such parking or loading facilities equivalent to any maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored or continued in operation.
§ 350-64 Control of off-site parking facilities.
In some cases where parking facilities are permitted on land other than the lot on which the building or use served is located, such facilities shall be in the same possession as the lot occupied by the buildings or use to which the parking facilities are accessory. Such possession may be either by deed or long-term lease, the term of such lease to be determined by the County Board. The owner of the land on which the parking facilities are to be located shall be bound by covenants, filed on record in the Office of the Recorder of McLean County, requiring such owner, or his or her heirs and assigns, to maintain the required number of parking facilities for the duration of the use served or of said lease, whichever shall terminate sooner.
§ 350-65 Off-street parking general provisions.
Off-street parking facilities for motor vehicles shall be provided in accordance with the following regulations:
A.
Use. Accessory off-street parking facilities required for uses listed herein shall be solely for the parking of passenger automobiles of patrons, occupants, or employees. When bus transportation is provided, for patrons, occupants or employees of a specific establishment, additional open or enclosed off-street parking spaces for each bus to be parked on the premises shall be provided in accordance with regulations of §§ 350-65 and 350-66.
B.
Computation. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this chapter results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of 1/2 or less may be disregarded while a fraction in excess of 1/2 shall be counted as one parking space.
C.
Collective provisions. Off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use and provided that all regulations governing location of accessory parking spaces, in relation to the use served, are adhered to. Further, no parking spaces or portions thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use unless otherwise authorized by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
D.
In yards. Off-street parking spaces open to the sky may be located in any yard except in front yards and side yards adjoining a street in the A Agriculture District, R-1 Single-Family Residential District and the R-2 Two-Family Residential District.
E.
Employee parking. Parking spaces required on an employee basis shall be based on the maximum number of employees on duty or residing, or both, on the premises at any one time.
F.
Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with any parking facilities. No gasoline or motor oil shall be sold in conjunction with any accessory parking facilities.
G.
Accessible/Handicapped spaces. In addition to the requirements of Article II, § 350-19B, of this chapter, accessible/handicapped parking spaces shall be provided as required below or as amended per the current requirements of the Illinois Accessibility Code.
[Amended 6-18-2002]
Total Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces Required | Required Minimum Number of Accessible Spaces | |
|---|---|---|
1 to 25 | 1 | |
26 to 50 | 2 | |
51 to 75 | 3 | |
76 to 100 | 4 | |
101 to 150 | 5 | |
151 to 200 | 6 | |
201 to 300 | 7 | |
301 to 400 | 8 | |
401 to 500 | 9 | |
501 to 1,000 | 2% of total number | |
Over 1,000 | 20 plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000 |
(1)
Parking space dimensions. Parking spaces shall be at least 20 feet in length and 16 feet in width, including an eight-foot-wide diagonally striped access aisle.
(2)
Location. Accessible parking spaces serving a particular building shall be located on the shortest accessible route of travel from adjacent parking to an accessible entrance.
§ 350-66 Off-street parking design and maintenance.
A.
Open and enclosed parking spaces. Accessory parking spaces may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building, carport or structure.
B.
Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas containing more than eight parking spaces shall be graded and paved with asphalt, concrete, or asphaltic concrete as approved by the County Engineer except in the following instances:
C.
Screening. In districts where transition belts are not required, all automobile parking areas containing more than eight parking spaces, located less than 40 feet from the nearest property line of a lot in an R-1 Single-Family Residential District or R-2 Two-Family Residential District or a lot containing a dwelling as a principal use, shall be effectively screened from such property line by a transition screen meeting the specifications of Article VII, § 350-52, of this chapter.
D.
Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties in such a way as not to create a nuisance; and in a parking area containing four or more parking spaces, such lighting shall be extinguished 1/2 hour after the close of business except as may otherwise be permitted or required by the Zoning Board of Appeals for maintaining illumination with less candlepower after the time specified above.
E.
Driveways. Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space. All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement. No driveway that crosses public property at the right-of-way line shall exceed a width of 25 feet in a residential district and 35 feet in commercial and industrial districts unless otherwise required by the County Engineer, applicable township road district commissioner, or the Illinois Department of Transportation.
F.
Location. All parking spaces required to serve buildings or uses erected or established after the effective date of this chapter shall be located on the same lot as the building or use served. Buildings or uses existing on the effective date of this chapter which are subsequently altered or enlarged so as to require the provision of parking spaces under this chapter may be served by parking facilities located on other than the lot on which the building or use served is located, provided such facilities are within 300 feet walking distance of the main entrance of the use served.
G.
Parking space dimensions. Required off-street parking spaces shall be at least nine feet in width and at least 20 feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office or work areas. Enclosed parking spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet.
§ 350-67 Off-street parking space requirements.
The minimum number of off-street parking spaces required for uses allowed are provided in Schedule A and Schedule B below. Schedule A provides off-street parking requirements for land uses with a single type of activity, and Schedule B provides off-street parking requirements for land uses with multiple types of activities.
A.
Schedule A.
[Amended 2-20-2001]
Land Use | Required Number of Parking Spaces | |
|---|---|---|
Residential Uses | ||
Assisted living | 1 for each 2 beds | |
Duplex | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Group home | 1 for each 2 beds | |
Group residential | 1 for each 2 beds | |
Manufactured home — residential design | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Manufactured home | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Manufactured home park | Spaces required pursuant to § 350-43W | |
Mobile home | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Modular home | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Multifamily | 1 1/2 per dwelling unit | |
Single-family, attached dwelling | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Single-family, detached non-farm dwelling | 1 per dwelling unit [Amended 2-20-2001] | |
Single-family, underground dwelling | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Single-family, zero-lot-line dwelling | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Transitional living facility | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Commercial Uses | ||
Adult entertainment establishment | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Agricultural processing | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Agricultural sales and service | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Animal care, general | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Animal care, limited | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Bank or financial institution | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Bar or tavern | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Bed-and-breakfast | 2 plus 1 per 3 lodging rooms | |
Car wash | 1 per 2 employees, plus 1 per owner or manager; and in addition, reservoir parking spaces to accommodate automobiles awaiting entrance to the car wash equal in number to 5 times the maximum capacity of the car wash. "Maximum capacity," in this instance, shall mean the greatest possible number of automobiles undergoing some phase of laundering at the same time. | |
Catering establishment | 1 1/2 per employee | |
Child-care facility | 1 per 2 beds | |
Child-care institution | 1 per 2 beds | |
Construction sales and service | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Day-care center | 1 per 2 beds | |
Day-care home | 1 per 2 beds | |
Food store | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Greenhouse | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Health club | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Hotel or motel | 1 per lodging room plus 1 per employee on largest shift | |
Institutional camp | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Kennel | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Manufactured home sales | Spaces required pursuant to Schedule B | |
Office, general | 1 per 2 persons employed | |
Parking lot, commercial | None | |
Plant nursery | 1 per employee plus additional parking for customers as determined by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Racetracks | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Recreation and entertainment, indoor | Bowling Alley: 7 per lane plus such additional spaces as may be required herein for affiliated uses such as restaurants and the like Theater: 1 per 6 seats up to 400 seats, plus 1 per 4 seats over 400 Other such use: 1 per 3 persons, based upon the maximum number of persons that can be accommodated at the same time in accordance with such design capacity, plus 1 per 2 employees | |
Recreation and entertainment, outdoor | 1 per 2 employees plus an adequate number of spaces as determined by the Director of Building and Zoning to serve the visiting public | |
Repair service | 1 per 400 square feet of floor area | |
Research service | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Restaurant, fast-food | 1 per 3 persons based upon the maximum number of persons that can be accommodated at the same time in accordance with such design capacity | |
Restaurant, general | 1 per 3 persons based upon the maximum number of persons that can be accommodated at the same time in accordance with such design capacity | |
Retail sales and service | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Service station, automotive | 1 per employee, plus 2 per service stall | |
Service station, truck stop | 1 per employee, plus 2 per service stall | |
Studio, radio, television, film, or music | 1 per 300 square feet of floor area | |
Vehicle and equipment sales | 1 per 400 square feet of floor area | |
Vehicle/Equipment storage yard | Spaces required pursuant to Schedule B | |
Vehicle paint and body shop | 5 per service bay | |
Vehicle repair | 5 per service bay | |
Warehouse, residential storage | 1 per 5 storage bays; or 1 per 1,000 square feet, whichever produces more spaces | |
Public, Quasi-Public, and Institutional | ||
Airport or airstrip | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Auditorium or stadium | 1 per 4 seats; or 1 per 9 square feet of seating area | |
Camp, institutional | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Camp, recreational | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Cemetery, mausoleum or columbarium | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Church, chapel, temple or synagogue | 1 per 2 persons employed on the premises and 1 per 4 seats; or 1 per 9 square feet of seating area | |
Club, private | 1 per lodging room and 1 per 6 seats in accordance with maximum design seating capacity of the main meeting room | |
College or university | 1 per 6 students, based upon the maximum number of students that can be accommodated in accordance with design capacity | |
Communication tower | None | |
Correctional facility | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Crematory | 8 per chapel or parlor plus 1 per funeral vehicle maintained on the premises | |
Cultural service | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Funeral home | 8 per chapel or parlor plus 1 per funeral vehicle maintained on the premises | |
Golf course | 4 per hole plus spaces required for restaurant and bar area | |
Government service | 1 per 300 square feet | |
Heliport or helipad | 1 per heliport or helipad except when accessory to a hospital or other medical institution providing | |
Hospital | 1 per bed for 100-bed hospital; 1.1 per bed for 101 to 300 beds; 1.2 per bed for 301 to 500 beds; and 1.3 per bed for over 500 beds | |
Library | 1 per 800 square feet of floor area | |
Marina | 1 per boat slip | |
Medical service | 1 per 250 square feet of floor area | |
Military service | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Nursing home | 1 per 2 beds | |
Parks and recreation area | 1 per 2 employees plus spaces in adequate number as determined by the Director of Building and Zoning to serve the visiting public | |
Post office | 1 per 300 square feet | |
Recreational vehicle park | 1 per camping space plus 1 per 3 camping spaces for visitors | |
Safety service | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
School (elementary, middle, high) | Elementary or middle: 1 per faculty member and other employees High: 1 per 4 students based on the maximum number of students that can be accommodated in accordance with such design capacity of the building | |
Shooting range | 1 per 2 employees, plus spaces in adequate number as determined by the Director of Building and Zoning to serve the visiting public | |
Vocational school | 1 per 2 employees, plus 1 per 5 students, based on the maximum number of students that can be accommodated in accordance with such design capacity | |
Manufacturing, Industrial and Extractive Uses | ||
Asphalt or concrete plant | 1 per employee | |
Basic industry | 1 per employee | |
Contractors office and shop [Amended 6-17-2008] | 1 per employee in the warehouse area and 1 per 300 square feet in the office area | |
Fertilizer distribution plant | 1 per employee | |
Food/Bakery product manufacturing | 1 per employee | |
Freight terminal | 1 per employee | |
Gas and fuel sales/storage | 1 per employee | |
Hazardous operation | 1 per employee | |
Integrated center | The number of parking spaces required shall be in accordance with the required spaces for each individual use | |
Landfill (if not a regional pollution control facility) | 1 per employee | |
Landscape waste composting facility | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Laundry plant | 1 per employee | |
Manufacturing and assembly | 1 per employee | |
Mining or quarrying | 1 per employee | |
Oil or gas drilling/refining | 1 per employee | |
Printing and publishing | 1 per employee | |
Salvage yard | 1 per employee | |
Solid waste collection/processing (if not a regional pollution control facility) | 1 per employee | |
Solid waste transfer station (if not a regional pollution control facility) | 1 per employee | |
Stockyard | 1 per employee | |
Transit facility | In accordance with requirements designated by the Director of Building and Zoning | |
Utility, major (if not regional pollution control facility) | Spaces provided pursuant to Schedule B | |
Utility, minor | None | |
Warehousing and wholesale | 1 per employee employed on the premises and 1 for each vehicle maintained on the premises | |
Welding or machine shop | 1 per 2 employees | |
Planned development | The number of parking spaces required shall be in accordance with the required spaces for each individual use | |
B.
Schedule B.
Activity | Required Number of Parking Spaces | |
|---|---|---|
Office or administrative area | 1 per 300 square feet | |
Indoor sales, service or display area | 1 per 500 square feet | |
Outdoor sales, service or display area (3,000 square feet in area or less) | 1 per 750 square feet | |
Outdoor sales, service or display area (over 3,000 square feet in area) | Motor vehicles and heavy equipment sales/storage: 1 per 2,000 square feet Other sales/service/display: 1 per 1,000 square feet | |
Indoor storage, warehousing, equipment servicing or manufacturing area | 1 per 1,000 square feet |
§ 350-68 Off-street loading space general provisions.
Off-street loading spaces accessory to designated uses shall be provided as follows:
A.
Location.
(1)
All required loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served. In districts where transition belts are not required, all motor vehicle loading spaces located less than 40 feet from the nearest property line of a lot in a residence district or a lot containing a dwelling as a principal use shall be effectively screened from such property line by a transition screen meeting the specifications of Article VII, § 350-52, of this chapter.
(2)
No permitted or required loading space shall be located within 40 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets. No loading space shall be located in a required front or side yard, and any loading space located in a required rear yard shall be open to the sky.
B.
Loading space size. Unless otherwise specified, a required off-street loading space shall be at least 12 feet in width by at least 50 feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet. The required size of loading berths for buildings in excess of 200,000 square feet shall be 12 feet by 50 feet for the following uses:
C.
Access. Each required 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 movement.
D.
Surfacing. All open off-street loading spaces shall be graded and paved with asphalt, concrete or asphaltic concrete as approved by the County Engineer.
E.
Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities.
F.
Utilization. Space allocated to any off-street loading space shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.
G.
Minimum facilities. Uses for which off-street loading facilities are required but which are located in buildings of less floor area than the minimum prescribed for such required facilities, shall be provided with adequate receiving facilities. Receiving facilities shall be accessible by motor vehicle, off any adjacent alley, service drive, or open space on the same lot.
§ 350-69 Off-street loading space requirements.
The minimum number of off-street loading spaces accessory to applicable uses shall be provided in accordance with the following:
A.
Exemptions to off-street loading space requirements. The following uses shall be exempt from the off-street loading space requirements specified in Subsection B:
(1)
Residential uses:
(a)
Duplex.
(b)
Group home.
(c)
Group residential.
(d)
Manufactured home-residential design.
(e)
Manufactured home.
(f)
Manufactured home park.
(g)
Mobile home.
(h)
Modular home.
(i)
Single-family, attached dwelling.
(j)
Single-family, detached farm dwelling.
(k)
Single-family, detached non-farm dwelling.
(l)
Single-family, underground dwelling.
(m)
Single-family, zero-lot-line dwelling.
B.
Off-street loading space requirements.
Land Use | Gross Floor Area of Business (square feet) | Required Number of Loading Berths | One Additional Space Required for Each Additional (square feet) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Residential Uses | ||||
Multifamily | 10,000 to 200,000 | 1 | 200,000 | |
Assisted living | 10,000 to 100,000 | 1 | 100,000 | |
Commercial Uses | ||||
Bank or financial institution | 10,000 to 100,000 | 1 | ||
Health club | 0 to 100,000 | 1 | 100,000 | |
Hotel (with retail shops, convention halls, auditoriums, exhibition halls, meeting halls and business or professional offices) | 10,000 to 150,000 | 1 | 150,000 | |
Motel | 10,000 to 200,000 | 1 | 200,000 | |
Office, general | 10,000 to 100,000 | 1 | 100,000 up to 500,000; and 500,000 in excess of 500,000 | |
Recreation and entertainment, indoor | 10,000 to 100,000 | 1 | 100,000 | |
Recreation and entertainment, outdoor | 10,000 to 100,000 | 1 | 100,000 | |
Public, Quasi-Public and Institutional | ||||
Auditorium or stadium | 10,000 to 150,000 | 1 | 150,000 | |
Church, chapel, temple or synagogue | 10,000 to 200,000 | 1 | 200,000 | |
Club, private (with retail shops, convention halls, auditoriums, exhibition halls, meeting halls and business or professional offices, other than necessary) | 10,000 to 150,000 | 1 | 150,000 | |
Club, private (without retail shops, convention halls, auditoriums, exhibition halls, and business or professional offices, other than necessary) | 10,000 to 200,000 | 1 | 200,000 | |
Crematory or funeral home | 8,000 to 100,000 | 1 | 100,000 | |
Institutional camp | N/A | 1 | ||
Institution | 10,000 to 100,000 | 1 | 100,000 | |
Hospital | 10,000 to 100,000 | 1 | 100,000 | |
Marina | 2,500 to 20,000 | 1 | 20,000 | |
Medical service | 10,000 to 100,000 | 1 | 100,000 up to 500,000; and 500,000 in excess of 500,000 | |
Nursing home | 10,000 to 100,000 | 1 | 100,000 | |
Vocational school | 10,000 to 200,000 | 1 | 200,000 | |
Manufacturing, Industrial and Extractive Uses | ||||
Manufacturing, industrial, and extractive uses | 5,000 to 40,000 | 1 | — | |
Manufacturing, industrial, and extractive uses | 40,000 to 100,000 | 2 | 100,000 | |
C.
For planned manufacturing developments, loading spaces shall be provided on the basis of the required spaces for each individual use.
D.
For all other uses not specified in Subsection A(1), loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following:
Gross Floor Area of Establishment (square feet) | Required Number of Loading Berths | Required Size of Loading Berths (feet) | |
|---|---|---|---|
5,000 to 10,000 | 1 | 12 x 35 | |
10,000 to 24,999 | 2 | 12 x 35 | |
25,000 to 39,999 | 3 | 12 x 50 | |
40,000 to 100,000 | 4 | 12 x 50 | |
Each additional 200,000 over 100,000 | 1 | 12 x 50 |