The purpose of this chapter is to alleviate or prevent congestion of the public streets, and so promote the safety and welfare of the public, by establishing minimum requirements for the off street parking and loading and unloading of motor vehicles in accordance with the use to which property is put. (Ord. 233, 7-3-1978)

   (A)   Procedure: An application for a building permit for a new or enlarged building, structure or use shall include therewith a plat plan, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing any parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the requirements of this title.

   (B)   Extent Of Control: The off street parking and loading requirements of this chapter shall apply as follows:

      1.   All buildings and structures erected or enlarged and land uses initiated after the effective date hereof shall provide accessory off street parking or loading facilities as required hereinafter for the use thereof, except that a building or structure for which a building permit has been issued prior to the effective date hereof shall not be required to furnish parking or loading facilities if construction is begun thereon within six (6) months of the effective date of the building permit and diligently prosecuted to completion.

      2.   When a building or structure erected or enlarged prior to or after the effective date hereof shall undergo a decrease in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities, and further, when said decrease would result in a requirement for fewer total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.

      3.   When a building or structure shall undergo any increase in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities, and further, when said increase would result in a requirement for additional total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter thereto, parking and loading facilities may be increased accordingly; provided, that existing parking or loading facilities shall be so increased so that the facilities would at least equal or exceed the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.

   (C)   Existing Parking And Loading Spaces: Accessory off street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date hereof may not be reduced in number unless already exceeding the requirements of this chapter for equivalent new construction; in which event, said spaces shall not be reduced below the number required herein for such equivalent new construction.

   (D)   Permissive Parking And Loading Spaces: Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the establishment of off street automobile parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings, subject to full compliance with the provisions of this chapter; except that off street parking areas accessory to existing multiple-family structures cannot be located off the premises containing the principal use, unless on a lot adjacent thereto, without special authorization by the city council.

   (E)   Damage Or Destruction: Any building, structure or use which is in existence and is a conforming use on the effective date hereof and which subsequently shall be damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion or other cause may be reconstructed, reestablished or repaired with or without off street parking or loading facilities; except, that parking or loading facilities equivalent to any maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored or continued in operation. However, it shall not be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required by this chapter for equivalent new construction.

   (F)   Floor Area: The term "floor area" as employed in this chapter in the case of office, merchandising or service types of use shall mean the gross floor area of a building or structure used or intended to be used for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients, patients or tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. "Floor area" for the purposes of this chapter shall not include any area used for:

      1.   Storage accessory to the principal use of a building;

      2.   Incidental repairs;

      3.   Processing or packaging of merchandise;

      4.   Show windows, or offices incidental to the management or maintenance of a store or building;

      5.   Restrooms;

      6.   Utilities; or

      7.   Dressing, fitting or alteration rooms. (Ord. 233, 7-3-1978)

   (A)   Use Of Parking Facilities: Off street parking facilities accessory to residential use and developed in any residential district in accordance with the requirements of this chapter shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles weighing less than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds owned or operated by occupants of the dwelling structures to which such facilities are accessory or by guests of said occupants. Under no circumstances shall required parking facilities accessory to residential structures be used for the storage of commercial vehicles or trailers or for the parking of automobiles belonging to the employees, owners, tenants, visitors or customers of business or manufacturing establishments, except as permitted in subsection (E) of this section. No diesel commercial vehicle weighing less than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds shall be parked and left running for a period in excess of thirty (30) minutes. (Ord. 448, 10-21-1996)

   (B)   Joint Parking Facilities: Off street parking facilities for different buildings, structures or uses or for mixed uses, may be provided collectively in any zoning district in which separate parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted; provided, that the total number of spaces so located together shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use.

   (C)   Control Of Off Site Facilities: When required accessory off street parking facilities are provided elsewhere than on the lot on which the principal use served is located, they shall be in the same possession, either by deed or long term lease, as the property occupied by such principal use, and the owner shall be bound by covenants filed of record in the office of the recorder of deeds or the registrar of titles of Kankakee County requiring the owner and his heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of parking spaces during the existence of said principal use.

   (D)   Permitted Districts For Accessory Parking: Accessory parking facilities provided elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served in accordance with section 9-10-5 of this chapter may be located in any zoning district except as follows:

      1.   No parking facilities accessory to a multiple-family use shall be located in an R-1 or R-2 district.

      2.   No parking facilities accessory to a business or manufacturing use shall be located in a residential district, except when authorized by the city council as prescribed hereinafter.

      3.   No parking facilities accessory to a manufacturing use shall be permitted in a B-1 district.

   (E)   Nonresidential Parking In Residential Districts: Accessory off street parking facilities serving nonresidential uses of property may be permitted in an R-3 district when authorized by the city council, subject to the following requirements in addition to all other relevant requirements of this chapter:

      1.   The parking lot shall be accessory to, and for use in connection with, one or more nonresidential establishments located in adjoining districts, or in connection with one or more existing professional or institutional office buildings or institutions.

      2.   Said parking lot shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles.

      3.   No commercial repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted on said parking lot.

      4.   No sign of any kind other than signs designating entrances, exits, and conditions of use shall be maintained on said parking lot.

      5.   Each entrance to and exit from said parking lot shall be at least twenty feet (20') distant from any adjacent property located in any residential district; except where ingress and egress to the parking lot is provided from public alley or public way separating the residential areas from the proposed parking lot.

      6.   In addition to the foregoing requirements, such parking lots shall conform to any further requirements and conditions as may be prescribed by the city council for the protection of properties adjacent to and in the vicinity of the proposed parking lot.

   (F)   Design And Maintenance:

      1.   Parking Space Regulations: A required off street parking space shall be an area of not less than one hundred sixty two (162) square feet nor less than eight and one-half feet wide by nineteen feet long (81/2' x 19'), exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office and work areas, accessible from streets or alleys or from private driveways or aisles leading to streets or alleys and to be used for the storage or parking of passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles under one and one- half (11/2) ton capacity where permitted under this title. Aisles between vehicular parking spaces shall not be less than twelve feet (12') in width when serving automobiles parked at a forty five degree (45°) angle in one direction, nor less than twenty feet (20') in width when serving automobiles parked perpendicular to the aisles and accommodating two-way traffic.

      2.   Measurement Of Space: When determination of the number of required off street parking spaces results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half (1/2) shall be disregarded, and fractions over one-half (1/2) shall be interpreted as one parking space.

      3.   Open And Enclosed Spaces: Parking areas may be open or enclosed except that when parking facilities accessory to a multiple dwelling are located in an R, B-1 or B-2 district elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served, such parking facilities shall be open to the sky.

      4.   Access: Parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic. No driveway or curb cut in any district shall exceed twenty five feet (25') in width.

      5.   Signs: No signs shall be displayed in any parking area within any residential district, except such as may be necessary for the orderly use of the parking facilities.

      6.   Required Setbacks: No parking space or portion thereof established on the same zoning lot with a building shall be located within a required front yard. No parking space or portion thereof established on a zoning lot without a building shall be located closer to any street line than the established building line on adjacent properties nor closer than the front yard setback required for the district in which the parking lot is located.

Further, any wall, fence or hedge developed around any parking area shall be subject to the front yard setback requirements of this title in the same manner as a building or structure.

      7.   Surfacing: All open off street parking areas, except those accessory to single-family dwellings, shall be improved with a compacted macadam base, not less than four inches (4") thick, surfaced with asphaltic concrete or constructed to some comparable specification.

      8.   Screening And Landscaping: All open off street parking areas for six (6) or more cars shall be effectively screened by a wall, a solid fence or a densely planted compact hedge along any side which adjoins or is directly across a street or alley from a property in a residential district or an institutional property. Such wall, fence or hedge shall be at least four feet (4'), but not more than seven feet (7') in height and shall be maintained in good condition.

      9.   Lighting: Any lighting used to illuminate an off street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining properties.

      10.   Special Use Public Parking Areas: Any automobile parking area developed for transient trade and not accessory to specific principal uses or groups of uses for which parking is required by this title, shall be treated as a special use as defined in section 9-8-1 of this title and as allowed in accordance with the provisions of section 9-8-3 of this title by the city council. (Ord. 233, 7-3-1978)

   (A)   Description: An off street loading berth shall be a hard surfaced area of land, open or enclosed, other than a street or a public way, used principally for the standing, loading or unloading of motor trucks, tractors and trailers so as to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets and alleys. A required loading space shall not be less than ten feet (10') in width, forty five feet (45') in length and fourteen feet (14') in height, exclusive of access aisles and maneuvering space, except as otherwise specifically dimensioned hereafter.

   (B)   Location: No permitted or required loading berth shall be closer than fifty feet (50') to any property in a residential district unless completely enclosed by building walls, or a uniformly painted solid fence or wall, or any combination thereof not less than six feet (6') in height. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within twenty five feet (25') of the nearest point of intersection of any two (2) streets. Loading berths open to the sky may be located in any required yards.

   (C)   Measurement Of Berth: When determination of the number of required off street loading berths results in a requirement of a fractional berth, any fraction up to and including one-half (1/2) shall be disregarded, and fractions over one-half (1/2) shall be interpreted as one loading berth.

   (D)   Surfacing: All open off street loading berths shall be improved with a compacted macadam base, not less than seven inches (7") thick, surfaced with not less than two inches (2") of asphaltic concrete or some comparable construction material. (Ord. 233, 7-3-1978)

Off street automobile parking facilities shall be located as hereinafter specified. Where a distance is specified, such a distance shall be walking distance measured from the nearest point of the parking area to the nearest entrance of the building that said parking area is required to serve.

   (A)   For one- and two-family dwellings: On the same lot with the building they are required to serve.

   (B)   For three- and four-family dwellings not over two (2) stories in height: On the same lot or parcel of land as the building they are required to serve. For the purpose of this requirement a group of such uses constructed and maintained under single ownership or management shall be assumed to be in a single lot or parcel of land.

   (C)   For apartment houses containing four (4) or more dwelling units on the same lot or parcel of land as the building they are required to serve, or on a separate lot or parcel of land not more than three hundred feet (300') from the nearest entrance to the principal building being serviced; provided the lot or parcel of land selected for the parking facilities is located in an apartment district or a less restricted district.

   (D)   For rooming houses, lodging houses, clubs, hospitals, sanitariums, orphanages, homes for the aged, convalescent homes, dormitories, sorority and fraternity houses, and for the similar uses, the off street parking facilities required shall be on the same lot or parcel of land as the principal building or buildings being served, or upon properties contiguous to the zoning lot upon which is located the building or buildings they are intended to serve.

   (E)   For uses other than those specified above, off street parking facilities shall be provided on the same lot or parcel of land as the principal building being served, or on a separate lot or parcel of land not over one thousand feet (1,000') from the entrance of the principal building, measured from the nearest point of the parking area; provided, the separate lot or parcel of land intended for the parking facilities is located in the same district as the principal permitted use or in a less restricted district. (Ord. 233, 7-3-1978)

 

(Ord. 233, 7-3-1978)

In all districts where property uses include the loading and unloading of materials or merchandise from vehicles, off street loading and unloading facilities shall be provided in accordance with the following requirements:

 

 

(Ord. 233, 7-3-1978)