Nekoosa City Zoning Code
§ 17.27
Traffic, loading, parking and access.
(1)
Loading requirements. In all districts, except the B-1 District, adequate loading areas shall be provided so that all vehicles loading, maneuvering or unloading are completely off the public ways and so that all vehicles need not back onto any public way.
(a)
Size and location. The size and location of each loading space shall be not less than 12 feet in width, 35 feet in length and have a minimum vertical clearance of 14 feet and may occupy all or any part of any required yard.
(b)
Required number of off-street loading spaces.
Uses | Square Feet of Gross Floor Area | Required Off-Street Loading Spaces | |
|---|---|---|---|
School | 0 | 1 | |
Hospital | Under 10,000 | None | |
From 10,000 to 30,000 | 1 | ||
Each additional 30,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 additional | ||
Funeral home | 0 | 1 | |
Office, hotel, retail service, wholesale, warehouse, manufacturing, processing or repairing uses | Under 10,000 | None | |
From 10,000 to 25,000 | 1 | ||
From 25,001 to 40,000 | 2 | ||
From 40,001 to 60,000 | 3 | ||
From 60,001 to 100,000 | 4 | ||
Each additional 50,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 additional |
(2)
Parking requirements. In all districts, except the B-1 Central Business District, and in connection with every use, 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, and a single driveway shall be at least 10 feet wide and not exceed 14 feet in width for one- and two-family dwellings and up to 24 feet for a double driveway and all other uses.[1]
(b)
Size. The size of each parking space shall be not less than nine feet by 20 feet, exclusive of the space required for ingress and egress.
(c)
Location. The location shall be on the same lot as the principal use, or not over 400 feet from the principal use. No parking stall or driveway, except in residential districts, shall be closer than 25 feet to a residential district lot line or a street line opposite a residential district, and no residential driveway shall be closer than eight feet to any lot line except on culs-de-sac.
(d)
Surfacing. All off-street parking areas shall be graded and surfaced so as to be dust-free and properly drained. Any parking area for five or more vehicles shall be paved with a bituminous surface or equivalent and have spaces and aisles clearly marked.
(e)
Curbs or barriers. Curbs or barriers shall be installed so as to prevent the parked vehicles from extending over any lot lines.
(f)
Parking stalls required.[2]
Use | Number of Stalls | |
|---|---|---|
Single-family dwellings and mobile homes | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Two-family and multifamily dwellings | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Hotels and motels | 1 per guest room, plus 1 per 3 employees | |
Hospitals, clubs, lodges, lodging houses and boardinghouses | 1 per 2 beds, plus 1 per 3 employees | |
Sanitariums, institutions, rest homes and nursing homes | 1 per 5 beds, plus 1 per 3 employees | |
Medical and dental clinics | 3 per doctor | |
Churches, theaters, auditoriums, community centers, vocational and night schools and other places of public assembly | 1 per 5 seats | |
Secondary and elementary schools | 1 per 2 employees, plus 1 per student auto permitted | |
Restaurants, bars, places of entertainment, repair shops, and retail and service stores | 1 per 100 square feet of floor area | |
Manufacturing and processing plants, laboratories and warehouses | 1 per 3 employees | |
Financial institutions and business, governmental and professional home offices | 1 per 200 square feet of floor area, plus 1 per 2 employees | |
Funeral homes | 1 per 4 seats, plus 1 per vehicle used in the business | |
Bowling alleys | 5 per alley |
(3)
Driveways. All driveways installed, altered, changed, replaced or extended after the effective date of this chapter shall meet the following requirements:
(a)
Islands. Islands between driveway openings in business and industrial areas shall be provided, with a minimum of 12 feet between all driveways and six feet at all lot lines.
(b)
Ingress and egress openings. Openings for vehicular ingress and egress shall not exceed 24 feet at the street line and 30 feet at the roadway.
(c)
Entrances and exits. Vehicular entrances and exits to drive-in theaters; banks; restaurants; motels; funeral homes; vehicular sales, service, washing and repair stations; garages; or public parking lots shall be not less than 200 feet from the pedestrian entrance or exit to a school, church, hospital, park, playground, library, public emergency shelter or other place of public assembly.
(4)
Highway access.
(a)
Private access restricted. 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.
(b)
Public or private access prohibited. No direct public or private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of the following:
1.
Freeways, interstate highways and their interchanges or turning lanes, nor to intersections of interchanging streets within 1,500 feet of the most remote end of the taper of the turning lanes.
2.
Arterial streets intersecting another arterial street within 100 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines.
3.
Streets intersecting an arterial street within 50 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines.
(c)
Public access barriers. 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.
(d)
Temporary access. Temporary access to the above rights-of-way may be granted by the Council after review and recommendation by the highway agencies having jurisdiction. Such access permits shall be temporary and revocable and subject to any conditions required and shall be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months.