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Peshtigo Town City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

TRAFFIC VISIBILITY, LOADING, PARKING AND ACCESS

Sec. 60-156. Traffic visibility.

On a corner lot in all zoning districts, the vision clearance requirements of section 60-33(c) shall be complied with.

(Code 2006, § 13-1-90)

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Sec. 60-157. Parking requirements.

All new parking lots shall be subject to the approval of the town board. Requests for said parking lots shall be accompanied with detailed plans on landscaping, which will include proposed and existing elevations, parking layout, drainage provisions and driveway locations. In all districts, except those areas which are located in a fire district as designated on the official map, 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:

  1. A.
    Access. Adequate access to a public street shall be provided for each parking space.
  2. B.
    Design standards. State design standards shall be met.
  3. C.
    Auto parking.
    1. 1.
      All theaters, arenas, auditoriums, churches or other place of public gathering hereinafter erected shall provide an accessible parking space off the public street of sufficient size to accommodate at least one car for every ten seats provided.
    2. 2.
      Every dwelling hereafter erected or structurally altered shall provide motor vehicle parking space on the same lot, off the public street and accessible thereto, in the ratio of not less than two such parking spaces for each family which the building is intended to accommodate.
    3. 3.
      Every building hereafter erected or moved for any use first permitted in the business district, or any additions to any existing building devoted to such use, shall provide motor vehicle parking space off the public street in the ratio of not less than one parking space for each 100 square feet of ground floor area in such building.
    4. 4.
      Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered for any industrial use shall provide not less than one parking space for each four persons employed plus an additional parking space for each vehicle operated in connection with the use of such building.
    5. 5.
      Parking spaces required by subsections (3)a, c. and d of this section may be provided off the premises or in a parking lot developed in cooperation with the owners or operators of other buildings or uses; provided that, the sum of the parking spaces provided in such cooperatively developed parking lot shall not be less than the sum of the parking spaces required by this chapter for all the buildings or uses involved; provided further that two or more uses for which the parking demand is generated on different days or during different, and not overlapping, hours of the day, may designate the same parking space to meet part or all of the requirements of this subsection for each such use.
  4. D.
    Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties and public streets in such a way as not to create a nuisance. However, in no case shall such lighting exceed three footcandles measured at the lot line.
  5. E.
    Handicapped parking requirements. The provisions contained in Wis. Stats. §§ 101.13, 346.503 and 346.56, and any Wisconsin Administrative Code sections adopted pursuant to these statutes are hereby adopted by reference and made applicable to all new parking facilities being constructed.

(Code 2006, § 13-1-91)

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Sec. 60-158. Highway access.

  • A.
    Private access restricted. No direct private access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way, 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. 1.
      Freeways, expressways, interstate highways and their interchanges or turning lanes nor to intersection of interchanging streets within 1,500 feet of the most remote end of the taper of the turning lanes.
    2. 2.
      Arterial streets intersecting another arterial street within 100 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines.
    3. 3.
      Streets intersecting an arterial street within 50 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines.
  • C.
    Temporary access. Temporary access to the above rights-of-way may be granted by the town board after review and recommendation by the highway agencies having jurisdiction. Such access permit shall be temporary, revocable and subject to any conditions required and shall be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months.
  • (Code 2006, § 13-1-92)

    Effective on: 1/1/1901

    Secs. 60-159—60-184. Reserved.

    Effective on: 1/1/1901