Round Lake Park City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XI

OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING

11.1 - OFF-STREET LOADING AND PARKING

11.1-1

General Requirements.

Exemption - When the application of the off-street parking provisions specified in Part B of this Article results in a requirement of not more than three (3) spaces on a single zoning lot in any business district, such parking spaces need not be provided; however, where two (2) or more uses are located on a single zoning lot, only one (1) of those uses shall be eligible for the above exemption.

Location - All parking spaces required to serve buildings or uses erected or established after the effective date of this Ordinance shall be located on the same zoning lots as the building or use served, except that parking spaces to serve business buildings or uses may be located in a business district. Buildings or uses existing on the effective date of this Ordinance which are subsequently altered or enlarged so as to require the provision of parking spaces under this Ordinance may be served by parking facilities located on land other than the zoning lot on which the guiding or use served is located, provided such facilities are within five hundred (500) feet walking distance of a main entrance to the use served. Owners of the property, nonconforming as to parking, who elect [to] provide parking and become conforming may locate such parking on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use is located, as allowed in this section.

Off-street parking spaces, open to the sky, may be located in any yard, except the required front yards in a residential district. Enclosed buildings and carports containing off-street parking shall be subject to applicable yard requirements.

Size - Except for parallel parking spaces, each required off-street parking space shall be at least nine (9) feet in width, and at least eighteen (18) feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office or work areas. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven (7) feet six (6) inches, and shall be measured at right angles to the axis of the vehicle. For parallel parking, the length of the parking space shall be increased to twenty-four (24) feet.

Access - Except on lots accommodating single-family dwellings, each off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway at least twelve (12) feet wide 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 alleys in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement. Access to parking areas in Commercial Districts should be provided by a single access and/or access road where feasible. Access to such parking areas by curb cuts or driveways across the front lot line should be avoided.

Collective Provision - 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 governing location of accessory parking spaces in relation to the use served. Further, no parking space or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one (1) use unless otherwise authorized by the Board of Appeals.

Computation - When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this Ordinance results in a requirement of a fractional space, a fraction of less than one-half (½) may be disregarded, while a fraction of one-half (½) or more, shall be counted as one (1) parking space. 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.

Utilization - Except as may otherwise be provided for the parking of trucks in the granting of special uses, required accessory off-street parking facilities provided for uses listed in Section 11.2-2 of this Article shall be solely for the parking of passenger automobiles of patrons, occupants, or employees of such uses.

Design and Maintenance:

Plan - Except for residential uses, the design of parking lots or areas shall be subject to the approval of the Zoning Officer, in accordance with standards approved by the Plan Commission and Board of Trustees, and no building permit shall be approved unless there is included a plot plan showing the location of off-street parking areas in areas other than single or two-family residential areas.

Character - Accessory parking spaces may be open to the sky, or enclosed in a building.

Surfacing - All open off-street parking, except that in a single-family or two-family dwelling area, shall be improved with a compacted macadam base not less than seven (7) inches thick or equal, surfaces with not less than two (2) inches or asphaltic concrete or some comparable all-weather, dustless material.

Screening and Landscaping - All open automobile parking areas containing more than three (3) parking spaces shall be effectively screened on each side. A planting strip of seven (7) feet is required between the property line and the area devoted to parking.

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 (3) foot-candles measured at the lot line. Al lighting systems shall be approved by the Zoning Officer. Loud speaker systems are not permitted.

Cleaning and Maintenance - No cleaning or maintenance on parking lots utilizing motorized equipment may be performed between 11:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., each day in residential districts except for snow removal.

Wheel Guards - All parking lots shall be provided with wheel guards or bumper guards so located that no part of parked vehicles will extend beyond the property line.

Shelter Building - No parking lot for accessory off-street parking shall have more than one (1) attendant shelter building which shall conform to all setback requirements for structures in the district.

Signs - Accessory signs shall be permitted on parking areas in accordance with the provisions specified in Article X of this Ordinance.

Repair and Service

Residence districts - No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in association with parking facilities provided in residence districts.

Business districts - No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with parking facilities in a C-1 District. No gasoline or motor oil shall be sold in conjunction with any accessory parking facilities provided in a C-2 or C-3 District unless such accessory parking facilities are enclosed in a building in which case, gasoline and motor oil may be sold within such building to the users of said accessory parking facilities, provided that no sign advertising the sale of same is visible from outside, and provided further that all gasoline pumps shall be effectively screened from view from the public way.

Industrial districts - No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with any open accessory parking facilities provided in an Industrial District, if such parking facilities are within five hundred (500) feet of a Residence or Business District. Washing of accessory vehicles and emergency services required to start vehicles shall be permitted.

11.1-2

Off-Street Loading.

General Requirements. In connection with any building or structure which is to be erected or substantially altered, and which required the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or similar vehicles, there shall be provided off-street loading berths not less than the minimum requirements specified in this section.

Location - All required loading berths shall be located on the same lots as the use to be served and no portion of the vehicles shall project into a Street or alley. In Industrial Districts, no loading berth for vehicles of more than two ton capacity shall be located less than fifty (50) feet from any Residence District. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within thirty (30) feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets, nor shall it be located in a required front yard or side yard. All loading berths shall be screened from abutting residential districts except when exempted from this provision by the Board of Trustees upon [recommendation] by the Zoning Officer.

Size - A required off-street loading berth shall be at least twelve (12) feet in width by at least fifty (50) feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have vertical clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet.

Access - Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements, and shall be subject to approval of the Zoning Officer.

Surfacing - All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with a compacted macadam base not less than seven (7) inches thick or equal, surfaces with not less than two (2) inches of asphaltic concrete or some comparable all-weather, dustless material.

Repair and Service - No storage of any kind nor motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted within any required loading, loading berth except emergency repair service.

Utilization - Space allocated to any off-street loading shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.

Central Loading - Central loading facilities may be substituted for loading berths on the individual zoning lots provided the following conditions are fulfilled:

Each zoning lot served shall have direct access to the central loading area without crossing streets or alleys at-grade.

Total berths provided shall meet the requirements based on the sum of the several types of uses served. (Area of types of uses may be totaled before computing number of loading berths.)

No zoning lot served shall be more than five hundred (500) feet removed from the central loading area.

The tunnel or ramp connecting the central loading area with the zoning lot served shall be not less than seven (7) feet in width and have a clearance of not less than seven (7) feet.

Minimum Facilities - Uses for which off-street loading facilities are required herein 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, accessible by motor vehicle off any adjacent alley, service drive, or open space on the same adjoining lot.

Planned Developments - Loading berths shall be provided on the basis of the required berths for each individual use.

10.

Required Loading Berths - For the uses herein listed and other similar uses, loading berths shall be provided as specified.

Specific Requirements.

Required Loading Berths - By Use. For the uses listed hereunder, one (1) loading berth shall be provided for buildings containing 10,000 to 100,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one (1) additional loading berth for each additional 100,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof.

Airports

Amusement and recreational facilities

Banks and other financial institutions

Business and other professional offices

Convention and exhibition halls

Health and medical institutions

Hotels and motels containing retail shops, business or professional offices, convention or exhibition halls or auditoriums

Public and administration buildings

Radio and television studios

Recording studios

Theaters (indoors)

Undertaking establishments

For the uses listed hereunder, one (1) loading berth shall be provided for buildings containing 10,000 to 20,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one (1) additional loading berth for each additional 200,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof.

Reserved

Auditoriums

Charitable institutions

Clubs and lodges

Hotels and motels containing no retail shops, business or professional offices, convention or exhibition halls or auditoriums.

Meeting halls

Religious institutions

Multiple-family dwellings

Schools and educational facilities

For the uses listed hereunder, one (1) loading berth shall be provided for buildings containing 5,000 to 40,000 square feet of gross floor area. For buildings containing 40,000 to 100,000 square feet of gross floor area, two (2) loading berths shall be provided plus one (1) additional loading berth for each additional 100,000 square feet of gross floor are or fraction thereof.

Assembly, manufacturing and fabricating establishments

Cartage, express and motor freight facilities

Cleaning, repairing, servicing and testing establishments

Laundries and dry cleaning facilities

Mail order houses

Printing and publishing

Warehousing, storage, and wholesale establishments

For all other uses, including but not limited to those listed hereunder, loading berths shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule:

SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA	MINIMUM NUMBER
5,000 to 20,000	1
20,000 to 60,000	2
60,000 to 100,000	3

For each additional 100,000 feet of floor area or fraction thereof, one additional loading berth.

Furniture and appliance stores

Retail stores

Restaurants and other establishments handling the sale or consumption of food or beverage on the premises.

Required Off-Street Parking Space. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following table, entitled Off-Street Parking.

OFF-STREET PARKING TABLE (PARKING CLASSES)

Parking Class	Uses: (Permitted or Conditional)	Required Spaces
Class #1	a. Dwelling, single-family b. Dwelling, multiple-family	2/dwelling unit plus additional guest parking as determined by the Plan Commission
Class #2	a. Lodging houses b. Apartment hotels	1 space/lodging room or dwelling unit plus 1/each 2 employees
Class #3	a. Hotels b. Motels	1/each room or suite of rooms comprising one dwelling unit plus 1/each 2 employees plus 1/100 square feet retail sales and dining area
Class #4	a. Hospitals	1.0/bed - 100 beds 1.1/bed - 101—300 1.2/bed - 301—500 1.3/bed - 500 beds
Class #5	a. Convalescent home, extended care facility or rest home, nursing home, and sanitarium. b. Convent, monastery, nunnery c. Home for the aged d. Institution: 1. For the care, care and residence of children and adults 2. For the treatment of alcoholism, drug addiction, or treatment and care of the insane or feebleminded e. Parsonage, rectory or parish house f. Religious retreat	1/each 2 bed plus 1/each 2 employees
Class #6	a. Medical and Dental Clinics	2/each office or examination room plus 1/500 sq. ft. contained in waiting room or receptionists lobby
Class #7	a. Aquarium b. Library, museum or art Gallery, public c. Philanthropic and charitable institutions	3/1000 sq. ft. or gross floor area
Class #8	a. Animal hospital and veterinarian b. Animal kennels c. Art Studio d. Blueprinting e. Business machine sales and service f. Bus Terminal g. Catering Service h. Civil defense-fire station, police station i. Clothing and costume rental j. Club or lodge, private; operated for the benefit of members and not for gain k. Custom dressmaking l. Diaper service m. Dry cleaning plant employing not more than six (6) persons n. Frozen food locker plants, including sale of frozen foods o. Interior decorator p. Laboratory medical, dental or optical q. Laboratory research and testing r. Labor union offices and lodges s. Lithographing t. Massage salon
Class #8 cont.	a. Office machine sales and service b. Photostatting c. Physical culture and health services d. Post office e. Recording studio f. Recreational and community center buildings g. Repair of shoes, clothing and hats h. School, music, dance and vocal i. Small animal grooming establishments j. Tailor shop k. Telegraph office l. Telephone exchanges and equipment m. Ticket agency	4/1000 sq. ft. of gross floor area n. Travel agency
Class #9	a. Dormitory b. Fish market c. Fraternity house d. Furniture store e. Furrier f. Hearing aid store g. Leather goods and luggage store h. Lodging house i. Orthopedic and medical appliance sales j. Photography studio k. Picture framing l. Rummage shop m. Sorority house	5/1000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Class #10	a. Antique store b. Apparel store c. Art and school supply store d. Art store, retail e. Auto accessory store f. Bakery, retail g. Bank, savings, loan association h. Barber shop i. Beauty shop j. Book and stationery store k. Bus depot l. Camera and photographic supply m. Candy, nut and confectionery store n. Carpet and floor covering store o. China and glassware store p. Clothes pressing q. Coin store-currency exchange r. Dairy products store s. Delicatessen	5/1000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
	t. Department store u. Dry cleaning and laundry receiving station v. Dry good store w. Drugstore x. Electrical and household appliance store y. Employment agency z. Financial institutions and uses aa. Florist bb. Funeral parlor cc. Garden supply, tool, and seed store dd. Gift store ee. Grocery or food store ff. Government administration buildings, without garages or shops gg. Haberdasheries hh. Hand laundry ii. Hardware store jj. Hobby shop kk. Home furnishings ll. Household appliance store mm. Ice cream store nn. Jewelry store oo. Laundry, self service pp. Liquor store qq. Locksmith rr. Meat market
	ss. Millinery shop tt. Musical instruments sales and service uu. Newspaper distribution vv. Paint, glass, and wallpaper store ww. Pawn shop xx. Pet shop yy. Railroad passenger station zz. Repair, rental, and servicing of any item, the retail sale of which is permitted in the B2 and B3 Districts aaa. Sewing machine sales and service bbb. Shoe store ccc. Shopping centers ddd. Sporting goods store eee. Tobacco store fff. Toy store
Class #11	a. Action halls b. Auditoriums and auditoriums as accessory to churches, schools and other institutional establishments c. Churches, temples, and synagogues d. Convention halls or exhibition halls e. Stadiums f. Race tracks	1 space/5 seats or 90 lineal in. of seating
Class #12	When the number of parking spaces as required herein is provided for an auditorium or other place of public assembly accessory to a school, and when, approved by the Planning Commission, additional parking spaces for such auditorium or other places of public assembly is equal to or in excess of the applicable requirements set forth in 12, 13, and 14 below: a. Nursery schools b. Elementary schools c. Senior High Schools	1/each employee plus 1/each 3 classrooms
Class #13	a. High schools and senior high schools	1 space/each employee plus 1 space/each 4 students based on the maximum number in accordance to design capacity
Class #14	a. Colleges b. Senior colleges c. Universities	1 space/each 2 employees plus 1/space each 4 students
Class #15	a. Commercial or trade schools b. Music or dance schools c. Business schools	1 space/each 2 employees plus 1/space each 2 students
Class #16	a. Cocktail lounges b. Restaurant: Principal use - sit down in enclosed building and accessory uses (See Section 18.1-2 Definitions) c. Taverns	10 space/1000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Class #17	a. Carry-out/Drive-in type restaurants where: 1. The principal use is where food is consumed on the premises but not within a completely enclosed building, or: 2. Food is served directly to customers in parked motor vehicles. 3. A drive up window is a principal use with no area or limited accessory use area for food consumption within an enclosed building.	20 spaces/1000 sq.
Class #18	a. Boarding school, elementary b. Concrete mixing plant c. Correctional institutions d. Dry cleaning plant e. Exterminator f. Machinery sales and service g. Machinery sales, no repair or service h. Mail order house i. Microwave relay towers j. Radar installation and tower k. Radio and television stations and towers l. Taxidermist	1/each employee
Class #19	a. Greenhouses and nurseries, retail b. Golf driving ranges	1/1000 sq. ft. of gross floor area plus 1/2000 sq. ft. of gross land area
Class #20	a. Golf courses, public and private b. Pitch and putt golf courses c. Par "3' golf courses	100/9 holes (regular golf) or 40/9 holes (par "3").
Class #21	a. Zoos and zoological gardens b. Commercial camping grounds c. Outdoor rifle range, trap or skeet shooting range	1/200 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Class #22	a. Athletic field b. Botanical gardens c. Forest preserves d. Grounds of recreational clubs, noncommercial e. Polo fields f. Public parks and playgrounds	1/5000 sq. ft. of gross land area
Class #23	a. Dance halls b. Swimming pools c. Skating rinks d. Tennis courts and clubs e. Bowling alley	1 space/2 persons based on the maximum number of persons that can be accommodated at the same time in accordance with such design capacity and 1 space/ each 2 employees
Class #24	a. Indoor theaters	1 space/each 4 seats up to 400 seats plus 1 space/each 6 seats over 400 seats
Class #25	a. Drive-in theaters (outdoor)	Reservoir of ten (10) percent of capacity of use
Class #26	a. Drive-in banking facility	Reservoir space sufficient to accommodate a number of automobiles equal to five (5) times the number of teller windows
Class #27	a. Auto laundry (mechanical)	1/each two employees plus 1/manager owner plus parking spaces equal to five (5) times the maximum capacity of auto washing unit
Class #28	a. Auto Service Station	1 space/each island of pump plus two (2) spaces each stall
Class #29	a. Battery and tire service shops b. Garage for the storage, servicing and repair of motor vehicles, including body repair, painting and engine rebuilding c. Mobile home display and sales and service d. Model garage display and sales e. Motorcycle, bicycle, and other outdoor recreational vehicle sales, rental and service f. Motor vehicles sales and service g. Trailer, boat, and camper or can [sic] sales, rental and service	5/1000 sq. ft. of gross floor area, plus 1/2000 sq. ft. of land area
Class #30	a. Abrasives manufacturing b. Air, motor, railroad, and water freight terminal c. Asphalt manufacturing d. Bakery e. Bedding manufacturer f. Boot and shoe manufacturing g. Bottling companies h. Brick and structural clay products manufacturing i. Carpet manufacturing j. Cartage and express facilities k. Cement, bulk, storage l. Chemical processing manufacturing m. Cloth products manufacturing n. Cosmetic manufacturing o. Dairying p. Electric substation q. Electronic, scientific, and precision instrument manufacturing r. Electroplating s. Feed mills t. Feed and seed store u. Food manufacturing, packaging and processing v. Foundries and forge plants w. Fuel and ice plants and sales x. Fuels, solid or liquid, storage and wholesale distribution	1/each two (2) employees or not less than 25% of the zoning lot, whichever is larger. However, requests for variances shall be liberally considered by the circumstances attendant a particular use on a particular lot
	y. Fur processing z. Gas regulator station aa. Glass products production and sales bb. Grain storage and processing cc Graphite products manufacturing dd. Gypsum, manufacturing ee. Heavy machinery manufacturing ff. Insulating material manufacturing gg. Laundry hh Leather tanning and curing ii. Light machinery production, appliances and business machines jj. Linoleum manufacturing kk. Machine shop ll. Meat packing mm. Metal reduction and refinement nn. Metal stamping oo. Mining operations pp. Musical instrument manufacturing qq. Orthopedic and medical appliance manufacturing rr. Paint products manufacturing ss. Paper products manufacturing tt. Petroleum products, refining, storage, and processing uu. Plastics manufacturing vv. Pottery and ceramics manufacturing ww. Printing and publishing xx. Restricted production and repair yy. Rope, cord, and twine manufacturing zz. Rubber manufacturing and processing aaa. Sewage treatment plant bbb. Soap manufacturing ccc. Sporting goods manufacturing ddd. Steel manufacturing eee. Warehousing and wholesaling establishments fff. Warehousing and storage and distribution ggg. Water-works, reservoir, pumping and filtration plant hhh. Wearing apparel manufacturing iii. Woodworking, planning mills and wood products manufacturing jjj. Any similar production processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, storage and repair
Class #31	a. Amusement parks and [establishments] b. Billiard and pool halls c. Indoor amusement including indoor archery, rifle range shooting gallery d. Kiddie parks e. Miniature golf	3/1000 sq. ft. of gross floor area plus 3/1000 sq. ft. of gross land area
Class #32	a. Air conditioning and heating contractor b. Building materials and products sales and storage c. Contractors and construction yards and offices d. Dumps and sanitary landfills e. Electrical showrooms and shops f. Engineer and architects offices and yards g. Greenhouse, wholesale h. Junkyard and auto graveyard i. Linen supply j. Plumbing showroom and shops	2/each one (1) employee
Class #33	a. Airports and landing fields b. Cemeteries, columbariums, crematories, and mausoleums c. Heliports, public and private d. Public stables e. Riding academy	Spaces as required by the Zoning Officer after review by the Plan Commission
Class #34	a. Shopping centers under unified control or ownership on a tract of land four (4) acres or more in area.	The required number of parking spaces for shopping centers shall be the sum of the required number of parking spaces as heretofore set forth for such uses

11.1-3

Requirements for Medical Cannabis Facilities.

Medical Cannabis Dispensary:

A minimum of one hundred (100) parking spaces or as many spaces as determined by the Village Board to meet the parking demand of the facility.

A minimum of one (1) fully enclosed delivery bay capable of accommodating delivery vehicles.

Medical Cannabis Cultivation Center:

One (1) space per employee plus as many additional spaces as determined by the Village Board to meet the parking demand of the facility.

A minimum of one (1) fully enclosed delivery bay capable of accommodating delivery vehicles.

(Ord. No. 93-23, § I, 10-4-93; Ord. No. 11-10, § II, 6-7-11; Ord. No. 11-19, § IV, 10-4-11; Ord. No. 14-15, § IV, 11-11-14)