The intent and purpose of this chapter is to require a specified number of adequately sized and located off street parking and loading spaces for new and/or expanded buildings or uses to prevent congestion and hazards in the public streets. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:

FLOOR AREA: 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. The term shall not include any area used for:

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

   B.   Incidental repairs;

   C.   Processing or packaging of merchandise;

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

   E.   Restrooms;

   F.   Utilities; and

   G.   Dressing, fitting or alteration rooms.

GROUND AREA: That area of a building site or lot actually occupied by all buildings or structures on the site except for the following:

   A.   Parking garages;

   B.   Carports;

   C.   Covered or enclosed parking or loading areas; and

   D.   Parking structures. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

   A.   Information Required On Application For Building Permit: An application for a building permit for a new or enlarged building, structure, or use shall include 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.   Parking And Loading Facilities Required:

      1.   All buildings and structures erected or enlarged and uses of land initiated after the effective date hereof shall provide accessory off street parking or loading facilities as required hereinafter; 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 hereof and diligently prosecuted to completion.

      2.   A specific number of parking and loading facilities shall not be required for the remodeling, rehabilitation, or putting to use of an existing building or structure; provided, that: a) the ground area covered by the existing building or structure shall not be increased; b) any existing parking and/or loading facilities shall be continued and maintained; and c) any area of the lot suitable for the development of approved off street parking facilities shall be so developed. Remodeling, rehabilitation, or use which does increase the ground area covered by such existing structure shall be subject to the same requirements as new construction.

   C.   Decrease In Parking And Loading Facilities Permitted: 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 title thereto, parking and loading facilities may be reduced accordingly; provided, that existing parking or loading facilities shall be so decreased only when the facilities remaining would at least equal or exceed the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this title to the entire building or structure as modified.

   D.   Increase In Parking And Loading Facilities Required: When the ground area covered by an existing building or structure shall be increased, and further, when said increase would result in a requirement for additional total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this title thereto, parking and loading facilities may be increased accordingly; provided, that existing parking or loading facilities shall be so increased that the total facilities would at least equal or exceed the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this title to the entire building or structure as modified.

   E.   Excess Parking And Loading Facilities: Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the establishment of off street parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings or to prevent the establishment of facilities in excess of those required.

   F.   Damage Or Destruction Of Building: Any building, structure or use which is in existence 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 replaced 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 title for equivalent new construction. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

   A.   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, and in accordance with subsection B of this section, 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.

   B.   Control And Location Of Off Site Facilities: All off street parking facilities shall be located on the same lot, or on a lot adjacent to or across a public street or alley from, the building, structure, or use which they are required to serve. When such 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. The required number of parking spaces must be maintained during the existence of said principal use.

   C.   Design And Maintenance: Standards for the design and maintenance of off street parking facilities shall be as follows:

      1.   Parking Spaces:

         a.   Description: A required off street parking space shall be an area of not less than ten feet (10') wide by nineteen feet (19') long exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office and work area; 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 or commercial vehicles under one and one-half (11/2) tons' capacity.

         b.   Calculation: 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 any fraction over one-half (1/2) shall be interpreted as one parking space.

      2.   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.

      3.   Signs In Residential Districts: 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.

      4.   Required Setbacks: No off street parking lot or area, other than a residential driveway, established on the same lot with a building shall be located within a required front yard. No parking lot or area, or portion thereof, established on a 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.

      5.   Surfacing: All open off street parking areas and driveways, except those accessory to single-family dwellings, shall be improved by constructing with either:

         a.   Six inches (6") of compacted gravel base surfaced with two inches (2") of asphaltic concrete or a seal coat.

         b.   Six inches (6") of concrete laid over a firm base.

      6.   Screening And Landscaping: Within or adjacent to a residential district, 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 is adjacent to property in residential use unless that use is across a public street or alley from such parking area.

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

   D.   Special Use Public Parking Areas: Any automobile parking area developed for transient trade, and not accessory to specific main uses or groups of uses for which parking is required by this title, shall be treated as a "special use", as defined in chapter 3, article B of this title, and as approved by the village board. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

 

(Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

   A.   Description: An off street loading berth shall be a hard surfaced area of land, either open or enclosed, other than a street or 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 be not 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.

   C.   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 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.

   D.   Surfacing: All open off street loading berths shall be improved by construction with a weatherproof and dustproof surface equal to the paving material of the street onto which it opens. If a berth opens into two (2) or more streets, the more substantial paving material shall be used. (Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)

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:

 

 

(Amended Ord., 2-15-1993, eff. 2-26-1993)