This section is intended to provide efficient and safe access management and adequate parking area for specific uses as well as promote the efficient use of land. It also seeks to prevent adverse environmental impacts of large paved areas.

(Ord. passed 11-16-2020)

   Regulations in this section apply to all districts.

      (1)   All spaces shall be laid out in the dimension of nine feet by 20 feet in size, or 180 square feet of space. This does not include access drives and aisles. Designated handicapped spaces must be 12 feet wide by 20 feet long.

      (2)   All spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes.

 

      (5)   There shall be a curb or curb stop provided wherever an off-street parking and loading area adjoins a public sidewalk right-of-way, or adjoining property line. The curb or curb stop shall be designed to prevent any portion of a vehicle from encroaching upon the sidewalk, right-of-way, or adjoining property.

      (6)   Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking and loading area shall be arranged to direct light away from adjoining premises. All light poles and mounts shall be at a height of 15 feet or less.

      (7)   Each off-street parking driveway opening to a public street must be approved by the agency having jurisdiction over the street following site plan review by the Planning Commission. If the public street is paved, the driveway must be paved for at least the length required for stacking area as defined below. Lanes for entering and exiting traffic shall be clearly marked on the pavement. Each driveway shall intersect a public street at a 90 degree angle.

      (8)   Each off-street parking driveway shall include an on-site stacking area, which does not function as an access aisle for parking spaces, equivalent to at least 5% of the spaces in the parking area.

      (9)   All off-street parking driveways shall have a clear vision area unobstructed by accessory structures or plantings, within 20 feet of any public street right-of-way, for a sight distance of 50 feet along the near edge of the pavement in either direction.

      (10)   Except for parallel parking, all parking spaces shall be clearly marked with striping which shall be maintained.

      (12)   Off-street parking areas shall be effectively screened on any side which abuts a residentially zoned district or institutional use with a continuous and completely obscuring wall or fence not less than four feet in height and maintained in good condition.

      (13)   Access drives to and from a multifamily, commercial or industrial parking area and all other drives to structures or entrances to structures on the site shall be paved. Access drives are not part of the required parking area. Design and construction of access drives must be reviewed and approved by the Zoning Administrator and Department of Public Works Superintendent and in the instance M-25, the Michigan Department of Transportation.

      (14)   Any off-street parking area shall be surfaced with an asphalt, concrete, pavers, or similar durable and dustless surface, and shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water.

(Ord. passed 11-16-2020)

   (A)   Provisions shall be made for one usable off-street parking space for each dwelling unit, plus one for each bedroom over one, up to three spaces. Parking in residential zones is only permitted as an accessory use. In no case is it intended that parking or access drives to parking spaces or facilities be permitted as a principal use of any residentially zoned lot. Parking areas must be on an approved surface of asphalt or concrete.

   (B)   Apartments require two spaces per dwelling unit. Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 162 square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles. Parking areas must be on an approved surface of asphalt or concrete. Dwelling units located above commercial uses shall provide one space per unit that may be in conjunction with the parking provided for the commercial use on the ground floor.

   (C)   For all institutional, public, or essential services in a residential district, the required parking area shall be provided on the same lot with the buildings or on a lot immediately adjacent, under the same ownership.

   (D)   The parking areas shall not be permitted in any required front yard area, except in a defined driveway no wider than ten feet (excluding that portion of the drive leading to a garage or parking area), or the width of a garage serving the residence or site. However, in the case of a dwelling with a driveway leading to a garage or parking area, the drive may be used for parking. No driveway shall occupy more than 25% of a required front yard.

   (E)   No commercial repair work, commercial servicing, or selling of any kind except for periodic garage or yard sales shall be conducted on parking areas in residential districts, and no sign of any kind other than those indicating entrances, exits, and conditions of use shall be erected thereon. The storage of merchandise, motor vehicles for sale, trucks or the repair of vehicles is prohibited. No person shall park, place or otherwise store any item in public parks or alleys within the village limits.

(Ord. passed 11-16-2020)

   Where parking space is required to be provided for any use, 10% of the capacity of any publicly owned off-street parking facilities located within two blocks may be deducted from the parking space required by this section, but the requirements of this section shall not be reduced by more than 40%.

 

 

      (1)   The bicycle frame and one wheel can be locked to the rack with a high security, U-shaped shackle lock if both wheels are left on the bicycle; and

      (2)   A bicycle six feet long can be securely held with its frame supported so that the bicycle cannot be pushed or fall in a manner that will damage the wheels or components.

(Ord. passed 11-16-2020)

   (A)   Where parking space is required to be provided for any industrial use, 10% of the capacity of any publicly owned off-street parking facilities located within two blocks may be deducted from the parking space required by this section, but the industrial off-street parking requirements of this section shall not be reduced by more than 40%.

   (B)   Off-street parking facilities shall be located as specified in this section. For industrial uses, required parking shall be provided within 500 feet of the industrial building, which shall be measured from the nearest point of the parking facility to the nearest point of the building such facility is required to serve.

   (C)   Every parcel of land used as a public or private parking area in any "I" District shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements or other industrial property line, unless screened by a solid masonry wall.

   (D)   For every building, or part, hereafter erected, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, wholesale store or warehouse, laundry, dry cleaning, or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution in vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same premises off-street loading spaces in relation to floor area as follows:

 

 

   (E)   Vehicle service garages shall contain one parking space for each 500 square feet of building floor area.

   (F)   Employee parking shall consist of one parking space for every one employee on the most populated shift. Handicapped parking shall be required in accordance with § 153.051(B) of this chapter.

   (G)   In the case of a building, structure, or premises, the use of which is not specifically mentioned in § 153.055, the provisions for a use which is mentioned and to which the use in question is similar, shall apply.

   (H)   In case of a situation where there is more than one use in a single structure the following off-street parking regulations may apply:

 

 

   (J)   Access drives to and from a parking area and all other access drives to structures or entrances to structures on the site shall be paved. Access drives are not part of the required parking area. Design and construction of access drives must be reviewed and approved by the Zoning Administrator and Department of Public Works Superintendent and in the instance of M-25, the Michigan Department of Transportation.

(Ord. passed 11-16-2020)

   (A)   Parking or storage of motor vehicles shall be provided for in all districts in connection with all industrial, commercial, business, trade, institutional, recreational, or dwelling uses and similar uses. In the case of a building, structure, or premises, the use of which is not specifically mentioned, the provisions for a use which is mentioned and to which the use in question is similar, shall apply. Handicapped parking shall be provided in accordance with § 153.51(B).

   (B)   In case of a situation where there is more than one use in a single structure the following off-street parking regulations may apply. The Planning Commission shall have the power to reduce parking further in the case of shared drives, shared parking or other circumstances where a reduction in parking will contribute to the safety, function or overall site design.

 

 

   In cases where there is a single specified use, the following regulations shall apply:

 

 

(Ord. passed 11-16-2020)