In all districts, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected, having a gross floor area of two thousand five hundred square feet or more, which is to be occupied by uses requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same premises with such building at least one off-street loading space accessible from an alley, easement of access, or, when there is no such alley or easement of access, from a street, plus one additional such loading space for each ten thousand square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area so used in excess of fifteen thousand square feet. Such space may occupy all or any part of a required rear yard, or, with authorization of the board of appeals, part of any other yard or court space on the same premises.

In all districts except B-l districts, off-street accessory parking areas, in the open or in a garage, shall be provided in connection with the uses set forth in Section 17.48.030 and to the extent indicated therewith, in addition to the loading and unloading spaces required in Section 17.48.010. Such areas, in the case of R districts and for dwellings in other districts, shall be on the premises intended to be served; and in the case of B-2 and 1 districts, and in connection with uses other than dwellings, such areas shall be on the premises intended to be served or on adjoining or nearby property within one hundred feet of any part of said premises and in the same or less restricted district.

A.

The number of parking spaces required is as follows:

B.

In the case of any use which is not specifically mentioned in this section, the provisions for a similar use which is mentioned shall apply.

Each parking space, rectangular in shape, shall not be less than eight and one-half feet wide and twenty feet long, or not less than one hundred seventy square feet in area, exclusive of access drives or aisles.

Each loading space shall not be less than ten feet wide, forty feet in length and fourteen feet in height, exclusive of access and turning area.

In the case of merchandising or service types of uses, "floor area" means the gross floor area used or intended to be used by tenants, or for service to the public as customers, patrons or clients, but does not include areas used principally for non-public purposes, such as toilet or rest rooms, utilities, or dressing rooms.

In stadiums, sports arenas, churches and other places of public assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews, or other similar seating facilities, each twenty inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking facilities under this title.

Off-street accessory parking areas shall be of usable shape, and shall be improved, in accordance with requirements of the village board, with a durable and dustless surface and graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area. Any lighting used to illuminate such parking areas shall be arranged so as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any R district.

The board of appeals may authorize on appeal a modification, reduction or waiver of the requirements set forth in this chapter, if it should find that in the particular case the peculiar nature of the use or other exceptional situation or condition would justify such modification, reduction or waiver.

The planning commission, in consultation with other village, city, or county departments and agencies, shall make studies as found advisable of various areas in the village for the purpose of determining the areas within which there is need for off-street parking facilities to be provided by the municipality and to be financed wholly, or in part, by a special assessment district or other means. Where such need is found, the planning commission shall report its recommendation for the acquisition of such off-street parking facilities to the village board. Each report shall include recommendations on the type, size, location and other pertinent features of the proposed off-street parking facilities and the area they are intended to serve.

A.

No building, structure or premises shall be used, erected or altered which is intended or designed to be used as a public garage, automobile repair shop, motor fuel station or carwash having an entrance or exit for vehicles in the same block-front and within two hundred feet of any school, public playground, church, hospital, public library or institution for dependents or for children and no such entrance or exit shall be located within the same block-front and within twenty feet of any R district; nor shall any part of such public garage, automobile repair shop, motor fuel station, or car wash be located within one hundred feet of any building or grounds of any of the aforesaid public or institutional uses.

B.

All activities incidental to the sale of gasoline or oil, such as battery and tire repair, car washing and greasing, shall be conducted within the building and there shall be no storage or accumulation of miscellaneous equipment, machinery or motor vehicles, disabled or otherwise, outside of the principal structure.

A.

No vehicular entrance to or exit from any motel or motor hotel, wherever such may be located, shall be within two hundred feet along streets from any school, public playground, church, hospital, library or institution for dependents or for children, except where such property is in another block or on another street, which the premises in question do not abut.

B.

The following regulations shall be complied with:

1.

Any lot to be used for a motel or motor hotel shall be not less than fifteen thousand square feet in area and shall contain not less than one thousand square feet of lot areas per sleeping unit. All buildings and structures on the lot shall occupy in the aggregate not more than twenty-five percent of the area of the lot.

2.

All areas used for automobile access parking shall comply with the provisions of Section 17.48.080.

3.

All areas not used for access, parking, circulation, buildings and services shall be completely landscaped and the entire site maintained in good condition.

4.

No enlargements or extensions to any motel or motor hotel shall be permitted unless the existing one is made to conform substantially with all the requirements for new construction for such an establishment.

A.

The parking of a trailer or mobile home in any district except in an approved mobile home park for forty-eight hours or longer is prohibited, except for small utility trailers and except that a camping, utility or boat trailer, with or without boat, may be stored in rear yard, provided that no living quarters shall be maintained or any business conducted in connection therewith while such trailer is parked or stored.

B.

Except when located in a mobile home park or specifically approved by the village board as a permanent residence, the wheels of any trailer or mobile home shall not be removed except for repairs, nor shall such trailer be otherwise permanently fixed to the ground by any person, firm or corporation in a manner that would prevent ready removal of said trailer.

A.

Notwithstanding anything in the Tampico Municipal Code to the contrary, no buildings or parts thereof located in the village historic district, shall be used for more than three consecutive days for the storage or collection of any product, goods, materials, equipment, appliances, furniture, merchandise, or other personal property except as specifically permitted in this section.

B.

Storage or collection of any product, goods, materials, equipment, appliances, furniture, merchandise, or other personal property except as specifically permitted in this section used in or incidental to a business establishment operating from the building on a regular basis shall be excluded from these provisions. In the event such business ceases to operate for more than thirty (30) days, this exemption shall cease.

C.

All personal property stored indoors in any building in the Village Historic District shall be maintained in such a manner not to increase the risk of a fire or impede firefighters or first responders from fighting any fire on the premises.

(Ord. No. O11-13-03-05, 3-5-2013)