Required number of off-street parking spaces. The minimum number of off-street automobile parking spaces to be provided shall be in accordance with the following schedule. In cases where garages are provided, the number of required spaces shall be reduced by the number of parking spaces within the garages. One space per employee during the peak shift shall be provided in addition to the following:

Application to existing uses. Uses existing on the effective date of this chapter which do not have the required amount of parking space shall not further reduce said space, and no expansion of the use shall be permitted, unless parking spaces equal to the parking requirement for the expansion are provided as part of the expansion.

Application to change of use. Whenever an existing use of a lot is hereafter proposed to be changed to a use having greater parking requirements, the applicant shall provide additional parking spaces equal to the difference in required parking spaces between the existing use and the proposed use.

Location. Except for commercial, industrial and institutional uses, all required off-street parking shall be provided on the same lot as the use it serves or on an adjoining lot under the same ownership as the lot containing the use it serves. For commercial, industrial and institutional uses, parking may be provided off premises; however:

Abandonment. No parking space, or driveway providing access thereto, shall be abandoned, closed, converted to another use or in any way eliminated from use as a parking space or driveway unless adequate off-street parking and access are provided to the property in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

Design requirements. Parking area design shall be in accordance with design standards contained in the Zoning Office.

Lighting. Lighting established for the purpose of illuminating off-street parking areas shall utilize lighting fixtures whose hood, lens or combination thereof allow no direct beams of light from the fixture to be seen from off the property or to be cast skyward.

Maintenance. All parking areas shall be properly maintained by the owner or lessee of the property.

Handicapped parking. All off-street parking areas shall provide parking spaces for use by motor vehicles which transport physically disabled persons, in accordance with the Wisconsin Administrative Code or the following minimum requirements, whichever is more restrictive:

Applicability. These requirements shall apply to all parking spaces created after the effective date of this chapter, except for parking spaces located in parking areas which accommodate fewer than six vehicles and except for parking spaces located in multilevel parking structures.

Parking lot landscaping design shall be done in accordance with minimum landscaping requirements on file at the Zoning Office.

Any use which requires deliveries or shipments shall provide sufficient off-street loading and unloading space so that no public street, alley or access to any parking area is blocked by such activities.

The loading and unloading space shall be separate from any parking aisle or parking spaces unless delivery or pickup activities are scheduled for hours when the parking area is not in use.

Every use shall have access to a public highway or private road. Property owners have the responsibility of securing the access.

For all uses, except agricultural uses, as listed in § 240-17, no more than two access points per lot shall be permitted.

For all uses, except agricultural uses, as listed in § 240-17, access shall not be allowed directly to a state highway if access to a town, county or public or private frontage road is available.

Driveway width.

Setback. All access driveways shall be placed such that the driveway edge nearest to a neighbor's lot line is at least five feet from the neighbor's lot line, unless driveways are shared by adjoining property owners.

All access driveways, except those to farm fields, shall be surfaced with gravel or paved and pitched to prevent ponding.

Location. Access drives shall be located opposite median crossover where present.

Grade. All driveways shall accommodate emergency vehicles. The maximum grade for driveways serving residences constructed after the effective date of this chapter shall be 12%. Any applicant seeking to construct a driveway, any portion of which shall contain a grade in excess of 12%, may seek a variance from the Board of Adjustment and present any plans and information which demonstrate that the steeper grade satisfies access requirements.

Intersection with road. All driveways shall be sloped down from the road edge for at least 20 feet from the road edge so the elevation of the driveway is at least six inches below the level of the road at a point 20 feet from the edge of the road.