Each structure or use which is required by section 102-3 to comply with this article shall provide a minimum number of parking spaces, as shown in the following schedule:

(1)

Dwelling and lodging uses.

a.

Single-family dwellings: Two parking spaces for each dwelling.

b.

Two-family dwellings: Four parking spaces for each two-family dwelling.

c.

Multi-family dwellings:

d.

Hotels and motels: Two parking spaces plus one additional parking space for each guest sleeping room or unit.

e.

Roominghouses and boardinghouses: Two parking spaces plus one additional parking space for each two roomers for whom accommodations are maintained.

(2)

Business, commercial and manufacturing uses.

a.

Automobile service stations: Four parking spaces plus one additional parking space for each employee.

b.

Bowling alleys: Four parking spaces for each alley plus such additional parking spaces as may be required in this section for affiliated uses such as restaurants.

c.

Business and professional offices (except medical and dental offices): One parking space for each two employees.

d.

Cartage, express, parcel delivery and freight terminal establishments: One parking space for each two employees, and one parking space for each vehicle maintained on the premises.

e.

Establishments handling the sale and consumption on the premises of food, beverages and refreshments: One parking space for each three persons for whom seating accommodations are maintained.

f.

Manufacture, production, processing, assembly, disassembly, cleaning, servicing, testing or repairing of goods, materials or products or any other industrial establishments except those otherwise specified in this subsection: One parking space for each employee.

g.

Medical and dental offices and clinics: One parking space for each doctor or dentist plus one additional parking space for each two employees (other than doctors or dentists) plus 1½ additional parking spaces for each room maintained for patient consultation or examination.

h.

Mortuaries: Eight parking spaces for each area which can be used as a parlor or chapel plus one parking space for each funeral vehicle maintained on the premises.

i.

Theaters (indoor): One parking space for each four seats based upon maximum permanent seating capacity. (See subsection 102-128(9) as to the permitted location of such parking spaces.)

j.

Warehouses, storage and wholesale establishments: One parking space for each two employees.

k.

All business and commercial establishments except those heretofore specified: One parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area.

(3)

Other uses.

a.

Auditoriums, gymnasiums, stadiums and other places of public assembly with fixed seats: One parking space for each four seats or bench seating spaces based upon maximum seating capacity. (See section 102-128(9) as to the permitted location of such parking spaces.)

b.

Churches: One parking space for each four seats or bench seating spaces in the auditorium as based upon maximum permanent seating capacity. (See section 102-128(9) as to the permitted location of such parking spaces.)

c.

Elementary schools, nursery schools and junior high schools, public or private: Two parking spaces for each three faculty members and other employees.

d.

High schools, public or private: Two parking spaces for each three faculty members and other employees plus one additional parking space for each ten students based upon the maximum number of students attending classes on the premises at any one time within any 24-hour period.

e.

Hospitals: One parking space for each three beds plus one additional parking space for each three employees (other than doctors) plus one additional parking space for each two doctors assigned to the staff. If the hospital has multiple shifts of employees, the number of employees for determining the required parking shall be based on the shift with the largest number of employees.

f.

Nursing homes: Two parking spaces for each ten beds plus one additional parking space for each two employees.

g.

Private clubs: One parking space for each two members of the staff, plus one additional parking space for each six club members plus one additional parking space for each room which could be used to provide lodging accommodations for club members or their guests.

h.

Public buildings and institutions such as public libraries, public museums and public art galleries: One parking space for each 600 square feet of floor area plus one additional parking space for each two employees.

(Ord. No. 65-0-18, § 8.1, 4-6-65; Ord. No. 77-0-76, § 1, 10-18-77; Ord. No. 91-0-12, § I, 1-23-91; Ord. No. 95-0-85, § III, 11-21-95)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 95-0-85, § IV, adopted Nov. 21, 1995, deleted former § 102-127, relative to R-2 zoning requirements, which derived from Ord. No. 65-0-18, § 8.2, adopted April 6, 1965, and Ord. No. 81-0-63, § 1, adopted Sept. 15, 1981.

Each parking space provided to meet the requirements of section 102-126 shall comply with the following regulations:

(1)

Computation. When determination of the number of offstreet parking spaces required by this chapter results in a requirement of a fractional space, the fraction of one-half or less may be disregarded and a fraction in excess of one-half shall be counted as one 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.

(2)

Collective provisions. Offstreet parking facilities required for separate buildings and uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the parking spaces required for all such separate buildings and uses and if all regulations governing the location of accessory parking spaces in relation to each separate building and use served are observed. No individual parking space or portion thereof shall serve as the required parking space for more than one building or use, unless otherwise specifically authorized under the provisions of this chapter.

(3)

Utilization. Required parking spaces shall be used solely for the parking of motor vehicles of patrons, occupants, or employees of the uses for which they are required. No motor vehicle repair work of any kind, except emergency repairs, shall be permitted on any required offstreet parking facility. No gasoline, motor oil or related product shall be sold or dispensed in connection with any required offstreet parking facility.

(4)

Area. A required off-street parking area space shall be at least nine feet in width and at least 18 feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, office or work areas. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet.

(5)

Location. All required parking spaces shall be located on the same lot as the building or use served, or within 600 feet of the nearest point of the principal structure; provided, however, that no offstreet parking facility for a business or industrial use shall be located in a residential district except when the proposed offstreet parking area is contiguous to a business district and a special use permit is approved as provided in Section 102-236, Zoning changes, subsection (g), Standards for special use permits.

(6)

Required yards. Enclosed buildings and carports containing offstreet parking shall be subject to the yard requirements applicable in the district in which located. Offstreet parking areas open to the sky may be located in any yard except that:

a.

In any residential district, offstreet parking, whether temporary or permanent, shall not be permitted or located in any required front yard or any lawn area, including any yard area not improved for offstreet parking.

b.

In any residential district on a corner lot devoted to a residential use, the offstreet parking shall not be located closer to the side lot line bounding a street than the minimum side yard width prescribed by the bulk regulations for the district.

c.

In any district, on any lot devoted to a nonresidential use, if any front lot line, side lot line or rear lot line separates the lot from or is across the street from a lot in a residential district, the offstreet parking shall not be located closer to such lot line than the minimum front yard depth, side yard width or rear yard depth (as the case may be) prescribed by the bulk regulations of the residential district. Such offstreet parking lot shall be screened from the R district with landscaping and/or a fence.

d.

As part of a special use permit, the yard setbacks required for parking lots in or contiguous to R districts may be reduced if approved as a part of the permit and an adequate fence or landscape buffer is provided.

(7)

Access. Each required offstreet parking space shall open directly upon a means of access (aisle, driveway or public alley) of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space in compliance with the standards set forth in the state division of highways booklet entitled Policy on Permits for Access Driveways to State Highways, dated November 1, 1955, and as the same may be hereafter amended or supplemented. No driveway, aisle or accessway across public property shall have a width exceeding 25 feet.

(8)

Design and maintenance.

a.

Enclosure. Offstreet parking spaces may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building.

b.

Surfacing. All open off street parking areas for which a building permit is required shall be graded and paved with concrete, asphalt or brick pavers (residential district only).

c.

Drainage. All open offstreet parking areas shall be pitched and drained so as to prevent the flow of water from such areas onto adjoining property or onto streets or alleys which have no sewer and drainage facilities.

d.

Wheel stops. All open offstreet parking areas in any district which adjoin an interior lot line or street lot line shall be provided with wheel stops of masonry, concrete, steel or heavy timber, such wheel stops to be securely anchored and attached near such interior or street lot lines so as to prevent the protrusion of vehicles into adjoining property or public streets.

e.

Illumination. Any lighting used to illuminate offstreet parking areas shall be so designed and installed as to prevent direct rays of light from beaming on surrounding private property and to prevent glare at eye level within or about such surrounding property.

f.

Landscaping. New offstreet parking areas of ten spaces or more shall include a landscaped area of not less than ten percent within the parking area. The applicant shall submit a landscape plan for improving and maintaining a desirable and attractive offstreet parking area. The landscaping of small offstreet parking areas (20 to 40 spaces or less) may be limited to one or two landscaped areas. Larger offstreet parking areas may include several landscaped areas dispersed throughout the parking area. All required landscape areas shall be located in areas which do not include any required yard or right-of-way.

(9)

Special uses. The offstreet parking requirements for auditoriums, gymnasiums, stadiums, churches and other places of public assembly with fixed seats may be satisfied by using parking spaces already provided to meet offstreet parking requirements for business, commercial and industrial establishments or offstreet parking facilities provided by the city, provided such spaces or facilities are not normally in use between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and midnight or on Sundays or holidays, and are made available for other parking, and provided further that all other standards and requirements of this section are met.

(Ord. No. 65-0-18, § 8.3, 4-6-65; Ord. No. 90-0-50, § 2, 9-5-90; Ord. No. 90-0-68, § I, 11-19-90; Ord. No. 91-0-4, § I, 1-7-91; Ord. No. 94-0-49, § IX, 6-20-94; Ord. No. 95-0-32, § I, 6-6-95; Ord. No. 07-O-39, § 1, 10-16-07; Ord. No. 08-O-44, § I, 8-19-08; Ord. No. 14-O-55, § I, 12-2-14; Ord. No. 17-O-17, § I, 3-21-17)

All uses established after the effective date of this section shall comply with the standards of this section. Any existing use which now complies with the standards of this section shall continue to so comply. If the operations of any lawfully existing use do not comply with the standards of this section, such operation shall not be varied or changed in such a way as to increase the degree of such violation. All references herein to the Illinois Administrative Code(Ill. Adm. Code) and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) shall be to those regulations as they are amended from time to time.

(1)

Noise emissions. No person or other entity shall cause or allow the emission of sound beyond the boundaries of any property, in violation of the sound emission limits set forth in 35 Ill. Adm. Code, Subtitle H, Part 901.

Compliance with Part 901 shall be determined utilizing the methodologies specified in 35 Ill. Adm. Code, Subtitle H, Section 900.103 and Part 951.

(2)

Vibration. No vibrations shall be emitted which are discernible without the aid of instruments at any point beyond the boundaries of the properties on which the use is located. Impulsive sound shall not exceed the standards in 35 IL. Adm. Code Subtitle H, Part 901.104.

(3)

Visible and particulate matter emissions. The emission of visible and particulate matter in violation of this section shall not be permitted. Dust and other types of air pollution, borne by the wind from such sources as storage areas, yards, roads and the like within lot boundaries, shall be kept at a minimum by appropriate landscaping, paving, application of dust suppressant, fencing or other acceptable means.

Visible emissions from fuel combustion and other emission sources shall conform to 35 Ill Adm. Code Subtitle B, Part 212, Subpart B Visible Emissions, Sections 212.122 and 212.123.

The measurements of visible emissions shall be performed according to EPA Method 9, in 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A. "Visual Determination of Opacity of Emissions from Stationary Sources," Method 22 shall be used to determine the presence or absence of visible emissions from emission units.

Combustion sources greater than 250mmBTU/hr. are restricted to not greater than 20 per cent opacity. All other emission units are restricted to not greater than 30 per cent opacity. Visible emissions may exceed these limits for short periods of time under specific conditions, as allowed in 35 Ill. Adm. Code Subtitle B, Part 212, Subpart B.

Particulate matter emissions shall comply with 35 Ill. Adm. Code Subtitle B, Part 212 for the following source categories:

Subpart D—Incinerators

Subpart E—Fuel Combustion Units

Subpart K—Fugitive Particulate Matter

Subpart L—Process Units

Subpart N—Food Manufacturing

Subpart O—Petroleum Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Manufacturing

Subpart Q—Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Manufacturing

Subpart R—Primary and Fabricated Metals Products and Machinery Manufacturing

Subpart S—Agriculture

Subpart T—Construction and Wood Products

(4)

Odors. The emission of odorous matter in such quantity as to be readily detectable at any point along a lot line or as to produce a public nuisance or hazard beyond the property boundary is prohibited.

(5)

Use, storage and management of hazardous substances and petroleum products. The use, storage, and management of hazardous substances and petroleum products shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal environmental statutes, codes, ordinances, and regulations, and shall meet the performance standards specified herein:

a.

No use shall, for any period of time, discharge across the boundaries of the property, or to environmental pathways (groundwater, air, soil, surface water) wherein it is located in such concentrations as to be detrimental to or pose risk to the public health, safety, comfort or welfare, or cause injury, diminution, damage, or risk to the environment, natural resources, property, or business.

b.

The use, storage, and management of such hazardous substances shall be conducted at all times with engineering controls that provide primary and secondary containment systems designed to preclude accidental release of such substances to groundwater, air, soil, and surface water pathways, to the extent necessary to protect human health and the environment.

This provision shall not be construed to prohibit spraying of pesticides on public or private property.

(6)

Radiation hazards. The handling of radioactive materials, the discharge of such materials into the air and water and the disposal of radioactive wastes shall be in conformance with:

a.

The applicable regulations of the nuclear regulatory commission.

b.

The applicable regulations of any instrumentality of the state.

(7)

Heat. Every use and activity shall be so operated that it does not raise the ambient temperature more than two degrees Fahrenheit at or beyond the boundary of any property line.

(8)

Glare. Any operation or activity producing intense glare shall be conducted so that direct and indirect illumination from the source of light shall not cause illumination in excess of 0.1 footcandle in residential districts.

(9)

Electromagnetic interference. There shall be no electromagnetic interference that:

a.

Adversely affects at any point the operation of any equipment other than that belonging to the creator of such interference; or

b.

Is not in conformance with the regulations of the Federal Communication Commission.

(10)

Commercial/industrial property re-use and redevelopment: Uses and special uses within the industrial district that promote the redevelopment and re-use of environmentally impaired properties, and/or properties having recognized environmental conditions are encouraged. Such uses, on a case by case basis, subject to review and approval by the city, may receive site-specific variances to specific performance standards, so long as such variances are not inconsistent with the objectives and intent of these standards. Such uses and special uses shall maintain any exposure pathway-specific engineering and/or institutional controls associated with mitigating the environmental condition(s) in promoting redevelopment and re-use.

(Ord. No. 65-0-18, § 8.4, 4-6-65; Ord. No. 2001-0-46, § 1, 11-20-01; Ord. No. 03-O-34, § 2, 8-5-03)

Cross reference— Nuisances, § 30-36 et seq.

(a)

Industrial zones. In the LM and G1 industrial zoned areas any principal building who's exterior walls are constructed of metal or concrete block, and any accessory building(s) who's exterior walls are constructed of metal or concrete block and who's floor area exceeds 6,000 square feet or ten percent of the floor area of the principal building whichever is smaller, shall have 75 percent of the exterior wall area of all sides of a building facing a public street or residential property and over all 50 percent of the total aggregate exterior wall area of the building covered with exterior finish materials other than corrugated sheet metal or concrete block. Permitted exterior finish materials may include but are not limited to brick, stone, colored split faced decorative concrete block, wood siding, glass, architectural glass, or other similar materials as approved by the director of the building department or his designee on the basis of actual samples submitted by the owner or architect. These standards shall not apply to accessory building(s) having a cumulative floor area of equal to or less than 6,000 square feet or ten percent of the floor area of the principal building whichever is smaller when such accessory building(s) area located behind the principal building.

(b)

G-2 industrial zones.

(1)

If fencing or a screen wall surrounds that entire lot and is of such height that the primary structure is 75 percent hidden from view at an elevation of six feet at curb of street in front and side street (if corner lot), then compliance with building appearance, as referred to in (a) above, is not required.

(2)

If screen wall or fence exposes only the front face of the primary structure, then only the front face of the structure shall comply with the building appearance ordinance referred to in (a) above.

(3)

If no screen wall or fence is installed around the primary building, then the building appearance ordinance shall apply in full.

(c)

Commercial zones. In the LB, LB2, HB and HB2 zoned areas any principal building who's exterior walls are constructed of metal or concrete block, shall have 100 percent of the exterior wall area facing any public street and 40 percent of the remaining exterior wall area covered with exterior finish materials other than corrugated sheet metal or concrete block. Permitted exterior finish materials may include but are not limited to brick, stone, colored split faced decorative concrete block, wood siding, glass, architectural glass, or other similar materials as approved by the director of the building department or his designee on the basis of actual samples submitted by the owner or architect.

(d)

Central business district. The exterior wall areas of any building in the central business district may only be covered with brick, stone, colored split faced decorative concrete block, wood siding, glass, architectural glass, or other similar materials as approved by the director of the building department or his designee on the basis of actual samples submitted by the owner or architect.

(e)

Legal non-conforming buildings. A building whose exterior wall construction does not conform with the standards contained in section 102-130 may be expanded using an exterior wall construction of similar material and in similar proportion to that of the original structure provided that the new addition does not exceed 50 percent of the floor area of the original building constructed prior to July 7, 1998 and provided that the addition shall comply with all other applicable codes and ordinances.

(f)

In all zoning districts accessory buildings of 120 square feet or less in size may be covered with metal panel siding. Residential accessory buildings exceeding 120 square feet in area and non-residential buildings requiring a special use permit shall conform with the standards stated in section 102-130(a).

(Ord. No. 97-0-38, § 1, 5-20-97; Ord. No. 98-0-30, § 1, 7-7-98; Ord. No. 99-0-65, § 1, 9-7-99; Ord. No. 2001-0-13, § 1, 3-6-01; Ord. No. 2002-0-33, § 1, 6-4-02)