(A) Scope. The provisions of this section shall apply and govern in all zoning districts.
(B) General requirements.
(1) The duty to provide and maintain off- street parking space shall be the joint and several responsibility of the operator and/or owner of the use and/or land for which off-street parking space is required to be provided and maintained.
(2) For land, structures or uses actually used, occupied or operated on the effective date of this chapter, there shall be provided such off-street parking space as was required for such land, structures or uses by any previous ordinance. If such land, structures or uses are enlarged, expanded or changed there shall be provided, for that increment of expansion only, at least the amount of off-street parking space that would be required hereunder if the increment were a separate land, structure or use established or placed into operation after the effective date of this chapter.
(3) For all uses established or placed into operation after the effective date of this chapter there shall be constructed, provided, preserved and maintained the amount of off-street parking space hereinafter set forth.
(4) Whenever the intensity of use of any structure or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, additional employment, or other unit of measurement, such additional parking as required herein to provide for the expanded use shall be provided.
(5) Whenever the existing use of a building, structure or land area is changed to a new use, parking facilities shall be provided as required by the new use. However, if the use existed prior to the effective date of this chapter, parking is required only in the amount that the new use would exceed the requirements for the existing use if the latter were subject to the parking provisions of this chapter.
(6) Parking in existence on the effective date of this chapter or that was provided voluntarily after such effective date shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not further be reduced below, the requirements of this chapter for a new use.
(7) All off-street parking space, whether or not required by this chapter and when provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or in accordance with the provisions of any former ordinance, shall be used, maintained and operated as hereinafter required.
(8) Parking for all types of uses may be provided either in garages or open parking areas conforming with the provisions of this chapter.
(9) Where sufficient existing public parking facilities are located so as to provide or supplement part or all of the required parking space, the Planning and Zoning Commission may reduce the number of spaces required for a particular use or group of uses.
(10) Parking may be with or without charge.
(11) No vehicle shall be parked in any front yard except upon a regularly constructed driveway. Parking lots may be allowed in the front yard if authorized by the Planning and Zoning Commission, and provided that the district does not require that the front yard be landscaped and devoted to no other use, and further provided that the parking is in accord with the other provisions of this chapter.
(C) Off-street parking space shall be located on the same lot as the use for which provided, except as otherwise specifically provided:
(1) Special location plan. Pursuant to the procedure hereinafter set forth, either part or all of the required off-street parking space may be located off the lot of the use for which the space is provided. Also, two or more uses may share the same off-street parking space and each of such uses may be considered as having provided such shared space individually. The following limitations shall apply to the special location plan.
(2) Separation for use. Off-street parking shall be located as hereinafter specified; where a distance is specified, such distance shall be the walking distance measured from the nearest point of the parking facility to the nearest point of the building that such facility is required to serve.
(a) In all residential districts, parking facilities shall be located on the same lot or lots with the building they are required to serve.
(b) In all commercial districts, parking facilities shall be located within 300 feet of the building they are required to serve.
(c) In all industrial districts, parking facilities shall be located within 600 feet of the building they are required to serve.
(3) Sharing of space. Two or more uses may share the same off-street parking space if the schedules of operation of all such uses are such that none of the uses sharing the space requires the off-street parking space at the same time as any other use sharing the space. Each such use that is sharing space shall be considered as having provided such shared space individually.
(4) Application. All applications for approval of special location plan hereunder shall be filed with the Planning and Zoning Commission by the owners of the entire land area to be included within the special location plan, the owner or owners of all structures then existing on the land area and all encumbrances of the land area and structures; shall contain sufficient evidence to establish to the satisfaction of the Planning and Zoning Commission that the applicants are the owners and encumbrances of the designated land and structures; shall contain such information and representations required by this chapter or deemed necessary; and shall include plans showing the following details:
(a) The location of the uses or structures for which off-street parking space is required.
(b) The location at which the off- street parking space is to be provided.
(5) Procedure.
(a) All applications shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Any approval may establish necessary conditions and limitations.
(b) Upon approval of a special location plan, a copy of such plan shall be registered and recorded among the records of the village.
(c) All special location plans registered and recorded hereunder shall be binding upon the applicants for such special plans, their successors and assigns; shall limit and control the issuance and validity of all zoning permits and zoning certificates; and shall restrict and limit the use and operation of all land and structures included within such special plans to all conditions and limitations specified in such plans and the approvals thereof.
(d) All special location plans registered and recorded hereunder may be amended pursuant to the same procedure and subject to the same limitations and requirements by which such plans were approved, registered and recorded.
(e) Upon application to the Planning and Zoning Commission by the owner or owners of the entire land area included within any special location plan registered and recorded hereunder, the owner or owners of any structures then existing thereon and all encumbrances of the land and structures, any such plan may be withdrawn, either partially or completely, from registration and released from recording if all uses, land and structures remaining under such plan can be made to comply with all conditions and limitations of the plan and all uses, land and structures withdrawn from such plan can be made to comply with all regulations established by this chapter and unrelated to any special location plan.
(D) Combined facility. Off-street parking space shall be provided for each use. However, two or more uses may jointly provide for one combined parking facility:
(1) Where off-street parking space is combined and used jointly by two or more uses having different standards for determining the amount of off-street parking space required, the parking space shall be adequate in area to provide the sum total of off-street parking space requirements of all such uses.
(2) Where off-street parking space is combined and used jointly by two or more uses having the same standard for determining the amount of off-street parking space required, all such uses, for the purposes of this section, shall be considered a single unit and the gross floor area of all such uses in all structures on the same lot or the number of employees of all such uses in all structures on the same lot as fixed by the applicable standard, shall be taken as a single total for the purpose of determining the amount of off-street parking space required.
(E) Design, development and maintenance. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area, including a commercial parking lot, and also an automobile or trailer sales lot, shall be designed, developed, and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) In the residential districts, unless fully enclosed, parking areas shall be used only by vehicles up to 3/4-ton manufacturer's capacity rating.
(2) Shall not be used for the sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies, except when the zoning district allows such use.
(3) Shall be provided with an all-weather surfacing maintained at all times in such a manner as to prevent the release of dust and to be free of dust, trash and debris. If such surfacing would be detrimental because of the excessive runoff of storm water, the Planning and Zoning Commission may direct such area to be left unpaved and designed to remain dust-free and attractive.
(4) Shall be pitched and drained so as to prevent the flow of water from such areas onto adjoining property or onto streets or alleys that have no drainage facilities.
(5) Off-street parking areas for more than four vehicles that adjoin or are across the street from property zoned for any residential use shall have a dense evergreen planting, fence, masonry wall and/or such other screening as may be determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(6) Shall be provided with entrances and exits not less than 12 feet or more than 35 feet in width and so located as to minimize traffic congestion.
(7) Shall be provided with wheel guards or bumper guards so located that no part of parked vehicles will extent beyond the parking space.
(8) Where hazards exist which can be eliminated or lessened by lighting, the Planning and Zoning Commission may require lighting at such hours and in such manner as deemed necessary in the interest of public safety and security. Such lighting facilities shall be so arranged that they neither unreasonably disturb occupants of adjacent residential properties nor interfere with traffic.
(9) May have not more than one attendant shelter building conforming to all set back requirements for structures in the district in which it is located.
(10) Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 180 square feet exclusive of access drives or alleys and shall be of usable shape and conditions.
(11) All open or unused areas shall be landscaped and continuously maintained.
(F) Units of measurement. For purposes of this section the following units of measurement shall apply:
(1) Floor area. In the case of offices, merchandising or service types of uses, FLOOR AREA shall mean the gross floor area or gross leasable area designed for tenant or owner occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines and upper floors, if any, expressed in square feet measured from the centerlines of joint partitions and exteriors of outside walls. It shall not include areas used principally for utilities and space incidental to the management or maintenance of the building.
(2) Dwelling unit. A dwelling unit shall mean one room, or a suite of two or more rooms, designed for or used by one family for living and sleeping purposes and having only one kitchen or kitchenette.
(3) Seat or bench. A seat shall be the space intended for one individual, in places where patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other seating facilities, each 20 inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat.
(4) Employees. Employees shall be based on the maximum number of persons on duty or residing, or both, on the premises at any one time.
(5) Fractions. When units of measurement result in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction shall require one parking space.
(G) Space required. At least the following numbers of usable off-street parking spaces shall be provided; also adequate provision for ingress, egress and maneuvering shall be provided.
(1) Residential uses.
(a) One-family dwellings and two- family dwellings. Two parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit.
(b) Multiple-family dwellings. Two parking spaces shall be provided for every dwelling unit.
(c) Hotels, motels, inns and auto courts. One parking space shall be provided for each guest or sleeping room or suite, plus one additional space for the owner or manager.
(d) Lodging, rooming and boarding houses. One parking space shall be provided for each lodging room, plus one space for the owner or manager.
(e) Mobile home parks. Two parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home space.
(f) Fraternities, sororities and dormitories. One parking space shall be provided for each five active members, plus one parking space for the managers thereof.
(2) Commercial uses.
(a) Automobile laundry. Stacking spaces shall be provided to accommodate waiting automobiles equal in number to five times the maximum capacity of the automobile laundry for each wash rack, plus one parking space for each two employees. Maximum capacity, in this instance, shall mean the greatest number of automobiles undergoing some phase of laundering at the same time.
(b) Automobile service stations. Two parking spaces shall be provided for each island of pumps and each service stall, plus one parking space for each two employees.
(c) Banks. One parking space shall be provided for each 200 square feet of floor area. Drive-in establishments shall provide six stacking spaces per teller or customer service window.
(d) Barber shop. Three parking spaces shall be provided for each barber chair, plus one per each employee.
(e) Beauty parlor. Two parking spaces shall be provided for each 150 square feet of floor area, plus one for each employee.
(f) Bowling alleys. Three parking spaces shall be provided for each alley, plus such additional spaces as may be required herein for affiliated uses, such as bars and restaurants.
(g) Furniture and appliance stores, household equipment or furniture repair shops. One parking space shall be provided for each 600 square feet of floor area in excess of 1,000 square feet.
(h) Motor vehicle sales and machinery sales. One parking space shall be provided for each 800 square feet of floor area.
(i) Restaurants or establishments dispensing food and/or beverages for consumption on the premises (not including drive-in or drive-through restaurants). One parking space shall be provided for each 100 square feet of floor area, or one parking space for each three seats, plus one parking space for each three employees, whichever is greater.
(j) Restaurants (carry-out). One parking space shall be provided for each 50 square feet of floor area.
(k) Restaurants (drive-in) and/or refreshment stand (where food and/or beverage is consumed in a vehicle). One parking space shall be provided for each 20 square feet of floor area, but not less than ten spaces.
(l) Restaurants (drive-through). One parking space per 80 square feet of gross floor area, one parking space for every two employees on the work shift with the largest number of employees, and the stacking space of four vehicles at each ordering station, bay window, or lane.
(m) Retail stores. One parking space shall be provided for each 180 square feet of floor area.
(n) Theaters (indoor). One parking space shall be provided for each four seats up to 400 seats, plus one for each six seats over 400 seats.
(o) Theaters (outdoor). Reservoir parking spaces at the entrance to the theater shall be provided equal to 10% of the vehicle capacity of the theater.
(p) Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors. Six parking spaces shall be provided for each chapel or parlor, or one for each 50 square feet of floor area used for services, whichever is greater, plus one parking space for each funeral vehicle kept on the premises.
(3) Office uses.
(a) Business or professional offices. One parking space shall be provided for each 250 square feet of floor area.
(b) Medical or dental clinics. Two parking spaces shall be provided for each office, examining room or treatment room, plus one for each employee.
(4) Industrial uses.
(a) Manufacturing uses or any establishments engaged in production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing or repair of materials, goods or products. One parking space shall be provided for each two employees, plus one parking space for each vehicle used in the conduct of the enterprise.
(b) Truck terminals. One parking space shall be provided for each two employees, plus one for each truck.
(c) Warehouses and storage buildings. One parking space shall be provided for each two employees, plus one space for each vehicle used in the conduct of the enterprise.
(d) Wholesale establishments (but not including warehouses and storage buildings other than accessory. One parking space shall be provided for each 600 square feet of floor area in excess of 4,000 square feet.
(5) Schools, institutions and places of assembly.
(a) Auditoriums, gymnasiums, convention halls, and all places of assembly. One parking space shall be provided for each five seats or parking spaces equal to one-fifth the capacity of the facility in persons.
(b) Churches. One parking space shall be provided for each four seats in the main auditorium.
(c) Colleges, universities, trade schools. One parking space shall be provided for each five students (based on the maximum number of students that the facilities is designed to handle at any one time), plus one for each two employees.
(d) Elementary school. Two parking spaces shall be provided for each classroom. However, if a place of assembly is provided in the school and the parking spaces provided for the place of assembly is equal to or in excess of the requirement for the classrooms, the classroom requirement need not be provided.
(e) Hospitals. One parking space shall be provided for each two beds, plus one for each staff doctor or visiting doctor, plus one for each two employees.
(f) Junior high and high school. One parking space shall be provided for each eight students (based on the maximum number of students that the facility is designed to handle at any one time), plus one for each two employees.
(g) Nursery school. One parking space shall be provided for each employee.
(h) Nursing home, convalescent home and similar type establishments. One parking space shall be provided for each three beds, plus one for each two employees.
(i) Library. One parking space shall be provided for each 1,000 square feet of floor area.
(j) Private clubs and lodges. Parking spaces equal to one-fifth the capacity of the facility in persons shall be provided.
(6) Other uses. For uses not listed heretofore in this schedule of parking requirements, parking spaces shall be provided on the same basis as required for the most similar listed uses, or as determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(H) Plot plan. Any application for a building permit or a certificate of occupancy shall include therewith a plot plan, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing all parking facilities required by this chapter.
(I) Modifications. The Planning and Zoning Commission may authorize on appeal a modification, reduction, or waiver of the foregoing requirements, if it should find that, in the particular case appealed the peculiar nature of the residential, business, trade, industrial or other use, or the exceptional shape or size of the property or other exceptional situation or condition, would justify such action.
(Ord. 95, passed 4-5-71; Am. Ord. 1477, passed 3-19-07) Penalty, see § 156.999