(A) For the purpose of this section, 180 square feet of lot or floor area, which has a means of ingress or egress from an alley or street, shall be deemed parking space for one vehicle. The space shall not occupy any part of any required front yard, but where open may be included as part of a required open space for side or rear yard. On corner or through lots, parking space may not be included as part of required yards lying adjacent to either street. The parking spaces and access driveways, required in residential districts, when used in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be paved or otherwise surfaced with an all-weather, dustproof material. That part of the driveway connecting from the curb line to the property line shall be paved with concrete or asphaltic materials.
(B) Parking areas serving non-residential uses of property shall be hard surfaced and graded so as to drain off all surface water to storm sewer inlets. When the parking areas or lots abut upon adjacent residential properties, there shall be provided a wall or solid screen planting of appropriate shrubs to a height of not less than four feet, along the entire boundary, common to both the residential and parking areas. Walls or solid screen planting to a height of not less than four feet shall also be placed along the street line where a parking lot abuts properties. Lights used to illuminate the parking lots shall be so arranged as to reflect lighting away from the adjoining premises in the residential district. The parking spaces shall be reserved for the sole use of the occupants of the building or lots, their customers and the visitors thereto. Churches, theaters, stadiums, auditoriums and other places of assembly may make arrangements for joint use of parking spaces as hereinafter specified.
(C) In any district, except as noted below, every building built, or structurally altered, enlarged or increased in capacity, and every land use initiated subsequent to the adoption of this section shall be provided with minimum off-street parking facilities as follows:
(1) One and two-family dwellings and multiple-family dwellings:
(a) Single-family dwellings:
1 BR | 1 parking space |
2 BR | 2 parking spaces |
3 BR | 2 parking spaces |
4 BR | 2 parking spaces |
5 or more BR | 3 parking spaces |
(b) Single-family and semi-detached dwelling (duplex building): Parking as in single-family dwelling for each dwelling unit.
(c) Multi-family dwelling: Two spaces for each dwelling unit.
(d) In single-family and semi-detached single-family dwellings of one bedroom, the parking space may be in the required front yard.
(2) Hotels, rooming houses, clubs and fraternal homes: One parking space for each two guest sleeping rooms;
(3) Hospitals: One parking space for each three hospital beds;
(4) Tourist homes:
(a) One parking space for each transient sleeping accommodation the building.
(b) In addition to parking spaces required room offered for tourist for permanent residents of the building.
(5) Churches, auditoriums, gymnasiums, stadiums, theaters and other places of public or private assembly with fixed seats: One parking space for each five seats or bench seating spaces, based upon maximum seating capacity.
(D) For the purpose of this type of use, parking spaces already provided to meet off-street parking requirements for stores, office buildings and industrial establishments, or off-street parking facilities provided by the municipality, lying within 300 feet of the place of public assembly as measured along the lines of public access, and that are not normally in use between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and midnight, and are made available for other parking, may be used to meet up to 75% of the total requirements of parking space for places of public assembly.
(1) Dance halls, bowling alleys and private clubs: One parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area, to be provided on the premises or within 300 feet of the entrance.
(2) Funeral homes: Fifteen parking spaces on the premises, plus five spaces for each area which can be used as a parlor.
(3) Stores and other retail establishments where such uses are permitted, except in the B-1 central business district: One parking space for each 300 square feet of store space, to be provided on the premises or within 200 feet of the entrance and off of the street, except that restaurants or establishments whose primary use is to serve meals and refreshments to patrons shall provide one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor space in the building.
(4) Wholesale and distributing establishments including telephone exchanges: One parking space for each three employees.
(5) Manufacturing establishments: One parking space for each five employees, based on the greatest number of employees at work at one time, to be provided on the premises or at other off-street locations within 1,000 feet of the main entrance.
(E) Parking space required under this section may be reduced at a time when the capacity or use of a building is changed in such a manner that a new use or capacity would require less space than before the change. The reduction may not be below the standards set forth in the section.
(F) Loading or unloading areas shall not be considered as parking areas.
(G) The joint use of parking facilities may be permitted in cases where major parking demands occur on different days of the week or during different hours, provided:
(1) That parking spaces will be available for each use in accordance with the above standards; and
(2) That the owners agree in writing that any subsequent sale or division of the property or change in use thereof will not interfere with the joint use of the parking facilities.
(H) A plan of parking facilities shall accompany each application for a building permit or certificate of compliance. The completion of the improvements for parking according to the plan shall be a requisite for the validity of the permit or certificate.
(I) The Village Council may authorize a special permit to allow a parking lot in a residence zone for the purpose of meeting the requirements of this section, subject to the following limitations:
(1) Public notice must be given and a public hearing held by the Planning and Zoning Board on the request for a special permit in the same manner in which the notice is given and the hearing is held on a request for a variance.
(2) Notice must be given by registered mail to all owners of the property lying within 300 feet of the land for which the special permit is sought.
(3) A special permit shall not be granted unless the application shows and warrants that in the proposed development of the parking area, that front and side yards will be met and maintained.
(Ord. passed 1-12-1976, § XI-A; Ord. G98-160, passed 4-13-1998)