(a) Location. The off-street parking required by this chapter shall be provided in accordance with the following requirements.
(1) One and two-family dwellings. The off-street parking facilities required for one and two-family dwellings should be located on the same lot or plot of ground as the building they are intended to serve, but shall not be considered a parking lot under the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Multiple family. The off-street parking facilities for multi-family dwellings shall consist of a parking lot as defined elsewhere in this chapter. In no event shall any uncovered parking space in a Multi-family District be located nearer than ten feet to any building.
(Ord. 82-1. Passed 2-16-82.)
(3) Manufactured home parks. The off-street parking required may be located on each site or in parking lots conveniently located and readily accessible to each site. (Ord. 1996-22. Passed 12-26-96.)
(4) Other land uses. The off-street parking required may be located on each site or in parking lots conveniently located and readily accessible to each site. Such off-lot spaces shall be located only in districts in which similar off-street parking is permitted.
(5) Control of off-site parking facilities. In cases where parking facilities are permitted on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served is located, such facilities shall be in the same possession as the zoning lot occupied by the building or use to which the parking facilities are accessory. Such possession may be either by deed or long-term lease, the term of such lease, to be determined by the Building Inspector; and such deed or lease shall be filed with the Village Clerk. The deed or lease shall require such owner or his or her heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of parking facilities for the duration of the use served or of the deed or lease, whichever shall terminate sooner.
(b) Construction Requirements. All parking facilities required for uses other than single and two-family dwellings shall be hard-surfaced with a pavement having an asphalt or concrete binder, shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water which might accummulate within or upon such area, and shall be completely constructed prior to a Certificate of Occupancy being issued. No surface water from such parking area shall be permitted to drain into adjoining private property. Each parking facility must meet any other engineering standards deemed necessary by the Zoning Inspector. All parking facilities required for single and two-family dwellings, unless specifically provided for otherwise by the Planning Commission, shall be surfaced with a dust-free and durable material, and shall be graded and drained to dispose of surface water.
(c) Parking Lot Plans. Plans for the development of any parking lot must be submitted to the Zoning Inspector, prepared at a scale of not less than fifty feet equals one inch and indicating existing and proposed grades, drainage, pipe sizes, dimensions of parking spaces, type of curbing, drive and aisle dimensions, lighting, adjacent main buildings, sidewalks, landscaping surfacing and base materials to be used. The plans of the proposed parking lot layout shall be proposed in a presentable form by person or persons competent in such work and shall reflect conformance with the following provisions.
(1) Parking space dimensions. Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities should be in accordance with the minimum standards contained in Table A. The minimum parking space dimensions for a layout not provided for in this table shall be nine and one-half feet in width, twenty feet in length, and 189 square feet in area.
(2) Required yards.
A. Off-street parking spaces, open to the sky, may be located in any yard if the parking facility is located within a commercial or industrial zone, except that when a required nonresidential parking lot or parking area is situated on a parcel which adjoins a residential district or a residential use, abutting directly or across a roadway, the respective side or rear yard setback shall be a minimum of twenty feet, of which the ten feet nearest the respective property line is developed as a greenbelt.
B. Within the Residential Districts, it shall be unlawful to use the space between the front setback line and the sidewalk for the parking of trailers, mobile homes, motor homes and recreational vehicles.
C. Parking facilities in commercial and industrial districts are encouraged to be located behind the front yard setback line whenever possible.
D. Enclosed buildings and carports containing off-street parking shall be subject to applicable yard requirements of the zone in which located.
(3) Screening and landscaping.
A. All open vehicle parking areas containing more than three parking spaces shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on property situated in a Residence District or any institutional premises by a wall, fence of densely planted coniferous hedge or planting not less than four feet or more than eight feet in height.
B. All parts of open off-street parking areas which are unusable either for parking or for traffic, as well as all required yard areas shall be landscaped with grass, coniferous shrubs, evergreen material and/or ornamental trees. All such landscaping and planting shall be maintained in a healthy, growing condition, neat and orderly in appearance.
(4) Access.
A. All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement. Access to parking areas in Commercial District (with the exception of shopping centers in these districts) shall be provided from a service drive where required. Access to such parking areas by curb cuts or driveways across the front lot line should be avoided wherever possible.
B. Ingress and egress to a parking lot lying in an area zoned for other than single-family residential use shall not be across land zoned for single-family residential use.
C. Each entrance and exit to and from any off-street parking lot located in an area zoned for other than single-family residential use shall be at least twenty-five feet distant from adjacent property located in any single-family residential district.
(5) Lighting. All illumination for or on all such parking lots shall be deflected away from adjacent residential areas and shall be installed in such a manner as to allow the reduction of the amount of light in other than normal parking hours each day. The source of illumination in all parking lots abutting a residential area shall not be more than sixteen feet above the parking lot surface.
(6) Wheel stops. All parking lots shall be provided with wheel stops or bumper guards so located as to prevent any vehicle from projecting over the lot or setback lines.
(7) Cleaning and maintenance. The parking facility shall be kept free from refuse and debris and in good structural condition through periodic maintenance by the owner or his agent, who shall also be responsible for snow removal.
(Ord. 82-1. Passed 2-16-82.)