Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public, commercial or private parking lot for other than single family dwelling shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements.
(A) Screening and landscaping. Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any "R-1" District, or institutional premises, by a fence or hedge as determined by the Village Council upon direct application for such determination. (Due consideration shall be given to adjacent property owners.)
(B) Minimum distance and setbacks. No part of any parking area for more than five vehicles shall be closer than 20 feet to any dwelling, school, hospital or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot, unless separated by an acceptably designed screen. In no case shall any part of a parking area be closer than five feet to any established street or alley right-of-way. The fence or hedge required in division (A) of this section shall be set back from each street, as determined by the Village Council upon direct application therefor.
(C) Joint use. Two or more nonresidential uses may jointly provide and use parking spaces when their hours of operation do not normally overlap, provided that a written agreement, approved by the Village Legal Counsel and accepted by the Village Council shall be filed with the use permit.
(D) Other locations. Parking spaces may be located on a lot within 300 feet other than that containing the principal use with the approval of the Village Council, provided a written agreement, approved by the Village Legal Counsel and accepted by the Village Council, shall be filed with the application for a parking lot permit.
(E) Surfacing. Any non-residential off-street parking shall be graded for proper drainage and surfaced so as to provide an asphalt or concrete surface. A design drawing of the parking area must be submitted for approval to the Village before a parking lot permit will be issued.
(F) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any "R-1" District. Lighting calculations, if required by the Village Engineer, must also be submitted as described herein.
(1) Minimum site lighting criteria:
(a) Lighting uniformity shall not exceed 10:1 maximum-to-minimum light levels and 4:1 average-to-minimum light levels, unless otherwise approved by Village Council.
(b) The maximum average lighting level limitations for each zoning district shall be as follows, unless otherwise approved by the Village Council.
B-1, P-1 & R-1 | 1.5 foot-candles |
B-2 | 2.8 foot-candles |
(c) Pole mounted luminaire overall height limitations for each zoning district shall be as follows, measured from finished grade to top of fixture unless otherwise approved by Village Council.
B-1, P-1 & R-1 | 25 feet maximum |
B-2 | 37 feet maximum |
(2) Light trespass criteria:
(a) Light originating on a site shall not be permitted to exceed the following values when measured at grade ten feet beyond the property line for the following adjacent properties:
B-1, P-1 & R-1 | 0.3 foot-candles |
B-2 | 0.5 foot-candles |
(3) Glare control criteria:
(a) All exterior lighting used to light vehicular use areas and pedestrian pathways shall be "total cut-off type" as defined by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America's (IESNA) latest standard.
(b) All other exterior lighting including but not limited to doorways, architectural, accent, landscape, signage, decorative, security, floodlighting, or area lighting shall be "total cutoff type" or no portion of the lamp, reflector, lens, or refracting system may extend beyond the housing or shield so as to create or allow glare to be visible from off site, with the following exceptions.
1. Lighting required by the Building Code for emergency.
2. Light sources that do not exceed 2300 initial lumens or 4000 main beam candlepower. (Roughly equal to one 100 watt incandescent light bulb.)
(4) Lighting plan submittal criteria:
(a) Submit scaled building plans and elevations showing property boundaries, building location(s), parking lot layout, driveways, pedestrian pathways, all building entrances, adjacent rights-of-way, north arrow, scale, and address or legal description. Show locations of all luminaries, controls, and electrical transformers.
(b) Submit cut sheets (profiles) for all proposed exterior luminaries and poles.
(c) Submit scaled isofoot-candle plots and/or point-by-point foot- candle layouts defining compliance.
(d) Changes during the design and/or construction process after Village approval, must be reviewed and approved prior to installation and final acceptance.
(G) Parking and keeping of disabled vehicles. The parking of a disabled vehicle within a residential district for a period of more than two weeks shall be prohibited; except that such vehicle may be stored in an enclosed garage or other accessory building provided that no business shall be conducted in connection therewith while such vehicle is parked or stored.
(Ord. O-1847-01, passed 12-17-01; Am. Ord. O-1989-04, passed 3-15-04)