A. Use of Parking Facilities. Off-street parking facilities accessory to residential use and developed in any residential district in accordance with the requirements of this Section shall be used for the parking of passenger automobiles owned by occupants of the dwelling structure to which such facilities are accessory or by guests of said occupants. Under no circumstances shall required parking facilities accessory to residential structures be used for the parking of automobiles belonging to the employees, owners, tenants, visitors or customers of business or manufacturing establishments.
B. Joint Parking Facilities. Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures, or uses, or for mixed uses, may be provided collectively in any zoning district in which separate parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted, provided that the total number of spaces so located together shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use. Proof of ownership of land or evidence of written permission to park on said property shall be provided prior to any official action of the President and Board of Trustees.
C. Computation. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this Chapter results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of one-half (½) or less may be disregarded while a fraction in excess of one-half (½) shall be counted as one parking space.
D. Size. A required off-street parking space shall be at least nine (9) feet in width and at least twenty (20) feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns or office or work area. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven (7) feet.
E. Access. Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space. 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 movements. Interior driveways should be of a minimum of twenty-two (22) feet in width. No driveway across public property nor curb cut shall exceed a width of forty (40) feet.
F. Parkways. No person, firm or corporation shall park, deposit, leave or store any motor vehicle, or tangible personal property of any type or description at any time between the street line and the adjacent street pavement line at any place within the Village of Mettawa.
G. Design and Maintenance.
1. Open and Enclosed Parking Spaces. Accessory parking spaces located on the same lot as occupied by the uses served may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building. Accessory parking spaces located in a residence district elsewhere than on the same lot occupied by the use served shall be open to the sky except when otherwise allowed as a special use.
2. Surfacing. All materials and construction, including earthwork, shall be in accordance with “Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction,” the Illinois Department of Transportation, latest edition and revisions, and the requirements of the Village. All open off-street parking areas and driveways shall be improved with an all weather dustless material consisting of:
a. Portland cement concrete pavement not less than six (6) inches thick; or
b. The pavement shall consist of as a minimum:
i. 10” Aggregate Base Course Type B CA-6, 2” Bituminous Concrete Binder Course Class I Type 2, and 1½” Bituminous Concrete Surface Course Class I Type 2; or
ii. 6” Bituminous base course (BAM) and 2” Bituminous Concrete Surface Course Class I Type 2. Additional thickness shall be provided in truck aisles.
3. Screening and Landscaping. All open automobile parking spaces containing more than five (5) parking spaces shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on any property situated in a residence district or any institutional premises by a wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge not less than four (4) feet nor more than six (6) feet in height. Such required screening shall conform with the front and side yard setback requirements of the district in which it is located. Each owner of any building, structure, or parking lot shall be responsible for maintaining such landscaping in a well-maintained condition, including, but not limited to:
a. Replacing dead or inadequate plantings;
b. Maintaining or repairing rotting or missing fence panel sections;
c. Painting or staining fences where necessary to avoid deterioration; and
d. Maintaining and repairing screening walls and beams.
4. Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be low intensity and shall be directed away from residential properties in such a way as not to create a nuisance.
(Ord. 397, passed 5-12-99)