A. Dimensions. Off-street parking facilities must meet the minimum dimensions for parking spaces and drive aisles in Table 9-1: Off-Street Parking Space Minimum Dimensions.
Figure 9-1: Off-Street Parking Space Minimum Dimensions
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Parking Angle | Stall Width(A) | Stall Depth(B) | Aisle Width Two-Way (C) | Aisle Width One-Way (D) | Vertical Clearance |
0° (Parallel) | 9' | 20' | 22' | 12' | 7'6" |
90° (Head-In) | 9' | 18' | 22' | 22' | 7'6" |
60° | 9' | 21' | N/A | 18' | 7'6' |
45° | 9' | 17' | N/A | 12' | 7'6' |
B. Parking Lot Siting. Parking lots are prohibited with the require front and corner side setbacks. No parking lots may be located within 30 feet of the interior side and/or rear lot line. No parking structures may be located within a required setback.
C. Access.
1. Parking for Commercial Uses.
a. Each off-street parking space must open directly upon an aisle or driveway as per Table 9-1 to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space.
b. All off-street parking facilities must be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements.
c. Parking facilities must be designed to allow the driver to proceed forward into traffic, rather than back out.
d. No commercial curb cut can exceed a width of 40 feet.
e. Cross-access to parking areas are prohibited between a commercial lot and a residential lot.
f. Dead end parking lots without a turnaround space are prohibited. A turnaround space must have a minimum depth and width of nine feet, and must be designated with signs stating "No Parking" and painted to indicate parking is prohibited.
2. Parking for Residential Uses.
a. A residential lot is limited to a maximum of two curb cuts.
b. No residential curb cut can exceed a width of 22 feet.
D. Surfacing. For parking facilities, all materials and construction, including earthwork, must 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 off-street parking lots and driveways must be improved with an all-weather dustless material consisting of either:
1. Portland cement concrete pavement not less than six inches thick.
2. A minimum of:
a. Class I Type 2, and 11/2" Bituminous Concrete Surface Course Class I Type 2; or 10" Aggregate Base Course Type B CA-6, 2" Bituminous Concrete Binder Course.
b. 6" Bituminous base course (BAM) and 2" Bituminous Concrete Surface Course Class I Type 2. Additional thickness must be provided in truck aisles.
E. Striping.
1. Off-street parking facilities of five or more spaces must delineate parking spaces with paint or other permanent materials, which must be maintained in clearly visible condition.
2. Accessible spaces must be in accordance with the Illinois Accessibility Code, as amended, and any additional governing codes and applicable laws.
F. Curbing. Curbing is required when a parking space within a parking facility abuts a pedestrian walkway, landscape, structure, or fence. Breaks in curbing may be provided to allow for drainage into landscape areas that can absorb water. Such curbing must be constructed of permanent materials, such as concrete or masonry, a minimum height of four inches above ground level, and permanently affixed to the paved parking area. Wheel stops are prohibited.
G. Landscape. All parking lots must be landscaped in accordance with Article 10.
H. Parking Structure. Parking structures are permitted only as a parking facility ancillary to a principal nonresidential use.
1. All parking structures are limited to a maximum height of 35 feet.
2. On facades that front on public streets, fagade design and screening must mask the interior ramps.
3. Parking structures must be designed to minimize blank facades through architectural detail and landscape.
4. On portions of the ground floor facade where parking spaces are visible, a decorative fence and landscape or a kneewall is required to screen parking spaces. Such fence or kneewall must be a minimum of four feet in height.
5. For parking structures with rooftop open-air parking, a four foot parapet wall is required for screening,
6. A vehicular clear sight zone must be included at vehicular exit areas as follows:
a. The fagade of vehicular exit areas must be set back from any pedestrian walkway along that facade a minimum of eight feet for the portion of the facade that includes the vehicle exit area and eight feet on each side of the exit opening.
b. A sight triangle is defined by drawing a line from the edge of the vehicular exit area to a point on the property line abutting the pedestrian walkway eight feet to the side of the exit lane.
c. In the sight triangle (bound by the parking structure wall, pedestrian walkway and vehicular exit lane), groundcover, landscape, or decorative wall must be used to act as a buffer between the exit aisle and the pedestrian walkway. Landscape or a decorative wall must not exceed three feet in height in order to maintain driver sightlines to the pedestrian walkway.
d. The upper story facade(s) of the parking structure may overhang the vehicular clear sight zone.
(Ord. 885, passed 11-21-2023)