In all districts, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter created, off-street parking facilities shall be provided as prescribed by this section.
(A) Minimum number of off-street parking spaces required.
(1) Auditorium, stadium and similar uses - one for each five seats based on maximum seating capacity.
(2) Business and professional offices and banks - one for each 200 square feet of floor area plus one space for each two employees.
(3) Bowling alleys - four for each alley plus one space for each two employees.
(4) Church and school auditoriums - one for each five seats in the principal auditorium, based on maximum seating capacity.
(5) Clubs and lodges - one per 200 square feet of floor area or one per four seating spaces in the assembly room, whichever is greater.
(6) Dance halls, skating rinks - one per 100 square feet of floor area.
(7) Dwellings - two parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
(8) Funeral homes, mortuaries - two per chapel room or parlor or one per 100 square feet of floor area.
(9) Hospitals, health or medical centers or clinics:
(a) Bed establishments - one parking space for each two beds.
(b) Non-bed establishments - one space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
(c) Bed and non-bed establishments - one space for each three employees.
(10) Hotels - one parking space for each one sleeping room.
(11) Libraries and museums - one space for each 500 square feet of floor area plus one space for each two employees.
(12) Medical and dental offices and clinics - five for each physician or dentist plus one for each two other employees.
(13) Manufacturing plants - one for each employee on the maximum working shift.
(14) Restaurants and taverns operating within areas zoned CB Central Business - one per four seats of seating capacity.
(15) Retail stores, super markets etc. - one for each 100 square feet of floor area.
(16) Theaters - one for each four seats.
(17) Automobile repair garage - one space for each two employees plus one for each 500 square feet of floor area.
(18) Where the Board of Zoning Appeals is satisfied that the location, nature or uniqueness of a particular use within an area zoned Center Business, make a variance in the parking requirement appropriate, it may, upon application, permit an additional variance up to 50% of the required parking area.
(B) Off-street accessory parking areas. Off-street accessory parking areas shall provide parking spaces, each of which shall be not less than 200 square feet in area having dimensions of ten feet in width and 20 feet in length exclusive of access drives or aisles.
(C) Surfacing and lighting. Such parking areas shall be of usable shape, improved with bituminous concrete or equivalent surfacing, and so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within area subject to the approval of the Village Engineer. All lighting used to illuminate such parking areas shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from the adjoining premises or streets and no open light sources such as the stringing of light bulbs shall be permitted.
(1) The standard used shall be the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). Average light levels for parking lot designs shall vary between the 1.25 to 5-foot candle (fc) range depending on surrounding terrain and structures. Vertical structures (trees, building walls, etc.) of dark color may absorb light, etc. There should not contain a variance of more than 4:1 between the brightest spot and the least illuminated spot nearby.
(D) Wheel guards. Wheel guards including bumper guards as may be necessary, shall be provided in connection with any off-street parking area of five cars or more, and shall be constructed so as to confine the storm water surface drainage to prevent bumper over-hang or other encroachment into the required or specified set back spaces.
(E) Entrances and exits. Entrances and exits shall be located to minimize traffic congestion and avoid undue interference with pedestrian access at street intersection corners. There shall not be more than two access ways abutting any streets. Such access driveways shall be not less than ten feet or more than 20 feet in width at the sidewalk line nor more than 30 feet at the curb cut line of street. Residential use may have access ways of not less than ten feet. Commercial and industrial uses shall have access ways of not less than 20 feet.
(F) Spaces for more than ten vehicles. Spaces for more than ten vehicles shall be completely obscured to a height of five feet on each side which adjoins any residence district.
(G) Yard restrictions. In all C-1, CB and I-1 Districts, off-street parking facilities may be located in all yards provided that at least a 20-foot-wide landscaped strip is located between the parking area and the street right-of-way line. When off-street parking facilities are located in the required side or rear yard on the portion of the lot adjacent to a parcel in a R-1, R-2, R-3, or P-1 District, a minimum ten-foot-wide landscaped area shall be located between such parking area and the side or rear lot line, and such parking lot shall be screened from the adjacent parcel by a fence, wall or compact hedge at least four feet in height.
(H) Landscaping. Parking areas, in any zoning district, shall be provided with 15 square feet of landscaping per space within the parking area which shall be distributed reasonably evenly across the parking area when any of the following conditions exist:
(1) The parking area has a minimum of 15 parking spaces.
(2) The parking area consists of one or more double-loaded parking aisles.
(3) The parking area, or portion thereof, is in full view from the street right-of-way or adjacent to a R-1, R-2, R-3 or P-1 District.
(I) Location of required parking spaces. No parking of motor vehicles shall be permitted nor shall any person park motor vehicle in a landscaped front, side, or rear yard area. No parking of a motor vehicle shall be permitted on any portion of a lot designated as an accessory structure, such as a patio, porch, or deck. Further, no changes shall be made to the size of a driveway or parking area of any property located in all districts within the village without first obtaining an approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission and upon that approval obtaining a permit from the office of the Clerk-Treasurer.
(Ord. passed 12-11-90; Am. Ord. 36, passed 7-2-02; Am. Ord. 2012-30, passed 6-6-12; Am. Ord. 2018-80, passed 11-20-18) Penalty, see § 152.999