(A) (1) Procedure. An application for a building permit for a new or enlarged building, structure, or use shall include therewith a plot plan, drawn to scale, and fully dimensioned showing driveways and parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(2) Access to lots. On corner lots, access may be afforded across either the front lot line or the corner side lot line, or both, access across the rear lot line of through lots shall be prohibited.
(B) Extent of control. The off-street parking and loading requirements of this chapter shall apply as follows:
(1) All buildings and structures erected and land uses initiated after the effective date of this chapter shall provide accessory off-street parking or loading facilities as required hereinafter for the use thereof.
(2) When a building or structure erected prior to or after the effective date of this chapter shall undergo any decrease in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities; and further when said decrease would result in a requirement for fewer total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter thereto, parking and loading facilities may be so decreased only when the facilities remaining would at least equal or exceed the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.
(3) When a building or structure shall undergo any increase in the number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities; and when said increase would result in a requirement for additional total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter thereto, parking and loading facilities shall be increased accordingly, so that existing parking or loading facilities shall be so increased that the facilities would at least equal or exceed the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.
(C) Existing parking and loading spaces. Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date of this chapter may not be reduced in number unless already exceeding the requirements of this section for equivalent new construction; in which event said spaces shall not be reduced below the number required herein for such equivalent new construction.
(D) Permissive parking and loading spaces. Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent the establishment of off-street automobile parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings, subject to full compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, except that off-street parking areas accessory to existing multiple-family structures cannot be located off the premises containing the main use unless on a lot adjacent thereto without authorization by the Village Board of Trustees.
(E) Damage or destruction. Any building, structure, or use which is in existence and is a conforming use on the effective date of this chapter and which subsequently shall be damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion, or other cause may be reconstructed, re-established, or repaired with or without off-street parking or loading facilities, except that parking or loading facilities equivalent to any maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored or continued in operation. However, it shall not be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required in this chapter for equivalent new construction.
(F) Schedule of requirements.
(1) Tables for required parking and loading. Requirements governing the number and location of off- street parking and off-street loading facilities in relation to the use of property are established hereinafter in sections of this chapter. The parking and loading requirements for any use not specified therein shall be the same as for a similar specified use, as determined by § 159.146.
(2) Floor area. The term
FLOOR AREA as employed in this parking and loading section in the case of office, merchandising, or service types of use shall mean the gross floor area of a building or structure used or intended to be used for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients, patients, or tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for sale or sale of merchandise. FLOOR AREA for the purposes of this subchapter shall not include any area used for:
(a) Storage accessory to the principal use of a building;
(b) Show windows, or offices incidental to the management or maintenance of a store or building;
(c) Restrooms; or
(d) Utilities.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77; Am. Ord. 78-13, passed 12-13-78; Am. Ord. 82-06, passed 6-23-82)